Congratulations to Karin Christie for taking out the Waverley Rugby Club Super 14 Tipping Competition!

The tipping competition was very close for much of the season, that is until Karin ramped up her efforts in Round 13 to take the lead and increase her margin ever week. So you can appreciate how well Karin did. Overall she came 127th out of 73,000 entries! Woot!

Congratulations must also go to Garvin Hunter. While only finishing 14th, Garv only joined the competition in Round 6, and as you can see in the below image, his tipping results were consistently higher than average, and would have likely given Karin a run for her money had he been in the comp since Round 1.

A special note must also go to out to Finchy. Having lead the comp to Round 4, Finchy decided to utilise some unconventional tipping methods (ie pick the worst time) in the vain hope of upset victories in every game. Needless to say Finchy did what he does best, and dropped the ball.

Round 8 Review

Despite some wet weather in the lead up to the weekend, Waverley was able to get in some good game time, with all bar the Flying Fifths hitting the Frog and Toad.

For the Men, it meant a long day trip down to Sutherland, in the fall out of Lucas Heights Nuclear Reactor. Unfortunately only The Palace 2nd Grade and Alexander Associates 4th Grade were electrified enough to walk away with wins.

This means Waverley is still languishing down in 9th place in the Divisional Championships, and a long way off the form of previous seasons that saw Waverley as one of the most dominate clubs in the competition (with the exception that we really couldn’t win in the road!).

The end of the first half of the season is upon us, with Round 9 being critical to Waverley’s chances of remaining in Division Two in 2011 (our 40th Season!). Round 9 sees Waverley take on last place Hornsby, and whoever gets the better of the round (especially in 1st Grade), will have the momentum needed to secure their place in the competition.
Wet weather is again forecast to disrupt both clubs preparations, so it is a guessing game as to who will walk out on top. Certainly we need a big effort from everyone across the club to make the most of our chances.

Alexander Associates 4th Grade

Waverley’s shining light, the Alexander Associates 4th Grade is continuing its stellar form, notching up an impressive 42 – nil win over 6th placed Oatley. The win is all the more impressive given the wet conditions.

The challenge for Waverley is now to get many of these players up the grades, but still keep our great form, as we search for back to back Richardson Cup titles.

Waverley remains 1st on the ladder , 8 points (but 1 game ahead) of Newport in 2nd place.

The Palace 2nd Grade

Waverley’s 2nd Grade side kept its finals hopes alive with a tight 6 point to 5 win 9th placed Oatley. Over the years, Waverley hasn’t been known for it’s ability to kick penalties (or even take them when the opportunity arises), so it was an important development for Deon Smith’s men, and bodes well in coming weeks.

The result means Waverley now sits in 6th place in the Stockdale Cup, 3 points (and one game) behind 4th placed Barkers Old Boys and only 4 points behind Kings (same number of games).

The Rest of the Men

Unfortunately, Waverley was not able to master the conditions in the other grades, with The Palace 1st Grade losing 20 points to 6, 3rd Grade losing 17 to 7, and Cardsmart Consulting Colts losing 28 to nil (all games vs Oatley).

The results mean that 1st Grade remain winless and camped in 9th place in the Barraclough Cup, a massive 13 points behind UNSW, and only 1 point ahead of Hornsby. While 3rd Grade are marginally better in that they have recorded one win, they sit in bottom place, 5 points (and one game) behind St Ives.

For our Colts, there is still plenty of opportunity, with the Robertson Cup competition again shaping up to be a close battle. Currently the boys are in 8th position, but not too many points adrift of fighting for a top four position. A couple of wins in coming weeks, will see Waverley move back up in contention.

NSW Farmers Women

It was another tough round for Waverley’s women’s team, playing competition heavy weights, Sydney Uni, who sit equal first on the table. In the end Waverley walked away with a 52 – 0 point loss.

Still, it’s a credible result. In years gone by Uni were walking away with twice that score, showing Waverley is improving, and will be a credible force in coming seasons.

Wet Weather

As mentioned above, the forecast for the week looks crappo, and is likely to mean some changes are required for training, as well as the weekends round.

Stay tuned to the website for details.

We’ll be updating things as soon as we know.