National Punting League (Spring 2009)
 

NATIONAL PUNTING LEAGUE (Spring 2008)

Here's how the comp works. It's tipsters going head to head each week over 15 rounds in an effort to reach the final series conducted over the week of the Melbourne Cup carnival, with the champion to be decided on November 8.

Please read the rules carefully........


RULES

Everyone is to make 5 selections each week. These selections can be either $20 win or $10 each way.
If you want any or all of your selections each-way, you must say so. If you don't say that you want them each-way, they will automatically be counted as win bets.

Everyone must make a selection in the feature race of the week.
Each week I will post a feature race that we all have to tip in. Simply post a selection for this race and also make sure to include a reserve selection in case of a scratching.

Tipsters must then choose 4 more selections from any other gallops races in Australia covered by Unitab.
Simply post these four extra selections and also please include 2 reserve selections (in order of preference) in case of scratchings. So, in all, you should have 8 selections, 5 first selections and 3 reserve selections.

Apart from the feature race, the tipster who posts second in each match, isn't allowed to pick any of the horses chosen by the tipster who posted first.
So, if you post your selections after your opponent, please check to see what they've already picked. It is okay to choose the same horses as your opponent in the feature race, but not in any of the other races that day. That even includes reserve selections.

Deadline for posting your tips is 30 minutes prior to jump time in the feature race of the day.
Please make sure you get your tips in by this time. The feature race usually isn't on until somewhere between 3 and 4 o'clock, so this really gives you plenty of time to get your tips in.

HOW IT WORKS:

Points will be scored on the basis of money returned. In other words, if your selections returned a total of $115, then you score 115 points. If that's more points than your opponent scores, you win the match.

Now, for the competition points........

Firstly, to get any competition points, you must score. If both tipsters fail to score any points in a match, then they'll both miss out on getting any competition points in that match. Otherwise, the points will be awarded like this:

2 points for a win
1 point for a draw
1 bonus point for a score of 150 or more

At the end of the 15 rounds, the 8 tipsters with the most competition points will go into a final series using the same format as you would find in the AFL final series. The finals will be conducted over the 4 days of the Melbourne Cup carnival.

As for the teams competition, it will work this way. Each week, all the scores from each team will be averaged out to get a team score. These team scores are added together for all 15 rounds and the team with the highest total at the end is the winner.

At the moment, we have 15 tipsters. I wanted 16, so there's still a bit of time for another tipster to join the comp and make number 16. Currently only 4 in the NSW team, so someone from there would be good. If we don't get another tipster, we'll just have to have a bye each week.

Queensland Maroons
Horse Whisperer
Maverick1993
Rabbitz
Raw Instinct
Sambeau
Sportz

New South Wales Blues
Goldcoaster
I'll Get There
Percentum
Sirpent

Southern All Stars
Allen1
Crash
Luv2bet
Matilda
Try Try Again

This week's feature race:

ROSE R6 - WINTER STAKES
1 HADAAF
2 STRATS FLYER
3 COCORURU
4 CRUISY LADY
5 SYNONYM
6 PARFUMIER
7 ALLABOUTUS
8 BAY WINDOW
9 DOTHIS DOTHAT
10 HUSSTA LA VISTA
11 MR UNFORGETTABLE
12 TREVBAR
13 TAGUS
14 STARRY LIGHT

ROUND 1
Saturday July 18
Luv2bet (SA) v I'll Get There (NSW)
crash (VIC) v Matilda (VIC)
maverick1993 (QLD) v Goldcoaster (NSW)
Raw Instinct (QLD) v Sambeau (QLD)
Sirpent (NSW) v Allen1 (TAS)
Sportz (QLD) v Horse Whisperer (QLD)
Try Try Again (VIC) v Percentum (NSW)
rabbitz (QLD) v ???

If we don't happen to get another tipster, there will be a bye each week. That would be the case with rabbitz this week. But even if we have a bye each week, those people without an opponent can still tip, and their points will go towards the team's score.

Where's Chuck..I would love to beat him this week LOL :D

samboss
 

Game on
SR 6 #1 (#2,3 reserve)
MR 3 #1 (#3,4 reserve)
MR 5 #1 (#2,5 reserve)
MR 7 #1 (#12,7 reserve)
BR 2 #7 (#5,1 reserve)
$10 E/W

:)

I reckon I explained to him how to bet 4 times.....oh well. Sportz these tips are from SamBeau (nickname was in honour of a horse he likes), but for some reason it had apparently offended someone?? So he had to resign up under a different user name. Check other thread, his post was deleted.

I'll jump in as 16 if your desperate :)

Dam missed another comp :(

Throw reded in before me if you end up needing one more :)

Thanx mate :)

Put me down for NSW Sportz

Wow, first round against each other...

Okay then..........

ROUND 1
Saturday July 18
Luv2bet (SA) v I'll Get There (NSW)
crash (VIC) v Matilda (VIC)
maverick1993 (QLD) v Goldcoaster (NSW)
Raw Instinct (QLD) v Samboss (QLD)
Sirpent (NSW) v Allen1 (TAS)
Sportz (QLD) v Horse Whisperer (QLD)
Try Try Again (VIC) v Percentum (NSW)
rabbitz (QLD) v reded (NSW)

I'll put Billy Walsh down as the reserve tipster.

Don't worry Matilda, I think my eye is out at the moment.

