03jun23 FINAL

 Congratulation to Spenser a thoroughly deserved win - excel tomorrow

FINAL DAY SELECTIONS

 As at 1:15 - top 30

02jun23 leader wraps it up surely

Spenser pops in a 5-1 winner to make the whole field need at ;east a 25-1 winner to catch him or in my case 125-1! Two other winners a 7-1 winner for Tommy Smith and the same 5-1 winner for Colin Warmington as the leader

01jun23 A FEW MORE

The only winner of significance on the leader board was Tom McGarrity his 6-1 winner moved him 6th his dad Robert Dudley both had the same 8-1 winner, Tommy Smith 7-1 & Brendan Bergin 15-2 were the only other winners

31may23 NOTHING

 First blank day of the comp!

30may23 TWO

 As all those still playing (17 forced losers today) try and find the hail Mary pick winners are very sparse on the ground just Robert Logan 4-9 & 11-1 for Paul Stobbart to lift him to +21p and 20th

29may23 ONE WINNER

Just Stuart Bentham 2-5 and now in 9th place on the all time scores list.

28may23 LIVERPOOL COME ON

Need them to not loose for 2nd in the Ross Harvey football comp.  Meanwhile back here another big winner 22-1 for Roger Dore to take him to 20th and just £2.50 down.  That was one of just 4 winners including Stuart Bentham 2-5 and 5 points he is now obviously the winner of the plate and just 3 points away from another entry on the top 10 best ever scores, 42 winners very impressive.  The other two winners were Tom McGarrity 5-1 to move into the last cash paying position 9th, and Gary Dighton continuing his last minute dash for cash with a 9-2 winner and 11th spot.   

27may23 SLOW DAY

Just 4 winners today most significant was another for the leader Spenser Mills 4-1 and now well clear.  Others were Jon Caley also 4-1, Jason Stevens best of the day 7-1 & Tom McGarrity another 4-1 winner to nudge up a spot or two.  All quite tight just below the last cash potion occupied by George Waters but he is dormy.  

IMPORTANT CORRECTION - Tom Feeney had a late winner 8-1 to move to +£37.35 and 4th place - sorry Tom

26may23 ANOTHER BIG ONE

Gary Dighton 25-1 enough to move him into contention for a small cash prize now he sits 12th 7 other winners including the leader 5-1 which may just about have wrapped the comp up for him and that would be well deserved.  Vince stopped messing about and picked a 4-6 10 pointer as he started to get worried tht George waters might nick his 4th place prize - that put him in his place :-)

25may23 JUST 3

Stuart Bentham another 4-9 winner to creep closer to the all time top 10, A couple of other winners for players further down the pack John Caley 17-2 & Tommy Smith 15-2

24may23 TWO MORE AT 14's

Tom Feeney chased Paul Berg up the leader board into 4th and 5th as they both picked a 14-1 winner.  Can't believe that at over £15 up Martin Long doesn't even make the cash - quality comp.  The other 2 winners were Kevin Wood 5-6 & Chris Martin 5-4.  

23may23 CHASING HIM DOWN

6 winners and the most significant was Andy Warmington again 9-1 and closing in on the leader who definitely need his 4-1 winner to keep the gap in double figures, George Waters also picked the same 9-1 winner to move 6th.  Mark Nutting 4-1 winners and Stuart Bentham brought up his 40th winner of the comp 1-6 and 10 points only needs another 15 points to get onto the all time top 10 plate totals of all time - looks nailed on to me!  

22may23 TOP 2 DOMINANCE BROKEN

Andy Warmington collects an 11-1 winner and moves 2nd still a bit off the leader, who joined Robert Logan & Stuart Bentham with a 2-7 winner to consolidate at the top.  That just leaves the 100-30 winner for George Waters to nudge him up a spot or two.   

A FEW MORE BIG WINNERS

7 winners today and again some nice prices, best was 16-1 for Darren Mills to take him 5th.  Two on the 11-1 winner were Paul Stobbart & Tom McGarrity, others were Gary Dighton 8-1, Andy Warmington & Spenser Mills both 85-40    

20may23 ONE MISSING

 So without the ridiculously late selection of Tom McGarrity as I'm going out we have had just 2 winners George Waters 3-1 to nudge up a couple of spots and Stuart Bentham 4-11 to push home his advantage in the plate 

19may23 FOUR

 Four very nice winners today best was Chris Pascoe 28-1 only his 2nd winner and now in 8th different tactic clearly working.  Two platers had 10-1 winners Brendan Bergin & Mark Lowry which lifted Mark to 11th final 9-1 for Tom Feeney which moved him onto the leader board as well in 9th 

18may23 HAMMERS HAMMERED THEM!

Just 3 winners for us today Andy Warmington, Chris Martin & Paul Berg 7-1, 3-1, 6-1, respectively that moved Andy up to 3rd spot, probably too far away but gives himself a chance  

17may23 ANOTHER BIG ONE!

Richard Pascoe bangs in a 25-1 winner today to go just 17p down, other winners were Stuart Bentham 4-9 to gain a couple more points lead and Colin Warmington a nice 12-1 winner t give him a little hope. 

16may23 SOLO

Chris Martin our only winner at 6-1 enough to move him into the money in 8th.  

