Gee, thanks!

A 1st place and a Golden Wood

Three more comps finished this week; congratulations to all the medallists:

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Euro 2004

1st : wez
2nd: ace_sodium
3rd : gtho4

Wimbledon 2004 Men

1st : ElfTwinkle|Sypher
2nd :
3rd : Leau78

Wimbledon 2004 Women

1st : wez
2nd: marchmadness
3rd : ElfTwinkle|Sypher

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Congratulations to all players, with special mentions for:

• Leau78 and ace_sodium, who makes their debut appearances!
  
  
• marchmadness makes his second appearance .. his first was a bronze
  medal a year ago in the NBA Play-Offs, this time's it's a silver medal.

After calling back the stewards, checking the Kodak prints and checking the jockey's weights, the protest has been upheld - these are the revised results!

Golf: the British Open has finished; congratulations to all the medallists!

1st : ElfTwinkle|Grover
2nd:
3rd : silverginger

It's Grover's debut appearance in the Hall of Fame!

Another set of medals:

Twenty20 Cup

1st : doomed
2nd: Moo
3rd : ElfTwinkle

Congratulations, sir, ma'am, and ma'am!

Another comp's finished, another set of medals:

Golf : USPGA

1st : Moo
2nd: silverginger
3rd : ozzz2002|PaulE

Congratulations ma'am, and fellas!

Another two comps finished, and the winners are:

AFL : Australian Football League

1st : gtho4
2nd: ElfTwinkle
3rd : Sypher

Olympic Games : Athens 2004

1st : marchmadness
2nd: ElfTwinkle
3rd : Leau78

This was the first gold medal for marchmadness. Congratulations, ya'all!

Three more comps have finished:

NFL : USA : National Football League (pre-season)

1st : gtho4
2nd: Sypher
3rd : Sarah606

NRL : AUS : National Rugby League

1st : gtho4
2nd: ElfTwinkle|wez|Eraserhead
3rd :

NCL : UK : National Cricket League

1st : PaulE
2nd: ElfTwinkle
3rd : gtho4|wez

Congrats to all the winners!
This was the first gold medal for PaulE, and the debut appearance for Eraserhead!

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added to the Hall of Fame for the 2003-04 season, in preparation for the new season,
congrats to all three!

Snooker
1st : wez|Copago
2nd :
3rd : izzi

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Two more comps are finished:

US Open : Women

1st : ozzz2002
2nd : gtho4
3rd : Sypher

US Open : Men

1st : Sypher
2nd : gtho4
3rd : Engadine

Congrats to the winners, and welcome to Engadine - her debut appearance!

Another comp's behind us:

ICC Champions Trophy
1st : gtho4
2nd : silverginger
3rd : JuniorTheJaws|oleg_mcnoleg

Congrats all 'round, and a special mention for JuniorTheJaws - her 2nd appearance in the HoF!

Another comp's been, and gone:

MLB Major League Baseball

1st : wez
2nd : PaulE
3rd : ozzz2002

Congrats all 'round, and a special mention for young wez - his first Gold Medal in the HoF!
(season long tipping comp)

More inductees to the HoF; congratulations!

V8 Supercars : Bathurst 1000

1st : Grover
2nd : gtho4
3rd : Nannanut

Please note - this is Nannanut's debut appearance!

Another comp's behind us. This was the inaugural running of the F1 GP comp:

Formula One GP
1st : Sypher
2nd : wez
3rd : ekaterina|sue943

Congratulations to the 4 medallists, and a special mention for our debutantes ekaterina and sue943, their debut appearances in the Hall of Fame!
(season long tipping comp)

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Following on from Arsenal's 49 match unbeaten run, and the fact that Sypher was the leader from start to finish (the longest run for an entire season), these are longest consecutive runs where a tipster has lead a comp (solo or jointly):

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   comp     season                 weeks  consecutive 

  

 1 FAPL     2001-02 Copago          4-42     39   

 2 NRL      2003    ozzz2002        8-26     19

 3 F1 GP    2004    Sypher          1-18     18 E

 4 NRL      2001    Davjack         6-22(26) 17

 4 NFL      2003    ElfTwinkle      1-17     17 E

 6 NBA      2002-03 thejazzkickazz  4-19(24) 16

 7 NBA      2001-02 thejazzkickazz  9-22(24) 14

 7 NRL      2004    gtho4          13-26     14

 9 NCL      2003    gtho4           5-17     13

10 AFL      2001    WoolDog3        4-15(22) 12  

10 Super12s 2002    gtho4           1-12     12 E

10 NRL      2003    Sypher          2-13(26) 12

  

E = entire season

numbers in brackets indicate length of season 

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Sypher's effort is the 3rd occasion someone has led a comp from start to finish, and it's the 3rd longest run we've had. Just like Arsenal's record, no-one will get near Copago's effort in the 01-02 FAPL comp, 39 weeks straight!

