Round 1 Ararat vs Cow Bay Gawn 140 vs Williams 79 Korumburra vs Eden Xerri 35 vs Flynn 88 Coolgardie vs Carnamah McInerney 67 vs Darcy 96 Nuytsland vs Blanchetown English 134 vs O'Brien 102 Horsham vs Staghorn Flat Witts 140 vs Nankervis 112 King Island vs Serengeti Jamieson 7 vs Lycett 87 Southern Cross vs Banchang Grundy 69 vs Ladhams 72 Groote Eylandt vs Hughenden Stanley 70 vs Ratugolea 55 Christmas Island vs Pakenham De Koning 88 vs Marshall 80 De Koning 3-8 last year picking up the win against reigning champ Marshall. 2nd place O'Brien also taking a loss and Witts beating Nankervis in a game that was 3rd vs 4th. 1-0: Gawn, Witts (140) English (134) Darcy (96) Flynn, De Koning (88) Lycett (87) Ladhams (72) Stanley (70)
Round 2 Carnamah vs Ararat Darcy 41 vs Gawn 0 Eden vs Groote Eylandt Flynn 132 vs Stanley 86 Blanchetown vs Christmas Island O'Brien 97 vs De Koning 93 King Island vs Southern Cross Jamieson 0 vs Grundy 74 Staghorn Flat vs Pakenham Nankervis 118 vs Marshall 129 Korumburra vs Nuytsland Goldstein 90 vs English 139 Cow Bay vs Serengeti Williams 65 vs Lycett 48 Banchang vs Horsham Ladhams 59 vs Witts 108 Hughenden vs Coolgardie Ratugolea 31 vs McInerney 89 De Koning taking on the top 2 in the first 2 rounds. Speaking of tough draws, Nankervis averaging 115 but 0-2. 2-0: English (136.5) Witts (124) Flynn (110) Darcy (68.5) 1-1 Gawn (140) Marshall (104.5) O'Brien (99.5) De Koning (90.5)
Round 3 Ararat vs Groote Eyelandt Jackson 98 vs Cripps 11 King Island vs Eden O'Connor 43 vs Flynn 96 Cow Bay vs Blanchetown Williams 83 vs O'Brien 121 Coolgardie vs Pakenham McInerney 77 vs Marshall 78 Banchang vs Christmas Island Ladhams 61 vs De Koning 79 Staghorn Flat vs Carnamah Nankervis 124 vs Darcy 132 Nuytsland vs Southern Cross English 139 vs Grundy 143 Korumburra vs Hughenden Goldstein 115 vs Ratugolea 47 Serengeti vs Horsham Lycett 89 vs Witts 124 3-0 Witts (124) Flynn (105.3) Darcy (89.7) 2-1 English (137.3) O'Brien (106.7) Marshall (95.7) Grundy (95.3) De Koning (86.7) Next week: Flynn vs English and Grundy vs Darcy
Groote Eyelandt vs Coolgardie Stanley 77 vs McInerney 108 Horsham vs Ararat Witts 0 vs Jackson 107 Southern Cross vs Carnamah Grundy 144 vs Darcy 125 Pakenham vs Serengeti Marshall 96 vs Lycett 77 Hughenden vs King Island Ratugolea 88 vs O'Connor 42 Eden vs Nuytsland Flynn 63 vs English 145 Blanchetown vs Banchang O'Brien 70 vs Ladhams 113 Christmas Island vs Korumburra De Koning 79 vs Goldstein 97 Cow Bay vs Staghorn Flat Williams 76 vs Nankervis 97 While I don't really like late out injuries counting as losses, I'll keep playing 0s for the sake of consistency. Emergencies have always covered that. 3-1 English (139.25) Witts (124) Grundy (107.5) Darcy (98.5) Marshall (95.75) Flynn (94.75) 2-0 Jackson (80.75) 2-1 Goldstein (100.7) Next week: Flynn vs Grundy, Darcy vs Witts, Goldstein vs Marshall
