Sports Prediction Competition 2021

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With 4 events completed since the last leaderboard, Claire P is just about hanging onto top spot despite scoring zero points

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Position   Name    FISO Name    E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E10E11E12E13E14E15E16E17E18E19E20E21E22E23E24E25  Total     Max   Tie Break
   1    Claire P    Not on FISO  2     2  2  2  2  2                                                          12       40       401
   2    Phil A      Not on FISO  2  2  2  2  2     2                                                          12       38       322
   3    Chris T     Not on FISO  2        2        2     3  2                                                 11       41      1,164
   4    Brian H     Not on FISO  2        2        2     3  2                                                 11       39       123
   5    John A      Not on FISO  2  2     2        2        2                                                 10       40       218
   6    Graham B    Not on FISO  2  2     2     2  2                                                          10       40       664
   7    Jon T       Not on FISO  2        2     2  2  2                                                       10       38       586
   8    Rich C      Not on FISO  2  2     2  2     2                                                          10       37        2
   9    Barrie D    Not on FISO  2  2     2        2        2                                                 10       37       394
   10   Paul McG    Not on FISO  2        2        2           4                                              10       36      1,458
   11   Thom G      Not on FISO  2           2     2        2                                                  8       42      1,069
   12   Sam D          SamD         2     2        2        2                                                  8       40       229
   13   Andrew Sh   Not on FISO     2     2  2     2                                                           8       39       646
   14   Ian G       Not on FISO  2        2  2     2                                                           8       38       477
   15   Iain W      Not on FISO  2        2  2     2                                                           8       38      1,349
   16   John K      Not on FISO  2        2           2     2                                                  8       36       506
   17   Matt G      Not on FISO  2  2     2                 2                                                  8       36       914
   18   Julian R     spencer4    2  2     2                 2                                                  8       35       46
   19   David O    The Olmeister 2  2              2        2                                                  8       35       190
   20   Rich L      Not on FISO  2  2     2                 2                                                  8       35       264
   21   Geoff S     Not on FISO  2  2              2        2                                                  8       35       264
   22   James P     Not on FISO  2        2        2        2                                                  8       35       542
   23   David R     Not on FISO  2        2        2        2                                                  8       35       886
   24   Andrew Sc   Not on FISO  2  2              2  2                                                        8       34       562
   25   David J     Not on FISO  2        2        2  2                                                        8       34      1,014
   26   Duncan H    Not on FISO  2                    2           3                                            7       40       548
   27   Penny M     Not on FISO  2           2                    3                                            7       39       681
   28   Chris W     Not on FISO     2              2        2                                                  6       40      1,614
   29   Tom H       Not on FISO     2              2  2                                                        6       36       124
   30   Mollie R    Not on FISO                    2  2     2                                                  6       36       714
   31   Bob S       Not on FISO  2              2           2                                                  6       34       550
   32   Chris B     Not on FISO  2           2              2                                                  6       34       614
   33   Ben R       Not on FISO  2  2              2                                                           6       33       178
   34   Steve H     Not on FISO     2     2                 2                                                  6       33       386
   35   Ashley B    Not on FISO  2              2  2                                                           6       33      2,423
   36   Gary S      Not on FISO                    2                                                     4     6       31       964
   37   Leigh H     Not on FISO                    2              3                                            5       34      1,594
   38   Joe McS     Not on FISO           2        2                                                           4       36       166
   39   Chris P    sportsmeister 2                    2                                                        4       35        7
   40   Thursday 5  Not on FISO                    2  2                                                        4       33       38
   41   Jon W       Not on FISO  2        2                                                                    4       33       144
   42   Stephanie H Not on FISO                 2           2                                                  4       33       334
   43   Rob M       Not on FISO                    2        2                                                  4       33       862
   44   Widds       Not on FISO              2     2                                                           4       32       19
   45   Andy W      Not on FISO     2                       2                                                  4       32       950
   46   James H      forestfan            2     2                                                              4       31       114
   47   Dave Ga     Not on FISO  2                 2                                                           4       31       614
   48   Nigel V     Not on FISO  2                 2                                                           4       31       789
   49   Marc W      Sport Billy  2                 2                                                           4       31      1,690
   50   Dave Gr     Not on FISO           2                 2                                                  4       30       734
   51   Andy Sh     Not on FISO  2                                                                             2       31       664
   52   Sam LGC     Not on FISO           2                                                                    2       30       280
   53   Richard J   Not on FISO                    2                                                           2       30       493

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If there is a tie at the end of the year then a tiebreak will be used to seperate the leaders.

