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I am in the process of sorting out some rules for a Blonde Tipsters league. Ideally i would like to get two groups of 10 people. A Premiership, and Division 1.

Whilst I am in the process could you please put down on here which of you would be interested in this?

You would play for 9 weeks at a time, making 6 selections per week from selected weekend meetings, 1 v 2, 3 v 4, etc... The winner of the fixture will get 3 points, Draw 1 point and loss 0 points.

You obviously play eachother only once and there will be a relegation/promotion format as well as the Premiership winner being crowned Blonde Tipster Champion.

Who's up for the challenge?

Good idea, yup

Bagsy Glasgow Bandit or mystery 721 in the first round!

put me in the premier league :)

i will throw in a blonde T-Shirt to the winner of each league (as long as they have an active account on the poker room) ;)

put me in the premier league and I'll approve the T-Shirts   rotflmfao rotflmfao


seriously, put me where you like

from the 6 tips versus opponents six picks, I assume its net profit to a unit stake to decide the winner, not number of correct picks?

Not based on correct picks no, but not based on net profit either... Give me two minutes and i can post the rules..

Also, the deciding of which league you go in will be completely random and hopefully after 2/3 seasons we will have people about right.

Ok, Rules... If you have any queries or see any mistakes let me know...

1.0 League Divisions - Each League (Division) is made up of a total of 10 players (depending on interest) - as more players join, new Divisions are created.  Each player plays 9 matches per league season.
2.0 Matches
2.1 League matches are held on Saturday which lasts for 9 matches (9 weeks).
2.1.1  During major race festivals (such as Cheltenham Festival, Aintree Grand National Meeting, Royal Ascot), League meetings will take place on consecutive days until the end of the festival. May be changed at chairmans discretion.
2.2 The Racetrack for which match selections need to be made by players is published on the website at least 48 hours before each matchday and is decided by the League Chairman.
2.2.1 Upto Three Racetracks will be chosen, from which you can chose any 6 horses from any 6 races.
3.0 Selections - Each matchday players should post there picks on the appropriate thread at least 1 hour before their first race commences. Any editing of their post after this time and selections could be void and match forfeited at the discretion of the league chairman.
4.0 Scoring - Players score "Goals" according to the performance of each of there 6 selections on each matchday with goals awarded according to the odds of winning and placed horses as follows.
4.1 Winning selections score goals according to their final starting prices as follows:
Odds On - score 2 goals
Evens to 9/2 - score 3 goals
5/1 or more - score 4 goals
10/1 or more - score 5 goals
20/1 or more - score 6 goals
4.2 Placed selections score goals according to their final starting prices as follows:
Odds On - score 0 goals
Evens or more - score 1 goal
10/1 or more - score 2 goals
20/1 or more - score 3 goals.
5.0 Results - After all 6 races have been run on matchday each players match result is declared and points awarded in the league table accordingly, (3 pts for a win, 1 pt for a draw, 0 pt for a loss).
Players are shown in the league table, according to the following order of priority:
5.1 Total Points attained;
5.2 Total Goals scored (for);
5.3 Goal Difference;
5.4 Goals Conceded (against);
5.5 Result between players involved
5.6 Alphabetical Order by username
6.0 Promotion & Relegation
6.1 At the end of each season (9 matches) the top winner of Premiership is crowned Champion Tipster of Blonde, with the bottom player in the Premiership being automatically relegated, places 7, 8, and 9 all playoff against each other in the fight for survival – the lowest scoring player of that weekend will go down too. The winner of Division 1 is automatically promoted to the Premiership, with the bottom 2nd 3rd and 4th place having a playoff against each other, with the person with the most points out of their 6 selections going up to the Premiership. The same will rules will apply if more Divisions are added due to more interest.
7.0 New Players - Players can join "Tipster League" prior to the start of a new season (but not during a season in progress), so the longest period you would have to wait is 9 weeks to join.
8.0 Through The Card - Any Tipster League player which goes though the card by correctly selecting all 6 race winners on any matchday during the season is gets 10 bonus points on his score.
9.0 Place Terms - In determining the goals scored for win and placed selections (see rule 4.2) the following place terms apply according to the number of runners in the race:
2-4 runners - only the Winner scores goals;
5-7 runners - Winner, and 2nd place score goals;
8 or more runners - Winners, 2nd, and 3rd place score goals;
16 or more runners (in handicaps only) - Winner, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place score goals
10.0 Abandoned & Postponements
10.1 In the event of at least 4 races taking place on matchday then the match results will be scored based on the four races held, with selections on the remaining race all being void. If 3 or more selections from either players picks have been abandoned then the whole tie is void and your fixture will take place on another date.
11.0 Starting Prices - For the purposes of goal scoring (see rule 4.0 above) the official returned starting price is used to determine the number of goals scored by each horse in the 6 races.
12.0 Dead Heats - In the event of a dead heat for either Win or place the full number of goals will be scored by those horses involved in the dead heat with no deductions applied to the returned starting prices.
13.0 Non Runners - In the event of any of a players horses becoming Non-Runners then the players non runner selection will be replaced with the race favourite. In the event of joint or co favourites being returned then the Joint/Co favourite with the lowest starting number (1,2,3 etc) is deemed the favourite.

