Gus Gillespie winner in Brisbane

Gus Gillespie winner again

The players

Gerry Vickers with the wooden spoon

In another hot day here in Brisbane with the mercury hitting 37.6° at one point during the tournament the action was equally as hot on the boards, with our biggest turnout in about a year with 6 people it was a fascinating tournament with the usual suspects in Gus Gillespie and Giuseppe Tardiota contesting the grand final but the shock of the day has to be Gerry Vickers, the champion from only a couple of months ago ended up with the wooden spoon, it was good to see Andy Rigden back in action after quite a while out with injury and he got a few victories with more to follow I'm sure, Chris Scoles continues his upward trend and is definitely not far from being a contender and to finish we had a touch of Hollywood at today's event with Sylvester Stallone keeping goal and Michael Caine in defence for the escape to victory team.

(Report by Gareth Whalley)