31dec13 even worse today

Come on lads only 3 winners today (although I'm hardly doing my bit as i clocked up my 40th consecutive loser today and am still to get off the mark!).  Best of the day was Jimmy McGarrity 4-1, to move up a place into 5th, the other winners were Stuart Bentham & Vince Paige both on the same 8-11 winner.

In the plate that winner took Vince exactly 50 points clear which is looking a big ask to catch now with only 20 or so bets to go.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL COMPERS!

30dec13 another sparse day

Just 4 winners today Annette Berg again 6-4 to bring up a nice treble, best of the day was Barry Pemble 8-1 to move to 8th - nice one.  The other two were Paul Stobbart 6-4 to move up a spot to 5th and Matt Harrison 7-2.

Paul Stobbart's 5 point winner was enough to take him to treble figures and 7th on the leader board where most sat out today

29dec13 Berg again

Star billing two days in a row for Annette with best of the day 5-2 winner.  Six others 4 did 11-10 winner Stuart Bentham, Barry Pemble, Vince Paige & Gary Pascoe and 2 did 4-5 winner Jed Parramore & Tom Feeney.

Vince's winner in the plate restored his around 50 point lead

28dec13 Berg's rule - nearly

Paul & Annette Berg both get winners with Michael Brook 11-4, the only non Berg winner!  Paul holds the bragging rights his 20-1 winner of the Welsh National puts him onto the leader board in 9th for the first time this comp, Annette's winner was 13-8.

Very little point scoring in the plate a single point for Kevin Wood brought him level with Barry but still 4th on count-back number of winners.

27dec13 slow day

Top man today was Steve Walton with a nice 13-2 winner but he remains down in the bottom half, others were Tom Feeney 4-1 to consolidate in 4th, Spencer Mills evens to move a little further clear at the top, Ian Carpenter 11-4 & Carl Dean 5-2 were the other 2 winners.

In the plate Barry Pemble won 3rd place back after the top three all gained 5 points for a second on the same horse.

26dec13 we're back

8 winners today with joint best of the day, the King George winner at 7-2, for Wayne Morton & Steve Tyson.  others were Paul Marks 5-2, Stuart Bentham 1-2, Martin Long 6-4, Dave Kingsbury 11-8, Jay Lewis 7-4, Justin Sercombe 11-10.

In the plate 10 points for Justin reeled in another 8 points from Vince after he could only manage a 2 point 3rd place, and a 5 point 2nd for Kevin Wood was enough to regain 3rd place.

HAPPY XMAS EVERYBODY

All our readers and Compers(!) have a good Christmas next update after Boxing Day

Small Xmas present for all: 

back Un De Sceaux for the Champion Hurdle 20-1 on Bet365 tonight - you heard it here first

22dec13 big double

Two people selected the same 14-1 winner today Pat Quinn Snr & Colin Warmington to move into 14th on the leader board.  There were 4 other winners Justin Sercombe 5-2, Kevin Wood 4-1, Steve Tyson 5-4, and Pat Quinn Jnr 5-2 to reel in the leader just a little.

In the plate bad day for the leader as his and Barry Pemble's selection slipped up coming to the 2nd last when in strong contention leaving Justin's selection to go on to win the 10 points.  Kevin Wood also collected 10 for his winner.  They both need to do that a fair few more times to catch Vince though.

File is updated through to 25th as there is no racing until Boxing Day so that has brought a few more to dormy.

21dec13 Leader sprints clear

Again just 5 winners but while strictly not the best of the day certainly the most significant was Spencer Mills 10-1, that's looking pretty good not enough to say it is all over with 20+ bets left but will be hard to catch.  Tim Catlin also picked that winner and Wayne Morton took top the day's top honours with a 14-1 winner.  The other two winners were Jon Hall 6-1 and Barry Pemble 6-4.

In the plate Vince pulled further clear with a 5 point 2nd the same selection as both Stuart Bentham and Kevin Wood.  Can't really see anyone catching him from here, unless someone can straight the second half of the comp.

No racing for 3 days after tomorrow

20dec13 travelling

Sorry missed this travelling back from USA anyway there were 5 winners best of which was Pat Quinn Jnr 14-1 to go 2nd

19dec13 standard fare

7 winners today best of the lot was Roger Dore 13-2 to move just into positive territory also among the winners were Annette Berg & Stuart Bentham both 10-11, Craig Connelly 7-2, Colin Warmington 11-4, Dave Kingsbury 9-2 to move 9th, Tom Ellison 7-4.

Kevin Dighton our esteemed sponsor went dormy today the perils of major construction projects!

18dec13 new leader

Spencer Mills makes it to the top with an 11-2 winner today, just eclipsed for best of the day by Mark Sharman with his 8-1 winner the others were Paul Stobbart 4-6, and three with the same even money shot, Vince Paige, Chris & Gary Pascoe.