put me down for div1

LMAO Iron is a div.

atleast i can drive

and thats without using my legs

LMAO 1 -1 ... wp.

Im up for this. Should be fun.

If you want to begin in Division 1 then please say and you will be put there... Otherwise random draw will take place for further spaces.

Stick me in division 1 please.

I am up for it, rekon i do well compared to some of the tips given on here lol.

I'm in - random draw for me. Although I'm clearly Premier League quality!

sounds v good!!!! could be fun.

Id like to go in the Premiership pls. I think with horse racing i am of premiership quality.

more like leeds quailty

conference for leknave please, i mean hornersis

i'll give this a go.

does horneris start with a 15 point deduction?????????

ill give it a shot, division 1 please

I'm that good I could start with a handicap and still win the league :)

Can I play please?

i will have ago, dont mind what league, i will have to get a manager so i can sack him when it all goes wrong,lol

me please

id love to play in any league.

Its racing only?

what about other sports betting eg NFL, football..not included?

What's NFL? ;scarymoment;

my biggest source of income!!!

rooks floated the idea to me yesterday on msn, he wants to get  a racing one going, and look at a footy one once the racing one is up and running ... gonna take some effort to administrate and run though, so good luck rooks and cheers for your efforts.

Yep this is just a horse racing only... Football one is being worked on and will get up on another thread asap... For now though lets have you all entering this! :)

No problem, definitely not prem div for me then. Any pretensions of an edge I might have on other sports disappear lol


thanks for doing the work to get this going Rooks

Div 1 if poss please

Not after Saturdays performance,more like Ryman Northern,or even the briish gas leauge.

nice one Rooks. Count me in :)

Sounds good,
Either league is good for me :)

Who is going to check all the results each week?  Looks like a big job.

stick me in the hat please

im in please any league

i'll have a go, as it's only racing i'll settle for div 1. Get a multi sports one going, i'll go for prem in that.

stick me in the conference or top of premier league, its all good

Ciount me in please.

I'll have a go if there is room

I'd like to enter. Any league. Thanks

put me in the hat please rookie

Thought the morras meeting at Kempton would have been first day for this.  One of the biggest betting days in the calendar with the King George.

yeah but everyone would just select Kauto Star, Harcibald etc.... The racing is terrible from a betting point of view imo. How on earth can i find my big value outsiders.

true ..but almost even money on Kauto?..yes please!

If you want to have it sorted for "the morra" bandit feel free... plan was to start for new year...

keep the interest coming please.

aye everyone in league wooulf need abit of notivr so they know there is a meeting coming up,is it gonna be big meetings over the season or a random mix over a month or so?

If you read the instructions it is explained... chose any 6 races from 3 different meetings that will be announced at least 36 hours before. Try looking at page 1.

Instead of just a football one if this one goes well can we open it up to all sports instead?

Thats the plan.

Is it just points or is there any other factor to consider when sorting the league table?

Cool

<-------- swings off to brush up on the prices for the up coming monkeylympics........

