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Fantasy Sports Newsletter 46 - 28 February 2002

Welcome to FISO's bi-monthly newsletter which is sent out to over 1,000 subscribed fantasy sports fans.

Today's newsletter is a brief one to remind our members of Fantasy Football and F1 games with entry deadlines from 1 to 3 March. These are exciting competitions - you will probably regret not entering them!

Contents:

1. Fantasy Football and F1 Games to Enter NOW!

2. FISO Forum

1. Fantasy Football and F1 Games to Enter NOW!

With a number of new Fantasy Sports games starting in the next day or two we take a quick look at those well worth entering, in order of entry deadline:

The Sun's F1 Dream Team 2002 - entry deadline: midday Friday March 1 to score straight away (but you can enter anytime during the F1 season).

1st prize is a massive £50,000, with £20,000 for 2nd and £6,000 for 3rd and £3,000 for 4th. The 17 Grand Prix prizes are £1,000 each and there is a £4,000 mini-league prize (free to enter the mini-leagues). Pick 7 drivers and 4 constructors out of the 11 'groups' with scoring based on qualifying place, race place, laps completed and extra points for manoeuvre of the day, pit tactics and fastest pit stop.

There is a transfer window (3 changes during 'the pitstop' but at an extra charge of £2.50) and race day prizes for participants regardless of where you are in the standings. Entry by phone at 60p per minute (or online at a cost of £5) and restricted to those aged over 18. Entry deadline midday Friday 1 March 2002 to score from first Grand Prix but you can enter anytime during the season.

F1 Teamgame - Entry deadline: 20:00 GMT Friday 1 March

F1 Teamgame is a fantasy Formula One site based on actual results with over £15,000 in cash prizes on offer. Register a team name and password of your own choice and enter that team into one of the paying membership games on offer. The procedure is simple and user friendly.

Use your £100m budget to spend on two drivers, one engine and one chassis. Each component of your team scores points in qualifying and on actual F1 race results . All points scored by your team are shown in easy to read tables. You can enter a single team into each and every Grand Prix, or into the all season competition where you can even have a group entry competing against work colleagues, family & friends.

Squad Selector -Entry deadline: midnight Friday 1 March BUT there are 8 separate game periods (and 8 separate prizes) so a late entry is still okay.

The game has been promoted in The Times and is run by DreamLeague. It is based on English nationality Premiership players (so no Henry or Hasselbaink!) with no monetary or club limits. The entry fee is £5 but free gifts worth £32 (free bet and free England baseball cap) are given to every entrant.

There are 20 transfers available (no min/max each week) and the 11 man teams are frozen each Friday at midnight. The top prize (trip to the England v Argentina match in Japan) is kept for the final scoring week (April 27 to Fri May 3rd i.e. Friday before FA Cup Final) so tactics with transfers is a big point here. Premiership and FA Cup games count with points scored for goals, key contributions, appearances, clean sheets and a Times rating mark out of 10.

Fantasy League F1 - entry deadline: first warm up race starts 15 mins before the race green light in Australia on Sunday 3rd March.

Join the FISO Friends and Enemies league by entering the PIN 203038 and applying to join the F&E league.

Select a team of six drivers, one engine and a set of tyres from the respective selection lists, ensuring that the total value of these selections does not exceed the quota of $50m. Changes are unlimited for the duration of the warm-up period, right up until the start of the Brazilian Grand Prix on 31st March 2002. Only races 3 to 17 count towards the season's Fantasy League F1 championship and the top prize of a Toyota MR2.

Prizes, courtesy of Toyota, are also on offer to winners of each Grand Prix weekend, the warm up period and the top overall Friends & Enemies league (top 5 teams scores to count). The aim must be to try and pick the winner (driver, engine and tyre) of each Grand Prix by using the 3 transfers available for each race and watching out for quality drivers qualifying in a low grid position. The entry fee for the season is £10.00.

2. FISO Forum

The FISO fantasy sports forum was launched in August 2001 and with over 350 topics and 2,600 posts about fantasy sports so far and averaging approximately 1,000 page views per day, the FISO forum is the place to talk to your fellow players and get an opinion about a game. The latest Fantasy Sports news is posted here so check it regularly for the latest news.

Why not join in our forum? You do not need to join to view the posts but if you choose yourself a password and username, leaving your name and email address, then you're free to post as well.

The Forums include Fantasy Formula One, Golf, Cricket, Tennis, USA Sports and Rugby as well as Fantasy Football.

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