15may23 NORMAL SERVICE RESUMED

6 winners half of them for the Stuart, Robert, 7 Vince plate boys at 4-9, but the story of the day is another big winner, John Heneghan 22-1 only his 2nd winner but only £9 down now.  The other two were George Waters 6-4 and another winner for Shelly Wood 9-4, now only £16 behind and having played 6 games more, can history repeat itself will Spenser "do an Arsenal" 

14may23 BACK IN BLIGHTY

6 winners today stand out was the 10-1 for Dave Brammer, and to be fair he needed it!  The others were Mark Sharman & Jimmy McGarrity both 4-1, Martin Long continued his good form (5 from 6) with an even money shot.  Paul Stobbart 5-1 and another nice winner for Shelly Wood 9-2 who continues to close the gap a bit, maybe all is not lost

I'm on a train so not sure how successful the email will be but I'll give it a try now the 500 teenagers have got off the train after their concert at the NEC

13may23 JUST 3

 Ross Harvey 9-4 & 10 points, Stuart Bentham 4-9 to go back top of the plate and best of the day and back to the leader board for Gary Cawsey 10-1

12may23 CAUGHT UP

 8 winners Thursday & 6 winners yesterday - none of hem game changing.  Martin Long worthy of a quick mention bringing up a 4 timer and moving up to 6th.

11may23 LATE

 A few winners update will follow - nothing urgent, away in Holland

10may23 NOTHING SPECIAL

Robert & Stuart both had the same 4-9 winner at the top of the plate, other winners were Chris Martin 2-1, George Waters & Shelly Wood both 9-4 and finally Steve Taylor best of the day 7-2

09may23 ROBERT HITS BACK

3 winners, 10-11 for Robert Logan to retake the lead in the plate, Tom Feeney the stand out winner at 22-1 to zoom up to 11th & Martin Long 5-2.  

08may23 JUST 4

Slow day today, just 4 winners Martin Long evens to move up one place to 7th,  George Waters 11-8, Roger Dore best of the day 13-2, and finally and relentlessly Stuart another 5 pointer at 4-9, that's 9 winners from the last 10 bets, ok not one of the odds against but great stuff and he takes over at the top of the plate.

07may23 SECOND ONE

And a couple of players got it 9-1 winner for Audrey Duffy, now challenging for 2nd and Dave Sharman back on the leader board.  Three other winners Andy Warmington 5-1 puts him 4th, Jimmy McGarrity 5-2 and George Waters 100-30 also back on the leader board.  

Excel will be issued tonight

06may23 FIRST CLASSIC

And what a poor performance by the two O'Brien horses, for us just 4 winners the stand out was Chris Martin 10-1 in the last (hence the late update), others were the top two in the plate both scored 10 points and our impressive leader 10-11.  

05may23 LIST

Gary Cawsey  100-30, Adrian 1hunt 9-1, Kevin Wood, shelly Wood 7 Ian carpenter all 3-1, Vince Paige 8-11, Paul Berg 9-2.  Wine calls!

04may23 PULLING AWAY

 The top two in the plate along with Kevin Wood all picked the same 10 pointer at 4-7 definite gap opening up now.  Audrey Duffy moved up to 3rd after her 7-2 winner, there were two more Mark Nutting 5-2 and Martin Long 6-5.

03may23 ANOTHER ONE

Spenser does it again 13-2 great stuff, another 4 successes today they were 5-1 George Waters & Gary Cawsey and Mark Lowry 4-1 and Mark Nutting 7-4.

02may23 MORE DOUBLE FIGURE WINNERS

Joint best of the day at 12-1, for the leader, Spenser Mills, to go even further clear & Terry Matthews to go 50p up.  Paul Berg 17-2 helped the cause and Stuart Bentham popped in a 8-13 winner to bring up a 6 timer.  

Staggeringly good performance from Spenser the average winning total across the whole 50 comps is only £38 and given that the worst Spenser can finish is already above that illustrates the point.  Only 3 totals higher than the current £66.00 Spenser is up have ever been recorded, they were Lee Constable best ever £118.91 (included a 100-1 winner), Pete long £95.22 (included a 66-1 winner) and Gary Dighton £68.76, the most recent in 2018.  

01may23 ALL SAINTS

4 winners today Colin Warmington 5-2, Darren Mills best of the day 5-1 to move up one spot into 6th and the top two in the plate Robert Logan 1-2, Stuart Bentham 2-13.  Looks like it might be developing into a 2 horse race at the top.  

30apr23 MORE GOOD WINNERS

Only just not for me my 4-9 selection finished a plucky 5th out of 7.  Best of the day was Adrian Hunt 14-1 to go back onto the leader board in 12th, 2 players had the same 11-1 winner Gary Pascoe to go 14th and Andy Stevens to go 3rd.  Other winners were Mark Lowry 9-4, Mark Nutting & Shelly Wood 11-4, Robert Logan 11-10 - so 7 in total, excel on its way

29apr23 BETTER DAY

9 winners me & Stuart Bentham 1-2, Ross Harvey11-4, Tom Feeney & Sonya Paige both 12-1, Darren Mills 14-1, Gary Cawsey 7-1, Martin Long 6-1, Audrey Duffy 5-1 so some nice winners all around

28apr23 LATE SORRY

Have to drive back Friday from "up north" so finding I'm straight on the wine and the update looses its priority!  Yesterday just 4 winners me 8-11, Stuart Bentham 1-2, Robert Logan 5-6 and so not much to beat for the best of the day title for Kevin Wood, 11-4 to nudge up a couple of places to 7th.  

27apr23 A HANDFULL

8 winners best of the day for Paul Berg who halts a long losing streak and moves back 6th with a 12- winner the same winner as Colin Warmington.  Others were me & Kevin Wood 3-1, Dave Brammer & Stuart Bentham both 10-11 & Martin Long, getting the tactics right after his fluke 66-1 winner yesterday and moving back to short priced stuff this one 5-2.  Finally Ross Harvey 11-4

23apr23 BIG WINNERS

Another day of big winners 66-1 (restricted) for Martin Long, to go 6th, Tom McGarrity 14-1, Stuart Mills 10-1 and Stuart Bentham 4-5, were the 4 winners from 36 selections!

