National Punting League
 

Rather grand title isn't it? ;)

You've heard of the NRL, NBL, NFL, NHL. Well, now here's the NPL. It's 16 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 11.

RULES

Each week, all tipsters must provide a selection in the designated feature race of the week.
Each Thursday morning, I will post the race of the week on here. Everyone must include a tip for this race, and also a reserve selection in case of scratchings.

Tipsters must then choose 4 more selections from any races in Australia covered by Unitab.
Simply post your four selections, and also please include 2 reserve selections (in order of preference), in case of any scratchings. For these selections, you can use any race meeting in Australia, metro or provincial, providing that it's covered by Unitab. On a couple of weeks, Melbourne metro meetings will be held on Friday or Sunday. You will be able to tip at those meetings too, but otherwise, it's strictly Saturday racing only until we get to the finals. Please make sure to post the venue, race, number and name of each selection to make it easier for me.

Deadline for posting your tips is 1pm Queensland time each Saturday afternoon.
Please make sure you get your tips in by this time. This may seem a little harsh, but it is to stop tipsters from gaining an unfair advantage by posting their tips later than everyone else. And there is no need to make late changes for scratchings, because you will have provided reserve selections.

Points will be awarded to each of your final five selections on the following basis: 20 points for a win, 10 points for 2nd, and 5 points for 3rd. You will also be awarded points on the basis of a $10 win bet on each selection on Unitab.
Here's an example of how the points system works:
Tip 1 - 3rd (5 points)
Tip 2 - unplaced (0 points)
Tip 3 - won (20 points) + dividend $2.30 (23 points)
Tip 4 - 2nd (10 points)
Tip 5 - won (20 points) + dividend $7.50 (75 points)
Total = 153 points
So, you can see that it's pretty easy to work out your score (and your opponent's score) throughout the day. All you need to do is check out the Unitab website or any website that displays their dividends.

Each week, competition points will be awarded on the following basis: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 0 points for a loss and a bonus point if you score 150 points or more.
It's pretty simple really. If you score more points than your opponent for the week, then you receive the 4 competition points for winning. It doesn't matter what any of the other 14 tipsters do on the day. You are only competing against one other tipster each week. If 2 tipsters end up level, then it's a draw and they get 2 points each. The bonus point is included as a reward for a great tipping performance. If you score 150 points or more, you get a bonus point, no matter whether you win, lose or draw.

At the end of the 15 preliminary rounds, the top 8 tipsters will go into the final series conducted over the Melbourne Cup carnival.
Again, this is pretty straightforward. Just like the NRL and AFL, the top 8 go through to the finals. If there are any tipsters level on points, then % will be used to split them just as in the AFL. As a reward for finishing higher on the ladder, the higher ranked tipsters will be given "home ground advantage" on the first 3 days of the final series. They will be allowed to make an extra tip. The Grand final will be conducted on Saturday November 11.

Here is the draw for the competition:

DRAW

ROUND 1
Saturday July 22
Jim Curran v ijuanaQLD
crash v Leroy
maverick1993 v Svenvlad
rabbitz v Chuck
Raw Instinct v Real Deal
Stix v breadman
Sportz v Horse Whisperer
umrum v Panther

ROUND 2
Saturday July 29
Real Deal v Sportz
Leroy v Panther
umrum v rabbitz
Chuck v ijuanaQLD
Jim Curran v crash
Stix v Raw Instinct
maverick1993 v Horse Whisperer
breadman v Svenvlad

ROUND 3
Saturday August 5
Sportz v Chuck
Leroy v maverick1993
crash v Stix
Svenvlad v Real Deal
rabbitz v breadman
ijuanaQLD v umrum
Raw Instinct v Jim Curran
Panther v Horse Whisperer

ROUND 4
Saturday August 12
crash v maverick1993
umrum v Leroy
Chuck v Real Deal
Jim Curran v breadman
Panther v Svenvlad
Stix v rabbitz
Raw Instinct v Sportz
Horse Whisperer v ijuanaQLD

ROUND 5
Saturday August 19
Real Deal v crash
rabbitz v Panther
breadman v umrum
Stix v Leroy
Svenvlad v Chuck
Sportz v Jim Curran
Horse Whisperer v Raw Instinct
maverick1993 v ijuanaQLD

