2023 Multi Sport Competition

[Solksjaer!]

Sorry for the radio silence, real life has gotten in the way. Shame after a decent start.

will try to get some picks in at some stage and will let you decide what’s fair to count, penalties or if it’s just to late.

You are on thin fking ice mate , thin fking ice.

Always wanted to say that to someone since a boards.ie mod went ballistic over a mustard post.

[ArmaniJeans]

Yeah, tis awkward. Coz for example some people picked a 5/1 shot for the Arc who bombed in a race last weekend and is now 25/1. So good chance they'll have to use a change to have a runner. Or the Harry Kane move might happen during the next few days and a few people would have to burn a change again or accept being on a non-runner.

So I think at best you'd have to be considered to have used all your 5 changes if I accept an entry. I'm loathe to just eliminate someone, so I guess the quicker you can get me entries in then the quicker we can get on track. Is next couple of days a reasonable target, or we talking weeks? If anyone else has any thoughts let me know here or pm, I'm definitely not Solomon.

Hope everything is ok by the way.

[RichieM]

Sorry for the radio silence, real life has gotten in the way. Shame after a decent start.

will try to get some picks in at some stage and will let you decide what’s fair to count, penalties or if it’s just to late.

[ArmaniJeans]

Result 20/45
Ashes Top Run Scorer
1st Usman Khawaja. 4 points - Strewelpeter.
2nd Zak Crawley. 2 points - no-one.
3rd Joe Root. 1 point - no-one.

Result 21/45
World Cup Top Irish goalscorer
1st Katie McCabe. 4 points - Lao Lao, Strewelpeter, limpwhacker, pokerhand.
2nd/3rd. No other player scored.

Leaderboard Solo leader as Lao Lao breaks the tie and becomes the new target.

		Athletics	Hockey	Athletics	Volleyball	Tennis	Aussie Rules	Golf	Golf
		WC Mens 100M	Mens Euros	WC – Medal Table	Mens Euros	US Open	2023 Season	Solheim (Top USA)	Ryder C (Top USA)
Lao Lao (2)	45	F Omanyala	Germany	Kenya	France	Djokovic	North Melbourne	Lilia Vu	Scheffler
Rigger	41	F. Kerley	Germany	Jamaica	Poland	Djokovic	Geelong	Lilia Vu	Scheffler
RichieM	32						Geelong
luckforsome	31	F. Kerley	Germany	Poland	France	Djokovic	Geelong	Allisen Corpuz	Scheffler
Keane (1)	31	F. Kerley	Netherlands	Kenya	Italy	Alcaraz	Geelong	Nelly Korda	Scheffler
Strewelpeter	30	Z. Hughes	Germany	China	Italy	Alcaraz	Richmond	Nelly Korda	Koepka
ArmaniJeans (1)	29	F Omanyala	Netherlands	Kenya	Serbia	Alcaraz	Melbourne	Lilia Vu	Schauffle
shrapnel	28	F Omanyala	Netherlands	Ethiopia	Italy	Djokovic	Collingwood	Nelly Korda	Scheffler
limpwhacker (3)	27	F Omanyala	Germany	Ethiopia	France	Djokovic	Geelong	Nelly Korda	Scheffler
pokerhand (1)	23	F Omanyala	Germany	Kenya	France	Alcaraz	Geelong	Jenny Kupcho	Morikawa
Solksjaer! (2)	19.67	Z. Hughes	Germany	Germany	France	Djokovic	Geelong	Nelly Korda	Scheffler

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Tailteann Cup

		Athletics	Hockey	Athletics	Volleyball	Tennis	Aussie Rules	Golf	Golf
		WC Mens 100M	Mens Euros	WC – Medal Table	Mens Euros	US Open	2023 Season	Solheim (Top USA)	Ryder C (Top USA)
Strewelpeter	30	Z. Hughes	Germany	China	Italy	Alcaraz	Richmond	Nelly Korda	Koepka
limpwhacker (3)	27	F Omanyala	Germany	Ethiopia	France	Djokovic	Geelong	Nelly Korda	Scheffler
pokerhand (1)	24	F Omanyala	Germany	Kenya	France	Alcaraz	Geelong	Jenny Kupcho	Morikawa
Solksjaer! (2)	21	Z. Hughes	Germany	Germany	France	Djokovic	Geelong	Nelly Korda	Scheffler

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Men's 100 Metres heats on Saturday 19th, final on Sunday 20th.

