Santa Delivers to UQ Lovers

The tree has been decorated, the presents have been wrapped, the rum balls have been rolled in coconut and the drinks fridge has been filled. Time for one last little pressie - a gift from us here at the DojoMojo Blog to anybody out there with an eye for top shelf Ultimate.

Well, maybe not the very uppermost shelf. With the Grand Final of Brisbane Premier League Season 3 2008 being postponed for a week, both the finalist teams found themselves losing key players to pre-Christmas travels. Messy Bugs were worst hit, losing at least 3 or 4 key guys and resorting to gun pickup Kristen Nott (from sister team Slippry, and one of only two females playing in the BPL) to make up a seven-player line. Facing up against a Lovers team missing really only big Julian Sacre, the Messy team were going to have to work a Christmas miracle to win their fourth (?) straight title.

So, with that intro let's get into the action:



More turnovers than goals! Not the most impressive game we've ever seen. And on it went:



Halftime saw Lovers way up and the crowd more or less giving up on the prospect of seeing a tight contest. Could Messy find a way to hold onto their hard-won reputation? Here's how the second half started:



But don't stop watching just yet - with the final looking like it was heading toward another blowout the focus of the UQ boys seemed to drift towards the contents of the post-game esky rather than scoring the winning goal, opening the door for a Messy comeback. But surely they couldn't come back from 15-8 down?



So there you go. A brief slip-up toward the end, but an easy win for UQ Lovers was never in doubt. Final score must have been something like 16-11. We're calling Pete Allen as Player of the Match, and not just because he kept his power grip flick in the bag.

And while we're here, we should also give a standing ovation to Dan Walls who this season took out both the DojoMojo Blog's Above&Beyond title and also the Brisbane Premier League's Most Valuable Player Award. So it's not just us that reckon Dan is the absolute business.

Next BPL season starts mid-late January 2009 and of course the coverage here at the DojoMojo Blog will be live (within reason) and uninterrupted as usual. Perhaps there'll even be the odd post in the interim...