On July 17th five teams attended the second installment of the North Avenue Trade School Summer Open. With such a small field, we ran a double round robin, concluding the tournament before 6 pm. The final result: Fed-Ex Antipopes, a.k.a. South Carolina, walked away undefeated at 8-0, with Suck our CAC, a team of assorted players residing in the state of Florida, took second with a record of 5 - 3. The following are the complete team stats:

Team                  W-L     Avg. Score     Opp.
Score     Diff
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fed-Ex Antipopes      8-0        355.0          85.0  
      270.0

Suck our Cac          5-3        142.5          189.4 
      -46.9

Something D-O-O Econ  3-5        163.1          198.8 
      -35.6

OedipusatCol.Complex  2-6        120.6          191.2 
      -70.6

Oh My Nappy Hair      2-6        106.9          223.8 
      -116.9

A more detailed breakdown is here.

That done, the player results follow. The top three players were awarded various prizes, with the unfortunate decision that Tom Waters was ineligible for prizes because (a) he only played 3 rounds and (b) he wasn't present for the awards ceremony.

Player        Team         TU     Neg     Avg.
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Saurabh       D-O-O Econ   57     12      63.8
Tom           Fed-Ex       18      1      58.3
Marcus        Nappy Hair   44      6      51.2
Eric          Fed-Ex       40      6      46.2
Joe           Fed-Ex       33      2      40.0
Robert        Oedipus      28      4      32.5
Grant         CAC          17      3      19.4
Evan          CAC          20     10      18.8
Billy         CAC          13      3      14.4
Travis        CAC          7       1      8.1
Patrick       Fed-Ex       6       0      7.5
Kishan        Oedipus      9       7      6.9
Taylor        Oedipus      16     21      6.9
Ajanta        D-O-O Econ   2       0      2.5
Alex          Oedipus      1       0      1.2

A more detailed breakdown is here.

As a general comment on how close the field was, 5 of the twenty rounds played were decided by ten points or less, and at least two of those I believe on tiebreakers.

With the tournament firmly in the hands of Fed-Ex Antipopes, and with only ten of the fifteen players hanging around after the conclusion of the tenth round, we played the last round as an exhibition, with the top two players drafting their teams. The results of this round follow:

Hot Lunch - 340     
Saurabh (c)     3 - 1
Joe             7 - 0
Kishan          0 - 0
Robert          3 - 1
Ajanta          0 - 0

Pontius Pilate & the Nail Drivers - 135
Eric (c)        4 - 0
Marcus          0 - 0
Taylor          0 - 2
Patrick         0 - 0
Alex            0 - 0

All that said, I would like to thank Scott Buckley for coming out and moderating with me and Nick Bendler for editting the submitted packets, making my otherwise hectic summer schedule sufficiently free for me to pop out the blind rounds. I'd also like to thank Saurabh for submitting an extra packet on two days notice when I realized I didn't have time to get enough rounds in the event of a tie.

This concludes all the business with the second installment of the North Avenue Trade School Summer Open - Undecided Subtitle.

Thank you,

Stephen Webb
ex-TD NATSSO II