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Previous Fantasy Sports Newsletters (FSN) by FISO - subscribe here FISO - Fantasy & Interactive Sports Online Fantasy Sports Newsletter - FSN66 - 18 March 2003 ==================================================================== In This Issue: - Welcome! - Fantasy Golf Games - Fantasy F1 Games (continued) - Telegraph Key Contributions - New Fantasy Football Games - FdM - 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. You are one of over 3,000 worldwide fantasy sports fans who have subscribed to this newsletter. To update your profile please use the link at the end of this email. With the US Masters a few weeks away, we take a look at the Fantasy Golf games that are around to aid your enjoyment of the US and Euro Tour golf tournaments. We also catch up on the Fantasy F1 games that are revving up prior to a start to their main competition. Check out the latest news on our Fantasy Sports forums! http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_latest.asp Fantasy Golf Games Summary of Fantasy Golf Games 2003 - Researched by Sam David 1. Fantasy League Golf 2. FSUK - Fantasy Golf & weekly pools 3. Fantasy Factory 4. Golf Investors 5. PGA Tour Fantasy, USA 1. Fantasy League Golf 2003 Provider: Original Fantasy League (OFL) Website: http://www.fantasyleaguegolf.com/index.asp?friend=fisogolf Summary: Fantasy League Golf is back for 2003 with some new features and bigger prizes. Simply select a team of 12 golfers to compete for prizes worth over £20,000, including three golfing holidays in France, a full set of irons, and £5,000 cash. The twelve must take into account a notional budget of $20m as well as nationality constraints (5 Americans, 4 Europeans and 3 World players). Each week, six golfers within the team are active (and can score points). The other six act as non-playing reserves. In an innovation for the third year of their game, OFL are offering a free practice period of three weeks, with a separate golfing holiday prize. The free trail starts on Thursday 20 March. The main contest begins on Thursday 10 April with the US Masters. There are several competitions within the game; e.g. a new Head to Head game where each captain is invited to predict which golfer, in each of 15 pre-chosen pairings, who will fare better during a week. Entry deadline: 0630 GMT on Thurs 20 March for practice game. Thurs 10 April for the main competition. Transfers: Changes are unlimited during the practice period. Up to twenty transfers can be made during the main season. Entry Cost: Full membership is £15. This covers entrants for nine months and 55 tournaments on the European and US Tours. The free trial option can be upgraded to the full season package. Prizes: The highest scoring captain over the trial period wins a self-drive golfing holiday for two to Hardelot, France. The main season champion earns a fly-drive golfing holiday for two in Cannes, plus £5,000 cash. Runner-up wins a self-drive golf trip for two to Chantilly, France. The prize for third place is a £250 voucher for sports equipment. Mini League Option: Contestants can set up a Friends & Enemies League to compete against friends and colleagues. There are four prizes of £500 to spend at BoysStuff for the winning Friends & Enemies League. To join the FISO group, click on the link below. Then, using the navigation bar at the top, click on 'Join This League': www.fantasyleaguegolf.com/app/friends/friends.asp?team=900297 2. FSUK Fantasy Golf & Weekly Pools games Provider: Fantasy Sport UK Website: http://www.fantasysportuk.com/index.php?fuseaction=fantasy_golf.how_to&exp_1=4&exp_2=1 http://www.fantasysportuk.com/index.php?fuseaction=golf_pools.home&exp_1=4&exp_2=2 Summary: FSUK offer two games: a) Fantasy Golf This competition has now started (deadline was Wed 12 March). In summary, managers needed to select 12 professional golfers for the 2003 season within a budget of £80m. Entry fee £10. b) Weekly Golf Pools Golf Pools will run every week and feature a high-profile tournament from the European or US PGA tour. Simply select your five players for the tournament. Each golfer will earn points based on their finishing position. The teams with the most points will win the weekly prizes on offer (£7,500 for each tournament). If all your players finish in the top ten you will win the rollover jackpot, or at least a share of it. Entry deadline: The weekly pools competition begins with the US Masters on Thursday 10 April. Each week is a separate contest. Transfers: None Entry Cost: Five pounds; or five teams for £20. Prizes: Weekly prizes total £7,500. Rollover Jackpot is £10,000. Mini League Option: No 3. 