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Previous Fantasy Sports Newsletters (FSN) by FISO - subscribe here FISO - Fantasy & Interactive Sports Online Fantasy Sports Newsletter - FSN64 - Thursday 13 February 2003 ==================================================================== In This Issue: - Welcome! - Fantasy 6 Nations Rugby - Sun Dream Team Fantasy Football Transfer Window - FISO's Fantasy Sports Forum - Sneak Preview of Fantasy F1 Games! - Premiership Injury news - courtesy of PhysioRoom.com - Latest topics from the FISO Fantasy Sports Forum - The Andy Luckhurst Horseracing Tipster Corner
Welcome! Welcome to FISO's Fantasy Sports Newsletter. With the cheers surrounding the start of the World Cup Cricket tournament in Southern Africa still ringing in our ears, we're back with news for our 3,000 plus subscribers on Fantasy Six Nations Rugby which kicks off this Saturday (15 February 2003)! Coming soon are the starts of the Fantasy Formula One and Fantasy Golf seasons. Don't forget that you can now update your profile (including requesting an alternative version of this newsletter or changing your details) and to do this please use the link at the end of this email. For news on the World Cup Cricket games - check out the latest news on our Fantasy Cricket forum. Fantasy 6 Nations Rugby Fantasy Rugby Union Six Nations 2003 - Researched by Sam David Are you looking forward to the Six Nations tournament? Would you like an extra dimension to viewing the 15 matches? Well, here is a list of fantasy competitions to help enhance the entertainment. If you know of any other rugby game, please forward details to the FISO bulletin board. -------------------------------------------------- 1) Game Name: Fantasy Six Nations Provider: The Telegraph Format: Select a team of 15 using a budget of ‘100 stars’. Each player has a STAR RATING (1 – 10, where 10 is best) based on their ability and the country they represent. The stats section of the game will give you an idea of the most popular players and most successful in terms of fantasy points scoring in the various positions. The fifteen must comprise: THREE Front Row Forwards, TWO Second Row Forwards, THREE Third Row Forwards (Flankers and No.8), ONE Scrum Half, ONE Fly Half and FIVE Backs (Centres, Wings and Full-Backs) You can also use the Lucky Dip option, where the computer picks a team for you. Scoring: A differential fantasy points system is used for tries, drop goals and conversions/penalty kicks, depending on whether the real life scorer is a forward, scrum half, fly half or back. Points can also be gained or lost for full or part appearances, being sent off or sin-binned and the final match result. Transfers: Each manager will have up to 30 TRANSFERS during the tournament. These can be made at any point before kick-off. Cost: £6 (sterling) Deadline: Sat 15 Feb Prizes: The winner will receive two tickets to Australia to watch England v South Africa in the World Cup on 18 October 2003, plus flights and accommodation. There will also be Team of the Week Prizes, which will change each week. Details of the 'Team of the Week Prize' will be available from the home page each week. Mini-League? You can set up your own Private League for friends and colleagues. You will also be automatically entered into the World League, where all teams are represented. ------------------------------------------------- 2) Game Name: Travelbag Fantasy Six Nations Challenge Provider: Silentworld Format: Exactly as Telegraph game above, in all respects. The game is produced by Silentworld Ltd, and is licensed to the Telegraph. The Travelbag Challenge is Silentworld’s own brand of the game. -------------------------------------------------- 3) Game Name: Sporting Life Provider: Sporting Life, with Tetley’s Format: To take part, simply select a squad of 15 players. Your selection must comprise eight forwards and seven backs, including a designated kicker. Choose no more than three players from each nation and no fewer than two Italian players. Points will be awarded for a try (five), penalty (two), conversion (two) and drop goal (two). Points will be deducted for a send off (minus five) and yellow card (minus two). Only your designated kicker will score points for penalties and conversion. You will be able to chart your team’s progress on an online leaderboard. Tiebreak Question: How many tries will be scored in the whole tournament? Deadline: Get your teams in by Sat, 15 Feb. Cost: FREE Prizes: Overall winner: Widescreen TV, a mini-fridge stocked with Tetley's Smoothflow and an England shirt signed by Martin Johnson. 