Nascar and V8 Supercars

another two comps have finished:

• Sypher and ElfTwinkle finish 1st and 2nd in both.
  
• SG fills 3rd spot in Nascar.
  
• ozzz2002 is the other podium finisher in the V8s.

btw, if you picked Fords all season, you'd 've finished 4th in both comps. Reliable motoring folks

Record Book updated:

Nightmare picked 5/43 drivers to finish in top 10, Nascar Round 36 .. this is equivalent to picking 12/12.

Another two comps have finished:
An honourable mention for buck5ley, his first gold medal finish!

This was the 6th running of the NFL comp, a six-peat; no-one has defended their title, and Sypher runs 2nd, yet again .. reminds me of Leeds United in from the mid 70s to the mid 70s; they finished darn second, more often than not ..

buck5ley also earns a place in the Record Book; leading the comp for 15 straight weeks.

reminder to self,
four comps are finished/finishing:

Australian Open : Men's and Women's

IHF Premier Hockey League

Aussie A-League

NFL Playoffs / Super Bowl

African Nations Cup

Another six comps have finished:
An honourable mention for Blinkybill -- her 2nd appearance in the HoF, and her first ever win in a season long tipping comp! Her previous HoF medal was 3rd in the FT Premiership last year, 2004-05.

Between them, Nannanut and ozzz2002 were runners-up in every comp, except one!

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oleg_mcnoleg scores a Golden Wood 0/9 in the FAPL and the FT-PL .. the Record Book has been updated!

Edited by gtho4 (Mon Feb 13 2006 06:30 AM)

Geez, always the bridesmaid- should I change my name to 'Sypher'?:)

And congrats to Gtho for winning two out of six!

HoF updated for Torino 2006:

1st : Howie72
2nd : ElfTwinkle
3rd : LeoDaVinci

This is the first medal for our Kiwi cousin, and it's gold; which makes it one from one!

HoF updated for completion of yet another comp:

AFL Pre-Season

1st : ASA/Nannanut
2nd :
3rd : JuniorTheJaws

Congratulations ya'all .. and a special mention for ASA, who makes his third appearance in the Hall of Fame, and it's his 3rd straight Gold Medal! For Nannanut it's number seven, her 4th Gold; and number 4 for JuniorTheJaws, her 2nd Bronze.

March Madness finsihed on Monday night, when Florida #3 beat UCLA #2 73-57.

As no-one picked any of the Final Four, the standings at the end of the Elite Eight round remain. LeoDaVinci beat ElfTwinkle into 2nd place via a tie-breaker:

1st : Blinkybill
2nd : Leo DaVinci
3rd : ElfTwinkle

This was the 5th running of the Madness comp and, as no-one has successfully defended their title, Blinkybill is the 5th tipster to win this comp!

NBA Record Book: Week 24 NBA 2005-2006:

Sypher scores 16/16 (perfect)
gtho4 scores 15/16 (almost!)

NHL

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


ElfTwinkle retains her title, and Sypher retains the bronze medal.
Last year finshed: ElfTwinkle - Sarah606 - Sypher.

NBA

1st - ElfTwinkle 2nd - gtho4 3rd - halfbakedangi


This is halfbakedangi's 4th appearance in the HoF,
his previous podium finishes being 2 wins and a 3rd!

ElfTwinkle was leader of the NHL comp for 27 consecutive weeks, from week 2 through to the end of the comp. That's some feat .. it's the 3rd longest streak since tipping comps started at FT some 6 years ago, back in March 2000!

Heaps of comps finshed over the last 4 weeks .. the above two, plus these eight.
This month's medals ceremony:

• for DakotaNorth, it's her debut appearance on the podium!
  
• it's appearance number two for ekaterina, making it two bronze.
  
• ditto Howie72, who's been on the podium once before (his first was a gold). This month it's number two and three: one silver, and another gold.
  
• it's number three for Eraserhead. The previous two were both in the NRL .. runner-up last year, and the year before that.
  
