• the tipping comp was won by PaulE, followed by srini701, and gtho4 in 3rd place.
  
• this was the first running of a tipping comp for the Rugby League Challenge.

• the tipping comp was won by Nannanut, followed by Howie72 and gtho4.
  
• the defending title holder was Davjack .. no-one has successfully defended their title; this year was the 8th NRL tipping comp!
  (it was the first ever FT tipping comp back in March 2000)
  
• Howie72 was runner-up last year, and Nannanut came home in 3rd place (podium finishers again this year).
  
• four players have won this comp twice:
  2001 and 2003 : Sypher
  2000 and 2004 : gtho4
  2003 and 2006 : Davjack
  2005 and 2007 : Nannanut
  
• who will become the first to win this comp three times?
  
• there were 15 in this year's comp (all time record is 19 runners back in 2003).

• the tipping comp was won by buck5ley, followed by Sypher and gtho4.
  
• buck5ley won last year's comp, and successfully defended his title (ElfTwinkle and Nannanut filled the minor placings last year).
  
• buck5ley is shooting for 2 more, to equal the 4 consecutive wins by gtho4 from 2002 to 2005, the all-time FT record for back-to-back wins.
  
• the other all-time record of note is 6 consecutive silver medals by Sypher in the NFL from 2000 to 2005.
  
• while we're at it, what's the all-time record for most wins in the same comp? It's the 5 wins in the FAPL comp by Sypher : 2001 - 2003 - 2004 -2006 - 2007.
  
• there were 14 participants (all-time high for AFL was 18 runners in last year's comp).

• the tipping comp was won by ElfTwinkle, followed by gtho4 and Sypher.
  
• this was the first running of a Super League tipping comp.
  
• ElfTwinkle was the leader in week 1, and did not re-appear at the top of the pile until the last week, week 27!
  
• gtho4 was leader for 20 straight weeks, week 6 to week 26, and blew it in the last week.
  
• this feat emulates that of Sarah606 in the NHL comp back in 2003-04. She was leader from week 9 to week 25 (that's 17 weeks straight), and lost it in the last week. The winner was ElfTwinkle .. again!
  
• in that comp ElfTwinkle was NEVER in the lead until the 2nd last week, when she caught Sarah606 to tie for the lead, and won the comp in the final week by a point (same margin as her win in this year's Super League comp).

• the tipping comp was won by srini701, followed by LeoDaVinci and Howie72.
  
• the defending title holder was srini701, who become the FIRST EVER to retain a tennis title!
  (we've had 28 of them from 2004 to 2007)
  
• Sarah606 was 2nd last year, and LeoDaVinci was 3rd (silver medallist this year).
  
• there were 12 runners this year, the most ever for this comp.

• the tipping comp was won by srini701, followed by paper_aero and ElfTwinkle.
  
• last year's comp was won by LeoDaVinci, with ozzz2002 and KrivoyRog filling the minor placings.
  
• srini701 becomes the 2nd person to win the men's and women's comp of ANY grand slam.
  
• the first to win both was LeoDaVinci (Roland Garros last year).
  
• another record: there were 12 runners this year, the most ever for this comp.
  
• Grand Slam : this has been added as a new category to the Wall of Fame. No one has won all four grand slam events, men or women, or won 3/4. These two players ate theonly ones who've come close, with 2/4:
  2005 : LeoDaVinci : Men : Wimbledon + US
  2006 : LeoDaVinci : Women : French + US
  2007 : srini701 : Women : French + US
  
• and a special mention for paper_aero: this is their 2nd podium finish!
  (and both are silver medals)

• consecutive weeks as leader:
  20 weeks : Super League : gtho4
  16 weeks : NRL : Nannanut
  12 weeks : AFL : buck5ley
  
  
• Golden Woods:
  0/12 : FLC : doomed : week 2
  0/12 : FLC : doomed : week 4
  
  
• most weekly winners:
  13 of 15 players were winners : iRB World Cup 2007 : 1st Round
  
  
• most participants:
  NFL 2007 : 22 : this may (hopefully) increase before the comp is over
  The all-time record of 32 was set back 2003-04 for the UEFA Champions League, when silverginger called up a few favours, and engaged in some subtle arm-twisting; and promises of a few pints, or what-have-you. The comp was set up as 4 groups of 8 players, and threats of violence ensured the quota was filled. The comp that year was run like the FIFA World Cup (sort of like the head-to-head arrangement in the FT-PL comp).

