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Your right, was getting the series mixed up.Originally posted by limpwhacker View PostNo beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.Comment
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Late May/Early June Change Deadlines
Tennis French Open - deadline 23/05.
Epsom Derby - deadline 29/05.
Golf US Open - deadline 10/06.
Darts World Cup - deadline 10/06.
Cricket - Ashes Top Run Scorer - deadline 11/06.
All deadline times 21:59.
Current Picks.Horses Tennis Darts Golf Cricket Epsom Derby French World Cup US Open Ashes TRS Rigger 17 Auguste Rodin Djokovic Netherlands Scheffler Steve Smith Keane 16 Auguste Rodin Alcaraz England McIlroy Harry Brook Lao Lao 15 Auguste Rodin Djokovic Wales Scheffler Harry Brook shrapnel 15 Auguste Rodin Alcaraz England Scheffler Ben Stokes RichieM 15 Auguste Rodin Alcaraz England McIlroy Ben Stokes luckforsome 12 Auguste Rodin Djokovic Australia Rahm Harry Brook ArmaniJeans 12 Auguste Rodin Djokovic Wales Justin Thomas Steve Smith limpwhacker (2) 10 Military Order Alcaraz Scotland McIlroy Harry Brook Strewelpeter 8 Arrest Alcaraz Australia McIlroy Khawaja pokerhand 6 Auguste Rodin Djokovic Netherlands McIlroy David Warner Solksjaer! (1) 4.67 Auguste Rodin Djokovic Netherlands McIlroy Steve Smith Comment
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Result 8/45
Stanley Cup Ice-Hockey
Florida into the final where they'll probably face Las Vegas who are 3-0 up on Dallas in a best of 7.
We don't have any of the 3 remaining contenders so the only relevant bit is
Semi-Final. Carolina Hurricanes. 1 point - Lao Lao, shrapnel.
Leaderboard.Horses Soccer Hurling Tennis Darts Golf Basketball Cricket Epsom Derby UEFA Conf Leinster French World Cup US Open NBA 2023 T20 Blast Rigger 17 Auguste Rodin West Ham Galway Djokovic Netherlands Scheffler Denver Nuggets Yorkshire Keane 16 Auguste Rodin Villareal Galway Alcaraz England McIlroy Boston Celtics Birmingham Lao Lao 16 Auguste Rodin Lazio Kilkenny Djokovic Wales Scheffler Boston Celtics Somerset shrapnel 16 Auguste Rodin Lazio Galway Alcaraz England Scheffler Boston Celtics Lancashire RichieM 15 Auguste Rodin Villareal Galway Alcaraz England McIlroy Boston Celtics Somerset luckforsome 12 Auguste Rodin Villareal Kilkenny Djokovic Australia Rahm Boston Celtics Surrey ArmaniJeans 12 Auguste Rodin Villareal Kilkenny Djokovic Wales Justin Thomas Brooklyn Nets Surrey limpwhacker (2) 10 Military Order Villareal Galway Alcaraz Scotland McIlroy Boston Celtics Lancashire Strewelpeter 8 Arrest Lazio Kilkenny Alcaraz Australia McIlroy Boston Celtics Hampshire pokerhand 6 Auguste Rodin Villareal Galway Djokovic Netherlands McIlroy Boston Celtics Surrey Solksjaer! (1) 4.67 Auguste Rodin Lazio Kilkenny Djokovic Netherlands McIlroy Brooklyn Nets Birmingham
Epsom Derby on Saturday 3rd. Change deadline for this will come crashing down at 22:00 on Monday so caveat emptor.Comment
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1st change. Derby - military orderNo beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.Comment
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Absolute scenes in the basketball this morning. Boston dominated throughout and somehow managed to find themselves trailing by a point with the clock stopped at three seconds. Missed the attempted shot but tapped in the rebound on the buzzer to win by 1. Having trailed 3 nil in the series they now have the chance to become the only team ever to win a play off series having lost the first three.Comment
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He was impressive last time however had i not seen your post i would have forgotten to change . I'm very poor at maintenance in these things .Originally posted by limpwhacker View Post
Copycats
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My first change. Epsom Derby, will try Passenger.
In Sir Michael Stoute we trust.Comment
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Despite being 1.33 favs and at home the Celtics got trounced. Rigger set to increase his lead by a minimum of one point and most likely three.Comment
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Derby selections updated to include changes.
Horses Epsom Derby Rigger 17 Auguste Rodin Keane 16 Auguste Rodin Lao Lao 16 Auguste Rodin shrapnel 16 Auguste Rodin RichieM 15 Auguste Rodin luckforsome 12 Auguste Rodin ArmaniJeans (1) 12 Passenger limpwhacker (2) 10 Military Order Strewelpeter 8 Arrest pokerhand (1) 6 Military Order Solksjaer! (2) 4.67 Military Order Comment
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June Change Deadlines
Golf US Open - deadline 10/06.
Darts World Cup - deadline 10/06.
Cricket - Ashes Top Run Scorer - deadline 11/06.
Cycling - Tour De France - deadline 26/06.
Tennis - Wimbledon - deadline 28/06.
