MVP’s of the final Nick “Clamps” Kyle (BYH) and James “Waggle” Houghton (Fiddlewinx)

“The bad weather forecast didn’t materialise luckily for us, it was just a bit windy and a little cold, too cold for Fire of London it turned out as Brighton beat them 7-6. We took a 5-0 lead with some nice offence and tough D, Roach even got a callahan.

Next up was a fresh faced Ltd Release, again we started well with some good D and excellent long throws, special mention to Chris who skied Adian in the zone for a nice score. Final score 13-6.

Lastly was Revolution, old studenty guys. They only had 8 players and are old, so we took no pity on them and crushed them 13-3, kudos to Rimjob who was all over them and seemed to be everywhere on the pitch at once.”

Winning all our games meant we ended up in the #1 spot – that’s right, we’re winning the London Winter League open division! Hopefully we can maintain this awesomeness, and the Mixed team can make a good comeback when they reappear for the January event.

Meanwhile, here are the latest stats for WIBL along with commentary from Evil:

“The table has been updated and a lot has changed around the middle section. The top four remain in the same position with Basic Schooling very much in hand to take the top spot going into the second group stage/quarter after they manage a win over the reigning champions.

Also this week saw the first win for the Panthers, beating Pirates and moving very close to Squaws with just one point separating the two.”

Next WIBL event is 10th of January – if you want to play just come along to Moulecomb leisure centre at 8pm, there’s always a team that needs pickups.

Next London Winter League is 13th of January – if you want to play sign up on the YahooGroups database, or email or speak to Felix to put your name down.

A final note about practices, don’t forget that tonight is the last practice before Christmas; the first practice in January is Saturday the 5th. Hope you all have a great holiday!

Don’t forget that the next few WIBLs are a bit more spaced out: the next event is the 6th December, and after that the 10th January.

Big Yellow Hat – Nick(c), Evil, Jason, Felix
James’ Freshers – Jimbo(c) + Mohawk freshers
Eunuch’s Freshers – Eunuch(c) + Mohawk freshers
Basic Schooling – Spike(c), Ray, Mental + Brighton players
Strangers With Candy – Ryan(c) + Brighton Juniors
Gash’s Team – Gash(c), Sammer, Pinky, Kalim + Mohawks
Fiddlewinx – Waggle(c), Tom, Ala, Pirate, Rolls
Squaws – Megan(c), Chrissy, Bob + Sussex Uni women
Panthers – Pete(c) + Panthers (Brighton uni players)
Roach’s Lasses – Lucy(c), Vicky, Becca, Roach, Cat, Mel

If you missed it last year, WIBL is a round-robin style 4-a-side indoor ultimate tournament held in Moulescomb leisure centre on weekday evenings. The pitches are smaller than usual, which makes for fast and furious games. For the results from last year’s league, check out the WIBL category of BU site.

Last year, Big Yellow Hat were victorious over Tom’s Team (now known as Fiddlewinx) in the final, but Tom’s Team claimed Spirit, with Big Yellow Hat the runner up (there were other teams competing, honest). Basic Schooling were also a force to be reckoned with last year, and this year we have the interesting mix of short women and super-tall Roach in Roach’s Lasses, plus Student Women Outdoor National Champions the Squaws, not to mention a team headed by GB Mixed & Clapham player Gash. On top of that we have the recently formed Brighton junior team Strangers With Candy, and the unknown quantities of the Sussex Uni fresher teams and the Panthers from Brighton Uni. It’s going to be an exciting league…

Spirit:
1st place – Tom’s Team
Runners up – Big Yellow Hat

Plate Final MVP: Becca (Devil’s Dykes)
3rd/4th playoff MVP: Olly (Basic Schooling)
Final MVP: Waggle (Tom’s Team)