PROPOSED DATES FOR NEXT COMP

Vince tells me we already have 19 entrants paid and in for the next comp well done very keen!

Our thoughts for the next comp are ending at different venue Warwick for some evening "summer" jumps racing this would be Saturday 11th May not sure of the start time yet but probably 5pm or so at that time of the year.  This is Ladies Night so bring partners or dress up :-)

That puts us starting on Sunday 10th February 2019, and we will include the 3 big festivals of Cheltenham, Aintree & Punchestown

Will pick up the reminders and high intensity entrants drive at the end of January

Have a good and profitable Xmas & New Year

Maurice

The Sandown contingent all except Jo who had to leave sharpish, i think we did the champagne bar proud

Remarkably Pete wasn't wearing that Xmas jumper for a bet!

2nd place Mark Sharman graciously handing over the cup to Kevin Dighton on behalf of his brother Gary (well through gritted teeth)

FINAL DAY REPORT

Massive commiserations to Martin Long who in the last few days lost a good lead to two big winners and o rub salt into the wound also finished on the bubble in the plate, still, at least he collected cash!  Congratulations to Gary Dighton great total for the comp the 3rd highest in the history of 45 competitions and the two that have been higher were the two comps that had 100-1 winners in them so great stuff.  Steve Carter also picked the same 40-1 winner as Gary so he moved up from 42nd place to 5th on the last day.  Jason McConkey also got last day cash with his 10-1 winner taking him to 7th the other 3 winners were Steve Taylor 10-1, Stuart Bentham 8-13, and 2 points so just enough to pip Vince for 2nd place in the plate on winners countback.  We should also recognize the great winner performance from Stuart 36 winners (59.0%) and only 4 selection that didn't make the frame! and finally Nobby Camunzuli 15-2 but not enough.

Great comp this time - we are working on timing for the next one but it definitely won;t start until February 2019. 

Pictures of the team at Sandown will be put up later

08dec18 FINAL DAY

A full detailed update will appear here later this morning but headlines on a day of high drama were the two players who grabbed the 40-1 winner in the opener and farsical race at Aintree one of those was Gary Dighton so he smashed his way into an unassailable lead and won

07dec18 ONE TO GO

Best of the day was me!! 16-1 to move me just a few pence off the cash positions in a very tightly congested part of the table with just over £3 covering all the places from 10th to 19th.  The other 3 winners were Will Parker 11-2 to move into 11th, Tom McGarrity 12-1 to give himself a chance of cash and finally, Jason McConkey also 11-2 to go into 19th spot on +£1.25

06dec18 THREE

So, 3 winners, today best was Andy Pitter 16-1 he is now 17th on 79p down.  Most significant at least in terms of the leaderboard was Robert Logan at 6-1 to move into the last cash position in 10th relegating Stuart to the bubble.  Finally, Stuart Bentham who's certainly won his 100.00 prize so now just playing to catch Vince in second, go Stuart go!!

05nov18 NO WINNERS

So nothing to update (sorry out last night) full update tonight

04dec18 ONE SOLITARY WINNER

Well done Helen Fahey for preventing another blank day with her 15-8 winner that puts her on the bubble. 

Another update sent tonight with 4 days to go

03dec18 MASSIVE TOP OF THE TABLE WINNER

9 winners but no doubt of the most significant and that was the 20-1 winner for Mark Sharman who was £10 behind Martin in second and now sits £10 clear ita tough ask for Martin now he only has 2 bets to go.  The others were top by Adrian Hunt & Will Parker who both picked up a 10-1 winner enough to take Will to  +£1.54 and 16th place.  Andy Pitter & Martin Long 6-5, Chris Pascoe best of the day and off the mark with a 25-1 winner, Nigel Clifford 11-1, Stuart Bentham 1-7 & Steve Taylor were the rest. 

02dec18 LAST SUNDAY UPDATE

6 winners best of the day and off the mark for Tom Feeney 20-1, two more of those for cash! 2 players nabbed a nice 16-1 winner Andy Pitter & Stan Moore to move Stan into the money in 7th place.  Stuart Bentham 4-6, Andy Stevens 100-30 & Gary Dighton 6-5 were the others.

Congratulations to Robert Logan who now can't be caught in the plate and is the winner unseating Vince who has won it for the past two comps and 12 times in all.

01dec18 JUST 3

Stand out winners were joint best of the day for both Mark Lowry & Colin Warmington at 12-1 but they were both well back so in fact no changes at all in the leaderboard, the other winner was, of course, Stuart Bentham 4-6.

30nov18 BIG WINNERS

Sorry for late update but naps right through to the 9.00 last night

Big news and best of the day for Mark Nutting 20-1 that pushes him up to 4th and right in the mix at the top of the leaderboard.  Jimmy McGarrity and I both picked up a 14-1 winner not enough for me but for Jimmy it moves him into 10th the last cash paying spot.  Four other winners they were Ernie Moore a consolidating 2-1 winner, Martin Long & Mark Sharman both the same 11-4 winner to move those 2 clear of the chasing field & finally Chris Martin 4-1 to move up a spot to 6th

29nov18 ANOTHER SLOW ONE

Just 4 winners they were Robert Logan 6-4 and 10 points which means just 1 more point from his final 3 bets guarantees him victory in the plate.  Ernie Moor 3-1 Jamie Hill 5-4 to nudge up one place and best of the day for Andy Stevens 6-1 but he is well down he is even below me!!

28nov18 NICE AND EASY

No winners nuf said!

27nov18 STANDARD FAYRE

6 winners best was 16-1 for Steve Carter which halved is negative total, most significant was for Andy Grinter 10-1 to move 4th,  others were Andy Pitter 100-30, Paul Berg 8-1, Martin Long 5-4, and finally Colin Warmington 9-4.

26nov18 WELL DONE IN SRI LANKA LADS

6 winners Will Parker 9-4, Martin Long the leader another canny 4-6 winner, Jamie Hill 6-5, Chris Martin best of the day 13-2 to go into 4th spot, Ben Cheetham 6-1 & Andy Pitter 6-5. 

