YES!!!! It's the break

Here I am, blogging live from the St Catherine's School Hall, thanks to their IT department! Chief Adjudicator James Probert has just read out the names of the top 16 teams and wow, what match ups there will be at Delphi tomorrow. There's been a huge amount of cheering, especially for Team Greece.

Here is the break;
1. England 8 wins, 22 judges
2. Australia 8 wins, 21 judges
3. New Zealand 8 wins, 19 judges
4. South Africa, 7 wins, 20 judges
5. Peru, 7 wins, 20 judges
6. Canada, 7 wins, 19 judges
7. Singapore, 6 wins, 20 judges
8. Korea Republic, 6 wins, 19 judges
9. Pakistan, 6 wins, 19 judges
10 Slovenia, 6 wins, 18 judges
11. Ireland, 6 wins, 16 judges
12. Greece, 6 wins, 16 judges
13. Scotland, 5 wins, 16 judges
14. Wales, 5 wins, 16 judges
15. Netherlands, 5 wins, 16 judges
16. Philippines, 5 wins, 14 judges.

The rankings are done by wins, then ballots or number of judges, then speaker points.

For the octo-finals at Delphi, the sides to be determined by coin toss, team 1 meets 16, 2 meets 15 and so on.

The line-ups are:
England v Philippines
Australia v Netherlands
New Zealand v Wales
South Africa v Scotland
Peru v Greece
Canada v Ireland
Singapore v Slovenia
Korea Republic v Pakistan.

Well, it's an early start tomorrow. The buses leave at 7:30 am. So it's good night from me and good night from the rest. Send your teams lots of texts, emails and positive thoughts!!!