PWJ Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 ROUND 5 - Saturday Feb 12 A bonza card awaits us in Round 5 with 9 of the 10 races carrying Group status. The Wurzels, who have found the key to winning at last, now face a stiff test as they take on clear table leaders Surf N Turf with Geoff looking to break the 1st draft pick hudu. The only side without a win - the Grey Ways - look to take down former leaders The Mr Aybees, who are coming off a very ordinary bye week performance, while the Grim Reapers take on the Yahabebees with both sides neck and neck on six points thus far. Two sides who probably feel they should be a lot higher on the table than their current position - the Hot Baches & Max Factors (each with a Joker up their sleeves) - battle it out in the other clash. Finally former leaders Offngone will be looking for a reset opportunity in their bye week but who will they take on ? Not a standout match but I have a hunch they may make a left-field choice and target Pete and Ray's sides. Pam, Jen, Roland and Geoff looking to break their duck while the only unbeaten competitors left are Surf N Turf pair Ray & Graeme. Captains need to be aware that they cannot play their Jeopardy Chip and Joker in the same Round. Might see one or two of each sprayed around this weekend.... CHANGES TO CLOSING TIME - SCRATCHING REPLACEMENTS - SELECTIONS AMENDMENTS (a reminder from last week) Due to problems that have occurred so far in the comp the following changes will be made: a) The posting deadline for selections will now be ONE HOUR before the first race in the comp. Everyone is expected to post by this time. b) After the one hour deadline, Captains (or a nominated person from their team) will be able to post any scratching sub, missing BBs, etc necessary. They will have 30 minutes to do this. If you have team members who have posted to your own private message chat then this is the time to post their selections to the selection thread. c) After this 30 minute period (1 hour before race 1 to 30 minutes before race 1) the thread will be deemed closed and no correspondence, changes, selections will be accepted after this time. Period. No excuses will be accepted. In that time I will post the extrapolations for the first race, time permitting. As in the case of Steve P yesterday who originally posted a completely wrong set of picks, this will need to be fixed before the 30 minute close off. The corrections will need to be in a new post not as an added post to the original selection post. d) THIS IS IMPORTANT. EVERY POST to the selection page needs to be a new message/thread. Do not edit posts and do not post on the thread on which you have already posted your selections. Most people do this already using a heading like "Craig's Scratching Subs" or something similar. If you don't follow this rule and add posts to your selection thread they will be ignored and any changes requested will not be granted. If Captains notice that team members have disobeyed this rule then they will have to correct the issue in a new post. Post your selections here. Remember, two selections per race; one best bet in each country; scratching replacements on a new post (don't edit your original). You won't know your opponents selections until the selection thread is opened up 20 minutes before the start of comp race #1. Selections Close off at 12.40pm (NZ time) Races are: 1. Te Rapa R3 - 1.40pm - Platinum Homes 2YO Classic (Gr3) - $80k, 1200m, 2yos SWs 2. Te Rapa R5 - 2.48pm - Peter Kelly - Bayleys Real Estate 1300 - $40k, 1300m, R65 BM 3. Te Rapa R6 - 3.25pm - David & Karyn Ellis Fillies Classic (Gr2) - $110k, 2000m, 3yo fillies SWs 4. Te Rapa R7 - 4.00pm - Herbie Dyke Stks (Gr1) - $400k, 2000m, WFA 5. Caulfield R4 - 4.25pm - Neds Blue Diamond Prelude {F} (Gr2) - $300k, 1100m, 