Week 3, Catapults at Wasps

Caerphilly Catapults Crush Winded Wimbourne Wasps

In the final and longest match this week, at 8 hours and 17 minutes, a slow boil ended in a flurry of activity.  The first hour saw a lot of back and forth, but no scoring.  Then Rose Mumps, a Beater for the Catapults put the Wasps’ Keeper, Fingal the Fearless out of sorts with a broken collarbone.  The next three hours saw Caerphilly outscore the Wasps by a 3 to 1 ratio, which only slowed down when they had quite a comfortable lead and began to play much more lax, being exhausted from their frenetic pace in the mid-game.  Wimbourne used the opportunity to catch up some, but victory was only just in reach when the snitch chase began.  Both seekers sighted and lost the snitch several times, and it was almost by accident when a bleary-eyed Katie Lestrange reached out and snagged the snitch as the sun was setting on the pitch. 

Final Score: Catapults: 860, Wasps 530.