The tiebreak is

Number of points in the Challenge Cup final x Number of medals won by Japan at the Olympics.

The tiebreak selections are

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Name       FISO Name  Tiebreak
Andrew Sc  Not on FISO   1,452
Andrew Sh  Not on FISO   1,368
Andy Sh    Not on FISO   1,350
Andy W     Not on FISO   1,064
Ashley B   Not on FISO   4,437
Barrie D   Not on FISO   1,620
Ben R      Not on FISO   1,836
Bob S      Not on FISO   1,464
Brian H    Not on FISO   1,891
Chris B    Not on FISO   1,400
Chris P    sportsmeist   2,021
Chris T    Not on FISO     850
Chris W    Not on FISO     400
Claire P   Not on FISO   2,415
Dave Ga    Not on FISO   1,400
Dave Gr    Not on FISO   1,280
David J    Not on FISO   1,000
David O    The Olmeist   1,824
David R    Not on FISO   1,128
Duncan H   Not on FISO   2,562
Gary S     Not on FISO   1,050
Geoff S    Not on FISO   1,750
Graham B   Not on FISO   1,350
Iain W     Not on FISO     665
Ian G      Not on FISO   1,537
James H    forestfan     1,900
James P    Not on FISO   1,472
Joe McS    Not on FISO   1,848
John A     Not on FISO   2,232
John K     Not on FISO   2,520
Jon T      Not on FISO   2,600
Jon W      Not on FISO   1,870
Julian R   spencer4      1,968
Leigh H    Not on FISO     420
Marc W     Sport Billy     324
Matt G     Not on FISO   1,100
Mollie R   Not on FISO   1,300
Nigel V    Not on FISO   1,225
Paul McG   Not on FISO   3,472
Penny M    Not on FISO   1,333
Phil A     Not on FISO   1,692
Rich C     Not on FISO   2,016
Rich L     Not on FISO   1,750
Richard J  Not on FISO   1,521
Rob M      Not on FISO   1,152
Sam D      SamD          1,785
Sam LGC    Not on FISO   1,734
Stephanie HNot on FISO   1,680
Steve H    Not on FISO   1,628
Widds      Not on FISO   1,995
Thom G     Not on FISO     945
Thursday 5 Not on FISO   1,976
Tom H      Not on FISO   1,890

[sportsmeister]

The Cup competition will begin in September with the 6 Cup rounds being

Preliminary - How many (of 28) Ryder Cup matches will play the 18th hole?
1st Round - What will the winning margin (in seconds) of the Japanese Grand Prix be?
2nd Round - How many runs will be scored in the World Series final (up to seven matches)?
Quarter Final - How many runs will be scored in the 1st Test between Australia and England?
Semi Final - How many points will be scored in the final frame of the UK Championship final?
Final - How many goals will be scored in the Premier League games played on Boxing Day?

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The selections for the cup rounds are