1. Tightend : random

2. Colch Kev : random

3. Ironside : Div 1

4. Pelham boy : Div 1

5. Scott C : random

6. Acidmouse : random

7. Horneris : random

8. Celtic : random

9. Linux : Div 1

10. Glasgow Bandit : random

11. Nakor : random

12. Steveeg : random

13. Suited Jock : random

14. Crown : Div 1

15. Boldie : random

16. Silo G : random

17. Ace2M : random   

18. Dunk 619 : random

19. vegaslover : Div 1

20. seventwounsuited : random

21. mickyp : random

22. josedinho : random

23. alanc : random

24. jnyflush : random

25. Matt674 : random

26. Booder : random

27. Me



Ok, thats all spaces taken... Will get the leagues up tomorrow and meetings for next weekend wil be up asap.

was waiting for the sports league as its been a good few years since i last followed the horses (roughly when i discovered poker! :D) but if you need someone to make up the numbers then i'll join

p.s. is it ok to use my other blonde account "A.A.Aardvark" for the purposes of this competition just in case it comes down to the alphabetical tiebreak?

Cool, your in...


PMSL

oi rodney..............wheres my name

you plonker

Sorry forgot. All updated.

its not a freeroll

Can I join too, any division, cheers. I know next to nothing about horses, see if pin sticking beats experts :)

Ok, Leagues have been decided randomly...

Here they are..

Prem :

1. Colch Kev
2. Horneris
3. Glasgow Bandit
4. Ace2m
5. Suited Jock
6. jnyflush
7. ScottC
8. MickyP
9. Boldie

Div1 :

1. Me
2. Tightend
3. celtic
4. vegaslover
5. Pelham Boy
6. SteveeG
7. Silo G
8. Booder
9. Linux

Div 2 :

1. AlanC
2. Acidmouse
3. Ironside
4. Nakor
5. Crown
6. Dunk 619
7. seventwounsuited
8. josedinho
9. Matt674


If you are annoyed as to which league you are in - then blame Skrikera as she did the random number shouting!

Redsimon - sorry afraid we have 27 runners ( 3 leagues of 9 already) , if anyone drops out then you are 1st reserve mate.

bandit in premier league ... i have just soiled myself laughing.

excuse me when i said div 1 i was expecting 2 leagues as advertised

i know fins i aint bottom leahue this aint fair

You wanna transfer to div 2 ? Will push a random number up if you do?

if no one objects

Thought each league was supposed to have ten players?

Sorry i meant 2 x 9's in initial post. If we can get 2 more people interested before Wednesday then can have 3 x 10's - if not then would prefer to keep the leagues even.

The only way it up!

My expert tipping system based on the name of the horse will win the day :)

Ok change has been made randomly... Linux is moved up to Div 1 - Ironside relegated to Div 2 before season starts lol ;)

lol harsh but fair :D

Only one way to go for Kev too I see, good stuff.

When's it all starting?

You fancy a wee side bet sir? ;-)

Why not just have one big division? we can in theory have the 19th best tipster being crowned "best of blonde" in this format :)

Will take a billion weeks with one big league.

Also, will only be one best of blonde - the prem winner. Over the first 2 seasons the league should even out right.

Hi Rookie, at the moment I havent read the whole thread but if you need anymore players I will happily play.

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip. its easy for Linux.

Ok, Redsimon - Bobby and one more.... that will be all... come on LeKnave get your name down!

LOL, dn't want to enter and then fail to submit picks, which i probs would do.

Plus, i'm terrible @ the horses.

gl the rest of u.

i'm terrible too leknave but it will be a bit of fun.

go on go on

say yes.

1 moreeeeeeeeee.......... come on !

just seen this count me in, if you still need someone.

Why not have a preliminery round to start with.  The three leagues could all compete for spaces in the respective divisions next season, for example the top 3 in each league go to the Premier div, 4-6 go to div 1 and the 7-9 in div 2.

Just a thought to get things started off in a fair way.

with all due respect, lets just let rooks run this the way he wants to ... he has come up with the idea and is prepared to run it, so i think we should just let him do it his way... after all its not as if we are playing for money.


lets just run with it and get it going .

If we've now got the extra 3 bodies, I'm happy to be in the bottom division. Starts this weekend?

Well done Rooks.

When are we starting?

fair do's, it was only an idea, no offense meant :)

Looking forward to it!

starting bottom of the bottom division - why do i have a sneaking suspicion that not much will change by the end of the game? :D

Is it possible to have someone else submit your selections?

