Series 90 Run 4 newsletter

Series #90 – Run 4 – 21 March 2018 – Run No. 538

SYDNEY CORPORATE CUP POINTSCORE TROPHY
The cool conditions saw an explosion of point scoring, with easily the biggest total of the series, passing 4,000 for the first time.  No less than twenty teams broke the 100 points mark, led by Reserve Bank Magic Milers with 178.  They were followed by Rabobank Grasshoppers with 169 points and NRMA Insurance with 156.  Reserve Bank Magic Milers move into the overall lead, but it is still close with the top 5 all within 50 points of the lead.  The total points scored in run 4 was 4,242.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 81 119 113 178   491
Rabobank Grasshoppers 63 107 140 169   479
NRMA Insurance 96 114 102 156   468

RABOBANK KNOCKOUT TROPHY
For the third round in a row the two highest scoring teams of the round again met each other in the knockout, with Reserve Bank Magic Milers edging Rabobank Grasshoppers 178-169.  Another close match saw BT Warriors beat Westpac Trotters 131-111, while in the remaining matches Suncorp beat ABS Moving Averages 117-75 and MYOB Stings beat Deutsche Springers 122-56.  The semi-finals will see Reserve Bank Magic Milers up against Suncorp and MYOB Stings against BT Warriors.

FASTEST TEAM COMPETITION
Legal Eagles and Reserve Bank Magic Milers both scored 10 fast runs in round 4, closely followed by NRMA Insurance with 9.  Legal Eagles maintain their overall 4 point advantage.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Legal Eagles 8 9 8 10   35
Reserve Bank Magic Milers 7 7 7 10   31
NRMA Insurance 5 7 8 9   29

Miles WARING of Reserve Bank Magic Milers was fastest man with 20.35, while Eliza DAVIDSON of Macquarie Nomads was again fastest woman with 23.00.  There were 94 fast runners in run 4, easily the highest of the series, 71 males (21%) and 23 females (22%).

Fastest Men in Run 4

Miles WARING 20.35 Reserve Bank Magic Milers
Eoin REVILLE 21.50 NRMA Insurance
Dima POSTNIKOV 22.05 BT Dominators

Fastest Women in Run 4

Eliza DAVIDSON 23.00 Macquarie Nomads
Kath CARTY 24.55 Awesome Midday Pacers
Cathy LIU 25.20 Reserve Bank Magic Milers

THE MAT GARROD MEMORIAL TEAM REPRESENTATION TROPHY
Rabobank Grasshoppers, BT Dominators, NRMA Insurance and Reserve Bank Magic Milers had the best turnout in run 4 with 14 apiece.  Rabobank Grasshoppers remain in the overall lead, still just 1 point ahead.  The total turnout was 434 counting runners, 331 males and 103 females.

Team Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Run 5 Run 6 Total
Rabobank Grasshoppers 14 14 13 14   55
BT Dominators 14 13 13 14   54
NRMA Insurance 12 14 13 14   53

INDIVIDUAL MILESTONES
Congratulations to the following runners who achieved personal milestones in run 4.

50 runs:     Hayley FENN of BNP Flyers, Gregory O’KEEFE of BNP Flyers, Leigh THOMSON of Computershare Athletic Team (CATs), Thomas GREEN of PWC Fasttrack and Gary McMAHON of Telstra Tornados

100 runs:   Tomasz GRZECH of Sydney Tax Pack