Age Controversy Rocks Challenge Finale!

This challenge should be about goodwill and fair competition. This should be a Cinderella story of a player going from worst in Euro08 to first, but it appears that the 2008 Olympic Challenge has unfortunately been marred by scandal. As you all are certainly aware, there is a strict age minimum for Poolmaster Challenges of at least 6 months of age. (We do have some standards, after all) We hate to pass this news to you, but photos are leaking out on the internet from sites like thesmokinggun.com that purports to give evidence that our pool champion Quarterpoint is not yet of age to be eligible. Here is one of the alleged photos:

Obviously, the rules committee is looking into this and will render a decision shortly...

UPDATE: after gleaning through reams of birth certificates, doctor's affidavits, expert testimony, and a note from the teacher, we have learned that the Challenge application was actually co-signed by Quarterpoint's mother, Betterhalfpoint. Thus all protests to the victor are voided. Congratulations to the mother-daughter team, who outshone the rest of us by having the perfect mix of Great Britain, Jamaica, and Spain (the second time in as many months that Spain has helped QP out).

Here is the final result list:

1	Quarterpoint	648
2	Flippy Flyer	630.09
3	Halfpoint	630.08
4	Sissy Sara	622
5	KillaPascal	611
6	ET Rage	601
7	Full Monte	571
8	Susan B. nearAnthony	543
9	Poolmaster	542
10	Fuller Monte	535
11	Ukari Figgs	533
12	Daniel of the sun	531
13	Gharry	531
14	Daniel of the snow	528
15	Bijou	515
16	BenXiang Jin	514
17	Brokeback Alex	513
18	Dr. Norway	507
19	Wise Old Anna	481
20	Dental Hygenius	480
21	2 Dog Might	470
22	Lisa McDynasty	433
23	Bloody Mary	418
24	Burg de Brown	391
25	Satchel Paige	384
26	PegLegMeg	314

The USA-China rivalry ended up being moot, as all the action was in groups B and C. Flippy Flyer won the tiebreaker with Halfpoint for second place. Always the showman, FF went out on the streets of Beijing to celebrate his silver medal in style:

Others of us of course weren't so lucky. Early leader Ukari Figgs ran out of the Japanese mojo and faded to 11th. Lisa McDynasty never got the car out of the garage by trying the Germany-Australia combo pack. And it is a bittersweet finish for PegLegMeg as Seychelles brought home the goose egg which sealed the money-back position for her.

Thanks to all of you for playing, I hope that you all enjoyed yourselves and didn't lose too much sleep watching archery semifinals at 2:00 am. Even if you took a country with "Ice" in the name, a country with the population of Wyoming, or even a country better known for Borat than for Boxing, know that you competed well and fully deserve a Presidential pat on the rump!

See you again in Vancouver in 2010, start studying up on ice dancing now!
Poolmaster