As we welcome a brand new team to the SS Hall of Fame, the plight of poor old Wolfpak highlights just how difficult it is to win Shield. The Pak have proven to be one of the great-est teams across the seven year existence of the Shield by participating in five of the seven grand finals, however they have only managed to claim the Shield just the one time. Whilst Coach Bugs now has a permanent Dustin Martin voodoo doll, the planets really do need to align if your team is to salute on that one day in August.

Of course, it would be of no surprise if you are totally unaware of the FOFs triumph, as most eyes would have been on the Gumby final and the culmination of six months of planning from yours truly. The Destroyers performance has elevated the standing of the Gumby winner to its rightful place amongst the lower echelons of Division 4 footy. It is now no longer shameful to classify yourself as the king of the Gumbys. Your welcome.

The D-Man is now booked in for some well earned R & R aboard the good ship ‘Rhapsody of the Seas’ and the official Shield presentation invitation will be sent out upon my return. In the meantime, you may now go and mow your lawn as I’m sure it needs some attention.

Merry Christmas.

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Dr Dunwich Demitriou CEO, Stradbroke Shield

Results

FOF become the seventh team to win the Shield in seven years, denying Wolfpak the chance of becoming the first multiple winner. Destroyers proved once and for all they are the biggest Gumbys going around.

SHIELD

Funny Old Fellow 2,228 def Wolfpak 2,199

A self-proclaimed Steven Bradbury performance by FOF as they merely had to sit back and watch the late changes roll in. A tough end for Wolfpak who were the best performed team in the finals, but that will mean little to them as they swallow another grand final defeat.

GUMBY

D-Man Destroyers 2,380 def POLLY'S SAINTS 2,074

A Destroyer victory was never in doubt as the Saints struggled to know who they were even playing.

Round 21 Highest Scoring Players

1. Ryan Griffen (WB) 189

2. Joel Selwood (Geel) 176

3. Tom Hawkins (Geel) 156

4. Dan Hannebury (Syd) 154

5. Jordan Lewis (Haw) 154

Season Highest Scoring Players

1. Joel Selwood (Geel) 2,660

2. Scott Pendlebury (Coll) 2,613

3. Sam Jacobs (Adel) 2,538

4. Rory Sloane (Adel) 2,525

5. Matt Priddis (WCE) 2,481

1. Blue Baggers 17 14 3 37040 32624 113.54 56

2. Ax 17 13 4 35433 32052 110.55 52

3. Wolfpak 17 13 4 35145 32607 107.78 52

4. Mudcrabs 17 12 5 36295 32942 110.18 48

5. Tomsies 17 12 5 35751 32918 108.61 48

6. Pulsating Pies 17 11 5 35599 32784 108.59 48

7. FOF 17 11 6 34611 32559 106.30 44

8. Danks Peptides 17 11 6 34429 31951 07.76 44

9. Vossy’s Mates 17 11 6 33069 32079 103.09 44

10. The Hangovers 17 9 8 34030 32449 104.87 36

11. Dazzlers 17 9 8 31853 32093 99.25 36

12. Tricolours 17 7 10 31120 31882 97.61 28

13. Polly’s Saints 17 5 12 32923 32659 100.81 20

14. Franga’s Fools 17 5 12 30123 31493 95.65 20

15. D-Man Destroyers 17 5 12 29975 32486 92.27 20

16. Jake’s Mates 17 2 15 28102 33717 83.35 8

17. Funny Chumps 17 1 16 28083 33022 85.04 4

18. Tigerland 17 0 17 21996 33260 66.13 0

Highest Season Score: 2,522 Mudcrabs (round 13)

Lowest Score: 735, Tigerland (round 6)

Highest Combined Score: 4878, Wolfpak 2507 d Tomsies 2371 (round 13)

Lowest Combined Score: 1754, Dazzlers 1019 def Tigerland 735 (round 6)

Longest Winning Streak: 9, Baggers (rounds 3-11)

