2018 SBru Pro14 - round 4 : Theo Vodkat continues to lead ....

[Mick MacPaddywack]

Hi All

This is a 24 week long competition running from September thru to May roughly, running in parallel with the AVIVA Premiership (which starts in September). We will be running FISO Leagues in both. Feel free to participate if you are a member of FISO and please acknowledge your signing up here.

Note: Both Pro12 and Aviva matches can be difficult to predict due to the loss of regular 1st team players to Internationals during the season. With the World Cup coming up in September (and the 6x Nations in February/March) expect this influence to be greater this year.

As usual, the more the merrier Hope you all enjoy!!

[Mick MacPaddywack]

7 signed up so far ... keep 'em coming

usually 8-20 is a good number, but for rugby I'm guessing we'll do well to get 8-10.
I'm keeping this restricted to FISO members, so any FISO member feel free to drop in.

cheers,
Mac

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week 1 has a wonderful surprise ... Trampie, MickMacP and Surprised are quick out of the blocks while the Three Musketeers are left squabbling over the spoils ...
but its only week 1 .... watch this space



Trampie gets the yellow cap

[Salop27]

Hi all, bit late joining up to your league but I've done the first 2 weeks in a general pool so would be great to join the FISO one.
Cheers.

[Mick MacPaddywack]

Hi all, bit late joining up to your league but I've done the first 2 weeks in a general pool so would be great to join the FISO one.
Cheers.

You are in, now, and welcome

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week 2 provides an opportunity for the virtually unknown MickMacPaddywack to gain a yellow cap (almost his first in all competitions all year) ahead of a cluster of tightly knit competitors including the new attendee salop27 (apologies to our French colleagues) SE and the usual suspects MetalWarlord and Trampie ...



Again, only for the short term MMP leads the pack ... better gloat while the opportunity lasts, cos its short term only ....

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week 3 results in further amazement as MickMacP tops the lot again ... but worrying times ... both MetalWarlord and SE are in hot pursuit ... and yes, you guessed it Trampie only a hair's breadth away ...

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week 4 results in proof that lightning CAN strike twice ...
MickMacP fluffs his lines and fails to plummet like a stone, as was expected of him ...
the usual suspects gather like vultures and await ...
MickMacP flies closer to the sun, blissfully unaware that his wax wings are beginning ot melt ...

[Mick MacPaddywack]

weeks 5-9 provided us with Yellow Caps from SportBilly, Trampie, MickMacP, McBear and salop227.

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week 6 was Trampie's turn.

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week 7 was Mick's.

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week 8 was McBear's turn.

[Mick MacPaddywack]

With nobody standing out from the rest, MickMacP continued to bob merrily on the top in his lilo, whilst the Sharks circled beneath him ...



week 9 was salop27.

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week10 was Trampie back again.

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week11 and Stokie Bloke showed up.

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week12 and Metal Warlord took a turn.



... and still MickMacP bobs along on his Lilo, which unfortunately appears to be sagging a bit in the middle as the air leaks out ...

[SE]

Ahem! Now surely THIS thread is worth an update!

[Mick MacPaddywack]

Good point, SE

Drafted the update & then got distracted ....

And by Season End, MickMacP's lilo had indeed sunk, with both Trampie and SE overtaking him, and SE coming out on top.
Not easy to better Trampie this season, so CONGRATS to SE !!

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week 3 into this comp and highgreenowl has set a cracking pace ... defending champion SE is puffing hard, trying to keep up, followed closely by McBear ....

Early days, I know, but a fairly hectic start leaves me still tying up me shoelaces ...

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week 5 and dewalsh shows promise with a fine score, moving up to 3rd ... highgreenowl retains the lead, but the gap narrows considerably ...

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week 6 and reigning Champion SE shows us all just how easy it is to take the Leader's jersey by scoring a massive 3.5 bonus points and bounding into the lead ...

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week 8 and reigning Champion SE retains the lead with a ... third consecutive yellow cap ... and then there were the also rans ...

[SE]

Tough weeks to predict with the Autumn Internationals.

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week 9 and, for a change deWalsh takes the Yellow Cap ... the Top 3 remain unchanged with small adjustments in the table below them ... no sign of any imminent threats ...

[Mick MacPaddywack]

week 21 and a long overdue update ... (after a system crash & loss of all worksheets ... don't talk to me about backups )
... and the leaderboard now shows the reigning champ SE taking back the lead from deWalsh who remains along with highgreenowl the only remaining viable competitors to his crown, unless Stokie Bloke or MickMacP pull out an amazing finish over the next couple of weeks ...

[SE]

Doing my best for consecutive titles!

[Mick MacPaddywack]

Doing my best for consecutive titles!

Bad luck, there SE ... your good fightback into Top slot only lasted that one week. But it was a cracking competition nonetheless, which only had a ding-dong match between three main players who between them shared the lead for the 24 weeks of the competition.

[Mick MacPaddywack]

This was a cracking competition that went down to the wire, which had a ding-dong match between three main players who between them shared the lead for the 24 weeks of the competition:

In 3rd place, having led the league for 10 weeks, we have SE.
In 2nd place, having led the league for 5 weeks, we have dewalsh
but in 1st, having led the league for 9 weeks our winner overall and this year's CHAMPION is highgreenowl!!!

CONGRATS, man ... I look forward to the scrap next year when you defend this against the abovementioned

[SE]

Well done. Great competition! One very bad week cost me! Roll on next season!

[Mick MacPaddywack]

Without further ado ... HAIL this year's CHAMPION!!