ROUND 6
Saturday August 26
rabbitz v Leroy
Sportz v umrum
Jim Curran v Svenvlad
ijuanaQLD v Real Deal
breadman v Raw Instinct
Chuck v Stix
crash v Horse Whisperer
Panther v maverick1993

ROUND 7
Saturday September 2
Sportz v Leroy
rabbitz v Jim Curran
Real Deal v Stix
maverick1993 v Chuck
Svenvlad v Horse Whisperer
Raw Instinct v umrum
crash v ijuanaQLD
Panther v breadman

ROUND 8
Saturday September 9
maverick1993 v rabbitz
Real Deal v breadman
Jim Curran v Panther
Horse Whisperer v Leroy
umrum v Stix
Raw Instinct v Chuck
crash v Sportz
ijuanaQLD v Svenvlad

ROUND 9
Saturday September 16
Horse Whisperer v umrum
Leroy v Real Deal
breadman v crash
ijuanaQLD v Raw Instinct
maverick1993 v Stix
Chuck v Jim Curran
Sportz v Panther
Svenvlad v rabbitz

ROUND 10
Saturday September 23
breadman v ijuanaQLD
Leroy v Svenvlad
umrum v maverick1993
Horse Whsperer v Chuck
Jim Curran v Real Deal
Panther v Stix
crash v Raw Instinct
rabbitz v Sportz

ROUND 11
Saturday September 30
Leroy v ijuanaQLD
Real Deal v Panther
Chuck v breadman
Stix v Sportz
Raw Instinct v maverick1993
umrum v Jim Curran
Svenvlad v crash
rabbitz v Horse Whisperer

ROUND 12
Saturday October 7
Sportz v breadman
Jim Curran v Leroy
Chuck v umrum
Raw Instinct v Svenvlad
maverick1993 v Real Deal
ijuanaQLD v rabbitz
Panther v crash
Stix v Horse Whisperer

ROUND 13
Saturday October 14
Panther v ijuanaQLD
rabbitz v Raw Instinct
Sportz v maverick1993
Chuck v crash
Stix v Jim Curran
breadman v Leroy
Real Deal v Horse Whisperer
Svenvlad v umrum

ROUND 14
Saturday October 21
Real Deal v rabbitz
ijuanaQLD v Sportz
breadman v maverick1993
Panther v Chuck
Svenvlad v Stix
Leroy v Raw Instinct
crash v umrum
Horse Whisperer v Jim Curran

ROUND 15
Saturday October 28
Svenvlad v Sportz
umrum v Real Deal
Leroy v Chuck
ijuanaQLD v Stix
Raw Instinct v Panther
maverick1993 v Jim Curran
rabbitz v crash
Horse Whisperer v breadman

FINAL SERIES
Saturday November 4
1st Qualifying Final - 1st v 4th
2nd Qualifying Final - 2nd v 3rd
1st Elimination Final - 5th v 8th
2nd Elimination Final - 6th v 7th
Tuesday November 7
1st Semi Final - Loser 1st QF v Winner 1st EF
2nd Semi Final - Loser 2nd QF v Winner 2nd EF
Thursday November 9
1st Preliminary Final - Winner of 1st QF v Winner of 2nd SF
2nd Preliminary Final - Winner of 2nd QF v Winner of 1st SF
Saturday November 11
Grand Final - Winner of 1st PF v Winner of 2nd PF

Good luck everyone! :D

This week's feature race:

CAULFIELD R5 SIR JOHN MONASH STAKES 1100 M
1 SUPER ELEGANT - Kelvin Bourke S W Arnold 3 57.5
2 SASSBEE - David Jolly N Rawiller 4 57.5
3 SPEEDY KING - Graham Woolston L Currie 8 57.5
4 DANERICH - Robbie Laing N Callow 6 57
5 BEL DANORO - Lee Freedman D Oliver 7 57
6 PRETTY PENNY - Pat Carey R McLeod 2 55
7 ILLUSIONIST - Peter Morgan B Shinn (a) 1 55
8 DUE SASSO - Brian Mayfield-Smith C Newitt 5 50

ROUND 1
Saturday July 22
Jim Curran v ijuanaQLD
crash v Leroy
maverick1993 v Svenvlad
rabbitz v Chuck
Raw Instinct v Real Deal
Stix v breadman
Sportz v Horse Whisperer
umrum v Panther

Farout you never cease to amaze me with the effort you go to with your comps Sportz. Very impressive!!

