Fri, Oct 26 2012 - DodgeBall @ Knox United (View Original Event Details)
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Season 5 Week 2
Our first visit to Knox United Church this season drew a great crowd of 46 enthusiastic participants who spent the evening battling it out for the most coveted prize in all of COC sports, the Dodge Ball Cup and hoping their name would forever be engraved on the infamous, Dodge Ball Wall of Fame! As customary, participants received their team assignment based on the playing card they randomly selected from the deck. Once everyone had checked in, we kicked off the evening with a short celebration in recognition of Debbie Chou’s 400th event. She was presented with a lovely custom made "400" cowgirl hat and a framed 8x10 collage featuring various highlights of her history with the COC . At the conclusion of the presentation it was get ready to rumble time as the participants gathered together with their teammates to introduce themselves and come up with a team name. After a few minutes of bonding, team names were submitted and the quest for GOLD began with the first of 20 round robin match ups.
Each team played 10 times to determine their seeding for the playoffs. The battle for first was an intense one as Blonde Moment and the Green Gobblers jockeyed for position throughout the 20 game seeding round only to find themselves deadlocked heading into the final game. When all was said and done however, it was Blonde Moment who prevailed with 7 hard fought victories followed closely by those pesky Gobblers at 6-4, the Swedish Berries at 4-7 and last but not least, Debbie Does DodgeBall at 3-7.
In the semi-finals, both series ended quickly as the #1 ranked Blonde Moment made short work of Debbie Does DodgeBall, eliminating them from gold medal contention with a 2-0 series sweep while the Swedish Berries suffered the same fate against the Green Gobblers, setting up a much anticipated gold medal battle between the top two teams.
In the medal round, last place Debbie Does DodgeBall forced a tie breaker with their only victory of the playoffs in game 2 but it wasn't enough as the Swedish Berries went on to win the bronze and break Debbie’s heart. In other action, the Green Gobblers stunned what may have been an over confident Blonde Moment squad, defeating them in 2 straight games to capture the gold. Congratulations Green Gobblers” on your well deserved Dodge Ball Cup victory tonight!
After the tournament many of us headed over to BP’s on 17th Ave SW for some great conversation, munchies and refreshments. Thanks to all who joined me tonight, it was great fun!
GOLD ~ GREEN GOBBLERS : Stephanie, Janet, Yannick, Adam, Spencer, Rob, Gerardo, Trina, Mandy V, Heather and Dexter
SILVER ~ BLONDE MOMENT : Eduardo, Dave, Allyson, Ian, Dan, Franco,Chelsea, Mandy D, Julie, Darwin and Ethel
BRONZE ~ SWEDISH BERRIES : Duane, Chris, Hiro, Julien, Josh, Jenny, Madelaine, Tashina, Meeka, Erick, Liza and Ruth
PARTICIPACTION PIN ~ DEBBIE DOES DODGEBALL : Lorraine, Sarah, Jordan, Toby, Mami, Shahram, Brad, Debbie, Ed, Colin, Kelly and Jennifer S
Don't forget to visit the Dodge Ball Wall of Fame for complete individual statistics.
Thanks for playing, see you next time!