31oct13 A treat please

6 winners from 40 bets today best of the day was Michael Brook who got off the mark with a 7-1 winner to go 7th Martin Long wasn't far behind with his 5-1 to move 6th amusingly 9p ahead of Vince (they have a standing side bet for every comp), Adam Slater & Craig Connelly both got off the mark with the same 11-4 winner. Ian Carpenter 5-6 and Vince Paige 8-13 were the other winners. In the plate good day for Vince Paige who kept up his 100% record and brought up a treble and went 3rd all those around him all lost ground

30oct13 pumpkins all ready?

Massive 11 winners today from 31 bets, best of the day was Jon Hall 5-1 to go 4th and Ricky Pumphrey opened his account with a 7-2 winner to go 6th, Kevin Wood went 3rd with his 4-1, 10 point winner too many others to list out.

In the plate Kevin Wood extended his lead but all the other main protagonists all selected the same 2-7 5 point winner - they are Vince Paige, Justin Sercombe, Barry Pemble, & Stuart Bentham.  Looks like the above 5 guys are all going for the plate in earnest this time, so it will be tough to break into that top five and snatch a prize paying spot for the rest of us :-(

29oct13 appropriately spooky!

5th day in a row we have 4 winners! Best of the day was Ian Carpenter 13-2 sufficient, at this early stage, to put him onto both leader boards.  Other winners were John Hall 7-4, Joanne Hutson 5-1 to go 5th, & Kevin Wood 5-4 to maintain his lead at the top of the plate.

28oct13 the faux storm

Again another 4 winners from the 13 bets that survived, all short priced winners very rare that the best priced is odds on but Chris Pascoe with 10-11 tops the quartet, Stuart Bentham & Richard Pascoe both 4-5 and Justin Sercombe 2-5.  So no movement among the leaders on the main comp.

In the plate Stuart Bentham went 3rd Justin Sercombe 2nd and Kevin Wood's 1 point 3rd just kept him ahead.

27oct13 Super Sunday

Well for Pete Long & Tom Feeney who both selected 11-1 winner to sit on top of the table after the 2nd day.  Two other winners both on the same 6-5 winner Rod Brown & Steve Tyson so they both feature on the leader board at this early stage as well.

No change in the plate as all the above winners were 3 pointers.

Don't forget you 9 players still to pay - no pay no play!

RULE REMINDER

Now the clocks have changed don't forget that the cut off remains at 1.30pm but if your selection runs in an early race your nap must be in at least 30 mins before the off time.

I will be enforcing this pretty strictly as there is considerable advantage to be gained by seeing the opening shows and betting patterns in the immediate run up to a race.

26oct13 First Day

Still got some unknown texts so incomplete results today, so without them just 4 winners Tim Catlin kicks of with the best winner 4-1 with three others all on 2-1 winners, Vince Paige & Justin Sercombe on the same 5 point winner but Kevin wood heads up the plate with his 2-1 10 pointer.

26oct13 AND WE ARE OFF

That's it break over and new comp starts today.

Looks like we have around 57 players although 12 of that number haven't paid yet so they can't start betting yet!

Good luck everybody

NEXT COMP #35!

So this is the plan

Start Saturday 26th October and finish at Cheltenham on Saturday 25th January 2014 which is Festival Trials day.  The day will be preceded by breakfast snacks, coffee, tea, Guinness, and shots of Sloe gin at my house in Cheltenham before proceeding to the course.  Entry will be the same £50 (which it has been for the past 10 years) and as the new rule of pay before you can play has worked so well we will be asking for that again.

As this is the more popular racing period we are hoping for a bumper entry so invite friends and everyone!

The cup is presented

Gary Pascoe presents the cup to the 3rd time winner Steve Walton - we are going to have to give Gary some training on how to do that next time!!

The Fontwell team

From Left to Right Jimmy McGarrity, Paul Marks, Gary Pascoe, Martin Long, Maurice Edgington, Steve Walton, Vince Paige, Craig Connelly, Jake Fifield - Jo Hutson took the picture!

Don't forget Intello in the Arc

OK never run over this trip but a performance like in the French Derby would win this maybe 11-1 and with at least Bet365 paying 1/4 first 4 - looks like the value bet to me

A Grand Final Day at Fontwell

Firstly congratulations to our two winners Steve Walton a commanding performance and Vince Paige who gave the impression he could be caught for a while but in the end won convincingly. - Well done to both.

