CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

 Hello everyone - Happy Xmas and New Year to all naps compers!

Go Constitution on Boxing day - I'll be there, highlight of the holidays for me

PRESENTATION OF TROPHY TO PROUD WINNER

 

Vince on left & Andy Warmington - first task is to polish it!

16nov24 FINAL DAY COMP #53

Ended up on a final tally for the last day of 3 winners Colin Warmington & George Casserly both 10-1.  Adrian Hunt the big gainer on the final day with his 9-1 winner moved from 6th (£100) to 2nd (£450).  Plate was settled long ago.

So congratulations to Andy his first win in the comp so a new name on the trophy.  I gave the trophy to Vince and he will deliver - lets have a picture of it in pride of place.  Also to Mark Lowry spot on consistent plate performance and a cash spot in the main comp.  But how the mighty are fallen defending champ Chris Pascoe failed to trouble the scorers at all and was 54th!

Current thoughts for the next comp to be basically Feb to first weekend of May so capturing Cheltenham, Aintree and Punchestown to finish at Newmarket, a new course for the final day, and the guineas meeting.  We will send out reminders etc. in January.

Happy Xmas - I'll be at Kempton Boxing Day for the King George 

16nov24 CONGRATULATIONS TO ANDY NO ONE WAS ABLE TO CATCH HIM

 the were a couple of moves on the leader board George Casserly had a 10-1 winner & Adrian Hunt a 9-1 winner which was enough for 2nd place as Jake's lost

Full update and excel tomorrow morning 

THEY BOTH LOST LEADER BOARDS STAND

15nov24 JUST ONE SO FAR

Two results to come and so far just Spenser Mills with a cracking 22-1 winner to go 4th 

See you tomorrow at Chelters  

14nov24 TWO BIG WINNERS

7 in total but the two big ones were Gary Cawsey 33-1 & Andy Stevens 25-1 this put bot of them positive and just below 10th spot.  The other winners were Jake Fifield 4-1, Dave Brammer 2-1, George Casserly 10-11, Mark Nutting 100-30, Shelly Wood 11-10.   

13nov24 ACTION AT THE TOP

 Paul Berg's 15-2 winner to moved him 2nd and following him into 3rd was Jake Field with his 11-2 winner and that was it for today.

12nov24 NICE MOVE

Mark Lowry pops in a 10-1 winner to zoom up to 3rd in the main comp and is certain to finish in the top two in the plate so the double winner is still on.  The other winners were Adrian Hunt 2-1 to just stay ahead of Mark in 2nd place & Frank Tubman 13-8.

11nov24 EARLY UPDATE

Assuming Carol Carter doesn't have  66-1 winner tonight then we have had 6 winners, Robert Logan & Mark Lowry both 4-9, Stuart Bentham 9-4, Gary Cawsey best of the day 12-1, Richard Pascoe 11-4, & Shelly Wood evens.  

10nov24 REMEMBERANCE

Just 2 winners today Paul Berg 9-2 the best of the day and moved him up 2 places into 3rd but still no one making any sort of dent in Andy's £20+ lead.  Only other winner was Mark Lowry 1-4 and 5 points, he is now certain to finish in the top two and the wheels would really have to fall off for him not to win.

Excel on its way and don't forget Chelters next Saturday for the final day.   

CORRECTION

Paul has 5 courses to go for the full set not 4 and they are Perth, Fakenham, Taunton, Hereford, Ffos Las, could probably kill the last 3 in one trip to this neck of the woods quite easily.  

09nov24 ABANDONED

After all that wait the final race got abandoned as they couldn't move the stalls off the track!  So just 3 winners for us yesterday Steve Taylor & Mark Nutting both on the same 9-2 winner & Mark Lowry probably wrapping up the plate with a 10 pointer at 15-8.  He needs 35 points from 6 selections to get on the all time top 10 or to catch up £30 in the main comp to be the first to win both!

The intrepid band of naps compers made their way to Kelso yesterday which brought Paul Stobbart to just 4 courses left that he hasn't been to don't know which 4.

L-R Stuart Bentham, Paul Stobbart & Ben Cheetham

Saturday update waiting on 8.30!

08nov24 JUST TWO

 They were Ian carpenter 13-8 & Jason Stevens 5-2 so pretty much no changes on the leader boards

07nov24 HALF A DOZEN

Most significant was Jake Fifield 13-2 to go from 5th to 2nd but Andy still sitting pretty £18+ clear of the field and has 4 less bets to go.  Ben Cheetham & Colin Warmington both 7-2, Gary Pascoe 2-1, George Casserly 8-15, finally Pete Long 6-4. 

06nov24 JUST 4

Mark Lowry & Vince Paige both 4-9, Frank Tubman a very nice 20-1 winner but he was a long way back and probably needs another one!  Finally Dave Brammer 9-4 to bring him back onto the leader board.  

05nov24 BOOM BOOM

Yep a big one 33-1 for Spenser Mills to move to 8th from a very lowly position yesterday.  Vince, Stuart & Mark at the top of the plate all had a 5 point 8-11 winner, Paul Berg moved up 2 places to 4th with a 7-2 winner, Jason Stevens 9-2 and Tom Feeney 12-1 were the final two. 

04nov24 QUIET DAY

Just three winners Carol Carter 15-2, George Casserly 9-4 to move up one place, Ian Carpenter evens and that was it.   

03nov24 LESS THEN 2 WEEKS TO GO

7 winners for us today, top two in plate picked same winner again at 10-11 and 10 points, a top 10 of all time finish still on for Mark especially after 20 points across the weekend. Best of the day 10-1 for Pete Long puts him +£2 & 14th.  Three players picked the same 5-1 winner Andy Stevens, Shelly Wood & Gary Pascoe which moved him up to 3rd.  That just leaves Jimmy McGarrity who is making a move at just the right time bringing up a treble with a 16-5 winner and moves into a cash spot on the leader board.  

Vince says that tickets for club at Chelters for 16th getting close to sold out so if you are planning joining us on the final day might be worth getting on that, apparently £50. 

03nov24 DON'T PANIC NO ONE ON THE 200-1 WINNER TODAY!

 No one 

02nov24 DEL MAR I MUST GO!

6 winners for us again Jimmy McGarrity 5-1 to appear at the foot of the leader board, Robert, Stuart & Mark the 3 amigos at the top of the plate all had the same 2-13 winner and 10 points Luke Silk 6-1 and finally Tom Feeney took the best of the day prize wand brought up a double at 7-1

01nov24 HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 To me & Ian Carpenter!!

6 winners and the stand out news was the leader possibly wrapping the whole thing up with a 12-1 winner and going £16+ clear the other 5 were Vince Paige 2-7, Ian Carpenter 5-2, Paul Berg 3-1 to move up one place, Richard Pascoe 7-4 to sit 12th and Tom Feeney 11-8.  

Del Mar now for the start of the Breeders Cup and to see Lake Victoria take the juvenile sprint!

21oct24 SPOOKY

6 winners between us 3 on the same 5-2 winner Ben Cheetham (bringing up a 4 timer), Gary Pascoe & Gary Dighton.  The other 3 were Jake Fifield again 13-2 to go into a competitive 3rd, Jimmy McGarrity 7-2 & Richard Pascoe 6-4.  

30oct24 A LITTLE BETTER

Four winners, Ben Cheetham 9-4, Gary Pascoe 7-4 to go 3rd, just! Harry Warmington 4-1 to scrape onto the foot of the leader board on the bubble and best of the day for Ian Carpenter 8-1 to put him just £1.54 down in 17th.  

29oct24 DOUBLE

Yep just two winners Ben Cheetham 4-1 Kevin Wood 9-4 - not much else to say

28oct24 NEW LEADER

Andy Warmington in the a purple patch takes the lead with a 11-1 winner, he was one of 8 winners today so Ben Cheetham 100-30, Gary Pascoe 5-2, Ian Carpenter 10-11 Jake Fifield 6-1, Karl Noble 7-1, Pete Long 11-2, & finally Ronan Casserly also 6-1 enough to scrape onto the foot of the leader board in 10th

27oct24 RESTRICTION LIFT FOR ALL

All the dormy players have now reached 41 bets so the 33-1 max restriction is lifted for everyone from tomorrow.  Back to today and there were 7 winners, the top two in the plate scraped a 1-3 winner each as Mark Lowry passes last comps winning total with 14 bets in hand!  The total points to get on the top 10 of all time leader board is 266 so 77 required from 14 - tough!  The other 4 winners were best of the day for Andy Warmington to go 2nd with an 8-1 winner, Dave Brammer nudged up one spot with a 6-4 winner, And Gary Pascoe did likewise with an 11-4 winner, finally Helen Fahey 13-8 & Roger Dore 6-1.

