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Written by Simon Hutchinson
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Tuesday, 28 October 2008 |
The day started with six players but as the event wore on we lost two to injuries.
Dominic Hutchinson hurt his hand while doing over exaggerated saves with his goalkeeper, and Greg Willey’s back went into spasms after two games.
The last game turned out to be the decider as to who would finish in first place. Edward Nathan had won all of his games, while Wayne Smith had been held to a draw by Simon Hutchinson. Wayne had to win this game to continue his run of winning all the rounds of this year’s Maricopa Cup. After a goalless first half Wayne scored twice in the third and tenth minutes of the second half, only for Edward to pull one back and make a for tense last few minutes.
In the other games David Jensen and Simon tied twice, with David scoring from quick breaks within the first two minutes of both games.
Due to the withdrawals the players did not play the same number of games, therefore, the final positions in the table was determined by average points won. Wayne finished in first place with an average of 2.80 points per game, Edward was in second with 2.50, Simon took third with 2.00, David fourth with 1.40, and Dominic and Willey shared fifth place with 1.00.
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