Penalty shoot-outs, introduced this season in BWPL, were to have a massive impact in deciding where teams would find themselves in the second half of the season.
Drama 1: Otter, needing a win in today’s final match at Bolton to secure a top five spot in Division 1, seemed comfortably on target when they led Liverpool Lizards 10-7 after three periods. But somehow Liverpool contrived to edge the last quarter 3-0, levelling the game at 10-10 – with Liverpool triumphing in the shoot-out 16-15.
The impact? Otter could only finish level on points with Hucknall, who took preference in the table having won when these sides met earlier in the campaign. And so it was Hucknall, along with undefeated City of Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield Sharks and Cheltenham – winners of a tight final game with Tyldesley, 10-8 – who head to the Super 5s, with Otter, Tyldesley and Coventry in Championship 1.
Drama 2: Liverpool Liver Birds began the final weekend of Division 2 in fourth place. They ended up losing twice and, with teams all around them picking up points, slumping to seventh – which will mean dropping out altogether in phase two and looking at the qualification tournament next April as a possible passage back in. All of which was unfortunate as they finished level on points with Rotherham Metro, who took sixth spot and so are guaranteed a return to League action next season.
Once again, it was the dreaded penalty shoot-outs which signalled Liverpool’s downfall. When the Liver Birds met Rotherham at the very start of the season in September, the game was drawn – then Rotherham won through in the shoot-out, 16-15. In the end, that was enough to earn today's lifeline for the Yorkshire team.
The five Championship 1 qualifiers from Division 2 are Kirkintilloch & Kilsyth, who rounded off their undefeated phase one programme with a superb 20-10 victory over Watford, plus Exeter, Penguin Emperors and Worthing.
What a weekend it was for Worthing! Having arrived with a single point from four matches, they picked up another nine points from games staged after a late reorganisation of venues at London Aquatics Centre and Northampton.
Drama 1: Otter, needing a win in today’s final match at Bolton to secure a top five spot in Division 1, seemed comfortably on target when they led Liverpool Lizards 10-7 after three periods. But somehow Liverpool contrived to edge the last quarter 3-0, levelling the game at 10-10 – with Liverpool triumphing in the shoot-out 16-15.
The impact? Otter could only finish level on points with Hucknall, who took preference in the table having won when these sides met earlier in the campaign. And so it was Hucknall, along with undefeated City of Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield Sharks and Cheltenham – winners of a tight final game with Tyldesley, 10-8 – who head to the Super 5s, with Otter, Tyldesley and Coventry in Championship 1.
Drama 2: Liverpool Liver Birds began the final weekend of Division 2 in fourth place. They ended up losing twice and, with teams all around them picking up points, slumping to seventh – which will mean dropping out altogether in phase two and looking at the qualification tournament next April as a possible passage back in. All of which was unfortunate as they finished level on points with Rotherham Metro, who took sixth spot and so are guaranteed a return to League action next season.
Once again, it was the dreaded penalty shoot-outs which signalled Liverpool’s downfall. When the Liver Birds met Rotherham at the very start of the season in September, the game was drawn – then Rotherham won through in the shoot-out, 16-15. In the end, that was enough to earn today's lifeline for the Yorkshire team.
The five Championship 1 qualifiers from Division 2 are Kirkintilloch & Kilsyth, who rounded off their undefeated phase one programme with a superb 20-10 victory over Watford, plus Exeter, Penguin Emperors and Worthing.
What a weekend it was for Worthing! Having arrived with a single point from four matches, they picked up another nine points from games staged after a late reorganisation of venues at London Aquatics Centre and Northampton.
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