20apr26 ANOTHER SLOW DAY

Four winners Frank Tubman opens up with his first bet and pops in a winner 11-10 to go straight in at 7th.  Relentless and impressive from Stuart Bentham 4-11, Martin Long off the mark with a 4-1 winner to go 9th and finally rookie Tim Payne 5-2 to sit 5th overall

19apr26 ANOTHER THREE

Roger Dore & Tommy Smith both 7-2 so Tommy goes further clear at the top at this early stage with Stuart Bentham popping in his 8th winner from first 10 bets.  3 players still to have a bet!

18apr26 ANOTHER 3 TIMER

So just 3 again but a very nice 9-1 winner for Dave Klein to go 2nd and an obvious 1-3 10 pointer for the Stuart/Vince double

17apr26 BLANK

23 runners no wins! 

16apr26 ANOTEHR 6 TIMER

Three of them had the same 4-1 winner in the first, me, Kevin Wood, & Dave Brammer.  Stuart Bentham 5-4, Vince Paige 6-4 and Tom McGarrity 10-11 were the other 3.  

15apr26 STEADY DAY

 5 winners today Gary Cawsey another 7-4 winner Ben Cheetham, Ian Carpenter  & Steve Taylor all 11-10, Tom McGarrity best of the day 4-1

14apr26 FIRST BIG WINNER

6 winners today but the biggie was Tommy Smith 22-1 to zoom clear of course, Stuart, Steve, Vince & Ian all the same 10 pointer with the final winner Mark Nutting 4-1  

13apr26 DECENT DAY AT LAST

9 winners today but Steve Taylor just manages to hang on in the lead.  Tim Payne and Steve Carter both off the mark with there first bet to go 2nd and 3rd.  Stuart starts the relentless march to the plate cash!

12apr26 CAN'T GET PAST 3

So 3 winners again today Steve Taylor 5-2 to go top, Stuart Bentham & Vince Paige 8-11 and that's all

Excel on its way

11apr26 GRAND WINNER

Very impressive and fine winner in I am Maximus and a great ride, surprising that none of the 14 brave souls that risked a nap in the big one picked it!  3rd day and another day with just 3 winners Stuart Bentham 1-2 Steve Taylor joint top after a 5-1 winner and 4th with a 11-4 winner sits Tom Elliston 

10apr26 AINTREE LADIES DAY

3 different winners from the 3 yesterday and who now occupy the top 3 spots on the leader board again easy to work out! 

09apr26 DAY ONE

Slow start easy to guess the 3 winners, total 44 players (one to confirm Tim Payne) 21 to still have a bet 

UNDER STARTERS ORDERS

We have 38 players confirmed and paid 4 confirmed and unpaid ST, DS, AS, & a newby Tim Payne and 3 people still to decide SB, JC & DM.  So prize will definitely be £1,000 for first spot

Good luck all 

STOP PRESS:    SB confirmed, AS paid, JC confirmed and paid

PROPOSAL FOR NEXT COMP

 We are thinking of a slightly more unconventional approach.  Start of first day of Aintree Thursday 9th April but by doing that we will have a strange day to end on so extend the comp to 95 days (same 61 bets) so we can end at Stratford on Sunday 12th July

Reasonable hospitality option there Gallery Restaurant £135 per person inc. meal entrance card etc. 

Any takers? 

THURSDAY EVENING

Regular Thai spot and looking pretty refreshed Jimmy McGarrity & Paul Berg again 

CHELTENHAM PICTURES

After racing on Thursday L-R Jon Caley, Dave Sharman, Mark Sharman, Paul Berg

CELEBRATING THE VICTORY

 

Back row L-R Mark Lowry, Rob Dudley

Front L_R Ben Cheetham, Stuart Bentham & Paul Stobbart

Doing the cup proud welcoming it to the North in Style

18jan26 FINAL DAY REPORT

Met at Windsor and there was only one winner today and that was rather fittingly our new champion Mark Lowry, congratulations to him and we see the cup heading north for the first time.  Vince won the plate for the millionth time coming out on top in the usual battle with Stuart for the honours, Spencer Mills 'won' the lasts comp and gets a free go to the next comp I'm still amazed at the % of last placed finishers we get very nearly 8%

No real details on timings of next comp but won't be before Cheltenham but will capture Aintree, Punchestown, Newmarket and Royal Ascot, we will take a few soundings about a final day in Yorkshire or thereabouts around end of June early July.

Happy hunting, Vince will sort cash and final excel on its way 

17jan25 TREBLE

Just 3 winners Vince evens to wrap up first place in the plate, Mark Nutting 5-2 to nudge up to 4th and final winner was Shelly Wood 6-4.