25apr23 A LITTLE BETTER

3 winners so a little bit of an improvement Darren Mills & Richard Pascoe 13-2 and 11-1 for Tom McGarrity - come on lads 5 winners in 3 days we need to sharpen up 

24apr23 ALONE AGAIN NATURALLY

Just one again Ian Carpenter 2-1 - that's it 

23apr23 ALL ALONE

One winner Andy Warmington in 3rd and still in 3rd but closer after his 11-4 winner 

22apr23 QUIET DAY

Just 4 winners Stuart Bentham & Robert Logan both picking up 5 points with their 8-11 winner and both on the leader board as well.  Steve Taylor followed up yesterday's 7-2 winner with another at the same price and that leaves the 4-1 winner chosen by Tom Elliston as the best of the day.

21apr23 STRETCHING AWAY

Spenser Mills starts to stretch away now with a 6-1 winner one of 7 on the day.  Others were me & Kevin Wood 11-5, Steve Taylor 7-2, Gary Pascoe 4-1, Mark Lowry 2-1, & finally a good day in the plate for Robert Logan with a 10-11 5 point winner.

20apr23 MASSIVE

Three massive winner on the same day two of them for players to get off the mark Chris Pascoe  66-1 sadly restricted to 33-1 from his perspective anyway! and 28-1 for Darren Mills to just about make the leader board.  Audrey Duffy 8-1 to go back 4th, Mark Lowry 7-2, Richard Pascoe 100-30 and the final massive one was Tom Feeney 16-1 not enough to see him feature near the top.

19apr23 FORE

4 winners Kevin Wood goes 6th with the best of the day 9-2 winner, Ian Carpenter 3-1, Stuart Bentham & Robert Logan the same 30-100 winner - that was all.  

18apr23 ANOTHER CHANGE AT THE TOP

8 winners half of them were the top 4 in the plate 10 points each at 4-9 Spenser Mills went back top with a 7-2 winner the same as Brendan Bergin, Roger Dore 7-1, & Andy Warmington 2-1 were the rest.   

17apr23 A SOLITARY WINNER

Stuart Bentham 8-13! 

16apr23 A BIG DAY

New leader Spenser Mills regains top spot by just 27p after his 17-2 winner, a winner shared by Andy Stevens to go 4th, Colin Warmington 15-2, Gary Dighton & Mark Nutting both 5-1.  The final 3 were 3 of the top 4 in the plate so all except Ross were on the even money 10 pointer. 

15apr23 NOT THE RACE WE WANTED TO SEE

Messy with some nasty incidents not what we wanted to see really.  Well done to Tom McGarrity for picking the winner albeit the fav 8-1.  There were 6 other winners today Shelly extended her lead with a 5-1 winner  Mark Lowry brought up a 5 timer at evens to go 7th, Andy Warmington followed up yesterday's nice winner with another this time 8-1 to go 3rd and also become the 2nd player to be certain to finish up in this comp.  George Waters 10 points and 9-2 the same as Ross Harvey who closed right up on Robert at the top of the plate despite his 2-11 winner.  

GRAND NATIONAL SELECTIONS

Vanillier                       AD, G, PF, TS,  -    2ND
Delta Work                  AH, I, 

Noble Yeats                 AS,                          4TH

Galliard Du Mesnil     CW, DS, GC, GD,  3RD

Le Milos                      JHe, 

Long House Poet        JMg,

Hill Sixteen                JS, 

Roi Mage                    MS, 

Any Second Now       PB, PS, 

Sam Brown                PL, ST

Lifetime Ambition     RDo, 

The Big Dog              SP                             5TH

Corach Rambler        TMg                  - WINNER

Capodanno                V

14apr23 ONLY 4

But a good day for Andy Warmington nice 16-1 winner at Aintree to move from 7th to 4th and well in the mix.  Only other winners were Mark Lowry 4-6 & Richard Pascoe off the mark with a 5-1 winner & Gary Cawsey 4-1

13apr23 ONE MORE

3 winners today the leader Shelly Wood 7-4 to nudge a bit further clear Mark Lowry brought up a treble 5-4 and moved 11th, and Kevin Wood 16-5 to go 8th, not very good an what looked like a very pickable set of winners today at Aintree 

13apr23 JUST 2 AGAIN

Very slow this week lets hope Aintree sparkles it up a bit, my ante post bet on the GN already down a non runner!  today's winners Kevin Wood 9-2 to move back onto the leader board in 11th & best of the day 9-1 for Audrey Duffy to go 3rd.

11apr23 SLIGHTLY BETTER!

4 winners today Robert Logan 2-7, Gar Pascoe a rather unusual 18-5 winner, George Waters & Mark Lowry both 85-40.

10apr23 JUST TWO

That was it today just Chris Martin 4-1 & Stuart Bentham 8-13 nothing else to  report except congrats to Roger Dore for winning the naps comp Masters golf comp and a free entry to the next comp - provided he doesn't collect anyway!