Round 5 Nuytsland vs Coolgardie English 139 vs McInerney 47 Eden vs Southern Cross Flynn 84 vs Grundy 128 Banchang vs Ararat Ladhams 71 vs Jackson 98 Staghorn Flat vs Christmas Island Sholl 38 vs De Koning 52 King Island vs Blanchetown O'Connor 35 vs O'Brien 73 Hughenden vs Cow Bay Ratugolea 88 vs Williams 41 Groote Eyelandt vs Serengeti Stanley 69 vs Lycett 17 Carnamah vs Horsham Darcy 136 vs Reeves 117 Korumburra vs Pakenham Goldstein 86 vs Marshall 123 4-1 English (139.2) Grundy (111.6) Darcy (106) Marshall (101.2) 3-0 Jackson (84.2) 3-1 Witts (124) 3-2 O'Brien (92.6) Flynn (92.6)
Round 6 Coolgardie vs Eden McInerney 108 vs Flynn 63 Pakenham vs Groote Eyelandt Marshall 88 vs Riewoldt 43 Ararat vs Blanchetown Jackson 67 vs O'Brien 76 Serengeti vs Staghorn Flat Draper 91 vs Bowey 26 King Island vs Nuytsland O'Connor 43 vs English 131 Christmas Island vs Carnamah Pittonet 105 vs Darcy 137 Banchang vs Hughenden Ladhams 73 vs Ratugolea 75 Southern Cross vs Korumburra Grundy 81 vs Goldstein 131 Horsham vs Cow Bay Witts 91 vs Williams 133 5-1 English (137.8) Darcy (111.2) Marshall (99) 4-2 Grundy (106.5) O'Brien (89.8) 3-1 Jackson (81.3) 3-2 Witts (115.75) Goldstein (103.8)
Round 7 Groote Eyelandt vs Southern Cross Kolodashnij 25 vs Grundy 81 Carnamah vs King Island Darcy 114 vs McKenna 35 Staghorn Flat vs Banchang Soldo 85 vs Ladhams 103 Eden vs Ararat Flynn 61 vs Jackson 65 Serengeti vs Christmas Island Draper 41 vs Pittonet 114 Hughenden vs Nuytsland Teakle 60 vs English 90 Blanchetown vs Horsham O'Brien 88 vs Witts 94 Cow Bay vs Pakenham Williams 41 vs Marshall 159 Korumburra vs Coolgardie Goldstein 54 vs McInerney 93 6-1 English (131) Darcy (111.6) Marshall (107.6) 5-2 Grundy (104) 4-1 Jackson (79) 4-2 Witts (111.4) 4-3 O'Brien (89.6) McInerney (84.3)
Eden vs Staghorn Flat Flynn 61 vs Zerk-Thatcher 25 Ararat vs Hughenden Jackson 126 vs Teakle 42 Pakenham vs Banchang Marshall 107 vs Ladhams 41 Serengeti vs Blanchetown Draper 110 vs O'Brien 130 Nuytsland vs Carnamah English 124 vs Darcy 77 King Island vs Cow Bay Paton 30 vs Williams 69 Horsham vs Korumburra Witts 115 vs Goldstein 119 Southern Cross vs Coolgardie Grundy 60 vs McInerney 110 Christmas Island vs Groote Eyelandt Pittonet 78 vs Kolodjashnij 39 7-1 English (130.1) Marshall (107.5) 6-2 Darcy (107.25) 5-1 Jackson (84.9) 5-3 Grundy (98.5) O'Brien (94.6) McInerney (87.5) 4-3 Witts (112) Round 9: Marshall vs Grundy, Jackson vs English