25nov18 TOUGH ONE

Just 3 winners today our leader Martin Long played a smart hand and went for a decent 7-4 favourite on the come and catch me if you can basis - could he be the first ever 4 time winner?  The other two were best of the day Helen Fahey 11-4 and perhaps, of course, Stuart Bentham 4-11 after a few days sat out, that was his 50th runner that has finished in the frame from just 54 bets

24nov18 JUST A HAND FULL

Best was Carl Dean 7-1 but he needs a few more of those to feature, Andy Grinter picked up a few spots on the leaderboard with his 6-1 winner,  Jamie Hill consolidated with a 5-4 winner, Michael Brook 13-2 and Paul Moulton 4-5 were the final pair. 

23nov18 EDINBURGH

Getting ready for the Scotland v Argentina game at Murrayfield today.  So a late report on yesterday because of so many evening runners, a total of 9 winners topped out by a second 20-1 winner of the week for Tommy Smith to move him to the middle of the leaderboard.  Plenty of others they were,  Annette Berg 7-1, Darren Mills 5-2, Jamie Hill & Robert Logan both evens, Mark Sharman 4-6, Kevin Roberts 9-1 & Stan Moore 12-1 to see both of them move to the foot of the leaderboard and finally Will Parker 9-4.   

22nov18 HELLO FROM SCOTTY

5 winners joint top for Natasha Tizzano & Helen Fahey at 13-2, me 3-1, Dave Brammer 9-2, Gary Dighton 8-11.

21nov18 ANOTHER SLOW ONE

Just 5 winners today stand out was Steve Taylor live from Hexham at 12-1, Mark Nutting 13-2 who moved up to 4th, the others were Gary Dighton 10-11, Jamie Hill 5-4, & Tom McGarrity also 10-11.

Interestingly in the plate where it sort of looks all over if Robert Logan just secures 2 points a race all the way in then Vince has to hit 11 x 5 point winners to draw level - then he would lose on 2nd place countback! which would be interesting to comment on at Sandown :-)

20nov18 ONLY FOUR

Yep that's it today Jamie Hill & Robert Logan both evens, Tom McGarrity best of the day 11-1 and running him close for top spot was Dave Klein 10-1

19nov18 HIGH TOP OF THE TABLE DRAMA

Martin Long previously sitting 3rd and a fair way back smashes in a 20-1 winner to zoom top and having played 3 more bets that looks a strong position.  8 other winners and they were  Colin Warmington & Gary Dighton both 13-2, Dave Brammer 4-1, Robert Logan 4-6, Ernie Moore 3-1 to move up a spot, Kevin Dighton off the mark at last at 11-8, Stuart Bentham 30-100, & finally Will Parker 11-10. 

18nov18 DIFFICULT

Must have been a difficult one today or are we just all looking for long shots!  So just 3 winners best of the day and off the nark with a bang for Gary Pascoe and the 20-1 winner Nietzsche other were Pete Long 6-1 to go 8th, Paul Moulton 4-1 to go 6th.

The rule for maximum odds of 33-1 now no longer applies as we all only have 20 bets or less left, all you need to do is find such a winner :-)

17nov18 WELL DONE

The 3 players who all picked Baron Alco in the Gold Cup today they were Andy Stevens, Michael Brook and our now run away leader Mark Sharman nearly £10 clear with only 13 bets to go.  The other 4 winners were a nice best of the day for Tommy Smith at 20-1 that takes him to just £4.25 down so in touch, Robert Logan 5-6 and 5 points to move away from Vince at the top of the plate could Vince be beaten? Final pair were Jason McConkey 9-1 to reach the foot of the leaderboard & Stuart Bentham 1-5 to bring up his 29th winner which is a bigger total on his own than the bottom 19 players together!

16nov18 ONE TO COME

Position before Dave Klein's late bet is 5 winners topped by Darren Mills following up his opener with a 9-2 winner today, also Andy Grinter joint top 9-2 to go 7th, Ernie Moore 2-1, Roger Dore 9-4 & Ray Harper 4-1. 

15nov18 WOW WHAT A DAY

16 winners our best ever for this comp star of the day 40-1 for Jo Hutson unfortunately as she has had less than 41 bets the maximum applies so that is restricted to just 33-1 but that takes her to -25p and back in the game.  A comment that also applies to Darren Mills bottom of the main comp and the plate and he gets off the mark with a 33-1 shot nice hit.  Other decent winners were Andy Pitter 9-2, Paul Moulton 100-300 to go 7th, Roger Dore finally getting into his stride after 26 bets in a row at the start without a winner now 4 from the last 11 this time 13-2.

14nov18 QUIET DAY

But not for Ann Mills who makes an appearance in 10th on the leaderboard after a cracking 16-1 winner.  There were just 4 other winners they were Mary Lowry 2-1, Roger Dore 11-4, Stuart Bentham 2-5, and Tom McGarrity 9-2. 

13nov18 TRIPLE WHAMMY

Well, that made the update easier at Chelmsford!  3 people all had the same 25-1 winner to move them all onto the leaderboard they were Pete Long, Stan Moore & Kevin Roberts others were Annette Berg 4-1, Gary Dighton 5-2, and a nice winner for Helen Fahey at 7-1 who moves up to 9th.

12nov18 USUAL MONDAY

Although we did manage 7 winners, the top two in the plate slugging it out both with the same 9-4, 10 pointer, best of the day for Will Parker at 7-2 to sneak onto the foot of the leaderboard mainly because I extended it! The remaining 4 were Pete Long & Ernie Moore both 5-2, Mark Lowry 8-15 & Ben Cheetham 7-4. 

11nov18 AND ON A MORE TRIVIAL NOTE!

Double whammy 2 people pick the same 25-1 winner Carl Dean, who definitely needed it! but more significantly and to take over at the top our new leader Mark Sharman - good stuff lads.  In total there were 7 winners so the other five were 3 of us at 11-4 me, Helen Fahey & Tom McGarrity, Rod Brown 4-1 & Vince Paige 5-4. 

