Dukes Basketball

It's been a while since the Dukes have made the headlines.... this southern hemisphere winter is harsh we've forgotten what the Dukes look like....
So we thought we'd take a trip down memory lane to the time when 90s fashion was still cool but the haircuts left a little to be desired....
The Cuddle King Big Al displaying some of that attitude that saw him dunk over the 6'10" S.A Metro Centre in a National Championship Semi final and also saw him ranked as the G.O.A.T in the Japanese Manga Hall of Fame for his cosplay dominance over a 10 year span on the Asian Pacific Comicon circuit.
The Lover Man Dan, always displayed the looks and charisma that undoubtedly outshined his brothers Simone and Richy Dick, which forced them both to the sidelines of cool with Simon deciding to earn himself some Michelin Stars with his dabble into the cheffing trade and the Line Sprint Dodger Richy Dick becoming the sole representative for Winnipeg in the Manitoba Province Conker Smashing Championships (It's a real thing) where he finished an amazing first place for players from Winnipeg and tied for 21st place overall when he successfully smashed his opponents Conker but unfortunately smashed his own conker in the process.
This netted The Rich a prize of 2 x vouchers to the canteen all you can eat buffet for him and a companion.... unfortunately for the Richie Dich he was super hungry after smashing conkers all day so he decided to keep both vouchers for himself....

HE'S BACK.
The long awaited return of The Cuddle King. The man known as a cross between a Teddy Bear and a Grizzly Bear.
Alfonso Wardardo - the Aussie Embiid - the straight shooter - the baseline Jay.
The Dukes and Dukes alumni have been biting nails to see the return of the king of the hardwood... Be ready cause tonight in the local sauna/bball hub of the B town, the Dukes will have their own little piece of magic ready to amaze those lucky enough to witness majestic basketball excellence by the Cuddle King Manga Man.

Dukes Basketball would like to wish Happy Birthday to and part time Duke, Ben The Elevator Matthews.... it looks like the Elevator was broken on this day. Ben Matthews

Travelling all the way to West Wyalong with a junior Duke for regional tryouts.... Coop the Shimmy Shoop doing us proud banging and hanging with the opens team.

Cool Hand Dukes.
Now Brian Scalabrine may be the coolest ever to play the game of Basketball... But he will never be as cool as a Duke with 4 other Dukes playing sublime bee ball perfection...
2 rounds into 2019 and the Dukes have played 2 games that personify the Dukes that we have all grown to love and find extremely excessively good looking.
Week 1 saw the Dukes play some reasonable ball only to capitulate into the abyss of mediocrity and struggle to find a positive blemish from a game full of bruised muscles and ego's.....
Fast forward to round 2 and a prettier performance you would not find anywhere... That includes any performance by Bad Girls Australia, The Travelling Escapades of the Minogue Sisters, or even the sultry smooth tunes of Richie The poor looking brother of Lover Man Dan Martensz breaking DJ boards with his mix of Blackstreet, Backstreet Boys and Randy Travis compilations...
Speaking of Lover Man Dan, last night's game of majestic Duke perfection was highlighted by the aesthetic pleasing visuals of a signature D Mart 3 pointer, not once or twice or thrice... But a Quaddoopling of long treys scorching both the net and the self esteem of the Dukes opposition.
As usual the always consistant long bombs of The Jonas Brother known as Nick the Trick, provided his share of long bombs to keep the floor open for the likes of Crafty Gregorous, Matt 1st ever State rep Beeeourke and stunningly slimline Stevie Ray Carlos to pick apart the Bad Wires defence from inside out showing what experience, unselfishness and charisma of a buff Polar bear can do for team morale and opposition desperation.
The notorious gregorious was like 2 players in one.. A magician so to speak appearing in plain view but then sneaking into the back pockets to steal the last remnants of Bad Wires determination...
Speaking of Polar Bears.... the grey haired tanklethe also known as The Matt showed all in attendance who inspired the signature move of Dirk Fade away 1 knee Nowitzki dropping mid range sheping pings like the big Germanic All Star crossed with the baseline supremacy of Bernard King.
The only disappointment of the night was that Slimline Carlos appeared to have sustained an injury to his left hand.... or he forgot to bring it and left it at home... Nonetheless the precision timing and positioning of the Dukes Light pole Storming Beacon of inside play of a skill now lost to the pretty boy entertainment leagues of the NBA had a dominant game commanding the paint at both ends of the court.... and branching out to even sink a long bomb of his own not seen since the days of A Rockerdogg Party in the KHS gym whilst we all wait for Richie Dich to finish his line sprints....
Dukes again have shown they can compete and dominate teams in their competition... Consistency is the only skill the Dukes have yet to master.....