This table will be placed in this thread's first post (the HoF) at a later date, as I'm not sure I've found all of the consecutive runs - I may have missed one or two. Please let me know if I have!

HoF updated: congratulations!

Melbourne Cup

1st : silverginger
2nd : doomed
3rd : Copago

Golden Woods:
JuniorTheJaws added to the listing, twice!

Another comp's finished; and the winners are:

Soccer : AIFF Federation Cup

1st : gtho4
2nd : ElfTwinkle|ozzz2002
3rd :

Our first Indian tipping comp was run by halfbakedangi - thank you, Angi!

Following perfect picks of 11/11 by Sarah606 last weekend in the NBA, JuniorTheJaws came up with 10/10 in the FA Premier League yesterday. We've now had 3 perfect picks in any tipping comp since day dot back in March 2000, when this forum ran its first tipping comp.

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perfect picks
       
10/10 2002-03 FAPL Sat 17-Aug-02 Round 1  gtho4
11/11 2004-05 NBA  Sat 25-Dec-04 Round 8  Sarah606
10/10 2004-05 FAPL Sat  1-Jan-05 Round 21 JuniorTheJaws
  
[ double digit picks only, as there are far too many to list  ]
[ for other comps e.g. 8/8 has been tipped many times in the  ]
[ AFL, ditto 7/7 in the NRL, and 6/6 in the Super 12s and NCL ]

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I don't think there are any other double-digit perfect picks .. we've never had perfect picks in MLB or the NFL, or the NBA before last weekend.

HoF updated for the completion of 2 more comps: congratulations to the 6 medallists!

• silverginger wins his 7th gold medal.
  
• Nightmare makes his debut appearance!
  
• Sarah606 wins her 5th medal, the previous four were silver x3 and a bronze.

Another two comps finished; congratulations to the winners!

Australian Open : Men's Single

1st : ElfTwinkle
2nd: Sypher
3rd : Grover

Australian Open : Women's Singles

1st : JuniorTheJaws
2nd: Sypher
3rd : LeoDaVinci

*start drum roll* This was the first gold medal for JuniorTheJaws, and the debut appearance for LeoDaVinci! *end drum roll*

HoF updated for the completion of yet another comp: congratulations to the 3 medallists!

This is the 2nd HoF appearance by superferd. His first was also in the NFL, when he came 3rd in the 2003 reular season comp.

Congratulations to another 3 medallists!
PHL
This is the 2nd HoF appearance by halfbakedangi, and his 2nd gold; which makes him 2 for 2!

Congratulations to the following players, who scored 0/10 last weekend (spanishliz) and this weekend (the other three!), in the Nascar tipping comp:

G o l d e n W o o d s

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spanishliz JuniorTheJaws Moo Terry

These 4 players can choose any one of the wooden spoons from this site: handcrafted wooden spoons. Scroll to the bottom and you will see that they will come in their own gift box, for you to display over the fire place.

HoF updated for the completion of yet another tipping comp: congratulations to the 3 medallists!

A special mention for Exit10 - she's a first-time; it's her debut appearance in the Hall of Fame - ma'am, take a bow! This is the 2nd HoF appearance by Blinkybill; her first was back in 2003 when she won the gold medal in the Grand National Steeplechase; the first running of the FT Triple Crown.

HoF updated for the completion of yet another tipping comp (anyone keeping count? lol).
Congratulations to the following inductees:

Special mentions for kevinatliusa and linakan - their debut appearances in the Hall of Fame - and it's their debut entry in a tipping comp. Take a bow, Sir and Madam!

Congratulations to this week's inductees to the HoF:

Grand National Steeplechase
1st : Blinkybill
2nd : ElfTwinkle
3rd : Sypher

This is Blinkybill's 2nd gold medal, her first was 2 years ago in the same comp!

Looks very smart with the new layout !!

Multiple updates to the Hall of Fame:

• winners of the 2004-05 NBA comp: gtho4, Sypher & ElfTwinkle.
  
• 20 consecutive weeks at #1, gtho4 -- NBA comp weeks 6 to 25.
  
• weekly winner 5 weeks in a row, Moo -- FAPL weeks 29 to 33. This feat equals the all-time high!
  
• Golden Wood awarded to wajo for tipping 0/10 in week #34 of the FAPL comp.
  
• 26 consecutive weeks at #1, and still counting, wez, FT Premiership weeks 9 to 34 (there are 2 weeks left in the comp). This is the 2nd longest ever, behind Copago's run of 39 weeks straight in the FAPL comp back in 01-02.
  
• 19 consecutive weeks at #1, and still counting, oleg_mcnoleg, FAPL comp weeks 16 to 34 (there are 4 rounds left in this comp).

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Golden Wood awarded to gtho4 for scoring zilch in Round #4 of the F1 GP.