Round 9 Ararat vs Nuytsland Jackson 119 vs English 88 Carnamah vs Eden Darcy 151 vs Flynn 101 Banchang vs Serengeti Finlayson 101 vs Draper 50 Staghorn Flat vs Korumburra Zerk-Thatcher 47 vs Goldstein 171 Hughenden vs Horsham Teakle 67 vs Witts 124 Cow Bay vs Christmas Island Williams 54 vs Pittonet 102 Coolgardie vs King Island McInerney 113 vs Hickey 59 Pakenham vs Southern Cross Marshall 131 vs Grundy 74 Blanchetown vs Groote Eyelandt O' Brien 61 vs Kolodjashnij 18 8-1 Marshall (110.1) 7-2 English (125.4) Darcy (112.1) 6-1 Jackson (88.7) 6-3 O'Brien (90.9) McInerney (90.3) 5-3 Witts (113.7) Goldstein (110.9) Edit: accidentally put Marshall as 7-2
Round 10 Groote Eyelandt vs Staghorn Flat McLean 43 vs Nankervis 94 Eden vs Hughenden Flynn 0 vs Ratagolea 75 Banchang vs Cow Bay Ladhams 34 vs Williams 81 Christmas Island vs Southern Cross Pittonet 82 vs Grundy 83 Korumburra vs King Island Goldstein 111 vs Jamieson 73 Blanchetown vs Carnamah O'Brien 99 vs Darcy 91 Horsham vs Coolgardie Witts 118 vs McInerney 93 Ararat vs Pakenham Jackson 81 vs Marshall 126 Serengeti vs Nuytsland Draper 66 vs English 118 9-1 Marshall (111.7) 8-2 English (124.7) 7-3 Darcy (110) O'Brien (91.7) 6-2 Jackson (87.9) 6-3 Witts (114.25) Goldstein (108.2) 6-4 Grundy (94.5)
Route 11 Serengeti vs Korumburra Draper 98 vs Goldstein 119 Coolgardie vs Banchang McInerney 112 vs Ladhams 76 Blanchetown vs Staghorn Flat O'Brien 124 vs Nankervis 119 Christmas Island vs Ararat Pittonet 81 vs Jackson 106 Nuytsland vs Cow Bay English 105 vs Williams 86 Pakenham vs King Island Marshall 98 vs Hickey 68 Horsham vs Eden Witts 135 vs Briggs 102 Carnamah vs Groote Eyelandt Darcy 39 vs Riewoldt 21 Southern Cross vs Hughenden Grundy 101 vs Ratagolea 37 10-1 Marshall (110.45) 9-2 English (122.9) 8-3 Darcy (105.5) O'Brien (94.6) 7-2 Jackson (89.55) 7-3 Witts (116.6) Goldstein (109.3) 7-4 Grundy (95.1)
Round 12 King Island vs Ararat Hickey 74 vs Jackson 30 Groote Eyelandt vs Korumburra Grundy 72 vs Goldstein 56 Carnamah vs Pakenham Darcy 125 vs Marshall 104 Staghorn Flat vs Nuytsland Nankervis 52 vs English 127 Eden vs Banchang Briggs 87 vs Miller 26 Coolgardie vs Serengeti McInerney 90 vs Lycett 0 Horsham vs Christmas Island Witts 75 vs Pittonet 0 Hughenden vs Blanchetown Ryan 31 vs O'Brien 144 Southern Cross vs Cow Bay Cox 60 vs Williams 85 10-2 English (124.5) Marshall (108.5) 9-3 Darcy (103.7) O'Brien (98.4) 8-3 Witts (108.3) 8-4 McInerney Grundy (90.9) 7-3 Jackson (92.4) Darcy's win against Marshall opens up the top 4.
