Finalists Found

The semi finals round of the November Knockout took place tonight and after two hard fought battles the finalists are:

Antihomers: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd, and
NO STRUMPETS: seychelles/egmont & kermit/mairi62



The match between Antihomers and Beauty & the Beast was relatively even if you take out the two middle boards. Unfortunately (for Beauty) two hiccups on those two boards saw Antihomers pick up 12 imps each and that was the bulk of the difference in the 48-20 scoreline.



The match between NO STRUMPETS and Breg was much closer. Breg was 20-0 up after three boards. Breg pairs had bid and made three non vul games on each of these boards when game wasn't bid at the other table. However 2 "overbid" slams trump 3 "underbid" games and later in the match each Breg pair managed to bid and fail in a slam. Particularly harrowing was Board 11 where bruzo/tarakiwi bid to a pushy but making 6d. However, the declarer play was too difficult for tarakiwi and NO STRUMPETS took the lead 20-24. On to the last and both pairs were in a non vul 2s. Its difficult to get 4 imps out of that and an extra undertrick for Breg still left them trailing 22-24.



Antihomers will have home advantage in the final and also the advantage of being able to demand an extra four boards if they are behind after 12. They have earnt that by being the only team to have won all their games to date.



The Plate final will be a straight head to head between Homers Heros and Central Gnats with Homers Heros gaining home advantage by the toss of a coin.



The finals of the November Knockout will be the last week of kiwi teams for this year. After next week we go into summer recess until March 2010. A tentative program for 2010 will be posted here soon.

November Knockout - Draw for Finals

Cup:
Match 1: Antihomers v NO STRUMPETS

Plate:
Match 2: Homers Heros v Central Gnats

Results of All Matches Played 23rd November

8pm November Knockout:

Cup Semi Finals:
Match 1: Antihomers: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd beat Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach 48-20
Match 2: NO STRUMPETS: seychelles/egmont & kermit/mairi62 beat Breg: bruzo/tarakiwi & sunline77/diatribe 24-22

Plate Semi Finals:
Match 3: Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm beat TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber & ikanarat/judz1 84-18
Match 4: Central Gnats: mastersg/toddnz & kiwi_joker/ceejae beat Bright Gals: gypsy1308/bassy1 & ngaamotek/robealley 38-26

8pm Casuals:
Match 5: Tigerbees: buzzybee/acolitecs & tigerboy1/ickool lost to Bobstars: bigbob/benmont & jenstar/nable 25-30
Match 6: Steve’s Crew: best_minor/glennis & hamish32/jo99nz beat Why’s Hamsters: blinkers/janwhy & bbb_1/hamster_nz 35-10
Match 7: The Gurus: karrolle/laguru & tehenga/rhonddaswe lost to Blue Mountains: jaymac/angel733 & alp_45/blithe 13-27

9.30 pm Casuals:
Match 8: Stroppy Homers: patricck/barry & gambler3/stroppy beat Tigerbees: tigerboy1/diatribe & buzzybee/ickool 32-7
Match 9: Hamish’s Crew: hamish32/jo99nz & best_minor/nz 7227 lost to Bob’s Mob: bigbob/queen t & nztipg8/halfbach 15-41
Match 10: Long Tukus: long toni/trudy nz & kotuku/hayden1 beat Gypsy Blues: gypsy1308/ngaamotek & hamster_nz/bluelabel 66-14

November Knockout - Draw for Semi Finals

Cup:
Match 1: Antihomers: abeljan/andrewnz & hda/dolbeldjd v Beauty & the Beast: trudy nz/gogga & nztipg8/halfbach
Match 2: NO STRUMPETS: seychelles/egmont & kermit/mairi62 v Breg: bruzo/tarakiwi & sunline77/diatribe


Plate:
Match 3: Homer's Heros: patricck/qwikjanz & barry/jenm v TopTown Girls: jenter62/cyber & ikanarat/judz1
Match 4: Central Gnats: mastersg/toddnz & kiwi_joker/ceejae v Bright Gals: gypsy1308/bassy1 & ngaamotek/robealley