Melbourne Cup


• won by LeoDavinci, followed by ozzz2002 and srini701
  
• this was the 5th running of the Melbourne Cup, and LeoDaVinci is the 5th winner
  
• no one has win this twice!
  
  Nascar
  
  
• won by doomed, followed by racegirl5 and ElfTwinkle
  
• this was the 4th running of the Nascar comp, and doomed is the 4th winner
  
• same as before, no one has won this comp twice!

Quote:

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give yourself a big pat on the back for being so brave/silly/bored.

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Brave....no
Silly...Definitely
Bored...maybe

It's on paper right now. Will post the whole thing by tomorrow morning my time

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  Name	       1st 2nd 3rd Total
  
 1 gtho4         26 29 27  82
 2 ElfTwinkle	 22 25 26  73
 3 Sypher	 21 27 14  62
 4 Howie72	 10  9  6  25
 5 silverginger	  9  7  6  22
 6 LeoDaVinci	  8  6 13  27
 7 wez	          8  6	3  17
 8 Nannanut	  6  3	4  13
 8 srini701	  6  3	4  13
10 Blinkybill	  6  1	5  12
11 Copago	  5  7	3  15
12 PaulE	  5  2	5  12
13 buck5ley	  5  1	2   8
14 ozz2002	  4 13 16  33
15 doomed	  4  5	3  12
16 izzi	          4  3	2   9
17 halfbakedangi  3  0	3   6
18 ASA	          3  0	1   4
19 oleg_mcnoleg   2  4	1   7
20 Moo	          2  3	1   6
21 Davjack	  2  2	0   4
21 paper-aero	  2  2	0   4
23 KrivoyRog	  2  0	3   5
24 LordAndry      2  0	1   3
24 Grover	  2  0	1   3
26 thejazzkickazz 2  0	0   2
26 Exit10	  2  0	0   2
28 Sarah606	  1  8	1  10
29 dg_dave 	  1  1	2   4
29 JuniorTheJaws  1  1	2   4
31 marchmadness	  1  1	1   3
31 Engadine	  1  1	1   3
33 jill-geo	  1  0	2   3
34 WoolDog3	  1  1	0   2
35 Dazzy_D	  1  0	1   2
35 Bertho	  1  0	1   2
37 Bracklaman	  1  0	0   1
37 jonnowales	  1  0	0   1
37 spanishliz	  1  0	0   1
37 Pommie_in_oz	  1  0	0   1
37 WorldB	  1  0	0   1
37 Kaushik_twin	  1  0	0   1
37 CarolinaCarol  1  0	0   1
37 steveo_fun	  1  0	0   1
45 Eraserhead	  0  3	1   4
46 TemplarLLM	  0  1	2   3
46 Manvinder01	  0  1	2   3
46 ekaterina_tony 0  1	2   3
49 sue943	  0  1	1   2
49 ace_sodium	  0  1	1   2
51 racegirl5 	  0  1	0   1
51 treble99	  0  1	0   1
51 JaneMarple	  0  1	0   1
51 DakotaNorth	  0  1	0   1
51 Pling	  0  1	0   1
51 Plugger	  0  1	0   1
51 sparky2512	  0  1	0   1
51 AussieBrit	  0  1	0   1
60 gillyharold	  0  0	3   3
61 Leau           0  0	2   2
61 superferd	  0  0	2   2
63 Leprechuan	  0  0	1   1
63 Nightmare	  0  0	1   1
63 skunkee	  0  0	1   1
63 Yeti 	  0  0	1   1
63 fringe 	  0  0	1   1
63 rudogg	  0  0	1   1
63 linkan	  0  0	1   1
63 makoto	  0  0	1   1
63 dph1619	  0  0	1   1 
72

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I'm not really sure about what these numbers represent, as I'm pretty sure that I made it to the Hall of fame more than once in all the weeks of my various tipping categories and I have certainly hit higher than 3rd place.
Just puzzled.

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