2yo fillies SWs 6. Te Rapa R9 - 5.15pm - BCD Group Sprint (Gr1) - $220k, 1400m, WFA 7. Randwick R7 - 6.05pm - TAB Light Fingers Stks (Gr2) - $200k, 1200m, 3yo fillies SWs 8. Caulfield R7 - 6.25pm - McCafe Rubiton Stks (Gr2) - $3000k, 1100m, SW+Ps 9. Randwick R8 - 6.45pm - The Agency Apollo Stks (Gr2) - $250k, 1400m, WFA 10. Caulfield R8 - 7.05pm - Neds C.F. Orr Stks (Gr1) - $750k, 1400m, WFA WURZELS (7th) vs SURF N TURF (1st) Midnight Caller (2/1-872.00/536.80) v Ray (3/0-1104.00/355.80) Maurice (2/1-573.80/566.00) v Gospel of Judas (2/1-808.80/557.40) Sharne (1/2-440.80/578.60) v Graeme (3/0-910.80/273.40) Pete (1/2-670.60/1116.00) v Geoff (0/3-481.60/1318.20) Jakey Boy (2/1-676.00/632.60) v Gee (2/1-1000.80/625.60) GRIM REAPERS (4th) vs YAHABEBEES (5th) Roland (0/4-615.00/1840.60) v Howie (3/1-1362.40/716.80) Hesi (3/1-1004.00/933.60) v Heather (3/1-1047.20/657.80) Smiler (2/2-1186.80/805.60) v Rob (1/3-689.40/771.40) Tonkatime (2/2-1106.40/944.40) v Wrinkles (1/3-422.60/1671.60) PJ (1/3-1161.20/1467.40) v Richie (2/2-719.00/628.80) MR AYBEES (2nd) vs GREY WAYS (9th) Harewood (2/1-715.00/502.00) v Gordy (1/2-455.40/383.40) Tom (2/1-671.60/705.80) v Dino (2/1-1227.00/412.00) Craig (2/1-860.00/544.20) v Jen (0/3-252.80/606.40) Lightning Blue (2/1-1815.60/778.60) v Rex (1/2-947.60/715.40) Jack (2/1-880.00/641.60) v Buller Rep (1/2-585.00/632.00) MAX FACTORS (6th) vs HOT BACHES (8th) Robert (3/1-782.80/583.60) v Blind Squirrel (3/1-1408.20/722.00) Punter Pete (1/3-510.60/821.80) v Maria (1/3-584.80/930.00) Trotslover (1/3-612.00/693.20) v Steve P (2/2-668.80/926.00) Max (3/1-1184.00/771.40) v Pam (0/4-580.00/1103.60) Gary (3/1-593.60/227.80) v Happy Sunrise (1/3-1120.20/1210.20) BYE - OFFNGONE (3rd) Ziggy (1/3-724.00/1094.20) Rees (3/1-1126.00/719.20) Ian (3/1-1242.00/801.40) Secret Squirrel (2/2-858.00/570.00) Stevie N (2/2-873.80/1171.00) THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 1815.60 Lightning Blue (Mr Aybees) 1408.20 Blind Squirrel (Hot Baches) 1362.40 Howie (Yahabebees) 1242.00 Ian (Offngone) 1227.00 Dino (Grey Ways) 1186.80 Smiler (Grim Reapers) 1184.00 Max (Max Factors) THE SERENDIPITOUS SIX (those with the least $$ scored against them) - fortune shines on those whose name starts with "G" apparently... Harewood (2/1-502.00) (Mr Aybees) Dino (2/1-412.00) (Grey Ways) Gordy (1/2-383.40) (Grey Ways) Ray (3/0-355.80) (Surf N Turf) Graeme (3/0-273.40) (Surf N Turf) Gary (3/1-227.80) (Max Factors) THE UNFORTUNATE FIVE (those with the most $$ scored against them) Happy Sunrise (1/3-1210.20) (Hot Baches) Geoff (0/3-1318.20) (Surf N Turf) PJ (1/3-1467.40) (Grim Reapers) Wrinkles (1/3-1671.60) (Yahabebees) Roland (0/4-1840.60) (Grim Reapers) TABLE after ROUND 4 (wins/bonus points/jeopardy deductions) 1st 10 pts Surf N Turf^ $4306.00 (3/4/0) 2nd 8 pts Mr Aybees^ $4942.20 (3/3/1) 3rd 8 pts Offngone $4823.80 (2/4/0) 4th 6 pts Grim Reapers $5073.00 (1/4/0) 5th 6 pts Yahabebees* $3933.20 (2/2/0) 6th 6 pts Max Factors(J) $3683.00 (3/0/0) 7th 6 pts Wurzels*^ $3233.20 (1/2/0) 8th 4 pt Hot Baches $4362.60 (1/2/0) 9th 1 pts Grey Ways^ $3362.00 (0/1/0) * Joker played ^ Bye taken (J) Jeopardy chip used Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 Captains need to be alert. Despite all the focus on earlier closing times and not posting changes on the same selection thread, last week a couple of competitors did exactly this and it wasn't picked up by their Captains. That's why I have given you half an hour to fix these issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 We're also still having people posting in the wrong place - the reason why this thread is locked. Just go to the top of the site and click on the blue announcement. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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