It's pretty hard to talk about the greats of basketball without our beloved Dukes coming up in conversation. So to celebrate the diversity of the hometown Dukes, we take a look at the long and short of it, the different shapes and sizes as well as some of the best to ever play the game.... In honour of our favourite Dukes, check out the iconic shortest phenom to ever play, arguably the 2 best Centres ever, the athleticism of those who changed the game, Iconic images of last year from a brain snap in the Finals to the emphatic defence of last year's MVP and an interesting coincidental stat from the games GOATS.

Merry Christmas from the Dukes.
The Dukes approach their mid season Summer break sitting mid table with a .500 record. Keeping them in touch with the playoff race for next year is the fact that they have managed to play some fantastic basketball at times which has seen them win by 30 over the underrated Hot Chilli. By 20+ points against last season's Grand finalists The Beavers and other good wins over their B grade counterparts. In a tightly contested season, The Dukes have also lost some narrowly close games but also experienced some easy losses.
The 2018/19 Summer Comp has seen the introduction of young speedster and ball handler, Cooper The Shimmy Traves, who has provided another super fast guard to the ageing and slow Duke squad. Be ready to see more of The Shimmy Shaker as he continues to gel with the veteran pace makers of the Dukes where he will easily rack up a dirty dozen in assists and could explode any time for a 30 point outing.
Joining Shimmy in the Dukes new look roster is The Craftsman, Greg Cagey Craft who returns to the wooden proving ground after a lengthy hiatus. Even though he may not possess the cartilage in knees he once had, The Cagey one has not lost his presence on the court and his soft deft touches around the basket.
Hopefully the Dukes will see more of Special K Simpson, the out of control 2 stroke motor machine that keeps going and going and going... A highlight reel of blitzing dribbles, long bombing 3s and stifling defence... If only someone had a HD fancy camera of a digital marketer to capture the Kooky Knees Killer Kyle in action.
Nick The Jonas Brother Jones has given the Dukes a legitimately consistant outside threat with a regular chance to hit 5+ Steph Currys every game... When Jonas Brother is on, the Dukes can capitalise with their size, spacing and passing to pick a part opposition defences like a panel of 'experts' at an enquiry 2 years after the event with the precision of a surgeon with the latest in high tech gadgets and skills. Speaking of outside threats and finding their stride, Dan Lover Man Martensz, or D Mart as he is known at the Bridge and Convent Street Courts of Perthvillia, Lover Man has started looking and playing like the Point guard of old that helped take the KHS Rockerdoggs to a top 5 finish in the state. The good looking Martensz brother exploded back on the scene with an individual performance that had opponents screaming, 'Get to the Shooter' every time he touched the ball. Icing 6 long 3 pointers and dishing the ball with more Razzle and Dazzle than Bel Biv Devoe blaring through the triple woofer speakers of a 1979 VB Commodore with P plates down William St past the dirty Box on Friday..
With the Dukes (most handsome team in BBA competition) wearing their fantastic Dukes Uniform sourced by the Justin (Left Duker) Bennett, who we can not sleep on when he returns in 2019 with a shot more majestic than Dirk Nowitzki and Morgan Reid's love child, look for many a highlight as the Dukes look to take a big bite out of the Apple which is 2019 and hopefully secure their first playoff appearance in the club's history.
For now, have a Merry Christmas and keep your eyes and ears open and ready for the Dukes in 2019.