2003 Golf Challenge Provider: Fantasy Factory Website: http://www.fantasyfactory.co.uk/pages/default.asp?GAME_ID=297&PAGE_TYPE=1 Summary: This contest spans five events: - US Masters, Augusta (10-13 April), - Volvo PGA, Wentworth (22-25 May), - US Open, Olympia Fields (12-15 June), - UK Open Championship, Sandwich (17-20 July) - USPGA Championship, Oak Hill (14-17 August). Entrants are asked to rate how well each of 20 golfers will perform during the season. Bonus questions will also be set; these can earn you extra points. Entry deadline: Thursday 10 April Transfers: None Cost: Free! One entry per person Prizes: 1st Prize - 30 FF credits, plus one-month Tipaday Superior membership 2nd Prize - 20 FF credits 3rd Prize - 10 FF credits (FF points can be exchanged for gift awards) Mini League Option: Available. No additional prize. Select www.fiso.co.uk for the league name; password = cking 4. Game Name: Golf Investors 2003 Provider: Golf Investors Website: http://www.golfinvestors.com/ Summary: GolfInvestors is a collection of fantasy golf stock markets where users can buy and sell shares of various professional golfers. The goal for investors playing this game is to increase the value of their portfolio through clever trading strategies. Entry deadline: None Transfers: N/A Entry Cost: FREE to play Prizes: Golf equipment or clothing. Mini League Option: No 5. PGA Tour Fantasy Provider: PGA Tour Website: http://golf.fantasy.pgatour.com/splash/golf/pgatour/challenge/ Summary: Choose a team of five golfers every week, within a salary budget of $1m. The pool of golfers may change during the season, as may the golfers' salaries, depending on their recent performance. Entry deadline: Select a new team every week during the six-month season. Transfers: Unlimited Entry Cost: FREE to play Prizes: * Three main awards - one every two months - of a trip for the winner and one guest to a PGA tour event. There is also a weekly award of 12 Titleist golf balls. * NB These can only be won by USA and Canadian residents - other nationals can play for fun. Mini League Option: Yes. Click here for news on Fantasy Golf issues http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_forum.asp?forumid=7 Fantasy F1 Games (continued) Following on from those outlined in FSN65 - four more Fantasy F1 games are reviewed below. Also don't forget that Fantasy League F1 - http://www.fantasyleaguef1.com/index.asp?friend=fisof1 and ITV's Fantasy F1 Manager - don't get underway for real until the Brazilian GP on 6 April 2003. 1. Fantasy F1 Boss 2. F1 Fantastic 3. F1 Fantasia 4. Autosport's Fantasy Grand Prix 1. Fantasy F1 Boss Website: www.fantasyf1boss.com/intro.html Summary: Fantasy F1 Boss gives entrants a mythical $62m with which to rent two drivers, build two cars, hire a pit babe, and invite their sponsors to one race in the season. If you don't spend all the $62m then this goes in the bank and is included with your season generated revenue. To win Fantasy F1 Boss you must finish the season with more cash in the standings than any other entry. Entry deadline: By 23:59hrs on Thursday 20 March (EST). Cost & Prizes: Both Free & Paid Entries are invited. Paid entries are eligible for cash & possibly other prizes. Free entries are welcome to play for fun. 2. F1 Fantastic League Website: www.f1fantastic.com Summary: Provider's first attempt at Formula 1 fantasy league. Deadline: 9 March, but contestants can join at any time during the season. Cost & Prizes: Entry fee is £5. Winner gets over £600. 3. F1fantasia Website: www.f1fantasia.com/ Summary: A real-life Fantasy Formula 1 team management site in its sixth year of operation. Choose 6 drivers and 2 constructors within a budget of 100m f1 credits. Play through the season or join up for individual races. Entry deadline: Sign up closes on Friday, 4 April. Transfers: Three sets of changes are available. Cost: From £6 to £16, depending on range of games played. Prizes: Over £1,100 in total. Mini League Option: Yes, can invite friends to play in mini league. 