29nov14 Brilliant

Great turn out and a great day to finish the comp and remember Steve he would have loved it.

Just 3 winners but WOW what excitement as Roger Dore's 14-1 winner stormed up the stand rail at 14-1 to win and lift Roger into first place.  Heart wrenching for Chris Pascoe the long time leader but well done Roger and thanks for the kind round of drinks he bought for everyone despite not being there!

For the record the other winners were Annette Berg 2-1 that's 13 for Annette and just 7 for Paul :-) and Jason McConkey 8-1 to finish 14th on his first venture into the naps comp world.  Special mention for our youngest ever player Annabelle Carpenter 19th in the main comp and 11th in the plate that means 32 players below her and she is only 12!!

Plate was sown up ages ago but last day change as Justin managed to over haul Stuart to take 3rd.

28nov14 ONE TO GO

Sorry for the delay had to wait for runners at Wolverhampton tonight

Only 2 winners today Martin Long 6-1 took the honours moved up to 5th place in a very congested 3rd through 9th part of the table, the other winner was David Sharman 4-1 needed to be 40-1!! List over shows all the leader board down to everyone within 25-1 of cash!

In the plate still two issues to be decided Justin can still catch Stuart for 3rd (2 points for Justin would still leave him behind on winners count back) and Jed can knock Chris out of the cash if he can gain 7 points (Chris would win on winners count back if they are level).

See loads of you tomorrow, cup will be there and on display 

27nov14 double

Just two winners Vince picked up a 13-8 winner and closed in on cash and Martin Long for the side bet but still needs at least a 6-4 winner to overtake him. Best of the day goes to Kevin Wood 12-1 but that still only takes him 18th.

In the plate Barry is definitely 2nd, but Jed can still knock Chris Pascoe out of the cash if he finishes strongly

26nov14 famous five

Well for a today anyway, best of the day was Dave Kingsbury who followed up his 5-1 shot yesterday with a 10-1 winner today to zoom up to 7th and into the cash, Mark Sharman finally hit a winner to nudge up to 4th, Roger kept ahead of him in 3rd with his 4-5 winner, Gary Pascoe and Annette Berg were the other winners also 4-5.  Providing Annette with more ammo in the Berg household as she now sits £4.96 ahead of Paul :-)  Probably best not to mention that on Saturday!

25nov14 sorry for delay

6 winners and a joint best of the day for Annette Berg and Carl Dean both 8-1 neither are challenging although that does move Carl into the top 20.  The leader unwound his extra bet to good effect a nice 5-6 winner to open up a small gap.  Other winners were Martin Long 6-4 handy consolidates his position in the cash but also moves him clear of Vince in their side bet Vince now has to find at least one more winner and it must be above 3-1 to catch him.  Dave Kingsbury's 5-1 winner moved him 11th and in striking distance & Roger Dore's 5-4 winner took him up a place into 3rd.

Steve's race

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Steve Waltons Memorial Race - 5 day decs

24nov14 Vince wins plate

Not really news but now mathematically certain 48 points clear only 4 bets left, that was after Vince, Justin Sercombe and Martin Long all picked the same 1-2 10 point winner and Barry could only manage 2 points after his 2-9 selection got beaten.  The only other winner was 9-2 for Mark Quinn and this really tightens things up at the top of the leader board Mark still second but if Chris doesn't convert his game in hand that would put them just 18p apart.  There is a £625.00 difference between 1st & 2nd place!

Places pay down to 5th in the plate and 9th in the main comp

23nov14 biggest ever number of winners

14 winners today a total considerably assisted by the fact that every on of the top 6 in the plate did the same 2-11 winner!  But that still leaves another 8 Ian Carpenter claimed best of the day at 6-1 and 4 others all had 4-1 winners, they were Tim Catlin (moved 3rd), Gary Pascoe (moved 5th), Pat Quinn Snr (moved 13th), Paul Berg.  Martin Long & Roger Dore helped their leader board causes with 8-11 winners and finally Neil Harrison 5-6.

Clearly nothing resolved in the plate other than Vince just needs to score one more 10 point winner to be certain of at least a share of top place but Barry would have to straight the final 5 bets and all at 10 points.

22nov14 Sidetracked

By the rugby and drinking so sorry for the late update!

All four of the plate picked the 1-5 10 point winner in the early race at Gowran which probably means they are all now safe for cash and the only question other than their order of finishing is whether Jed Parramore or Chris Pascoe will finish 5th the last cash spot.

7 winners in total so the other 3 were best of the day 9-1 for Dave Barker which was very timely and lifts him to 6th but only 89p off 3rd with 2 games in hand, Neil Harrison &  Jason McConkey both 100-30.