11nov18 LEST WE FORGET

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Robert Laurence Binyon, 1914

10nov128 ANOTHER BUMPER DAY

14 winners again today so here goes 3 all got the 8-13, 10 pointer and no guesses for which three Stuart Bentham, Robert Logan & Vince Paige.  Annette Berg & Andy Stevens both 5-1, Chris Martin 9-1 best of the day and good enough to go 3rd.  The leader kept up his fine form with a 6-4 winner, & Jamie Hill got the tactics right after his long-shot put him back in the game with a nice 11-4 winner to consolidate near the top.  The final 6 were Jason McConkey & Jimmy McGarrity both 11-2, Michael Brook 5-2, Martin Long evens in the 2 horse race! Paul Moulton & Rod Brown both 2-1.

09nov18 HELLO

6 winners today and they were best of the day Ben Cheetham 5-1, Ernie Moore 6-4, to bring up a 4 timer,  Kevin Wood 2-1, Martin Long 3-1 to recapture 2nd place,  Paul Moulton 11-4, Stuart Bentham 2-7 back in the game after a few days off

I'm away in London at the Lord Mayor's show tomorrow so unlikely that I'll be able to do an update tomorrow - mainly because I'm not taking my laptop with me!!

08nov18 JAMMIE JAMIE!

Yep, the biggest winner of the comp 33-1 for Jamie Hill, to zoom up from the depths to 4th won by a short head!!  In total 6 winners and the other 5 were topped by a nice 10-1 winner for Adrian Hunt, also on the scoresheet, today was Ben Cheetham 15-8, Ernie Moore 100-30, Steve Taylor 6-1, and finally Stuart McLeod 9-4 to recapture 2nd spot.

07nov18 TOP DAY

14 winners by far our best day from just 41 runners.  So here's the list Ann Mills & me both 100-30, Colin Warmington & Dave Brammer both 9-2, Ernie Moore 5-2, Gary Dighton 2-7 a nice consolidating winner at the top, Ian Carpenter & Vince Paige 10-11, Mark Lowry & Roger Dore both 11-10, & Mark Nutting 2-1, joint best of the day for Nobby Camunzuli & Tom McGarrity 5-1, and finally Paul Berg brings up a rare double at 4-1. 

06nov18 FIVE WINNERS

Just five today Annette Berg & Jason McConkey both 5-2, Dave Brammer 3-1, Paul Berg best of the day 7-2, & Robert Logan 1-2. 

05nov18 9 winners

04nov18 WELL DONE ENG!

What a great result 12-11 never should have won but hey! For us, 7 winners today nothing standout Kevin Wood, Mark Lowry & Martin Long all 3-1, our Leader Gary Dighton appears unstoppable at 5-2,  Helen Fahey 10-11, best of the day for Paul Moulton at 4-1 to move into the cash and finally a nice 10 point 9-10 winner for Robert Logan to move nicely clear in the plate. 

Quite a few gone dormy this week do check the excel file which is on its way

03nov18 BUMPER DAY

Well for us compared to our recent performance 9 winners and they were as follows: Annette Berg 6-4, Ann Mills best of the day 11-2, Ben Cheetham 11-8, Brian Hammon 3-1, Colin Warmington & Ernie Moore Jimmy McGarrity all 4-1, Paul Moulton 13-8, & finally Robert Logan 1-3. 

02nov18 JUST TWO

Double only today best was the leader, 7-2 for Gary Dighton,  who is pulling away at the top and is also threatening in the plate.  The other player to trouble the scorer was Martin Long 2-1 to move into 3rd. 

01nov18 HAPPY BIRTHDAY ME!

7 Winners best of the day Will Parker 15-2 to make a reappearance on the leaderboard, Ian Carpenter a long-awaited return to the winners enclosure at 4-5,  Kevin Roberts 9-5, Michael Brooks 100-30, Martin Long 11-4, Robert Logan 5-4, & Tom McGarrity 8-11. 

31oct18 Ghastly!

4 winners Andy "Ghostly" Grinter 11-10, Dave "Boo" Brammer 9-2, Rod "RIP" Brown 4-1,  and Stuart "Scary" Bentham 2-5

I must get out more :-)

30oct18 TREBLE

Just 3 winners Kevin Roberts 7-4, Mark Lowry 6-1, Nobby Camunzuli best of the day 7-1 to go on to the leaderboard

Correction 4 winners Robert Logan 5-4 as well!

29oct18 LEADER WINS AGAIN

6 winners today Gary Dighton extended his lead with a nice consolidating winner at 9-10 the same horse selected by Vince Paige,  Kevin Roberts 7-2, Kevin Wood 5-4, joint best of the day were Nigel Clifford & Paul Moulton both 5-1. 

28oct18 7 AGAIN TODAY

-Not quite so impressive as Saturday but some nice winners nonetheless.  Topped by Martin Long - to zoom onto the leader board.  The others were 3 on Frodon at  9-2 they were Jimmy McGarrity, Ernie Moore & Tommy Smith and 2 picked Exitas at 5-1 they were Andy Grinter & Nobby Camunzuli.  Finally, Mark Nutting backed up yesterday's 10-1 winner with a 7-2 shot today to be right in the mix. 

27oct18 FORGOT

Missed Saturday update joint best were Dave Sharman & Paul Berg both with a very nice 16-1 winner and Mark Nutting also had a double-figure winner at 10-1, there were 4 others.

26oct18 TREBLE

So only three winners today Stuart Bentham, of course, who has now had 22 winners from just 38 bets and 17 from the last 21 today 5-6.  The best of the day was Stan Moore 12-1 a nice way to get off the mark and finally Adrian Hunt a nice little 5-1 winner.

