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And that's it for another year. If you weren't there on Cup Final night, you really missed out. The final was a cracking game, with Cocktail and Galahs giving it their all for the trophy. It was pretty close till the second half when Galahs upped their level and started to pull away. Big thank you to both sides for giving us a great game. Then it was off to the Bedford for the party and prizes. DJ Kenee, fresh from the final, traded throwing discs for spinning them and got the house rocking. Prizes were awarded, drinks were drunk and the league was given a proper send off for another year. Congratulations to:
Thanks for all the games, for all the fun, for the feedback and the understanding when things didn't quite go to plan. I can only hope you enjoyed it as much as we have. I'm off to find somewhere to hibernate. See you next Summer. 13th August Congratulations to Clissold Critters who gave the North something to cheer about by capturing the third division title last night with a win over Old Masters. See you this evening for a fantastic Cup Final. The hat tournament registration starts at 7pm with games kicking off at 7:15. Don't be late or you'll just have to watch others having fun! See you there! 11th August Flump and Darth Herd win the silverware! That's right, two out of three cups are over and the Herd have added another item to their already overflowing mantlepiece. And with the Cup final still to come and three spirit prizes to be awarded, don't be surprised if they extend their haul. Speaking of the Cup final, that will take place next Thursday in Balham. Come one, come all for a great evening's entertainment. We'll give you yet another chance to win a prize in the mini-hat tournament, a chance to heckle Berry and play Fantasy Ultimate while watching a grand finale and then off to the Bedford for prizes, drinking and DJ Kenee showing Berry how to spin. See you there! 31st July In theory this should have been the final week of the league, but tube strike problems mean we're still waiting for some results. That said, one of the divisions has already been decided. Cocktail's win over Oxtail saw them go 6 and 6, with only Galahs to play so that leaves them certain of the league title. Congratulations. It could all have been wrapped up in the middle division if The Fu or the Cowboys had won, but with both taking their second loss of the season they've left a gap for ABH North to capitalise. If ABH North win against Cutty Sharks in their final game then they'll take the division and all will be simple, but if they lose then it's a three way tie and it comes down to goal difference with Fugazees scraping it by a single score. They don't come much closer... In the bottom division three teams are still in it - Purve, Critters and Old Masters. If either of Old Masters remaining two results are losses then Critters take the title. If they win both then they'll take the title UNLESS Lurve beat Purve, in which case it's a three way tie. Critters would almost certainly take it then, but if Masters can win 15-4 or better then they'd still take the title. I'm hoping for a 15-5 to leave the mother of all three way ties - level on goal difference... So that's how things stand. Next week sees the finals of the Bowl and the Plate. Good luck to Galahs 2, Flump, Darth Herd and Cutty Sharks in their endeavours, and the week after that is the Cup Final, the mini hat tournament and of course the prize giving. And there are a lot of prizes - division winners/spirit, hat winner, Cup/Bowl/Plate winners. If you don't come expect your prize to be drunk by someone else! 28th July Herd win the league! But which Herd? After Galahs sudden death defeat at the hands of Curve, Cocktail only need to win one of their remaining two games to seal the title. If they don't then Darth Herd can snatch it from them if they grab wins over ABH South and Flump. Meanwhile in the second division, Cowboys' stampede to the top of the division suffered a setback when they lost to the Fu. Victory over ABH North in the final game of the season would see the Fu retain the middle division title, but if they slip up then Cowboys need only beat Stacks and Switches to get their hands on the silverware. At the other end, Ovathrow, Choke and Cutty Sharks are fighting it out to avoid being bottom of the table. Victory in this week's Choke vs Cutty Sharks matchup will surely give one of those teams safety, but with Choke having already lost to Ovathrow, expect them to be desperate for the win. In division three, it's a three way fight between Critters, Lurve and Old Masters. With the Masters still to play the Critters, a late surge from them could snatch away the title, while Lurve are sitting pretty ready to take away the Critter's title should they stumble. The Critters seem to have gone from strength to strength over the season and really gelled as a team - don't be surprised if this pickup team end up taking the division three title and re-entering next Summer. Last time we saw a pickup team do that in Summer League we got Dan Berry and the Galahs. Be afraid, be very afraid. 15th July So with only a few more weeks of long sunny evenings, how are things shaping up in the League? In the third division the Clissold Critters look to be cruising, with an unbeaten run, but the table could have looked very different if PAF had taken the final point in their 15-14 nailbiter last week. Old Masters and Lurve are both nipping at the leaders' heels, so if Critters want the silverware they'd better keep up the focus. In the middle division Cowboys hold the unbeaten mantle, but the Fu could snatch the title away from them if they win their final two games. Watch out for the head-to-head next Thursday which will more than likely decide the division. Sharks and Choke are bringing up the rear, and have it all to fight for when they meet in the final week of the season. No one wants to finish 7 and 0, so definitely a game to watch. Up at the top of the league things have been totally shaken up since last year. Cocktail XX are showing their experience (and what a lot they have...) with a perfect record, but as in the second division they've yet to play the second placed team, Galahs, so this division is far from over. A couple of postponed games means that Darth Herd might make a late challenge. Don't be surprised if this ends up as a three way tie. You heard it here first. Finally a reminder - the Cup final will take place on 13 Aug in Balham. We'll be running a mini (3 a side) hat tournament alongside it, so get the date in your diary! I'm going to stick my neck out and predict a Curve vs Galahs final. I think that's enough predictions for now. See you on the field. 