The Beast Unleashed

Playoff Power With the season ending:
In what can only be described as Perfection disguised as middle aged and somewhat rotund men, The Dukes showed all 6 of the fans on Court 4 how to play team Basketball...
With Killer Kyle Simpson and Nick Jonas Brother Jones coming straight off a massive 3 point victory in their premier league major semi to qualify for the A grade Big Dance, the mood amongst the Dukes faithful was upbeat and positunistic.
The game against the Bad Wires was level betting before tip off and the 1st quarter kept things evenly balanced.
In 4 quarters of beautiful basketball, the Dukes put on a clinic and showed how Green Lighting every Duke had a massive affect on the entire flow of the game...
It's hard to pick an MVP for the game as all players contributed in an evenly balanced performance on both Defence and Offence...
Steve The Skinny Carlson was a monster on the offensive and defensive boards taking full advantage of being the best (tallest) player in the paint....
The confidence and early shooting touch of Killer B Kyle, Nick the Reggie Miller in a white boys body Jones and Never enough Lover Man Dan Martinez opened up the court for the sheer brilliance and awe inspiring play by Handsome (should never have retired or got fat) Wood. With Wood looking like the closest thing to an Adonis crossed with a hairy grizzly bear, the ball playing genious of the man once touted as Lebron BC let loose with jaw dropping passes and inspirational play when faced with a 5 on 1 fast break on defence......
Perhaps it was the ruggedly handsome pheromones in the Air that drifted into the nasal cavities of the Dukes alumni but the performance by all Dukes was that of Manly Men more potent than a bucks trip of overdosing Vi**ra and H***y Goat W**d.
Lover Man Dan dropping 3 threes from behind the 3 whilst he was tip toeing close to immortality with finger roll precision in transition finishing beautiful offensive plays with Tim Hardaway Senior prowess... Not to be forgotten was the Allen Iverson esque performance of the K dog himself, Kooky Knees Kyle, or special K as he is known on the street ball circuit of Windradyne and Abercrombie flats... he took the biscuit to the basket more times than a fat kid munching on cake or more times that Rhys the Beast took steps in the paint without dribbling.... The K dog Millionaire was inspirational with getting buckets and trips to the foul line with more legitimacy than a James Harden flop.
Nick the Jonas Brother was his solid best,, hitting early to give the Dukes Veterans confidence to allow the play to flow and demonstrating that although the game was played in good spirits he was still not to be f #^$&$& with in transition or pe*******on.....
Rhys The Beast was his fluorescent best as his big bald sweaty head projected glistening reflections of the BBA rafters and was a giant and verbal maestro on defence calling positions and playing like a 35 year veteran the likes havent been seen since the 1980's when a grey haired Veteran likened to Lindsay Gaze stepped on Court against the touring Under 20's Canadian National Team in the old CSU Bball Stadium known to locals as the Sh****le....
The dogged determination of 67kilo Carlson was at the forefront for a few moments as a fury of revenge consumed the gazelle like boy with lady features as he reacted to being pushed and tunnelled in a dirty display by his opposing player.... (little did Carl's son known as Steven, there was no push, the opposing player actually sneezed and that sent Carlson into a sprawling mess through the paint) but nonetheless the fierce bark missing a bite was an intense showcase for all just like those times in primary school when you'd see two kids duck off to the kissing corner.... you'd sneak up to look, but everyone was too cool to care......
With the best looking uniforms ever of the Dukes playing against the distant 2nd placed uniforms of aesthetics in Bad Wires.....
The difference between the 2 teams who had both had victories against each other this season was the collective defence of the Dukes and the precision offence combining to win by 21 points.
Technically this is a first ever Post season victory for the handsome group of men known as the Dukes , but in a funny twist of competitive amateur Basketball, next week will see the Dukes line up in a dead rubber against the grand finalist team The Beavers.
Having split the victories against the Beavers this year, and with the Beavers looking to maintain form for the grand final the following week, the Dukes have a chance to finish with a victory over the potential winners of the B grade championship.
Stay tuned to see how the players known as Special K, Jonas Brother, Lover Man, The Beast, Sundial, Cuddle King, Handsome Wood, not too many kilos Carlson, Nate the Juice, Roswell Bomber, Tiny Steve and Left Duker Bennett finish their season.
Best Uniforms = check
Most handsome players = check
Most entertaining = check
Finish with a win = ?

we keep getting more betterer

Pint sized fan turned guest photographer Clara Wood shared some of her recent work with the Dukes. She may get a regular gig by the look of some of these pics.

