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Strap yourselves in, Superstars of Premier League.\u00a0 The time has come to crown some champions, and shine a light on the cellar-dwellers.\u00a0 That’s right – it’s the 2023 Wardrobe World Cup Grand Final Week.\u00a0 Over 2 big days this weekend, we will sort the wheat from the chalf, the contenders from the pretenders, and the winners from the wannabees.\u00a0 It promises to be a cracker, with some great three-sided contests to be played out.<\/p>\n
This is how it all works.<\/p>\n
The top 3 teams will play off for the Championship Title, with the best 3 scores from each team counting, and the best overall team score winning the Premiership.\u00a0 In the event of a tie, it goes on a countback, looking for the highest individual score across the tied teams.<\/p>\n
The bottom 3 teams will play off for the inglorious title of 2023 Wooden Spooners.\u00a0 The best 3 scores from each team count, as above, with the lowest team score taking the Wooden Spoon.\u00a0\u00a0 In the event of a tie, it goes on a countback, looking for the lowest individual score across the tied teams.<\/p>\n
The remaining 12 teams will play consolation finals (in groups of 3 teams – as below), to finalise an end of year ladder position for every team in the competition.<\/p>\n
I’m not much of a prognosticator, but I will put my predictatorial pants on and give it a shot\u2026.\u00a0 Here is my take on the matches that will decide the competition for 2023.<\/p>\n
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The Grand Final Match<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Hosel Rockets Vs. Par Then Bar Vs. Par Tee Time<\/strong><\/p>\n This 3-cornered contest is harder to pick than a broken nose.\u00a0 Each of these sides have rallied at the back half of the season with a combination of some brilliant solo efforts, and some generally consistent team play.\u00a0<\/p>\n Our legendary sponsor, Mark Tomich of Wardrobe World, leads the way for the Hosel Rockets and has tapered his team beautifully for the finals.\u00a0 New recruits have served the Hosels well, with Ethan & Dean Lewis being regular contributors, and Neale Wigney standing up when needed.\u00a0 I feel that it is the old hands that will need to show out, if the Hosels are to finally raise the trophy in 2023.\u00a0 On an unprecedented finals run for the Hosels, Huggy, Semm & Tomich must quell the finals nerves and bring their A games to the table.<\/p>\n The Par Then Bar crew have been enigmatic, to say the least this year, but have really rounded into form as the whips got cracking.\u00a0 While their form line is harder to read than a Chinese phonebook, Captain Scammell and the Fabulous Franzeses have had good support from Emmo and Dan Edwards, and they will need it again this week.\u00a0 Fresh off a Handiskins win, Russ is up and about, and Shane never shies away from a challenge, so I expect this team to bring the heat.\u00a0 Daisy could be the velvet sledgehammer that delivers the knockout blow in this contest.\u00a0 Could this be the year of the Bar Flies?\u00a0 They have the talent\u2026. Do they have the mettle?\u00a0 Let’s see this weekend.<\/p>\n Our last Grand Finalist are the Premier League newcomers, Par Tee Time.\u00a0 The debutants have been undaunted by the cut and thrust of competition thus far, and I doubt the bright lights of the big stage will frighten them.\u00a0 They have had some outstanding individual scores throughout the year, with Mrs Browns Boys and Dave Tassell leading out.\u00a0 Captain Tim Roebuck has been quietly consistent, along with Crackers Cleary and they are a formidable outfit.\u00a0 I suspect that they will need more than individual brilliance this week to get it done, with Finals matches needing a full team effort.\u00a0 It’s not often that newbs make it so deep into the post-season, and I wouldn\u2019t underestimate this teams desire to chalk up a Maiden victory in 2023.<\/p>\n This is too close to call, I reckon.\u00a0 But if you held my feet to the fire, I would have to lean towards the Hosels.\u00a0 Their bitter disappointment of failed finals campaigns of the past will drive them to dig deep.\u00a0 But I reckon it’ll be a nailbiter.\u00a0 Best of luck to all 3 teams.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The Wooden Spoon Match<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 3-Non-Johns Vs. Jugheads Vs. The Back 9 Bandits<\/strong><\/p>\n Rather than a quest for glory, this 3-sided match is a battle to avoid the stigma of carrying the Wooden Spoon throughout all of next year.