Both Plate competitions were the hardest fought on record.  Congratulations to Paskar for just holding off the relentless Nick; and for Mel's astonishing 160 point slam dunk.  By its maximum nature it'll never be bettered, but quite frankly I'm not sure it'll ever be equalled.  A season sent from the angels for she, but ZLD ensured she could never relax.The women's winners list is really interesting and varied, with six different names for the last six years, and reads thus:2002       A. Hegvold2003       A. Walker2004       J. Clark2005       M. Heaton2006       S. Murphy2007       S. Murphy2008       J. Beecroft2009       M. Heaton2010       S. Murphy2011       M. Heaton2012       F. Maycock2013       T. Jones2014       Z. Doyle2015       M. WilkinsThe men's list is considerably less romantic.  Suffice it to say this is PO's second win [t'other in 2010]; his fellow Ugandan Mal Byansi won in 2007, and the rest of the spots are taken up by someone whose running form Alan Storey described as akin to "a discombobulated crab."  Charming.