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Name       FISO Name  PreCup  Cup1    Cup2    CupQF   CupSF   CupF
Andrew Sc  Not on FISO       7       7      57     777     107      22
Andrew Sh  Not on FISO       8       8      53     995     100       9
Andy Sh    Not on FISO       9       4      48     876      94      18
Andy W     Not on FISO       9       3      32    1082     113      21
Ashley B   Not on FISO       5       7      49    1023      92      21
Barrie D   Not on FISO       6      11      50     965      96      21
Ben R      Not on FISO       8      10      50     850     121      12
Bob S      Not on FISO       7      11      44    1111     111      11
Brian H    Not on FISO       7       9      37     926      89      23
Chris B    Not on FISO       8       5      47     800      88      20
Chris P    sportsmeist      10       4      38     954     106      22
Chris T    Not on FISO       8      11      45     856     101      15
Chris W    Not on FISO       8       8      46     879      97      20
Claire P   Not on FISO       9       5      51    1079      97      21
Dave Ga    Not on FISO      10      10      42    1200     100      16
Dave Gr    Not on FISO       9       7      40     820      89      25
David J    Not on FISO      11      25      50     950     110      11
David O    The Olmeist       8      12      48    1046     103      16
David R    Not on FISO       7       6      48     864     104      18
Duncan H   Not on FISO       5       5      38     777     102      12
Gary S     Not on FISO       5       7      60    1150     120      23
Geoff S    Not on FISO       8      11      37     998     100      16
Graham B   Not on FISO       7      10      41    1050      98      16
Iain W     Not on FISO       5       7      54     890     105      18
Ian G      Not on FISO       8       6      62    1111      82      18
James H    forestfan         7       8      50    1025     102      16
James P    Not on FISO       8      18      49    1221     108      18
Joe McS    Not on FISO       9       7      38    1121     121      18
John A     Not on FISO       9       5      52     949      99      17
John K     Not on FISO       7      11      51    1180      96      15
Jon T      Not on FISO       9      42      49     820     101      12
Jon W      Not on FISO       7       8      48    1111      78      21
Julian R   spencer4          7       2      50    1100      85      24
Leigh H    Not on FISO      12       8      42     875     102      13
Marc W     Sport Billy      10       9      53     929      87      16
Matt G     Not on FISO       9       8      42     878     107      22
Mollie R   Not on FISO       7       9      48     872     107      19
Nigel V    Not on FISO       7       7      45     923     117      18
Paul McG   Not on FISO       8       8      33    1046      88      12
Penny M    Not on FISO      13       7      45     777     103      20
Phil A     Not on FISO       7      10      48     963     102      12
Rich C     Not on FISO       8       5      48    1087     108      12
Rich L     Not on FISO       7      10      50    1000     100      20
Richard J  Not on FISO       8      14      52    1020      87      17
Rob M      Not on FISO       7      11      55    1016     110      18
Sam D      SamD              9       4      47     847     104      23
Sam LGC    Not on FISO       9      15      49    1134      87      23
Stephanie HNot on FISO       5      10      52     978      92      15
Steve H    Not on FISO       5       7      49     957     107      17
Widds      Not on FISO       8       2      55    1050      84      14
Thom G     Not on FISO       8       8      42     840      82      17
Thursday 5 Not on FISO       8      15      42    1010     111      13
Tom H      Not on FISO      10       4      49     720     106      21

[sportsmeister]

Event 15 – Number of Lions Test wins vs South Africa

Options and number of selections

0 – 2 *
1 – 15
2 – 31
3 – 5 *

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point

The Lions won a close first Test 22-17 before South Africa levelled the series with a dour 27-9 victory.

So the 0's and the 3's are eliminated as we head to a series decider.

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Event 16 – Winner of the Men’s The Hundred

Options and number of selections

Southern Brave – 12
Northern Superchargers – 9
Oval Invincibles – 9
Trent Rockets – 7
Birmingham Phoenix – 7
Welsh Fire – 1 **
Manchester Originals – 4 *
London Spirit – 4 *

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

The inaugural Hundred is underway and a Moeen inspired Birmingham Phoenix are currently topping the table although all the teams looks to be reasonably evenly matched except perhaps for London Spirit

The current table shows

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Event 19 – Super League Grand Slam final winner

Options and number of selections

Leeds – 2 *
Warrington – 3 **
Wigan – 10
St. Helens – 35
Castleford – 1 **
Hull – 1 **
Huddersfield – 1 **

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

As a result of Covid related postponements the regular season table is sorted by win percentage rather than total points.

After 17 of the 27 regular season rounds, Catalans are having their best ever season and top the table.

We might be heading for the countback rule as no one has selected Catalans to win the Grand Final

Latest positions are

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Event 22 – Number of Different Grand Prix winners

Options and number of selections

3 – 2 *
4 – 13
5 – 25
6 – 12
7 – 1 **

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

After 4 of this season's 23 GPs, there are just 2 different winners

Lewis Hamilton has won 3
Max Verstappen has won 1

After 10 GPs, Max and Lewis have won 9 of them with the one exception being Sergio Perez winning in Azerbaijan, where Hamilton could easily have won that one too.

So the 3 different winners so far are

Max Verstappen has won 5
Lewis Hamilton has won 4
Sergio Perez has won 1

Another incident packed GP in Hungary resulted in Esteban Ocon's maiden F1 victory which lifts our winners total to 4 and eliminates all the 3's

[sportsmeister]

Event 13 – Katerina Johnson-Thompson heptathlon Olympic medal

Options and number of selections

Gold – 22
Silver – 23
Bronze – 3 *
No medal – 5 *

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point

After a promising start in the opening 110m hurdles, KJT was beginning to struggle in the high jump and shot put before being forced to pull up in the 200m and withdraw from the competition.

