2021 Multi Sport Competition

[pokerhand]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1389891436

Late December change deadlines
Horses. King George Chase. Deadline 21/12.

Deadline time 21:59.

Th-Th-Th-Th-That's all folks.

May need to switch for a differential... But may not be relevant or all in vain if norwary wins the handball.... I have so many differentials as it is but too much ground to make up though I think.

How do you see it panning out AJ?

[pokerhand]

Norway, France, and Denmark safely through to the semis. Russia is out. France meets Denmark in the top half of the draw, norway will face Spain.

We are all rooting for Spain right?

[ArmaniJeans]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1389891436

Late December change deadlines
Horses. King George Chase. Deadline 21/12.

Deadline time 21:59.

Th-Th-Th-Th-That's all folks.

[shrapnel]

Norway, France, and Denmark safely through to the semis. Russia is out. France meets Denmark in the top half of the draw, norway will face Spain.

[limpwhacker]

King George change to Minella Indo please.

[ArmaniJeans]

In handball - Denmark, France and Russia all safely into the quarter-finals which start tomorrow.
Norway still have a bit of work to do to break the curse of Lao L also qualify.
If Sweden beat Romania (likely) then Norway will need to win or draw against useful Netherlands in their final group game tonight. They'll play either France or Russia if they do qualify which would be a big contest in our competition.
All matches seem to be live on this channel if anyone ever wants to catch a game.
IHF - Competitions - YouTube

Strange situation re this sport generally - seems somewhat massive around the rest of Europe with player earning decent money (100K, with 500K+ for yer handball Messi's) yet us and the UK have completely ignored it.

[ArmaniJeans]

And so the penultimate change deadline comes crashing down, after a bit of last day manoeuvring. We can do it all again on the 21st for the King George.
Anyway, here's where it ended up.

			Handball	Horses	Soccer	Soccer	Soccer	Darts
			Womens Wcup	KG	EPLLP 31/12	EPLTS 31/12	C'Ship 31/12	WC Best Eng
premierstone (3)	€400.00	41	Norway	Envoi Allen	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham	James Wade
mdoug (4)	€120.00	39	Russia	Clan Des Obeaux	Burnley	Calvert-Lewin	WBA	Aspinall
shrapnel (2)		38	France	Alaho	Norwich	Jamie Vardy	WBA	Aspinall
pokerhand (2)		37	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Brighton	Harry Kane	Fulham	Rob Cross
Keane (2)		37	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Newcastle	Mo Salah	WBA	Aspinall
ArmaniJeans (2)		34	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	WBA	Ryan Searle
RichieM (3)		33	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Palace	Mo Salah	Bournemouth	Rob Cross
limpwhacker (3)		32	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham	Rob Cross
Strewelpeter		29	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Swansea	Mo Salah	Fulham	Aspinall
luckforsome (2)		25	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	Fulham	Michael Smith
Degag (3)		20.17	Norway	Frodon	Brighton	Mo Salah	WBA	Joe Cullen
Nuck Chorris (2)		16	France	Shiskin	Watford	Mo Salah	WBA	James Wade
Lao Lao (2)		9	Norway	Envoi Allen	Swansea	Harry Kane	WBA	Adrian Lewis

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Just to clarify the rules of the darts - it's a last longest on just the 30ish English players in the World Championship.
4-2-1 points for 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
If players get knocked out in the same round then they are considered to have tied - I ignore averages, margin of defeat, who played first etc.
This event could go into the first few days of January, though recent history suggests not.

[RichieM]

Will change the darts to rob cross. Haven’t worked out if there is actually a path to the money for me but suspect it mathematically possible

[ArmaniJeans]

My second change.
Darts Best English player.
Aspinall out, would still be my choice but sadly he doesn't really work for me v Keane.
premierstone has nabbed my alternative choice of Wade.
I'll quickly pass on the poorly backboned Michael Smith, and more reluctantly pass on the likeable but flaky Rob Cross.
So, without much enthusiasm and full in the knowledge that I'll regret it, welcome to the team Ryan Searle.

TLDR. Nathan Aspinall out, Ryan Searle in.

[premierstone]

Safe in the knowledge that it will go horrifically wrong I will none the less change my Darts selection to James Wade!

[shrapnel]

I had myself as fav before Newcastle beat Burnley

was delighted with that one myself!

