MM Links Results February 2012 Week 4

[gen2]

Liverpool 3 Cardiff Nil was the prediction. Not so. 1-1 at full time, 2-2 after extra time. After penalty kick-off result = Liverpool wins 3-2 on penalties. Condolences to Teacher1.

'Baron Brian' (aka beejay1124) challenged you all for the last time this monh with a really difficult set of links.

His chosen pairings were:
COAT HOOK
FLY-HALF
FORECAST
BASS DRUM

All legitimate links but not favoured by many of you.
In fact this was one of the lowest scoring games I have seen with just 11 points scored in total (the minimum is 8)
With several players bunched together at the top of the leaderboard, even those few points could make all the difference.

BASS DRUM was discovered immediately by Roslyn251254 for 2 points. Not matched again until 4pm when X-ray claimed a single for it as well.

A minute into play, Slaney showed her interest in rugby with 2 points for FLY HALF which also only had one other taker, Mrs Albaqwerty, 50 minutes later for 1 point.

Seven minutes past 9 and Elspeth thought she could FORECAST the result for her 2 points with tail-ender Twix123 picking up a single for the same suggestion.

It took over an hour before Sibton got tired of seeing her clothing draped over a chair and went in search of a COAT HOOK - 2 points.

For finding the final link, and being the only player to do so, I therefore declare:
*** THE HOTSHOT ***
*** OF THE WEEK ***
*** IS S*I*B*T*O*N ***

So what about the leader-board?

[gen2]

Yes, those few points DID make a difference to the lead with the top 10 places now looking like this:

8 slaney
7 lysander
6 grannydi
6 owllady
6 rockfordill
5 BigMac
5 ChrisHewat (Shazza)
5 Elspeth
5 patchett
5 sibton

Therefore it is time to bang that Big Bass Drum and announce
*** THE CHAMPION ***
*** FOR FEBRUARY ***
***** IS SLANEY *****


Since the top 5 players have all set the game before, I will start at the top and
invite SLANEY to once again set the links for us.

If you want the remaing positions for February,
The points from 11th position onwards were:
4 Eiggam
4 evsajo
4 roslyn251254
4 Strix
4 tearinghair
3 Brenden
3 Handbaglady
3 Manxiemo
3 x-ray
2 albaqwerty (Mrs)
2 Aquagility
2 boxtops
2 ChrisHewat (Chris)
2 Christiana
2 deecee131
2 fordward
2 kawakiri
2 ladyalex
2 seekeerz
2 teacher1
2 ulysses100
1 cliffyg
1 Dinkypuzzled
1 Euphemia
1 jobjockey
1 joto
1 middlestump
1 mirandasmum
1 Ont-ice (Mr)
1 Ont-ice (Mrs)
1 paulineward
1 twix123
1 wickedtongue

March will be here next weekend so the slate will be wiped clean, the beads on the abacus will be pushed to one side and a new setter will tempt you with new challenge words and new links to discover.
A few regulars dropped out of sight this month. Now is the time to return,
WAKEY WAKEY Ont-Ices + P&R Ward
Friday ~8pm The Shrubbery opens for socialising
Saturday 8:45am Game introduction is posted
Saturday 9:00 Don't get crushed in the rush.

Until then it's Happy Linking from
gen2

[Psybbo]

Wow! how chuffed am I, thank you

[teacher1]

Thank you gen. lol

[roslyn251254]

Well done slaney! Look forward to your links.

[slaney]

Gen2 - thank you for the honour, and many thanks to Baron Brian for this month's links, but I've already done it twice, and you must be bored to death with me by now!
There must be someone more worthy...

[Brenden]

Well done slaney, well done all, not the easiest answers to find, but I trotted home with a respectable 3. Big thank you gen.

[gen2]

Slaney,
I know you have done it twice.
Second position Lysander deserves to set them but she declined last month because of bereavement.
If Lysander is prepared to do them this month, then we can pass over to her.
How about it Lysander?

[albaqwerty]

Thank you gen2 and Baron. Interesting month.

Go for it Slaney :)

[tearinghair]

Thanks Beejay and gen2, and well done to all scorers.

[paulineward]

Arghhhh...I forgot to play again!!
Reg's fault, he asked to wait until he got in from work, and I then forgot!

Well done Slaney....and Sibton.

[ladyalex]

I think I was jolly lucky to get 2 points this month!
Well done all the winners.
Thanks to Baron Brian beejay and to gen2.
:-))

[BigMac]

Just escaped with a (not so) creditable 5 :-)
Well done to the higher points scorers and many thanks again to gen2.