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!

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

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.

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