Despite Nick Parish's grapevine, Dave Gunn turned up, as did everyone else.
Lawns and hoops are in excellent condition.
It has been decided that the two block-winners will play off for the trophy, to avoid a late finish on Sunday.
Ties will be resolved by who-beat-whom, then net points.
The Mangler started with the noble aim of no time limits.
Sadly some pacemastery put paid to that.
There are three pegged down games, which will resume early tomorrow.