Fire recover from the pain of losing to OW! Ltd Short-circuit Mayhem The first ever Mixed Winter League was set to go to the wire with Electric Mayhem and LtdRelease1 entering the final event tied on 710 points. Although the two teams were seeded for a showdown in the final Ltd's second team upset the apple cart by defeating Mayhem 7-6 at the semi-final stage. With Release1 overcoming Discuits in the other semi, the trophy was heading to the South coast. Ltd1 took bragging rights over their teammates with an 9-5 victory, but the club will be more than pleased with their positions of 1st and 5th in the overall rankings. In the eyes of many the Open title was in the bag for Fire, who started the final Matchday 120 points ahead of their nearest challengers Clapham. However, a first round defeat to OW! opened the door for an unlikely upset. If Fire succumbed to Clapham's second team in their next match they would open the way for their rivals to take the title. A 7-5 victory was enough to clinch the title and the day ended with another surprise as EMO became only the second ever non-Clapham-based team (after Sharks) to win a LWL matchday, taking down Fire2 in the final. That victory was enough to propel the midlanders to 3rd in the overall rankings, Discuits finished just above OW! and UCL, Fever, Brighton and ABH all finished close together in the 6-9 slots. The League's only junior team 6ffu impressed throughout the winter, and the youngsters finished a well-earned 16th out of the 26 teams that entered the Open Divisions. So Mayhem had to settle for 2nd in the Mixed, with the Thundering Herd 3rd despite a disappointing final matchday. Discuits matched their open team by finishing 4th, just ahead of Ltd2. A mention must also go to the Flaming Galahs, many of whom only began playing in the London Summer League in 2005, who took 6th place. In total, 39 teams competed in the four events of the 2005-06 London Winter League. Many thanks to all the teams that entered, we hope you've enjoyed what has been a great winter of ultimate in the capital. Apologies to any teams that missed out at any stage due to over-subscription, with the League getting ever more popular there just wasn't room for everyone. We'll try to secure more pitch space for the 2006-07 League. Finally, Saturday 12 March sees the National Winter League Finals on Clapham and Wandsworth Commons. Teams who have qualified for the Finals (including those from the North, North West and Midlands Leagues) will be notified shortly. Don't forget that Iceni are hosting a party on the Saturday night, I'm sure they'll be publicising it shortly Gaz On behalf of LWLC
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