[Keane]

I had myself as fav before Newcastle beat Burnley

[Lao Lao]

My selections this year have been beyond shocking although there was a few that had potential and were differentiators but ultimately didn't work out.

[ArmaniJeans]

Will most likely come down to epllp as contenders are all on joint bottom in Norwich, Newcastle and burnsley, however premierstone has a good card in Fulham for championship FP. However Keane has top scorer points locked up... So I make it to be between them for the top two.... But to be fair it is anyone game as darts and handball is complete wildcards and somebody probably have a four pointer there.

Wouldn't rule out AJ and RichieM ether as their salah four points brings them into the mix also.

Most open competition since we started doing it as can make cases for 7 runners which is unusual with only 6 events left...

I do have an obvious Keane issue as 5 of our 6 selections are the same (and he has a 3 point lead on me). So Newcastle would have to blank (be out of bottom 3) and Norwich be stone last for me to make up that ground. I don't particularly want to change from Aspinall but looks like I have to get a differential against everyone there. Pity there's no more football before that deadline.

[pokerhand]

Everyone who is on Norway must be feeling doomed

[pokerhand]

But the overriding question... Can Lao Lao break his jinx and nail a four pointer?

[pokerhand]

Will most likely come down to epllp as contenders are all on joint bottom in Norwich, Newcastle and burnsley, however premierstone has a good card in Fulham for championship FP. However Keane has top scorer points locked up... So I make it to be between them for the top two.... But to be fair it is anyone game as darts and handball is complete wildcards and somebody probably have a four pointer there.

Wouldn't rule out AJ and RichieM ether as their salah four points brings them into the mix also.

Most open competition since we started doing it as can make cases for 7 runners which is unusual with only 6 events left...

[ArmaniJeans]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qFTlWfxbuIv11JUSO7LQ7cTO-Pd5kcAcDs9YF3GvY7A/edit#gid=1389891436

Result 34/40
Davis Cup Tennis

1st. Russia. 4 points - premierstone, Keane.
2nd. Croatia. 2 points - pokerhand.
Semi. Germany. 1 point - no-one.
Semi. Serbia. 1 point - mdoug, limpwhacker.

Leaderboard
New leader alert - premierstone regains top spot as we head into the final 3 weeks. Has he enough to hold on with four opponents within four points and waiting to pounce?

			Handball	Horses	Soccer	Soccer	Soccer	Darts
			Womens Wcup	KG	EPLLP 31/12	EPLTS 31/12	C'Ship 31/12	WC Best Eng
premierstone (2)	€400.00	41	Norway	Envoi Allen	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham	Michael Smith
mdoug (4)	€120.00	39	Russia	Clan Des Obeaux	Burnley	Calvert-Lewin	WBA	Aspinall
shrapnel (2)		38	France	Alaho	Norwich	Jamie Vardy	WBA	Aspinall
pokerhand (2)		37	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Brighton	Harry Kane	Fulham	Rob Cross
Keane (2)		37	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Newcastle	Mo Salah	WBA	Aspinall
ArmaniJeans (1)		34	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	WBA	Aspinall
RichieM (2)		33	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Palace	Mo Salah	Bournemouth	James Wade
limpwhacker (3)		32	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham	Rob Cross
Strewelpeter		29	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Swansea	Mo Salah	Fulham	Aspinall
luckforsome (2)		25	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	Fulham	Michael Smith
Degag (3)		20.17	Norway	Frodon	Brighton	Mo Salah	WBA	Joe Cullen
Nuck Chorris (2)		16	France	Shiskin	Watford	Mo Salah	WBA	James Wade
Lao Lao (2)		9	Norway	Envoi Allen	Swansea	Harry Kane	WBA	Adrian Lewis

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Handball Women's World Championship ongoing with the final in two weeks time. Points here are 4-2-1 with the 3rd place playoff counting.

[Degag]

Change to Joe Cullen in the darts please

[pokerhand]

As you know I never query peoples selections, but at the time when I saw you pick Croatia I did think "I wonder if he's had a brain melt and temporarily thought that Djokovic is Croatian?"

You mean like the brain melt I had in picking spurs in the basketball last year

Ha, can't remember the reason why I picked them.... But if that was the reason, then that was an beyond inspired brain melt

[ArmaniJeans]

I was all set to concede and Croatia comes out of nowhere to get to final... How the hell did I pick them

As you know I never query peoples selections, but at the time when I saw you pick Croatia I did think "I wonder if he's had a brain melt and temporarily thought that Djokovic is Croatian?"

