At the Annerley Junior Football Club last night it was the big showdown between the two top-of-the-table teams, DojoMojo and Slippry Bugs. Each team was eyeing the Minor Premiership and a theoretically easier semi-final match, and the sense of occasion was high! So, what happened when these two illustrious teams met under the bright lights of Field 1???
Dojo forfeited. Yep - it seems that all the talk about winning with six players last week left those kenshi with a long drive or a lonely heart (Dan B is reportedly wallowing in the depths of despair after his former "housemate" Matt ran off on his honyemoon with someone else) believing that they could stay home in front of the fire with the slippers on, safe in the knowledge that their teammates would triumph nonetheless...
But of course under the draconian rules our diabolical LD Jon has had chiselled into stone, a team that cannot put five players on the line by 7.30pm forfeits the game. Suggestions of using the ceremonial Dojo katana to slice Steve Hjelm in half (he could still hop faster than most can run, and could easily get by with just half a brain - some say he already does) were also considered to be against the Spirit of the Game, so with just the four of us cleated up we had to concede. Dave Watson arrived about 15 minutes later...
So that's that. Minor Premiers for BPL Season 2 2008 are Slippry, and Dojo plays its semifinal against Passion next week. Yes, that's the same team we rolled with six players last week, but watching them beat a full-strength Messy Bugs last night they looked an entirely different team. Still no more attractive in those faded pink shirts though.
Rounding up the regular season, placings are: 1 Slippry Bugs 2 DojoMojo 3 UQ Passion 4 Messy Bugs 5/6 UQ Lovers/Rawhide (not sure who won their game to decide the placings last night). Next week sees a 1v4 all-Bug semi and 2v3 Dojo v Passion. Will Dojo still be missing most of its key players? Will Passion be keen to regain some cred? Which Bug-team will the winner play in the gala Grand Final? If it's worth reading it'll be here on the DojoMojo Blog.
Oh yes - and Andy Lankowski's fan club really put in a big effort this week to give him 14 MVP votes, trumping Hjelmie's 12. So that leaves the season's in-house MVP table as such: Matt E (3.5), Stefan (2), Dave W (1), Mike (1), Andy L (1), Stephen C (0.5). With just two games to go at most, only Stefan could take it away from Eastburn, so would people please stop voting for Coopers... Due to the forfeit there's no MVP poll this week.
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This is truly a stain upon the Dojo's honour. Surely there will be some beatings administered?
ReplyDeleteAnd by the way, when will the Club be announcing which candidate it will be backing in the TD vote, and when will I start seeing Dojo members standing on street corners yelling in support of this candidate?
Hey Dojo....good to see you are still a top notch club...well other than the forfeit.....I was thinking back to my days in Aus and my first thoughts went to you guys, and our big Nationals Plate in 04?! Anyhoo, thought I would say hello, and let you know I have been keeping tabs.
ReplyDeleteGraham Pixley (Canada)
Great to hear from you Graham, and thanks for the reminder of our big plate win in '04. That behind-the-back flick pass from Ryan in the final still lives on in Brisbane Ultimate folklore (as does the fact that Dan Walls missed the whole thing with his sub-par video camera work...).
ReplyDeleteKeep walking the Dojo Way over there in Canada - spread the word!
Oh yes - and JDR, rest assured that the Dojo katana would be being put to use this week slicing off fingers of AWOL kenshi, "Black Rain" style, if fingers weren't so useful for throwing/catching frisbees.
ReplyDeleteMaybe a sternly-worded email...?
Oh yes, and we at the Dojo prefer to withdraw ourselves from all those worldly political matters such as voting for LDs, focussing instead on zone D meditation and throwing a thousand hammers a day.
way to keep you cards close to your chest dojo.
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