21nov14 getting close now

The climax to the comp I mean, will try and start to put up the selections at lunchtime for this last 8 days to add to the thrills :-)

Today saw 6 winners top dog was Carl Dean again too little too late the 12 forced losers really hurting him now hard to win cash giving the field 12 bet start.  Annette Berg and I both had a 9-4 winner and what a winner Niceonefrankie couldn't have won easier today nice horse.  Barry Pemble & Justin Sercombe both had 5-4 5 pointers which moved Justin up a spot to 4th in the plate, and finally Tim Catlin popped in with a late evening 11-10 shot to move up a spot on the main leader board.

20nov14 easy update

Loads chasing long shots coupled with the 2-9 'cert' at Thurles getting turned over means we have just a solitary winner Kevin Dighton 9-4

That's it folks!

19nov14 Roadchef!!

9 winners today 6 of them were a 10 point special for the plate boys so Barry Pemble, Stuart Bentham, me, Vince Paige, George Casserly & Justin Sercombe all 2-11!  The other 3 were Richard Pascoe 6-1, Carl Dean 10-1 and best of the day, Pat Quinn Snr 4-1,

18nov14 No girls

Annabelle's flirtation with the leader board only lasted one day as Dave Kingsbury moved 12th with his 9-1 winner.  He was joined on best of the day by both Jimmy McGarrity and Richard Pascoe with the same 9-1 winner.  There were four other winners Chris Pascoe, Barry Pemble and Stuart Bentham all 2-9, and George Casserly  evens.  

17nov14 The Carpenters

6 Winners Ian Carpenter took top spot 17-2 and Annabelle Carpenter was next best on the day at 11-2 and that meant she has joined the boys on the leader board, OK a fair way of 9th and cash but good stuff.  Vince Paige snapped up a 1-5 shot to extend his lead in the plate after all the others picked the 2-13 shot that got turned over and only scored 1 point.  The other winners were Dave Kingsbury and Kevin Wood both at 7-4 and Gary Pascoe 5-6.

16nov14 Open over

7 winners and the big news is another big best of the day winner for Jon Curtis 10-1 zooms him up to 4th just 1p behind Roger Dore in 3rd level bets that was in fact only joint best of the day as Wayne Morton also captured the same winner.  The 5 other winners were Barry Pemble 2-11 for 5 points and a slight closing of the gap to Vince the leader, Justin Sercombe and Stuart Bentham both 1-6 with Paul Stobbart & Jimmy McGarrity both on 15-8 winners.

Just two weeks left excel on its way

15nov14 hope you were on Sam!

Just 5 winners today and best of thee day was Pete Long indeed on Sam Winner at 15-2, the other 4 were Stuart Bentham 5-6, Roger Dore 5-2, Gary Pascoe 4-6, Chris Pascoe 10-11,

Saturday Selections

Just for the visitor looking for some guidance on a tough day at Cheltenham on Saturday or for us oldies Mackeson Gold Cup Day!

12.40 - I quite like Golden Jubilee not run at anything like this level before but shown good form and micro weight probably 10-1 so some room for each way betting

1.15 - no value

1.50 - Sam Winner likes it here and has some good festival form 7-1 so tight for each way for me although if you must do each way then you will still make money

2.30 - The big one, I like John's Spirit another 7-1 shot and ground a bit of a worry but loads of course form and by now you have loads of bookies cash so go for it :-)

FYI each way treble would work nicely 703-1 for the win

14nov14 another just two

Leader pops in a 4-7 winner and Kevin Dighton 7-2 and that was it

13NOV14 JUST TWO

Only 2 winners today from 40 bets best of the day Pat Quinn Jnr 9-2 and Barry Pemble 1-4 5 points in the plate but that's probably simply not enough to claw back a 49 point deficit with only 2 bets in hand now and only 15 to go.

12nov14 late again

10 winners today and just a couple that weren't short priced consolidating/plate winners.  They were best of the day 11-2 for Tim Catlin to go 4th and a 4-1 winner for me that still leaves me outside the top 20 despite 3 from the last 4! & Annette Berg 100-30

11nov14 busy tonight

so no poncing about 12 winners best of the day and the only one worthy of much comment was 16-1 winner recorded by Jon Curtis to move back onto the leader board in 8th.

10nov14 Correction & results

Firstly apologies missed an important winner yesterday for Mark Sharman, proof of the value of reading this - I suppose preaching to the converted if you're reading this :-).  He had an 11-2 winner which is of some significance as it takes him 3rd - sorry

So to today 7 winners - no monsters and mainly the usuals! Annabelle Carpenter 5-4, Barry Pemble, Justin Sercombe, Richard Pascoe & Jed Parramore all 10-11, Chris Pascoe 4-9 and best of the day for Roger Dore at only 6-4 but enough to move him 4th.

