All the latest and greatest in the GDCC Fantasy League at the end of the final round (round 16). Matches against North Sydney were a one day match, with a couple of convincing wins and one big loss. This has caused a few teams to jump up or fall down the ladder because their players didn't get an opportunity to perform on the field.

Matt Todd promotes himself up the batting order to secure the Player of the Year trophy, helping many Fantasy Teams along the way 

However, round 16 also brought the final two teams, Frank Colley's and Tom Bangs', together in the final knockout round. In a round where Harry Evans and Iqbal Ahmed both excelled, Colley's side was too strong for Bangs', which carried some dead weight in the form of Andrew Chapman amongst others. Prize money will be distributed to young Frank in due course.

The leaderboard and results of the final round of the knockout competition are attached below.

Anyhow, that's enough commentary about the knockout competition, there is still the main Fantasy League to clinch. So, check out the current points table below in the aggregate competition and the players’ points.  

Results from Round 16 - Winner in Bold

Your Fantasy League Management Team

All the latest and greatest in the GDCC Fantasy League at the end of Round 15. Matches against Mosman were played over the course of the last couple of weekends with the second week being rain affected. This has caused a few teams to jump up or fall down the ladder because their players didn't get on the field.

Eye on the ball as Chris punches one through point 

The leaderboard and results of the continuing knockout competition results, plus a new draw for the final match up is attached below.

Round 15 pitted the final 4 teams against each other in pairs and the higher point scorers have gone through to the final.

These results, and the final match ups, are listed below.

NOTE: In the unlikely event of a draw, the highest current ranked team will progress.

Anyhow, enough commentary, check out the current points table below in the aggregate competition and the players’ points. And for those teams remaining in the knockout competition, check out your results from round 15. If you got through, check out who your team is pitted against in the final.

Results from Round 15 - Winners in Bold

Round 16 allocations - Final

Your Fantasy League Management Team

All the latest and greatest in the GDCC Fantasy League at the end of Round 14. Matches against Parramatta were played over the course of the weekend and some good performances were put in across the grades. 

Tristan Cooper punches one off the back foot 

The leaderboard and results of the continuing knockout competition results. Plus a new draw is attached below.

Round 14 pitted the final 8 teams against each other in pairs and the higher point scorers have gone through to the semi finals.

These results, and the semi final match ups, are listed below.

NOTE: In the unlikely event of a draw, the highest current ranked team will progress.

Anyhow, enough commentary, check out the current points table below in the aggregate competition and the players’ points. And for those teams remaining in the knockout competition, check out your results from round 14. If you got through, check out who your team is pitted against in round 15.

Results from Round 14 - Winners in Bold

Round 15 allocations - Semi Finals

Your Fantasy League Management Team

A late update from Round 13, with plenty being on the webmaster's plate over the last few weeks. 

Harry Evans whips one over the top to continue accumulate points for his teams 

Matches against Bankstown were played over the course of the weekend and some good performances were put in across the grades. The leaderboard and results of the continuing knockout competition results. Plus a new draw is attached below.

Round 13 pitted the final 16 teams against each other in pairs and the higher point scorers have gone through to the quarter finals.

These results, and the quarter final match ups, are listed below.

NOTE: In the unlikely event of a draw, the highest current ranked team will progress.

Anyhow, enough commentary, check out the current points table below in the aggregate competition and the players’ points. And for those teams remaining in the knockout competition, check out your results from round 13. If you got through, check out who your team is pitted against in round 14.

Results from Round 13 - Winners in Bold

Round 14 allocations - Quarter Finals

Your Fantasy League Management Team

A late update from Round 12, with plenty being on the webmaster's plate over the last few weeks. 

Possibly misclassified as a batsman, Ian Higgins takes a grade wicket!

Matches against Bankstown were played over the course of the weekend and some good performances were put in across the grades. The leaderboard and results of the continuing knockout competition results. Plus a new draw is attached below.

Round 12 pitted the final 32 teams against each other in pairs and the higher point scorers have gone through to the final 16. Again, many of the lower ranked teams managed to get progress through to the round of 16 - with many of the current top 10 ranked teams failing to progress.

These results, and the final 16 match ups, are listed below.

NOTE: In the unlikely event of a draw, the highest current ranked team will progress.

Anyhow, enough commentary, check out the current points table below in the aggregate competition and the players’ points. And for those teams remaining in the knockout competition, check out your results from round 12. If you got through, check out who your team is pitted against in round 13.

Results from Round 12 - Winners in Bold

Round 13 allocations

Your Fantasy League Management Team

With 11 rounds now completed after the matches against Campbelltown-Camden and the preliminary knockout phase of the secondary competition now complete, the leaderboard and knockout competition results and new draw are attached below.

It's had not to put another photo of Benny Garratt up on the website after a hat trick!

Round 11 pitted the bottom 20 teams against each other in pairs and the higher point scorers have gone through to the final 32. Interestingly, many of the lower ranked teams managed to get progress through to the round of 32.

These results, and the final 32 match ups, are listed below.

NOTE: In the unlikely event of a draw, the highest current ranked team will progress.

