Correction from last week – in the Senators game Mark Crowley did in fact get a hat trick and MOM! (Rather than the quoted 2 goals.....so Eddie Baldock loses a goal and his ficticious MOM award....sorry!! I’m sure you still played well though!).
So…..we have a change at the top of the players table! As on top of his extra points from last week, Mark Crowley also scored again and got MOM! So Laura Scragg has moved down to 2nd for the first time since week 3! Ian Sobey picked up the second highest score of the week with his brace and MOM in the Falcons win, which has moved him into 3rd place. There are currently 5 Harriers still in the top ten – can they hold on to their places!?
On the managers front Ian McGregor’s ‘Aussie’s Heroes’ are still scoring steadily to maintain top spot, although John Kaluza’s ‘Bish Bash Bosh’ is in hot pursuit, with 76 points for the week. Highest score of the week was for Kathryn Poulter’s ‘Double Trouble’ with a whopping 96 points, mainly thanks to Mark Crowley and Phil Hargraves who got a clean sheet and MOM between the sticks for the Mens 2s. Lowest score of the week was an impressive ZERO for Sam Raynor’s ‘Dunleavy £4, the recession is hitting hard!’.
Fixture update – as a result of all the snow disruption and other random postponements, the following games will count for double Fantasy League points:
- M2s game this Saturday
- Fledglings game on 10/04
The M1s, M2s, M4s and L4s still need one more game to be included, but we are waiting on confirmation of when these will be played – if these are on or before 11th April they can be included (as this will be before the prizes are awarded at the Dinner Dance), otherwise their last included game will be worth double points.
being in top spot for all of the last nine weeks! In fact Ian has never been lower than 5th – not bad for someone who had hardly played for the club before he selected his squad! In second spot, and the winner of £20 is Wendy Sobey with her ‘Black Bears’. With all three available Sobeys selected (Ian, Wendy and Thom), and scoring over 100 points each, they are surely in contention for the “top family” award which I have just invented? Perhaps a statistic for next season... In third place we have a change! John Kaluza’s ‘Bish Bash Bosh’ only picked up 41 points this week, and has been bumped down to 4th by Phil Williams’ ‘Busy Bees’. Biggest score of 
the week was 135 for Katie Merrick’s ‘Merrick’s Muppets’, but a special mention must go to ‘Real Ratcliffe’ owned by Mens 1s keeper George, who scored a whopping 124 points this week which is almost a fifth of his total score in just one week! In bottom place (and to the editor’s relief) is Keith Taylor’s ‘The Cheapest Team and Nick Ferraby’ as they proved that the pricing structure was working as it should do!
person who can steal top spot from Mark is now Ian Sobey from the Falcons. The Falcons have one game left, and Sobes is 33 points behind Mark – a tough ask considering the game is a top of the table clash, but you never know what Sobes will come up with! Biggest score of the week was from Ian’s son Thom, whose MOM in the Mens 2s big win was actually worth 32 points as the game counted for double points. Linda Philips was next with her hat trick and two wins over the course of the weekend giving her 31.
On the team front, Ian McGregor’s ‘Aussie’s Heroes’ is safe out front, with Wendy Sobey’s ‘Black Bears’ resuming their place in second (it is a Sobey special edition this week?). Biggest score of the week was from Marie Warwick’s ‘Wozza’s Eleven’ racking up a huge 127 points. mainly from the sticks of Thom and Linda. Dan Robins’ ‘Dan’s Dazzlers’ was close to that score with 123, mostly thanks to Sandra Satterly’s and Josh Tomlinson’s braces. Lowest score of the week was a measly 8 for Zoe Salter’s ‘Summer Heights’ as they slide down the table to 83rd. Just to annoy Zoe, I will highlight that Nick Lamb’s ‘Fogedaboudit’ had a good week and climbed to 7th.
behind with 127. All to play for! The highest score of the week was from the Mens 4s Mike Hughes, with a huge 30 points giving him the joint second highest score for the whole competition!
on 855! Biggest score of the week was for Chris Debney’s ‘Zoppo Stars’ with big scores from Ed Baldock for the Senators, and Nick Ferraby for the Mens 1s, who both picked up braces on Saturday. Lowest score of the week (new statistic available on the website!) was for Jacqui Barlow’s ‘Jacs in the Box’ which clocked up only 20 points between them.
scores of 22 points, with Jacqui Barlow next with 19.
from Mark Crowley! And also Jacqui Barlow. Second biggest score of the week was 124 from Andy Clark’s ‘Dyslexia Untied’, thanks again to Mark Crowley. The biggest non-Mark-Crowley score was from Phil (female) Williams’ ‘The Busy Bees’ with 103, mainly from the sticks of Jacqui Barlow, Dick Heinrich and Linda Phillips.
the Harriers’ Jess Oakhill, but since that was actually a double-points scoring game, this means that the highest unweighted score was from Sean Cox, with his goal and MOM in the Mens 4s win. Abi Flory was up there too, with 17 points, also from a goal and MOM in her win.
of the top 5, replaced by Sally Clark’s ‘The bananas that say mush’. In fact the female S. Clarks have had good weeks, with Sue picking up the highest score of the week (116) closely followed by Sally’s 111, mainly thanks to the Harriers’ elements in their squads.