25oct18 NEW LEADER

Gary Dighton's 85-40 winner today just lifted him 94p above Stuart into top spot.  There were only 3 other winners they were best of the day Gerry McCann who looks like he just needed the spur of going dormy to get started today with a 7-1 winner to move 10th.  Stuart Bentham 2-5, Annette Berg 11-8 were the other two. 

24oct18 WOODSTOCK

6 winners they were Carl Dean 9-2, Kevin Wood 7-4 Robert Logan 4-6, Stuart Bentham 2-9, Tom McGarrity 100-30, & Vince Paige evens. 

23oct18 GOOD DAY

9 winners so much better, top of those was Gerry McCann who got off the mark with an 8-1 winner.  The others were Ernie Moore 4-1 to move onto the leaderboard, Gary Dighton 5-4 to close the gap at the top, Helen Fahey 3-1, Kevin Wood 9-4, Michael Brook 7-2, Martin Long 11-4, Robert Logan picked up where he left off before his break with an 11-10 winner to stay clear at the top in the plate and finally Stuart Bentham 1-4. 

Sandown 08dec18

Just checked the Sandown site there is a Bavarian Xmas beer festival on the final day - tickets bit cheaper if there are 10+ of us going

Anyone definitely going let me know - if there is enough (over 10) I'll get a group deal let's be fair, not critical to save a few quid but hey if we are going anyway. 

22oct18 USUAL STUFF

Five winners today with Brian Hammon topping the winner's chart with a nice 8-1 winner to back into the top half other winners were Ernie Moore 1-3, Mark Nutting 7-4 to nudge up one place & finally Paul Stobbart & Richard Pascoe both 7-2 and 10 points.

21oct18 ONE DAY WONDER THAT WAS!

Just 3 winners today Chris Martin brought up a quickfire treble with a 5-2 winner to consolidate 4th spot, Stuart Bentham 30-100 to bring up his 18th winner and best of the day for Nigel Clifford who went dormy and got off the mark with an 11-2 shot. 

20oct18 BUMPER DAY

Firstly sorry for the delay away in London at an event and also sorry to Chris Martin who had a winner yesterday at 6-1 which I missed - not sure how!!

On with today 8 winners topped by Andy Grinter at 16-1 to zoom into 6th place but closely followed by two players with a 10-1 winner, Chris Martin again (to go 4th) and Dave Brammer.  Annette Berg Mark Lowry, & Ernie Moore all 2-1,  Gary Dighton evens, & Stuart Bentham 5-6 made up the rest of the winners.

19oct18 JUST ONE WINNER

Helen Fahey 11-2 to move her up to 7th. 

First two players went dormy today Gerry McCann & Terry Mathews

18oct18 STANDARD FAYRE

5 winners today best was Mark Nutting 7-1 but closely followed by Jon Curtis who got off the mark 6-1, Gary Dighton's 7-2 winner moved him up a spot or two 7-2, and Jamie Hill also 7-2, and finally Richard Pascoe 6-4.

17oct18 A BIT BETTER

7 winners today Andy Pitter 6-4, Ernie Moore 2-1, Kevin Wood 11-10, Nice 10-1 winner and best of the day for Mark Sharman to close up the gap to the leader, Stuart Bentham brings up a five-timer with a 4-9 winner, Tom McGarrity 4-9 and finally Steve Taylor 11-4.

16oct18 WELL DONE LADS

No not us of course, all we could muster was 4 winner and 3 of those were odds on! I mean England in Seville.  Best of the day was Kevin Wood at 11-4, Stuart Bentham again 4-11, Nobby Camunzuli 5-6 and Paul Stobbart 8-11. 

We need to buck our ideas up!

15oct18 AND AGAIN

Just two again they were Stuart Bentham 4-11 and Andy "AJ" Pitter 7-2 best of the day

14oct18 EVEN TOUGHER ONE!

Just two winners Gary Dighton evens to move onto the foot of the plate for the first time and best of the day and off the mark (at last) for Paul Berg 5-1. 

Excel update on its way

13oct18 TOUGH ONE

It must have been as we only had 3 winners from 46 selections, Stuart Bentham evens, Ernie Moore & Dave Brammer joint best of the day at just 3-1.  That's it!

12oct18 LEADER STRIKES

Stuart McLeod throws down the gauntlet to us all and says can you catch me after banging in another great winner and best of the day at 10-1.  Six other winners they were Pete Long & Robert Logan 2-1, me 7-4, Gary Dighton 4-1 and a return to 2nd spot, Jimmy McGarrity 3-1 & finally, Stuart Bentham slowly creeping up the plate leaderboard with a 5-6 winner today

11oct18 HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Pete Long but no winner!  A total of 5 again today joint best of the day at 6-1 were Ernie Moore getting off the mark and Andy Grinter, others were Nobby Camunzuli 5-2, Richard Pascoe 13-8 but enough to move him back to 2nd and Tom McGarrity 11-10.  Special mention for Gary Pascoe 2nd at 50-1 by just a neck! but did he need it :-)

10oct18 STANDARD

6 winners they were Vince Paige & Ian Carpenter both 10 points at 11-8, Steve Taylor 11-2, Gary Dighton 9-2 to go 3rd, Mark Nutting 9-2, & Stuart Bentham 7-4.

09oct18 ONE NICE WINNER

Among another small bunch of successes today only They were Vince Paige 13-8, Dam Mason 4-1 to move up a spot to 5th, Helen Fahey & Martin Long both 2-1 and best of the day at 12-1 went to Steve Carter.

08oct18 USELESS PERFORMANCE

Just 5 winners and 3 of them were the 1-25 winner of the 2 horse race, to be fair I don't think they imagined it would be that short but there was a non-runner, the three were Stuart Bentham, Stuart McLeod &  Mark Lowry, Dave Sharman popped in with his 2nd winner 9-2 and Adrian Hunt got off the mark nicely with the best of the day 10-1.  This was on the busiest day of the comp with basically two winners, backing up my contention that Mondays are a day to leave the naps alone!

