1999

David Smerdon

...3/3 including a last-round win that clinched the Phoenix Cup...

Dave’s not going to bail. I’m definitely male! Do you know that in ’99 I won the Australian player of the year award? But I value the Bullwinkle award far more as it has proven to be very beneficial to my sex life. Although I can’t remember any of the games I supposedly played during this period, I distinctly recollect predicting the rise of the Pussycat Dolls, fascism and the election (read: ‘bloodless coup’) of our new and esteemed – or newly esteemed, ha ha – Bullwinkle president. Neuken in de keuken, baby.

- David Smerdon, The Three Monkeys, May 2007