Round 13 Ararat vs Serengeti Jackson 64 vs Ballard 49 Blanchetown vs Eden O'Brien 107 vs Briggs 107 Cow Bay vs Coolgardie Williams 59 vs McInerney 86 Nuytsland vs Groote Eyelandt English 130 vs Grundy 64 Christmas Island vs King Island Pittonet 0 vs Hickey 63 Korumburra vs Banchang Xerri 102 vs Hayes 79 Pakenham vs Horsham Marshall 149 vs Witts 121 Staghorn Flat vs Southern Cross Nankervis 108 vs Cox 30 Hughenden vs Carnamah Ratagolea 43 vs Darcy 145 11-2 English (124.8) Marshall (111) 10-3 Darcy (109.2) 9-1-3 O'Brien (98.9) 9-4 McInerney (94) 8-3 Jackson (90.6) 8-4 Witts (109.2) 8-5 Grundy (89.1)
Round 14 Groote Eyelandt vs King Island Stanley 80 vs Long 29 Eden vs Serengeti Briggs 79 vs Lycett 80 Southern Cross vs Ararat Cox 97 vs Jackson 93 Coolgardie vs Christmas Island McInerney 112 vs De Koning 109 Blanchetown vs Pakenham O'Brien 88 vs Marshall 58 Banchang vs Carnamah Finlayson 47 vs Darcy 89 Hughenden vs Staghorn Flat Ryan 0 vs Soldo 126 Nuytsland vs Horsham English 173 vs Witts 126 Korumburra vs Cow Bay Xerri 75 vs Williams 85 12-2 English (127.65) 11-3 Marshall (107.9) Darcy (105.5) 10-1-3 O'Brien (98.3) 10-4 McInerney (95.1) 8-4 Jackson (90.8) 8-5 Witts (110.3) Grundy (89.2) Run Home: Nuytsland: PAK, BAN, CIS Pakenham: NV, HPD, EW Carnamah: SER, KOR, COW Blanchetown: KOR, CGD, SCS Coolgardie: ARA, BBU, SFB With the average gap, 2 wins should be enough for English to win.
Round 15 Horsham vs Southern Cross Witts 101 vs Cox 27 Cow Bay vs Eden Williams 98 vs Briggs 91 Carnamah vs Serengeti Bryan 24 vs Lycett 32 King Island vs Staghorn Flat Long 20 vs Soldo 79 Korumburra vs Blanchetown Xerri 88 vs O'Brien 87 Christmas Island vs Hughenden Pittonet 118 vs Ratagolea 0 Pakenham vs Nuytsland Marshall 124 vs English 134 Ararat vs Coolgardie Jackson 100 vs McInerney 96 Banchang vs Groote Eyelandt Finlayson 112 vs Stanley 61 13-2 English (128) 11-3 Darcy (105.5) 11-4 Marshall (108.8) 10-1-4 O'Brien (97.7) 10-5 McInerney (95.1) 9-4 Jackson (91.3) 9-5 Witts (109.75) 8-5 Grundy (89.2) Tim English beats last year's winner and goes 1 win or draw away from winning.
Round 16 Groote Eyelandt vs Cow Bay Stanley 71 vs Williams 114 Nuytsland vs Banchang English 163 vs Finlayson 43 Coolgardie vs Blanchetown McInerney 52 vs O'Brien 80 King Island vs Horsham O'Connor 23 vs Witts 134 Carnamah vs Korumburra Meek 104 vs Goldstein 85 Hughenden vs Pakenham Ratagolea 0 vs Marshall 113 Staghorn Flat vs Ararat Nankervis 128 vs Jackson 87 Eden vs Christmas Island Briggs 104 vs Pittonet 26 Serengeti vs Southern Cross Callaghan 30 vs Cox 8 14-2 English (129.8) 12-4 Marshall (109) 11-1-4 O'Brien (96.7) 11-3 Darcy (105.5) 10-5 Witts (111.2) 10-6 McInerney (92.8) 9-5 Jackson (91.05) 8-5 Grundy (89.2) The winner of the 2023 Giant Tap: Tim English
Round 17 Christmas Island vs Nuytsland De Koning 83 vs English 112 Southern Cross vs Blanchetown Mihocek 26 vs O'Brien 105 Pakenham vs Eden Marshall 118 vs Briggs 122 Cow Bay vs Carnamah Williams 41 vs Meek 0 Horsham vs Groote Eyelandt Witts 109 vs Stanley 105 Banchang vs King Island Visentini 65 vs Hickey 77 Staghorn Flat vs Coolgardie Nankervis 82 vs Fort 83 Ararat vs Korumburra Jackson 173 vs Goldstein 110 Serengeti vs Hughenden Smith 30 vs Ratagolea 71 3 games decided by 4 or less 15-2 English (128.95) 11-1-4 O'Brien (97.15) 12-5 Marshall (109.45) 11-3 Darcy (105.5) 11-5 Witts (111.1) 10-5 Jackson (95.15) 10-6 McInerney (92.8) 9-8 Williams (79.3)