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Both reserve grade and first grade made it back to back wins in a productive Sunday away to Luddenham.

Reserve grade recorded an excellent 5-0 victory with (correct me if I'm wrong) five different scorers underlining Balmain's attacking depth. At the Monkey Bar after the game, coach Ivan went on record to praise the way his side improved in the second half and in particular the movement from his strikers and excellent delivery from his his wide men.

First grade started more slowly against a Luddenham side that had improved since a pre-season clash between the sides. It took the Tigers the best part of the first half, as well as a contender for goal of the season from Leo, to take the lead. Skilfully controlling a bouncing ball, the Roman-featured midfielder dinked it over a scrambling Luddenham midfielder before burying a volley over the keeper's head from 30 yards. Glorious!

The second half saw improvement from the Luddenham side as the Tigers took time to settle back into their rhythm. But settle they did, and the men in three stripes began to run their hosts ragged. Some flowing football created several chances for the Tigers, and it was a clever header from Johnny off a Jeremy Deasey corner that made it 2-0.

Driving a nail into Luddenham defenders' hearts, coach Keltenegger brought on the electric Admir with 30 minutes to go: before long Ads had scored the third. If his shot was a bus it would have been the deluxe tourist service stopping at the crossbar and right-hand post. Or a 15-pointer in Johnny's terms.

From then on it was a blur of goals, as Johnny scored another three goals within the space of around five minutes and someone else scored when I was in the shower. Sorry mate - feel free to post and claim it!

Next week it's the much-anticipated clash with Prospect, but before that the Tiger Turf clash with Granville on Tuesday (which was actually yesterday by the time I wrote this...shh).