Gigs Ladder Comp Round 21 Update – Can any good come from this?

Can any good come from this whole sorry substances saga? Well, there are several ladderists out their that might say “yes”.

Here’s how the top of the Ladder Ladder table looked on Sunday night as round 22 came to a close:

Rank	Entrant	Score
1	Geordie C	32
2	Pete Ca	34
3	Scott H	38
=4	Theo Harms	44
=4	The Gentle Giant	44
=4	Matthew W	44
=4	Anwar N	44
=8	The Holy Boot	46
=8	Paul L	46
=8	Michael Ba	46
=8	Christopher D’A	46
=8	Keith B	46
=8	Leslie H	46

And here’s how it looked 48 hours later, after the AFL told Essendon that it was out of the finals, but would NOT be losing their points, but would NOT remain in the eight, even though they WOULD continue to have more points than anyone that would now be in seventh or eight place on the ladder [takes deep breath]:

Rank	Entrant	Score
1	Geordie C	30
2	Pete Ca	32
3	Scott H	36
4	Matthew W	42
=5	Theo Harms	44
=5	The Holy Boot	44
=5	Paul L	44
=5	Leslie H	44
=9	Anwar N	46
=9	Damian B	46
=9	Christopher D’A	46
=9	Keith B	46

At a glance, at least at this stage, it means nothing for those occupying the top three spots of the Ladder Ladder. Geordie C remains two points clear of Pete Ca, just as he would have if the AFL had not handed down its penalty. And Pete Ca remains four points clear of third-placed Scott H after the fact.

But things are a little different in fourth and fifth places. Whereas fourth belonged equally to Theo Harms, The Gentle Giant, Matthew W and Anwar N sans sanctions, the enforced penalty leaves fourth place as the sole domain of Matthew W, last year’s champ. In equal fifth place are Theo Harms, The Holy Boot, Paul L^ and Leslie H.

So yes, there is potential good for The Holy Boot, Paul L^ and Leslie H to come out of this sorry affair. But on the other hand, Anwar N (now ninth) and the Gentle Giant (13th) have slipped out of contention of a slice of the combined 4th/5th place pie.

^And we know you’ll be wondering, buy we can confirm categorically that this Paul L is not the one who is now at the helm of the Essendon Football Club.

At the other end of the table, with or without sanctions, Lou F has jumped four points clear of Yvette W in the race to the bottom.

Below is the full Ladder Ladder. If you’re a contestant, the full spreadsheet will be winging its way to your favourite email inbox soon.

Until next week, happy laddering!