Plate 3rd spot still in play but defo a long shot for me 

INTREPID TRAVELLERS

Stuart Bentham & Paul Stobbart arriving at Taunton to tick off another course for Paul in his quest to go to every course

Just leaves Perth, Ffos Las, Fakenham 

16jan25 FIVE WINNERS

Of most significance was Jimmy McGarrity only 11-2 but enough to lift him into 3rd spot (£250), other winners Vince & Stuart both 5 points and Martin Long moved into a cash spot in 7th (£50) with a 6-4 winner and finally Shelly Wood 7-2, not out of it on -£8.86 in this low scoring comp.  

2 days to go so can Mark Lowry hold on for his first win at his 11th attempt (first comp was 2017/18 #44) 

15jan25 THREE WINNERS

Stuart Bentham 2-9, Vinca Paige 8-13 and Andy Warmington 15-2

14jan25 EVEN TIGHTER!

5 winners all short priced and all 5 of the top 5 in the plate! So me 11-4 & 10 points, Vince & Ian 1-10 and 5 points, Mark Lowry 1-4 to go a little further clear at the top of the main leader board and finally Stuart Bentham 2-13 and 5 points

13jan25 TIGHTENING FOR THE CASH IN THE PLATE

Stuart Bentham 8-11 and 5 points to draw within 3 points, Ian Carpenter 5-2, Pete Long 13-2, Steve Taylor 4-1 to get close to the cash, Tom Elliston 10-1, Andy Stevens late tonight bangs in a 22-1 winner obv. best of the day and puts 13th just £6 off the cash and in the mix, finally Richard Pascoe 100-30 to go on the bubble in 9th  

12jan25 ONLY ONE WINNER BUT HIGH DRAMA

Mark Lowry continues his run with a 3-1 winner and that was just enough to sneak 13p ahead at the top of the leader board.

There has only been one winner with a total of under £20 in the last 48 competitions that's since March 2004!

11jan26 NICE WINNER MOVES LEADER BOARD

Mark Nutting at 14-1 to slip into 4th and poised!  Mark Lowry continues the slow reel in 2-5 winner today 5th on the bounce and 10 from the last 14.  Stuart Bentham gained another 5 points on Vince with a 2-15 winner and finally Tom Elliston 11-4.

Joint leaders in the last place consolation prize and in the spirit of that silly booby prize I think the person with the fewest winners should be the tie break - so that's Spencer ATM on zero!

10jan25 WELL THAT WAS CRAP!

10 out of 16 from the field and 18 selections and best we did was 2 x 2nd and a third!  Just Tom Elliston to go but not waiting only 2 winners Adrian Hunt 4-1 and Mark Lowry another small step nearer with an 4-11 winner.  John Caley joins Spencer Mills on 10 for the most last places - not got a rule for shared winner I'll think on it! 

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE LANZAROTE TODAY

Now we are past 1:30 we have 

Lanesborough                SB, MLo

A Pai De Nom                MNu

French Ship                    V, SW

Beat The Bat                  RP

Came from Nowhere     GcW, MS, PS, TMG

Fasol                              JS

Goodwin                        JF, KW, TF

King of the Lake            DS 

Double Powerful            M, PB

Yellow Star                    CP

09jan25 THREE

Only 3 today 8-1 best of the day for Mark Sharman, Vince Paige 11-10, & Mark Lowry creeping closer with a 4-9 winner 

07jan26 ONLY ONE

Ian Carpenter was the only player to trouble the scorer today, catching me up in 3rd in the plate 

06jan25 PLENTY OF WINNERS

The best one was 11-1 for Roger Dore  

05jan25 THAT WAS EASY

Well a blank day messed up plenty of peoples plans! 

04jan26 DOUBLE

 Just two winners Shelly Wood evens and Adrian Hunt 11-2!  New joint Leaders for the lasts prize as John Caley catches Spenser Mills on 9 each

03jan25 BUMPER DAY

Completely inflated by all of us in the top 4 of the plate picking the same 4-11 winner, Jimmy & Tom McGarrity both 11-4, Gary Cawsey definitely in a purple patch 11-10 winner, Mark Nutting 9-4, Pete Long 7-2, none in total

LASTS LEADER BOARD UPDATE!

For those of you not really paying attention to this booby prize (£50 free entry next time), leader board is hotting up are some people actually targeting this? 

• 1st     9 Jon Caley
• 2nd    8 Spenser Mills    
• 3rd=  7 Pat Quinn, Dave Klein, Tom Feeney, Jimmy McGarrity (strangely also on the leader board!)

Four also on 6 losers - Andy Stevens, Richard Pascoe, Pete Long, Jake Fifield (another on both)

02jan26 MEAGRE FARE

Two winners only today, Mark Nutting 4-1 only £3 away from the leader board and Steve Taylor 11-8 only £4 away now.

01jan26 SIXER

HNY all!  Six winners for the first day these were Mark Lowry 6-1 to go second and Gary Cawsey 4 from the last 5 2-1 to go 3rd, Jimmy McGarrity & Shelly Wood both 11-2, Stuart Bentham & Vince both 5-6 and 10 points each