Current Picks.Golf Darts Cricket Cycling Tennis US Open World Cup Ashes TRS TDF Wimbledon Rigger 17 Scheffler Netherlands Steve Smith Vinnegard Swiatek Keane 16 McIlroy England Harry Brook Pogacar Swiatek Lao Lao 16 Scheffler Wales Harry Brook Pogacar Rybakina shrapnel 16 Scheffler England Ben Stokes Pogacar Swiatek RichieM 15 McIlroy England Ben Stokes Pogacar Swiatek luckforsome 12 Rahm Australia Harry Brook Pogacar Swiatek ArmaniJeans (1) 12 Justin Thomas Wales Steve Smith Pogacar Jabeur limpwhacker (2) 10 McIlroy Scotland Harry Brook Vinnegard Swiatek Strewelpeter 8 McIlroy Australia Khawaja Vinnegard Gauff pokerhand (1) 6 McIlroy Netherlands David Warner Pogacar Swiatek Solksjaer! (2) 4.67 McIlroy Netherlands Steve Smith Vinnegard Swiatek Comment
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Urggghhh. A few of us need a 'I Revert My Change' chip after that.Comment
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Result 9/45
Epsom Derby
1st Auguste Fucking Rodin. 4 points - Rigger, Keane, Lao Lao, shrapnel, RichieM, luckforsome.
2nd Man of Steel. 2 points - no-one.
3rd White Birch. 1 point - no-one.
Leaderboard.Soccer Hurling Tennis Darts Golf Basketball Cricket Tennis UEFA Conf Leinster French World Cup US Open NBA 2023 T20 Blast Wimbledon Rigger 21 West Ham Galway Djokovic Netherlands Scheffler Denver Nuggets Yorkshire Swiatek Keane 20 Villareal Galway Alcaraz England McIlroy Boston Celtics Birmingham Swiatek Lao Lao 20 Lazio Kilkenny Djokovic Wales Scheffler Boston Celtics Somerset Rybakina shrapnel 20 Lazio Galway Alcaraz England Scheffler Boston Celtics Lancashire Swiatek RichieM 19 Villareal Galway Alcaraz England McIlroy Boston Celtics Somerset Swiatek luckforsome 16 Villareal Kilkenny Djokovic Australia Rahm Boston Celtics Surrey Swiatek ArmaniJeans (1) 12 Villareal Kilkenny Djokovic Wales Justin Thomas Brooklyn Nets Surrey Jabeur limpwhacker (2) 10 Villareal Galway Alcaraz Scotland McIlroy Boston Celtics Lancashire Swiatek Strewelpeter 8 Lazio Kilkenny Alcaraz Australia McIlroy Boston Celtics Hampshire Gauff pokerhand (1) 6 Villareal Galway Djokovic Netherlands McIlroy Boston Celtics Surrey Swiatek Solksjaer! (2) 4.67 Lazio Kilkenny Djokovic Netherlands McIlroy Brooklyn Nets Birmingham Swiatek
First of a duo of freerolls for leader Rigger with the UEFA Conference League Final on Wednesday night. His West Ham United against unpicked Fiorentina for the 4-2 points.
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Result 10/45
UEFA Conference League
1st West Ham. 4 points - Rigger.
2nd Fiorentina. 2 points - no-one.
Semi - AZ Alkmaar & Basel. 1 point - no-one.
Leaderboard.Hurling Tennis Darts Golf Basketball Cricket Tennis Golf Leinster French World Cup US Open NBA 2023 T20 Blast Wimbledon British Open Rigger 25 Galway Djokovic Netherlands Scheffler Denver Nuggets Yorkshire Swiatek McIlroy Keane 20 Galway Alcaraz England McIlroy Boston Celtics Birmingham Swiatek McIlroy Lao Lao 20 Kilkenny Djokovic Wales Scheffler Boston Celtics Somerset Rybakina McIlroy shrapnel 20 Galway Alcaraz England Scheffler Boston Celtics Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy RichieM 19 Galway Alcaraz England McIlroy Boston Celtics Somerset Swiatek McIlroy luckforsome 16 Kilkenny Djokovic Australia Rahm Boston Celtics Surrey Swiatek McIlroy ArmaniJeans (1) 12 Kilkenny Djokovic Wales Justin Thomas Brooklyn Nets Surrey Jabeur Spieth limpwhacker (2) 10 Galway Alcaraz Scotland McIlroy Boston Celtics Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy Strewelpeter 8 Kilkenny Alcaraz Australia McIlroy Boston Celtics Hampshire Gauff McIlroy pokerhand (1) 6 Galway Djokovic Netherlands McIlroy Boston Celtics Surrey Swiatek McIlroy Solksjaer! (2) 4.67 Kilkenny Djokovic Netherlands McIlroy Brooklyn Nets Birmingham Swiatek Morikawa
Alcaraz and Djokovic meet in the French Open semi-final on Friday afternoon, with the winner into Sunday afternoon's final. Hurling final is also on Sunday afternoon. I'll do a double update when both over.
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Result 11/45
Leinster Hurling
1st Kilkenny. 4 points - Lao Lao, luckforsome, ArmaniJeans, Strewelpeter, Solksjaer!