AND THE WINNER OF THE 100,000TH NAP IS

13.14 99,996th Thomas Smith
13.14 99,997th Will Parker
13.14 99,998th Ben Cheetham
13.17 99,999th Adrian Hunt
13.18 100,000th PAUL STOBBART
13.18 100,001st unluckily Stuart Bentham

07oct18 GETTING CLOSE

Just 5 winners today Gary Dighton 11-10, Robert Logan 4-5, Stuart Bentham 2-5 for a four-timer and joint best of the day at the pathetically low odds of 5-4 was me and Tom McGarrity.

SO WE ARE IN STRIKING DISTANCE OF THE 100,000TH NAP JUST 38 BETS TO GO THAT IS ABOUT AVERAGE FOR A DAYS NUMBER OF BETS SO THE FREE ENTRY PRIZE COULD BE CLAIMED TOMORROW  - WATCH THIS SPACE

06oct18 NEWCASTLE WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

How did they lose that game conceding 3 goals in the final 20 minutes -oh well!  Just 5 winners for us so a pretty rough day, Andy Pitter 15-8, Jimmy McGarrity best of the day 11-2 to move onto both leaderboards, Martin Long 2-1, Paul Moulton continued his good run with a 5-1 winner, and finally Stuart Bentham brought up a treble with a 1-4 winner and lies just 1 point off the plate leaderboard.

05oct18 STANDARD FAYRE

Ordinary day 6 winners best of the day was Vince Paige 10 points and 7-2 is he back in the race for the plate?  Three players Kevin Wood, Jimmy McGarrity, & Brian Hammon all had the same 6-4 winner, Stuart Bentham 4-9 & Mark Sharman 5-2 were the other two.

04oct18 HANDFULL

They were Vince Paige & Paul Stobbart both 1-3, Stuart Bentham 8-11 and joint best of the day for Dave Brammer & Kevin Wood at 4-1.

03oct18 MOGG!

7 winners today and a few that impacted the leaderboards.  Mark Nutting 8-1 was best of the day and that took him the same amount up and he now sits on the bubble in 11th.  Chris Martin 3-1 to move up to 8th, Gary Dighton 5-2 to go 5th, Mark Lowry & Mark Sharman both the same, & finally Will Parker evens. So we only saw winners from players now on the leaderboard a strange circumstance with so many winners.

Oh and Pete Long had a winner as well 7-1

02oct18 SLOW DAYS

Double day update from two very slow days (thanks as I'm away until tomorrow) with only 4 winners in total across both, best was Ian Carpenter 10-1 closely followed by Paul Moulton at 9-1 the other winners were Paul Stobbart 4-1 & Annette Berg 4-5,

30sep18 QUIET DAY

Just 6 winners on Sunday but these included a couple of nice ones.  Ann Mills 10-1 to move onto the leaderboard but best of the day was at Gary Dighton at 1-1, Dave Brammer 10-11, Kevin Wood 100-30, Mark Sharman & Tom McGarrity both 7-2 were the final 2.

29sep18 COUPLE OF NICE WINNERS

As well as another nice 8-1 winner for Stuart the leader and now pulling clear!  The best of the day was Martin Long at 12-1 to move back to the leaderboard in 11th place.  Dave Brammer got off the mark with an 8-13 winner, Helen Fahey 7-2, Jason McConkey made it onto both leaderboards with a very nice 11-1 winner of the big one at Newmarket.  The final two winners of the 7 today were Will Parker 9-4 & Mark Lowry 2-1.

I'm away at a conference for the next few days - I'll do my best to update!

28sep18 WELL THAT WAS SHORT LIVED!

Just 5 winners today most significant was Richard Pascoe's immediate response to Stuart closing the gap at the top right down after his 3-1 winner, Gary Dighton & Chris Martin had the joint best of the day at 5-1 Robert Logan popped in another short priced winner to forge ahead even further in the plate at just 2-7 though.  Finally, there was a 4-1 winner for Colin Warmington who is getting close to even. 

QUESTION

What's all these naps today on Mister Universum in the 4.00 Worcester it drifted from 14-1 to 20-1 now.  Anyone know anything?

Don't want to miss a 20-1 winner - text me :-)

27sep18 IN OUR STRIDE NOW

11 winners on Friday best and of most significance was Stuart McLeod with another 12-1 winner to go nicely clear at the top despite Richard Pascoe's 5-2 winner.  Others were, Andy Stevens & Jason McConkey both 11-4, Helen Fahey 7-2 to get onto the leaderboard, Mark Nutting brought up a double with a 2-1 winner, Mark Sharman 5-2, Robert Logan a nice 11-2 shot to get onto the main leaderboard and 10 points to look very good at the top of the plate as well, Tommy Smith had the same 11-2 winner which gives him 3 from the last 4 and putting him +1.25.  Last two were Vince Paige given up with long shots and so picked a 8-11 winner and Will Parker a nice 5-1 winner to bring him onto both leaderboards and he's a rookie!

26sep18 MUST HAVE BEEN EASY!

First double-figure number of winners -10.  Joint best of the day was Dan Mason (to go 22nd) & Nobby Camunzuli (to go 7th).  Three players all had 7-2 winners, Colin Warmington, Rod Brown & Will Parker, two had 4-7 winners Paul Stobbart & Robert Logan, Chris Martin 9-4 to make it into the cash, just, Andy Grinter 11-10 & finally Stuart Bentham evens to finally make it onto the plate leaderboard.

25sep18 WIERD!

6 winners today and half of them were the same 12-1 winner!  So that took Stuart McLeod up to 2nd, Dan Mason to 4th and got Mark Nutting off the mark and just positive in 14th.  The leader notched up another decent winner to hold on to the lead at 9-2.  The final pair were Tommy Smith, who brought up a double at 7-4, and Gary Dighton, off the mark, at 7-2.

24sep18 ORDINARY

6 winners Chris Martin & Tommy Smith both 4-1, Jimmy McGarrity & Rod Brown both 13-8, Mark Sharman 8-11, Best of the day and off the mark for Paul Moulton 17-2, that's it!!

