Sixty-three players turned up for last week's Type 2 at FLM. To coin a phrase, it was an evening of the "Underdog" with the top 8 consisting of only one name from the usual top finishers. This is a sign of the depth of good players we have in the Hamilton magic pool and I know had a number of the players on the POTY leader-board not missed the occasional evening of play the top 10-20 would look totally different.
Vance Flavell took line honours for the night followed closely by Ben Guy, Michael Rose, Michael Bond, Lewis Beattie & Morgan Baines. Previous top finishers Matt Fisk and Basil Gammon rounded off the top 8 for the evening leaving most of the usual top finishers, like Eliot, floundering in 18th place or below.
Eliot (728) managed to pick up a point on Henry (694) this week who finished 19th with third place Zac (664) in 21st position. Can Henry's form be enough over the next eleven weeks to catch Eliot and take the trip to Melbourne? Historically, the past few months suggest that a real race to finish line is shaping up and it wouldn't surprise me in the least if the Top 10 looked a little different than today's one.
Matt's (646) seventh placing on the night moved him up to 4th again with Brad (602) moving into 5th. A non-attendance by Waikato Open winner, Josh Tutaki (590), and Andrew MacIntyre (575) dropped them into 6th & 7th while the Open Top Master, Twinny (555), securely sits in 8th. Leslie O'Connor (536) moves up a notch into ninth with Lloyd Cooke (529) rounding off the tenth position.
The second half of the top 20 had a lot of movement also with last year's Most Improved Player, Colin Barrett-Hogg (527), inching up another spot to take 11th while a less than average result at FLM dropped Richard Tasker (525) three places into 12th. Michael Scott (513) moves up 2 into 13th with one of the biggest jumps coming from Lewis who shoots into 14th from 21st. Fifteenth & sixteenth are held by Ivan (486) and Stefan Holman (482) while Basil moves up five spots to settle into 17th position. Hanne (472) holds onto 18th with last year's Open Winner Scottmeister Couchman (470) also moving up into 19th. Veasna Long rounds off the top 20 on 468pts.
Aside from Vance, Ben, Lewis, Michael R., and Michael B. the other players to make significant moves up the board were Nigel Lee, Perry Franks, Sophar Rach, Kieran O'Connor & Andrew Barr. Hopefully they might keep the trend going and make a play for the top positions in the last eleven weeks that the contest is running.
The next format is Type 1.5 constructed which usually shows player's versatilities as they dust off their older cards and front up with their combos galore.
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Standings as of the 3rd May '05
1 |
Eliot Graham |
728 |
2 |
Henry Gammon |
694 |
3 |
Zachary Woodhouse |
664 |
4 |
Matt Fisk |
646 |
5 |
Bradley Campbell |
602 |
6 |
Josh Tutaki |
590 |
7 |
Andrew MacIntyre |
575 |
8 |
Twinny Dusterwald |
555 |
9 |
Leslie O'Connor |
536 |
10 |
Lloyd Cooke |
529 |
11 |
Colin Barrett-Hogg |
527 |
12 |
Richard Tasker |
525 |
13 |
Michael Scott |
513 |
14 |
Lewis Beattie |
487 |
15 |
Ivan Schroder |
486 |
16 |
Stefan Holman |
482 |
17 |
Basil Gammon |