Another good day in the plate for Vince as he picks up a 10 point winner and now sits 48 points clear

17dec13 another slow one

Just 4 again today best of the day was 6-1 for Colin Warmington others were Vince Paige 11-4, Paul Berg 5-2, Chris Pascoe 10-11.  Surprisingly long priced winner for Vince again and sufficient to move him up to 10th the first cash paying spot.

Also as Vince was the only player in the top 5 of the plate he moved further clear

16dec13 slow day

Just 4 winners today as most of the guys at the top of the leader boards sat out.  Best of the day by a long way was Dave Sharman at 14-1 to move onto the foot of the leader board winners also for Carl Dean 9-4, Ian Carpenter 11-4, & Tom Feeney 7-4 to move up a place to 4th.

Hardly anyone in the plate top 10 had a bet and no-one scored a point anyway!

15dec13 Another 10 winners

10 winners again today won't go through them all as the excel goes out shortly best of the day was Tom Feeney 10-1 to move nicely into the mix in 5th.  Vince Paige selected his 20th winner and the longest priced one at 9-4 for 10 points and so stretched his lead to an impressive 35 points level bets - his to lose from here.

14dec13 Last gasp win

Had to wait for the 7.20 before updating just in case Dave Kingsbury's long shot at Wolverhampton actually won and, blow me, it did at 16-1 to zoom him up into the money in 10th spot.  Up until that point the day's highlight was another winner for Spencer Mills 5-1, his 7th winner from the last 9 to move into 2nd transformed from -£11.57 and languishing down near Steve Walton and I to + £25.68 great stuff and gives us hope :-)

Apart from those two above there were 8 other winners, Mark Kelly brought up a double with an 11-4 winner, Stuart Bentham evens, Carl Dean 5-1, Vince Paige and Barry Pemble 11-10 and 10 points, Mark Quinn 7-1, Annette Berg 11-4 and Jimmy McGarrity the same which was enough to nudge him up two spots to 5th.

Vince looking odds on for the plate now unless we can psych him out of it a little later on :-)

13dec13 yesterday

Some very nice winners today from some in form tippers!  In total there were just 6 from 41 bets but best of the day was Mark Kelly 10-1, closely followed by red hot Spencer Mills 9-1 to go 3rd,  Adam Slater & Dave Sharman both 6-1 with Mark Nutting 4-1 to go 11th and Jay Lewis 5-1 to go 6th.

In the plate a good day for the leader as those that did bet missed, while he sat out, Stuart Bentham regain the final cash spot with a single point for 3rd, don;t forget not even half way through yet so even though the top 4 look a bit ahead that gap is easily made up!

13dec13 delayed update

Christmas party day so update will be tomorrow!!

12dec13 Leader wins again

Rod Brown pops in a nice 9-4 winner to move further clear, along with Annette Berg, Matthew Harrison, Pat Quinn Snr, & Richard Pascoe who all picked the same horse.  Mark Nutting 5-1, picked the best of the day to scrape back onto the foot of the leader board, Paul Creed 9-2, Pat Quinn Jnr picked up a 7-2 winner to move back 4th, Spencer Mills 11-4, were the other winners.

In the plate they all missed except Kevin Wood who picked up 5 points for a 2nd place

11dec13 big winner

Despite losing 15 bets to the abandonment's we still managed to secure 6 winners, the stand out one was for Paul Stobbart 20-1 to leap up to 2nd place.  He becomes the first player to cross into the comfort zone of knowing that he will definitely end the competition up, he sits £22.11 up with just 18 bets left, so despite being £6.47 behind Rod Brown in 2nd he is 11 bets ahead, that makes him the effective leader for me.

Other winners were three on the 4-1 Leicester winner, Adam Slater, Mark Sharman & Paul Marks,  the final 2 winners both had the same 5-1 winner they were Craig Connelly & Paul Berg.

Most of the plate boys did the same 1-4 shot that got turned over by a 66-1 outsider - didn't see it but it reads like a cock-up from AP who gave him a massive lead then couldn't reel him in!

10dec12 just a pair

Two winners today Vince Paige 8-13 & 5 points and Pat Quinn Snr 11-4 - enough said

09dec13 slow Monday

just 4 winners today with the best performance by Spencer Mills who brought up a 4 timer with a 7-1 winner the best of the day and zoomed onto the leader board in 8th.  The other winners were Richard Pascoe 11-10, Pat Quinn Snr 7-2, & Jed Parramore 10-11, to nudge up a place to 11th.