[limpwhacker]

Change EPL last place to Luton

[ArmaniJeans]

August Change Deadlines
(A plethora, as they say).

Soccer. Top of Championship. Deadline 30/07 (today)
Soccer. EPL Top Scorer. Deadline 06/08.
Soccer. EPL Last Place. Deadline 06/08.
Athletics. Men's 100 Metres. Deadline 14/08.
Athletics. World Champs Medal Table. Deadline 14/08.
Field Hockey. Men's Euros. Deadline 14/08.
Tennis. US Open. Deadline 23/08.
Volleyball. Men's Euros. Deadline 23/08.

All deadline times 21:59.

Current Picks.

		Soccer	Soccer	Soccer	Athletics	Athletics	Hockey	Volleyball	Tennis
		C'ship 31/12	EPL LP 31/12/23	EPL TS 31/12	WC Mens 100M	WC – Medal Table	Mens Euros	Mens Euros	US Open
Lao Lao (2)	41	Leicester	Sheffield Utd	Salah	F Omanyala	Kenya	Germany	France	Djokovic
Rigger	41	Leicester	Sheffield Utd	Salah	F. Kerley	Jamaica	Germany	Poland	Djokovic
RichieM	32		Palace
luckforsome	31	Leeds	Sheffield Utd	Salah	F. Kerley	Poland	Germany	France	Djokovic
Keane (1)	31	Leicester	Notts Forest	Salah	F. Kerley	Kenya	Netherlands	Italy	Alcaraz
ArmaniJeans (1)	29	Leicester	Notts Forest	Salah	F Omanyala	Kenya	Netherlands	Serbia	Alcaraz
shrapnel	28	Leeds	Sheffield Utd	Harry Kane	F Omanyala	Ethiopa	Netherlands	Italy	Djokovic
limpwhacker (2)	23	Norwich	Sheffield Utd	Harry Kane	F Omanyala	Ethiopa	Germany	France	Djokovic
Strewelpeter	22	Leicester	WBA	Gabriel Jesus	Z. Hughes	China	Germany	Italy	Alcaraz
Solksjaer! (2)	19.67	Leeds	West Ham	Rashford	Z. Hughes	Germany	Germany	France	Djokovic
pokerhand (1)	19	Leicester	Sheffield Utd	Rashford	F Omanyala	Kenya	Germany	France	Alcaraz

[Frank Gibney]

Harry moving was the risk involved if anyone took it

[ArmaniJeans]

Usman Khawaja giving SP a great run in Ashes TRS, has sneaked back into first place again this morning.

Still nothing from the elusive RichieM by the way, despite logging in earlier in the week. Not sure what more I can do.

[Lao Lao]

AJ clearly hungry when updating the selections


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[ArmaniJeans]

Result 18/45
Open Golf
A top 5 of Harman, Kim, Day, Straka, Rahm defeated us all.

Result 19/45
Tour de France
1st Jonas Vingegaard. 4 points - Rigger, Keane, limpwhacker, Strewelpeter, Solksjaer!
2nd Tadej Pogacar. 2 points - everyone else.
3rd Adam Yates. 1 point - no-one.

Leaderboard Joint leaders again as Rigger joins Lao Lao at the top.