09apr23 HAPPY EASTER

7 winners today and another nice few winners best was Dave Sharman 16-1 to go 10th, Ross Harvey 5-4 and 10 points,  2 players got off the mark Brendan Bergin 5-1 and John Heneghan 9-1.  the other 3 were Gary Dighton 7-4, Jon Caley 11-2, Kevin Wood 2-1

08apr23 DING DONG

that's the battle at the top as Shelly responds with a 9-2 winner to sneak back into the lead and become the first player to secure a positive total in the comp +£41 with only 36 to play.  Some pretty good other winners joint best of the day for Mark Lowry & Roger Dore at 11-1 with Steve Taylor getting off the mark with a 9-1 winner the same as Jason Stevens who goes 7th. Four other winners they were Dave Klein 7-2,  Gary Dighton 9-2 and with Stuart Bentham &  Robert Logan picking a 5 point 1-3 winner.  

5.05 FAIRYHOUSE AMENDED RESULT - Risk Belle placed 1st so Terry Matthews gets a 7-2 winner as well as 10 points

07apr23 GOOD FRIDAY

Well for Adrian Hunt & Andy Stevens who both had a 10-1 winner, Audrey Duffy, Colin Warmington, Terry Matthews all 11-2 leaving Ben Cheetham 11-10 as the total list of winners today 

06apr23 NEW YEAR

7 winners Leader Spenser Mills brought up a treble and 4 from last 5 with a 5-2 winner the same as Ben Cheetham who moves up to 10th. Stuart Bentham returns after a short rest with a winner 8-13 but Ross Harvey's 2nd 10 pointer in a row saw him pip Stuart by a point point 2nd that was a 7-4 winner.  Jason Stevens picked up best of the day with a 8-1 winner (that just beat mine :-( ) to move back to the leader board, kevin Wood brought up a double with a 3-1 winner and finally Vince Paige reminded the plate leaders he is still around with a 4-1 winner and 10 points.  

05apr22 NEW LEADER

 Spenser finally claws back the gap with a 11-2 winner today to go 52p up.  Stuart & Robert Logan both 1-2 on and 5 points but Ross Harvey bangs in a 10 pointer at 7-4.  The other winners were Adrian Hunt, Kevin Wood, & Paul Stobbart all 5-2, finally Dave Bentley 3-1 to go 11th, 

04apr04 SLOW

6 Winners again Ross & Robert both picked separate 6-5 winners, Paul Berg 11-2, Spenser Mills made up a bit of ground on the leader with his 5-2 winner that's despite but Shelly finding an 11-10 winner herself, last of the day was also 11-10 for tom McGarrity

03apr23 NOT SO GOOD

6 winners including a nice 17-2 winner for Andy Warmington to move back up to  5th, leader 13-8 to consolidate at the top, George Waters evens, Jason Stevens 5-1 to be just £1 down and the best of the day and off the mark for Pete Feeney 10-1, and last but never least Pete Long 100-30 to move back into a cash spot in 9th

02apr23 AND AGAIN

 50-1 today for Spenser Mills now to go 2nd (restricted of course to the 33-1 max), only two other winners George Waters 100-30, Gary Cawsey 2-1

ANOTHER CORRECTION Terry Matthews got off the mark with a 9-2 winner I missed!

01apr23 AND ANOTHER ONE

Sorry Steve Taylor and it wasn't you :-) it was Paul Berg winner of the Lincoln at 18-1 to go 4th.  Top quality comp this one - well for some!

Only 4 winners in total so the other 3 were me 100-30, Dave Klein 5-2, & Sonya Paige 6-5 a trio who to be fair rarely get a mention so far this comp.  

31mar23 NICE WINNER

Gary Cawsey shows there is hope for us all moving from last place to the leader board in one go with a 22-1 winner.  Andy Stevens moved 3rd with a nice 10-1 winner this evening.  All 4 leaders in the plate did the same winner at 30-100! sad or what. leaving the final two winners as Jimmy McGarrity 15-2 to also make the leader board, but only because I extended it, and Chris Pascoe off the mark with a 11-10 winner.  

CORRECTION Chris Martin not Chris Pascoe!  

30mr23 SLOW AGAIN

5 winners 3 all the same, 10 points and 6-4 for Vince Paige, Stuart Bentham & Robert Logan, Gary Dighton 7-2 recording the best of the day & Paul Stobbart brings up a treble with a 9-4 winner.  

29mar23 QUIET DAY

 7 winners 3 on 5-6 winner they were Paul Stobbart, Jimmy McGarrity & George Waters, Stuart Bentham 6-4, Robert Logan 9-2 and 10 points to lay down a pretty decent early plate challenge.   Chris Martin 4-1 to go 4th and finally 5-4 for Andy Stevens in 5th

28mar23 EIGHT

Winners - 3 of the top 4 in the plate all went for the 2-7 shot and 5 points Ross Harvey sat out, best of the day went to Mark Sharman 17-2 to move 3rd, Andy Stevens 3-1 to go 6th, Ian Carpenter & Gary Pascoe both 5-4 leaving Mark Lowry 9-2 as the eighth winner.  

27mar23 GO GIRLS

Audrey Duffy, another rookie, bangs in a 20-1 winner to go 2nd - great stuff!  The top 4 in the plate all did the rather sad 1-6 winner to score 5 points each and on top of all that there was another 4 winners for Gary Dighton 6-1, Gary Cawsey, Kevin wood & Mark Nutting all 11-10.

26mar23 HALF TIME

Slow Day today the Vince Stuart combo is back they both had a 4-6 winner and the only other person to trouble the scorer was Paul Stobbart 9-2 to go back positive. 