[pokerhand]

I was all set to concede and Croatia comes out of nowhere to get to final... How the hell did I pick them

[RichieM]

Go on Germany

[ArmaniJeans]

Result 33/40
Snooker UK Championship

1st. Kyren Wilson or Luca Brecel maybe, but no-one we selected got into the points.

Leaderboard

		Tennis	Handball	Horses	Soccer	Soccer	Soccer	Darts
		Davis Cup	Womens Wcup	KG	EPLLP 31/12	EPLTS 31/12	C'Ship 31/12	WC Best Eng
shrapnel (2)	38	Spain	France	Alaho	Norwich	Jamie Vardy	WBA	Aspinall
mdoug (4)	38	Serbia	Russia	Clan Des Obeaux	Burnley	Calvert-Lewin	WBA	Aspinall
premierstone (2)	37	Russia	Norway	Envoi Allen	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham	Michael Smith
pokerhand (2)	35	Croatia	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Brighton	Harry Kane	Fulham	Rob Cross
ArmaniJeans (1)	34	Great Britain	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	WBA	Aspinall
RichieM (2)	33	Canada	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Palace	Mo Salah	Bournemouth	James Wade
Keane (2)	33	Russia	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Newcastle	Mo Salah	WBA	Aspinall
limpwhacker (3)	31	Serbia	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham	Rob Cross
Strewelpeter	29	Canada	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Swansea	Mo Salah	Fulham	Aspinall
luckforsome (2)	25	Spain	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	Fulham	Michael Smith
Degag (2)	20.17	Australia	Norway	Frodon	Brighton	Mo Salah	WBA	Michael Smith
Nuck Chorris (2)	16	Spain	France	Shiskin	Watford	Mo Salah	WBA	James Wade
Lao Lao (2)	9	Spain	Norway	Envoi Allen	Swansea	Harry Kane	WBA	Adrian Lewis

.
Davis Cup Final on Sunday..

[ArmaniJeans]

		Tennis	Snooker	Handball	Horses	Soccer	Soccer	Soccer	Darts
		Davis Cup	UK	Womens Wcup	KG	EPLLP 31/12	EPLTS 31/12	C'Ship 31/12	WC Best Eng
shrapnel (2)	38	Spain	Trump	France	Alaho	Norwich	Jamie Vardy	WBA	Aspinall
mdoug (4)	38	Serbia	Selby	Russia	Clan Des Obeaux	Burnley	Calvert-Lewin	WBA	Aspinall
premierstone (2)	37	Russia	Selby	Norway	Envoi Allen	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham	Michael Smith
pokerhand (2)	35	Croatia	Robertson	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Brighton	Harry Kane	Fulham	Rob Cross
ArmaniJeans (1)	34	Great Britain	Ronnie	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	WBA	Aspinall
RichieM (2)	33	Canada	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Palace	Mo Salah	Bournemouth	James Wade
Keane (2)	33	Russia	Selby	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Newcastle	Mo Salah	WBA	Aspinall
limpwhacker (3)	31	Serbia	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham	Rob Cross
Strewelpeter	29	Canada	Ding	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Swansea	Mo Salah	Fulham	Aspinall
luckforsome (2)	25	Spain	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	Fulham	Michael Smith
Degag (2)	20.17	Australia	Selby	Norway	Frodon	Brighton	Mo Salah	WBA	Michael Smith
Nuck Chorris (2)	16	Spain	Trump	France	Shiskin	Watford	Mo Salah	WBA	James Wade
Lao Lao (2)	9	Spain	Ronnie	Norway	Envoi Allen	Swansea	Harry Kane	WBA	Adrian Lewis

.

Some big games today.
Croatia (pokerhand) v Serbia (mdoug, limpwhacker) in the semi-final of the Davis Cup. (Russia play their semi-final tomorrow).
Ronnie (AJ, Lao Lao) attempts to get into the points in the snooker, playing Kyren Wilson in his quarter-final.
And in soccer, Fulham (5 picks) are at home to Bournemouth (RichieM) in a game that will go a long way to deciding the points in the Championship.

[ArmaniJeans]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1389891436

December change deadlines
Darts. World Champs Best English player. Deadline 10/12.
Horses. King George Chase. Deadline 21/12.

All deadline times 21:59.