26oct24 BIG WINNER

22-1 for Richard Pascoe enough to take him positive (+£4.63) but still short of leader board in 12th.  Four other winners Robert Logan & me 3-1 and 10 points - look out Vince!  George Casserly 15-8 to grab 2nd place back from Paul, Jimmy McGarrity 9-2, on what was a nice days racing with Napscompers at at least 2 courses Chelters & Donny

25oct24 COMMENTARY ONLY

6 winners best two were 10-1 for Jake Fifield (now 5th) and Roger Dore, Andy Warmington 6-1, George Casserly 6-5 Harry Warmington & Ronan Casserly both 3-1, Harry now 11th.

Got to go off to Chelters

24OCT24 TOUGH

Well it must have been just 2 winner Vince Paige 8-11, Dave Brammer 9-4!

23oct24 BIG WINNER

28-1 for Mark Nutting to go 4th he was one of 6 winners Dave Brammer 11-4 to go 8th, Andy Warmington 9-2 to go 6th, me 5-1 and 10 points and 10 points for Robert Logan as well with his 13-8 winner finally Ray harper 4-1.  

22oct24 HE'S DONE IT

Tommy Smith after 97 consecutive losers including all of the last comp has finally hit a winner 15-2, I suppose there could almost be  tinge of disappointment he didn't bring up the century!  There was only one other winner on a slow day Helen Fahey 2-1.

21oct24 SLOW AGAIN

Just another 3 winners they were Andy Stevens 9-4, Steve Carter 5-2, & best of the day for Karl Noble 100-30. 

20oct24 SLOW

 Just 3 winners Mark Lowry & me 6-5 and 10 points and Jake Fifield brings up a 4 timer with a 9-4 winner to move up to 6th.

END OF COMP CONFIRMATION

Just noticed that the end of comp on the title bar had 17th November as the end date that was wrong it is Cheltenham Saturday 16th November 

Hope to see you all there!

19oct24 OVER TO NH NOW

7 winners for us on what was effectively the last flat day other than the Breeders Cup, Stuart, Robert & Mark continued their serene progress at the top of the plate with a winner each 2-5 & 5-6, Andy Stevens a nice 10-1 winners but he needs a couple more of those!  Helen Fahey 13-8, Jake Fifield brings up a treble with an 8-11 winner, and again last but not least Ronan Casserly best of the day 14-1 winner to go £2.57 up and back in the game.  

18oct24 COMMENTARY ONLY

 8 winners Stuart, Robert & Mark in the plate all the same 5-6 winner, Steve Taylor & Jake Fifield 5-2, Carol Carter off the mark 9-2, Jason Stevens 5-1, and last but certainly not lest Adrian Hunt slots in another great winner at 14-1 to zoom clear at the top on +£40.50 - is that the decisive move of the comp?

Tables update later with Saturdays included

17oct24 8 WINNERS

8 winners Mark Lowry & Stuart Bentham both 2-5, Gary Pascoe & Paul Stobbart both 2-7, Jake Fifield 5-2, Jimmy McGarrity 3-1,  Mark Sharman & Richard Hunt both 7-1, enough to take Richard back to the leader board.  

16oct24 EXCITING NEW MANAGER

6 winners Mark Lowry & Stuart Bentham both 4-9, Ben Cheetham 6-1, Gary Pascoe brings up a 4 timer with a 5-1 winner, 5-2 for Jimmy McGarrity & Paul Stobbart 5-6.  

15oct24 NICE WINNERS

Andy Warmington top dog with a 14-1 winner to go 6th, Stuart Bentham & Mark Lowry both 8-13, Harry Warmington 10-1 to return to the leader board, Jimmy McGarrity & Robert Dudley both 9-1, finally Steve Taylor 7-2 to make a return to the leader board as well.  

14oct24 SLUGGING IT OUT

All happening at the top of the table today, George Casserly bangs in a 9-2 winner to regain the lead but only for a few minutes as Adrian Hunt lays down a real marker with a 20-1 winner to again surge clear for a couple of hours for the leader to show his class and land a 15-2 winner to regain and retain his top spot.  All that leaves us now even further of the top.  Apart from those 3 there was Stuart Bentham even money winner, Dave Brammer 9-4, Frank Tubman 11-4 & finally both Gary Pascoe & Helen Fahey scored with a 2-5 winner.  

13oct24 HALF A DOZEN

Winners four of the were on the 2-9 winner of the first fairly easy to guess those winners Stuart Bentham, Mark Lowry, Robert Logan and Helen Fahey, the only other winner was for Gary Pascoe & George Casserly at 11-10.  So very little movement on either leader board.

Check out the file there are now 9 players who are dormy and are getting forced losers  

12oct24 ONE HORSE WON

Just two successful selections today both on the same horse the 6-1 winner of the sprint trophy, they were Gary Pascoe now 4th and Paul Berg now the new leader, looks like the 3rd win might be on!

11oct24 BIG MOVERS

A 14-1 winner for Dave Brammer best of the day zoomed him up to 4th spot behind another big mover Paul Berg 11-2 to go 3rd, anyone's comp this time all to play for.  Four winners in total the other two were Jimmy McGarrity 2-1 (3 from the last 5) & Jason Stevens 7-2

10oct10 NOT FOR LONG

Not for long as George hits straight back and retakes the lead by 34p after a 5-2 winner, the same price as Pete Long's winner which puts him 12th.  There were 6 winners in total the other 4 were Mark Lowry 1-2, Roger Dore 7-1, Richard Hunt 7-2 to go 11th and finally another 5-2 winner for George Waters.  

09oct24 NEW LEADER

Double update day and a new leader.  Firstly Tuesday quiet day just 3 winners who were all on the same horse at 8-1, Spenser Mills, Jake Fifield & Mark Sharman.

Today, Spenser Mills followed up with a 6-1 winner and moved into the top half after a slow start, but the main news was Gary Dighton's different 6-1 winner to take him top George has 3 more bet to have than Gary so for me that's pretty even.  In fact there were 11 winners today Vince & me 15-8, Mark Lowry & Stuart Bentham 4-11, Shelly Wood & Ray Harper both 85-40, Ben Cheetham 2-1 Dave Brammer 7-2 & last another 6-1 winner for Paul Berg to move him from 10th to 5th, could Paul, become one of the rare 3 time winners he last won twice in 2012.

CORRECTION - Ben Cheetham's pick was 2nd not first! - thanks Ben

07oct24 LAST DAY

On my way back home today but yesterday (Monday) saw just 5 winners Vince Paige fluked a winner after my selection fell at the last 7-2 for him and 5 points.  Jimmy McGarrity 100-30, Mark Nutting 5-2, Paul Stobbart evens, & best of the day for Tom Feeney at 13-2 to go back into positive territory and 18th spot.

Tuesday will be updated Wednesday

06oct24 ANOTHER SLOW ONE

Again just two winners and both nice prices the first of significance 9-1 for Adrian Hunt moving him right into contention in 3rd and one rather more shall we say inspired 20-1 for Pete Long (beat the plate boys selection into 2nd by a nose) to move him £4.00 up and 12th - of course I'm sure nothing to do with the names of his children :-)

05oct24 BUSY AND GOOD DAYS RACING

Bumper 9 winners Saturday boosted by the top 4 in the plate all picking the same horse for the second day running, this time it won at 1-2 and 10 points each.  Andy Warmington continued his good recent form and march up the table with a 6-1 winner appearing on the leader board for the first time this comp in 8th. The remaining 4 winners were Ian Carpenter 3-1, Mark Nutting 5-1, Martin Long best of the day 7-1, & Paul Stobbart 11-2 to go positive and in 16th place.    

04oct24 JUST 3

On a less than average day another low winner count Harry Warmington 13-8 to nudge up a spot in the plate Ronan Casserly 3-1 & Tom McGarrity 4-6. 