25mar23 LEADER WINS AGAIN

Has Shelly Wood already put the comp to bed?  She won again at 9-1 and joined on the same winner by Chris Martin, now 4th, & Paul Berg 14th. Nine winners in total so the other 6 were Pete Long 11-2, Ross Harvey 6-5 & 10 points, Andy Stevens 3-1 to move 7th, Gary Pascoe 6-4 he's now 8th, Mark Lowry 7-2 & finally Robert Logan 5-6 to relegate Stuart to 3rd in the plate a position well outside Stuart's comfort zone!

Top quality tipping all round you have to be noticeably up to even make the leader board this comp!

24mar23 GIANT WINNER

Really only one story today that was the 50-1 winner for Shelly Wood, this is restricted to a maximum of 33-1 but still top by a massive margin.  There were some other pretty good winners as well Gary Pascoe back on the leader board 6-1, Dave Sharman 2nd winner in 3 days, 11-1 now 13th, Ian carpenter & Stuart Bentham both 6-5 Ben Cheetham and Pete Long 15-8.  Well done Kelly a keen fan and knows her stuff so we have our work cut out to reel that back in

23mar23 ANOTHER 5

But hardly any movement Tom Elliston nudged up a place or two with his 2-1 winner best of the day was Kevin Dighton off the nark at 4-1 and then 3 players on the 2-7 winner Vince Stuart and the plate imposter Robert Logan so far showing the others how it is done!

22mar23 EARLY UPDATE

 5 winners best of the day was Tom Elliston 12-1 to go into 9th the last cash spot.  Chris Martin & Kevin Wood both 100-30, Dave Sharman & Paul Berg both 6-1 were the rest.   

21mar23 FAIR FEW SURPRISINGLY

 Well 5 actually just seemed more unlucky to Tom Mcgarrity whose 12-1 winning nap got in too late so didn't count.  The 6 were Ian Carpenter 1-4, Andy Warmington 6-5 and Ben Cheetham 4-7, so change at the top.  the final 3 were Paul Stobbart best of the day 11-4, with Jon Caley and Pete Long both 4-5  

20mar23 seven

Winners that is Vince, Dave Brammer & Robert Logan all 10 points and 7-4, me 5-4, Andy Stevens best of the day 10-1 to move up to 7th, Dave Bentley 6-1 to move 3rd and finally Shelly Wood 11-2 to sneak back onto the leader board

19mar23 SLOW DAY

Just 3 winners today Ben Cheetham 4-1 brings up a 4 timer and goes into 2nd, with Ian Carpenter & me at 5-1, to send Ian into 6th, the only other winners.

18mar23 (& 17TH) DOUBLE UPDATE

Gold Cup day didn't see many winners (4) but the stand out was Tommy Smith 18-1 with Ben Cheetham 7-5, Paul Stobbart 11-8, & Ross Harvey 100-30 the only others to trouble the scorer.  

Best today was Adrian Hunt off the mark impressively with a 9-1 winner also Ben Cheetham brings up a treble with a 3-1 winner the same as Pete Long to move 5th & 8th respectively with Gary Cawsey 6-4 &  Robert Logan evens the only others today.

17mar23 3 BIG ONES

 7 winners three of them Seddon @ 20-1 to really shake up the top of the leader board they were Andy Warmington, Robert Dudley & Mark Sharman.  The other winners were Ben Cheetham & Pete Long both 15-2, Dave Klein off the mark with  a 9-4 shot and George Waters 13-2.  

15mar23 LOTS OF WINNERS

Lots of winners, changes and top excitement in the plate with 3 players all on the same total.   Best of the day was Audrey Duffy 9-1 to go 2nd, Stuart popped in another 1-4 winner off piste, Jimmy McGarrity went 3rd with his 8-1.  The two R's both 11-10 and 10 pints to join Stuart at the top of the plate, Chris Martin 3-1, Gary Pascoe 4 from the last 5 with a 6-5 winner, Finally Tom Feeney also 11-10 so 8 in total.  

14mar23

 Bumper 9 winners today 3 of them were Corach at 6-1 Ian Carpenter, George Waters & Paul Stobbart, Ross Harvey went off piste for a 1-4 winner, Shelly Wood & Jimmy McGarrity both on Honeysuckle at 9-4, Gary Pascoe & Robert Logan both 10-11on Gaillard, finally Mark Lowry 11-10

13mar23 LULL BEFORE

 Just 3 winners they were Martin Long & Robert Logan the same 8-15 winner and best of the day for Sonya Paige at 6-4 - that's it good luck everyone tomorrow

Constitution is evens with William Hill - max bet £10 is the problem

12mar23 NEW LEADER

Dave Bentley sits out and takes over at the top, we achieved another 7 winners today Stuart Bentham & Robert Logan both even money, Andy Warmington off the mark with a 7-2 shot, with the exact same story for Tommy Smith, Tom Feeney 9-4, Gary Pascoe 8-13 & Jon Caley 11-4 were the other three.

Work is stopping me going to all 4 days this year but will be there Thursday & Friday Quevega or Arkle bars the likely pre race haunts.

Check out High Definition in the Supreme surely can get a place at 14-1 (B365 today) first 4, leave the Ultima and Boodles alone and back Brandy love in the Mares & the 3 favourites in the rest - sorted :-) and thanks to Vince 

11mar23 YES ON TIME

7 winner 3 of them 5-1 Imperial Cup winner for me, Gary Pascoe & Kevin Wood, best of the for Dave Bentley 15-2 to go 2nd, Tom McGarrity 5-6, Chris Martin 11-4 off the mark and on the leader board  & finally Roger Dore 4-1 to start his campaign

10mar23 LATE AGAIN

Sorry but long drive home and too knackered, we had 7 winners nothing too startling but they were martin Long 9-4 to go 2nd, Stuart Bentham 8-11, Ian Carpenter 5-6 to make the leader board, just!  Kevin Wood best of the day 5-2 to get off the mark, Mark Lowry & Tom McGarrity both 5-4, & Robert Logan a late additional player off the mark at 4-9.  

