Notes from the organizer: As we enter the final round, the top of table sees three become one. Slightly lower scores from Stu in Round 8 and 9 sees him fall into the chasing pack, as does Miriam after going out early in Round 8.
So, it’s Adam out ahead on his own with Tom C and Mike L up to 2nd and 3rd respectively. It’s in Adam’s hands, but the gap is bridgeable with Tom only 31 points behind. Mike, Stu and Miriam will be hoping to capitalise if both Adam and Tom have lacklustre finishes.
Leaderboard - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YSYOdmZKGElwGkMRG89M4PBvmvH6vu-9/edit?gid=1911279472#gid=1911279472&range=A1:M1
Our titular finale see us return to a Goat Attack where your 20 declarations must meet the following criteria:
1. Be a valid word
2. Be at least 4 letters long
3. Each begin with a unique / different letter (i.e. if you’ve played RELATION already, no other declaration should begin with an R).
If you fail to meet all of the above criteria in any round, you will ‘bomb out early’ and your game scoring will end. To be clear you DON’T have to play your words in alphabetical order, just 20 words that each begin with a unique, different letter of the alphabet.
There is a 10 point bonus for anyone playing valid words beginning with each of the five different vowels (whilst your scoring is still active).
There is another 10 point bonus if you declare valid words beginning with both Q and Z (again, whilst still active).
With it being Goatdown, you may have to be strategic and try and use the less common letters early in order to see yourself all the way through to the end.
Equally, you may have to do much of the bonus legwork on your own selected rounds as you can’t control Prune’s 9th letter selection.
Matthew B holds the current high score for this round with 191.
Good luck to our title challengers and thanks to everyone for taking part this year.
Runs from: 1 – 4 December 2025. Format: Goat Attack. Matches: One-off. Approved.
Fixtures: 49. Completed: 0.
Key. Green: winner. Red: loser. Grey: tie. (Stripes: provisional, match in progress.)
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