23sep18 A HANDFUL

5 winners me 5-2, Robert Logan 4-7, Rod Brown best of the day by far 9-1 to bring up a nice double and move to 3rd, Helen Fahey 4-5, & Jason McConkey 7-2.

Excel will follow

22sep18 SAME

7 winners starting with Pete Long & Rod Brown who both had the dead heat 5-1 winner of the gold cup (full sp applies), Mark Lowry joint best of the day 6-1 to go 3rd, Nobby Camunzuli also made the leaderboard with his 6-1 winner, Natasha Tizzano 6-4, Paul Stobbart 8-13, & Will Parker 10-11 were the other winners. 

21sep18 BIT BETTER

Sorry for the delay out at an event in London last night

8 winners as follows; Andy Grinter & Nobby Camunzuli both 11-2, Brian Hammon & Spenser Mills both 13-8, Robert Logan 2-11, Gary Wheeler 4-1 to go 6th, Jimmy McGarrity also 4-1, & finally Will Parker 8-11.

20sep18 FOUR AGAIN

And two of those were the 1-4 winner for Stuart Bentham & Robert Logan, best of the day was 7-1 for Kevin Roberts to move to 7th and rising to 3rd was Stuart McLeod following a nice 13-2 winner

19sep18 MISERLY

Just 4 winners from 34 bets!  More important on the leaderboard was Mark Sharman's best of the day 5-1 response to Richard's winner yesterday the two are forging a little clear, looks like a classic case of two front runners racing each other early on will they get the trip :-).  The other 3 winners were me 4-6, Natasha Tizzano off the mark at 9-4, and Stuart Bentham 11-4.

18sep18 WHAT HAPPENED IN MILAN!

The slowest day so far just 26 bets but some nice winners topped by Richard Pascoe 12-1 to zoom clear at the top.  This is a revelation for the Pascoe family could they get their hands on the cup for the first time - no pressure :-).

Five other winners Gary Wheeler got off the mark with a 10-1 winner to join Stuart McLeod on +£4.00 nice Zuidam company rivalry there.  Brian Hammon off the mark with a 3-1 winner, Helen Fahey 2-1, Jason McConkey brought up a double with a 13-2 winner to go onto the leaderboard in 9th, and finally Martin Long 11-8. 

17sep18 V SLOW

On what looked like a poor days racing we only had 27 bets and just 4 winners, Will Parker's switch to odd on has worked and he has had a quick double.  Best of the day was Steve Taylor who is determined to nap every one of Poppy Bridgewaters' winners and did today at 7-2.  The other two winners were Paul Stobbard 5-4 and now 3 winners from 5 & Robert Logan 13-8 to reach the foot of the leader board and take over at the top of the plate. 

16sep18 PHEW HOT HERE!

Seville that is!

6 winners today Andy Stevens & Jimmy McGarrity both 7-2 Jason McConkey 9-4, Mark Lowry 3-1 to go onto the leader board just in 10th.  Paul Stobbart 11-8 & best of the day Robert Logan 6-1 were the final 2. 

Won't send the first update excel file out until after Monday

15sep18 30 YEARS

Yep my 30th anniversary today hence late!!

7 winners today me 3-1, Ann Mills best of the day at 8-1 to go onto the leader board in 9th, Dave Sharman 11-4, Will Parker off the mark with 8-13, Jamie Hill & Gerry McCann also both with a 5-2 winners,  finally Rod Brown 9-4 for his first winner. 

14sep18 ANOTHER POOR DAY

Just 4 winners Vince Paige & Paul Stobbart both 4-7, Robert Logan took a chance and it paid off at 1-8!  Best of the day was Ben Cheetham 7-2.

These results exclude the 2 evening selections as i'm away in Seville and going out!!

13sep18 JUST A COUPLE

Yep only two winners today a cracking 16-1 winner for Dan Mason to go 3rd and 4-1 for Carl Dean to get off the mark.  Steve Carter unlucky his 20-1 winner missed by a neck

EXTRA PRIZE ANNOUNCED!

We have a little bit of interest that we need to spend so we are going to give away a free entry to the next comp for the person who sends in the 100,000th nap!!

Before the start of this comp we had had 98,937 naps and as at close today that was up to 99,072.  So if we have say about 35-40 naps a day sometime in the first week of October I will get the 100,000th entry whoever that is will get the free go.

I will keep the running total going on the blog (Vince & I are excluded from winning this for obvious reasons!)

A small thought for the person who has typed all those in and looked up every result :-)

12sep18 YES!

Apologies to Dave Klein for missing his winner off the blog report last night 85-40, 7 winners today including me at 4-1, Jo Hutson, the defending champ off the mark with an 11-4 winner, the joint leader, Mark Sharman  9-4, to go into the top spot on his own, Jamie Hill best of the day 6-1 to go straight in at 5th, Stuart Bentham 11-8 to sneak onto the plate leaderboard, Martin Long 4-1 to go 9th,  & finally Ian Carpenter who is now 3 from 4 with his 5-1 winner today.

Just a rule reminder 3 players had selections with very large SPs today, remember that maximum odds that count in the first 41 bets is 33-1 even if your 100-1 winner storms home!  This is to make sure we keep the comp alive if someone flukes a massive winner right at the beginning.

11SEP18 WON AGAIN AT LAST

England break the run at last

5 winners today best was Spenser Mills with a great 11-1 winner followed by Chris Martin & Ben Cheetham both 6-1, Stuart McLeod off the mark with a 5-1 winner leaving Mark Lowry on 6-4 as the remaining successful player on another slow day

PICKING UP A BIT

Sorry for the late update but 5 players went for the evening meeting at Chelmsford.  Best of the day was Jimmy McGarrity 4-1 to move onto both leader-boards.  Othe winners were three on Astronomer at 2-1 Helen Fahey, Ian Carpenter & Kevin Wood, the other two were Mark Lowry 6-4 & Steve Taylor 2-1.