Longest Losing Streak: 17, Tigerland (rounds 1-17)

Highest Player Score: 191, P. Hanley (round 16)

ROUND 1

Destroy. 2,166 d Baggers 2,127

FOF 2,168 d Peptides 1,945

Mudcrabs 2,308 d Tomsies 2,181

tricolours 2,157 d T'land 1,354

Saints 2,223 d Jake's 1,588

Ax 2,296 vs Wolfpak 2,120

Hangovers 2,010 vs Fools 1,776

Pies 2,077 vs Dazzlers 1,876

Vossy's 1,976 vs Chumps 1,574

ROUND 2

Peptides 2040 def Destroy.1902

Baggers 2077 def by Toms. 2088

FOF 2010 def Tigerland 1121

Mudcrabs 1975 def Saints 1849

tricolours 2248 def Pak 2023

JAKE'S 1512 def by Fools 1931

Ax 2005 def Dazzlers 1928

'Overs 2047 def Chumps 1412

Pies 2230 def Vossy's mate 2122

ROUND 3

Destroy. 1865 def by Toms. 2171

Peptides 2195 def Tig'land 1119

Baggers 2365 def SAINTS 2205

FOF 1955 def by Wolfpak 2172

Mudcrabs 2114 def Fools 2039

tri. 2166 def Dazzlers 1780

JAKE'S 1900 def Chumps 1402

Ax 2034 def Vossy's mate 1878

'Overs 2071 def by Pies 2349

ROUND 4

Tiger 1147 def by Destroy. 1940

Tomsies 2117 def SAINTS 2044

Peptides 2143 def by Pak 2159

Baggers 2218 def Fools 2021

FOF 1962 def by Dazzlers 2047

Mudcrab 1993 def Chumps 1957

tricol. 1931 def by Vossy's 2188

JAKE'S 1912 def by Pies 2105

Ax 2061 def Hangovers 2057

ROUND 5

Destroy. 1958 def by Saints 2092

Tiger. 1143 def by Pak 2092

Tomsies 2171 def Fools 1909

Peptides 2334 def Dazzlers 1764

Baggers 2228 def Chumps 1875

FOF 2117 def by Vossy's 2196

Mudcrab 2085 def by Pies 2086

tricol. 1895 def by 'Overs 2102

JAKE'S 1836 def by Ax 2299

ROUND 6 (BYE)

Pak 1602 def by Destroyers 1717

Saints 1305 def Fools 985

Tigerl. 735 def by Dazzlers 1019

Tomsies 1675 def Chumps 1569

Pept. 1110 def by Vossy's 1228

Baggers 1578 def Pies 1298

FOF 1402 def Hangovers 1244

Mudcrabs 1711 def Ax 1518

tricolours 1314 def JAKE'S 679

ROUND 7 (BYE)

Destroyers 730 def by Fools 1771

Wolfpak 1734 def Dazzlers 1521

SAINTS 1803 def Chumps 948

Tigerl. 1251 def by Vossy's 1726

Tomsies 1913 def Pies 1828

Peptides 1863 def 'Overs 1736

Baggers 2169 def Ax 2105

FOF 2107 def JAKE'S 1885

Mudcrabs 2116 def tric. 1569

ROUND 8 (BYE)

