WXV: Cape Town Cobras

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Cobras BnF will probably happen tonight (if I don't get kicked off the computer heh).

Reminder of how the count works:

The Cobras Best and Fairest award runs with a 5-4-3-2-1 polling system, with the highest scoring player for each round polling 5 votes, 2nd highest polling 4 votes, etc etc. If players are tied equal 2nd (for example), then the votes will be split, and they would (in this example) receive 3.5 votes each.

Other awards to be presented will be the Best New Player, the Best Individual Performance, the Coaches Award, the Karen award, and the prestigious Kate Upton award.

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Mitch Duncan and Ben Cunnington have both been spotted practising their acceptance speeches. Gryan Miers has been working on his hair since 8am. Jaidyn Stephenson has just placed his multi. Get keen or get flowered.

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Round 1:
5 - Toby Nankervis
4 - Harris Andrews
3 - Touk Miller
2 - Mitch Duncan
1 - Brad Ebert

Round 2:
5 - Ben Cunnington
4 - Brad Ebert
3 - Mitch Duncan
2 - Jaidyn Stephenson
1 - Touk Miller

Round 3:
5 - Shaun Higgins
3.5 - Mitch Duncan
3.5 - Ben Cunnington
2 - Jack Bowes
1 - Jasper Pittard

Duncan and Cunnington splitting the votes in Rd3, could they also split the BnF at the end of all things?

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Best New Player 2019

Quite a few players put their hand up for this award, but it is Gryan Miers who takes out the Best New Player award for 2019!

Congratulations to Gryan Miers!



We were able to acquire Gryan quite cheaply from the Revs in the trade period, parting ways with Pick 74 in order to get him. He has impressed greatly playing up forward for the Cats and always managing to find a goal out of nowhere!

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Round 4:
5 - Brad Ebert
4 - Touk Miller
3 - Jasper Pittard
2 - Harris Andrews
1 - Jack Bowes

Round 5:
5 - Jaidyn Stephenson
4 - Tom Papley
3 - Ben Cunnington
2 - Brad Ebert
1 - Touk Miller

Round 6:
5 - Ben Cunnington
4 - Mitch Duncan
3 - Josh Battle
2 - Brad Ebert
1 - Touk Miller

Ebert polling well early, Touk getting amongst it too. Cunners edges ahead of Duncan...for now.

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Leaderboard after Round 6:

16.5 - Ben Cunnington
14 - Brad Ebert
12.5 - Mitch Duncan
10 - Touk Miller
7 - Jaidyn Stephenson
6 - Harris Andrews
5 - Shaun Higgins
5 - Toby Nankervis
4 - Tom Papley
4 - Jasper Pittard
3 - Jack Bowes
3 - Josh Battle

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Best Individual Performance 2019

This award goes to the player who posted the highest individual score in the WXVs Home and Away season for 2019. They must have been selected to play that week as well.

With a score of 159 in Round 2, congratulations Ben Cunnington!



Cunnington was outstanding again this season, and goes back to back taking out this award for Kate. Will he get the 3-peat in 2020?

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Round 7:
5 - Mitch Duncan
4 - Jaidyn Stephenson
3 - Ben Cunnington
2 - Tom Papley
1 - Jasper Pittard

Round 8:
5 - Mitch Duncan
4 - Shaun Higgins
3 - Callum Mills
2 - Ben Cunnington
1 - Jaidyn Stephenson

Round 9:
5 - Mitch Duncan
4 - Ben Cunnington
3 - Jack Bowes
2 - Chris Mayne
1 - Tom Papley

Mitch goes BANG.

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Coaches Award 2019

his was a tough one, with a number of players either showing significant improvement, or surprising a bit from nowhere this year. Ben Cunnington was fantastic across the first half of the season, but dropped off over the last month or two. Jaidyn Stephenson was averaging 80+, but I wouldn't bet on him to take the award after a certain incident not too long ago. Chris Mayne was taken at N75 in the draft, and was on fire early before dropping off. Josh Battle was fantastic with a move to defence, averaging 75 minus his injury game of 4 points. And The Schlong held down R1 admirably whilst Nank was injured.

But just pipping these guys, Gryan Miers takes out Kate's Coaches Award for 2019. Traded for with N74, I expected Gryan to get a couple games here and there, and probably average around the 50 mark early on in his career, but he has averaged almost 70, holding down a spot up forward for Kate most of the year, and his finishing around goal is incredible to watch!



Congratulations Gryan Miers!

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Astute Cunnington picture selection  :P

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Round 10:
5 - Chris Mayne
4 - Mitch Duncan
3 - Harris Andrews
2 - Shaun Higgins
1 - Callum Mills

Round 11:
5 - Ben Cunnington
4 - Harris Andrews
2.5 - Shaun Higgins
2.5 - Shaun Burgoyne
1 - Lewis Taylor

Round 12:
5 - Tom Papley
4 - Ben Cunnington
2 - Mitch Duncan
2 - Jaidyn Stephenson
2 - Callum Mills

Plenty of votes being split here, with all 3 of Duncan, Stepho, and Mills tying for 3rd in Rd12, along with the two Shauns in Rd11 :o

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Leaderboard after Round 12:

34.5 - Ben Cunnington
33.5 - Mitch Duncan
14 - Brad Ebert
14 - Jaidyn Stephenson
13.5 - Shaun Higgins
13 - Harris Andrews
12 - Tom Papley
10 - Touk Miller
7 - Chris Mayne
6 - Jack Bowes
6 - Callum Mills
5 - Toby Nankervis
5 - Jasper Pittard
3 - Josh Battle
2.5 - Shaun Burgoyne
1 - Lewis Taylor

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Karen Award 2019

The Karen award is presented to the most disappointing player for the year.

This one wasn't too hard to pick this year. In the off-seaosn, we targeted some experienced players to help out the younger guys. One of them was a defender, and hadn't averaged under 80 since 2006. He managed to average under 50 during the H&A season this year, along with missing a fair few with injury, suspension, and just crap form.

The winner of the Karen Award for 2019 is Jordan Lewis!



Note to self: Don't play any Dees players, they're all spuds.

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Karen Award for the most disappointing player?

Disappointing is Cape Town's African Cup record since you took over.

2 losses to Karen is two years. Now that is disappointing.

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Round 13:
5 - Ben Cunnington
4 - Jasper Pittard
3 - Gryan Miers
2 - Callum Mills
1 - Josh Battle

Round 14:
5 - Harris Andrews
4 - Ben Cunnington
3 - Brad Ebert
2 - Shaun Burgoyne
1 - Alex Neal-Bullen

Round 15:
5 - Mitch Duncan
4 - Shaun Burgoyne
3 - Callum Mills
1.5 - Tom Papley
1.5 - Gryan Miers

Gryan gets on the board! Cunnington edges slightly further ahead...boy oh boy wowee