09mar23 JUST 2

 Just George Waters and Sonya Paige managed a winner the same horse at 13-8

08mar23 HERE WE GO

 5 winners Tom McGarrity off the mark at the first time of asking 9-2 and straight onto the leader board, Ross Harvey & Stuart the same 1-4 winner do we have another rival for the plate crown in Ross?  Pete Long best of the day 6-1 & finally Gary Dighton starts with a winner as well 7-4

DELAY

 In London tonight at an event so unable to update will try and do it on the train home in the morning - sorry all

07mar23 HEALTHY 7 WINNERS

Good winners today Spenser Mills & Andy Stevens 13-2, enough tp take Andy top, Stuart Bentham 7 ross Harvey 1-4, Stuart now top, Dave Bentley off the mark with a 100-300shot, Ian carpenter 5-4 and best of the dat for Martin Long 8-1 to go 3rd.  

06mar23 FIRST DOUBLE FIGURE WINNER

 Another newbie Jason Stevens goes top after a 10-1 winner, a total of 4 winners the other 3 were Mark Nutting 9-2, Andy Stevens 4-1 and Ross Harvey 4-5.  

05MAR23 OH NO GROUNDHOG DAY

Just 3 winners newbie Shelly Wood 6-4 and yes Stuart & Vince did the same 4-7 winner for 5 points

Excel will follow later  

We are at 50 players again for the 3rd comp in a row - strange - I will leave setting the prize money in case we get a few late stragglers

AND THEY'RE OFF

 Pretty lean pickings though - latest is 47 now paid and 2 still to decide lets find one more and get to 50 same as comps 49 & 50 

51st COMP STARTS TOMORROW

We have 42 paid 4 confirmed money inbound and 3 awaiting decision so pretty much the same as the last couple in terms of numbers 

More welcome if you know anyone interested 

28jan23 FINAL DAY

As is often the case not much movement on the last day as most of us were trying for a unlikely outsider to win.  Only 2 winners were Tommy Smith 9-2, unfortunately not quite enough to move him up a place so he stayed in 7th and Joyce Dibble 4-1, who just missed a top half finish in her first comp.  

Thanks to all those who made it to the last day loads of us best turnout for a long time & of course congratulations to our two winners.

General feeling was next comp should start in time for the Cheltenham festival so looking at Sunday 5th March ending on Derby day Saturday 3rd June - we won't be going to Epsom so will probably target Worcester all TBC

GOT LED ATRAY

Mini interim update because I'm  touch the worst for wear having accepted an invite to go for a few drinks with Dave & Luke, two of the original naps compers 

Both of the leaders retained their positions and won so congratulations to Stuart & Sonya - well done 

Full update tomorrow 

LEADERS SELECTIONS - SATURDAY 28JAN23

 

1. Sonya Paige - Bobby Socks UTT 12.15
2. Spenser Mills - Stay Away DON 2.40
3. Mark Lowry - Protectorat CHE2.25
4. George Waters - Now Where or When CHE 1.50
5. Ian Carpenter - Fern Hill CHE 12.10
6. Colin Warmington - Fugitif CHE 1.50
7. Tommy Smith - Il Ridoto CHE 1.50
8. Paul Stobbart - Precious Elenor CHE 1.50
9. Paul Berg -  Elvis mail DON 3.15
10. Chris Martin -  Abbeys Dream LIN 1.08
11. Terry Matthews - Your Darling  CHE 1.50
12. Stuart Bentham - Parmenion FAI 2.46
13. Martin Long - The Green Man LIN 2.18
14. Jimmy McGarrity - Nells Son CHE 4.10
15. Dave Sharman - Legends Ryde CHE 12.40
16. Vince Paige - Tag Man FAI 2.46
17. Tom McGarrity - Malakahana CHE 4.10
18. John Heneghan - Hystery Bere CHE 4.10
19. Jason McConkey - Pheonix Way - CHE 1.50
20. Maurice Edgington - Caribean Boy CHE 1.50
21. Mark Sharman - Precious Elenor CHE 2.50
22. Steve Taylor - Tony’s Pet FAI 2.46
23. Andy Stevens - Walhaan FAI 2.46
24. Jo Hutson - Legends Ryde CHE 12.40
25. Kevin Wood - Diese Alba CHE 12.40

27jan23 JUST 3

Hardly any winners that affected the top of the leader board Martin Long moved 13th with a 9-2 winner, Stuart Bentham 1-2 and back to the top of the plate  and Mark Nutting 12-1 but still in the bottom half.