On that note, your ass is grass this week :D

geez sportz, putting the obvious Grand Final match up in the first round?

You've heard about Mundine v Green, NSW v QLD, AUS v NZ, but now its time for the biggest match up of them all

RABBITZ VS CHUCK

Yeah, well, that's obviously the Friday night match of the week on Channel 9. :D

Mav and Sven will be a good contest too!

fantastic Sportz ,,looks alot of fun...
have you framed a market yet ;)

Maverick1993 9-1
Crash 9-1
Umrum 9-1
ijuandaQLD 9-1
Svenlad 15-1
Stix 15-1
Sportz 15-1
Raw Instinct 15-1
Breadman 17-1
Horse Whisperer 17-1
Jim Curran 17-1
Real Deal 17-1
Panther 21-1
Leroy 21-1
Rabbitz 500-1

you can place chuck where u see fit haha

Unbelievable Sportz absolute top effort mate now I just have to see if I can provide a bit of a contest for Real Deal this week good luck to all this will be a tough one. I thought I might have garnered some longer odds than the 15s there to mate after my last perfomance

form is temporary, class is forever ;)

this looks great
 

my god sportz this looks unreal. great idea. really looking forward to this. thanx for the time you have put in already and in the future.

cheers breadman

rabbitz
 

500/1 hehehe

Oh you gotta be kidding me...Mav in the first round?

Thats just wrong :D...

Great idea for a comp Sportz :)

Sven

Gotta kick the season off with a "blockbuster". :D

hey where can i get that 500/1 for me

hey doughboy,wat you doing friday august 4 at night....certainly not sleeping...bring it on...flour and water with a pinch of salt

idea
 

LOL Rabbs. Got an idea for you. Why dont you cut of your foot and hold it for luck? hehehe

Ill kick it off i guess, no peeking Sportz :P

BR2 9 PAPPAPO
BR6 17 RASMUSSEN
BR8 14 ROMAN SQUIRE
SR6 2 LIL ELSA

RES:
BR5 2 NEDIYMS IMAGE
BR1 2 TORINO LUGE

MONASH STKS:
SUPER ELEGANT
RES: BEL DANORO

Good luck everyone!!!

TIPS FOR ROUND 1:


Belmont Race 5 #1 Stir Pak *best bet

Belmont Race 6 #2 Great Nation (gobiton, Arctic Park)

Caufield Race 6 #9 Maybe Better (hillston exchange)

Eagle Farm Race 7 #4 Mitanni (consular, devil)


Feature

Caufield Race 5 #1 Super Elegant (Sassbee, Illusionist)



Cheers and good luck all

Umrum

ROUND 1 TIPS

MONASH
SUPER ELEGANT
RES-DANERICH

CAULFIELD
R2-3 CHANGE OF CLASS
R3-1 CAPTIOUS
R4-3 SPECARD
R8-1 EVIL MASTER
RES
R6-9 MAYBE BETTER
R7-3 APLLE LODE

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE

LEROY

Hey Chuck, you missed a zero (I SHOULD be 150-1 :D) !!!!!!!!!!!!

C'mon Breadman....... (to borrow a famous boxing quote)....we is "Gunna get it on, Cos we Don't get along".....

Good Luck... !

Umrum,

There's no requirement to post a best bet in this comp. Also, when I said to post reserve selections, I didn't actually mean that they had to be in the same races as your original top 4 selections. They can be in completely different races.

lmao
 

LOL Stix. Just a little warning for you stix mate. Your nick after sat is going to be breadstix!!! This is after i pound you into a dough then put ya in the oven to bake. hehehe. good luck mate. cheers breadman

Thanks sportz,

i realised just after posting no need for a best bet. I'll leave it there anyway... ; )
With the reserves i couldnt be bothered doing form for more races so i just chucked in what i see as the dangers to my top pick..
If Stir Pak is scratched i'll have Eagle Farm Race 6 #17 rASMUSSEN.