03oct24 LATE RUNNERS ON THURSDAY

6 winners on Thursday and they were Stuart Bentham 8-13, Tom Feeney 9-2, another decent winner for Andy Warmington 15-2 to put him at +£2.08 just off the leader board.  The other 3 were Gary Dighton evens trying to slowly reel in George at the top, Ian Carpenter 15-8 & finally best of the day for Richard Pascoe 12-1 so that's just 2 winners but now back positive on 63p up and 16th.   

02oct24 JUST A PAIR

 So only two successes on Wednesday but nice winners at 17-2 on the same horse for Robert Dudley & Steve Carter

01oct24 HANDFUL

Slow day just 5 winners Gary Dighton 7-2 to go 2nd, Andy Warmington 3-1, Ronan Casserly best of the day 9-1, Robert Logan 8-13, Ray Harper 9-2.  

30sep24 BUSY MONDAY

For such poor fare we still had a lot of players and 6 winners who were Colin Warmington 13-2 & 10 points so reappeared on both leader boards, Dave Klein 11-4, Jimmy McGarrity 7-2, Jason Stevens best of the day 7-1, Steve Taylor 5-6, Karl Noble 9-4.   

29sep24 BUMPER DAY

11 winners today 3of us on the same 2-5 winner, me, Mark Lowry & George Casserly, Stuart Bentham 4-9, Dave Fifield & Spenser Mills both 11-4, Gary Pascoe 11-2 to go 3rd, George Waters 11-8, Helen Fahey & Jake Fifield & Paul Berg all 7-2.  

File on its way

28sep24 BIG WINNER

No not the 250-1 winner at Listowel but 18-1 for Tom Feeney, he was well off the pace so this takes him to mid division.   I managed to keep the purple patch going with the 8-1 winner of the Cambridgeshire and that was it from 44 bets today.  

27sep24 WARM

7 winners on Friday Vince & Mark Lowry both got a nice 11-4 10 point winner to ruffle up the leader board in the plate, I brought up a treble with a 100-30 winner, best of the day was Dave Brammer 15-2 to go +£2.58.  The other 3 were Dave Klein & Frank Tubman both 7-2 & Andy Warmington 3-1.

26sep24 GREECE AGAIN

Yep another holiday from tomorrow so travelling then so no update until Saturday morning and I expect all update through to my return on 09oct24 will also be following morning, apologies for disruption but a man has to do what a man has to do!

6 winners today Stuart Bentham with a positive long shot for him 2-1, Vince & Mark Lowry the same 2-5 winner, so no real change in the plate.  Colin Warmington also 2-1 to return to the leader board, Jason Stevens takes best of the day with a 5-2 winner and finally me at 11-8.   

25sep24 MUCH BUSIER

But fewer winner 8 in total half of them were the 4-9 5 point winner picked by the top 3 in the plate & Paul Stobbart, best of the day was me 6-1,  Kevin Dighton went 2nd with a 3-1 winner Karl Noble 5-2, & Ronan Casserly 5-2 were the rest.  

24sep24 DOUBLE FIGURES

Yes 10 winners today all the top 4 in the plate on the same 1-4 winner, Andy Warmington & Robert Dudley both 100-30, Gary Dighton 7-4, Ian Carpenter & Martin Long both evens, & Steve Taylor 3-1.  

23sep24 DIRE

The racing on offer that is and that showed in the very small number of players but despite that we still managed 4 winners Steve Taylor 4-5 Gary Pascoe 5-2, Gary Cawsey 5-1 and just best of the day ay 11-2 was Jake Fifield.

22sep24 HAALAND

5 winners today and 3 of them were the 7-4 10 pointer for Vince, Mark Lowry & Robert Logan - so that shook up the plate leader board a bit.  The other two were Shelly Wood 2-1 and the best of the day for Karl Noble 5-2

21sep24 BUSY 44 BETS

Six winners between us Gary Pascoe 11-4 to shuffle up the leader board a bit, Adrian Hunt  10-1 to zoom up to 6th, Richard Hunt a tidy 7-2 winner to go 2nd, John Caley 6-1 to go £1 up, Karl Noble 9-2, but bet of the day and a long time coming was Paul Stobbart 20-1 winner of the Gold Cup to move to +£1, dare I say, poised to strike onto the leader board. 

20sep24 COUPLE

That's all we managed Vince Paige 4-9 but improves his standing in the plate as basically all the rest had losers and a very nice best of the day for Steve Taylor 14-1 and zooms straight up to 5th    

19sep24 JUST 3

Ian Carpenter 11-4 to go 10th, Stuart Bentham evens to go slightly clear in the plate and Spenser Mills off the mark with 11-2 was all we could manage today.

18sep24 NOT QUITE MAGNIFICENT

7 winners again for us and a nice joint best of the day for Jake Fifield & Adrian Hunt at 17-2 that takes them 14th & 11th respectively and both positive.  George Casserly scores another at 15-8 to move <£6 ahead of the field.  Colin Warmington made progress on both leader boards with his 7-2 winner that's 3 in the last 4 for Colin and following him up the leader board is his grandson Harry with a 3-1 winner.  The final 2 were Dave Brammer 100-30 & Jason Stevens finally off the mark with a 4-1 winner.

For the nerds among us i.e. Vince & me Andy Warmington sets a new record having achieved the same  SP 13-2, for each of his last 5 selections - never happened before - sorry no prize!  I suppose also a record with 3 generations of the same clan all getting a mention in the blog on the same day as well.

I need to get out more 

17sep24 PAGER FOR SALE!

Slow day for us but still yielded 7 winners, Dave Brammer 5-2, Helen Fahey 4-5, Ian carpenter 4-9, Paul Berg 13-8, Richard Hunt 7-2 to go joint second, Robert Logan 1-6, & best of the day 8-1, for Terry Matthews which means I think a rare visit to the leader board:-) 

16sep24 36 YEARS

9 winners today 3 of us all on the 1-2 winner Vince, me & Robert Logan, nice 11-2 winner for Colin Warmington to take him back onto both leader boards, his son Andy 13-2, our leader picked up a 9-4 winner to move a little clear.  The final 3 were Karl Noble 7-4, Mark Nutting & Ray Harper both 11-2

15sep24 JUST 3

Nice winner at 9-1 for Gary Dighton to go 3rd. the only others to trouble the scores were Colin Warmington 2-1, and Tom McGarrity at 2-5.  

14sep24 ST LEDGER DAY

Sorry for the delay tough gig on course yesterday with a 3 hour drive each way, but well worth it small group of us there and with owners badges courtesy of Dave Klein 

L to R Andy, Dave Klein, Maurice Edgington, Stuart Bentham 

 

So to the racing Steve Taylor from LV picks another winner 4-1 to make the leader board, 3 players Stuart Bentham Robert Logan & Mark Lowry all on the same 5-4 winner, Gary Dighton 100-30, Ian carpenter making double figures number of winners with an 11-4 winner, finally shelly Wood best of the day 9-2.

In the parade ring

13sep24 DONNY DAY 2

Seven winners today and a super one for Richard (Tricky) Hunt 18-1 that zooms him up to 3rd and a live contender.  Others were me 7-2, Harry Warmington 2-1, Mark Lowry 11-8 to draw level at the top of the plate only missing top spot on number of seconds count back, Helen Fahey & Kevin Wood both off the mark with 7-2 & 7-4 winners respectively.  Finally there was a five point winner for Robert Logan (5-6) perhaps getting a bit more back into the groove recently to put up a defence to his title in the plate 

12sep24 DONNY DAY 1

6 winners for us today half of them were me, Mark Lowry & George Waters on the even money winner of the fillies G2 race others were Colin Warmington 11-10, Ian Carpenter also evens, & Mark Sharman best of the day by miles at 15-2 to go straight into 7th.  

11sep24 LORDS

Nice gentle day at Lords today for a county game and an afternoon in the long room.  Only 3 winners for us today Martin Long 7-2 which was enough to get him into a cash position on the leader board, Andy Warmington off the mark 11-4, and Richard Hunt best of the day 6-1 to go £2.00 up

10sep24 ANOTHER 1/2 DOZEN

Best of the day by a country mile was Dave Klein off the mark in style with a 14-1 winner and straight into 8th on the leader board.  Stuart Bentham & George Waters both 1-6 winners (different horses), Mark Lowry & Ian Carpenter both 8-13 winners and Steve Taylor napping all the way from LV found an 11-2 winner to put him back to +70p.  

