Our team manager bought online two baseball caps at University of South Carolina Gamecocks official website. 

He was planning to go to Sunset, Louisiana, United States for the Sunset Recreation Club's 2006 Grit and Steel Breeders Cup. And hoping that he will have an autographed gift for his father, PJL, when he returned from the event.

Grit and Steel Breeders Cup is the most prestigious and biggest cockfighting event in the world as far as our team manager is concern. Every month of March, the best 12-cock derby in the world is held. A three day event with 4-cock each day and the weapon categories are short knife and long heels (gaff).

Both tan and red baseball caps have same signatures from great cockfighters; except when noted.

1. Bobby Fairchild
   
2. Joe Mac Skinner (tan baseball cap only)
   
3. Joe Wolcott
   
4. Johnnie Jumper
   
5. Oscar Akins
   
6. O.W. Lanier
7. Ray Alexander
   
8. Roger Roberts (Hatchet)
   
9. Sammy Ramsey (tan baseball cap only)

Grit & Steel Breeders Cup In March

March is the month for one of the prestigious cockfighting sports event in the whole wide world, the Grit & Steel Breeders Cup held at Sunset Recreation Club. These 3 day tourney in short knife (1 1/4 inches instead of mexican short knife length of 1 inch) and long heels/gaff weapons is composed of 4-cock derby each day for a total of 12-cock derby. Fights usually start at 10-11am and end in the wee hours of the morning. The main and four drag pits are always full of action from cocks and great pitters of our time, not to mention the honest referees in their black and white referee shirt. (read more)

University of South Carolina Gamecocks

The University of South Carolina's 19 varsity sports teams are known as the "Gamecocks". The unique moniker is held in honor of Thomas Sumter, a South Carolina war hero who was given the name "The Carolina Gamecock" during the American Revolution for his fierce fighting tactics, regardless of his physical stature or the size of his regiment. A British General commented that Sumter "fought like a gamecock." While the men have traditionally been the Fighting Gamecocks and the women were previously the Lady Gamecocks, this distinction was discontinued in part to help eliminate gender bias in their athletic department, and to discount the oft-held misconception that their mascot is meant to honor/promote animal bloodsport in any way.

The sports deal did not involved stocks nor liquid funds. PJL Bittergame Sports Team aims to produce a blend between Bicol Hi-Speed Black Henny strain and PJL Bittergame strain.

Last 20 February 2012, the Black Henny father has all the right fighting style that our team manager wanted to improve upon.

Today, 22 September 2012, the Black Henny son proved he got the goods when he fought against his father for the first time in a spar.

Many thanks to Bicol Hi-Speed Gamefarm sports team owners (Alex Clores, Engr. Warren Azotea, and Atty. Jose Guevara) for this Black Henny strain.

The plan was to fight us January or February 2013. We are to be pre-conditioned during molting season. For us to have better environment and tall roosting pole to strengthen our bodies than what our team manager and our facilities can provide. In seven months or so with our team manager's friend, we should be better fighter and well conditioned. Our team manager's friend suppose to match us in hackfight fairly if not at an advantage. For every mortality, both shanks have to be saved and returned to our team manager who have to reconcile with our photo files. The plan was made last week of June 2012. 

But the plan was not followed. We were fought during the molting season.

2012-08-19: PJL Bittergame player won

• No fight video taken, so that our team manager know how we performed and be more knowledgeable on improving our strain.
  
• Report mentioned that he won from behind. He only suffered an injury on top of his left knee which crippled him a little. But still was able to kill his opponent with his infighting.
• Farm taken/Post-battle photo of the left knee showed no signs of the injury nor any cut feathers around the knee as if the photo is of a rooster fresh before fight. After more than 2 weeks after battle, he was returned with very noticeable injury with cut feathers around the injury. Thus, Our team manager do not know really from these details if he was really fought as reported.

2012-09-02: PJL Bittergame player lost

• No fight video taken, so that our team manager know how we performed and be more knowledgeable on improving our strain.
  
• A few days before he was fought, our team manager commented that if he was to be fought in that condition, we should bet on his opponent.
• Report mentioned that he was ahead when he lost. From this performance our team manager need to select more non-stop hitting with a bit of evasiveness.
• No shanks returned. Thus, our team manager do not know really if he is still living or was fought as reported.

2012-09-03: PJL Bittergame player lost

• Witnessed by our team manager, who thought our player is conditioned frail & very light and was fighting big tall strong foe.
• From this fight, our team manager confirms we, PJL Bittergame strain of gamecocks, have gameness til the end and aggressively pressing on even after many deep cuts and major injuries for about 2 minutes before dying suddenly from a deadly blow.
  
• Although, our team manager's friend comment was "[losing is] in the bloodline".

3-4 pm September 2, 2012

First buckle or first contact, PJL Bittergame player suffered major cut on top the the left knee while only managing to hit the shank of Scientific Warrior player. 

With knife shank disabled, the PJL Bittergame could not inflict anymore damage with any of its efforts.

And the Scientific Warrior rooster did not waste time to finish a downed foe with good shuffling to the body resulting to a major hit on the right side, breaking into two both the femur bone and tibia bone, and damaging the internal organs of the PJL Bittergame rooster.

That is the end of the hackfight battle.

Our player (rooster gamecock) details:

• Father: PJL Bittergame
  
• Mother: "culled" American Game
  
• Hatched: January 2010

Our foe details:

• Team: Scientific Warriors
• Phenotype: Sweater looking white shank; right shank with minor deformities
• Friend Owner reply to our congratulations via sms txt msg: "..... bit lucky"

In retrospect, our team manager is proud of our player in the cockpit today and in all of the spar memories. 

• Our fallen player crippled a few of our other players during spars along the years. 
• And his (spurless) mother also broke into two the tibia bone of one of our hens in a quick spar.

We, PJL Bittergame strain of gamecocks, lost again. Our team manager continues to suck. 

PS:

• A friend of our team manager reported that a PJL Bittergame player won last August 19, 2012.
  
• A friend of our team manager reported that a PJL Bittergame player lost today September 2, 2012.