Wednesday, February 6, 2019

The Soares Cup: Matchday 6

Greetings amigos,

The culmination of the group stage saw final day drama, as the race for qualification went to the wire.  In Groups A and C we already knew who would be progressing as group winners.  In Group A Phil applied the finishing touch to an exemplary group campaign with a resounding 12-7 win over myself to qualify with a perfect record.  In Group C Ben took his foot off the gas with qualification already in the bag, slipping to an 8-4 defeat to Theo W.  Group B had drama galore, as Nick defeated SJ by the odd point in 17 to overtake him into top spot and qualify as Group B winner.  SJ then had an anxious wait next to a Vidiprinter (I assume) to see if his finishing qualification record was sufficient to go through as best runner-up; as news of MD's crushing victory over myself landed, it became clear that SJ would progress in any case by virtue of a superior points difference (as both SJ and myself finished with 6 points apiece).

So the semi-final line up consists of two-time runner-up, in 2012 and 2013 (Phil), the sole two-time winner of the tournament, in 2014 and 2017 (Nick), 2015 winner (Ben) and 2016 winner (SJ) - a star-studded line-up I'm sure you'll agree.  Here's the draw:

SF1:  SJ v Ben
SF2:  Phil v Nick


First legs will take place during the weekend of 2/3 March, with the 2nd legs on 6/7 April.

Take it easy,

Danny



Group A:  Danny  7 v 12  Phil
Group B:  Nick  9 v 8  SJ
Group C:  Ben  4 v 8  Theo W





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