[Lao Lao]

Without wanting to delve too far into the well established rules and regulations, I presume expect from such a fine, upstanding and even outstanding competition like this one, that there is a hefty consolidation prize for the poor fucker that finishes last, right, RIGHT?

[ArmaniJeans]

... Change, Judd Trump to Mark Selt/anyone else left in the tourney- I'll take Ronnie... AJ and Lao Lao only ones left in the snooker already...

Law of averages says Lao Lao has to get a 4 pointer soon. C'mon.
Could be a big week for me if Ronnie gets it done, and GB looking good in their tennis quarter-final at the moment.
Or could end in tears.

[luckforsome]

... Change, Judd Trump to Mark Selt/anyone else left in the tourney- I'll take Ronnie... AJ and Lao Lao only ones left in the snooker already...

[ArmaniJeans]

Quarter-final line-up finalized in the Davis Cup.
Russia (premierstone, Keane) v Sweden, with the winners playing Great Britain (ArmaniJeans) or Germany.
In the other half Croatia (pokerhand) v Italy, and Serbia (mdoug, limpwhacker) v Kazakstan.
Canada, Australia and Spain all eliminated in the groups.
Could be a pivotal event.

In the snooker a couple of big eliminations with Ding and Selby exiting early.
Just Trump and Ronnie left in the hunt at the last 32 stage.

[ArmaniJeans]

		Tennis	Snooker	Handball	Horses	Soccer	Soccer	Soccer	Darts
		Davis Cup	UK	Womens Wcup	KG	EPLLP 31/12	EPLTS 31/12	C'Ship 31/12	WC Best Eng
shrapnel (2)	38	Spain	Trump	France	Alaho	Norwich	Jamie Vardy	WBA	Aspinall
mdoug (4)	38	Serbia	Selby	Russia	Clan Des Obeaux	Burnley	Calvert-Lewin	WBA	Aspinall
premierstone (2)	37	Russia	Selby	Norway	Envoi Allen	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham	Michael Smith
pokerhand (2)	35	Croatia	Robertson	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Brighton	Harry Kane	Fulham	Rob Cross
ArmaniJeans (1)	34	Great Britain	Ronnie	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	WBA	Aspinall
RichieM (2)	33	Canada	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Palace	Mo Salah	Bournemouth	James Wade
Keane (2)	33	Russia	Selby	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Newcastle	Mo Salah	WBA	Aspinall
limpwhacker (3)	31	Serbia	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham	Rob Cross
Strewelpeter	29	Canada	Ding	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Swansea	Mo Salah	Fulham	Aspinall
luckforsome (2)	25	Spain	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	Fulham	Michael Smith
Degag (2)	20.17	Australia	Selby	Norway	Frodon	Brighton	Mo Salah	WBA	Michael Smith
Nuck Chorris (2)	16	Spain	Trump	France	Shiskin	Watford	Mo Salah	WBA	James Wade
Lao Lao (2)	9	Spain	Ronnie	Norway	Envoi Allen	Swansea	Harry Kane	WBA	Adrian Lewis

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Updated with my tennis change, and also to confirm (prob not needed) that mdougs Russia is 'RHF' in the handball event.
Snooker will be on BBC/Eurosport all week, and Eurosport will also show intermittent Davis Cup from the quarter final stage on Monday onwards.

[ArmaniJeans]

i was looking into this over the last week or so, and had it pretty much as a coin flip between Spain and Serbia, but as they were on the same side of the draw, made it difficult to pick one over the other. Was very surprised when i looked yesterday to see Russia are in fact massive favorites!

Yeah, it was difficult/interesting to work out without a betting market. I was originally going Italy with partial home advantage until Berettini got injured. Then I thought UK must be the favs with two T20 singles players and a topnotch doubles pairings. Never really considered Russia and then see they are 6/4 when a market finally developed this week.

[shrapnel]

Something tells me I missed some big announcement in the Davis cup community about either the Swedish or Canadian team that aj picked up on.

hopefully Serbia are equally beaten out the door to save my blushes.

i was looking into this over the last week or so, and had it pretty much as a coin flip between Spain and Serbia, but as they were on the same side of the draw, made it difficult to pick one over the other. Was very surprised when i looked yesterday to see Russia are in fact massive favorites!

[RichieM]

Hah, I was just checking todays results as you typed, as expected a 3-0 defeat.
Canada's two main guys Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime (both top 12 in the singles rankings) withdrew (tiredness) a few weeks ago which moved them from contender to no-hoper.
I did try to disguise my change as being 'a punt' rather than merely abandoning a lost cause

Neil Robertson (pokerhand) the big casualty in the first round of the snooker.

