It's that time of year again...
I am pleased to announce this year's Blonde Cheltenham Tipster Competition.
There will be no fancy online spreadsheet this year, I will keep a spreadsheet and attempt to share;
Everyone's entries - between 12 midday and 1pm each day
Scores after each race
IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL IF EVERYONE COULD SUBMIT THEIR FRIDAY ENTRIES BY 10.30AM ON FRIDAYThe rules are as follows:
1. Entry is open to everyone upon payment of a £25 or £10 entry fee to me. You can send the money via bank or Paypal:
Paypal:
stuart.hopkin@monarchuk.comBank Transfer: 40-35-18 91646753 S Hopkin
Please put your alias as the reference on the transfer.
Payment must be received by me before midday on Tuesday 12th March. If you are interested, please indicate below or PM me. Each person may enter up to a maximum of two times. Each entry costs £25 or £10.
There will be two pools for this event. One costing £10 and one costing £15. It will not be possible to enter the £15 pool on its own. The same selections will be entered in both pools. The object for this is to try to encourage more people to take part.
2. The competition will be run over the 28 races.
3. Each entrant will pick one horse per race. The selection must either be for a £10 win or a £5 each-way bet. Winnings will be settled on the basis of Starting Prices.
If you fail to make a selection or select a non-runner you will be assigned a random horse. I would prefer you pick a specific horse but to maintain the spirit of the previous comps will take instructions for "random" selections (e.g. first horse alphabetically) for each race if you do not have the time/inclination to make your own selections but, in a rather dictatorial manner, I am not going to allow selections such as "pick the SP favourite for every race" or attempts to circumvent this rule. For anyone who has entered but not submitted their selections by the deadline on any day you will be assigned a random horse.
4. The place component of an each-way bet will be decided using the following criteria:
1/4 the odds for a place for each horse officially returned on the results for each race on
www.sportinglife.com5. I will be using
www.sportinglife.com for the purpose of deciding the result of each race.
6. Entries must be sent to me via PM by midday on the day of the races. I will then endeavour to make everyone's selections available on the forum by 12:30pm that day. This will hopefully give you time to marvel at each other's selections before the first race starts.
7. The winner will be the person who makes most profit (or least loss) over the course of the festival.
8. My decision is final in all matters (until proven otherwise).
The payout structure will be as follows:
1-10 entrants
1st 100%
11-20 entrants
1st 75%
2nd 25%
21-30 entrants
1st 60%
2nd 30%
3rd 10%
>30 entrants
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