Throwing darts.



WIN ($20)
Doomben R5 H9 Tonsor

E/W ($5/$15)
Bendigo R9 H17 Barry The Baptist
Doomben R10 H12 New Horizons
Gold Coast R5 H8 Rain On Me
Ellerslie R5 H5 Yearn

These are always great fun Sportz. Look forward to a winter comp, if you decide to run one.

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At the feast of ego everyone leaves hungry

Here we go. Final leaderboard...

Leaderboard:
84.56 . kiwi . ( Out: $735.00 / In: $1,356.50 )
30.88 . Sportz . ( Out: $510.00 / In: $667.50 )
-7.16 . william . ( Out: $765.00 / In: $710.25 )
-9.43 . walkermac . ( Out: $610.00 / In: $552.50 )
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-28.97 . Shaun . ( Out: $1,300.00 / In: $923.40 )
-30.83 . Percentum . ( Out: $1,080.00 / In: $747.00 )
-39.29 . piratebird . ( Out: $900.00 / In: $546.40 )
-46.24 . Dillwar . ( Out: $625.00 / In: $336.00 )

walkermac has come from 6th place and ended up taking 4th spot quite easily in the end.

Next week's semis will be...

Major semi
kiwi v Sportz

Minor semi
william v walkermac

Good luck to the finalists.

Thanks for running the comp Sportz, sorry I could not be at all competitive this time, horrible run lately although I did ok today, too little too late!!

Looking forward to the next comp, good luck on the punt all.

Thanks to Shaun, Percentum, Piratebird & Dillwar. As I said, I might be starting up a winter comp pretty much straight after this one finishes, so keep an eye out for that.

Thanks again, Sportz. Another rendez vous with the cap catchers (as Bertie Bryant called tail enders like me). Maybe I need to take on a Melbourne winter although I believe they've changed a bit since my heyday. Aaah that I wish it was the 1970s again - good old winter champs like Yootha, Brandy Balloon, Tetrabine... I could go on. We 'knew ' these horses. Nowadays we have to evaluate the form of horses who haven't raced for 2 years and then only started over 4 miles in a field of 3 at Kempton Park.

Good luck everyone

Don't forget my name-sake, Piratebird. Used to lead by 50 lengths and lose by 20 at Rosehill but that was in the late 60's. I got him one day though when it was "his turn" at $33. I really think they let him win one that day.

I remember your namesake, Pirate Bird. Yes, he was a runway leader. Around at the same time was a similar horse called Scotch & Dry...about half a century ago - scary.

Here is the draw for the first day of the finals which is Saturday.

Major Semi Final
(winner goes to grand final on April 20 - loser goes to next week)
kiwi v Sportz

Minor Semi Final
(winner goes to prelim final next week - loser is eliminated)
william v walkermac

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Just a minor change to the betting rules used during the preliminary rounds. You can now post between 5 and 10 tips instead of 3-15 tips. The bet sizes remain the same as we've been using all the way through.

The person listed first in each matchup finished higher on the ladder, so they are given the "home ground advantage" of having 25% more to spend. The person listed first is allowed to bet between $125 and $250 while the person listed second gets to bet between $100 and $200. In each case, betting the maximum amount won't actually give you a better chance. Because I will simply be converting your total winnings back to a score out of 125 or 100 as the case may be.

The tipster in each matchup who posts second is only allowed to include one of the horses tipped by the person who posted first. Just to clarify this... The person who's listed 2nd doesn't have to post their tips 2nd. They can get in and post their tips first if they want to. But whoever it is that ends up posting 2nd in each matchup, they can only tip one of the horses that the 1st tipster has picked.

In the unlikely event of a tie, the match will be awarded to the tipster listed 2nd.