Dazzlers 1296 def Destroyers 1093

Fools 1468 def Chumps 1251

Wolfpak 1640 def Vossy's 1296

SAINTS 1590 def by Pies 1891

Tigerl. 1092 def by 'Overs 1607

Tomsies 1781 def Ax 1448

Peptides 1610 def JAKE'S 1330

Baggers 1815 def tricolours 1328

FOF 1574 def Mudcrabs 1489

ROUND 9

Destroy.2021 def Chumps 1584

Dazzl.1988 def by Vossy 2159

Fools 1952 def by Pies 2112

Wolfpak 2185 def Overs 2133

SAINTS 1848 def by Ax 2316

Tigerl. 1419 def by Jake 1598

Tomsies 2077 def trico.2021

Peptides 2268 def Mudcr. 1899

Baggers 2328 def FOF 2120

ROUND 10

Vossy 1970 def Destroyers 1819

Chumps 1686 def by Pies 2270

Dazzlers 2175 def 'Overs 1885

Fools 1753 def by Ax 2030

Wolfpak 2117 def Jakes 1948

Saints 1883 def by tricol. 1884

T'land 1249 def by M'crabs 2339

Tomsies 2128 def by FOF 2207

P'tides 1976 def by Bagg. 2283

ROUND 11

Destroyers 1701 def by Pies 2118

Vossy's 1892 def 'Overs 1690

Chumps 1771 def by Ax 2008

Dazzlers 2109 def JAKE'S 1616

Fools 1690 def Tricol. 1655

Pak 2047 def by Mudcrabs 2145

SAINTS 2006 def by FOF 2083

Tigerl. 1289 def by Baggers 2114

Tomsies 2146 def Peptides 1828

ROUND 12

'Overs 2141 def Destroyers 1547

Pies 1960 def by Ax 2130

Vossy's 1925 def JAKE'S 1890

Chumps 1737 def by tric. 1811

Dazzl. 1878 def by M'rabs 2364

Fools 1870 def by FOF 2045

Wolfpak 2055 def Baggers 2026

SAINTS 1945 def by Peptid.2189

Tigerl. 1385 def by Tomsie 2230

ROUND 13

Destroyers 1660 def by Ax 2400

'Overs 2319 def JAKE'S 1961

Pies 2366 def tricolours 1976

Vossy 2160 def by M'crabs 2522

Chumps 2083 def by FOF 2324

Dazzl. 2130 def by Baggers 2398

Fools 2087 def by Peptides 2189

Wolfpak 2507 def Tomsies 2371

SAINTS 2215 def Tigerland 1767

ROUND 14

Jake 1649 def by Destroyer 1975

Ax 2055 def tricolours 1734

'Overs 2191 def Mudcrabs 2075

Pies 1939 def by FOF 2081

Vossy 1887 def by Baggers 2229

Chump 1722 def by Pept. 2032

Dazzlers 2084 def Tomsies 2009

Fools 1628 def Tigerland 1461

Wolfpak 2094 def SAINTS 1815

ROUND 15

Destroyers 1678 def by Tri 1798

Jakes 1837 def by Mudc. 2417

Ax 2259 def FOF 2095

'Overs 2267 def by Baggers 2372

Pies 2436 def Peptides 2293

Vossy 1998 def by Tomsies 2341

Chumps 1811 def Tiger. 1422

Dazzlers 2039 def SAINTS 1977

Fools 1730 def by Wolfpak 2176

ROUND 16

Mudcr. 2404 def Destroyers 2196

tricolours 1840 def by FOF 2185

JAKE'S 1475 def by Baggers 2370

Ax 2234 def by Peptides 2260

‘Overs 2354 def Tomsies 2277

Pies 2344 def Tigerland 1551

Vossy's 2284 def SAINTS 2008

Chumps 1930 def by Wolfpak 2155

Dazzlers 2330 def Fools 1808

ROUND 17

Destroyers 2007 def by FOF 2176

Mudcr. 2339 def by Bagger 2343

tric. 1793 def by Peptides 2154

Jakes 1486 def by Tomsies 2075

Ax 2235 def Tigerland 1491

'Overs 2176 def POLLY'S 2115

Pies 2190 def by Wolfpak 2267

Vossy's 2184 def Fools 1705

Chumps 1771 def by Dazzl.1889

QUAL./ELIM. FINALS

Bagger 2381 def Mudcrab 2219

Wolfpak 2448 def Ax 2326

FOF 2435 def Pies 2313

Tomsies 2242 def Peptides 2209

Vossy's 2267 def tricolours 1752

'Overs 2380 def Dazzlers 2056

SAINTS 2009 def MATES 1844

Destroyers 2111 def Fools 1801

SEMI FINALS

SHIELD

Mudcr. 2343 def Tomsies 2061