2nd Galway. 2 points - everyone else
Result 12/45
French Open
1st Novak Djokovic. 4 points - Rigger, Lao Lao, luckforsome, ArmaniJeans, Solksjaer!, pokerhand
2nd Casper Ruud. 2 points - no-one.
Semi. Carlos Alcarez. 1 point - everyone else.
Semi. Alex Zverev. 1 point - no-one.
Leaderboard.Darts Golf Basketball Cricket Tennis Golf Cricket Cycling World Cup US Open NBA 2023 T20 Blast Wimbledon British Open Ashes TRS TDF Rigger 31 Netherlands Scheffler Denver Nuggets Yorkshire Swiatek McIlroy Steve Smith Vinnegard Lao Lao 28 Wales Scheffler Boston Celtics Somerset Rybakina McIlroy Harry Brook Pogacar luckforsome 24 Australia Rahm Boston Celtics Surrey Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Pogacar Keane 23 England McIlroy Boston Celtics Birmingham Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Pogacar shrapnel 23 England Scheffler Boston Celtics Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar RichieM 22 England McIlroy Boston Celtics Somerset Swiatek McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar ArmaniJeans (1) 20 Wales Justin Thomas Brooklyn Nets Surrey Jabeur Spieth Steve Smith Pogacar limpwhacker (2) 13 Scotland McIlroy Boston Celtics Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Strewelpeter 13 Australia McIlroy Boston Celtics Hampshire Gauff McIlroy Khawaja Vinnegard Solksjaer! (2) 12.67 Netherlands McIlroy Brooklyn Nets Birmingham Swiatek Morikawa Steve Smith Vinnegard pokerhand (1) 12 Netherlands McIlroy Boston Celtics Surrey Swiatek McIlroy David Warner Pogacar
Darts final will be next Sunday evening, with the US Open golf finishing in the early hours of Monday.
Not long left in the basketball - Denver 3-1 on Miami so could end with Game 5 tomorrow night.
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Solksjaer! Strewelpeter pokerhand let's face it we are not winning this year !! Any interest in a four horse race just between us ? 25 quid a man. We all start off on 13 points so Solks gets .33 added to his score and poker gets 1. Honour based payments.Comment
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1st change please
Ashes TRS change to Ollie PopeComment
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TDF change to Jonas please AJComment
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Cool. Just waiting on poker to confirm although he liked the post so that's a good sign. The runners and riders for the multisports conference league will be then be set.Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostComment
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AJ pointed out that the three of us have a point locked up for the basketball and Solks doesn't so he needs 1.33 added to his total in the interest of fairness. I trust every one ok with this.Comment
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Naw play it as it lies . 14 for you guys 13 for me .Originally posted by limpwhacker View PostComment
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Ah no fair is fair. We all start on the same points.Originally posted by Solksjaer! View PostComment
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You're getting 14 points whether you want them or notOriginally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
game on in the conference league.
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Result 13/45
NBA Basketball
1st Denver MacNuggets. 4 points - Rigger.
2nd Miami. 2 points - no-one.
Semi LA Lakers. 1 point - no-one.
Semi Boston Celtics. 1 point - everyone except Rigger, AJ, Solks.
Leaderboard - increasingly looking like we are up against Biff Tanners Almanac..Darts Golf Cricket Tennis Golf Cricket Cycling Aussie Rules World Cup US Open T20 Blast Wimbledon British Open Ashes TRS TDF 2023 Season Rigger 35 Netherlands Scheffler Yorkshire Swiatek McIlroy Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong Lao Lao (1) 29 Wales Scheffler Somerset Rybakina McIlroy Ollie Pope Pogacar North Melbourne luckforsome 25 Australia Rahm Surrey Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Pogacar Geelong Keane (1) 24 England McIlroy Birmingham Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong shrapnel 24 England Scheffler Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar Collingwood RichieM 23 England McIlroy Somerset Swiatek McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar Geelong ArmaniJeans (1) 20 Wales Justin Thomas Surrey Jabeur Spieth Steve Smith Pogacar Melbourne limpwhacker (2) 14 Scotland McIlroy Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Strewelpeter 14 Australia McIlroy Hampshire Gauff McIlroy Khawaja Vinnegard Richmond pokerhand (1) 13 Netherlands McIlroy Surrey Swiatek McIlroy David Warner Pogacar Geelong Solksjaer! (2) 12.67 Netherlands McIlroy Birmingham Swiatek Morikawa Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong
Conference League (private game between these 4 players for €100, I'll include it on every second update or suchlike)..Darts Golf Cricket Tennis Golf Cricket Cycling Aussie Rules World Cup US Open T20 Blast Wimbledon British Open Ashes TRS TDF 2023 Season limpwhacker (2) 14 Scotland McIlroy Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Strewelpeter 14 Australia McIlroy Hampshire Gauff McIlroy Khawaja Vinnegard Richmond pokerhand (1) 14 Netherlands McIlroy Surrey Swiatek McIlroy David Warner Pogacar Geelong Solksjaer! (2) 14 Netherlands McIlroy Birmingham Swiatek Morikawa Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong
Darts final on Sunday evening. US Open Golf later that night.