1st July The league's in full swing, and already we're starting to see some sides pulling clear. In the top division the Herd teams look like they're aiming for a 1-2-3. In the middle division Cowboys, Galahs 2 and ABH North are all going well. Down in the third division, Critters, Lurve and PAF seem to be the contenders. But this is Summer League, and it aint over till it's over. Teams change and learn and it's not too late for a slow starter to start shifting up the gears. Over in the Cup we're now on to the semi final stage, and we've seen some big names fall by the wayside. Oxtail and Darth Herd are both out, leaving just Cocktail to fly the fresian colours. Galahs and Curve both look like they'll want to make up for some poor form in the league, while ABH North are breaking up the top division stranglehold. Further down, Flump look a good bet for the Bowl and Darth Herd's early Cup exit makes them look likely for the Plate, but there have been plenty of upsets already this year, so I wouldn't put any money on it... Results have been updated: League table has the latest results, cup results have been pulled out to a separate page. Crossovers are archived off. Check out the results page for more info. 18th June League tables updated with latest results and the next round of the cup is now online. Apologies for the delay - we had planned on drawing the cup after the league games last week, but the tube strike got in the way. 10th June Lots of games cancelled this week due to the tube strike. Talk to your captains if you want confirmation on whether your game is going ahead. 28th May The crossovers are done and as the dust settles there have been plenty of upsets. Fifth seed Galahs stayed in the elite division, but have already picked up a loss against Darth Herd. who looked impressive beating all three teams in their crossovers and knocking ABH North into the middle division. ABH South seem to have picked up where their northern brethren have left off, shooting up into the top flight - a big turn around from two years ago where they were languishing in the bottom division. They profited at the Fu's expense who headed the middle table last year but who haven't quite managed to pull off that form as of yet in 2009. In the other crossovers, Ovathrow and Cutty Sharks headed up their groups, comfortably seeing off the opposition. Big shout for Ovathrow who look a real threat this year having improved immensely from after narrowly missing out on taking the third division title last year. In fact, they've already avenged the last game defeat that cost them that title with a strong victory over Choke Hazard. Choke still managed to gain promotion though, and the final place in that league is filled by Cutty Sharks, who in spite of suffering from a variety of bad fortune managed to scrape into that final place. Good work guys and gals! Special mention should go to PAF who looked a real possibility for promotion, until Choke just snatched it away on the final night. Matches to watch out for during the rest of the league include the series of head to heads between the Herd teams, a final night match up between Purve and Lurve and of course the Cup Final on Thurs 13 August. That's being run with a mini tournament, so get the date in your diary and head on down to Balham for a night to remember. Finally, the schedule for the rest of the league is out here. Get those dates in your diaries and mark down some of those grudge matches as "must attends". The league's looking good this year with teams stronger than ever and some long term rivalries continuing to grow. 25th May Two weeks gone and the tables are starting to take shape. Congrats to Ovathrow for being the first team to book their place out of the crossovers. In the top/middle crossovers, Flaming Galahs 2 are the surprise package having pulled off a victory against the Fu, and leaving them a win away from top divisiondom. Crossovers will be finished on Thursday next week, and the aim is to have the schedule out for the league asap. It's absolutely critical you get your results in asap or the schedule will be delayed. The league proper starts for the top and bottom four teams this week - so if you've been holding back during the friendlies, get ready to give it your all. 18th May Week 2 and 3 schedule has now been published on the results page. Cup schedule will be published as soon as we've drawn the teams! For teams involved in the crossovers - one of your games will be carried over to the league. For teams not involved in the crossovers, your third week games count as part of the league. Almost there! 11th May Info pack is now available on the info pages. We're working on the second and third week schedule and should have that ready in the next day or two. Apologies for the delay on it, but we've had a team that was teetering on the edge of dropping out and we didn't want to publish something only to have to retract it. 7th May First week schedule is out. Check out the results page for details. Crossover and first round cup draw will follow as soon as possible. We're playing a slightly different crossover format this year. Teams are still split into pools of four, but will now play all other teams in the pool. The top two teams from each pool will go into the upper division, the bottom two teams will go into the lower division with ties decided by the usual Ultimate rules. The result between each pair of teams that go into the same pool will be carried over into the league proper. Thanks to those teams that have already paid the entry fee. To th rest, please pay up promptly rather than waiting for Si to chase! Good luck with the opening games and see you out on the fields. Dan, Ken and Si 30th April Apologies for the silence, but Summer League organisation has been quietly moving along and the games start in two weeks. Crossover rounds will start on 13th/14th May, with the first Cup match following three weeks later. Plan is to get the schedule out for crossovers and cup this week. Captain's pack and other information will follow rapidly thereafter 31st March You heard it right. Summer League is back, and we've already got lots of entries, but it's not too late. Get in touch with Ken Ferguson (kenneth AT cheerful DOT com) if you're interested in registering a team or with Dan Berry (bobthelandlord AT gmail DOT com) if you're interested in joining a pickup team. The aim is to start the league on 13th/14th May and continue through to the beginning of August. Some things will be the same as previous years while others will be changing. It's still 5-2 Mixed, and the venues will be Clissold and Balham once more, but we're going to be changing the crossover format to make it a little fairer and the big change for this year is the addition of a Cup competition. One of the most commone pieces of feedback we got is that you miss playing against some of the teams from far flung divisions. So if you fancy a bit of giant killing (or minnow bashing) then this is the year for you... Ken 17th March Plans are being hatched to get Summer League started early this year, most likely in mid to late-May. The people you need to listen out for are Ken Ferguson and Dan Berry - watch the London League mailing list for entry details soon. Some discussion may also be happening on the forum. With any luck, up-to-date information will be posted on this site as well. Although it's probably best to disregard anything that isn't headed with the word "2009" ;-) So, Ken, Dan... over to you! Paul
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