These two sets produced largely clear-cut results, with just one tie (Go Long v Colleen). They were good sets for Baby Birch, Swansea, and Monkey & Bear, which each recorded two wins. Kingfisher was beaten in a key pairing 8-4 by Baby Birch, but bounced back to record the largest win, 10-2 over Sadie. Altogether eigh different songs obtained at least one win this time round, including a first for En Gallop. Two songs remain unbeaten - but they meet in the final pairing.
Here are the full results:
2012 Joanna Newsom Song Tournament II
Division Two
Set 9 - Pairings 49 to 54
Pairing 49 - Kingfisher 4 Baby Birch 8 (PP 3·33 : 6·67 )
Pairing 50 - Peach, Plum, Pear 3 Swansea 9 (PP 2·5 : 7·5 )
Pairing 51 - Soft As Chalk 4 En Gallop 8 (PP 3·33 : 6·67 )
Pairing 52 - Sadie 4 Monkey & Bear 8 (PP 3·33 : 6·67 )
Pairing 53 - Go Long 6 Colleen 6 (PP 5 : 5 )
Pairing 54 - Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie 4 Easy 8 (PP 3·33 : 6·67 )
Set 10 - Pairings 55 to 60
Pairing 55 - Peach, Plum, Pear 5 Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie 7 (PP 4·17 : 5·83 )
Pairing 56 - Sadie 2 Kingfisher 10 (PP 1·67 : 8·33 )
Pairing 57 - Colleen 8 En Gallop 4 (PP 6·67 : 3·33 )
Pairing 58 - Go Long 4 Baby Birch 8 (PP 3·33 : 6·67 )
Pairing 59 - Monkey & Bear 8 Easy 4 (PP 6·67 : 3·33 )
Pairing 60 - Soft As Chalk 4·5 Swansea 7·5 (PP 3·75 : 6·25 )
The standings at this point are as follows:
2012 JOANNA NEWSON SONG TOURNAMENT II
SECOND DIVISION SCORES AFTER SET 10
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.............. Song ............... P W D L V WP PP BP Pts
1 Baby Birch .................. 10 10 0 0 78 100 71 19 190
2 Monkey & Bear ............... 10 8 2 0 70 90 63 19 172
3 Kingfisher .................. 10 8 0 2 72 80 66 19 165
4 Go Long ..................... 10 7 1 2 67 75 62 21 158
5 Colleen ..................... 10 5 2 3 57 60 52 13 124
6 Easy ........................ 10 5 1 4 57 55 52 15 122
7 Swansea ..................... 10 3 2 5 52 40 47 16 102
8 Sadie ....................... 10 2 2 6 44 30 40 16 85
9 Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie .. 10 2 1 7 42 25 38 16 79
10 Soft As Chalk ............... 10 2 1 7 44 25 40 10 75
11 En Gallop ................... 10 1 2 7 46 20 41 11 71
12 Peach, Plum, Pear ........... 10 0 0 10 33 0 29 14 43
Please now cast your votes for this the final set of pairings in the JNST2 Division 2.
I intend to leave this open one extra day to allow as many people as possible to vote, which means I expect to close the voting and present the final table in the late evening (UK time) on Sunday 7th October. There's no great demand for further lower divisions, so I will list all the songs in the whole tournament, based on the main competition and the Division 2 in a final list at the end of the voting, and probably some other analyses too.
2012 Joanna Newsom Song Tournament II
Division Two
Final Set 11 - Pairings 61 to 66
Pairing 61 - Swansea || Easy
Pairing 62 - Baby Birch || Monkey & Bear
Pairing 63 - En Gallop || Peach, Plum, Pear
Pairing 64 - Go Long || Kingfisher
Pairing 65 - Clam, Crab, Cockle, Cowrie || Sadie
Pairing 66 - Soft As Chalk || Colleen