As usual no great changes on the last day there were just 3 winners but Richard Pascoe 11-4 was just enough to earn him £50 for the final prize paying place which was 9th.  The other two winners were Rod Brown also 11-4, which moved him up a fair few places but only onto the bubble, best of the day was Craig Connelly 7-2, who finished the comp with a treble and 5th place.

In the plate Dave Kingsbury failed to score and so my 2 point 2nd place was enough to secure 4th and the last cash prize £50 - I was so excited :-). Martin Long had the best 'runners getting in the first 4' % at 80.3% with Richard Pascoe 2nd on that measure at 73.8% & Justin Sercombe had the most winners on 27 with Craig Connelly 2nd on that count at 23.

Still waiting for an unknown selection (that lost) to be identified so delay in sending the final file

final day selections

Main Comp top 20

£1,000 - Steve W, having got a scoobydoo FON 3.05
£375 - Michael, diddy gric RED 4.00

£200 - Roger D, nights song NWM 1.50

£150 - Mark N, see the sun RED 3.30
£125 - Craig, midnight lira FON 4.50
£100 - Martin L, corsa pallido FON 4.15
£75 - Justin, coco champala FON 5.50
£50 - Matt, jenny wren FON 4.15
£50 - Ian, gun shy FON 1.55
£nil - Richard P, Wedding Ring NWM 1.50

£nil - Jimmy, Fairway to Heaven ASC 3.15

£nil - Annettte, toofi NWM 2.20

£nil - Dave B, hey shewed ASC 2.05

£nil - Dave K, signposted NWM 2.20

£nil - Rod, mince NWM 5.45

£nil - Jed, varioy house NWM 3.15

Plate top 5

£150 - Vince, lily of the mar GOW 3.35

£100 - Justin, AS ABOVE
£75 - Martin L, AS ABOVE
£50 - Dave K, AS ABOVE
£nil - Maurice, guitar pete GOW 2.25

£nil - Craig, AS ABOVE

04oct13 all ready for last day

Just one winner today that was Vince Paige in Ireland at 6-5 and 10 points.  On the main leader board Richard Pascoe has moved into 10th (the bubble) as all the spare days unwound just 64p behind Ian Carpenter in 9th the final cash paying position.  I have shown a few more of the places on the leader board that are pretty close to that cash spot so selections can be made to win the money!

A very unlucky story for Chris Pascoe who sent in a 16-1 winner but he has no bets left (only the final one for tomorrow) - bad luck! that would have taken him 6th.

In the plate clearly Vince wrapped up the winners spot with his 10 point winner which rather ironically beat the 4th leg of his yankie that had 3 winners and cost him £3000 and he didn't need it anyway as Justin's nap had already lost :-).  All that is left to decide is 4th spot with Dave Kingsbury and i level on 111 but he wins on count back - Craig is also not completely out of it as if both Dave & I fail to score and he were to pick up a 10 point winner he would overtake us both on count back as well.

See you all at Fontwell tomorrow

04oct13 leaders selections

Main Comp top 10

£1,000 - Steve W, Brackloon High FON 4.25
£375 - Michael, Can You Conga ASC 3.05

£200 - Roger D,  West Brit FON 3.15

£150 - Mark N, Footstepsintherain ASC 2.00
£125 - Craig, Inside Dealer FON 5.00
£100 - Martin L, Normal Equilibrium ASC 3.05
£75 - Justin, Chicago GOW 2.05
£50 - Matt, NO BET
£50 - Ian, Little Chip FON 5.00
£nil - Jimmy, Dark Crusader ASC 3.40

Plate top 5

£150 - Vince, Bishops Road GOW 2.35

£100 - Justin, AS ABOVE
£75 - Martin L, AS ABOVE
£50 - Dave K, NO BET
£nil - Maurice, Jennies Jewel GOW 3.45

03oct13 2 to go

Just a solitary winner today (assuming Rod Brown's looses later tonight at Wolverhampton) that was just 3-1, - Paul won't mind me saying that, that is just too little too late, he never got going.  So the only change on the leader board was the appearance of Ian Carpenter into the last cash spot as his games in hand unwound.

In the plate my 2 point 3rd closed the gap to just 2 points for me to grab the final cash spot from Dave Kingsbury, Craig is now the only other player who can catch the 4th place - mathematical chance only though in reality.  Vince can wrap up the win if either Justin fails to score more than 1 point or if Justin scores 2 or more Vince gets within one of that.  