Thanks mate

umrum

No stealing Chuck

MONASH

Danerich (illusionist)

others

Bris r 5 no 11 aladdins lion

Bris r 7 no 2 Smart n mighty

Perth r 2 no 1 homme

Perth r 6 no 2 great nation


See you from the podium ,suckers :)

monash
super elegant
bel danoro

newcastle r 1 5 destination
newcastle r 2 3 al afreet
newcastle r 5 2 dama de lago
newcastle r 6 8 little lonhy

newcastle r 4 4 hells bells
newcastle r 8 13 take heart
good luck to all pla

Monash
Danerich (Super Elegant - not wet enough!)

Randwick
R1-1 Endearment

Kyneton
R1-7 Ardmillan

Toowoomba
R1-13 Lebikyl

Caulfield
R1-2 Differ

Reserves
Cheltenham R5-2 Noble Win
Cheltenham R3-1 Raminakov

Good Luck Breadman..... I'll need it !!! :D ...... good bye cruel world....

Sir John Monash
Sassbee (Speedy King)

Cheltenham
Race 6 #8 Colorado Extreme
Race 7#6 Nikita Jane

Caulfield
Race 6 #12 Hillston Exchange

Rosehill
Race 6 #11 Interforce

SUBS
BR 7 #6 Joy of Flight
BR 2 #7 Skyleda

Good luck Real Deal not sure you need it that much though mate

Monash -

Danerich (Speedy King)

Brisbane -

R1 - Shouldawon
R5 - Westgate
R6 - Rasumussen
R8 - Step Right In

I'm about as confident of doing well tomorrow as i am of my winning the lotto tomorrow night (Given that i don't even buy tickets, you get the idea :))

Good luck everyone

Sven

Good luck Sven :)

Monash
Mr5 no5 Bel danoro (Danerich)

Brisbane
R3 No3 Succeeding
R2 No7 Skyleda
R6 No4 Socialist

Sydney
Sr5 No4 Noriel

Reserves
Sr8 No4 Gunfire Messiah
Br5 No5 Kantoshi Millions

ok here goes
 

feature

melb race 5 no 4 danerich res. no 8 duo sasso

the rest

wa race 5 no 1 stir pak
wa race 6 no 2 great nation
melb race 2 no 6 majestic point
melb race 3 no 3 chiack

res

adel race 7 no 1 jaffa jonnie
syd race 8 no 19 hippona

thank you and good luck everyone

p.s. that market that was framed, i think there was a mistake. i think you forgot another 0 for rabbs. hehehe

Sportz,

I know i'm not playing but just for interest sake I am putting these up this week as I have the time...

Feature
MR5 7 Illusionist (Res 5 Bel Darano)

Others
AR1 5 Fly Lake
SR3 2 Canadian Ruler
NR6 8 Little Lohny
VR8 2 Poignant

Reserve just in case
SR4 3 Snipers Bullet

The following have still to tip:

ijuanaQLD
Chuck
crash
Panther
Real Deal

Caulfield 5-1 Super Elegant

Rosehill 3-6 Fill Her Up
Cheltenham 6-11 Also
Newcastle 8-13 Take Heart
Kyneton 8-1 Beechers Way

C'mon guys. Where are you? :o

New rule as of next week: If you don't tip you get -2 points. Sound fair?

Well, I assume that a few people didn't actually know that it was starting this week. (I've seen Panther and crash hanging around the forum, but they haven't posted any tips yet) I guess I can understand the confusion as I only decided a couple of days ago to start this week.

So, for that reason, I'll give the other tipsters every opportunity to tip this week, by forgetting about the 1pm deadline.

Monash Stks:
Due Sasso (Bel Danoro)

Caul 6-9 Maybe Better
Caul 8-3 Gold Attire
Rose 5-4 Noreil
E.Fm 7-4 Mitanni
---------
Belm 6-2 Great Nation
Belm 8-2 Hartley's Dream

10 min late but I really didn't know it was starting today. Sorry about that.

Feature race
Danerich

Caulfield
r6/1 General Conclusion
Cheltenham
r8/6 Sweet Julia
Eagle Farm
r4/9 Our Private Jet
r7/5 Bohemian Dancer