2nd Overall: A case of beer and an England shirt signed by Martin Johnson. 3rd place: A case of beer and a Tetley's Rugby shirt signed by Martin Johnson. Five weekly top-scorers each receive a rugby ball signed by Martin Johnson and a case of beer. Mini-League? No -------------------------------------------------- 4) Game Name: Six Nations Challenge 2003 Provider: Fantasy Factory Format: The challenge to entrants is to predict how well each of the nations will perform. It is easy to play. Simply click each team into their final finishing positions and collect points as each of them wins matches, score tries, conversions, drop kicks or penalties Throughout the 7-week competition, you can gain bonus points, interactively, by predicting the answers to simple topical rugby bonus questions. Cost: £5, with 40% going to charity. Deadline: Sat 15 Feb Prizes: Winner takes all! a rugby shirt of choice in the colours of your favourite club or national team plus a digital camera plus 100 FF credits And the winner chooses which worthy cause benefits from the proceeds of this game. Mini-League? A FISO mini-league has been set up for ANY game on the Fantasy Factory site. If you enter the Six Nations contest, all you have to do is add the league details below. Team Name: www.fiso.co.uk Team Pass: cking Click here for news on Fantasy Rugby Sun Dream Team Fantasy Football Transfer Window The DreamTeam Transfer Window is open! This is your second and final chance to mix your team up for the £250,000 Dream Team game. The Sun have included ten new players to choose from that were not in the lists previously and they are listed below. Even if you are off the pace for the end of season prizes, that includes the whopping £100,000 for the overall winner, some shrewd changes now could make a huge difference. Your transfers could leave you £4,000 richer thanks to the manager of the month awards - or £1,000 better off if you land a weekly prize. You have until midday next Saturday (February 15) to make those all-important transfers which will start scoring for you from games played that day. Your three transfers will cost £1.50 in total. Here are the ten new players now added to the Dream Team lists for the second Transfer Window. Code Player Value Position Club 040 Maik Taylor £2m Goalkeeper Fulham 229 Riggott £3m Defender Middlesbrough 230 Higginbotham £2.5m Defender Southampton 425 Gudjonsson £2.5m Midfielder Aston Villa 426 Li Tie £2m Midfielder Everton 427 Belmadi £2m Midfielder Man City 428 Prutton £2.5m Midfielder Southampton 587 Dublin £4m Striker Aston Villa 588 Dugarry £3.5m Striker Birmingham 589 McBride £3m Striker Everton Mr John Bell is leading the competition on 1,554 points and this is his team (he did not make any transfers at the 1st transfer window): Paul Robinson Leeds 150 Barry Aston Villa 156 Gallas Chelsea 154 Woodgate Leeds 118 Geremi Middlesbrough 124 Okocha Bolton 55 Malbranque Fulham 127 Riise Liverpool 90 Henry Arsenal 229 Anelka Manchester City 142 Van Nistelrooy Manchester Utd 209 FISO forum links: Click here to visit The Sun Dream Team website FISO's Fantasy Sports Forum The FISO fantasy sports forum was launched in August 2001 and with over 2,000 topics and 15,000 posts about fantasy sports so far and averaging approximately 5,000 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. All posts since August 2001 are contained in an archive system accessible from the forum index. There is also a search facility. 