THE BEST OF THE BOASTERS

Boasters League Final round first half~~

It wasn’t the most impressive of first halves we have ever had on the Boasters League. It seems that every year it becomes harder and harder for members to find time to play their matches. The stats that you will see below show that participation was down, and we weren’t witnessing any type of panic or scramble from the players to get their final matches played, to reach that 5 match minimum… with the apparent popularity of the league amongst the members - registration fills up very quickly - I am at a loss somewhat as why some have such difficulty getting on court.

The final round didn’t produce any major surprises. Mongoose did take it easy and didn’t try too hard to pick up many points, making their margin of victory this first half closer than what it could really have been. Foss Nation made the biggest push to snatch second place, and the final round bye for Butter Nutz had them drop from 2^nd to 4^th.

Here are the numbers that I crunched for the half… we’ve seen better…

• Only 72.5% of matches were completed in this half. That’s 6% down from last year first half and way off the record of 85% set in 2016. 
• Round 1 had the most matches played – 86%. Round 8 had the least amount of matches played – 53%. 
• Foss Nation’s score of 244 would have been good for only 5^th spot last year in the first half. 
• Foss Nation also scored the most points in any one round – 42 in week two. The lowest was Nicker Ballers in round nine with 15. 
• Mongoose played the most matches with 79%. No prize if you guess the lowest… yep, Nick at Night with 59%. Last year, the lowest match percentage was 71%. 
• Mongoose also had the best win percentage with 57%. Which is not all that high which tells me the teams were pretty competitive. 
• The lowest win percentage was the Nicker Ballers with 39%. 
• Over Served had the most 3-0 wins with 27. Their 3-0 win percentage was 56%, meaning when they did win, they won 3-0 56% of the time. 
• Nick at Night and Wardogs had the lowest 3-0 win percentage with 29%. 
• The standings once again reflect the bonus points. Mongoose had the most (88), and Nick at Night (66) and Nicker Ballers (65) had the least. 
• 19 players picked up all 8 bonus points. Seven players did not pick up any bonus points at all. 
• Only 16 players played all 8 of their matches… ouch. Last year first half: 26.The year before that…36. What’s happening?? 
• Of those 16, none of them went through undefeated. 
• AJ Peleman (Vivio’s) picked up the most points for this half with 26.Two players had 25.

Not the most extraordinary numbers we have seen, but I am the ultimate optimist and we’ll keep pushing for bigger and better things moving forward. The second half of the league picks up again on January 8, I will go through the teams over the next couple of weeks and tweak the order here and there. I will do my utmost to keep you on your current team, but that will not always be possible. It’s all in the name of making the league – and your matches – as competitive as possible.

Have a great Holiday break, I hope Santa has you on the “nice” list, and we’ll see you all back on court in 2020!