Stupid toddlers really interfere with my ability to keep up on fringe sports.

[ArmaniJeans]

Something tells me I missed some big announcement in the Davis cup community about either the Swedish or Canadian team that aj picked up on.

hopefully Serbia are equally beaten out the door to save my blushes.

Hah, I was just checking todays results as you typed, as expected a 3-0 defeat.
Canada's two main guys Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime (both top 12 in the singles rankings) withdrew (tiredness) a few weeks ago which moved them from contender to no-hoper.
I did try to disguise my change as being 'a punt' rather than merely abandoning a lost cause

Neil Robertson (pokerhand) the big casualty in the first round of the snooker.

[RichieM]

Something tells me I missed some big announcement in the Davis cup community about either the Swedish or Canadian team that aj picked up on.

hopefully Serbia are equally beaten out the door to save my blushes.

[ArmaniJeans]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1389891436

Late November/early December change deadlines
Tennis. Davis Cup. Deadline 20/11.
Handball. Women's World Championship. Deadline 26/11.

My first change - an mdoug style punt. In the Davis Cup tennis - I'll scrap Canada and bring in Great Britain. GSTQ.

[ArmaniJeans]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1389891436

Late November/early December change deadlines
Snooker. UK Championship. Deadline 18/11.
Tennis. Davis Cup. Deadline 20/11.
Handball. Women's World Championship. Deadline 26/11.
Darts. World Champs Best English player. Deadline 10/12.

All deadline times 21:59.

FYI remaining events where you can use change chips.
Above, plus
King George Chase.

[ArmaniJeans]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qFTlWfxbuIv11JUSO7LQ7cTO-Pd5kcAcDs9YF3GvY7A/edit#gid=1389891436

Result 32/40
Cricket T20 World Cup

1st .Australia. 4 points - no-one.
2nd. New Zealand. 2 points - ArmaniJeans.

Leaderboard and all 8 remaining events. There's a winning path in there somewhere for most people.

		Tennis	Snooker	Handball	Horses	Soccer	Soccer	Soccer	Darts
		Davis Cup	UK	Womens Wcup	KG	EPLLP 31/12	EPLTS 31/12	C'Ship 31/12	WC Best Eng
shrapnel (2)	38	Spain	Trump	France	Alaho	Norwich	Jamie Vardy	WBA	Aspinall
mdoug (4)	38	Serbia	Selby	Russia	Clan Des Obeaux	Burnley	Calvert-Lewin	WBA	Aspinall
premierstone (2)	37	Russia	Selby	Norway	Envoi Allen	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham	Michael Smith
pokerhand (2)	35	Croatia	Robertson	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Brighton	Harry Kane	Fulham	Rob Cross
ArmaniJeans	34	Canada	Ronnie	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	WBA	Aspinall
RichieM (2)	33	Canada	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Palace	Mo Salah	Bournemouth	James Wade
Keane (2)	33	Russia	Selby	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Newcastle	Mo Salah	WBA	Aspinall
limpwhacker (3)	31	Serbia	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham	Rob Cross
Strewelpeter	29	Canada	Ding	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Swansea	Mo Salah	Fulham	Aspinall
luckforsome (2)	25	Spain	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	Fulham	Michael Smith
Degag (2)	20.17	Australia	Selby	Norway	Frodon	Brighton	Mo Salah	WBA	Michael Smith
Nuck Chorris (2)	16	Spain	Trump	France	Shiskin	Watford	Mo Salah	WBA	James Wade
Lao Lao (2)	9	Spain	Ronnie	Norway	Envoi Allen	Swansea	Harry Kane	WBA	Adrian Lewis

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UK Snooker Championship and Davis Cup Tennis both finish on the evening of Sunday 5th December. 4-2-1-1 points available in both and with a pleasingly wide range of selections I'd expect someone to bink. Note in the tennis that team 'RTF' is Russia (without flags or anthems etc coz of the drug issue).

[shrapnel]

AJ the only one scoring points in the cricket. will it be 2 or will it be 4?

[premierstone]

India on rhe verge of elimination in the Cricket which will make things even tighter at teh top!

[ArmaniJeans]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1389891436

November change deadlines
Snooker. UK Championship. Deadline 18/11.
Tennis. Davis Cup. Deadline 20/11.
Handball. Women's World Championship. Deadline 26/11.

