Betting 2010 Cheltenham Tipster Competition

[Rosco]

The festival is now only two weeks away, so anyone interested in playing should register their interest here. If people are open to making a little bit more interesting, by say having an entry fee of €5 - winner takes all - then let me know.

The Roll of Honour is as follows:
2008 - Whitey85
2009 - Paddy

So there's hope for us all yet.

I'm planning on doing it exactly the same as the previous two years because I think it works pretty well. It encourages people to think about the outsiders that might bring them a big points winner.

The Rules

Pick one horse per race.

All selections for a given days races should be in before 1PM on that day.

If your selection is a non runner you can either select a different horse up until 5 minutes before the off of that race or failing that the default selection will be the favourite for the race. If there are joint favourites you'll be given the joint favourite with the lowest number.

If you don't pick a horse for a race you will get 0 points, you don't get the same treatment as someone who has picked a non runner.

There will be a thread each day in which people can put their selections, if you don't have access to the site during work hours but do have email access you can email them to Rosco@sixcrazyminutes.com.

Scoring

Only the horses finishing in the top three will be given points, no matter how many horses there are in the race.

1st Place: 10 Points + the odds of the horse
2nd Place: 5 points + half the odds of the horse
3rd place: 2 points + one quarter of the odds of the horse.

The results and odds will be taken from the results pages of www.sportinglife.com.

The winner will be the person who has the most points at the end of the week. If two or more people are tied at the end of the week, the person with the most winners will win. If that is a tie then the person with the biggest priced winner will win. If that isn't enough to separate them ..... well I'll think of a playoff to decide a winner.

 

[Paddy]

I'll win again.

 

[Dancing Brave]

Count me (Pesam) in Ross.

I'm also going to do my £2 lay of every favourite again this year - I think I ended up with a small profit last year.

 

[Loch Ness Monster]

I will be in. Got some great inside info off Paddy that will guarantee me results.

 

[ILD]

Nice Ross. What way can we make payment?

 

[Rosco]

Paypal.

But we'll only do it if most of the people are interested in having a small wager on it.

 

[Loch Ness Monster]

Ross will accept blowies or handjobs. Or bags of Haribo.

 

[Rosco]

[quote author=Loch Ness Monster link=topic=39150.msg1063768#msg1063768 date=1267652473]
Ross will accept blowies or handjobs. Or bags of Haribo.
[/quote]

All of these would be preferable to Paypal, for the record.

 

[ILD]

I hate paypal.

 

[Whitey85]

[quote author=Rosco link=topic=39150.msg1063637#msg1063637 date=1267641379]

The Roll of Honour is as follows:
2008 - Whitey85
2009 - Paddy

So there's hope for us all yet.

[/quote]

Cheeky cunt

 

[Rosco]

[quote author=ILD link=topic=39150.msg1063789#msg1063789 date=1267654430]
I hate paypal.
[/quote]

*opens zip*

 

[amber cabs]

i'd be interested anyway

 

[ILD]

I love paypal.

 

[Piedro]

I'll have a go

 

[Rosco]

Are we having the freebie, just for the glory, competition then ?

Doesn't seem to be much interest in the money.

 

[Pesam]

I don't mind chucking a few quid into the kitty (winner takes all) but I don't do paypal etc so as long as people are ok with me sticking a £5 (or how ever much we decide on) in an envelope and posting it then it's all good.

 

[Rosco]

That's too much hassle for me !

 

[Pesam]

[quote author=Rosco link=topic=39150.msg1069490#msg1069490 date=1268650396]
That's too much hassle for me !
[/quote]

Ok then, luddite that I am, I assume it's not too difficult to open a Paypal account - count me in.

 

[ILD]

I don't mind what we do.

Ross could pm us his sort and bank code and we could lodge money in. Also while he's at it, he might give us his DOB, and his mothers maiden name etc, just in case like.

 

[Rosco]

That's a better idea actually ILD

 

[Piedro]

I'll have a go for a fiver.