• in each of these comps, last year's champ failed to retain his or her title.
  
• doomed won the UEFA CL two seasons back, ditto halfbakedangi in the FA Cup, and Sypher in the FAPL.

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French Open : Roland Garros

LeoDaVinci won both comps, and ElfTwinkle was runner-up in both!
Blinkybill was 3rd in the Women's, and gtho4 in the Men's.

• Last year's Men's comp had the same medallists, but different positions on the podium:
  gtho4 - LeoDaVinci - ElfTwinkle.
  
  
• Two of this year's medallists were on the podium in last year's Women's comp, again in different positions:
  ElfTwinkle - Sypher - LeoDaVinci.

hmm, what do these Canadians know about tennis, that the rest of us don't?

FIFA World Cup

• tipping comp won by Howie72,
  then followed LeoDaVinci and halfdbakedangi.

Wimbledon

There were aussies everywhere in these two!


• the Men's Singles was won by ozzz2002,
  then followed gtho4 and ElfTwinkle.
  
  
• the Women's Singles was won by Exit10,
  then followed LeoDaVinci and gtho4.

and that concludes this month's medal ceremonies.

This is the 4th appearance by Howie72 on the podium, to give him career stats of gold-silver-gold-gold,
and the 2nd appearance by Exit10, to make her stats 2 gold from 2 podium finishes!

Can we add doomed for MLB week 16: Sat. July 15, 2006? He scored 14/15.

it's updated, all done and dusted

AFL Australian Rules

• buck5ley - ElfTwinkle - Nannanut
  Last year : none of last year's medallists made it this year

NRL Rugby League

• Davjack : Howie72 : Nannanut
  Last year : Nannanut was the defending title-holder

US Open Tennis

Men's Singles:


• srini701 - Sarah606 - LeoDaVinci
  Last year : LeoDaVinci was the defending title-holder
  
  Women's Singles:
  
  
• LeoDaVinci - ozzz2002 - KrivoyRog
  Last year: LeoDaVinci finished 3rd

Record book

Consecutive weeks as leader:


• Howie72 : for 26 straight weeks, Nascar tipping comp
  
  This is the 4th longest streak since tipping comps started back in March 2000. How many comps have we had? Heaps .. if you've got the time and energy, feel free to go back and count them, lol

A special mention for srini701 and KrivoyRog : it's a debut appearance for both of 'em!

Geez, I do have a good tennis record...

October update:

Baseball : Major League Baseball WorldB : Sypher : gtho4 Last year : none of last year's medallists made it to the podium.

Motor Racing : Bathurst 1000 Engadine : Plugger : ElfTwinkle Last year : none of the previous medallists made it this year.

Motor Racing : Formula 1 Grand Prix Sypher : Howie72 : gtho4 Last year : Sypher was second.

Record book Sypher : 18 straight weeks as leader (entire season), F1 GP. Sypher : 14/14 perfect picks NFL Week 5. The 18 straight weeks as leader is a repeat of 2004 (also by Sypher), and the 14/14 is the second best ever behind the 16/16 in the NBA last season, Round 24 (by .. you're allowed one guess).

A special mention for WorldB and Plugger : it's their debut appearance on the podium!

... and for Engadine it's her second!

Can I guess the 16/16 leader !! LOL

Melbourne Cup
Weights are right. The stewards have upheld the protest, but the 3 medallists remain as they were:

• tipping comp was won by ElfTwinkle
  then followed gtho4 and KrivoyRog
  
• the defending title-holder was Nannanut

This is podium finish number two for KrivoyRog!

Nascar
all protests have been dismissed. The nitro rumour was just that, a rumour; and nothing more.
There were no illegal parts or manifolds or exhauts or switches in any of the cars .. zilch!

• the tipping comp was won by Howie72 manager of Howie's Heroes
  then followed doomed and his End Of The World team
  and ElfTwinkle with her Crazy Canucks
  
  
• the defending titleholder was Sypher