Gigs

Rank	ENTRANT	SCORE
1	Geordie C	30
2	Pete Ca	32
3	Scott H	36
4	Matthew W	42
=5	Theo Harms	44
=5	The Holy Boot	44
=5	Paul L	44
=5	Leslie H	44
=9	Anwar N	46
=9	Damian B	46
=9	Christopher D’A	46
=9	Keith B	46
=13	The Gentle Giant	48
=13	Dave Mi	48
=13	Lou H	48
=13	Ted A	48
=13	Garry N	48
=13	Victoria E-B	48
=13	John B	48
=13	Mick W	48
=13	Matthew B	48
=13	Peter M	48
=13	Paul Daffey	48
=13	Peter Hanlon	48
=13	Patrick K	48
=13	Rusty Berther	48
=13	Mathew S	48
=28	Michael Ba	50
=28	Mick C	50
=28	Jesse H	50
=28	Leon C	50
=28	Al W	50
=28	Geoff Slattery (S)	50
=28	Peter S	50
=28	Entrant Average (S)	50
=28	James W	50
=28	Luke R	50
=38	Tim I	52
=38	FootyMaths Institute	52
=38	The Wrap	52
=38	Haiku Bob	52
=38	Daniel H	52
=38	Pocka	52
=38	Adam C	52
=38	John Ma	52
=38	Sherryn B	52
=38	Laurie B	52
=38	Secret Agent Hamilton Syme	52
=38	Oliver C	52
=38	Michael Bo	52
=38	Jim N	52
=38	Katwoman	52
=53	Eggsy	54
=53	Pants!!!!	54
=53	John Harms	54
=53	Rohan Connolly (S)	54
=53	Jamie G	54
=53	Janno T	54
=53	Eamon L	54
=53	David V	54
=53	Kick It Long To Royce	54
=53	Andrew F	54
=53	Robert Walls (S)	54
=64	Susie G	56
=64	Darren C	56
=64	Paul Ro	56
=64	Tim A	56
=64	Mark Hunter	56
=64	Geoff C	56
=64	Rob N	56
=64	Frank L	56
=64	Anthony O	56
=64	Pre-Season Betting (S)	56
=64	Lucas G	56
=75	Peter C	58
=75	Gavin T	58
=75	Brad B	58
=75	Paula from Twitter (S)	58
=75	Cookie	58
=75	Greg W	58
=75	Gary V	58
=75	Swinburne Computer (S)	58
=75	Matthew Lloyd (S)	58
=75	Andrew L	58
=75	David W	58
=75	Alovesupreme	58
=75	Benjamin Button (S)	58
=88	Andrew P	60
=88	Danny Power	60
=88	Garry Lyon (S)	60
=88	Thomas Sodor	60
=88	Alison C	60
=88	Rob O’N	60
=88	Ravenous Bird	60
=88	Eddie C	60
=88	Andy Maher (S)	60
=88	Angela N	60
=88	Lord MOC	60
=88	Paul C	60
=88	Helen E-B	60
=88	Shaun C (S)	60
=88	Helen F	60
=88	Sasha L	60
=88	Yvette #2	60
=105	Melissa L	62
=105	Dave B	62
=105	Howard K	62
=105	Joan C	62
=105	Kyle B	62
=105	Ben Re	62
=105	Damien L	62
=105	Paul Br	62
=105	Mark Sc	62
=105	Avenging Eagle	62
=105	Burkey’s Jive Turkeys	62
=105	Jackie T	62
=105	Rick K	62
=118	Anthony M	64
=118	Spencer Gigacz	64
=118	Paul H	64
=118	Andrew Ga	64
=118	Ben Mo	64
=118	Rowdy	64
=118	Dinahcat	64
=118	Josh Ba	64
=118	Rob Ch	64
=118	Ben P	64
=118	Rob L	64
=118	Scott Cummings (S)	64
=118	Lord Bogan	64
=118	Tony Ro	64
=118	Andrew Mc	64
=133	Anthony L	66
=133	2012 Ladder	66
=133	NFI	66
=133	Dave N	66
=133	Ben Cap	66
=133	Gary K	66
=133	John Ki	66
=133	Jason L	66
=133	Andy R	66
=142	David D	68
=142	Oliver Gigacz	68
=142	Bron R	68
=142	Bill F	68
=142	Glenn B	68
=142	Richard A	68
=142	David L	68
=149	Sally B	70
=149	Marty N	70
=149	Son of Ravenous Bird	70
=149	Darren “Smokie” Dawson	70
=149	Rehana	70
=154	Peter K	72
=154	Peter King	72
=154	Joel L	72
=154	Chris W	72
=158	Kerry P	74
=158	Mad Dog	74
=160	Remy Niscence (S)	76
=160	Elsie F	76
=160	Robbie “The Brain” Tohill	76
=160	Andrew Gigacz	76
164	Chance Fateman (S)	78
=165	NAB Cup	80
=165	T Bone	80
=165	Deb B	80
168	Anne Fed	82
=169	Gojko S	84
=169	Maya V (S)	84
171	Matt C	86
172	Krystal C	88
173	Stefan G	90
174	Gigs’s Mum	98
175	Tess “Complete Guess” Bambridge (S)	104
176	Jackie “RipTorn” Bambridge (S)	106
=177	Ian S	114
=177	Alpha Presnell (S)	114
179	Yrag Legov (S)	138
180	Yvette W	140
181	Lou F	144