Remember on the last day you must select from a race that is either in the last race at Cheltenham or before, can be from any course so no evenings nor the last at at Uttoxeter or Donny

Excel on its way

LEADERS SELECTIONS - FRIDAY 27JAN23

 

1. Sonya Paige - William Cody DON 1.35
2. Spenser Mills - Zambella HUN 3.00
3. Mark Lowry - NO BET
4. George Waters - NO BET
5. Ian Carpenter - NO BET
6. Colin Warmington - Mackenburg DON 3.15
7. Tommy Smith - East End Girl HUN 2.30
8. Paul Stobbart - NO BET
9. Paul Berg - The Changing Man HUN 3.35
10. Terry Matthews - West Cork DON 3.15
11. Chris Martin - NO BET 
12. Stuart Bentham - Parrmount DON 1:05 1ST 1-2
13. Jimmy McGarrity - NO BET
14. Dave Sharman - NO BET
15. Martin Long - Mr Freedom LIN 2.50
16. Vince Paige - NO BET  

26jan23 DAY OF DRAMA

Well obviously not for the Stuart Vince combo who once again picked the same horse that won at 2-5 and another 10 points - stupendous total from both world record is 309.  7 other winners Spenser Mills & Jimmy McGarrity both picked a 9-2 winner which for 50 minutes took Spenser back top only for Sonya to come back with an 11-4 winner of her own.  Lead is reduced to just 91p both with 2 bets left.  Two others also picked the 11-4 winner Helen Fahey and Mark Lowry and that was enough to take him 3rd.  the final winner was the best Paul Stobbart 25-1 to zoom him up to 8th and cash.

Cheltenham are inspecting for Saturdays 9 race meeting at noon tomorrow - not much frost here in Cheltenham I would be surprised if it didn't go ahead

LEADERS SELECTIONS - THURSDAY 26JAN23

1. Sonya Paige - Midnight Mary WET 3.40
2. Spenser Mills - Carefully Selected GOW 2.50
3. George Waters - Gabby's Cross GOW 2.50
4. Ian Carpenter - Espanito Bello GOW 2.50
5. Colin Warmington - Dagmar Run SOU 1.35
6. Mark Lowry -  Midnight Mary WET 3.40
7. Tommy Smith - Dagmar Run SOU 1.35
8. Paul Berg - Escoria Ten GOW 2.50
9. Terry Matthews - Alexander James SOU 2.10
10. Chris Martin - Brave Emperor SOU 1.35
11. Stuart Bentham - Elaton WET 3.10
12. Dave Sharman - NO BET
13. Tom McGarrity - Robin De Fox WET 12.50 
14. Martin Long - NO BET
15. Jimmy McGarrity - Carefully Selected GOW 2.50
16. Vince Paige - Elaton WET 3.10 

25jan23 SHORT PRICES

 Just 4 winners today 3 of them for Stuart, Vince and the leader Sonya at 4-9 so nudging Sonya a little further ahead the final winner was Ian Carpenter 8-11 to go 3p ahead of Colin into 4th place

24jan23 NEW LEADER

Sonya Paige pops in a 5-2 winner to go past long time leader Spenser! On a day of few winners Dave Klein secured a nice 18-1 winner, needs a couple more of those, and ian Carpenter moved up a place into 5th with a 9-4 shot and that also starts to threaten my 4th place spot in the plate - I had better find a 10 point winner tomorrow and stop mucking about looking for the hail Mary in the main comp.

23jan23 MOVEMENT

A few key winners today among the 6 we managed overall, Sonya Paige closed right up on the leader with a nice 100-30 winner, Colin Warmington & Tommy Smith both 4-1 and moved 4th & 7th respectively.  Andy Warmington made sure he didn't get a wipe out with a 2-1 winner, Martin Long 4-5 & finally Jason McConkey 9-4

22jan23 LEADER BUILDS AGAIN

Spenser picks up another winner this time 1-8 and moves a little further away as Sonya, in 2nd, had a loser.  Mark Lowry joined him with a 1-8 winner, Stuart & Vince matched each other again at 2-7, (the world record points total of 309 is still in both their sights), George Waters and Paul Berg were pretty fortunate to get their 7-4 winner after the leader fell at the last and the main mover of the day was Jimmy McGarrity 100-30 and now returns to the leader board in 13th.  

21jan23 LEADER STRENGTHENS

A good day for Spenser with one of the 5 winners recorded today at 10-11 while those around him all missed.  The other 4 winners were Vince & Stuart matching each other again with a 4-9 winner each, Colin Warmington nice even money winner to sit 5th & Mark Lowry recorded a surprising best of the day winner at only 11-10, to sit 4th and hunting down a podium spot

20jan23 JUST 3 - CORRECTION 2

 After basically 6 of the leaders all went for the same 2-5 shot that got turned over that just left Ben Cheetham 10-1, Colin Warmington & Terry Matthews on the same 6-1 winner as the only scorers, Colin moved well into the cash and Terry finally overtook me in the plate to move 3rd. That leaves me 16 points clear of Ian with 6 bets left just need to watch that I don't get passed again and end up on the bubble.

Ben's 10-1 winner was placed 2nd so the winner is lost - sorry for missing that 

19jan23 BACK AND COLD

Just 3 winners today Jimmy McGarrity best of the day at 9-1 to move 19th but very close to the foot of the leader board.  Sonya Paige kept up the pressure of the long time leader with a 5-6 winner getting close now, finally Mark Lowry 4-5 to consolidate in 5th

18jan23 SUMMER RACING

 Another 7 winners for us today well spread this time, best of the bunch a cracking 16-1 for Andy Stevens probably too little to late unless he follows up Thursday.  Colin Warmington moved back into the last cash spot with his 5-1 winner, Dave Klein also managed a 5-1 winner but he is well back.  4-1 for Gary Cawsey 5-6 for Ian Carpenter & Tom McGarrity, 6-1 for Mark Sharman that gets him back on the leader board but with work to do.

17jan23 STILL SUNNY AND WINDY

 7 winners for us today 4 of them the 1-10 winner and 2 the 2-7 winner which just leaves Tommy Smith with his 6-1 winner best of the day and enough to move him 6th.  Back to the rum!