PLAYER PROFILE:
Alex (Cuddle King) Ward
Position: Left of Centre
Number: 5
Strengths: Experience and his always enchanting cuddles, his deceptive aggression that when required strikes fear into many an opposing player and his mint condition completed Yu Gi Oh card collection.
Weaknesses: The accumulated rust of being sidelined for a while, his calf muscle and his love for Japanese Manga.
Summary: Another of the experienced old heads of the Dukes that has also represented NSW on a number of occasions. Brings experience and calmness to the Dukes that has been a very integral part of the Dukes success in the front court.
Possessing a deadly baseline jump shot prettier than a Bernard King fade away or one of Ben Simmons 3pt shots, the deceptive aggression of the man known as Big Al strikes fear into many an opposing player and creates wrath like ferocious havoc for his role playing Manga enemies.
Don't let the Manga Man's size deceive You. The 6 foot 6 beacon of laid back charisma started his NSW career at centre for a while but in his later rep years played the shooting guard position like a reincarnation of Rex Chapman in the NBA Dunk comp scoring a career high 24pts and also provided the highlight of the game being a 2 handed put back dunk over the 6 foot 10 Centre for South Australia.
Fun Fact: At said championships when the manager of the NSW team said: "make sure you're dressed up for the Championship dinner" well as the rest of the NSW team were dressed in nice shirts, jackets and suits, Big Al entered the foyer of the hotel ready to board the bus dressed as Kenshiro from The Fist of the North Star.
Lucky for Al it was pre social media.
Plays Like: a combo of Joel Embiid and Aaron Haynes.

Dukes Fans go crazy in a nail biter.

You may have heard of David and Goliath....
Well, in the battle between the good-looking Dukes and The they could have tried Bad Wires...... It was more like Goliath V Goliath in a game that remained neck and neck till the final 10 sec...

Dukes were off to their usual slow start and were moving like in those dreams where you try and run but you stand still which allowed the experienced crew of the Kevin Shoosh Sutton Bad Wires to jump out to a lead....

In stepped the elongated pigeon Steve Skinny Carlson who exploded like a flock of seagulls after a disregarded chip scoring 10 straight points with a display reminiscent of Shawn Bradley in college...
All the momentum was with the Dukes and Lover Man Dan (known as the cool Martensz brother) nailed a 3 pointer to help close out the first quarter with the Dukes holding the lead.

In the 2nd Bad Wires led by a strong inside game from Steven Vollahoskiwoski began pounding the boards at both ends coming up with rebounds and second chance scores.

The Dukes needed to rally and behind the Bulging Biceps of Mr Chisel himself, Nate Dogg Burke combining well with Skinny Steve and Alex Baseline King Ward were able to keep the Dukes afloat with some much needed floaters finding the bottom of the net.

Rookie Rhys the Beast Carter stepped up with all 6 foot 5 and 290 lbs and had his best defensive game ever of his fledgling career helping the old guard of the Dukes secure vital possessions...

Half time and just 1 basket was the difference.

The enormous crowd had been treated to some special basketball from both teams with pin point misses, on the money turnovers and shots spraying ever where like a broken hose nozzle... And not to be outdone, Handsome Wood sporting his number 41 jersey because he can't fit into his usual number 9 joined the malee and attempted a long range 3 which resulted in more producing more air than a deflating jumping castle.

The 2nd half continued with players, referees, fans and the next time slotted teams becoming engrossed in the seasawing battle between 2 of the competition heavy weights...... at one stage the Dukes rotated the guard tandem of Lover Man Dan and Mr Chisel off, leaving the 6 foot 4 Handsome Wood as the shortest Duke on the floor.....

It was during this time the experience and calmness of the man who's high school photos are in black and white and a little blurry stepped up to lead the Dukes. Matty 50 Shades Grey Bourke became the centre piece of the offence and with the ball passing through his hands with more grace and power than Ralph Macchio slicing blocks of ice in Karate Kid 2, The Antiquity known as Matty B was Mr Misty Zen like in his control of the game... And the Baseline Jay King Alexis Wardaro delivered on some crucial buckets to hold close the scores heading into the final minutes.

Some controversial calls, some accusations of flopping and some extremely good looking Dukes taking control of the ball, saw the final minutes sitting on a knife edge.... just one point separated the Dukes and Bad Wires with a minute to play.... The Beast did what he does and clogged the paint.... Carlson floated like a butterfly but his sting was on target... Wood was handsome... Lover Man Dan was the calm Jigaloish Point Guard we all knew and Biceps Burke still did not raise a drop of sweat....