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Would love to know what steroids Lao Lao is on. Thanks a million for sticking a conference league table up. It would have been way beyond my capabilities.Comment
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Yep am inOriginally posted by limpwhacker View PostNo beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.Comment
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Late June/Early July Change Deadlines
Cycling - Tour De France - deadline 26/06.
Tennis - Wimbledon - deadline 28/06.
All deadline times 21:59.
Current Picks.Cycling Tennis TDF Wimbledon Rigger 35 Vinnegard Swiatek Lao Lao (1) 29 Pogacar Rybakina luckforsome 25 Pogacar Swiatek Keane (1) 24 Vinnegard Swiatek shrapnel 24 Pogacar Swiatek RichieM 23 Pogacar Swiatek ArmaniJeans (1) 20 Pogacar Jabeur limpwhacker (2) 14 Vinnegard Swiatek Strewelpeter 14 Vinnegard Gauff pokerhand (1) 13 Pogacar Swiatek Solksjaer! (2) 12.67 Vinnegard Swiatek Comment
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Mea culpa. luckforsome changed his US Open pick before the original january deadline by pm from Rahm to Rory, and I actually updated it in the google spreadsheet linked in Post #1.
But I never updated it in my own local spreadsheet so it has stayed as Rahm there all along.
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Clearly my mistake, so only fair thing to do is put him on Rory.
Soz.Comment
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England, Australia and Netherlands all felled at various stages of the darts.
Wales (Lao Lao, AJ) v Belgium (no-one), and Scotland (limpwhacker) v Germany (no-one) in the semi-finals.
First game could be fun, not sure if Price, Huybrechts and Van der Bergh can share the same stage without a riot taking place.Comment
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Result 14/35
World Cup of Darts
1st Wales. 4 points - Lao Lao, ArmaniJeans
2nd Scotland. 2 points - limpwhacker
Semi Belgium/Germany. 1 point - no-one
Leaderboard.Golf Cricket Tennis Golf Cricket Cycling Aussie Rules Baseball US Open T20 Blast Wimbledon British Open Ashes TRS TDF 2023 Season World Series Rigger 35 Scheffler Yorkshire Swiatek McIlroy Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong Yankees Lao Lao (1) 33 Scheffler Somerset Rybakina McIlroy Ollie Pope Pogacar North Melbourne Chicago Wsox luckforsome 25 McIlroy Surrey Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Pogacar Geelong LA Dodgers Keane (1) 24 McIlroy Birmingham Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Houston shrapnel 24 Scheffler Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar Collingwood LA Dodgers ArmaniJeans (1) 24 Justin Thomas Surrey Jabeur Spieth Steve Smith Pogacar Melbourne Houston RichieM 23 McIlroy Somerset Swiatek McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar Geelong New York Mets limpwhacker (2) 16 McIlroy Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Houston Strewelpeter 14 McIlroy Hampshire Gauff McIlroy Khawaja Vinnegard Richmond Toronto BlueJ pokerhand (1) 13 McIlroy Surrey Swiatek McIlroy David Warner Pogacar Geelong LA Dodgers Solksjaer! (2) 12.67 McIlroy Birmingham Swiatek Morikawa Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong LA Dodgers
Us Open Golf finishes at silly o'clock tonight, I'll update after work tomorrow evening. 5-3-2-1-1 available and McIlroy and Scheffler right in the mix for points.
Less said the better about Justin Thomas, I'm sure it made sense to me at the time.Comment
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AJ will be along shortly with actual facts but my terrible memory tells me I wasn't always awful at this competition.Originally posted by limpwhacker View Post
2018 - I think I was in with a half decent shout to win/come second with two or three events to go
2019 - I vaguely remember being a respectable mid table
2020 - Again, mid table-ish with little between me and three or four places above me
2021 & 2022 - I blame Covid, it took so much from us in so many ways - in my case, it took my ability to predict things
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Result 15/45
US Open Golf
1st Wyndham Clark. 5 points - no-one.
2nd Rory McIlroy. 3 points - luckforsome, Keane, RichieM, limpwhacker, Strewelpeter, pokerhand, Solksjaer!
3rd Scottie Scheffler. 2 points - Rigger, Lao Lao, shrapnel.
4th/5th. No-one who matters.