FOF 2179 def Ax 2143

GUMBY

SAINTS 1837 def tricolours 1449

D-Man 2033 def Dazzlers 2012

PRELIM FINALS

SHIELD

Baggers 2,060 def by FOF 2,090

Pak 2,349 def Mudcrabs 2,080

GUMBY

Vossy's 2,063 def by D-Man 2,189

'Overs 2,129 def by Saints2,167

SHIELD CHAMPIONS: Funny Old Fellow

DAC CHAMBERS MEDAL: Robert, Funny Old Fellow. Made his second straight grand final, com-ing from outside the top 4 both times. Rode his luck all the way to the flag, but his matching winning move against the Pies in the Elimination Final was the coaching move of the year.

MAL MICHAEL ‘ROOKIE’ TEAM OF THE YEAR: Destroyers. Knocked off the premiers in round one, then tanked to get a good spot for a crack at the Gumbies, which they duly won. Was also the highest scoring team on grand final day.

MUST HAVE PLAYER SELECTION: Gary Ablett – despite a premature end to his season, still com-fortably managed the season’s highest average.

NEVER AGAIN AWARD: Leigh Montagna—the one time Supercoach gun has lots his appeal.

Editor Note—Last year’s winner was Aaron Sandilands who managed to finish in the top 10 overall scores for the year. Once again, use this suggestion for any future planning at your own risk.

MATCH OF THE YEAR: Baggers 2343 defeated Mudcrabs 2339 (round 17). Whilst the Grand Final was close, this game produced a much higher quality performance in a match that had big implica-tions on the finals make up.

HIGHEST ROUND SCORE: 2,522 Mudcrabs (round 13)

LOWEST ROUND SCORE: 735, Tigerland (round 6)

HIGHEST COMBINED TOTAL: 4878, Wolfpak 2507 d Tomsies 2371 (round 13)*

PORT ADELAIDE ‘MOST IMPROVED’ AWARD: Franga’s Fools. Highest place finish (eq 12th) for a side used to fighting off Tigerland for the wooden spoon. Another improvement in 2015 could see them challenge for a finals spot.

WARWICK CAPPER (39) AWARD FOR WORST TEAM: Tiger Land. Dunwich is considering an-nouncing this award prior to round 1 each year.

HAROLD HOLT ‘GONE MISSING’ AWARD: The Hangovers. Last year’s Minor Premiers were all set for another big year, but after an initial chirp on the Supercoach sledge box they vanished. Had some good form in the later part of the year, but all too late.

VIAGRA ’BIT STIFF’ AWARD: Wolfpak. Clearly the best team at finals time, but their luck well and truly deserted them on grand final weekend with 3 late withdrawals and a falcon-related concussion putting an end to their premiership hopes.

INTERCHANGE

H. Taylor (avg 83)

‐$17,100

J. McVeigh (avg

104)

J. Waite (avg 91)

+$116,100

M. Johnson (avg 87)

‐$82,800

D. Swallow (avg 103)

+$59,500

P. Hanley (avg 103)

+$59,300

T. Rockliff (avg 132)

+$119,800

N. Fyfe (avg 122)

+$74,300

N. Malceski (avg 105)

+$42,500

L. Franklin (avg 100)

+$69,200

L. Parker (avg 108)

+$111,900

B. McGlynn (avg 100)

+$156,400

S. Mar n (avg 111)

+$320,300

R. Gray (avg 111)

+$170,800

A. Miles (avg 100)

+4241,000

D. Beams (avg 115)

+$96,600

A. Sandilands (avg 108)

+$174,500

INTERCHANGE D. Tyson (avg 94)

+$289,400

RUCKS S. Jacobs (avg 115)

+$151,200

G. Able (avg 136)

‐$21,600

ROVER J. Selwood (avg 121)

‐$22,900

S. Pendlebury (avg 124)

‐$87,200