Halibut Review

After a few days of getting back to life with no eight hour days of ultimate, I decided it was time to do a bit of a review of the spectacular tournament that was Halibut. I have also included a score with each team based on the tips entered by myself, Jdr, and the Seeders. Scores are 3 points for picking correct winner, 2 points for picking other placings correctly, or 1 point for being within 1 of correct place.

1st: Plan B

So for the 2nd time in the past 3 years, the super pickup team has taken the Halibut trophy from the Brissie battlers. That being said, I was more than happy for this team to take the trophy (albeit only Jmac can take it as the trophy can never leave Queensland) as they did play the best quality ultimate out of all of the teams I played (which included all semi final teams) and they were very well spirited. This team, as has been mentioned before, consisted of player that couldn’t/didn’t want to make it to Vancouver so decided to chump us all here in the sunny state.
Tipping scores: Jdr 1; Wetnose 3; Seeders 1.

2nd: Mind The Gap

Well the cranky old legs of MTG (with some new faces) just struggled to get them across the line this time around. This team very much played to their strengths (lots of zone defence) but the old dogs were by no means slow around the park. Including 2 current Australian Masters team members (Buzz & Mat R) this team had exceptional throws, laid out a fair bit, and played with level of spirit that was expected of them.
Tipping scores: Jdr 1; Wetnose 1; Seeders 1

3rd: Slamtown Flatball Club

This team almost had the goods to take the title. They had the gun male players, they had the party, and Stefan even had the grace to take advantage of one of the female members of the Goldigaz on the night of the party. Unfortunately though for SFC, they faced Plan B in the semi and received their collective behinds handed to them on a disc shaped platter (15-3 was the score I heard). Perhaps underestimated by a number of punters, these guys and girls from the coast showed what some training, partying, and a team with crazy Canadian at the helm can do.
Tipping scores: Jdr 0; Wetnose 0; Seeders 2

4th: Goldigaz Revival

This was my team so I could rave on and on about how good I was and how we would have won if it was for the stupid Talbots both missing their flight and not turning up until just prior to the 2nd game on the Saturday, but that would just be rude. The problem for the ‘Digaz may have been the lack of legs, also the fact that one female player suffered a Woodley induced ‘injury’ at the party which resulted in her sleeping through the entirety of the first 2 games on Sunday didn’t help. This team also revived their tradition of the pre-heckle, which involves trash talking in the seconds leading up to catching a goal or generating a block. No surprises that they didn’t take out spirit.
Tipping scores: Jdr 0; Wetnose 2; Seeders 1.

That’s all I can be bothered doing in terms of write ups (also I’m starting to get to teams that I didn’t see on the weekend) so here are the remaining placings, along with the tipping scores:

5th: Mellow Yellow. Tipping: Jdr 0; Wetnose 0; Seeders 0.
6th: UQ Lovers. Tipping: Jdr 0; Wetnose 2; Seeders 1.
7th: iCarrot. Tipping: Jdr 0; Wetnose 0; Seeders 0.
8th: UQ Passionate in Pink. Tipping: Jdr 0, Wetnose 1, Seeders 1.
9th: Not Sure Yet. Tipping: Jdr 1, Wetnose 2, Seeders 1.
10th: The Pass. Tipping: Jdr 1, Wetnose 2, Seeders 1.
11th Pickup. Tipping: Jdr 2, Wetnose 2, Seeders 0.

Spirit prize went to the always awesome The Pass (although picking up Jangles was a dodgy move by them). Male MVP was Julian “Big Arms” Sacre and Female MVP was Maylin “Awesome May” Chua.

So that leaves the final tipping scores as: Jdr 6, Wetnose 14, Seeders 9. Yay me!

That winds up Halibut here at the BUB Manor. We are currently sitting around awaiting the a new arrival in the form of Jdr’s spawn. We will report all details of the baby, as well as the emotional state of Jdr, once the event has occurred.