DAY 1 - 09sep18

6 winners on our opening day 2 brilliant ones 16-1 for Mark Sharman & Richard Pascoe - nice start guys.  Vince Paige, Steve Carter, & Ian Carpenter all a nice 5-2 winner and Stuart going for the cert start with 4-9. Only 31 bets so plenty sitting out. 

AND WE'RE OFF

A little flurry of last-minute entries lifting players to 64 but as usual first day looks a bit slow

Good luck to all and to our 3 new players, Will Parker, Paul Moulton, & Ann Hill

FINAL NUMBERS?

Sorry for some confusion today I did at one time have the start date here showing as today it isn't it is tomorrow.

So all you guys who have sent one in have the tough job of deciding whether to now back it - could be your only winner and it won't count!!

As at early this morning, we have 61 players that's one more than in January.  With 57 players paid just 4 left to be certain of the final number

Good luck everyone

TODAY'S NUMBERS

So now we are at 57 confirmed 13 still to pay

One confirmed newcomer Will Parker and waiting for Mark Sharman's intro to contact me if he does we will be at 58

3 previous players still to respond

Paul Mott
Helen Fahey
Matt Weeks

MORE NUMBERS INFO

OK now up to 47 confirmed runners after the Spenser update last night

Still to hear from the following 12 people who played last time:

Paul Mott
Stuart McLeod
Nigel Clifford
Helen Fahey
Matt Weeks
Lee Constable
Tom McGarrity
Steve Taylor
Mark Nutting
Andy Grinter
Jimmy McGarrity
Gary Wheeler

NUMBERS UPDATE

Up to 36 entrants now and still got Spenser's mob and a few other stalwarts like Comfy, Jimmy, etc. to hear from so looks like 50+

45th COMP DATES ANNOUNCED

OK we are ready to roll for the Jumps season after an extended break across the summer

Dates are Sunday 9th September 2018 to Tingle Creek Day at Sandown on Saturday 8th December

All rules the same as last one GBP 50 entry  Must be paid before you first selection can be accepted

8 entries so far! after opening late last night

CONFIRMED RESULT - MINI COMP

A single prize of £2,150.00 for the winner

1		GD	Gary Dighton	12	15.83
2		G	Gary Pascoe	12	14.50
3		DMw	Dennis Matthews	12	11.50
4		KW	Kevin Wood	12	10.00
5		TMC	Tom McGarrity	12	5.00
6		PQJ	Pat Qinn Jnr	12	3.56
7		TS	Tommy Smith	12	3.00
8		CP	Chris Pascoe	12	1.50
9		CC	Craig Conneley	12	1.00
10		JH	Jo Hutson	12	0.00
11		MK	Mark Kelly	12	0.00
12		JD	Julie Dighton	12	(1.00)
13		RP	Richard Pascoe	12	(1.00)
14		DMa	Dan Mason	12	(2.00)
15		PG	Pete Garland	12	(2.00)
16		JS	Justin Sercombe	12	(3.00)
17		KR	Kev Roberts	12	(4.43)
18		I	Ian Carpenter	12	(4.50)
19		JM	Jimmy McGarrity	12	(4.50)
20		SMC	Stuart McLeod	12	(6.00)
21		V	Vince Paige	12	(6.00)
22		WP	Will Parker	12	(6.00)
23		PB	Paul Berg	12	(6.50)
24		M	Maurice Edgington	12	(7.17)
25		GC	George Casserley	12	(9.00)
26		NT	Natasha Tizanno	12	(10.27)
27		ML	Martin Long	12	(11.00)
28		AP	Andy Pitter	12	(11.00)
29		K	Kevin Dighton	12	(11.00)
30		JF	Jake Fifield	12	(12.00)
31		L	Lee Constable	12	(12.00)
32		RH	Ray Harper	12	(12.00)
33		RB	Rod Brown	12	(12.00)
34		SMI	Spenser Mills	12	(12.00)
35		PL	Pete Long	12	(12.00)
36		JC	Jon Curtis	12	(12.00)
37		DMi	Darren Mills	12	(12.00)
38		TF	Tom Feeney	12	(12.00)
39		RD	Roger Dore	12	(12.00)
40		BH	Brian Hammon	12	(12.00)
41		GW	Gary Wheeler	12	(12.00)
42		SC	Steve Carter	12	(12.00)
43		TM	Terry Matthews	12	(12.00)

