Date
April 29, 2006
Participants
Bruce Farrar, Gunner Hillner,
Simon Hutchinson,
Gregory Kuntz, Jay Lucas, Kevin Nieman,
James Partipilo, Ric Rivas,
Wayne Smith,
Steve Tucker
A mercy rule was used. When one player too a four game lead over their opponent the game was stopped.
Winners
Open
- Winner : Wayne Smith
- Runner up :
Steve Tucker
Mary Jane
- Winner : Ric Rivas
-
Runner up : James Partipilo
Open Final match report by Wayne Smith
The final was played on a pitch flooded with direct sunlight. It
severely hampered play as the bright light was hard on the eyes.
Neither finalist found the net in the first half, but Wayne’s keeper
made two saves in the first 90 seconds and Wayne forced a corner
before the 2nd minute was over. The bright light was killer and made
it tough to focus on the ball. Steve finally broke through with just
less than 10 minutes left in the game and the partisan crowd went
nuts. The goal was terrific, requiring the playing of several moving
balls and the hitting of the rolling ball in for a 1:0 lead. How he
did it in those lighting conditions was beyond his opponent. Steve
then reverted to 9 fig’s back and if Wayne was going to fight his
way back, Steve was going to make it really tough on him. Steve was
up 1:0. It was with six minutes left when Wayne finally broke
through. It was an arcing shot from the left wing off the far post
and in. Wayne really took over at this point and poured on more
pressure. With about 3 minutes left Wayne was given a back on the
left wing inside Steve’s shooting zone. He touched up, which allowed
Steve to get a figure between the ball and the goal. Wayne ramped
the shot over the Arsenal keeper and in. Wayne took the lead with
about 2:30 left. The crowd went dead silent. Now it was Wayne’s turn
to play defense, but, in true Werder Bremen tradition, he refused,
still pushing figures up the field to try to increase the lead.
Steve tried frantically to get the ball up the field as fast as
possible, but the Werder figures got back in time to shut down
Steve’s offense as time ran out. Wayne squeaked out a 2:1 victory.
This was a far cry from Wayne’s 5:1 win against Steve just a few
hours earlier on the same pitch.
Everyone had a great time and it seemed as this is a good launching
point for the SCSC. We had 10 players for the tournament-five of
whom had never played in an ASA tournament! With the addition of Jay
and Gunner as possible regulars, it looks like we will continue to
be a reasonably strong group.
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Group A
| Pos | Name | Pl |
W | D | L |
F | A | GD |
Pts |
| 1 |
Simon Hutchinson O | 4 |
2 | 2 | 0 |
4 | 0 | 4 |
8 |
| 2 | Jay Lucas O |
4 | 2 | 1 |
1 | 6 | 1 |
5 | 7 |
| 3 |
Kevin Nieman O | 4 |
1 | 2 | 1 |
2 | 5 | -3 |
5 |
|
4 | Ric Rivas M | 4 |
0 | 3 | 1 |
2 | 5 | -3 |
3 |
|
5 | James Partipilo M | 4 |
0 | 2 | 2 |
1 | 4 | -3 |
2 |
O Players moving on to the Open knock out rounds
M Players moving on to the Mary Jane knock out rounds|
Kevin Nieman | 1 | v | 0 |
James Partipilo |
| Simon Hutchinson |
1 | v | 0 |
Jay Lucas |
| Simon Hutchinson |
3 | v |
0 | Ric Rivas |
| Jay Lucas |
4 | v |
0 | Kevin Nieman |
| Jay Lucas |
2 | v |
0 | James Partipilo |
| Kevin
Nieman | 1 |
v | 1 | Ric Rivas |
|
Simon Hutchinson | 0 |
v | 0 | Kevin Nieman |
|
James Partipilo | 1 |
v | 1 | Ric Rivas |
|
Jay Lucas | 0 |
v | 0 | Ric Rivas |
|
Simon Hutchinson | 0 |
v | 0 | James Partipilo |
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Group B
| Pos | Name | Pl |
W | D | L |
F | A | GD |
Pts |
| 1 |
Wayne Smith O | 4 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
17 | 2 | 15 |
12 |
| 2 | Steve Tucker O |
4 | 3 | 0 |
1 | 9 | 6 |
3 | 9 |
| 3 |
Gunner Hillner O | 4 |
1 | 1 | 2 |
2 | 6 | -4 |
4 |
|
4 | Bruce Farrar M | 4 |
1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | 10 | -5 |
4 |
|
5 | Gregory Kuntz M | 4 |
0 | 0 | 4 |
2 | 13 | -11 |
0 |
O Players moving on to the Open knock out rounds
M Players moving on to the Mary Jane knock out rounds|
Wayne Smith | 4 | v | 0 |
Gregory Kuntz |
| Steve Tucker |
3 | v |
0 | Bruce Farrar |
| Steve
Tucker | 5 | v |
1 | Gregory Kuntz |
| Wayne
Smith | 3 |
v | 0 | Gunner Hillner |
|
Steve Tucker | 2 |
v | 0 | Gunner Hillner |
|
Bruce Farrar | 3 |
v | 1 | Gregory Kuntz |
|
Bruce Farrar | 1 |
v | 1 | Gunner Hiller |
|
Wayne Smith | 5 |
v | 1 | Steve Tucker |
|
Gunner Hillner | 1 |
v | 0 | Gregory Kuntz |
|
Wayne Smith | 5 |
v | 1 | Bruce Farrar |
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Open knock out rounds
Two group winners Wayne Smith and
Simon Hutchinson received byes to the semi finals
Quarter finals
|
Jay Lucas | 4 | v | 0 |
Gunner Hillner |
| Steve Tucker |
1 | v |
1 | Kevin Nieman |
| FT 1-1, AET 1-1, Steve won shoot
out 2-0 |
Semi finals
|
Steve Tucker | 2 | v |
1 | Simon Hutchinson |
| Wayne Smith advanced to final as
Jay Lucas withdrew |
Final
| Wayne Smith |
2 | v |
1 | Steve Tucker |
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Mary Jane knock out rounds
Semi finals
|
Ric Rivas | 3 | v | 0 |
Gregory Kuntz |
| James Partipilo |
1 | v |
0 | Bruce Farar |
Final
|
Ric Rivas | 0 | v |
0 | James Partipilo |
| FT 0-0, AET 0-0, Ric
won shoot out 2-0 |
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