09sep24 6 TIMER

And the 6 were Jimmy McGarrity 4-1, Karl Noble & Mark Nutting 9-4, Paul Berg 6-1, best of the day and goes 3rd, Paul Stobbart off the mark 2-1 & Ronan Casserly 9-4.  

07sep24 LEADER CAUGHT

Well very nearly as Kevin Dighton Scores for the second time with Northern spirit this comp this time at 17-2 to go 2nd by just 27p.   Only 2 other winners today they were Gary Pascoe 5-1 to go 4th and Harry Warmington 6-5.

07sep24 BACK IN BLIGHTY

8 winners for us Saturday George Casserly and Gary Pascoe both 3-1 to increase George's lead at the top, Roger Dore best of the day,  makes a first appearance this comp on the leader board with a 4-1 winner, Gary Dighton goes 4th with a 5-2 winner the same as Mark Lowry who continues his steady progress up both leader boards.  Steve Carter 100-30, Ian Carpenter evens and Richard Hunt 4-1, were the final three winners.

06sep24 LOTS OF WINNERS

Eleven in total Tom McGarrity & Vince Paige both 4-5 and 10 points, Me & Ian Carpenter both 6-5, Martin Long 5-2 bringing up a treble, Mark Lowry 15-8 to feature well on both leader boards.  Best of the day for Jon Caley 12-1 putting him £2.00 up but still only in 16th.  Roger Dore 6-1 to go positive, Robert Logan 11-8, Stuart Bentham 8-13 for 5 points each & Steve Carter 4-1 make up the 11.

05sep24 STEADY

5 winners today Stuart Bentham 3 points at 6-4, Luke Silk off the mark with a 11-8 winner, Martin Long 11-10 & Robert Logan 6-4 with Pete Long securing best of the day at 5-1 with Justcallmepete!

04sep24 JUST FOUR

Four winners today, Terry Matthews best of the day 13-2, Tom Feeney off the mark at 15-8, Mark Lowry getting into his stride now 3 from the last 4 at 1-2 and finally Martin Long 4-1 

03sep24 BIG WINNER

Kevin Dighton leaps to 2nd place after securing the best winner of the comp so far at 16-1, only other winner was Stuart Bentham nudging a little clear with 5 points and 5-4.

02sep24 ANOTHER SLOW ONE

Just 3 winners today Roger Dore off the mark with a 9-2 winner, best of the day 10-1 for Andy Stevens to go 8th equal and another for our leader George Casserly at 11-8.

01sep24 SOLO

Ian Carpenter the only winner on Sunday 11-4 just enough to put him on the leader board in the plate which was the only change on either leader board.

31aug24 A FULL DOZEN

Super busy day and loads of winners 12 in total, so here goes: best of the day for Paul Berg 11-1 and back up to 3rd, the 2 above him kept up their great start George Casserly 5-4, Harry Warmington 13-8.  Robert Logan & Stuart Bentham popping in a cert 5 points with the same  2-5 winner, things certainly hotting up in the plate in this comp!  

Dave Sharman off the mark with a 13-2 winner to put him back to positive, Gary Pascoe & Mark Sharman both 5-4, Gary Dighton 9-2 that's 3 from 4 for GD and 4th place.  Ian Carpenter 1-3, and finally Richard Pascoe & Mark Lowry both 13-8

30aug24 BUSY FRIDAY

Only 7 winners though, plate boys, Vince & Stuart both had the same 5 point 1-2 winner, Gary Pascoe 3-1 to move up to 7th, Harry Warmington 11-4, Ian Carpenter 1-2, Mark Lowry 3-1 and best of the day for Mark Sharman off the mark with a 17-2 winner to get to the leader board in 9th.  

29aug24 NEW BEST WINNER OF COMP

 Colin Warmington pops in a nice 14-1 winner to go 3rd & Kevin Dighton follows him onto the leader board with a 15-2 winner to go 4th.  Three other winners George Casserly again 4-9, Gary Dighton 11-8, & finally Karl Noble 9-2.

28aug24 ORDINARY

 5 winners Gary Pascoe 6-1 best of the day and goes back onto the leader board, Vince Paige 10 points & 11-10 to go top of the plate, Stuart Bentham 1-2, Ian Carpenter 5-6 & Tom McGarrity off the mark with a 4-1 winner 

27aug24 LEADERS FORGING CLEAR

Top 2 win again George 6-5 Harry 2-1, best of the day and off the mark for Martin Long 15-2 and the 4th and final winner was Steve Taylor also 2-1. 

26aug24 ALL NOW HAD A BET

Everyone has played so prizes confirmed (see over).  6 winners today and the last to play Gary Dighton started with the aptly named Star Start at 11-2 to go straight on the leader board in 6th.  The other 5 winners were Frank Tubman 9-2, Harry Warmington 11-8, Mark Lowry 5-4, Mark Nutting 9-2 to go 3rd and Richard Hunt brings up a double with a 7-2 winner and goes into 7th. 

25aug24 QUIET DAY

Lowest total of winners so far just 4 and they were (at last not George Casserly - sorry George!) Harry Warmington now 5 winners from 7 with a 15-8 shot, Mark Lowry 9-4, Richard Hunt, best of the day 9-2 & Terry Matthews off the mark 11-4.

Excel sent

24aug24 YORK FINAL DAY

Another 9 winners again today, George Casserly wins again 3-1 5 from 5 now, Andy Stevens 11-4, Ben Cheetham 4-1, Gary Cawsey 5-2, George Waters & Harry Warmington 3-1, Mark Nutting, Steve Carter, & Ray Harper all 7-2.

23aug24 YORK DAY3

9 winners today majority not at York.  5 players getting off the mark including best of the day Pete Long 6-1, Shelly Wood 11-2, Karl Noble 10-11, Ronan Casserly 4-9, Gary Cawsey 4-1.  George Casserly unstoppable 3 from 3 with 3-1 winner now £13.50 clear! Dave Brammer 9-2 to go 5th, Stuart Bentham 2-5 & a good catch for Vince 10 points and 2-1 to sit on the bubble in the main comp and back in play in the plate.

Travelling tomorrow so expect Sunday morning update

LEEDS STATION AFTER YORK DAY1

Ready for Paul Stobbart's casino night!

L-R Gary Pascoe, Kevin Wood, Stuart Bentham, Paul Stobbart, Maurice Edgington

22aug24 YORK DAY2

6 naps compers on course today but a tougher day all round although some did to manage to buck the trend and find some nice winners, of biggest impact was George Casserly now 2 from 2 with a 15-2 winner the same selection as Kevin Dighton.  Harry Warmington brought up a treble with a 3-1 winner and goes 6th.  Robert Dudley best of the day 17-2 and finally Jimmy McGarrity off the mark with a 3-1 winner as well.  

Well back to Dave Klein a late entrant so could be 54 now

22aug24 YORK DAY1

6 winners between us really should have been more.  Our first two double figure winners from George Casserly 12-1, and Adrian Hunt 10-1 these were both their first bets so they go first and second respectively.  Dave Brammer & Gary Pascoe both 5-4 on a star performance from City of Troy odds against looks generous now doesn't it, Harry Warmington 5-4 and Stuart Bentham 1-3 to go clear in the plate after bringing up a 3 timer.

Photo's will follow too late now

20aug24 ON FORM

9 winners today so comp has started pretty hot.  Paul Berg maintains 100% record with 2 from 2 and goes top with a 100-30 winner.  Two other players went to 2 winners me with my not too risky 1-8 winner and Stuart Bentham 1-3 and 5 points to go top of the plate on count back.  The other 6 winners were Colin Warmington 100-30, Dave Brammer, Ian Carpenter & Harry Warmington all 6-4, Frank Tubman also 5-1 to go 4th,  and Richard Pascoe another 5-1 winner to go 3rd at this early stage.

York trip kicked off with a test night at Napoleon's Casino for Paul, Stuart & I, of course just to case the joint ready for dinner tomorrow although we did finish up a little, a good start to the wagering this week, looking forward to the Juddmonte tomorrow a classy renewal & Godolphin's £2.3M 2yo in the G3.      