thanks to his brace and MOM in his double-points Senators game! However the most impressive score of the week has to be the season’s record so far – 30 points from Adrian Higgins! A clean sheet, 2 goals and MOM for the Chairman. Can anyone top that??
week was from Andy Clark’s ‘Dyslexia Untied’ – a huge 107 points from good all round scoring from almost all his players. Oh, and from having Mark Crowley. Lifelong Hawks supporter Kate Long was only a point behind Andy as ‘I hope this team is better than my dress sense’ picked up 106 points mainly thanks to Adrian’s ridiculously huge score. At the wrong end of the table there is no change, with Keith Taylor’s side still only having got 5 players who have scored him any points at all…
after 10 weeks:
huge 99 points mainly thanks to his Mens 1s combination of Nick Ferraby and Steve Collier. Keith Taylor’s cheapo team are still rock bottom, perhaps proving that the player pricing was indeed just about correct? George Ratcliffe and Andrew Sheridan have the next bottom two spots, with Sophie Wilson’s ‘Top Trumps Two’ keen to join the party in the basement.
On the team front we have a change! Who ever said that long distance doesn’t work? As Ian McGregor’s ‘Aussie’s Heroes’ have bumped Ian Sobey’s ‘Grey Bears’ off top spot. And to make things worse for Sobes, wife Wendy has trampled over him up to second too. Sally Clark has had the best week of everyone, with a huge 105 points moving ‘The bananas that say mush’ from 7th up to 4th. Henri Coles’ inspirationally named ‘Henri’s best team ever’ had the next best week, with her 95 points moving her to 11th. Jess Oakhill and Rogan Meadows are the main reason behind Henri’s success, while Sally has Laura Scragg, Pete Harvey and again Jess to thank. At the wrong end of the table there is no change, with Keith Taylor, George Ratcliffe and Sophie Wilson proudly hanging on to the bottom three.
worth double points as they have less fixtures! So in fact Guy Biggs 25 points from this week was sort of the highest score, as he scored a brace and got MOM in the Fledglings big win. The top 5 player scores are now all occupied by Harriers – but remember they have had effectively 9 games already whereas most teams have had only 4 or 5. Steve Griffiths is now the top Falcon as he has rocketed into the top ten with his 23 points from this week.
the Ladies 1s MOM Fi Walton who picked up 12. But still heading up the players table is the Harriers’ Laura Scragg, followed by Charis Knighton, with the Senators Ed Baldock slowly creeping up the ranks into 3rd!
from Phil Hargraves’ ‘Pukka Pies’ with a whopping 70 points, mainly thanks to the hat trick from Tom Ward. At the wrong end of the table we amazingly have a change! Keith Taylor’s team of cheapies had a good week, mainly thanks to £4 defender Dunners scoring and getting MOM, So he has jumped above………..Andre Moriaty! His ‘Titans’ are now in last place (although admittedly it is a tie for last place but for some reason Andre is listed last!!).
For all those managers who were glad to see Sandra Satterly on the scoresheet – don’t celebrate too soon as I’m afraid that since she was listed as a Ladies 4s player at the time of ‘purchase’ her points from the Ladies 2s win will not count as the 4s did not have a game on the same day!! (Sorry H!) I know it’s an annoying rule but it’s in place to stop players getting points from more than the maximum of 13 fixtures….heh heh I love making the rules!
On the players front, a goal, clean sheet and Man of the Match from the Harriers defender Laura Scragg has not only given her the highest score of the week – she now has top spot in the Players table! Chris Debney picked up 28 points with his hat trick in the Mens 2s win, but unfortunately the only person to benefit from this is ….. Chris Debney! Sorry – no-one else bought you!
McGregor’s ‘Aussie’s Heroes’ stealing the top spot, mainly thanks to having big points hauls from Mark Crowley in the Senators win, and Alex Cherry and Kirsty Davies from the Ladies 4s. He’s only two points ahead of Catherine Taylor’s ‘Taylors Trophy Team’. Catherine’s husband Keith is not faring so well as he sits in last place with a mere 13 points. His team name ‘The Cheapest Team and Nick Ferraby’ might give you an indication why? (Nick – not because you are in it just in case you were wondering…). In third place is 
‘Evelyn’s Swifts’ managed by Evelyn Hargraves who has also had a good week thanks to Mark Crowley and Linda Phillips. Special mention to John Kaluza’s ‘Bish Bash Bosh’ with the biggest score of the week – his 57 points have brought him just inside the top ten, mainly coming from the sticks of Ed Baldock and Mark Crowley, and also Pip Quested from the Ladies 4s.
the Harriers only have 9 games in their season so all the ones which have already taken place will count for points, and all remaining ones count for double points!). Each team has 13 participating games - to find out which ones are included, check out the ‘Fixtures’ tab on the website. The early leader on the Team front is Molly Warne’s ‘The Best Team Ever!' with Ian McGregor’s Aussie’s Heroes not far behind. Sue Clark is then just ahead of daughter Sally with Linda Phillips’ ‘Spitfires’ making up the top five.