Leaderboard.Cricket Tennis Golf Cricket Cycling Aussie Rules Baseball Soccer T20 Blast Wimbledon British Open Ashes TRS TDF 2023 Season World Series EPL LP 31/12/23 Rigger 37 Yorkshire Swiatek McIlroy Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong Yankees Sheffield Utd Lao Lao (1) 35 Somerset Rybakina McIlroy Ollie Pope Pogacar North Melbourne Chicago Wsox Sheffield Utd luckforsome 28 Surrey Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Pogacar Geelong LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd Keane (1) 27 Birmingham Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Houston Notts Forest shrapnel 26 Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar Collingwood LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd RichieM 26 Somerset Swiatek McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar Geelong New York Mets Palace ArmaniJeans (1) 24 Surrey Jabeur Spieth Steve Smith Pogacar Melbourne Houston Notts Forest limpwhacker (2) 19 Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Houston Sheffield Utd Strewelpeter 17 Hampshire Gauff McIlroy Khawaja Vinnegard Richmond Toronto BlueJ WBA pokerhand (1) 16 Surrey Swiatek McIlroy David Warner Pogacar Geelong LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd Solksjaer! (2) 15.67 Birmingham Swiatek Morikawa Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong LA Dodgers West Ham
Conference League (private game between these 4 players for €100).Cricket Tennis Golf Cricket Cycling Aussie Rules Baseball Soccer T20 Blast Wimbledon British Open Ashes TRS TDF 2023 Season World Series EPL LP 31/12/23 limpwhacker (2) 19 Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Houston Sheffield Utd Strewelpeter 17 Hampshire Gauff McIlroy Khawaja Vinnegard Richmond Toronto BlueJ WBA pokerhand (1) 17 Surrey Swiatek McIlroy David Warner Pogacar Geelong LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd Solksjaer! (2) 17 Birmingham Swiatek Morikawa Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong LA Dodgers West Ham
Bit of a gap now after a flurry of events in early June. Next two up are the Wimbledon final and the T20 cricket, both due on the 15h July.
Cricket group stage is approaching the end, with the Top 4 in each group after 14 games into the quarter-finals.
Housekeeping
Baseball and EPL 31/12 football have appeared on the leaderboard. That's my yearly signal that I can no longer put off coming up with the remaining events, and setting people to work again.
I'll attempt to come up with 22/23 new events to get us to the mid-40s, preferably without going too ridiculously obscure.
Hopefully have something by next week, then pass it to the house to see if there's anything that I've missed. After that will give the usual 2 weeks for you to get selections in.Comment
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AJ, you have done a stellar job running this competition, not just this year but for the last 6 years.
Ithinkknow I speak for everybody when I say, you should take a break. We're all 100% on board with you blowing it up now and not bothering with a further 20 plus events. Put the feet up, take it easy and enjoy the second half of the year...Comment
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post.
Perhaps I'll add 78 new events just to nullify your good position. How's your Iranian U16 Squash championship knowledge?Last edited by ArmaniJeans; 20-06-23, 13:00.Comment
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Please, we all know Iran's underage squash development has fallen apart. Their once in a generation female players of Ailee Nayeri, Hadis Farzad, Fereshteh Eghtedari & Sogol Samoodi are all in their early to mid 20's at this point. They need more grass root investment...Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View Post
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Perhaps I'll add 78 new events just to nullify your good position. How's your Iranian U16 Squash championship knowledge?
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Women's Wimbledon - Change to SwiatekComment
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ladies world cup going to be included?
Or whatever the correct nomenclature is
"Gibney might be the greatest hero of our time." (Keane, 2012; Hitchhiker, 2017)
"Frank Gibney, he's my favourite
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"Frank Gibney, he's my favourite." (mikeb, 2017)Comment
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This is just a drill, you don't have to do anything yet.
I had to stretch a bit to get to 45 events. It's not a great year, no big footie tournament or Olympics.
As always, I'd welcome any suggestions for potential events/angles that I might have missed, tweaks to events, or even 'xxxx is shit, leave it out' comments.
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Athletics 100M seems wide open this year and always good to include such a sporting blue riband event.
Medal table without USA looks fun and lots of countries have claims to a couple of medals in specific events. So might reward some research.
Soccer. 'No Norwegians' obviously just to prevent a Haaland pile-on. Not sure if it just leads to a pile-on on someone else but in my head it's open enough.
Womens World Cup top Irish scorer is very meh. But we don't score a lot and any goals seem to come from all over the pitch so might work.
Rugby World Cup Minnows would just be excluding the obvious ones (Big 5 from Europe, Big 4 from Upside Down land). So basically who does best out of Japan, Fiji, Italy, Georgia, Samoa etc. I think it'd get a decent spread of picks which is my object.
I'm really stretching with the Basketball NBA thing. Basically who wins the most games in the first ~30 games of the season.
Anyway, will decide on the definitive list by Thursday 6th July and await selections.
Ireland women play their first game at lunchtime on Thursday 20th so that would be the logical deadline. Gives you 2 weeks. But you can obviously start thinking about it now as most of those events will be on the final list.Last edited by ArmaniJeans; 01-07-23, 10:12.Comment
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July Change Deadline
Golf British Open - deadline 15/07
Deadline time 21:59
Current Picks.Golf British Open Rigger 37 McIlroy Lao Lao (2) 35 McIlroy luckforsome 28 McIlroy Keane (1) 27 McIlroy shrapnel 26 McIlroy RichieM 26 McIlroy ArmaniJeans (1) 24 Spieth limpwhacker (2) 19 McIlroy Strewelpeter 17 McIlroy pokerhand (1) 16 McIlroy Solksjaer! (2) 15.67 Morikawa
Muchos Muchos Rory.
Last event of the year with 5-3-2-1-1 scoring, so will any of the chasing pack be tempted to make a move?Comment
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T20 Blast Group Stage finished. Quarter-finals on Thursday and Friday, with the semis and finals on Saturday 15th.
