Wednesday, July 6, 2011

ANU2 come 5th in pool, to play off for 9th tomorrow

After checking the results of the games, I discovered ANU2's glorious victory by two points against CSU2 actually puts them on top of a three way tie! Since ANU2 beat CSU2 by 2 points, and only lost to Sydney Uni Cumberland by 1, they are at +1 in a three-way tie, whereas CSU2 lost by 2 points to ANU2 and won by 2 points against Cumberland, putting them at 0, and Cumberland's 1 point win against ANU2 combined with a 2-point loss to CSU2 puts them at -1! Congratulations to ANU2! This just proves how incredibly valuable those upwind points are not only in tight games, but across the whole of the tournament!

They will now be playing off for 9th place against UTS2 at 12.00, rather than for 11th place as I said earlier.

ANU into Semis at EUGs

Canberra, true to form, has pulled out the very worst possible weather this week in order to welcome all our interstate visitors to their nation's capital. However, despite the 65 km/ hr winds, 13 brave University teams have struggled on, eager to bring home the EUGs championship medals.

After beating Sydney Uni 11-8 in their first tight game yesterday afternoon, ANU1 suffered its first loss this morning against Newcastle Uni. This leaves the top seeds of Pool B locked in a 3-way tie, with Sydney Uni, Newcastle Uni, and ANU1 each with 4 wins and 1 loss. However, since Sydney Uni beat Newcaslte something like 13-3, points differential puts Sydney top of the pool, with ANU second and Newcastle unfortunately having to fight it out for 5th.

Tomorrow will see these teams matching up with the top 3 of the other pool, which, assuming the further pool play goes as predicted, will be Macquarie on top, UNSW second and UTS third.

This puts Macquarie versus ANU1 in Semi1 and Sydney Uni versus UNSW in Semi2 at 10.30 on Thursday morning. The winners of these two semis will play off for gold at 3.00, and the losers will play off for bronze on the field next door, also at 3.00. There is even a small possibility that the wind speed will drop below 40 km/ hr in the afternoon!!!! (but we're not counting on it)

On the other end of the draw, ANU2 has also been playing a bunch of tight games, including a glorious victory against CSU2 on Monday afternoon and a very tight 1-point defeat against Sydney Uni Cumberland yesterday morning. They are likely to place 6th in their pool, which leads them to the 11/12 playoff, likely against the third Canberra team in the tournament, CIT, at 12.00 tomorrow afternoon.

The semis, finals and 11/12 playoff will be played on the University of Canberra fields, which, coincidentally are also the windiest fields in Canberra, tomorrow (Thursday) at the times mentioned above, so if you are passing by, stop and give us a cheer!