Finally, the match played by 1st Grade this Thursday against Penrith will not be included in the knockout competition (as it was a round 7 match) and will be included in the first half of the season's points (i.e. in the teams before the transfer window).

Anyhow, enough commentary, check out the current points table below in the aggregate competition and the players’ points. And for those teams in the bottom 20, check out your results from round 11. All the rest, check out who your team is pitted against in round 12.

Your Fantasy League Management Team

With the first 10 rounds completed and the fantasy league transfer window now shut, the leaderboard is attached below. The big winner from the weekend was Ed Howitt Snr, who capitalised on the transfer window to move into 3rd place (pity about the rest of his sides).

Yes Benny Garratt - Double points for BG as skipper as he takes 6 wickets!

Also, there were a few teams that managed to get themselves into the top 22 and avoid the preliminary knockout phase of the second Fantasy League competition.

Round 11 will pit the bottom 20 teams against each other in pairs and the higher point scorers will go through to the final 32.

NOTE: In the unlikely event of a draw, the highest current ranked team will progress.

Anyhow, enough commentary, check out the current points table below in the aggregate competition and the players’ points. And for those teams in the bottom 20, check out who your competition is for round 11.

Your Fantasy League Management Team

With nine rounds completed and the fantasy league transfer window shortly closing, the leaderboard is attached below. Dave Millar’s “Donuts” – with Ben Garratt as captain (collecting 240 points for his 6 wickets on the weekend) and strong performances from Matt Todd, James Kennedy and Michael Perry - have overtaken James Kennedy’s “Mantos” to be in first place.

Although needing no introduction, Ed Howitt, one of our leading point scorers in 2011/12 

“Tiddles Jaeger Bombs” have done exactly that, and fallen down the table. Whilst “Franky’s Team” has rocketed up the table to be just one point behind “Mantos”. Ed Howitt Snr’s “Saratoga Strikers” have also risen well up the table to be just behind in seventh.

As for the rest of Snr’s teams, they are comfortably dwelling in the cellar, along with the club president’s selections.

To access the transfer period, you need to act before Saturday. The competition leader is switching out two of his 5th Grade players despite them being on top of the competition ladder and certain to accumulate fantasy points well into the finals.

Anyhow, enough commentary, check out the current points table below in the aggregate competition and the players’ points.

From the beginning of round 11, until the completion of round 16, we will be running a secondary competition. This will be a knockout competition, similar to a tennis grand slam competition. The bottom 20 teams at the end of round 10 will be paired up and the highest point scorer from each pair in round 11 will progress to a final 32. Each week, the teams will be paired up and the highest point scorer in each pair will progress until the final regular season round, where the final two fantasy team owners will compete in the final.

As you well know, this year has seen a change in the point scoring, with a simplified structure in place; 1 point for each run; 15 points for a catch; 20 points for a stumping; 20 points for a wicket.

Your Fantasy League Management Team

To coincide with the break from playing over the Xmas/New Year Holiday period, the Gordon Fantasy League Management team is giving every franchise owner the opportunity to make 2 (changes) changes to their Fantasy Teams. The nominated captain of the side can be changed AS ONE OF THESE CHANGES. Choose wisely, these changes are vital to your continued success!

The transfer team sheet can be found here. 
Look out for the new players added since the start of the season.

* Reagan Klempt - Bat - $60,000
* Ben Leighton - Bowl - $50,000
* Richard Allchurch - Bat - $40,000
* Dan Richtor - All rounder - $70,000
* Dan Strickland - Bowl - $40,000

There are of course some conditions, they are as follows:

* Only team owners who have payed the $10 entry fee can make changes.
* You can only replace like players (batsmen for batsmen etc).

Teams must still stay under the $1,000,000 salary cap ($1,050,000 if you had paid early) and meet all the original conditions
1. Must have 11 players (5 batsmen, 4 bowlers, 2 all-rounders)
2. Nominated Captain who receives double points.

Only a maximum of 2 changes can be made per team. The nominated captain can be changed AS ONE OF THE CHANGES.

Transfers must be submitted to a member of the Fantasy League Management Team prior to the commencement of play on Saturday the 14th of January - Yes, due to the late notification, the One Day / T20 round on 7th January will be included in the first half of the season.

Any transfers received after this date will be disregarded.

An electronic team sheet is the method that will be used to submit the changes to the teams. The team sheet can be found here.

This team sheet needs to be attached to an email and submitted to tdmillar@gmail.com or printed out and handed into Ed Howitt personally.

Good luck!
Gordon Fantasy League Management

With three rounds completed, and the captains having entered all the scores into the myCricket site, it is some of the usual suspects at the top of the leaderboard... and some of the usual suspects following behind.

This year has seen a change in the point scoring, with a simplified structure in place. 1 point for each run. 15 points for a catch. 20 points for a stumping. 20 points for a wicket.

Check out the current points table below in the aggregate competition.

As we said at the start of the season, we will be running a secondary competition from round 11 until round 16. This will be a knockout competition, similar to a tennis grand slam competition. The bottom 18 teams at the end of round 10 will be paired up and the highest point scorer from each pair in round 11 will progress to a final 32. Each week, the teams will be paired up and the highest point scorer in each pair will progress until round 16, where the final two owners will compete in the final.