4. Fantasy Grand Prix Provider: Autosport Website: www.autosport.com/f_preRegister.asp Summary: Autosport's Fantasy Grand Prix gives you a budget of £70m with which to buy your ideal Formula 1 team. The team will need to consist of two drivers, a chassis supplier, and an engine and tyre supplier. Autosport's Fantasy Grand Prix also offers a warm-up game that gives you the chance to manage a single team for free for the two races in Australia and Malaysia. Entry deadline: You can join the Autosport Fantasy Grand Prix game at any point in the season and still compete for the Grand Prix prizes. Plus your teams will be eligible for the Grand Prix prizes available every race. Transfers: Changes can be made to each team five times a year. Cost: £9.99 for three teams. Prizes: The Championship winning manager will walk away with a trip for four people to the Malaysian Grand Prix combined with a holiday in this tropical paradise. Other prizes are also available. Mini League Option: You can create one league with each team and join two other leagues to compete against your friends and colleagues. Check out the latest Fantasy F1 news here Telegraph Key Contributions For the weekend of 15/16 March - for TFFO - http://www.tffo.co.uk - and TFF - http://www.telegraphfantasyfootball.co.uk/ Saturday 15th March 2003 Aston Villa 0 - 1 Manchester United Goal : Beckham KC : Giggs Booked : Hadji, Wright, Scholes Blackburn Rovers 2 - 0 Arsenal Goals : Duff, Tugay KCs : Yorke Booked : Duff, Flitcroft, Sukur, Tugay, Parlour, V Bronckhorst Charlton Athletic 0 - 2 Newcastle United Goals : Shearer, Solano KCs : Bellamy (2) Booked : Young, Hughes, Viana Everton 0 - 0 West Ham United Booked : Gravesen, Hibbert Fulham 2 - 2 Southampton Goals : Saha, Beattie, M.Svensson Own Goal : M.Svensson KCs : Malbranque, Oakley, Niemi(!) Booked : Wome Leeds United 2 - 3 Middlesbrough Goals : Viduka (2), Maccarone, Juninho, Geremi KCs : Bakke Booked : Mills, Okon, Radebe, Juninho, Maccarone, Boateng Sunderland 0 - 2 Bolton Wanderers Goals : Okocha, Pedersen KCs : Mendy Sunday 16th March 2003 Manchester City 1 - 0 Birmingham City Goal : Fowler KC : Benarbia Booked : Savage Sent Off : Jensen Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 3 Liverpool Goals : Taricco, Sheringham, Owen, Heskey, Gerrard KCs : Gerrard (2), Carragher, Murphy Booked : Carr, Hamann West Bromwich Albion 0 - 2 Chelsea Goals : Stanic, Zola KCs : Le Saux, Hasselbaink You can still enter a TFFO team and have a go at a monthly prize New Fantasy Football Games - FdM We've recently received information from the webmasters of the following game: FootballdotManager (FdM) - http://fdm.bubball.com FdM is a FREE online multiplayer football management game where users assume the role of manager and compete against each other in virtual football leagues. Here are just a few of FdM's main features: · Multiple League Types - Choose from a variety of league types, including Standard, Private, Themed, Competition, and Pyramid. You can even CREATE YOUR OWN LEAGUE! · Dual Interface - Play the game via the Web, using your browser; or play it via a downloadable Game Client. · Pre-season Player Auction - Determine how much you want to spend on your starting eleven by assigning monetary values to each position. · Player Improvement - Assign training plans to each of your players and watch them improve throughout the season. · Total Team Management - Select your team; assign key roles; choose your formation; set up your tactics; modify your game plan; scout on other teams; transfer players; and so much more! · Trophies - Add trophies to your Trophy Cabinet by successfully completing various objectives thoughout the game. · Online Community - Join the thousands of FdMers already enjoying this incredible game! The rules are simple: 1. Only one account per user allowing management of only one team per league with the ability to manage teams in up to 10 leagues simultaneously. 2. Join a league to start with naming your team and allocating your budget within the player auction which once processed will create your team. 3. Once the league has begun use all the team management features to create a winning team to play against 15 other managers in league and cup fixtures totalling a maximum of 35 matches over a matter or days or weeks depending on the leagues frequency of matches. Unique game features: 1. Allocation of players via a player auction the higher you bid the better the player. 2. Multiple league types and allowing the users to create and customise their own leagues. 3. Virtual tropy cabinet which unlocks gaming features as the user successfully achieves each tropy objective. Click here to access the forum thread on FdM Premiership Injury news - courtesy of PhysioRoom.com Premiership Injury news courtesy of PhysioRoom.com, the Premier League Sports Injury Centre: 18 March 2003: Arsenal 8 Juan (knee 1 month) Shaaban (broken leg 2 weeks) Luzhny (calf strain 1 week) Cole (hernia 3 weeks) Campbell (achilles 1 week) Seaman (hamstring 1 week) Keown (hamstring strain 2 weeks) Vieira (knee 1 week) Leeds United 6 Bridges (ruptured achilles 4 months) Milosevic (fractured wrist 1 week) Matteo (hamstring 1 week) Kelly (hamstring 1 week) Johnson (knee 3 months) Kewell (back 1 week) Sunderland 6 Reyna (knee 2 months) Brown (knee 2 months) Myhre (thigh [no return date]) McAteer (hamstring 1 week) Craddock (thigh 1 week) Kilbane (virus 1 week) Manchester City 5 Haaland (knee 3 months) Wanchope (dislocated shoulder 2 months) Berkovic (groin 1 week) Tiatto (groin [no return date]) Weaver (knee 1 week) West Bromwich Albion 5 Appleton (knee 6 months) Moore (knee 9 months) McInnes (leg 1 week) Gilchrist (ankle 1 week) Chambers (leg 1 week) Aston Villa 4 Delaney (knee 2 months) Taylor (thigh 1 week) Angel (knee 1 week) Staunton (ankle 1 week) Liverpool 4 Heggem (achilles [no return date]) Berger (Knee [no return date]) Kirkland (knee 4 months) Henchoz (calf 1 month) Manchester United 4 Brown (hamstring 1 week) Keane (hamstring 1 week) Fortune (groin 1 week) Veron (ankle 1 week) Southampton 4 Pahars (ankle 1 month) Delap (Medial knee ligaments 1 month) Delgado (back 1 week) Svensson (ankle 1 week) Tottenham Hotspur 4 Ziege (thigh 1 month) Gardner (hamstring 2 weeks) Iversen (disc prolapse 1 week) Perry (neck 1 week) West Ham United 4 Hutchison (knee 1 week) Garcia (hamstring 1 week) Di Canio (knee 1 week) Sofiane (thigh 1 month) Birmingham City 3 Purse (ankle 1 week) Tebily (knee ligaments 2 weeks) Vaesen (knee 9 months) Blackburn Rovers 3 Thompson (knee 3 months) Ostenstad (knee 1 week) Dunn (hamstring 1 week) Charlton Athletic 3 Rowett (knee 2 months) Mustoe (thigh [no return date]) Blomqvist (foot [no return date]) Everton 3 Rodrigo (knee 1 week) Linderoth (hamstring 3 weeks) Pistone (hernia 1 month) Fulham 3 Hayles (neck 1 month) Van der Sar (fractured metatarsal 1 week) Boa Morte (ankle 1 week) Newcastle United 3 Speed (groin 1 week) O'Brien (broken nose 1 week) Robert (ankle 1 week) Bolton Wanderers 2 Whitlow (knee 1 week) Hunt (dislocated shoulder 3 months) Middlesbrough 2 Riggott (knee 1 week) Queudrue (knee 1 week) Check on FISO's Injury and Suspension News weblinks Latest topics from the FISO Fantasy Sports Forum FISO member, Sam David, has selected a list of hot topics to help you keep up with the current fantasy sport topics. - Lee Graves from FISO is leading the Telegraph's Fantasy Cricket World Cup game http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2705 - Provide feedback for Tele on the TFFO FA Cup game http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2717 - New FISO members – have you introduced yourself yet? http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1518 - Premiership injury alert http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=2263 - Telegraph password, leader boards and new players http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1013 - For those with just one team in the Telegraph http://www.fiso.co.uk/forum/philboard_read.asp?id=1249 The FISO fantasy sports forum was launched in August 2001 and with over thousands of topics and posts about fantasy sports 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 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 report: I'll try to get back to giving a rating for these tips. Grand National - 6/10 Gunther McBride at 25/1 each way with Ladbrokes, Bet365, SportingBet, Sean Graham etc. The National has been a good race for me - I always stick with a profile of carrying less than 11 stone, whilst not being out of the weights. I also like a horse that prefers decent ground and likes to run close to the pace. Gunther McBride seems to suit this profile ideally, even though he is prone to the occasional error. Cases can be made out for others and the better conditions will not debar winners from carrying 11 stone or more, but I still want to be with those carrying less ! The others I like are Ad Hoc who is too short in the betting, Youlneverwalkalone who must have a decent chance if running, and David's Lad should he be allowed to run. The above assumes the normal decent ground, but on very soft I'll be on It's Himself like a flash. We did well at Cheltenham and I'd just like to review our outstanding Ante Post bets. The Lincoln Golden Chalice was recommended @ 20/1 and I expect him to start nearer 10/1 even though still available @ 16/1 in a place. The 2,000 Guineas we have Statue of Liberty @ 16/1 (now 14/1) although it seems that Hold The Tiger is now O'Brien's first string. The 1,000 we have Soviet Song @ 5/1 still available, and the Derby we have Refuse to Bend @ 25/1 - the 22/1 still available is decent value. I see the silly season is upon us for the Flat with Brian Boru as short as 3/1 for the Derby with Corals and Mezzo Soprano @ 16/1 for the Oaks on the basis of little more than a gallop over a shorter trip in Dubai. Be Lucky, Andy. Don't forget to see 'oddschecker' for the best odds - Catch more of Andy's tips on the Beat The Bookies part of the FISO forum. |
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