Dukes led by 3 with 20 sec to go.... they were unable to ice the game with a pair of free throws but were able to recover the rebound... as time wound down, Dukes were sent to the free throw line again.... 8 sec remained...

The stadium was on the edge of their seats... Mr Chisel himself, the man who doesn't sweat had the ball in his hands with a chance to show why he is sometimes called the Boss man.....

Free throw nailed...

Dukes Win Dukes Win Dukes Win...

Dukes Basketball know where it's at.
Beers Basketball and Pizza. Minus the beer.
This Thursday Dukes will be aiming to get back to their winning ways.

Rugged up, getting stuck in.

While fans flocked to see the Dukes take on Bad Wires in the Thursday night BBA competition, they may have been rugged up and getting stuck in to some pizza, the short handed Dukes got stuck into the action on the court.

With only 4 regulars making the trip to the home of the ice bucket challenge, Dukes recruited unknown sensation Brian (whatshisnamethingy) and veteran Jack (morebaldthanafullmoononaclearnight) to help make up the playing numbers.

Bolstered by the immense great support the first quarter got underway with handsome Wood putting the first points on the board for the ageless Dukes. In a tight first quarter, both teams took a short time to heat up as they figured eachother out and what the refs were going to allow and call.

John Doe Brian was a revelation, playing in the guard rotation with PG Kylisimo providing a solid wing and fast break option for the Jack, Handsome Wood and the Antique Roadshow himself number 11, Matty B to send the ball long and let the duo known as Bryle do their thing.

Talking of PG Kylisimo, there was nothing PG rated when the reincarnation of John Stockton took control of the final 8 seconds of the half and nailed a brutal 3 point buzzer be**er over 2 hapless defenders... That dagger may have secured Bad Wires fate.

Not leaving anything to fate, The Beast, AKA Rhys (coach me) Carter was his menacing best, grabbing rebound after rebound and being a big target for Bryle and the Dukes to pass to in the paint.

The Rhys Beast may possess a head so frightening that little kids dont check under their beds for the Boogey man, but rather the Carter top himself.... let his defence do the menacing stopping the inside play of Bad Wires and even picking up a few steals when harassing the guards in the open court... The Beast showing he may just have the biggest heart on the Dukes.

As the second half continued, Bryle maintained their outside dominance while Matty (turn back your sundial) Bourke provided the inside and mid range threat allowing Bullettrain Wood to do what he loves, sending the ball express post to all corners of the court and sometimes all corners of the stadium.

As the Dukes combinations continue to develop with every game, reminiscent of combinations such as Isaiah and Joe, Larry and Kevin, Michael and Scotty, Arnold and Danny, Bill and Monica, Mickey and Pluto, Trump and America, the Dukes combos will look to keep the wins rolling as they secured their first back to back victories in franchise history and currently sit at a 75% winning record for June.

As fans cannot wait to see all the Dukes in action again, hopefully the momentum continues for the Dukes as they aim to make it 3 wins on the trot next week.

DUKES PROVE THEY BELONG.

Over the last 4 games, the Dukes are sitting at 2 and 2, with one of those losses being a narrow 2 shot defeat.

The most recent game being the most recent win for the Dukes V Make it Drizzle. In an exciting and hard fought match, the Dukes welcomed the return of Justin (Booga) Bennett from a few weeks on the side line and making his long awaited Debut was Kyle (Kooky Knees) Simpson.

In a tight struggle from tip off all the way to the final whistle, the game turned into a battle of the altitudinously challenged with the poky players of the Dukes and the Drizzle making the biggest impact on the game.

Booga Bennett excelled in his return racking up stats all across the board with steals, rebounding and even registering a block to prevent an easy bucket by the challengers.

The Simpson kid also playing above his height established a running game with the guard rotation of Lover Man Dan and Big Biceps Burke with all 3 playing a major role in the spectacular passing play of the Dukes.

The first quarter saw the Dukes take a 12 - 6 lead but thee second quarter saw the tables turn and the Drizzles diminutive duo (who just so happened to be shorter than Boogalicious) played like giants dominating the scoring with Skinny Steve, Rhys the Beast and handsome Wood unable to find an answer to stop their inside and outisde scoring. Drizzle taking the lead into the half.