All deadline times 21:59.

FYI remaining events where you can use change chips.
Above, plus
Darts World Championship Best English, King George Chase.

[RichieM]

Can I change the Davis cup to Canada please.

[ArmaniJeans]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qFTlWfxbuIv11JUSO7LQ7cTO-Pd5kcAcDs9YF3GvY7A/edit#gid=1389891436

Result 31/40
Baseball World Series
Atlanta to the rescue last night for those of us who didn't have the Dodgers

1st. Houston/Atlanta. 4 points - no-one.
2nd. Houston/Atlanta. 2 points - no-one.
Semi. Boston. 1 point- no-one.
Semi. LA Dodgers. 1 point - mdoug, pokerhand, RichieM, Keane, limpwhacker, Degag, Nuck Chorris.

Leaderboard

		Cricket	Tennis	Snooker	Handball	Horses	Soccer	Soccer	Soccer
		T20 World Cup	Davis Cup	UK	Womens Wcup	KG	EPLLP 31/12	EPLTS 31/12	C'Ship 31/12
shrapnel (2)	38	India	Spain	Trump	France	Alaho	Norwich	Jamie Vardy	WBA
mdoug (4)	38	India	Serbia	Selby	Russia	Clan Des Obeaux	Burnley	Calvert-Lewin	WBA
premierstone (2)	37	India	Russia	Selby	Norway	Envoi Allen	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham
pokerhand (2)	35	India	Croatia	Robertson	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Brighton	Harry Kane	Fulham
RichieM (1)	33	India	Serbia	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Palace	Mo Salah	Bournemouth
Keane (2)	33	India	Russia	Selby	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Newcastle	Mo Salah	WBA
ArmaniJeans	32	New Zealand	Canada	Ronnie	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	WBA
limpwhacker (3)	31	England	Serbia	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Brentford	Harry Kane	Fulham
Strewelpeter	29	England	Canada	Ding	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Swansea	Mo Salah	Fulham
luckforsome (2)	25	India	Spain	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah	Fulham
Degag (2)	20.17	England	Australia	Selby	Norway	Frodon	Brighton	Mo Salah	WBA
Nuck Chorris (2)	16	India	Spain	Trump	France	Shiskin	Watford	Mo Salah	WBA
Lao Lao (2)	9	West Indies	Spain	Ronnie	Norway	Envoi Allen	Swansea	Harry Kane	WBA

.
T20 World Cup next, ongoing with the final scheduled for 14th Nov.
A win for India would cement our competition as being between the current top six.
A win for England or NZ would bring some others into it, especially if India blank.
Note the points here are 4-2, nothing for semi-finalists.

[ArmaniJeans]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qFTlWfxbuIv11JUSO7LQ7cTO-Pd5kcAcDs9YF3GvY7A/edit#gid=1389891436

Result 30/40
Super League
1st. St Helens. 4 points - everyone except shrapnel, RichieM, Degag, Lao Lao.
2nd. Catalan. 2 points - no-one.

Leaderboard

		Baseball	Cricket	Tennis	Snooker	Handball	Horses	Soccer	Soccer
		World Series	T20 World Cup	Davis Cup	UK	Womens Wcup	KG	EPLLP 31/12	EPLTS 31/12
shrapnel (2)	38	Yankees	India	Spain	Trump	France	Alaho	Norwich	Jamie Vardy
mdoug (4)	37	Dodgers	India	Serbia	Selby	Russia	Clan Des Obeaux	Burnley	Calvert-Lewin
premierstone (2)	37	Yankees	India	Russia	Selby	Norway	Envoi Allen	Brentford	Harry Kane
pokerhand (2)	34	Dodgers	India	Croatia	Robertson	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Brighton	Harry Kane
RichieM (1)	32	Dodgers	India	Serbia	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Palace	Mo Salah
Keane (2)	32	Dodgers	India	Russia	Selby	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Newcastle	Mo Salah
ArmaniJeans	32	Padres	New Zealand	Canada	Ronnie	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah
limpwhacker (3)	30	Dodgers	England	Serbia	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Brentford	Harry Kane
Strewelpeter	29	Chicago Wsox	England	Canada	Ding	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Swansea	Mo Salah
luckforsome (2)	25	Yankees	India	Spain	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich	Mo Salah
Degag (2)	19.17	Dodgers	England	Australia	Selby	Norway	Frodon	Brighton	Mo Salah
Nuck Chorris (2)	15	Dodgers	India	Spain	Trump	France	Shiskin	Watford	Mo Salah
Lao Lao (2)	9	Yankees	West Indies	Spain	Ronnie	Norway	Envoi Allen	Swansea	Harry Kane

Baseball next to finish. Already eliminated are Padres (AJ) and Yankees (4 picks).
Best of 5 game quarter-finals are in progress - Dodgers (7 picks) are 1-1 whilst Chicago (SP) are losing 2-0.
So this event could be over quickly if the picks lose, or carry on to the end of the month when the final is scheduled.