481 |
18 |
Hanne Dusterwald |
472 |
19 |
Scotty Couchman |
470 |
20 |
Veasna Long |
468 |
21 |
Alex Kirkpatrick |
466 |
22 |
Alvin Liew |
463 |
23 |
Morgan Baines |
463 |
24 |
Myles Silva |
455 |
25 |
Kirk Allen |
446 |
26 |
Jay McArthur |
378 |
27 |
Jomar Espectacion |
370 |
28 |
Jimmy Tung |
367 |
29 |
Phillip Liew |
356 |
30 |
Gavin Tracey |
354 |
31 |
Leighton Archer |
348 |
32 |
Nathan Tubb |
316 |
33 |
Julien Dusterwald |
312 |
34 |
Jin Seen Tay |
295 |
35 |
Alicia Yap |
269 |
36 |
Jeff Campbell |
261 |
37 |
Daniel Bryant |
259 |
38 |
Michael Rose |
256 |
39 |
Adam Buist |
254 |
40 |
Vance Flavell |
250 |
41 |
Karl Vinnicombe |
241 |
42 |
Alex Wynne-Jones |
239 |
43 |
Tony Wootton |
220 |
44 |
Tommy Caunter |
218 |
45 |
Jimmy Caunter |
217 |
46 |
Jacob Sewell |
217 |
47 |
Robert Caunter |
213 |
48 |
Benjamin Geoghegan |
212 |
49 |
Mike Anderson |
205 |
50 |
James Page |
204 |
51 |
David Gaylard |
196 |
52 |
Carl Gaylard |
194 |
53 |
Nigel Lee |
191 |
54 |
Boaz Anema |
179 |
55 |
Kent Graham |
173 |
56 |
Michael Bond |
168 |
57 |
Yu Jia Su |
167 |
58 |
Stefan Smith |
165 |
59 |
Perry Franks |
165 |
60 |
Ming-Ken Yee |
159 |
61 |
Ben Guy |
155 |
62 |
Robert Lilley |
149 |
63 |
Thomas Hunt |
144 |
64 |
Leon Van Mil |
143 |
65 |
Sophar Rach |
141 |
66 |
Robert McKinnon |
139 |
67 |
Sam McKoy |
135 |
68 |
Luke Mercer |
132 |
69 |
Ross Braithwaite |
112 |
70 |
Nico Johnston |
110 |
71 |
Deane Anderson |
102 |
72 |
David Leaver |
100 |
73 |
Tam Rennie |
98 |
74 |
Graham Tubb |
95 |
75 |
Kieran O'Connor |
88 |
76 |
Zeb Hocquard |
87 |
77 |
Andrew Barr |
87 |
78 |
Carlo Meister |
86 |
79 |
Pete Allen |
82 |
80 |
Shaun "Speedy" Wilson |
81 |
81 |
Thomas Wilson |
79 |
82 |
Scott Heighway |
77 |
83 |
Brad Pepper |
74 |
84 |
Carlin Leong |
66 |
85 |
Hemi Witehira |
59 |
86 |
Mark Hermon |
59 |
87 |
Jordan McCluskey |
57 |
88 |
Michael Doust |
55 |
89 |
Tim Shipsides |
53 |
90 |
Jeremy Lamont |
52 |
91 |
Mark Burgess |
51 |
92 |
Isaac Newbery |
50 |
93 |
Ben Smyth |
50 |
94 |
Sam Hom |
44 |
95 |
Hoki Henry |
43 |
96 |
Dong Yun Kim |
42 |
97 |
Jono North |
41 |
98 |
An-Chin Chi |
40 |
99 |
Andy Curtin |
40 |
100 |
Thomas Hollman |
38 |
101 |
Aaron Edgar |
37 |
102 |
Michael Short |
37 |
103 |
Jesse Wilcox |
36 |
104 |
James McKinnon |
35 |
105 |
James Hutt |
35 |
106 |
Toy Geldenhuis |
31 |
107 |
Jeff Brown |
31 |
108 |
Danny Rogers |
30 |
109 |
Stephane Janson |
27 |
110 |
David Tauranga |
26 |
111 |
Adam Darlington |
23 |
112 |
Reuben Regler |
22 |
113 |
Isaac Cunnane |
21 |
114 |
Prinai Pillay |
21 |
115 |
Jesse Johnston |
20 |
116 |
Paul Hermon |
17 |
117 |
Cam Samuels |
16 |
118 |
Justin Burrows |
15 |
119 |
Yuven Pillay |
14 |
120 |
Thomas Rowe |
13 |
121 |
Blake Addison |
13 |
122 |
Susu Zhang |
12 |
123 |
Jamie Buchanan |
12 |
124 |
Bardoe Besselaar |
12 |
125 |
Daniel Brittan |
11 |
126 |
Iain McKinnon |
11 |
127 |
Alfred Benade |
11 |
128 |
Geoff Templar |
11 |
129 |
Emma Caunter |
10 |
130 |
Steven Murphy |
10 |
131 |
Jacob Bull |
8 |
132 |
Austin Knox |
7 |
133 |
Mitch Turnbull |
5 |
134 |
Sireshen Reddy |
2 |
135 |
Rory Lynch |
1 |
136 |
Barbara Wang |
1 |
137 |
Jamie Morgan |
1 |
138 |
Sirshen Reddy |
1 |
Terms & Conditions for Player of the Year