		Cricket	Soccer	Athletics	Hockey	Athletics	Volleyball	Tennis	Aussie Rules
		Ashes TRS	WWC Irish TGS	WC Mens 100M	Mens Euros	WC – Medal Table	Mens Euros	US Open	2023 Season
Lao Lao (2)	41	Ollie Pope	Katie McCabe	F Omanyala	Germany	Kenya	France	Djokovic	North Melbourne
Rigger	41	Steve Smith	Missed deadline	F. Kerley	Germany	Jamaica	Poland	Djokovic	Geelong
RichieM	32	Ben Stokes							Geelong
luckforsome	31	Harry Brook	Kyra Caruso	F. Kerley	Germany	Poland	France	Djokovic	Geelong
Keane (1)	31	Harry Brook	Kyra Caruso	F. Kerley	Netherlands	Kenya	Italy	Alcaraz	Geelong
ArmaniJeans (1)	29	Steve Smith	Denise O'Sullivan	F Omanyala	Netherlands	Kenya	Serbia	Alcaraz	Melbourne
shrapnel	28	Ben Stokes	Kyra Caruso	F Omanyala	Netherlands	Ethiopa	Italy	Djokovic	Collingwood
limpwhacker (2)	23	Harry Brook	Katie McCabe	F Omanyala	Germany	Ethiopa	France	Djokovic	Geelong
Strewelpeter	22	Khawaja	Katie McCabe	Z. Hughes	Germany	China	Italy	Alcaraz	Richmond
Solksjaer! (2)	19.67	Steve Smith	Missed deadline	Z. Hughes	Germany	Germany	France	Djokovic	Geelong
pokerhand (1)	19	David Warner	Katie McCabe	F Omanyala	Germany	Kenya	France	Alcaraz	Geelong

Tailteann Cup (private game between these 4 players for €100)

		Cricket	Soccer	Athletics	Hockey	Athletics	Volleyball	Tennis	Aussie Rules
		Ashes TRS	WWC Irish TGS	WC Mens 100M	Mens Euros	WC – Medal Table	Mens Euros	US Open	2023 Season
limpwhacker (2)	23	Harry Brook	Katie McCabe	F Omanyala	Germany	Ethiopa	France	Djokovic	Geelong
Strewelpeter	22	Khawaja	Katie McCabe	Z. Hughes	Germany	China	Italy	Alcaraz	Richmond
Solksjaer! (2)	21	Steve Smith	Missed deadline	Z. Hughes	Germany	Germany	France	Djokovic	Geelong
pokerhand (1)	20	David Warner	Katie McCabe	F Omanyala	Germany	Kenya	France	Alcaraz	Geelong

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Final day of the Ashes is Monday 31stJuly.
That's also the day of Irelands last group game in the Women's World Cup, and possibly the last game in that event.

[Solksjaer!]

Thanks AJ . Sorry for the extra work .

[ArmaniJeans]

Still nothing from RichieM. Not sure what more I can do, PMs, emails, tagging from here. Has been logged in today.
Normally one of the first to send entries in, so I guess there is 'something up', either technical or in real-life.
Hopefully he gets to me at some stage. I'll accept entries from him but penalise him some change chips, I think that's reasonable.
I guess if Harry Kane is sold or a racehorse gets injured or something before he sends an entry, then I'll have to allow people to change as Richie would have an advantage. That's where it gets messy for me.

Anyway, spreadsheet updated with all entries (Tab 'FULL'), usual please check if I've made any errors. New events from line 26 onwards.
2023 MultiSport Selections - Google Sheets

And Leaderboard updated with imminent events. I do like the way most of the events worked out, athletics medals in particular has a great range of picks.

		Golf	Cycling	Cricket	Soccer	Athletics	Hockey	Athletics	Volleyball
		British Open	TDF	Ashes TRS	WWC Irish TGS	WC Mens 100M	Mens Euros	WC – Medal Table	Mens Euros
Lao Lao (2)	39	McIlroy	Pogacar	Ollie Pope	Katie McCabe	F Omanyala	Germany	Kenya	France
Rigger	37	McIlroy	Vinnegard	Steve Smith	Missed deadline	F. Kerley	Germany	Jamaica	Poland
RichieM	30	McIlroy	Pogacar	Ben Stokes
luckforsome	29	McIlroy	Pogacar	Harry Brook	Kyra Caruso	F. Kerley	Germany	Poland	France
Keane (1)	27	McIlroy	Vinnegard	Harry Brook	Kyra Caruso	F. Kerley	Netherlands	Kenya	Italy
ArmaniJeans (1)	27	Spieth	Pogacar	Steve Smith	Denise O'Sullivan	F Omanyala	Netherlands	Kenya	Serbia
shrapnel	26	McIlroy	Pogacar	Ben Stokes	Kyra Caruso	F Omanyala	Netherlands	Ethiopa	Italy
limpwhacker (2)	19	McIlroy	Vinnegard	Harry Brook	Katie McCabe	F Omanyala	Germany	Ethiopa	France
Strewelpeter	18	McIlroy	Vinnegard	Khawaja	Katie McCabe	Z. Hughes	Germany	China	Italy
pokerhand (1)	17	McIlroy	Pogacar	David Warner	Katie McCabe	F Omanyala	Germany	Kenya	France
Solksjaer! (2)	15.67	Morikawa	Vinnegard	Steve Smith	Missed deadline	Z. Hughes	Germany	Germany	France

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TDF is over bar something unprecedented but I'll let them set off tomorrow before updating.
Golf also ends tomorrow.