16jan23 WIND AND SUN

5 winners today Sonya Paige & Stuart Bentham  avoiding a loser with a 1-10 winner, Mark Lowry 10-11 to keep reeling in the leaders, Tom McGarrity 13-8 & Jimmy McGarrity 4-1 for best of the day.   

15jan23 BENIDORM

 Off to Spain tonight until Thursday but should be fine to keep this up to date.  6 winners for us today Stuart Bentham & Mark Lowry secured certain winners at 4-11, which was enough for Stuart to stay ahead of Vince in the plate after he had a 7-4 10 pointer but only on countback.  Kevin Wood & Tom McGarrity both had the same 3-1 winner to both go back onto the leader board and Ian Carpenter kept up the good work with his 25th winner at 10-11.  

14jan23 UNLUCKY CHELTENHAM

6 winners today, John Heneghan followed yesterday winner with a 12-1 winner to go positive and sit 11th other winners were me 6-4, Ben Cheetham 7-1, Mark Lowry 13-8, Stuart Bentham 10-11 & Ian Carpenter 7-4 to go 4th

13jan13 ONE BIGGIE

John Heneghan lands a 33-1 winner to move from 46th to 23rd, 8 other winners 11-4 for Spenser to extend his lead a bit and same for Paul Berg to move up a place nothing else of much interest.  

12jan23 QUIZ WINNERS

Managed to win the pub quiz tonight hence the late update! For us though few winner just two Steve Taylor 5-2 and Tom McGarrity 5-6 so very little movement on the leader boards

11jan23 WATER WATER

More meeting lost tomorrow already to the rain looks like all weather again for a while.  8 winners for us half of them were the same 6-4 shot for Gary Cawsey, Sonya Paige, Spenser Mills & Steve Taylor so no change at the top.  the remaining winners were Colin Warmington 100-30 to move 8th, Dave Klein bet of the day 9- and also 6-4 for Ian Carpenter & Tom Mcgarrity 

10jan23 LAST RACE BIGGIE

Had to wait for Terry Matthews' bet in the 8pm and it was worth it 16-1 and 5 points so hunting me down in 3rd in the plate and zoomed into 8th in the main leader board - the only player in the cash in both. The other 3 winners were Brendan Bergin 12-1, Gary Cawsey 7-4 & Mark Lowry again 5-6 to nudge up another place. 

09jan23 STILL 0-0 AT HT!

11 winners for us today the most significant in terms of movement on the leader board were Colin Warmington 9-2 to go 9th and Sonya Paige 11-2 to take over in 2nd closing in on Spenser.  He was one of 3 players with a 2-5 winner along with Vince and Stuart.  The other 6 were George Waters 5-2, Ian Carpenter 6-4 to move up a place, Luke Silk 8-15, Mark Lowry also 6-4, Paul Stobbart 11-2, and best of the day 8-1 for Richard Pascoe but he needs a few more of them!

08jan23 20 DAYS LEFT

5 winners today 3 of them the 1-4 10 pointer for the top 3 in the plate as you might have guessed!  Martin Long followed up his winner yesterday with the best of the day today at 3-1 to return to the leader board & Sonya Paige (clearly guided by Vince) selected a 1-9 winner to gain a small amount on the 2 above her as they both has losers.

07jan23 SUPER UNLUCKY

Sonya Paige picks a 50-1 winner today but it is her 41st bet the last one where the 33-1 maximum odds restriction applies (rule #24) .  So instead of being £5 clear she is 3rd and £12 in arrears.  Spenser owes the rule makes a drink!  The only other winners were Mark Lowry who brought up a 6 timer with a 30-100 winner to sit in 8th and Martin Long 9-1 to go just £1 down

06jan23 BIG DAY

Lots of winners, 10 in total, topped by Tommy Smith at 6-1 to move to 6th, Chris Martin 100-30, Colin Warmington & Steve Taylor 6-4, Ian Carpenter & Mark Lowry 11-10, Spenser Mills, looking ever more likely to be our winner 10-11, Tom McGarrity finally stopped the rot with a 16-5 winner.  The final two were Roger Dore bringing up a double with a 2-1 winner and of course Stuart Bentham 1-2 and 5 points to go top of the plate again by 1 point.

05jan23 duo

Just 2 winners Jo Hutson 16-1 to go 7th and Roger Dore 2-1

04jan23 DARTS

5 winners for us and the only significant mover was Frank Tubman returning to the leader board in  7th after his 8-1 winner, all the other 4 had the same priced winner at 11-10 they were George Waters, Mark Lowry, Stuart Bentham & Ian Carpenter.  

03jan23 A DAY TO LEAVE ALONE

Much like tomorrow as well, but not for our 4 winners who were Joyce Dibble 11-4, Helen Fahey best of the day 9-2,  Jimmy McGarrity & Steve Taylor also both 11-4 winners.  

02jan23 TWO DAYS

5 winners yesterday and 4 winners today.  Today saw Spenser playing the "catch me if you can" tactics as leader with a 1-9 winner Gary Dighton picked up another decent evening winner at 8-1, to get onto the leader board for the first time this comp.  The other two were Chris Martin 5-4 & Mark Lowry 1-3.

Contacted everyone and recovered the missing texts but well worth checking I haven't made any omissions - problem with converting to my new phone - my daughters made me get a new one as mine was 8 years old!

TECHNICAL HITCH

Hi i may have lost some texts yesterday as the phone died and I don't seem to have as many as I would have expected.  The list below is those that I DID NOT receive anything from so if you are on this and you did send something in i will need a screenshot of the sent text page 

BB, DK, FT, HF, I, JHu, KW, MLy, MNu, MS, PB, PF, RP, ST

I will hold over the update until tonight