Ping Pong Bish Bash Bosh

Week 40's scores confirmed Suzie Syrett as the first ever female champion of the N&R FL after finishing top of the table with a 79-point margin. Her lead became unassailable in the early part of March and there was little doubt, barring a miracle, that she wouldn't sail to a glorious title win, even though her lead was cut back slightly in the last few weeks.

Sooz first took the lead in mid-January, lost it to Godders for just a week in the first week of February, but reclaimed it back straight away and then the lovely blonde just accelerated away purring all the while like a 911.

In 2nd Paul Kelleher held onto his prize pretty comfortably but it was Rob Munden who had the biggest say in week 40, surging into 3rd place to finish 4 places higher than he did last year, which was at that time his best ever season. Rob leapfrogged Hilary Ryan, who stayed in 4th, and the unfortunate Glenn Francis who slipped back to 5th after a poor final week.

Chris Waterman, who spent plenty of weeks in the top 3, ended up in a career best 6th and ex-London AIG colleague, but now plying his drinking in New York, Barry Paull sneaked in the back door to pip Ben Graves in a race for 7th, after a weekly winning score of 40.

What will please Barry most was that he knocked Godders out of the prized positions after Pete scored a round zero in the final week.

The final pink tenner will go to Mark Simmons, who keeps up his knack of seasonal prize winning.

Those that were so close yet so far were the lovely Kirsty Baillie, who crept into 11th, the AIG ladies Barwick and Higgs who were 12th, Sweaty, who had a great season and deserved something and Francey who was 14th.

A bit further behind was Wenners, who in the first half of the season carried great hopes but let his family down in the end and Mark Dewberry likewise. Dewbs was even in the top 10 just a month or so ago.

Below them Kennett, Nobby and Plummer just ended up making up the numbers.