Birmingham (Keane, Solks) v Essex.
Lancashire (shrapnel, limpwhacker) v Surrey (luckforsome, AJ, pokerhand)
Somerset (Lao Lao, Richie) v Notts.
Hampshire (StrewelP) v Worcester.
Only one not involved is Riggers Yorkshire.
2023 T20 Blast - Wikipedia
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This competition is great for interest. Watched the game earlier (1st time) . Great ending to it. My team lost but now i'll be watching this . Super watch.Comment
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OK, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO THINGS NOW
No-one quibbled with any events so might as well go with the 22 mentioned last week.
Ireland women start their World Cup campaign on 20th July at 11am. So that's the absolute deadline.
But realistically the night before. Gives you 13 days for just 22 events. Doddle really.
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Any questions or clarifications re events/selections give me a shout.
If life gets in the way and the deadline becomes an issue then let me know a day or two beforehand so I can work something out to be fair to everyone.Comment
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Links and stuff to help or hinder. Apologies for bad spelling, lack of structure, spacing, inconsistent bolding etc.
Athletics 100M
Quickest times this year 100 Metres - men - senior - outdoor - 2023 (worldathletics.org)
Eugene 2022 Result 2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's 100 metres - Wikipedia
Athletics Medals (without USA).
Standard medal table - all events men, women, run, walk, track, field, solo, relay.
Not easy with African long distancers, Caribean sprinters, Eastern European Field specialists, unknown Chinese, Germany/GB always competitive.
Eugene Table 2022 World Athletics Championships - Wikipedia
Tokyo Table Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia
Cricket World Cup.
England defend after beating New Zealand in 2019 (Ben Stokes, super over and all that jazz).
India host so conditions will suit them and Pakistan. Aussies look as if they can play a bit of cricket as well.
2023 Cricket World Cup - Wikipedia
Soccer Womens World Cup Ireland Top Scorer.
Heres the squad. 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squads - Wikipedia
We don't seem to score many or have much of a threat. But I guess a bit of research will find out who is more likely to pop up from a corner or a goalmouth scramble. Good luck to us all.
EPL Championship 31/12
Runners and riders 2023–24 EFL Championship - Wikipedia
EPL Top scorer 31/12
No Norwegians can be selected and I'll ignore any goals they score. Seems open enough with Salah, Kane, Rashford, Jesus etc having claims.
Snooker UK
Mark Allen won last year. Here's the full list of recent winners. Doesn't seem quite as straightforward as The Crucible. Can Luca Brecel double up after Sheffield?.
UK Championship - Wikipedia
Darts World Championship.
Michael Smith won last year, but MVG, Price and Wright had the 3 previous editions and are all capable of wresting the crown back.
List of recent winners PDC World Darts Championship - Wikipedia
Womens Handball Euros.
Hosted by the Scando countries who will all be strong along with France and Spain.
2023 World Women's Handball Championship - Wikipedia
Horses.
Arc de Triomphe
After my success with Alphanista and Tarkawa the last few years, I'll be hunting another older mare to beat the over-hyped 3 year olds. But it's a secret, dyor.
King George Chase.
The Boxing Day centre-piece at Kempton. I know nothing. Is Kauto Star still running? Ask our national hunt expert Strewelpeter for tips.
Golf
Ryder Cup Top USA scorer.
DJ pissed this in 2021 with 5/5. 2021 Ryder Cup - Wikipedia
Doesn't seem in the same form, and I've no idea how the LIV thing will play out for selections.
Ryder Cup Top European
Rahm took the honours in 2021 in an otherwise abject performance. 2021 Ryder Cup - Wikipedia
Presumably Rory, Lowry, Hovland and a few others will do better next time. Again I don't know where the LIV thing leaves the likes of Sergio, Casey.
Solheim Cup Top USA player.
I limited it to Top USA to stop a pile-on on Leona Maguire, the only golferette mot of us know.
Here's the 2021 USA result. 2021 Solheim Cup - Wikipedia
I've no idea who those people are, or how the qualification looks for this year. Thats your task. PM Solksjaer, he seems to know what a golf bat is. and likes wimmin.
Tennis Davis Cup.
Canada defend after last years win over Australia. Here's the 16 competing countries, though a lot depends on which players are committed toplay as the likes of GB, Croatia, Serbia, Spain, USA etc could crush this if the names turn up.
2023 Davis Cup - Wikipedia
Tennis US Open.
Alcaraz beat Rudd last year, though the early defeat of Medvedev & the absence of Novax helped.
2022 US Open – Men's singles - Wikipedia
Volleyball Mens Euros
2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship - Wikipedia
Italy won in 2021, though France took the more important Olympic gold. Poland always let me down in this, mental note to not pick them this time.
Rugby World Cup
2023 Rugby World Cup - Wikipedia
World Cup winner. Self explanatory I guess.
Top Irish try scorer. Heres our 6 nations results, I guess you can click in and see who scored. Ireland Results | Sky Sports Though in this event you need to consider that some reserve player may rack up tries against Romania and Tonga.
Best Minnow
Take your pick from these countries only.
Italy, Uruguay, Namibia, Tonga, Romania, Fiji, Georgia, Portugal, Japan, Samoa, Chile.
