Ladder Positions after Round 5

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

Results of Kiwi Teams matches 20/8/08

Aussie Flavoured: oakura/masham & argyll2nz/kelvingt lost to
First Sun: mumofthree/kiwiannie & carriemac1/davetaupo 1-50

The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber beat
Trans Global: kotuku/hermman & mpemble/tfacol 49-23

Central Climbers: gerry/tarakiwi & kermit/diatribe lost to
Snakes: susiecue/janwhy & jonz/boatman 15-30

Western Gals: seychelles/Lmu & sandrac/jenter62 lost to
Mavericks: tigerboy/ickool jr & ickool/kkjoelee 13-31

NONLADDER MATCHES:
ljs/noelwz & phonix4/glennis lost to lixixing/ derfson146 & k1w1/jules10 15-26ickool/kkjoelee & sweetjane/hermman beat nztipg8/desilva & Glennis/as90 26-10

Kiwi Teams Ladder Draw; Round 5

Match 1: Aussie Flavoured: oakura/masham & argyll2nz/kelvingt v First Sun: mumofthree/kiwiannie & carriemac1/davetaupo

Match 2: The Masters: mastersg/tuckaway & clientje/cyber v Trans Global: kotuku/hermman & mpemble/tfacol

Match 3: Central Climbers: gerry/tarakiwi & kermit/diatribe v Snakes: susiecue/janwhy & jonz/boatman

Match 4: Western Gals: seychelles/Lmu & sandrac/jenter62 v Mavericks: tigerboy/pascalls & ickool/kkjoelee

First Sun see the light

Week four has seen our third new team climb to the top. This week First Sun (who have three members from Gisborne) will not only see the light first but will see it the brightest. They have displaced the Masters with a convincing 43-20 win. Congratulations to them.

The only other change to the ladder positions occured at the bottom end. The Central Climbers had spent the entire competition on the bottom rung and were so desparate they changed their name to Central Cellar Dwellers. This seemed to work as they had a 47-7 win over the Western Gals. The win was not as convincing as the scoreboard suggested. Central Climbers member cascade (aka Wayne Burrows) has done an analysis of some of the hands which suggests that Western Gals didn't do too much wrong on a lot of the hands where they lost imps. Go to http://newzealandbridge.blogspot.com/2008/08/kiwiteams-080813-few-hands.html to see Wayne's insightful analysis.

Spare a thought for Western Gals. They started at 6th on the ladder. The vagaries of the draw has seen them drawn against teams below them in all three rounds they have played. On the first two occasions they won against more fancied oponents. However, on the third occasion, when drawn against the bottom placed team and with the most to lose they couldn't repeat the feat. So, although they are now bottom placed team, they certainly don't deserve to be there.