King of the Mountain: Tim Sweeney
For the 8th year of 8 possible years, Tim Sweeney was at 1st place on the Eagle Rating. In 2008 he finished one game; “Mutiny”, where he was eliminated. He is still more than 14 EPs ahead of 2nd place. Although the gap was closing by the end of 2008, it is still significant. Tim Sweeney has had 4 solos and 4 draws in his last 10 games. In Total, he has had 7 solos and 7 draws in 16 games. Tim has had 6 Player of the Month-awards.
At 2nd place, for the second year in a row, we find Brian Koon with 42.12 EPs. He has had 2 solos and 5 draws in his last 10 games. In total, he has had 3 solos and 8 draws in 16 games at the site. The top places 2 to 5 have been hotly contested between Brian, Lars Topholm and Jim O’Neil throughout the year with Brian getting the #2 spot in December.
Runner of the Year: Lars Topholm
This important award, which could have been called “Player of the Year”, is given to the player that gets most points in a year. Previously, Tim Sweeney has had three “Runner of the Year” awards and Patrick D`Hyon, Jonathan Langman, Duncan Proffitt and Jim O’Neil have had one award each. In 2008 Lars Topholm scored 32.18 EPs, a fantastic number of points to gain in one year – well done Lars. He has had 3 solos and 5 draws in his last 10 games. Lars has played 27 games at the site. At 2nd place we find Richard Mansfield, who got 12.63 EPs in 2008. Richard Hucknall took 3rd place with 12.39 EPs. This puts Lars achievement in context.
Most Valuable Victory: Clay Meteyard
The most valuable solo in 2008 was Clay Meteyard `s solo in the game Crydee with 11.00 EPs. This was an excellent result for Clay in a highly competitive game.
Dip2000 Open Tournament
No tournaments finished in 2008.
Rookie of the Year: Don Griffin
Don Griffin finished his first game with a solo in August 2008. He got 7.25 EPs for his solo in Touchstone. He finished one more game during 2008 and scored another solo. A well deserved Rookie of the Year-award to Don Griffin.
Players of the Month
January: Lars Topholm: Solo in Hero
February: Nick Cawthorne, Charlie Simmons, Bas Iking and Tobias Hallberg: 4-way-draw in Quapaw
March: Eric Boyd: Solo in Shylock
April: Richard Mansfield: Solo in Ursula
May: Andy Scott: Solo in Haze on the Hills
June: Roy Upson, Brian Koon and Sebastian Egerton-Read: 3-way-draw in Moor
July: Gary Boyes: Solo in Turn the Lamp Down
August: Don Griffin: Solo in Touchstone
September: Sean McGarry: Solo in Scandal.
October: David Sheffield: Solo in The Zimmerman Note
November: Tina Cross: Solo in Splash Tetra
December: Clay Meteyard: Solo in Crydee
Hall of Fame
Tim Sweeney still had the lead. In 2008 he was more than 300 points ahead of 2nd place, about the same as 2007. Karl Georg Øhrn moved to 2nd place. Lars Topholm and Brian Koon lead the active chasers in the Hall of Fame.
Below is Premier League at the end of 2008.