Who goes furthest = 4 points. For teams who don't get out of the group I'll rank them on points gained in the group, then points diff.
So in 2019 it would have been 1st Japan, 2nd Italy, 3rd Fiji. 2019 Rugby World Cup – Wikipedia
Basketball NBA Best record 31/12
This was the overall result last regular season 2022–23 NBA season – Wikipedia but who will have the best record (winning percentage) this season by lunchtime GMT on 31/12. Who has drafted best, who tends to do best before Christmas? Don't look at me, I don't know.
Hockey Mens Euros.
2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship - Wikipedia
Always seems to be Netherlands, Belgium or Germany. Will home advantage be crucial for the Germans?
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Been a few weeks since the last result, so just a quick 'where are we' heading into a big week.
Leaderboard.Cricket Tennis Golf Cricket Cycling Aussie Rules Baseball Soccer T20 Blast Wimbledon British Open Ashes TRS TDF 2023 Season World Series EPL LP 31/12/23 Rigger 37 Yorkshire Swiatek McIlroy Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong Yankees Sheffield Utd Lao Lao (2) 35 Somerset Swiatek McIlroy Ollie Pope Pogacar North Melbourne Chicago Wsox Sheffield Utd luckforsome 28 Surrey Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Pogacar Geelong LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd Keane (1) 27 Birmingham Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Houston Notts Forest shrapnel 26 Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar Collingwood LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd RichieM 26 Somerset Swiatek McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar Geelong New York Mets Palace ArmaniJeans (1) 24 Surrey Jabeur Spieth Steve Smith Pogacar Melbourne Houston Notts Forest limpwhacker (2) 19 Lancashire Swiatek McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Houston Sheffield Utd Strewelpeter 17 Hampshire Gauff McIlroy Khawaja Vinnegard Richmond Toronto BlueJ WBA pokerhand (1) 16 Surrey Swiatek McIlroy David Warner Pogacar Geelong LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd Solksjaer! (2) 15.67 Birmingham Swiatek Morikawa Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong LA Dodgers West Ham
Gauff eliminated from Wimbledon early. Swiatek into the last 8 after surviving two match points today. Jabeur plays Last 16 tomorrow. Final on Saturday.
T20 Cricket ends next Saturday. Essex v Hampshire followed by Somerset v Surrey, followed by the final.
2 games left in the Ashes. Khawaja and Stokes lead the way. Brook and Smith aren't out of it. Warner been disappointing, and Ollie Pope is out injured.
2 weeks left in the TDF. Very close so far - 5/6 Pog, 11/10 JV.Comment
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Late July/Early August change deadlines
Golf British Open - deadline 15/07
EPL Last Place 31/12 - deadline 06/08
All deadlines times 21:59
Current SelectionsGolf Soccer British Open EPL LP 31/12/23 Rigger 37 McIlroy Sheffield Utd Lao Lao (2) 35 McIlroy Sheffield Utd luckforsome 28 McIlroy Sheffield Utd Keane (1) 27 McIlroy Notts Forest shrapnel 26 McIlroy Sheffield Utd RichieM 26 McIlroy Palace ArmaniJeans (1) 24 Spieth Notts Forest limpwhacker (2) 19 McIlroy Sheffield Utd Strewelpeter 17 McIlroy WBA pokerhand (1) 16 McIlroy Sheffield Utd Solksjaer! (2) 15.67 Morikawa West Ham Comment
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Result 16/45
Wimbledon
1st Marketa Vondrousava. 4 points - no-one.
2nd. Ons Jabeur. 2 points - ArmaniJeans.
Semi. Svitolina/Sabalenka. 1 point - no-one.
Leaderboard.Cricket Golf Cricket Cycling Aussie Rules Baseball Soccer T20 Blast British Open Ashes TRS TDF 2023 Season World Series EPL LP 31/12/23 Rigger 37 €400.00 Yorkshire McIlroy Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong Yankees Sheffield Utd Lao Lao (2) 35 €150.00 Somerset McIlroy Ollie Pope Pogacar North Melbourne Chicago Wsox Sheffield Utd luckforsome 28 Surrey McIlroy Harry Brook Pogacar Geelong LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd Keane (1) 27 Birmingham McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Houston Notts Forest shrapnel 26 Lancashire McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar Collingwood LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd RichieM 26 Somerset McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar Geelong New York Mets Palace ArmaniJeans (1) 26 Surrey Spieth Steve Smith Pogacar Melbourne Houston Notts Forest limpwhacker (2) 19 Lancashire McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Houston Sheffield Utd Strewelpeter 17 Hampshire McIlroy Khawaja Vinnegard Richmond Toronto BlueJ WBA pokerhand (1) 16 Surrey McIlroy David Warner Pogacar Geelong LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd Solksjaer! (2) 15.67 Birmingham Morikawa Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong LA Dodgers West Ham
Cricket final scheduled for this evening, though seems to be a good chance the weather will push it into tomorrow.
Either way it'll be tomorrow before I update. Essex beat SPs Hampshire in the first semi.