Looks like there may be up to a dozen of us enjoying the Fontwell glamour, The Commitments playing after racing!

03oct13 leaders selections

Main Comp top 10

£1,000 - Steve W, Son of Flicka BAN 3.50
£375 - Michael,  Thecornishcowboy WAR 4.40

£200 - Roger D, The Mooch CLO 2.45 

£150 - Mark N, Baron Run WAR 5.10
£125 - Craig NO BET
£100 - Martin L, Herod the Great BAN 2.20
£75 - Justin, The Mooch CLO 2.45
£50 - Matt, Jim Bill BAN 2.50
£50 - Jimmy, Dolphin Village WAR 4.40
£nil - Annette, The Welsh Wizard WAR 5.45

Plate top 5

£150 - Vince, Courage CLO 3.15

£100 - Justin, AS ABOVE
£75 - Martin L, AS ABOVE
£50 - Dave K, Sharp & Smart SOU 2.00
£nil - Maurice, Mission Approved WAR 5.10

02oct13 found a workaround

That's better legible again - despite Google's lack of action

Just 3 winners today Craig Connelly 5-2 to move 5th, Tom Feeney 3-1 & Roger Dore 3-1 to move him 3rd by just 57p.  Looking good for the groom to be to collect the top prize now which should make Towcester on 30nov13 go with a swing!!

In the plate Martin Long's single point means he can't catch 2nd now so is confirmed in 3rd spot. 4th spot still up for grabs and Dave's loser today helps my cause.  Actually still mathematically possible for all of Craig in 6th, on 101, with 2 bets to go,  Matt Harrison in 7th, on 96, 2 bets to go, Roger Dore in 8th, 90, 3 bets to go, Rod Brown in 10th, 87, 3 bets to go, Kevin Wood in 11th, 85, 3 bets to go to all catch Dave!

02oct13 leaders selections

Main Comp top 10

£1,000 - Steve W, NO BET
£375 - Michael, Mister Impatience SAL 3.55 

£200 - Mark N, Pivotal Moment SAL 5.00

£150 - Roger D, Fair Flutter NOT 2.00  
£125 - Martin L, Top Tug KEM 8.10
£100 - Craig, Piping Rock SAL 2.50
£75 - Justin, NO BET
£50 - Matt, NO BET
£50 - Jimmy, Regal Silk NOT 4.40
£nil - Annette, Pool House KEM 6.10

Plate top 5

£150 - Vince, NO BET

£100 - Justin, AS ABOVE
£75 - Martin L, AS ABOVE
£50 - Dave K, Nabeel NWC 2.40
£nil - Maurice, NO BET

01oct13 driving me mad

Along with about a million others by the look of the tech discussion blogs. So best we have is as shown over just about legible.

Today saw 6 winners including the massive 20-1 for Mark Nutting to catapult him back up to 3rd spot, others of note were Roger Dore, Adam Slater & Jed Parramore all with the same 6-1 winner, Steve Walton, The leader consolidated with a 10-11 winner and lastly Craig Connelly's 6-4 winner maintained his 6th place.

In the plate Vince scraped another 2 points to extend his lead to 10 points level bets

messed up text boxes

I have had to use these crap work arounds to show something while Google correct this mass problem across all their blogs!! - I know it looks rubbish but this is a HTML/Javsscript box and above me so this is the best I can do for now - can't remove the others either :-(

01oct13 leaders selections

Main Comp top 10

£1,000 - Steve W, Creepy CHP 2.00
£375 - Michael, NO BET

£200 - Roger, Pantxoa CHP 3.40

£150 - Martin L, Two Shades of Grey AYR 2.10 
£125 - Craig, Sendiym SED 4.00
£100 - Justin, Ovillia SED 5.40
£75 - Mark N, Lowther KEM 8.20
£50 - Matt H, ??
£50 - Annette, Anomaly KEM 8.20
£nil - Jimmy, ??

Plate top 5

£150 - Vince, Bombadero CHP 3.05

£100 - Justin, AS ABOVE
£75 - Martin L, AS ABOVE
£50 - Dave K, ??
£nil - Maurice, NO BET

leader board updates

Hi, update problem still persists I have had to file a support case and when I did so earlier this morning it appears that our blog is not the only one with this problem.

the ones over are still pretty current except for number of bets remaining all are less one.