\u00a0<\/p>\n The 3 Non Johns have not had the year they’d hoped, and find themselves looking up the ladder from a very low rung.\u00a0 Captain Bicko is in really good form, but he will need his team to get an oar in the water if they are to avoid a year holding the much-maligned utensil.\u00a0 Duffy, Woo, Dipper and JT (will he make a rare appearance, or call another ring-in?) will be keen to step up and separate themselves from the other battlers.\u00a0 Addo doesn\u2019t care – he’s lapping up the good life in the Mediterranean and he is looking at Vino and Pasta, not Victories and Pars.<\/p>\n The Jugheads have had a shocker – let’s be real.\u00a0 They have struggled to get a full team on the paddock, and it has showed with some nasty defeats.\u00a0 Dave Ley and Woody have been the stalwarts, and have bravely campaigned throughout the year.\u00a0 The rest of team must step up to avoid the shame of that last position.\u00a0 Look for Michael Wilson, Jeff Bruhn, Tom Boyle and Alex Lord to make a stand.\u00a0 If they don’t, I fear for the Jugheads.<\/p>\n The Back 9 Bandits have gone from chocolates to boiled lollies in a heartbeat.\u00a0 From contending in the playoffs to languishing at the bottom of the ladder.\u00a0 Andrew Williams has been brave, but he’s been playing a solo hand in recent weeks.\u00a0 Let’s hope that his teammates show through for him this week, with Stu, Truman, Brendo, Geoff and Craig all desperately needed to help hold off the humiliation.<\/p>\n Another tough match to pick a loser for, but I think Bicko will drag his team up by the bootstraps, leaving the Jugheads and Bandits to duke it out.\u00a0 I think whichever team struggles to get a team on the field will likely take home the cursed cutlery.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Consolation Matches<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n These 4 consolation matches will help finalise the end of year ladder.\u00a0 Based on Playoff and Preliminary finals placings, this is the spread of 3-sided matches.<\/p>\n Match 1 (for 4th, 5th & 6th place)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Lynch Mob Vs. Drawshank Redemptions Vs. Chronic Fatigue<\/p>\n Match 2 ( for 7th, 8th & 9th place)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Jug A Nauts Vs. Who’s ya caddy? Vs. Grip n Sip<\/p>\n Match 3 (for 10th, 11th & 12th place)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n 40 Over Vs. Wuhan Warriors Vs. Cockatoos<\/p>\n Match 4 (for 13th, 14th & 15th place)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Squirrel Nation Vs. Why knots untangled? Vs. Angry Aardvarks.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n If all teams could please help me out and ensure that the scoresheets are completed after your rounds, that would be greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n Thank you to all Wardrobe World Cup participants for 2023.\u00a0 It has been a great pleasure to see teams getting into the spirit of the competition, the banter, and the camaraderie.\u00a0 A huge thank you to our sponsor, Mark Tomich from Wardrobe World, too.\u00a0 His ongoing support helps to make the event great.<\/p>\n May the best team win this weekend.\u00a0 I look forward to seeing you all at the Presentation Night and MVP function on Sept. 8th.\u00a0 Enjoy your golf, folks.<\/p>\n Cheers,<\/p>\n Laney<\/p>\n Strap yourselves in, Superstars of Premier League.\u00a0 The time has come to crown some champions, and shine a light on the cellar-dwellers.\u00a0 That’s right – it’s the 2023 Wardrobe World Cup Grand Final Week.\u00a0 Over 2 big days this weekend, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news","category-committee","category-ladies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thurgoona.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thurgoona.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thurgoona.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thurgoona.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thurgoona.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8938"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thurgoona.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8941,"href":"https:\/\/thurgoona.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8938\/revisions\/8941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thurgoona.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thurgoona.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thurgoona.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/thurgoona.miclub.com.au\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/GF-Ladder-300x297.png\")
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