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 Football, Cricket, Golf, Formula One, Other Fantasy Sports and Horse Racing Tips (Beat the Bookies!). Click here to access the forum index. Sneak Preview of Fantasy F1 Games! Just the URLs to get your heart racing! See many more on FISO's fantasy F1 webpage Click here to access the Fantasy F1 forum Premiership Injury news - courtesy of PhysioRoom.com Premiership Injury news as at 13 February 2003 courtesy of PhysioRoom.com, the Premier League Sports Injury Centre: Leeds United 7 Bridges (ruptured achilles 6 months) Milosevic (fractured wrist 3 weeks) Matteo (hamstring 1 month) Radebe (concussion 1 week) Bakke (ankle 1 week) Smith (chest infection 1 week) Kelly (shin splints 1 week) Middlesbrough 7 Juninho (knee ligaments 2 weeks) Ehiogu (broken ribs 2 weeks) Whelan (back 1 week) Queudrue (knee 1 week) Parnaby (hamstring 1 week) Christie (dead leg 1 week) Cooper (knee [no return date]) Arsenal 5 Juan (knee 2 months) Shaaban (broken leg 1 month) Luzhny (calf strain 1 week) Ljungberg (achilles 1 week) Pennant (achilles [no return date]) Chelsea 5 Keenan (broken leg 1 month) Stanic (knee 1 week) Babayaro (groin 1 week) Zenden (leg 1 week) Zola (leg 1 week) Everton 5 Rodrigo (knee 1 month) Ferguson (back 1 week) Pilkington (broken nose 2 weeks) Watson (heel 1 week) Stubbs (ankle 1 week) Manchester City 5 Negouai (knee(s) [no return date]) Haaland (knee [no return date]) Tiatto (groin strain 1 week) Schmeichel (calf strain 2 weeks) Horlock (knee 1 week) Birmingham City 4 Purse (ankle 1 week) Tebily (knee ligaments 1 month) Coly (foot 2 weeks) Cisse (sprained ankle 3 weeks) Blackburn Rovers 4 Sukur (broken leg 2 weeks) Bjornebye (foot 1 week) Hignett (fractured fibula 2 weeks) Dunn (hamstring 1 week) Fulham 4 Hayles (neck 2 months) Clark (calf 1 week) Van der Sar (fractured metatarsal 3 weeks) Legwinski (hamstring 1 week) Liverpool 4 Heggem (achilles [no return date]) Berger (Knee [no return date]) Kirkland (knee 6 months) Heskey (knee [no return date]) Manchester United 4 Fortune (fractured ankle 2 weeks) Barthez (thigh 1 week) Silvestre (achilles 1 week) Giggs (calf 1 week) Southampton 4 Pahars (ankle 3 weeks) Bridge (calf 1 week) Benali (calf 1 week) Delgado (knee [no return date]) Tottenham Hotspur 4 Ziege (thigh 2 months) Gardner (hamstring 1 month) Iversen (disc prolapse [no return date]) Keane (knee [no return date]) Charlton Athletic 3 Stuart (knee 2 weeks) Rowett (knee 1 week) Mustoe (thigh 1 week) Newcastle United 3 Viana (dislocated shoulder 2 weeks) McClen (knee [no return date]) Woodgate (thigh 1 week) Sunderland 3 Reyna (knee 3 months) Brown (knee 3 months) Stewart (thigh 1 week) Bolton Wanderers 2 Whitlow (knee 1 month) Warhurst (hamstring 2 weeks) Aston Villa 1 Delaney (knee 3 weeks) West Bromwich Albion 1 Balis (knee 2 weeks) West Ham United 1 Winterburn (wrist 2 weeks) Check on FISO's Injury and Suspension News weblinks Latest topics from the FISO Fantasy Sports Forum Fantasy Rugby Fantasy Cricket Timing of score updates for TFC (Telegraph Fantasy Cricket) Server down at Sky's World Cup Cricket game run by DreamLeague.com GFM Server down affecting FCC and TFC Charles Hawkins dominates the opening stages of TFC and FCC! DreamTeam Cricket Country tables Football Profile of the Fantasy Football Player - how high do you score? The latest on the new Strikerama game New FISO members – have you introduced yourself yet? Telegraph password, leaders and new players For those with just one team in the Telegraph Click here to see the latest topics on our forums. The Andy Luckhurst Horseracing Tipster Corner I'm pleased to provide the odd racing tip for FISO members. I'll give a rating to the bet with 5/10 being average. Today's tip is simply to ask whether you checked the Beat the Bookies section of the FISO forums earlier this week? There I highlighted New Field @ 33/1 with Corals for the Bumper at Cheltenham. I heard from a reliable Irish source that whilst unraced he has in fact won three schooling bumpers in Ireland. Owned by the legendary Irish gambler 'JP' McManus it was maybe worth risking small speculative money @ 33/1. The price at Corals is now down to 14-1 so it shows it can pay to keep a close eye on the forum! Don't forget to see 'oddschecker' for the best odds - Andy. Catch more of Andy's tips on the Beat The Bookies part of the FISO forum. |
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