Thursday, September 4, 2008

Snakes Slither to Summit

The ladder had a big shake up this week as the draw contained matches where teams were generally 4 or 5 rungs apart. This was necessary in order to avoid having too many repeat matches.

The big match was the leaders, First Sun, up against the 5th placed Snakes. Aggressive game bidding by the Snakes on boards 3 and 4 saw a double game swing and a vulnerable swing to net 27 imps and effectively end the contest. First Sun fought on well but the Snakes ended their reign of 3 weeks at the top win a 46-25 win.

Central Climbers have risen to the second rung with a good win against Aussie Flavoured. It seems that their alternate name of Central Celler Dwellars will no be required. This team seems to have finally struck form with some being unkind enough to suggest that it was no co-incidence that tarakiwi was at the rugby last night!

In previous weeks, despite the reverse grid, lower runged teams have really struggled to beat their higher ranked opponents. The week The Masters were the only team to fend off the challenge from below. In a very close match the 13 imps exchanged on board 4 proved decisive. A very difficult 6nt was available. Tuckaway and Mastersg signed off in 5nt. Buch99 and Clarkson bid 6nt at the other table but buch99 couldn't quite bring it in. The Masters survived 25-21.

The previously unlucky Western Gals scored a 43-4 win against Trans Global. The board of that match being a grand slam bid and made by jenter62 and blinkers. Blinkers has been unwell and out of action for the past 8 weeks but she seems to have lost none of her edge. Trans Global have done a sterling job in the last 6 weeks to remain in the top four but are now unlucky to find themselves crashing all the way to the bottom on the strenth on one loss. Whoever plays them next week should be wary!

Ladder Positions after Round 7

1. Snakes: susiecue, janwhy, nikzti, suescott, jonz, boatman.
2. Central Climbers: gerry, tarakiwi, kermit, cascade, diatribe.
3. The Masters: mastersg, tuckaway, clientje, cyber, ikanarat.
4. Western Gals: seychelles, Lmu, blinkers, sandrac, jenter62.
5. First Sun: mumofthree, kiwiannie, acolitecs, davetaupo, carriemac1, glennis.
6. Aussie Flavoured: oakura, argyll2nz, masham, wdavis, kelvingt.
7. Judy + North Shore: phoenix4, hairy_scot, oshlyn, dave27nz.
8. The Mavericks: tigerboy, andrewnz, buch99, clarkson, ickool.
9. Trans Global: kotuku, hermman, mpemble, tfacol.

Results of matches on 3/9/08

First Sun: mumofthree/kiwiannie & davetaupo/strider_nz lost to
Snakes: Jonz/boatman & nikzti/suescott; 25-46

Aussie Flavoured: oakura/masham & argyll2nz/wdavis lost to
Central Climbers: cascade/kermit & gerry/diatribe; 12-41

The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber beat
Mavericks: tigerboy/phoenix4 & buch99/clarkson; 25-21

Trans Global: kotuku/hermman & tfacol/mpemble lost to
Western Gals: jenter62/blinkers & Lmu/judy o; 4-43

NON LADDER MATCH:
susiecue/janwhy & tinycrab6/petal25 lost to noelwz/ljs & glennis/gillyfleur; 15-20

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Ladder Draw; Round 7

Match 1: First Sun: mumofthree/kiwiannie & davetaupo/strider_nz v Snakes: Jonz/boatman & nikzti/suescott

Match 2: Aussie Flavoured: oakura/masham & argyll2nz/manawa v Central Climbers: cascade/kermit & gerry/diatribe

Match 3: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber v Mavericks: tigerboy/andrewnz & buch99/clarkson

Match 4: Trans Global: kotuku/hermman & tfacol/mpemble v Western Gals: jenter62/blinkers & Lmu/judy o

NON LADDER MATCH:
Match 5: susiecue/janwhy & tinycrab6/petal25 v noelwz/ljs &glennis/gillyfleur