[Solksjaer!]

Have replied now. Took ages with darn wifi. What year is it.

Cheers. Understand if ive lost some due to deadline.

[ArmaniJeans]

Received from Riggz. Will give RichieM/Solks a day or two. Can't leave it much beyond Saturday lunchtime as there's a big horse-race which will affect the Arc market, so it just gets messy.

Usual rule that you can make changes to your selections until I post them up.

[Keane]

I was very tempted by the 'no lynch' option for the goalscorer one

[ArmaniJeans]

Just give me the other 21 events some time today or tomorrow Solks. Missing one isn't too critical, decent chance it'll be a blank anyway with us not socring in 270 mins).

[Solksjaer!]

Feck . I forgot all about this . I'll take honourable disqualification. Sorry AJ . dont wanna inflict extra work on ya. Tis only few pence . No proper wifi here so snookered myself

[ArmaniJeans]

McCabe - SP, limpwhacker, pokerhand, Lao Lao
Caruso - shrapnel, Keane, luckforsome
O'Sullivan - AJ.

Can't see any selection from RichieM, Solks, Rigger.

[Keane]

Sent via PM, hope all is in order. Apologies again for my slackness.

[Keane]

Sorry AJ completely slipped my mind. I'll take Kyra Caruso in the goalscorer thing and get the rest of the selections on to you in the next half an hour/.

[ArmaniJeans]

Still waiting for a few selections.

I'm on Denise O'Sullivan in the imminent WWC Top Irish scorer (could change depending on starting XI).
Will post whatever picks have been sent for this event anyway by 11.

[Lao Lao]

My selection just submitted by PM

[ArmaniJeans]

Just checked there now sent on the 13/07 at 21:42 to multisportcomp@gmail.com followed by two amendments a couple of days later.

Got them, I forgot to check that inbox

[limpwhacker]

I sent mine ages ago to the Gmail address ArmaniJeans

Just checked there now sent on the 13/07 at 21:42 to multisportcomp@gmail.com followed by two amendments a couple of days later.

[limpwhacker]

Another annihilation for JV, gap out to 7 minutes now. Just stay on your bike and grab second anyway Pog please.
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Received selections from pokerhand, shrapnel, luckforsome, Strewelpeter. And I think I'm complete.

Solksjaer! Keane RichieM limpwhacker Lao Lao Frank Gibney
16 hours until the Womens Soccer starts so get busy. I won't be a dick coz ye've paid your money, but at the very least get me that selection + the two horse races + the 100M runner, and the rest can follow tomorrow evening.
Think everyone else has seen the deadline but not sure about RichieM. Seems to have chnaged job so his old email is bouncing. If anyone has a contact then prod him goodly.

I sent mine ages ago to the Gmail address ArmaniJeans

[ArmaniJeans]

Another annihilation for JV, gap out to 7 minutes now. Just stay on your bike and grab second anyway Pog please.
******
Received selections from pokerhand, shrapnel, luckforsome, Strewelpeter. And I think I'm complete.

Solksjaer! Keane RichieM limpwhacker Lao Lao Frank Gibney
16 hours until the Womens Soccer starts so get busy. I won't be a dick coz ye've paid your money, but at the very least get me that selection + the two horse races + the 100M runner, and the rest can follow tomorrow evening.
Think everyone else has seen the deadline but not sure about RichieM. Seems to have chnaged job so his old email is bouncing. If anyone has a contact then prod him goodly.

[Keane]

I'll get the new picks in tomorrow hopefully. Pity about TDF I have been conflicted all the way through as I love Pog but also like Jumbo mostly for WVA but the TT today was otherworldly and finished it as a spectacle.