19aug24 GATHERING PACE

30 players today and only 16 of us 53 left to start, another 6 winners they were Darren Mills & George Waters both on the same 9-2 winner, Stuart Bentham & Mark Lowry both on the same 4-11 winner, Jake Fifield 3-1 and Robert Logan 8-13.  All that leaves a familiar look to the top of the plate and Dave Fifield retains the main lead.

Forgot to welcome the 3 new players Harry Warmington, so 3 generations of the Warmington's playing Colin, Andy & Harry, Karl Noble a recruit from N Wales from my time up there, & Ronan Casserly, son of George, who got roped in on Kevin's 60th Windsor lads night, mainly because of the Oxford greyhound tips he got that evening!

18aug24 OPENING DAY

Not many played on the first day (16 out of 53) but 6 winners so pretty positive.  The day kicked off with Steve Taylor and Vince Paige both picking the only 10 point winner at 3-1, Mark Nutting also scored with a 3-1 winner, Paul Berg was top for a short while with an opening 11-2 winner but pipped by Dave Fifield 13-2 winner (back after a long break since December 2012!).  Finally I managed a 11-8 winner as well.

Will send out the excel but might be late/in the morning have to gather the group email together, as above 53 players (more always welcome) 2 still to pay, we will announce the prizes in a few days but plate will run to 4 spots and the main comp to the top 9 

Comp #53 STARTS 18TH AUG - PLAYER UPDATE

 Hi

looking good for a decent number over 50 this time 

Latest stats are 

• Paid 38
• confirmed but not yet paid 14
• not yet confirmed - 1 (ST)     

NEXT COMP PROPOSALS - START 18AUG24

 Seems like the plans sent out have met with general acceptance so Comp #53 will be: 

Start Sunday 18th August - the week of the York Ebor meeting

Finish Saturday 17th November - Open meeting, Cheltenham

All other T&C's the same - no inflation here!

06jun24 ITS ALL OVER

Three winners and by far the most significant the 8-13 winner for Chris Pascoe to win the comp - congratulations! Richard Hunt captured the final cash position from Gary Cawsey with his 11-2 winner & finally Vince secured 2nd in the plate with Troy's wine in the Eclipse

Back to 2nd half of ET to see if we can avoid penalties!

FINAL DAY SELECTIONS

Positions are before today's results

1. £1000  Jason Stevens     Golden Myth BEV 3:25  UNPLACED
2. £400    Chris Pascoe    El Burhan BEV 1:40  1ST 8-13
3. £250    Dave Sharman    Flash Bardot HAY 3:15  ABANDONDED
4. £100    Ben Cheetham    Dandy Angel BEV 4:00 UNPLACED
5. £100    Maurice Edgington     Two Tempting SAN 2:25  UNPLACED
6. £50      Gary Pascoe    New Bombay BEV 1:40 UNPLACED
7. £50      Gary Cawsey     Euchen Glen HAY 3:15 ABANDONDED
8. £nil      Richard Hunt     Ciceros Gift SAN 2:25 1ST 11-2 
9. Kevin Dighton     Fountain Cross BEV 4:00 UNPLACED
10. Martin Long     Crooked Crown BEV 2:50 UNPLACED
11. Pete Feeney     Stay Alert SAN 3:35 NON RUNNER
12. Steve Carter     Local Arms HAY 2:05  UNPLACED
13. Mark Nutting     Unbreak My Heart SAN 1:50 UNPLACED
14. Robert Logan     Sheradann HAY 3:15  ABANDONDED
15. Ian Carpenter     Hampden HAY 2:05 UNPLACED
16. Helen Fahey     Clove Hitch SAN 3:00  UNPLACED
17. Spenser Mills     Born Invincible NAA 3:20 NON RUNNER
18. Richard Pascoe     Mysterious Love HAY 3:15  ABANDONDED
19. Kevin Wood     Finns Charm HAY 4:25 ABANDONDED
20. Tom McGarrity     Epic Poet HAY 3:15  ABANDONDED
21. Andy Stevens     Loyal Touch HAY 3:15  ABANDONDED
22. Jimmy McGarrity     Flickering Halo HAY 2:05  3RD 125-1
23. Frank Tubman     Exponential BEV 2:50 UNPLACED
24. Carol Carter     Ballinerala Girl BEL 6:30 UNPLACED
25. Robert Dudley     Hans Anderson SAN 3:35 UNPLACED
26. Vince Paige     City of Troy SAN 3:35 1ST 1-4 
27. Darren Mills     Pearly Star BEV 4:00 UNPLACED
28. Steve Taylor     Tiggy Webber LEI 4:05 UNPLACED
29. Mark Lowry     Twilight Poppy NOT 6:10 UNPLACED
30. Sonya Paige     Two Man Job BEV 1:40 UNPLACED
31. Paul Stobbart     L'Astronome Hay3:15  ABANDONDED
32. Shelly Wood     Two Tempting SAN 2:25  UNPLACED
33. Pete Long     Hans Anderson SAN 3:35 UNPLACED
34. Paul Berg    Tryfan HAY 2:05 UNPLACED
35. Andy Warmington     NO BET
36. Dave Brammer     NO BET
37. Luke Silk     Golden Arc SAN 4:12 UNPLACED
38. Tom Feeney    Flickering Halo HAY 2:05  3RD 125-1
39. Mark Sharman     Loyal Touch HAY 3:15  ABANDONDED
40. Gary Dighton     NO BET
41. Ross Harvey     NO BET
42. Roger Dore    Hickton BEV 2:15 UNPLACED
43. Ray Harper     NO BET
44. Colin Warmington     NO BET
45. Tommy Smith     NO BET

05jul24 ONE DAY TO GO

So on the penultimate day we had 5 winners Chris Pascoe 1-5 to cut the lead to £1.42 just a 6-4 winner needed now.  The other 4 were Ben Cheetham moving up to 4th with a 2-1 winner, Gary Pascoe back in the cash positions with a 9-2 winner, Ian Carpenter 5-1 & Jimmy McGarrity 4-1 both probably too late

file sent

REMEMBER ANY RACE TOMORROW AS THERE IS NO ON COURSE FINAL DAY FINISH BECAUSE OF THE ENGLAND GAME 

04jul24 INDEPENDANCE

Just 2 winners for us today Jimmy McGarrity 11-4 & Ben Cheetham 9-2 to put him well in the mix 

03jul24 BUMPER WINNERS

Probably the best day of the comp 6 winners best was Dave Sharman 40-1 to steal 3rd from me! Martin Long & Richard Pascoe both 33-1, Sonya Paige 28-1, Gary Pascoe 13-2 and Chris Pascoe narrowing the gap as Jason's lost with his 4-9 winner.  

02jul24 DISTRACTED

 By the football then forgot!

4 winners important ones as well, Jason Stevens takes over at the top with a 6-1 winner despite yet another winner for Chris Pascoe 8-11 good good scrap at the top.  Vince found a 10 pointer to put the pressure for 2nd place back on Tom McGarrity, Helen Fahey made treble figures in the plate with a 13-8 winner

01jul24 SLOW

Just 2 winners Carol Carter & Kevin Wood both 7-1.  

30jun24 NEVER IN DOUBT :-)

Just 3 winners for us today  Ben Cheetham 7-2, Jason Stevens 11-5 and ENGLAND

29jun24 PHEW THAT WAS AN EFFORT

Having set off from London at 8.30am this morning and not got to Cheltenham until 3pm i thought it was worth waiting for today's results - they are all now in.

Headlines are Chris Pascoe bashed in 3 winners across the 3 day update 1-3, 4-5 & 4-7 and with Jason's 3 losers that was enough for him to take over at the top again.  Tom McGarrity managed 2 winners and a 2nd so nicked 2nd spot in the plate from Vince on countback.  Other winners, excluding Chris & Tom were:

Thursday Ben Cheetham & Jimmy McGarrity both 15-8,  Richard Hunt 9-2, Vince Paige 1-5

Friday Maurice Edgington 7-2, Gary Pascoe 5-4, Robert Logan 11-10, Sonya Paige 5-2

Today  Helen Fahey 5-2, Robert Logan 8-13, Sonya Paige 10-11

Sorry for update delsys

 Messed up logistics will be back home lunchtime today so will get to it asap

26jun24 NEW LEADER - JUST

 Jason Stevens takes over at the top after a 10-1 winner to Chris Pascoe's 8-11 winner so just 29p in it. Those 2 were 2 of 7 winners Gary Pascoe 9-4, Helen Fahey 6-4, Ian Carpenter 11-4, Shelly Wood also on the same 10-1 winner but still a fair way behind and finally Tom McGarrity 5-6 to keep Vince interested! 