Hardly any bets in the plate so no changes to report

08dec13 Le Weekend

Big wins for Jo & Steve - they got married great day, thanks Steve & Jo and congratulations - the first napscomp wedding :-)

Loads of winner across the weekend 21 in total so clearly not going through all them best was Steve Tyson 16-1 but that still leaves him slightly down, also a big showing from Spencer Mills 12-1 Saturday and followed up today with 6-4 winner to bring up a treble and to move him one off the leader board in 16th.  Jay Lewis had a good weekend 2 from 2 at 8-1 & 6-1 that moved him up to the cash in 9th spot.  Another couple affecting the leader board were Jed Parramore 6-1 to return to the top 15, Paul Marks 8-1 to go £1.00 up.

In the plate Vince, Barry & Justin all scored 2 from 2, Kevin scored 1 from 2 & Gary, Chris & Stuart all scored 1 from 1 - everyone of those winners were 10 pointers!  So that didn't change much

Daniel Billingham & Mark Dighton went dormy

06dec13 Wedding Eve!

6 winners best of the day was Paul Stobbart 5-1, to go 10th,  Pat Quinn Jnr won again at 6-4, to bring up a treble and to move 3rd, Martin Long 8-15, Jimmy McGarrity brought up a nice double with an 11-4 winner to go 4th, Dave Barker had his 2nd 7-2 winner in a row to move onto the leader board, and finally Spencer Mills at 2-1.

In the plate all pretty quiet Justin Sercombe slipped back a bit after he failed to score and all the other top 6 sat out on a tough day - you wait until tomorrow even more difficult to find a 10 pointer!

05dec13 Action day

10 winners today topped by Pat Quinn Jnr 10-1 to move 4th and just when Pete Long thought he had taken over at the top with his 9-2 winner Rod Brown relies with a nice 8-1 winner late in the evening meeting.  A nice 10 point and 8-11 winner for Chris Pascoe, Gary Pascoe and Kevin Wood.  Terry Matthews 7-2, Jimmy McGarrity 100-30, Dave Kingsbury 9-2, Dave Barker 7-2 were the other winners.

In the plate Kevin Wood gained 5 points on Vince Paige after he and Barry Pemble could only manage 5 points for a 2nd.  Gary Pascoe has broken into the top 5 and the cash after his 10 point winner, probably only temporarily as he has had 6 games more.

Both Gareth Chapman & Lee Constable are now dormy and given that we have 3 blank days across the Xmas period effectively so are Mark Dighton & Daniel Billingham

04dec13 and another one

Just a paltry 3 winners again today Paul Berg topped the list at 4-1 with Pat Quinn Jnr 6-4 and Chris Pascoe 5-4.  The last two both moved up a place or two on the main leader board

In the plate no-one in the top 10 from yesterday had a bet so that allowed Chris Pascoe to sneak onto the foot of the table with his 5 point winner.

03dec13 another quiet one

5 winners 3 top placed were Chris Pascoe Jay Lewis and Steve Tyson all with the same 5-2 winner the only other success was Adam Slater & Barry Pemble with their  11-8 shot.  so that moved Chris up to just behind his dad!

In the plate Justin Missed again and Barry Pemble continued his relentless gathering of 5 point winners but still a bit off the pace

02dec13 nice quiet day

Just 3 winners Colin Warmington 4-1 was the best and Gary Dighton & Jake Fifield both had 5-2 winners.  That was Gary off the mark and Jake moved 9th.

None of the top 5 in the plate had a bet

01dec13 stag recovery day!

Slow start for some of us and a no show for a few! We still managed to scrape up 7 winners though three picked the same even money winner, Gary Pascoe, Jed Parramore & Dave Kingsbury, two selected the 30-100 winner in the first in Ireland Vince & Justin of course!  Leaving just Chris Pascoe who brought up a 6 timer at 4-6 and best of the day Michael Brook 6-1 to zoom up to a strong 5th place given that he has had more bets than anyone else in the top 14.

Vince & Justin moved 20+ points clear of Kevin Wood in 3rd with their 5 point winner today.

A lot of beer talk yesterday about where we should finish future naps comps ranging from Ayr (no way) to Happy Valley or the Melbourne Cup!! The one thought that did seem realistic was 2015 a repeat of the Punchestown trip, start collecting the necessary brownie points!

Note top left this is the new permanent home for the PDF of the leader boards easier like that than to include a link everyday in the daily blog 

29nov13 stag day

A very strong showing from napscomp members among the 18 travelers at Steve Walton's all day stag event at Towcester.  What a very nice course, a good test of stamina (for us and the horses!), new facilities, and nice atmos.  A strong recommend from everyone on the trip.

Only 4 winners on what appeared to be a tough day Roger Dore 3-1 to bring up a 5 timer, Pat Quinn Snr. with the best of the day 5-1, Justin Sercombe 5-4, and Barry Pemble 8-13.

In the plate Vince recorded only his 2nd 'not in the frame' runner and so slipped back to the pack after Justin Sercombe picked up a brave 10 points in Ireland.