FRIDAYS SELECTIONS

4130		apple's shakira	MK	KR	RB
4130		sussex ranger	JD
4130		farclas	RP
4130		redicean	RD	DMW
4130		sayo	DMA
4130		Stormy Ireland	SMC
4130		Saldier	SMC
4210		sandsend	V	DMA
4210		flying tiger	TS	DMW	TF
4210		chesterfield	AP	SMI	PG	TF
4210		duca de thaix	M	JH	RB
4210		brahms de clermont	K
4210		jenkins	RD	SC
4210		smaoineamh alainn	TMC	L
4210		whiskey sour	KR	CC	JH	SMC
4210		bleh et rouge	DMI	JF
4210		le richebourg	ML
4210		meri device	ML	L
4210		spiritofthegames	JF	CP	PB	SMC
4210		a hare breathe	JF	BH
4210		ben dundee	PL
4210		Moon racer	L	GC
4210		Brelade	SMC	JC
4250		chris's dream	SC	PB	KR	DMI
4250		ballyward	V	L
4250		fabulous saga	AP	JD	JC
4250		santini	MK	DMW	KW
4250		dortmund park	SMI	JF	JH	PG	TF
4250		tower bridge	RP	SMC
4250		poetic rhythm	RD
4250		enniscoffey oscar	PQJ	DMA	TM	L
4250		calett mad	CC
4250		chefs des obeaux	GW	RB
4250		paisley park	JM	JC
4250		beyond the law	K
4250		Mr Whipped.	SMC
4330		definitely red	SC	DMI	DMA	GW	I	CP
4330		might bite	MK	PQJ	ML	RB
4330		american	SMI	RD
4330		killultagh vic	RP	JM	PL
4330		road to respect	KR	BH	DMW
4330		double shuffle	ML
4330		outlander	ML
4330		native river	GD	SMC
4330		Our duke	G
4330		edwulf	JC
4410		wonderful charm	TS	PQJ	GD	JF	SMC
4410		foxrock	MK	SMI	DMW	KW
4410		burning ambition	KR	RB
4410		unioniste	CC	CP	SMC	JC
4410		young hurricane	DMI	DMA
4410		caid du berlais	GW
4410		virak	JF
4410		on the fringe	BH	JH	JC
4410		cousin pete	PL
4450		deal destruval	V	TMC	DMI	JF	JS	KW
4450		no hassle	WP
4450		blow by blow	MK	JH
4450		vrillaire momento	NT
4450		mr big shot	JD	PL	L
4450		brelan das	K	JF
4450		melrose boy	SMI	CP	JS	SMC
4450		carter mckay	RP
4450		flawless escape	KR
4450		tommy rapper	DMA	JS
4450		early doors	GW
4450		burrows saint	JF	TM
4450		diese des bieffes	G	DMW
4450		Brave eagle	L
4450		Couer se lion	L
4450		sire de berlais	RB
4530		rock the world	V	JF	JS	TF
4530		bouvreil	TS
4530		eastlake	AP	I	GC
4530		dresden	M	SMI	JS	PG
4530		top gamble	MK	KR
4530		gino trail	JD	JS
4530		bouvreuil	SMI	JF
4530		the game changer	RP	CP
4530		dolos	PB
4530		don't touch it	TMC	PL	RB
4530		vaniteux	DMI
4530		north hill harvey	JF	BH
4530		guarde le victoire	PL
4530		some plan	TM	CP
4530		doitforthevillage	JS	JH	TF
4530		Forest bihan	L
4530		Valdez	L
4530		Three stars	L
4530		Sizing platinum	L
4530		theinval	SMC	RP
4530		Le Prezien	G

THURSDAY'S LEADER BOARD

DMw	Dennis Matthews	6	17.50
KW	Kevin Wood	9	13.00
GD	Gary Dighton	10	11.83
G	Gary Pascoe	9	9.00
TMC	Tom McGarrity	9	8.00
PQJ	Pat Qinn Jnr	9	6.56
TS	Tommy Smith	9	6.00
CP	Chris Pascoe	7	5.50
DMa	Dan Mason	6	4.00
JS	Justin Sercombe	5	4.00
CC	Craig Conneley	9	4.00
JD	Julie Dighton	8	3.00
KR	Kev Roberts	5	2.57
PG	Pete Garland	9	1.00
JF	Jake Fifield	0	0.00
L	Lee Constable	0	0.00
RH	Ray Harper	0	0.00
SMC	Stuart McLeod	0	0.00
V	Vince Paige	8	(2.00)
I	Ian Carpenter	10	(2.50)
JM	Jimmy McGarrity	10	(2.50)
PB	Paul Berg	9	(3.50)
WP	Will Parker	11	(5.00)
RB	Rod Brown	5	(5.00)
SMI	Spenser Mills	5	(5.00)
PL	Pete Long	6	(6.00)
JC	Jon Curtis	6	(6.00)
JH	Jo Hutson	6	(6.00)
MK	Mark Kelly	6	(6.00)
DMi	Darren Mills	6	(6.00)
M	Maurice Edgington	10	(6.17)
RP	Richard Pascoe	7	(7.00)
TF	Tom Feeney	7	(7.00)
RD	Roger Dore	8	(8.00)
BH	Brian Hammon	8	(8.00)
GW	Gary Wheeler	8	(8.00)
ML	Martin Long	8	(8.00)
GC	George Casserley	10	(8.00)
SC	Steve Carter	9	(9.00)
AP	Andy Pitter	9	(9.00)
TM	Terry Matthews	9	(9.00)
NT	Natasha Tizanno	11	(9.27)
K	Kevin Dighton	10	(10.00)

THURSDAYS SELECTIONS

3130		benatar	SC	PB	RD
3130		finians oscar	M	BH	RB
3130		shattered love	CP	CC	KW	G
3130		invitation only	JD	TMC	GD
3130		modus	K	NT
3130		terrefort	GC	PQJ	RP
3130		kemboy	SC
3130		Bigmatre	PL
3210		dell' arca	M
3210		forza milan	CP	NT	RP
3210		louis vac pouch	TS	RD
3210		who dares wins	GC
3210		thomas campbell	AP
3210		Delta work	GD
3210		Boite	WP	TM
3210		Lovenormoney	JH
3210		Glenloe	G
3210		sort it out	PG
3250		douvan	M
3250		frodon	K	RD
3250		cloudy dream	TS
3250		cue card	GC
3250		un de sceaux	PQJ	KR
3330		bacardys	SC	JD
3330		supasundae	V	PB	DMW
3330		yanworth	CP	GW	RD	RP
3330		apples jade	GC
3330		sam spinner	I	PQJ	JM	PL	KW
3330		Penhill	GD
3330		The New One	NT
3330		Wholestone	BH
3410		last goodbye	V
3410		kings socks	CP	TMC	RB	PG	KR
3410		romain de senam	K	RP
3410		guitar pete	CC	PL	NT
3410		village vic	I	PL
3410		splash of ginge	AP
3410		Ultragold	JC
3410		Viconte de noyer	JC
3410		Mercian prince	JC	BH
3410		traffic fluide	M
3410		Kings odyssey	JH
3410		Old grangewood	TM
3450		cut the mustard	GC	AP
3450		maria's benefit	JM
3450		Countister	NT
3450		Cap soleil	RD
3450		Laurina	KR
3530		mall dini	V	TMC	JM	PL	KW	G	RP
3530		band of blood	CP	GW
3530		captain buck	K
3530		missed approach	TS
3530		sugar baron	CC	PB
3530		pendra	I	NT	BH
3530		Double ross	WP
3530		Tintern theatre	TM
3530		final nudge	PG