[ArmaniJeans]

I see the golf deadline has gone. Does it end a few days before the event to give yourself some sanity?


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.

Non spoilered table below. Will also put it on the first tab of the google spreadsheet in the first post of the thread (done)
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

[limpwhacker]

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.

Leaderboard
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

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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

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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.

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.

[Frank Gibney]

Late July/Early August change deadlines
Golf British Open - deadline 15/07

All deadlines times 21:59

I see the golf deadline has gone. Does it end a few days before the event to give yourself some sanity?


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.

[ArmaniJeans]

Lao Lao luckforsome Keane limpwhacker RichieM pokerhand Strewelpeter Solksjaer!

Frank Gibney Guest 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.

[ArmaniJeans]

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.

Leaderboard
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

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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

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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.

[ArmaniJeans]

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

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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.

[ArmaniJeans]

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 Selections

		Golf	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

[ArmaniJeans]

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.

[ArmaniJeans]

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 1^st Japan, 2^nd Italy, 3^rd 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?

[ArmaniJeans]

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.

SPOILER

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

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.

[Solksjaer!]

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.

[luckforsome]

Only one not involved is Riggers Yorkshire.

2023 T20 Blast - Wikipedia

... The spursing starting early for Rigger

[ArmaniJeans]

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

[ArmaniJeans]

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?

[ArmaniJeans]

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.

SPOILER

24	Athletics	World Championship – Mens 100M	4	2	1		100 Metres - men - senior - outdoor - 2023 (worldathletics.org)
25	Athletics	World Championship – Medal Table without USA	4	2	1
26	Cricket	World Cup	4	2			2023 Cricket World Cup - Wikipedia
27	Soccer	Womens World Cup Top Irish Scorer	4	2	1		2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squads - Wikipedia
28	Soccer	Championship as at 31/12	4	2	1		2023–24 EFL Championship - Wikipedia
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		2023 World Women's Handball Championship - Wikipedia
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	2023 Davis Cup - Wikipedia
39	Tennis	US Open Men	4	2	1	1
40	Volleyball	Mens Euros	4	2	1		2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship - Wikipedia
41	Rugby	World Cup winner	4	2	1		2023 Rugby World Cup - Wikipedia
42	Rugby	World Cup Try Scorer Ireland	4	2	1
43	Rugby	World Cup best minnow	4	2	1
44	Hockey	Mens Euros	4	2	1		2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship - Wikipedia
45	Basketball	NBA Best record as at 31/12	4	2	1

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.

[ArmaniJeans]

AJ
ladies world cup going to be included?
Or whatever the correct nomenclature is

Yes, probably top Irish goalscorer.

[Frank Gibney]

AJ
ladies world cup going to be included?
Or whatever the correct nomenclature is

[Lao Lao]

2nd change please

Women's Wimbledon - Change to Swiatek

[Lao Lao]

.

Perhaps I'll add 78 new events just to nullify your good position. How's your Iranian U16 Squash championship knowledge?

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...

[ArmaniJeans]

AJ, you have done a stellar job running this competition, not just this year but for the last 6 years.

I think know 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...

.

Perhaps I'll add 78 new events just to nullify your good position. How's your Iranian U16 Squash championship knowledge?

[Lao Lao]

AJ, you have done a stellar job running this competition, not just this year but for the last 6 years.

I think know 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...

[ArmaniJeans]

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.

[Lao Lao]

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.

AJ will be along shortly with actual facts but my terrible memory tells me I wasn't always awful at this competition.

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

[ArmaniJeans]

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.

[ArmaniJeans]

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.

[Solksjaer!]

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.

lfs.png

Clearly my mistake, so only fair thing to do is put him on Rory.
Soz.

Fk him if he can't take a joke

[ArmaniJeans]

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.

lfs.png

Clearly my mistake, so only fair thing to do is put him on Rory.
Soz.

[ArmaniJeans]

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

[pokerhand]

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.

Yep am in

[limpwhacker]

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.

[ArmaniJeans]

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

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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

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Darts final on Sunday evening. US Open Golf later that night.

[limpwhacker]

You're getting 14 points whether you want them or not game on in the conference league.

[Solksjaer!]

Ah no fair is fair. We all start on the same points.