I'm moving treehouse in about 3 weeks which probably means i'll be without internet connection for a little while - however i can get someone else to post my blackpool beach donkey's on my behalf, will that be ok?

That will be fine Matt yes..

3 more runners... UptheMariners - Bobby - and Redsimon...

League's have been amended as follows...

Prem :

1. Colch Kev
2. Horneris
3. Glasgow Bandit
4. Ace2m
5. Suited Jock
6. jnyflush
7. ScottC
8. MickyP
9. Boldie
10. Me

Div1 :

1. Acidmouse
2. Tightend
3. celtic
4. vegaslover
5. Pelham Boy
6. SteveeG
7. Silo G
8. Booder
9. Linux
10. AlanC

Div 2 :

1. redsimon
2. bobby
3. Ironside
4. Nakor
5. Crown
6. Dunk 619
7. seventwounsuited
8. josedinho
9. Matt674
10. UptheMariners

Will be starting this weekend, just making final decisions on what meetings to use for this weekend....

given the uncertainty of what the cold weather will do it may be worth waiting until the day before to find out which meetings are on?

Lol, and then get people moaning that they havent had enough time to submit results?

How much did Kev pay to get put at the top of the list??  Or is he cranking the blonde lucky lever over for you?

bottom of div 2 i run soooo bad lol

the league isnt compiled solely on skill and ability ....
































if was was, bandit would be in the conference ;)

Can I have my first game against Bandit?...Just so I know what it feels like to be top of the league for a week :)

sod off german dwarf, what can i say .... the draw has been kind to me.

You probably will be top of the league,i run bad just now.

says the man going to Las Vegas in 6 months to play the main event of the WSOP for an outlay of £35 ;)

yeah Micky, you never have any luck .. sigh..

As opposed to Boldie - who wins a $9000 package to travel across the other side of the world and play in the Aussie Masters, but then has to give it up for nothing.............

 ;slavedriver;

:( :( :( :( that still hurts..especially now that I think the company is going straight down the shitter and there might not be any work in a few months time

Did u really give that up? For nothing? because of work? Ur crazy ffs life's too short to give up that kind of opportunity.

I have a wife and a mortgage, mate..didn't really have much of a choice here. If I had been single I would have gone but I have responsibilities to others than myself so the choice was simple.

(((((((((Boring)))))))))))

Live for the moment, you could have got a new job, told them you had holidays and just fucked off.

No stars didn't want to/couldn't do anything to help me out. Wasn't too pleased with any of it to be honest but the rules are the rules and Stars rules clearly state you have to take the first package and nothing can be done.

lol yeah..chuck my brandnew decent paying job and take a shitty one? Like I said..I have responsibilities..not like I@m single mate :)

Most new employers ask if one has any holidays booked.

Yeah that was the point I was making, least that way he can inform them he has a holiday so they know he is going to be off.  If your good enough at the job and have the right qualities then in my experience employers try their best to accommodate all holidays.

Thats a bit shitty of stars imo. What if u were ill or family member ill etc. U won that seat so u should have been allowed to take it elsewhere or have tourney dollars etc. No?

They had no choice. I joined a company that was in a world of shit and all the dead lines ended at Christmas. It's also a small company that relies on this project and if they hadn't met these deadlines they would almost surely have gone belly-up.  Like i said, I would have chucked the job if I didn't have responsibilities but the company definetely couldn't do without me for a week at that time.

no I am assuming I got an empty chipstack and emtpy hotelroom as you would if you can't make it.

OUCH!  Didn't realise you couldn't make it Boldie, unlucky mate, but like you said, if nothing can be done than that's just life. 

Sorry you missed out, you did so well to win the seat in the first place.  Just a shame it didn't work out different.

Can you not sell the seat?   Not package, just the enterance money?  You'd prob need to speak with the casino and to get it changed and it may be a pain to do so, but it's just an idea.     I expect you've thought of millions of possibilities so far!

nothing could be done mate..it's the rules..Don't worry I'll take down the GSNPC thing in nottingham in march

Bump. Need it nr the top for points

BUMP

Quick bump so I can work out my points for places later :)