25jun24 BIG WINNER

One of only 3 today but 33-1 for Ben Cheetham to go from 27th to 5th - nice shot.  Other two winners was yet another consolidating in first place winner for Chris Pascoe 11-8 and 5 points for Steve Taylor with a 4-5 winner.

GO ENGLAND 5-0 WILL DO! 

24jun24 THE BOY IS BACK

Yes that's me best of the day 11-1 winner to go 3rd and back with a chance, 5 other winners Carol Carter & Vince Paige both 6-1, Chris Pascoe & Robert Logan both 1-4 and finally Mark Nutting 5-2 to make it back to the leader board. 

23jun24 CONSOLIDATION PLAYS

 Four winners today the leader again evens, Gary Pascoe 13-8, Robert Logan also evens with Andy Warmington best of the day at 7-2 - and that was all!

22jun24 LOTS OF MOVEMENT

Caused by two of the principals picking the same 16-1 winner (Isle of Jura), they were Gary Cawsey  now 3rd and Jason Stevens now 2nd, tight at the top again.  Not to be left out of the 16-1 fest was also Robert Dudley who moves to just £9.00 down so not out of it.   As well as those 3 winners there were 3 more Gary Pascoe 11-8, Helen Fahey 4-5, & Steve Taylor 7-2 & 10 points putting him back in the race for cash in the plate.

21jun24 EASY UPDATE

 Just one winner on Friday that was for our leader Chris Pascoe at 9-4 - good play its getting tougher each day to catch him!

20jun24 BETTER PERFORMANCE

Certainly not talking about England! We managed 6 winners today, good change of tactic from the leader consolidating at the top with a 11-10 winner, the other 5 were 3 on the 9-1 winner at RA, Gary Cawsey, back on the leader board, Jimmy McGarrity & Richard Hunt lifting up to 2nd spot.  Gary Pascoe 15-2 to go 7th and Shelly Wood ends a long drought with the best of the day 12-1 winner.  

On course again tomorrow and then out for dinner on the way home - expect a Saturday update for Friday

19jun24 THREE AGAIN

Well that didn't last long Chris Pascoe banged in a massive 22-1 winner in the first today (that was 8-1 previous evening!) to take over at the top and Kevin Dighton 11-2 to go 2nd.  The only other winner was Robert Logan undeflected by the Royal meeting slotted in a 5 pointer at Worcester at 1-4.

The above assumes that the only evening runner, Pete Long's doesn't win - which looking at the selection is a fair prediction!   

18jun24 ANOTHER 3 INC A BIG ONE

And that was for me 20-1 at Royal Ascot and that zooms me up to 2nd spot and the first player who will definitely finish positive! 19 years (March 2005 comp #11) since I have won - can I not panic and push on to a win! Sure Vince will lay that :-)

The other winners were both 5-2 (Rosallion) for Tom McGarrity & Gary Cawsey who sit 12th & 13th respectively 

17jun24 TREBLE

Big mover today was Mark Nutting who secured 7-1 and moves up to the cash in 7th, other winners were Robert Logan 1-2, and Helen Fahey 11-4.

16jun24 THREE POINTS IS WHAT COUNTS

Just two winners for us today and for the second day in a row the whole leaderboard just falls back a £1.00 each!  The winners were a resounding 20-1 for Darren Mills now just £4.00 down in 12th and Helen Fahey 2-5 to move 5th in the plate. 

15jun24 JUST ONE

Gallingly, Vince in the same race as me 100-30 - so no changes on the leader boards

14jun24 DELAYED SORRY

I'm away but on it now!

6 winners and the main news is the same 18-1 winner for Kevin Dighton & Chris Pascoe clearly making a big change on the leader board.  Andy Stevens 8-1, 100-30 for Steve Carter but not enough to stop him falling down the table and finally Vince & Tom McGarrity both 10 points 11-10. 

13jun24 ONE NICE ONE

 7 winners in total topped by Darren Mills at 11-1 to go 11th just £2.00 down, others were Frank Tubman 3-1, Gary Pascoe 7-1, Kevin Wood 5-4, Paul Stobbart 7-4, Robert Logan 8-11 & Tom McGarrity 4-6.  

12jun24 ODDS ON

Just 3 winners today and all odds on Helen Fahey & Robert Logan both 4-9 and Tom McGarrity 8-13.  So that meant that every person on the main leader board all dropped £1.00 so no change. 

11jun24 MARKING TIME

5 winners Andy Warmington & Richard Hunt both 4-1, Kevin Dighton 11-8, Mark Lowry, best of the day 9-1 & Robert Dudley 5-2 - that's all folks!

10jun24 BETTER

Some nice winners today best was Mark Nutting 20-1  to go 15th at just £4.00 down, Pete Long nearly matched Mark with a 16-1 shot to go 21st at £9.81 down.  The other 5 winners were Frank Tubman 11-8, Helen Fahey 100-30, Ian Carpenter 8-13, Mark Sharman 11-1 & Tom Feeney 9-1.  

All in all pretty good

09jun24 ORDINARY

After the excitement of Saturday back to reality 4 winners the same horse and points for Vince & Steve Taylor at 13-8, Helen Fahey 11-10 and best of the day for Richard Hunt 9-2 and moves to 3rd.

08jun24 FULL UPDATE

Twelve winners today, enough said about the historic 125-1 (at least he backed it but only at 80-1!).  Martin Long 18-1 to move up to 14th on -£4.00, Jason Stevens a nice 12-1 winner to take over as the new leader.  I brought up a treble with a 9-2 winner to make the foot of the leader board & Roger Dore picked the same winner, Kevin Dighton 9-4 to move 6th, Carol Carter pitched in with a 5-1 winner lets hope they doubled them up!  Ian Carpenter 3-1, Kevin Wood 10-11, Paul Berg 6-1 Vince Paige 13-8 & 10 points and even Pete Long had a winner 7-1.

Our best day of the comp so far even without the super winner. 

HIGH DRAMA - BEST EVER WINNER IN ANY COMP

Steve Carter picks the 125-1 winner of the first at Beverley, expect he is gutted that he has only had 33 bets so is caught by the rule that restricts the first 41 bets to a maximum of 33-1 - lucky for the rest of us! 

Still he has the honour of the best ever winner from the 122,000 selections in all the comps so far - wow

07jun24 ONLY TWO

Pleasingly (for me) one of them was me again 7-2 + Jimmy McGarrity 5-6

What a rubbish performance last night Iceland again!

06jun24 SOLITARY WINNER

Easy update just the one winner for Maurice Edgington, 2-1 - Oh! that's me  :-) 

THURSDAY'S UPDATE

Out tonight from 6pm so already too many evening selections so update will be delayed until the morning 

05jun24 BETTER

Firstly a logistical problem if England win group C and make the semi finals that match is on 6th July at 6.00pm so complete clash with the final day of this comp.  Perhaps thinking of having a blank day in the last week (no-one has a bet, no forced losers) so we push the final day to the Sunday - make a decision when we know the group outcome if they finish 2nd then their semi would be the Friday, surely they can't finish 3rd! 

Today 6 winners and another good day for Richard Hunt moved into 3rd with the best of the day again at 7-1.  The other 5 winners were, Gary Cawsey 13-8, Luke Silk 6-4, Ray Harper off the mark with a 4-1 winner, Steve Taylor 2-1 & 10 points to go back 2nd in the plate and Robert Logan 1-4.  

04jun24 DAY FOR FAVOURITES

5 winners for us today best by far 14-1 for Richard Hunt to move joint 5th, others were Frank Tubman  5-4, Helen Fahey 4-5, Gary Cawsey 15-5 & Colin Warmington off the mark with a 2-1 winner.  