Updated 31st December 2008
| Premier Diplomats |
| Ranking | Name | Points | Date of last finished game | Games | Points to "defend" | New Eagles |
| 1 | Tim Sweeney | 56.45 | 27/12/2008 | 10+ | 2.17 | 2.00 |
| 2 | Brian Koon | 42.12 | 25/06/2008 | 10+ | 3.88 | 2.00 |
| 3 | Lars Topholm | 41.42 | 08/11/2008 | 10+ | 8.50 | 2.00 |
| 4 | Karl Georg Øhrn | 39.65 | 29/03/2008 | 10 | 0.01 | 1.99 |
| 5 | Jim O'Neil | 37.78 | 22/12/2008 | 10+ | 4.38 | 1.99 |
| 6 | Richard Hucknall | 33.12 | 07/07/2008 | 10+ | 2.83 | 1.99 |
| 7 | Steve Demant | 30.90 | 19/07/2007 | 9 | - | 1.99 |
| 8 | Eduard van Dijk | 30.27 | 09/06/2007 | 8 | - | 1.98 |
| 9 | Eelco van Duijnhoven | 29.56 | 27/12/2008 | 10+ | 2.17 | 1.98 |
| 10 | Anders Granås Kjøstvedt | 28.74 | 18/05/2008 | 10+ | 1.85 | 1.98 |
| 11 | Carl Hanich | 28.10 | 22/12/2008 | 9 | - | 1.98 |
| 12 | Brian Frew | 27.78 | 08/11/2008 | 10+ | 2.31 | 1.97 |
| 13 | Gary Boyes | 26.30 | 12/07/2008 | 5 | - | 1.97 |
| 14 | Jonathan Langman | 26.19 | 02/01/2008 | 10+ | 0.13 | 1.97 |
| 15 | Lawrence McDonald | 25.94 | 18/05/2008 | 6 | - | 1.97 |
| 16 | Andy Jamieson | 25.05 | 21/12/2008 | 10+ | 1.67 | 1.96 |
| 17 | Richard Powell | 23.95 | 09/09/2008 | 10 | - | 1.96 |
| 18 | Pieter de Wilde | 23.92 | 27/08/2008 | 7 | - | 1.96 |
| 19 | Mark Porter | 23.90 | 23/03/2007 | 10+ | 6.00 | 1.96 |
| 20 | James Barrington-Brown | 22.81 | 18/05/2008 | 8 | - | 1.95 |
| 21 | Martin Sanders | 21.77 | 22/03/2007 | 8 | - | 1.95 |
| 22 | Jon Hucknall | 21.66 | 03/02/2008 | 10+ | 0.11 | 1.95 |
| 23 | Andy Scott | 21.19 | 25/05/2008 | 10+ | 2.20 | 1.95 |
| 24 | Charles Robinson | 19.20 | 03/03/2008 | 10+ | 1.60 | 1.94 |
| 25 | Patrick D`Hyon | 18.94 | 31/07/2007 | 10+ | 0.01 | 1.94 |
| 26 | Manfred Pade | 18.89 | 04/09/2007 | 5 | - | 1.94 |
| 27 | Sebastian Egerton-Read | 18.74 | 25/06/2008 | 10+ | 1.85 | 1.94 |
| 28 | Chris Barnham | 18.44 | 31/07/2007 | 8 | - | 1.93 |
| 29 | Harvey Jones | 18.20 | 15/02/2008 | 10+ | 0.01 | 1.93 |
| 30 | Ron Snyder | 18.15 | 27/12/2008 | 10+ | 3.00 | 1.93 |
| 31 | Rene van Duijnhoven | 17.44 | 16/07/2008 | 8 | - | 1.93 |
| 32 | Ian Pringle | 17.33 | 09/10/2008 | 10+ | 0.16 | 1.92 |
| 33 | Yousuf Shaikh | 17.33 | 14/05/2007 | 3 | - | 1.92 |
| 34 | Graham Pearce | 17.16 | 29/08/2007 | 4 | - | 1.92 |
| 35 | Wayne Read | 16.99 | 12/07/2008 | 10+ | 1.95 | 1.92 |
| 36 | Jan Willem Omlo | 16.65 | 14/05/2007 | 10+ | 4.17 | 1.91 |
| 37 | James Ogle | 16.61 | 27/12/2008 | 8 | - | 1.91 |
| 38 | Jim Ramp | 16.51 | 31/05/2007 | 9 | - | 1.91 |
| 39 | Julian Musgrove | 16.48 | 13/05/2007 | 7 | - | 1.91 |
| 40 | Morgan Phillips | 16.16 | 11/09/2008 | 10+ | 1.94 | 1.90 |
| 41 | Sirius Gibson | 16.06 | 21/12/2008 | 7 | - | 1.90 |
| 42 | Jerry Curry | 15.60 | 14/08/2008 | 5 | - | 1.90 |
| 43 | David Freer | 15.59 | 01/03/2007 | 10+ | 2.75 | 1.90 |
| 44 | Leif Kjetil Tviberg | 15.33 | 28/07/2008 | 9 | - | 1.89 |
| 45 | Randy Goldring | 15.19 | 23/04/2008 | 5 | - | 1.89 |
| 46 | Alex Beaumont-Jones | 14.88 | 21/05/2006* | 10+ | 2.00 | 1.89 |
| 47 | John Engstrom | 14.59 | 21/10/2008 | 10+ | 12.25 | 1.89 |
| 48 | Ally Bain | 14.51 | 22/12/2008 | 10+ | 0.01 | 1.88 |
| 49 | Richard Mansfield | 14.46 | 09/09/2008 | 3 | - | 1.88 |
| 50 | Bruce Richard | 14.32 | 23/04/2008 | 7 | - | 1.88 |
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