The 3rd quarter continued much like the 2nd, with the Dukes stumbling at times showing only minutiae moments of the magic the Dukes are capable of. And speaking of magic, it appeared a spell was cast on Slippery hands Carlson as he played exceptionally well on both ends of the court grabbing rebounds and getting open close to the basket but many a shot falling finger tip short or stumped fist wide as The man known as 72kilo Carlson could not buy a bucket.

Despite his woes, Rhys The Beast Carter stepped up chasing rebounds and chasing the Drizzle guards all over the court to try and disrupt their scoring. At one moment the big framed Cortat of a man Carter dived head and knee first for a loose ball, securing a vital possession for the Dukes... unfortunately the angle of the Beasts legs and body shouldn't have been possible, and something had to give, with The Fast Improving Carter hobbling off to enjoy the rest of the game from the sideline.

The 4th quarter was evenly poised, Drizzle staying in touch with the Dukes going basket for basket. The guards for the Dukes deciding to turn up the intensity with extra pressure on defence and looking to break on offence, Simpson serving up outlets to Burke and Martensz who were able to get to the bucket and create a small lead. Drizzle did not go away sinking 3s and the game was in the balance with less than 2 min left.

Mr Skinny Butter fingers Brick Layer Carlson finally hit a couple of shots , but had to step out side the key to find his range and Killer Kyle was ice cold from the free throw maintaining the lead with under a minute to play.
Dan The Man Levitan putting the icing on the cake hitting a long 3 in the final moments to stretch the final score to 49 to 36.

Bennett, Burke, Martensz and Simpson complimented each other well in the guards with the addition of Simpson adding a new dynamic to the Dukes.. Bennett played his best game of the season being involved in everything and playing like the 3rd shortest on the court.

Carlson will need an improved performance with his butter fingers or it could see him spending more time on the bench (not really).... Handsome Wood kept doing what Wood does and Rhys (Not Coach) Carter was an inspiration with his effort and making the all important hussle plays for the Dukes.

Game Review:

Dukes V Condors.
It was an icey night in the BBA when Dukes took on Condors with even the 30 year veteran of the Dukes commenting it was a cold night.

And thats how things started for both teams in the 1st quarter. Cold with fingers aching with every touch of the ball. Both teams evenly balanced with just 1 shot the difference at the end of the quarter.

Was this going to be a cold and stingy arm wrestle going down to the wire like Sylvester Stallone in Over the top?

Would the Dukes and Condors slug it out like Riddick Bowe and Evander Holyfield ending up punch drunk with no real winner?

Would it be a 25 year old Steven (Im not drunk mum) Ellery trying to 'score' at 3am in Joes Garage and with every knock back the furry in further attempts increased?

Unfortunately for the Dukes it was not ment to be. The Condors exploding in the 2nd and 3rd quarters to take a commanding lead. And just like Ellery scrambling back and forth amongst the lingering crowds of the night club exodus, the Dukes never gave up, showing guts and determination to improve each play.

Unknown Rookie, Rhys (Beast) Carter had the game of his career, with him unlocking a dominant performance that brought back memories of the slog sweeping brilliance of Steven Waugh and Justin Bennett.

The man child Carter, top scoring for the Dukes and leading the way with an intensity at both ends of the court more firey than Dean Mobbs spilling paint on an Michaelangelo original.

In the big man game, Carter was strongly supported by Matt (like a jock strap) Bourke with the pair combining well in a 2 man performance ranking up there with Penn and Teller.

Speaking of magic, Stevie Tiny Setright showed improvement from minute 1 to minute 40, getting more aggressive with his play and sinking a long 3 pointer for the Dukes... The aggression runs in the Setright blood as big brother Jai Roswell, picked up the intensity and hustle at both ends, creating havoc and destruction along the way...

Not to be outdone, the veteran guard duo of Dan (Loverman) Martensz and Nathan (is he on steroids?) Burke maintained the calming influence across the backcourt, distributing the ball across the court ensuring all Dukes scored and registered on the score sheet.

Despite the loss, the Dukes posted their 3rd highest points tally in the history of the franchise and with 3 of their rookie crop palying sunstantial minutes, The Dukes development was the winner on the night.

Like an Adam Schembri underwear catalogue, or an Alex Ward cuddle, or the simple facial structure of handsome Wood and the creative graphic design of Kyle (soon to play) Simpson, the Dukes were delightful in defeat, with many more positives popping up than a double negative of Ellery saying he will shout the next beers.

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