Tue, Mar 17 2009 - DodgeBall @ St Stephen (View Original Event Details)
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Week 20! Happy St Patricks Day!
Another fun-filled exciting evening of COC DodgeBall at St Stephen Junior High School! Four teams of 8 competed in a full 20 game round robin and as promised we experimented with 4 minute time limits as opposed to the usual five. Overall I thought the change was a positive one, improving the flow of the evening by shortening games where just one member of a team remains for a lengthy period of time.
Once again teams were formed using random card draws and the results were fairly typical with all four teams seeing some good battles throughout the evening. Lucky Irish led the pack with a 7-3 record, followed closely by Blarney Balls at 6-4. Shamcocks struggled somewhat coming in slightly under .500 with a 4-6 record while Little Green Balls finished the night at 3-7.
In the semi-finals, it was the 1st place Lucky Irish over the 4th place Little Green Balls in 2 straight while the 3rd place Shamcocks upset 2nd place Blarney Balls by the same margin.
In the medal rounds both series required the full 3 games to determine a winner. Last place Little Green Balls captured the bronze by upsetting the #2 ranked Blarney Balls to cap off a very disappointing night for a team with seemingly so many high caliber players. "Maybe I'm getting too old for this" said a disappointed Franco Glavina. "I thought we had a great team, we just didn't want it bad enough I guess." In the gold medal series the Lucky Irish received a scare in game 2 when the pesky underdog Shamcocks forced a 3rd and deciding game. For a brief time it looked like the Shamcocks were poised to capture the gold but Lucky Irish proved to be just a little too strong and went on to win gold.
Congratulations Lucky Irish!!
GOLD ~ LUCKY IRISH : John, Shelley, Kinuyo, Don, Nathan, Michelle, Chirag, Toby
SILVER ~ SHAMCOCKS : Richelle, Kevin, Melanie, Brent, Rob, Karen, Gerardo, Lorraine, Colin
BRONZE ~ LITTLE GREEN BALLS : Jon, Chris, Spencer, Marvin, Blake, Bonnie, Audrey, Mandy
PARTICIPACTION PIN ~ BLARNEY BALLS : Michael, Chelsea, Duane, Geoff, Andrea, Aditya, Franco, Heather
Please take a moment to enjoy the attached photo album. Special thanks to Gerardo for submitting some great additional action photos.
ALSO: Don't forget to check out the all new DODGE BALL WALL OF FAME where you can view individual medal rankings along with photos of previous winners!
Thanks for playing, see you next time!
Duane