THE Cheltenham Tipster Competition 2016

[tikay]

I will reply in the morning, need time to prepare my acceptance speech.

[booder]

Thanks Mere, good fun as always.

[Horneris]

One person had the winner in the last at 28/1.

I took my fucking time.

Sadly I backed Dandridge in real life to cap off a fairly miserable festival.

[Dekka]

Just wanted to echo what a few others have said.  A big thank you to Mere for all his hard work, how you've kept on top of the admin involved in this I'll never know.  I hope you had enough time to enjoy the racing itself.

Also, well done to the winners.

If only I'd done "as well" with the bookies as I did in this...

<<<<<GAME OVER>>>>>

Insert significant funds to play again   

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[Marky147]

Thanks very much for running this, Mere.

Superb fun, and a great sweat.

Congrats to the winners!

[The Wycher]

First many thanks to Mere for running this was great fun and I'm very glad I made the last minute decision to enter.

I think Tikay should be allowed to mention how well he did as I can then point out I beat him.

I now have funds for a couple of Grand Prix minis at Broadway..

Well done all the other money winners

[RickBFA]

Thanks for organising. Great fun.

[MereNovice]

There have been no (actionable) objections raised so I have paid out to the winners (awaiting details from Nakor).

Thanks for all the positive comments. They always seem more sincere when they come from people who haven't won.

I'm happy to keep running these things so long as people enjoy them.


The US Masters starts on April 7th so I will start a thread at the end of the month for a tipster competition for that event for those that like that kind of thing.

Here's last year's thread for anyone who is unaware of how it works:
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=65269.0

[MereNovice]

For anyone wondering how we got started, it wasn't my fault:

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56945.0

[Graham C]

Thanks for running, we've both enjoyed it here.  Congratulations to the winners

[Karabiner]

For anyone wondering how we got started, it wasn't my fault:

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56945.0

The Camel is an argumentative old bugger but I still miss him on here.

[tikay]

For anyone wondering how we got started, it wasn't my fault:

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56945.0

The Camel is an argumentative old bugger but I still miss him on here.

Me too, very much. Reading that original thread, dating back to 2012, saw His Camelness in typically robust form. 

It's quite sad, blonde misses him in many ways. Like you, I keep in touch with him, there's not been a fallout or anything, he just chooses to absent himself. Not the first time, of course, fingers crossed he returns at some stage. One or two absentees from that 2012 thread, of course, most still lurk but don't post for one reason or another.

[tikay]

For anyone wondering how we got started, it wasn't my fault:

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=56945.0

Quite a read that, with you feigning complete ignorance of all things horse racing, but if you were genuinely wide-eyed & new to horse racing, you pretty soon got it all sussed.

[tikay]

Echoing so many others, a big thank you to crusty old Mere, who runs these things with such lovely touch & feel.

From start to finish, the whole thing ran perfectly, & not a bad word or sour post throughout.

Roll on The Masters from Augusta.

[tikay]

There have been no (actionable) objections raised so I have paid out to the winners (awaiting details from Nakor).

Thanks for all the positive comments. They always seem more sincere when they come from people who haven't won.

I'm happy to keep running these things so long as people enjoy them.


The US Masters starts on April 7th so I will start a thread at the end of the month for a tipster competition for that event for those that like that kind of thing.

Here's last year's thread for anyone who is unaware of how it works:
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=65269.0

Happy to confirm payment received, thanks Vince.