There's no need to have all those reserves. In fact, you really can't have all those reserves or else you'll leave your opponent with hardly any horses to pick. ;)

It's really not that hard. Firstly, you pick 1 horse in the feature race of the day, and you pick 1 reserve selection in that race. THEN, you pick 4 other selections, and you pick 2 reserve selections in case of scratchings. That doesn't mean 2 horses in each of those 4 races. It means just 2 other horses running anywhere that day that you'd like to tip if any of your top 4 picks are scratched.

Feature race

SR 6 - #2 (Reserve #3)
MR1 - #9
MR5 - #3
MR6 - #8
MR7 - #12


Reserve MR2 - #7

All Win only.

Feature
6/8 Bay Window $10 ew

Sydney
1/5 Metallurgical $20 win
Eagle Farm
8/3 Little Mel $10 ew
Gold Coast
8/3 Judge Me Not $20 win
Moe
4/13 Yasey San $20 win


Res
Belmont
4/1 Star Encounter $20 win
Sydney
4/4 Toulon Bay $20 win

Percentum's just pulled out, mate. So you can take his spot. You'll be up against Try Try Again.

Winter Stakes
#7 Allaboutus $20 Win (#14 Starry Light $20 Win)

Caulfield
Race 4: #5 Leica Larrikin $20 Win
Race 6: #8 Damselfly $20 Win

Eagle Farm
Race 2: #8 Pinpoint Accuracy $20 Win
Race 6: #4 Albert the Fat $20 Win

SUBS
Eagle Farm Race 1: #6 Barclays $10 E/W
Rosehill Race 7: #8 Down the Wicket $10 E/W

Welcome Red Good luck

WINTER STAKES
Cocoruru 10x10

BR6-charming Rogue 10x10

Mr1-Robdon flyer 10x10
Mr3-Benelli 10x10
Mr6-I am Invincible 10x10

Cheers

Ive explained it to him after i saw what he tipped, he probably wont be on again this weekend but if you want i can call him and get him to fix them up?

Let me know

Hadaf
sub Bay Window
BR4 FALCONTEN E/W
BR5 JAZZ HEART WIN
BR7 KISANI E/W
BR8 BLACK MORGAN E/W

RES MR7 AFTERBURN E.W
MR4 LEICA LARRIKAN E.W

ahhh sorry i missed out :(

ah well i'll just reserve if someone pulls out

No, it'll be okay for this week.

Sorry mate. Yeah, I'll put you down as a reserve.

all e/w
sr6
no1 hadaaf---sub no2 strats flyer

sr1 no3 knot out
sr4 no5 rain game
sr7 no3 koi chi
sr8 no3 ausworld

subs
sr2 no1 miltary gal
sr3 no1 sky train

SR6-1 Hadaaf E/W
Sub: Strat's Flyer win

BR1-1 Dalzar Win
BR2-1 Man Of Oar Win
MR5-1 Swift Bay E/W
MR6-8 Damselfly E/W

Subs
MR7-12 Trustus win
MR3-1 Benelli win

Deadline for getting tips in today is 2:55 eastern time, and don't forget to check your opponents picks if they've already tipped.

mlb r7-4

mlb r3-1

adl r4-2

syd r4-4

Feature race syd r6....STRATS FLYER...RES NO 5

RES TOOW R5-11....MLB R6...2..BEL 2-2....BEL R8-9

ALL $20 WIN

GOOD LUCK ALL

Sportz im a QLDer mate.

Feature Race SR6--No 11 Mr Unforgettable (RES) No 8 Bay Window

BR5--No 2 Gold Rating

BR7--No 4 Lucky Luna

MR2--No 2 Broken

MR5--No 3 In the Chair

SUBS
SR4--No 1 Streetfighter
MR3 --No 3 Pacino

*All Each Way thanks :)

No worries.

feature race

rose r6 no 2 strats flyer
res no5 synonm
melb r1 no2
melb r3 no7
melb r5 no1
melb r6 no 1
res melb r8 no 11
res rose r8 no 1

all $20 the win
let me know if I didnt do it right please

feature race
SYNONYM win res. STRATS FLYER win

caulfield
race 6 I AM INVINCIBLE win

rosehill
race 3 SKYTRAIN win

adelaide
race 6 DISQUIET win
race 4 OCEAN CHALLENGER win

reserves
sr 1 no 5 w
ar5 no 4 w
sr 4 no 7 w

Are they ALL for the win?

If you don't tell me that you're tipping something each way, then I have to count it as a win bet.

Feature Race ,
Mr Unforgettable $10 e/w
Sub (Strats Flyer)

Selection
Br3 , 2 Deacon $10 e/w
Br4, 3 Frozone $10 e/w
Br6 , 4 Albert the Fat $20 win
Br7, 4 Rightson $10 e/w

subs
Br8, 4 SamtheFlirt $10 e/w
Mrr7, 6 Threedee e/w

Good luck Goldcoaster :)

Nope. All okay.

SR6-5 SYNONYM ew
Res: 11 MR UNFORGETTABLE ew

MR3-1 BENELLI ew
MR5-1 SWIFT BAY ew
MR7-12 TRUSTUS ew
MR8-9 BELLE'S READY ew

Res:
MR4-2 PADDYO'REILLY ew
MR6-1 ORANGE COUNTY ew

Just two people left to tip - crash and Try Try Again.

ROSE R6 - WINTER STAKES
5 Synonym [Alaboutus]

Caulfield:
r5/6 At the Crease [Overtake]
r6/8 Mind your head [Orange County]
r7/2 Senic Silver [Trustus]
r8/4 With Apologies [Greenmont Belle]

All win thanks Sportz.

sorry sportz just realised i didnt mark what the bet was for the feature race i wanted it e/w if its to late thats no worries.