[ArmaniJeans]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1389891436

October change deadlines
Cricket. T20 World Cup. Deadline 12/10.

All deadline times 21:59.

FYI remaining events where you can use change chips.
Above, plus
Handball World Cup, Davis Cup, Snooker UK, Darts World Championship,
King George Chase.

[ArmaniJeans]

FFS!

I was in Venice, literally 10 metres from the real St Marks Basilica when I read this. Made me lol, and almost made me forget it had taken me about 60 minutes longer to find that square than it should have, stone cold lost in that maze of a city.
Anyway...…

Result 29/40
Arc De Triomphe
1st. Torquedor Tasso. 4 points - no-one.
2nd. Tarnawa. 2 points - mdoug, premierstone, Keane, ArmaniJeans, limpwhacker, Degag.
3rd. Hurricane Lane. 1 point - pokerhand, luckforsome.

Leaderboard

		Baseball	R-League	Cricket	Tennis	Snooker	Handball	Horses	Soccer
		World Series	Super Lg	T20 World Cup	Davis Cup	UK	Womens Wcup	KG	EPLLP 31/12
shrapnel (2)	38	Yankees	Wigan	India	Spain	Trump	France	Alaho	Norwich
mdoug (4)	33	Dodgers	St Helens	India	Serbia	Selby	Russia	Clan Des Obeaux	Burnley
premierstone (2)	33	Yankees	St Helens	India	Russia	Selby	Norway	Envoi Allen	Brentford
RichieM (1)	32	Dodgers	Wigan	India	Serbia	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Palace
pokerhand (2)	30	Dodgers	St Helens	India	Croatia	Robertson	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Brighton
Keane (2)	28	Dodgers	St Helens	India	Russia	Selby	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Newcastle
ArmaniJeans	28	Padres	St Helens	New Zealand	Canada	Ronnie	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich
limpwhacker (3)	26	Dodgers	St Helens	England	Serbia	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Brentford
Strewelpeter	25	Chicago Wsox	St Helens	England	Canada	Ding	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux	Swansea
luckforsome (2)	21	Yankees	St Helens	India	Spain	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux	Norwich
Degag (2)	19.17	Dodgers	Wigan	England	Australia	Selby	Norway	Frodon	Brighton
Nuck Chorris (2)	11	Dodgers	St Helens	India	Spain	Trump	France	Shiskin	Watford
Lao Lao (2)	9	Yankees	Wigan	West Indies	Spain	Ronnie	Norway	Envoi Allen	Swansea

.
Super League final on Saturday . St Helens (9 picks) against unpicked Catalan. I'm off travelling again, so Sunday before you get an update.

Just 1 game left for each team in the baseball regular season, and surprisingly still a bit left to play for play-off wise.
My hipster pick of San Diego has gone down in flames, whilst Chicago White Sox (SP) are safely into the last 8.
Dodgers (6 picks) could yet top their group and be into the last 8 and the cushion of best of 5 games, or could finish second & have to play a once-off wildcard game.
That one-game playoff is the best case scenario for the Yankees (4 picks) who are in a 4 way tussle with Boston, Toronto and Seattle for two places in the wildcard round.
That's my read of it anyway.

[Strewelpeter]

FFS!

[ArmaniJeans]

Lots of changes there. Must admit I preferred it when I was the only one on Tarnawa.
This is where it ended up at 21:59 deadline.
St Marks Basilica was retired yesterday btw, not sure why SP not fixing these non-runners.
mdoug all four changes used now.

