Count me in to make up the numbers.
Count me in to make up the numbers.
Diamond Geezer (2nd October 2017)
Put me down please.
Diamond Geezer (3rd October 2017)
15 players so far, need a least one more and a captain please.
TH Team
edgt
NewApproach
Perpetual
wilsonl
Tanlic
Euronymous
Irish Stamp
Desperate Dan
fonz
chroniclandlord
jinnyj
Aragorn
Len Madeiros
simmo
DanB88
Last edited by Diamond Geezer; 8th October 2017 at 10:17 AM.
What about yourself, DG?
I'll be at Ascot on the day, which rules me out for anything other than a makeweight entry if someone has to drop out.
Is anyone else going to be there?
I’ll be up for it
Diamond Geezer (5th October 2017)
Thanks redcat1, that's out team of 16 for now unless TRF come up with more players and then we would need more opponents for them.
If some of you would like to nominate a captain that would be good, I'm leaving the scoring to them this year as I did it last year, though I note your offer of help NewApproach. Are you registered with TRF ? Scoring needs to be updated on both forums through the afternoon ideally.
Diamond Geezer (5th October 2017)
I’m registered on both but in Vegas from this weekend until the night before the racing so not going to have the time I’m afraid - and I’ll be a wreck for a day or two when I’m back no doubt.
Alcohol, because no good story ever started with "I was eating this salad..."
TRF have come up with a prize for top individual scorer
TH Team
edgt
NewApproach
Perpetual
wilsonl
Tanlic
Euronymous
Irish Stamp
Desperate Dan
fonz
chroniclandlord
jinnyj
Aragorn
Len Madeiros
simmo
DanB88
redcat1
Last edited by Diamond Geezer; 8th October 2017 at 10:18 AM.
edgt (8th October 2017)
I have changed the rules so that the first player drawn out will be the captain for this year's contest and their selections will be used again for any absentees, so they don't actually have to do anything, just that their selections are used again if any team member fails to post.
Rules
Entries can be made on either the Talking Horses Forum or The Racing Forum regardless of which team the player represents. Each team will consist of 16 players including one captain.
A draw is made on the Monday prior to the meeting whereby players are paired together and compete with each other by nominating one selection in each of the six races at Ascot’s Champions Day meeting with one selection noted as a nap. The first player to be drawn out on each side will be the captain for this year’s contest.
A virtual £2 win bet will be placed on the nap with a virtual £1 win bet on your other selections. In the event a nap is not nominated, all selections will be settled on a £1 win basis. Stake money will not be included in any returns but losing selections result in losing the virtual stake. If your selection is a non runner, the virtual stake is placed on the favourite for that race, however joint or co favourites will be settled accordingly. For the purpose of this competition any Rule 4 deductions will be ignored. Selections (one reserve for each race allowed) must be in by 1.15PM and no submissions or alterations are permitted thereafter. In each match the winning player scores 3 points, a tie will be scored as 1 point each and the winning forum will be the one who scores most points. If the result is a tie the accumulated profit (or loss) of all the players in their respective team will be the deciding factor.
If a team member fails to post selections, the captain’s selections are used again on behalf of that player. If the captain fails to post selections on the day, the captain’s and all absent players score will be calculated as a losing selection on each race including one nap.
Any disputes (the decision of Nathan and Diamond Geezer is final.
Cormack15 has kindly offered a copy of the book “Queen’s Of The Turf” for the highest scoring individual.
Last edited by Diamond Geezer; 16th October 2017 at 10:06 AM.
As TRF are unable to come up with a scorer on the day and I will not be online that day, NewApproach will be looking after the scores.
Draw for this competition will be posted Wednesday.
Draw for Saturday
TRF v TALKING HORSES
chestnut (Capt) v jinnyj (Capt)
Cormack15 v Len Madeiros
Charles Olyney v fonz
Steve75 v simmo
mickeyjp v Aragorn
buckers v wilsonl
yeats v Euronymous
bob rolf v Perpetual
Triptych v Desperate Dan
botchy v DanB88
BigG v Tanlic
andrew03 v chroniclandlord
cantlow v NewApproach
raymo61 v Irish Stamp
Middle Of March v redcat1
Degaussed v edgt
edgt (16th October 2017), NewApproach (16th October 2017), redcat1 (16th October 2017)
Many thanks for organising, DG. I’ll look forward to Saturday.
Diamond Geezer (16th October 2017)
Are we absolutely certain that the prize put-up by TRF isn't just a book of pictures of Flat jockeys?
"Beat the price and lose. It's what we do".
SlimChance, March 2018
So stoked for this. Might have a bet in every race like it's Cheltenham
Len Madieros - a message from Cormack....
And there was me thinking I’d start by getting into Cormack’s head, taking him to the darkest dark places that he didn’t even know existed, where howls of anguish are never heard. But instead he’s scuppered that idea by sending me a nice photo of himself. How can I get into this guy’s head? He looks adorable.
Last edited by Len Madeiros; 17th October 2017 at 9:51 AM. Reason: Need additions
Ha, I like it Len. Good luck on Saturday, looking forward to it.