Well after a few surprises and some great ultimate, only Black Magic, The Amazing Technicolour Dream
Discs, The Green Goblins and 100 Shades of Grey remain with
a chance of taking home the title of Semester 2, 2012 Champions. But before we get in to these games, let’s
not forget that the battle for the wooden spoon is very much alive! Winners of Game 1 and Game 2 will go on to
play for 5th and 6th next wek while the losers will have
the pleasure of playing for the Wooden Spoon.
I am told that there will actually be a wooden spoon also, so get
excited!
Game 1: Mite-y Discs vs Gold Diggers
Both of these teams showed a great deal of promise
throughout the semester, unfortunately for them this promise has only got them
battling for 5th – 8th.
In the game I’ll call, “The Battle of The Teams Beaten by 100 Shades of
Grey”, look for Gold Diggers captain Stretch Armstrong Dehollander to
shine. Rob has been in some great form
the past month, and with the imminent return of older brother David is looking
to make a name for himself as the better Dehollander. The opposing captain Mattie Hamilton and his
team/employees will look to play some quick disc, using their speed to get
around the Gold Diggers defence. Mite-y’s
will hope to bring back some of their early season form. Look out for Matt Stoffels on the Gold
Diggers to score 1000.
Prediction: Despite finishing the regular season behind the
Mite-y’s, I think the Gold Diggers will
take the win here, 13-8.
Game 2: The Highlanders vs More Smarter Than
You
I think it’s a bit of commentators curse for the
Highlanders, I thought they would win their first game…they didn’t. I tipped them in the blog to win their second
game…they didn’t. Despite being rolled 2
games in a row, The Highlanders do possess a very strong offensive line,
height, speed and how they haven’t made it further is beyond me. More Smarter Than You will control the disc
and defensive cohesion is their strength.
Look for former 100m sprint world record holder (possibly not true)
Michael Kramer to run rings around anyone that marks him man to man and the
MSTY girls to dominate the offence. For
the Highlanders, I think their real danger man is Stefan and those pants….
Prediction: I think third time is the charm for The Highlanders,
relegating MSTY to the wooden spoon battle, 13-10.
Now the race for the championship!
Game 3: Black Magic vs
The Green Goblins
Form and placings say Black Magic should win and win
easily. But as we’ve seen this finals
race, form and regular season placings aren’t counting for a whole lot. Undefeated to now, Black Magic has a very
strong roster including perennial ‘he should have been MVP’ captain James
David. They’ve played great disc, mixed
their defence up and controlled every single game they’ve played. However, Deanna ‘MVP’ Finn is a big loss for
the Magic. The Green Goblins on the
other hand, had a slow start to the season with an inexperienced line. After the acquisition of Leo BUD in a trade
for potentially worst player in the league Ashley O’Sullivan, and picking up
some guy named Mike, they have only lost one game. Members of both of these teams have been to
the finals before. James has been to 3 grand finals and is yet to walk away with the main prize. I think this want to win the title will get
his team there.
Prediction: I’ve talked to many people about this game, and no
one knows who the favourite is. My pick
is Black Magic, in a very close game.
Game 4: The Amazing Technicolour Dream
Discs vs 100 Shades of Grey
Form is a strange thing, sometimes you can go a
whole season without it and then all of a sudden in the finals you find
it. I think everyone would agree that
this is the way that 100 Shades of Grey have been, taking down the 5th
place and 3rd place in consecutive weeks. However, taking down 2nd place is
a whole different story. The Dream Discs
have had a ‘dream’ run, only losing the one game throughout the season (to 1st
place Black Magic). With attacking
weapons like Damo, Bevo and Rach(o) no wonder they’ve had no trouble scoring
points. Unfortunately for the Dream
Discs, their captain Finny is unable to play this week as he is flying to Perth
to start a new life as a fisherman. The
question is can the Dream Discs play the same attacking frisbee they have been
with their leader off the field, or will the likes of Brandon, Ed, Erik, Anne
and Nickers of 100 Shades of Grey be too strong?
Prediction: I think fun will be the real winner in this
game.
So come down Wednesday night, play for you r team and cheer
your favourite team on in their finals match!
With the games this week, there are sure to be some great contests,
individual rivalries and good times had by all.
Did You Know? An ultimate
frisbee
holds approximately 1630 ml of liquid. That equals approximately 4.34 cans of beer, 1.42 jugs of beer, 2.86 pints, 3.83 schooners or 5.71 pots.