03jun24 EZE GOES TO GERMANY FOR ME

3 winners today Gary Pascoe 11-4 to swap places on the leader board with his son Chris, Jimmy McGarrity 11-2 and best of the day 9-1 for Steve Carter.  All the top 4 in the plate did the same horse 4-5 that got turned over so no damage done in that race.

02jun24 SUMMER IS HERE!

Well it sure was in Cheltenham - just two winners for us today Richard Pascoe 7-2 & Tom McGarrity 5-4.

01jun24 UR IN THE DERBY!

Think that sums up my Epsom experience this year :-)

So just the 3 winners below and didn't 3-1 seem like a great price in hindsight and Darren Mills 4-1  

TODAY'S DERBY SELECTIONS

Ancient Wisdom - HF, 

Ambiente Friendly - AS, JMG, KW, RHp, 

Bellum Justum - AW, MLo, PS, 

City of Troy - G, K, TMg, 

Voyage - M, 

Los Angeles - V, 

31may24 RUBBISH

Everything I backed was rubbish yesterday as evidenced by our only 2 winners Pete Long 7-4 & Ross Harvey 11-4.  

Loads of late night selections which on a Friday means Saturday update!  

Onwards and upwards lets find the Derby winner got a feeling it will be a double figures odds horse

30may24 3 SMALL ONES

Ben Cheetham 9-4 but enough to move to 8th, Tom McGarrity 5-4 & Steve Taylor 4-5 to remain unchanged in the plate 

29may24 NICE NEW LAPTOP

All data retrieved yesterday 6 winners & today 6, Ben Cheetham & Gary Pascoe both 11-8, Andy Warmington and Andy Stevens & Jason Stevens both 5-1, Dave Brammer the only double winner, 15-8 & 6-5,  Me 11-4, Mark Lowry 6-5, Richard Hunt 3-1, Robert Logan 8-11 & finally Shelly Wood 6-4.  So after all that not really much change to the leader boards. 

28may24 NO UPDATE

Sorry dropped coffee on the laptop last night and its gone to meet its maker!

Laptop hospital has found its brain and this has been extracted

So unless i redo the missing days i need to wait until tomorrow best case to update 

Sorry 

27may24 BUMPER DAY

Gary Pascoe continues the transformation with another winner 6-4 to go 6-4, Eight other winners Andy Stevens 16-1 and best of the day, goes 7th, Ben Cheetham 100-30, Darren Mills & Robert Dudley both 14-1, Mark Lowry & both Helen Fahey 15-8,  Roger Dore off the mark also with a 15-8 winner and finally Robert Logan 5 points and 11-10.

26may24 SURPISE TRANSFORMATION

For Gary Pascoe 2 days ago winless, dormy and bottom now after yesterday and another good winner at 12-1 today on the leader board and in the hunt.  Four other winners today, Helen Fahey again! this time 2-1 but not quite enough to make both leader boards but gets to the plate, Frank Tubman keeping up the pressure on the leaders with a 7-4 winner, Kevin Wood brings up a double with a 15-8 winner and that does put him back on both leader boards, finally Paul Stobbart 5-4.

Sorry for the cut back updates had to revert to paper as I forgot my laptop power cable!

Excel inbound

25may24 BALLY

Apparently that means town or town ground (sort of small district) in Ulster Scots language

7 winners Kevin Wood 8-1 and Gary Pascoe 9-1 were the two stand outs. Four all at 3-1 Jimmy McGarrity, FrankTubman, Ian Carpenter & Mark Sharman with Robert Logan 10-11 and 5 points

Full update later

24may24 BELFAST

 3 winners on Friday Mark Lowry  11-8, Dave Brammer best of the day 7-2, & Helen Fahey 7-4

23may24 NO WINNERS

 Full update of leader boards with Friday

22may24 NICE AND EASY

One winner, Tom McGarrity 11-10 to go 10th.

I'm away for a few days so might be a bit erratic on the updates back Sunday night

21may24 EXCITING SQUAD

3 winners again today Paul Berg 15-8, Robert Dudley best of the day and off the mark at 7-2 and Vince 4-5 to gain 5 points and take 2nd from Steve Taylor

20may24 LEADER SCORES

4 winners Pete Feeney 9-4 to move a little further clear at the top, Carol Carter best of the day 8-1 Gary Cawsey 6-1 to go 7th, Luke Silk 6-4 

19may24 GIANT WINNER

66-1 for Chris Pascoe (again as in earlier comps) so luckily for us restricted to 33-1, still obviously enough to zoom him up to 4th spot.  Actually another good day with 7 other winners Frank Tubman & me both 11-4, Jimmy McGarrity, Ben Cheetham & Richard Hunt all 2-1, Helen Fahey brings up a treble and moves onto the leader board with a 5-2 winner, finally Paul Stobbart 5-6, rounding off a good day.

18may24 WELL DONE NICE WIN

A first for this comp double figure number of winners 10 (excluding the selection for TF in the last), so here goes, Frank Tubman & Gary Dighton both 7-2, Helen Fahey, Spenser Mills, & Luke Silk 3-1, Ian Carpenter 9-4 to go positive, Mark Nutting 100-30, Paul Berg best of the day 15-2, Robert Logan 8-13, 7 finally Tom Feeney off the mark with a nice 7-1 winner.  

CORECTION:  Gary Cawsey also had a 3-1 winner - missed it came in really early so that moves him to 12p and onto the leader board in 8th

17may24 GOOD LUCK OXFORD

Sorry or the delayed update but very late selections last night that's always difficult on a Friday night

Anyway three winners again today Helen Fahey 5-2, Ian Carpenter 11-4 which was enough to get him on the leader board & Paul Stobbart 100-30

16may24 YORK DANTE

 Five winners between us but as there were 33 selections not exactly top tipping!  Those that were successful were topped by Spenser Mills closing in on 2nd with a 8-1 winner, Luke Silk brought up a treble 11-10, Ross Harvey 5-2, Vince Paige 13-2 and Robert Logan 1-3 were the rest.

Forget to mention that at the north/south convention thoughts were that we could start #53 just before the Ebor meeting (so we can go to York which is a great course) and then we could finish on the Sunday of the Cheltenham Open meeting.  That's the working hypothesis so get the dates in the diary, Sunday 17th November 

15may24 TOUGH GOING

Just two winners today and we are now down to just 5 people up, don't remember seeing it this bad before.  todays winners were a focused plate winner for Robert Logan at 1-12 but 5 more points, and 4-1 for Richard Pascoe.

Good day at York although devoid of winners and it was a north meets south event as (L-R) Steve Taylor, me & Stuart Bentham finally met on course even though Stuart first joined in October 2010 and Steve in October 2017.

14may24 BIG DAY

Seven winners on Tuesday and some useful ones, Gary Cawsey 10-1 to go 7th, Luke Silk 8-1 to go 10th, Dave Sharman beating them both at 12-1 to be just £4.00 down, Ian Carpenter 13-2 to be just a few pence of the leader board, Helen Fahey off the mark 9-4.  Mark Nutting 4-1 and Ross Harvey 4-9 were the final two.  

13may24 YORK

 4 winners, Luke Silk off the mark 11-8, Paul Berg 7-2, Paul Stobbart 5-1, Richard Hunt 6-1 enough to get him onto the leader board

12may24

 Just a single winner on Sunday Robert Logan surged clear with his 10 point 2-1 winner.

11may24 SUMMER

3 winners but only one worth talking about and that was Andy Stevens 14-1 to get onto the foot of both leader boards, the other 2 were Robert Logan 2-1 and 10 points, and the not too bad 8-1 for Ian Carpenter 

10may24 LATE AND BRIEF

 3 winners Tom McGarrity 8-11, Mark Lowry 5-6, Paul Stobbart 7-4 on a tough day all round

09may24 BIG DAY

Seven Winners Spenser Mills 4-1 tp go 3rd, Kevin Wood & Paul Stobbart evens, Dave Brammer 5-1 to go positive and on the leader board, Dave Sharman off the mark with the best of the day 8-1, Mark Lowry 13-8, Jimmy McGarrity 11-4.

