certain point. This type of design was encouraged to continue in future years, as the Xtreme Round is known to take the longest. At the conclusion of Round 2, Julie Holt and Param Chauhan were tied in score at .533 (due to unbalanced match participants, players scores are calculated based on how many opponents they bested in their heats). A playoff was held prior to the final, consisting of 1 wicket and a stake. Julie won the coin toss, made the first wicket, but missed the stake. Param's shot bounced off the wicket, leading Julie to stake out and punch her ticket into the Final. The Championship Final was unlike no other. Playing on home grass and looking to repeat as champion, Daryl Wile opened the course with confidence and accuracy. Challenging Wile was Brian Martin, followed by Jake Cruise. By midpoint, Mike Bortolin, Corey Fischer and Julie Holt had very little hope of catching the leaders. Acknowledging this, Bortolin and Fischer forged a secret 'poison ball' alliance strategy, electing to take advantage of the close proximity layout, and work together to stake-out the leaders. The first victim was Martin, who had bypassed Wile for the lead. Fischer was unable to perform a stake-out, but Martin's ball stopped near Bortolin's, and the out was made. Martin, having self-staked the previous year, accepted the play with class, noting, "I'm happy to be going out this way." Wile, on the other hand, was not so cheerful. As the new leader, he became the next target. As Bortolin attempted a stake-out, Wile's response was, "Every fuckin' year..." Bortolin missed, but Fischer completed the out. With Martin and Wile now out, Cruise became the leader; until Bortolin staked him out as well. With the top 3 out of the game, the Bortolin-Fischer alliance concluded, leaving the two and Holt to play for the Wile Cup. Fischer, now in the lead, began making shots worthy of a finalist, and advanced through the course. Fallen behind again and with little time left, Bortolin once again decided to go rogue and attempt to poison Fischer. This proved to be disastrous; as the ball bounced across the pitch towards Fischer, it caromed off the stake. Bortolin ended his own game! It was now down to Fischer and Holt. Having quietly been a witness to all the out attempts, Holt also got into the action. She tried to remove