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Subject: Re: Tour II Spirit
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> Excuse me, but....I know things were a bit hectic at the end on Sunday
> evening, and I'm sure Sneeeky's were fine-spirited and all that, but are
> K-Niggets really being denied the Spirit award simply because there was
> no-one from their team within earshot as Chris did the spiel.  Either
> the team with most Spirit votes was K-Niggets and they should be
> recognised as such, or they weren't, in which case why were they
> originally announced as winners?  SOTG deserves a little more respect
> imho.
> 
> Apart from that, great tourney, through the wind and the rain...
> HF&S 
> Wayne
> Fingers 6

There was a 3-way tie for the SOTG - and traditionally this has
been dealt with in an off-the-cuff sort of way.
In this case I thought Chris did it in a pretty amusing way.

Why were K-Niggets players out of earshot of Chris (ie an EXTREMELY
long way away)...?  The TD giving out results and prizes at the
end of the tournament also deserves a little more respect... 

PLUS - what does a team want from the SOTG award?  The silverware? or
the respect from other teams?  We all know that K-Niggets and 
Sharks also won the respect of their opponents for playing with 
good spirit.  THAT is what counts for me.
ALSO the tour votes are kept from all the tour events for the 
Tour SOTG Trophy... so they still might get their mits on the 
prizes...

Looks to me like this complaint didn't come from K-Niggets, so
I hope none of them (nor Sharks, nor Sneeeky's) is too upset
by the situation, nor my reply.

Si

Defending TDs when they make a small error in a large expanse
of excellence.