TASK ONE: Your player has been invited to do color commentary for Game 1 of the Finals. (Un)fortunately, your player’s decided to drink a bit before making this guest appearance. In at least 150 words, write a transcript of the opening commentary of the game and your player’s introduction.

"Hello fans and welcome to first game of the Challenge Cup finals between the Minnesota Chiefs and Calgary Dragons. Joining me tonight as a special guest colour commentator is Mattias Holmberg, a member of S39 Challenge Cup winning Minnesota Chiefs. How are you doing tonight, Mattias?"

"I'm doing -hicc-, pretty great. And I wasn't just a -hicc-, member of the Challenge Cup winning team, I was -hicc-, the sole reason why we won the Cup that season. The would have been no-hicc-were near the finals without me. I can guarantee you this would be a short series -hicc-, without me."

"Right then, let's just get down to the starting lineups. You played for Minnesota last season, do you have any insight you can add on why they are starting these specific players?"

"Nova, Lundberg, Glover. -hicc- Those guys always start. It's always the same line, nothing different. -hicc- I think it's crazy that they basically play the same 6 guys over and over again. Caelum and Shirobokov, crazy. Shirobokov is great -hicc-, but not going with a veteran like Garbanzo bean is ridiculous."

"Have you been drinking?"

"It helps dull the pain and feeling of failure."


TASK FOUR: Unscramble the names of these four players who will be competing in the Challenge Cup Finals. Send the answers to me by forum PM. You will not get credit for posting the answers in this thread. Please make the subject of the message “CW Word Scramble."

TASK NINE: Trivia! Send the answers to me by forum PM. You will not get credit for posting the answers in this thread. Please make the subject of the message “CW Trivia.” [Grading: 1 TPE for participation, 0.5 for each correct answer.]

Bonus question: Who scores the Cup-winning goal? (NOTE: This question will be graded at the conclusion of the winning-game sim of the Challenge Cup Finals, even if that happens before the conclusion of Championship Week.)

Louie Garrett