		Horses
		Arc
shrapnel (2)	38	Snowfall
RichieM (1)	32	Adayar
mdoug (4)	31	Tarnawa
premierstone (2)	31	Tarnawa
pokerhand (2)	29	Hurricane Lane
Keane (2)	26	Tarnawa
ArmaniJeans	26	Tarnawa
Strewelpeter	25	St Marks Basilica
limpwhacker (3)	24	Tarnawa
luckforsome (2)	20	Hurricane Lane
Degag (2)	17.17	Tarnawa
Nuck Chorris (2)	11	St Marks Basilica
Lao Lao (2)	9	Adayar

[mdoug]

Had been tempted not to use it but makes no sense really as only KG left for me.. 4th change arc to tarnawa please

[Lao Lao]

Change in the Arc to Adayar please

[premierstone]

Change Arc to Tarnawa please.

[Keane]

Arc change to Tarnawa please

[Degag]

Arc change to Tarnawa please

[luckforsome]

...2nd Change... Ryder cup from Dustin Johnson to Jon Rham please...

... Eh, actually I change my mind on this one...

[ArmaniJeans]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qFTlWfxbuIv11JUSO7LQ7cTO-Pd5kcAcDs9YF3GvY7A/edit#gid=1389891436

Result 28/40
Ryder Cup Highest Points Scorer.
Points are 4-2-1 so a 3 way tie for second is 1 point each.

1st. Dustin Johnson. 4 points - shrapnel, RichieM, limpwhacker.
2nd. Rahm, Morikawa, Cantley. 1 point - pokerhand, ArmaniJeans, luckforsome, Nuck Chorris.

Leaderboard
Suddenly a gap at the top with shrapnel racing clear. Anything over 4 points is nice as it guarantees the lead for a few events.

		Horses	Baseball	R-League	Cricket	Tennis	Snooker	Handball	Horses
		Arc	World Series	Super Lg	T20 World Cup	Davis Cup	UK	Womens Wcup	KG
shrapnel (2)	38	Snowfall	Yankees	Wigan	India	Spain	Trump	France	Alaho
RichieM (1)	32	Adayar	Dodgers	Wigan	India	Serbia	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux
mdoug (3)	31	Love	Dodgers	St Helens	India	Serbia	Selby	Russia	Clan Des Obeaux
premierstone (1)	31	Love	Yankees	St Helens	India	Russia	Selby	Norway	Envoi Allen
pokerhand (2)	29	Hurricane Lane	Dodgers	St Helens	India	Croatia	Robertson	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux
Keane (1)	26	Love	Dodgers	St Helens	India	Russia	Selby	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux
ArmaniJeans	26	Tarnawa	Padres	St Helens	New Zealand	Canada	Ronnie	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux
Strewelpeter	25	St Marks Basilica	Chicago Wsox	St Helens	England	Canada	Ding	Denmark	Clan Des Obeaux
limpwhacker (3)	24	Tarnawa	Dodgers	St Helens	England	Serbia	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux
luckforsome (2)	20	Hurricane Lane	Yankees	St Helens	India	Spain	Trump	Norway	Clan Des Obeaux
Degag (1)	17.17	Love	Dodgers	Wigan	England	Australia	Selby	Norway	Frodon
Nuck Chorris (2)	11	St Marks Basilica	Dodgers	St Helens	India	Spain	Trump	France	Shiskin
Lao Lao (1)	9	Wonderful Tonight	Yankees	Wigan	West Indies	Spain	Ronnie	Norway	Envoi Allen

.
Arc De Triomphe next Sunday afternoon. Still a couple days til change deadline so I'll say nowt. I'm away next weekend so will be very late Sunday possibly Monday before I post the update.
Rugby League has some potential for the chasing pack - Wigan beaten in their quarter-final so won't score. Up to St Helens in their home semi-final v Leeds next Friday to put some points on the board. Points are 4-2 in that event, nothing for beaten semi-finalists.

[RichieM]

Arc change to adayar please

[pokerhand]

Yes, DJ is, by my possibly flaky maths, guaranteed at worst a tie for second. Playing Casey in the singles looks a gift though.
Of our selections just DJ, Rahm and Morikawa are alive for possible points. From your pov it's a shame that 100%er Morikawa got rested on Friday evening.

Yeah... That was a surprise... I thought he would play all 5 matches.

[ArmaniJeans]

Yes, DJ is, by my possibly flaky maths, guaranteed at worst a tie for second. Playing Casey in the singles looks a gift though.
Of our selections just DJ, Rahm and Morikawa are alive for possible points. From your pov it's a shame that 100%er Morikawa got rested on Friday evening.

[pokerhand]

Johnson looking good for the top points scorer...