08may24 GREETINS FROM CHESTER

Nice day at the festivals meeting today, 3 winners for us, Ben Cheetham 9-4 (my only winner on course today), Mark Lowry 11-8 7  Kevin Wood 9-2 to do himself a bit of good on both leader boards

07may24 DOUBLE

In the sense of just two winners Frank Tubman 100-30 & Robert Logan 10-11 to go 5 clear in the plate

06may24 NICE BHOL WEATHER!

Five winners for us Dave Brammer 9-2 took the best of the day, Mark Nutting briught up a quick fire treble with his 11-8 winner, the others were Robert Logan 5-2 and 10 points to take over at the top of the plate on count back, Gary Cawsey 3-1 & Martin Long 9-4.

05may24 SO A TOUGH DAY ALL ROUND

We did mange 3 winners Pete Long 4-9, & Paul Berg 9-2 both off the mark and Ben Cheetham 4-1 to return back to the leader board in 7th, the final cash spot.

WHAT A SHOWER 11 FROM 16 AND MISSED - LOL

1000G TODAY AT NEWMARKET

More than half todays naps in this one race 15 selections on 11 different horses - what chance we miss :-) 

04may24 NEW LEADER

Update excludes Andy Stevens 8.25 selection.  

So before that, just 3 winners but a great 16-1 pick for Pete Feeney to go top and clear.  Only other winner was for Mark Nutting & Kevin Wood 9-4. 

03may24 LOADS

Well 6, Kevin Wood & I both on the same horse for the second day in a row 15-8, Tom McGarrity & Frank Tubman also the same selection 6-4, Mark Nutting off the mark 7-4 and  Pete Feeney best of the day 9-2 to close in on the leader

02may24 PUNCHESTOWN 3

Three winners one horse Teahupoo 5-6 for me Tom McGarrity &  Kevin Wood so very little change anywhere

01may24 PUNCHESTOWN 2

Very nice winner for Steve Taylor 10 points and 15-2 not quite enough for the main leader board but he has had the most bets.  Two other winners Andy Warmington & Spenser Mills the same 100-30 winner both now on the leader board 

Sorry late leaving do last night at my gig in the north - now retired again :-)

30apr24 PUNCHESTOWN DAY 1

Five winners, joint best of the day were me and Darren Mills 6-1 (different picks) which at this early stage was enough to put us both on the leader board.  Vince & Mark Lowry both 16-5 and 10 points with Carol Carter getting a winner in the last of the day at 100-30 making up the five.  

29apr24 AND AGAIN

Three winners Frank Tubman a four timer at 9-4 the same as Martin Long who just makes it to the leader board, finally Shelly Wood got off the mark with the best of the day 5-2

Roll on Punchestown from tomorrow followed by the guineas at HQ

28apr24 SAME AGAIN

Another 3 winners bringing up a treble for Frank and into 5th with a 5-2 winner, the others were Gary Cawsey evens and best of the day and off the mark for Kevin Wood 7-2.  

27apr24 BACK TO NORMAL

Three winners and the stand out was for Kevin Dighton 17-2 to move to 3rd the others were Robert Logan 4-11 to close in on the top spot in the plate and Frank Tubman 13-8 to go back positive and on the leader board

26apr24 DECENT DAY AT LAST

topped by Jason Stevens 15-2, a total of 7 winners 3 of them were me, Gary Cawsey, & Paul Stobbart 9-4, Tom McGarrity 8-11, Steve Taylor 10 points and 6-4 and finally Robert Logan 4-5.  Much better finally!

25apr24 WELL THEY WERE LEADING LAST NIGHT

4 winners today all pretty moderate Gary Cawsey &  Frank Tubman both 13-8, me 11-8 & Tom McGarrity 2-1.

24apr24 GO SHEFFIELD!

Five winners and a new leader after Pete Feeney picked a nice 11-1 winner to just make it to the top, the others were Robert Logan & Ross Harvey both 2-5 and 10 points and Richard Pascoe 9-4 and Ian Carpenter 1-7

23apr24 STEADY

Three winners today Gary Dighton, to move 5th 7-2, Dave Brammer 11-5 & Mark Lowry 5-2, 4th winner but still down!

22apr24 NOT A DICKIE BIRD

Blank day - enough said 

21apr24 JUST A DOUBLE TODAY

but of some significance as our defending champion gets a v nice 14-1 winner to go 2nd the only other was for Jimmy McGarrity who got of the mark with a 3-1 shot.  

20apr24 KEV CATCHES THE GN WINNER

Kevin Dighton 18-1 to go 2nd with 3 other winners Tom McGarrity Richard Hunt & Paul Stobbart, 8-11, 5-1 & 5-2 respectively

FINAL NUMBERS ARE 45 FOR COMP #52

19apr24 STILL TOUGH

We did manage 4 winner 3 of them the same 10 pointer for Vince Steve T and Tom McGarrity 5-6 the other one was Robert Logan 100-30 on to record his 4 5 pointer and split up the guys above on the plate leader board 

18apr24 NOT WORTH WAITING FOR!

Just two winners again they were Tom McGarrity, 4-9 and a decent winner for the defending champion at 17-2 to go 3rd

18apr24 UPDATE DELAYED

 Hi today's update will be in the morning I'm away from 4pm overnight - sorry

17apr24 BETTER

28 players but not much improvement on our strike rate just 3 winners, Kevin Dighton & Ben Cheetham both 4-1 and  Paul Stobbart 7-4 was all we managed.  

16apr24 A TOUCH BETTER

Two winners Andy Warmington best of the day 5-1 and me off the mark now the flat is back properly at 5-2.

15apr24 SOLITARY ONE

Martin Long gets off the mark with the only winner of the day at 9-2, not much else I can say!

14pr24 SUPER SLOW

This comp definitely still to get going just 13 players today on what was admittedly a crap days racing1  Two winners Robert Logan 4-11 & Tom McGarrity 4-7.

I'll send the first excel out later, it does still have some possible players included we will give them another week especially Shelly & Helen who both said they are playing but no cash or communication so it may be that we are just 43 for this one

13apr24 GN BLANK FOR US

Lots of bet went down on Corach best we got was Delta in 2nd.  Apart from the GN there were just 2 winners best was Pete Feeney 9-2 consolidating in 2nd and the only other scorer was Robert Logan 6-5.

12apr24 LOST

Well at least jason lost so comp not quite over yet!  4 winners today from a more full set of entries, they were Carol Carter 5-1, Mark Lowry now 3 from 4 at 11-10, Steve Carter also 11-10 & Tom McGarrity 6-4.

11apr24 RED HOT

Jason Stevens on fire 3rd winner 18-1 to soar top with 3 from 3 other winners were Steve Taylor 3-1, Mark Lowry evens.

10apr24 FIRST DOUBLE

Jason Stevens goes 2 for 2 with the only winner today at 15-2 to close down on the early leader, biggest day but still only 16 played.  Expecting more now we have the Aintree meeting starting

09apr24 LATE SORRY

 Got a bit side tracked by footie and dinner, 2 winners on Wednesday mark Lowry 4-9 & Jason Stevens 5-1 to go 2nd, still very few players, a total of only 35 in the 3 days so far.

08apr24 FIRST BIG WINNER

Pete Feeney 16-1 to zoom top from a very slow day only 8 played, one other winner Robert Logan setting out his stall for another pop at the plate especially as the defending champion Stuart Bentham is sitting out Robert's winner was 8-15.  

Still waiting to hear from 9 players 7 below and Audrey & Shelly

07apr24 FIRST DAY & ENTRIES UPDATE

One winner 7-2 for Ben Cheetham but there were only 12 players today.

We have 40 players confirmed and paid + 3 confirmed not paid (Helen Fahey, Shelly Wood, & Gary Dighton).

We also haven't yet heard anything from the following 7 who played last time, Audrey Duffy, Mark Sharman, Dave Sharman, Brendan Bergin, Chris Martin, John Heneghan Dave Klein.

So file not complete so won't send excel until next week.  

ENTRIES UPDATE 04APR24

 36 in and paid with 2 new players, a few look like they are sitting out and 4 said yes but cash not in yet

Think we should be looking at mid 40s as the final total so still should get us to  £1,000 first prize

WE ARE BACK FOR COMP #52 STARTS 07APR24

 We have 27 paid and 4 confirmed to pay so good strong start and plenty of those we haven't heard from are regulars so should be decent turnout