09nov14 Another Big Haul

11 winners today and guess who was best of the day for the first time in years me with an 8-1 winner which rushes me up to 29th place :-).  Here goes with the other 10, Paul Berg & Chris Pascoe 100-30 which took Chris to just 8p behind the leader but as he has had 3 extra bets must hold the whip hand.  Gary Pascoe evens, George Casserly 13-8, Jimmy McGarrity 11-4, Jed Parramore & roger Dore 11-8, Martin Long & Mark Quinn 4-5, & finally Pat Quinn Jnr 7-2.

Barry used up one of his in hand bets today and only picked up 1 point looking really tough to get to Vince now.

Excel update on its way

08nov14 what price we would win 5-0!

Sorry Roger (Swindon fan) I did warn you we can get an occasional good performance!

A very good haul today 10 winners in total, best was Dave Kingsbury at 10-1 to go just 27p down and close to the leader board in 13th.  Joint 2nd best were Tim Catlin & Ian Carpenter at 15-2 that took Tim 4th and Ian 42nd :-). Three people picked The Young Master at Wincanton much talk in the media of whether that result would stand as the horse was not qualified to run.  Our rules state that result on the day stands so if it is turned over by the stewards today then Mark Sharman, Richard & Chris Pascoe will all lose their 13-2 winners otherwise it will stand so I have included it as a winner.  There were 4 other winners Vince Paige 11-10,  Stuart Bentham 3-1, Jed Parramore 6-1, and Annette Berg 4-1.

Looks like Vince's 10 point winner and Barry Pemble only managing a 2 point 2nd might mean that's it for the top spot in the plate unless we can talk Vince into messing about trying to win the main comp and that opens the door for Barry - I'll do my best :-)

07nov14 Friday winners

Sorry but another late Friday selection held up blog, but understand you have to pick what you have to pick it was me on Thursday night!

Just 6 winners usual suspects Barry Pemble, Vince Paige, Justin Sercombe and I suppose we should add Annabelle Carpenter to that group as she brings up a 6 timer and 9 from the last 11, so 4-7, 4-7, 4-7 & 2-5 respectively.  Gary Pascoe took the day's honours and 3rd place with his 7-2 winner and that just leaves Martin Long's 9-5 winner good enough to take him to treble figures in the plate and 4th spot in the main

06nov14 late night

10 winners so here they all are best of the day to Paul Berg at 10-1 but he still needs a few more like that to trouble the leader board.  Gary Pascoe moved through to 4th with a 7-1 winner and John Heneghan moved 9th with a 9-1 winner, 3 at 11-10 Annabelle Carpenter, Barry Pemble & Justin Sercombe, 2 at 2-5 Kevin Dighton & Stuart Bentham,  final 2 were Vince Paige 6-4 and Wayne Morton 9-4.

All quiet in the plate as they pretty much are all getting winners most of the time

05nov14 Boom Boom

Lots of winners so just a mention for some nice performers Mark Sharman an early leader finally stops the rot with the best of the day 14-1.  Vince Paige & Annabelle Carpenter both scored 10 points with there 9-4 winner that took Vince nearly 50 points clear and gave Annabelle a 4 timer and 7 from the last 9

04nov14 slow one

4 just winners today Annabelle Carpenter again at 8-15, Jason McConkey 7-2, Jed Parramore 3-1, & Michael Brook 15-8

03nov14 usual Monday

8 winners today Barry Pemble, 1-4 Justin Sercombe 2-7 & Stuart Bentham 2-7 all collected 5 points to reel in Vince a bit in the plate but doesn't look like he has much to worry about.  Annabelle Carpenter kept up her good form 4 from the last 5 but she still sits back down in 24th so plenty still to do.  Other winners were Pat Quinn Snr also in a good patch of form with 4 from the last 6 and sufficient to get him onto the foot of the leader board.  Martin Long followed up with a consolidating 2-7 winner and Roger Dore secured best of the day with just a 7-2 winner but he sits 3rd so the right tactics.  Tim Catlin 11-4 improved his spot with an 11-4 winner

02nov14 Ballyoliver scores for 3

A brand new leader as Mark Quinn, Martin Long, & Terry Matthews all select a 14-1 winner, that brings up a fabulous treble and a commanding lead for Mark Quinn 20-1, 6-1, & 14-1 - hope he has been backing them!  4 people also picked a 1-4 winner they were Vince Paige, Annabelle Carpenter, Jed Parramore & Stuart Bentham, Andy Pitter 100-30 & Gary Pascoe 5-2 were the other winners today.

So the worst the new leader can end up at now is +18.88 probably a bit short of a winning total but nailed on to at least cash.

01nov14 Happy Birthday Me!

Couldn't even celebrate with a winner :-(

In fact not many could as there were only 3 Mark Quinn went 2nd with a 6-1 winner Pat Quinn Snr 11-2 & Rod Brown 9-2 were the others