And 4 days to get your selections in for the remaining 22 events in post #111 and #112.Comment
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Result 17/45
T20 Blast
1st Somerset. 4 points - Lao Lao, RichieM.
2nd Essex. 2 points - no-one.
Semi Surrey. 1 point - luckforsome, ArmaniJeans, pokerhand.
Semi. Hampshire. 1 point - Strewelpeter.
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New Leader Alert as Lao Lao takes over at the top in a zero to hero tale for the ages..Golf Cricket Cycling Aussie Rules Baseball Soccer British Open Ashes TRS TDF 2023 Season World Series EPL LP 31/12/23 Lao Lao (2) 39 €400.00 McIlroy Ollie Pope Pogacar North Melbourne Chicago Wsox Sheffield Utd Rigger 37 €150.00 McIlroy Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong Yankees Sheffield Utd RichieM 30 McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar Geelong New York Mets Palace luckforsome 29 McIlroy Harry Brook Pogacar Geelong LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd Keane (1) 27 McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Houston Notts Forest ArmaniJeans (1) 27 Spieth Steve Smith Pogacar Melbourne Houston Notts Forest shrapnel 26 McIlroy Ben Stokes Pogacar Collingwood LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd limpwhacker (2) 19 McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Houston Sheffield Utd Strewelpeter 18 McIlroy Khawaja Vinnegard Richmond Toronto BlueJ WBA pokerhand (1) 17 McIlroy David Warner Pogacar Geelong LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd Solksjaer! (2) 15.67 Morikawa Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong LA Dodgers West Ham
Tailteann Cup (private game between these 4 players for €100).Golf Cricket Cycling Aussie Rules Baseball Soccer British Open Ashes TRS TDF 2023 Season World Series EPL LP 31/12/23 limpwhacker (2) 19 McIlroy Harry Brook Vinnegard Geelong Houston Sheffield Utd Strewelpeter 18 McIlroy Khawaja Vinnegard Richmond Toronto BlueJ WBA pokerhand (1) 18 McIlroy David Warner Pogacar Geelong LA Dodgers Sheffield Utd Solksjaer! (2) 17 Morikawa Steve Smith Vinnegard Geelong LA Dodgers West Ham
TDF finishes next Sunday afternoon, still looks to be a coin-toss between JV and Pog.
The (British) Open also finishes next Sunday afternoon, though the amount of Rory picks have taken away from it's significance in this game.
And Thursday morning is the deadline for the next set of selections. Todays seems a perfect day to do it with nothing much on the box bar the silver medal play-off between Kerry & Derry.
See posts #111 and #112 for details.Comment
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Lao Lao luckforsome Keane limpwhacker RichieM pokerhand Strewelpeter Solksjaer!
Frank Gibney Francois Gibnois Lord Sir Banter Rigger
A friendly bump for anyone who hasn't seen the thread - just over 2 days to get selections in. See posts #111 and #112.Comment
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I see the golf deadline has gone. Does it end a few days before the event to give yourself some sanity?Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View Post
With the new events, might just me being, I can't seem to copy and paste them when they are in a spoiler
Could you post a non spoilered version if it's not a pain in the hole?
Thanks muchly for your graft.
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Awesome time trial from JV today. Oddsckecker have it 1/10 JV 9/1 Pog. Pog has a mountain to climb literally tomorrow Queen Stage but it looks all over bar a fall.Originally posted by ArmaniJeans View Post
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Non spoilered table below. Will also put it on the first tab of the google spreadsheet in the first post of the thread (done)Originally posted by Frank Gibney View Post
5 day deadline for events helps keep the 'picking in advance' part of the game, so you might be having to pick a horse without being sure if it's declared to run etc.
Also means I'm covered if I have the day of an event wrong (not unknown with my lack of understanding of timezones) or indeed an event kicks off early coz of weather or something.
24 Athletics World Championship – Mens 100M 4 2 1 25 Athletics World Championship – Medal Table without USA 4 2 1 26 Cricket World Cup 4 2 27 Soccer Womens World Cup Top Irish Scorer 4 2 1 28 Soccer Championship as at 31/12 4 2 1 29 Soccer EPL Top Scorer 31/12 (No Norwegians allowed) 4 2 1 30 Snooker UK Championship 4 2 1 1 31 Darts World Championship 4 2 1 1 32 Handball Womens World Cup 4 2 1 33 Horses Arc de Triomphe 4 2 1 34 Horses King George Chase 4 2 1 35 Golf Ryder Cup (Top USA) 4 2 1 36 Golf Ryder Cup (Top Europe) 4 2 1 37 Golf Solheim Cup Top USA scorer 4 2 1 38 Tennis Davis Cup Finals 4 2 1 1 39 Tennis US Open Men 4 2 1 1 40 Volleyball Mens Euros 4 2 1 41 Rugby World Cup 4 2 1 42 Rugby World Cup Try Scorer Ireland 4 2 1 43 Rugby World Cup minnow 4 2 1 44 Hockey Mens Euros 4 2 1 45 Basketball NBA Best record as at 31/12 4 2 1 Last edited by ArmaniJeans; 18-07-23, 20:37.Comment
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