There were 5 selections for the No Medal option which qualifies for an additional bonus point making 3 in total.

Graham B is one of the 5 to benefit as he climbs to the top of the leaderboard

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Event 14 – Best GB relay squad at the Olympics

Options and number of selections

Men’s 100m – 12
Men’s 400m – 5 *
Women’s 100m – 25
Women’s 400m – 11

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point

Three of the relay squads made it through to their finals, the exception being the Men's 400m.

The Women's 400m were unable to repeat their podium position of Rio as they finished in 5th

However, the Women's 100m (with a squad containing 3 of the same 4) were able to match their bronze medal from Rio.

The Men's 100m team almost snatched an unexpected Gold medal with the Italians only winning in a photo finish.

With a silver medal, the category was won by the Men's 100m.

There were 12 selections earning 2 points each

[sportsmeister]

Event 14 – Best GB relay squad at the Olympics

Options and number of selections

Men’s 100m – 12
Men’s 400m – 5 *
Women’s 100m – 25
Women’s 400m – 11

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point

Three of the relay squads made it through to their finals, the exception being the Men's 400m.

The Women's 400m were unable to repeat their podium position of Rio as they finished in 5th

However, the Women's 100m (with a squad containing 3 of the same 4) were able to match their bronze medal from Rio.

The Men's 100m team almost snatched an unexpected Gold medal with the Italians only winning in a photo finish.

With a silver medal, the category was won by the Men's 100m.

There were 12 selections earning 2 points each

The unfortunate footnote to this category is that CJ Ujah who ran the first leg of the Men's 100m final has subsequently returned a positive drugs test.

Note that the results of this 2021 prediction competition will be finalised on 31st December 2021 so if the case against the British team is proven by this date and they are stripped of their medal then the category will be awarded to the Women's 100m team for their bronze medal finish.

[sportsmeister]

Event 15 – Number of Lions Test wins vs South Africa

Options and number of selections

0 – 2 *
1 – 15
2 – 31
3 – 5 *

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point

The Lions won a close first Test 22-17 before South Africa levelled the series with a dour 27-9 victory.

So the 0's and the 3's are eliminated as we head to a series decider.

It always felt that it was going to be a tight match and so it proved with the Lions edging into a narrow 10-6 lead at half time. However, South Africa sneaked ahead early in the second half and with just 6 minutes left the match and series was delicately poised at 16-16. Up stepped replacement Morne Steyn to kick the series clinching penalty (just as he had done in 2009) with just a couple of minutes left.

The Lions were left with the one Test win, which was selected by 15 so worth 2 points each

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Event 16 – Winner of the Men’s The Hundred

Options and number of selections

Southern Brave – 12
Northern Superchargers – 9
Oval Invincibles – 9
Trent Rockets – 7
Birmingham Phoenix – 7
Welsh Fire – 1 **
Manchester Originals – 4 *
London Spirit – 4 *

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

The inaugural Hundred is underway and a Moeen inspired Birmingham Phoenix are currently topping the table although all the teams looks to be reasonably evenly matched except perhaps for London Spirit

The group section of the Hundred has now been completed

Trent Rockets lost to Birmingham Phoenix last weekend before a critical win over Manchester Originals in their final group fixture ensured they would progress to the play offs

Southern Brave then met Oval Invincibles in effectively a knock out tie - Southern Brave took the crucial victory

Birmingham Phoenix then overcame the Northern Superchargers to ensure that they topped the table and guaranteed themselves a place in Saturday's final

Southern Brave meet Trent Rockets in the eliminator for the right to face Birmingham in the final

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Event 16 – Winner of the Men’s The Hundred

Options and number of selections

Southern Brave – 12
Northern Superchargers – 9
Oval Invincibles – 9
Trent Rockets – 7
Birmingham Phoenix – 7
Welsh Fire – 1 **
Manchester Originals – 4 *
London Spirit – 4 *

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

The inaugural Hundred is underway and a Moeen inspired Birmingham Phoenix are currently topping the table although all the teams looks to be reasonably evenly matched except perhaps for London Spirit

The group section of the Hundred has now been completed

Trent Rockets lost to Birmingham Phoenix last weekend before a critical win over Manchester Originals in their final group fixture ensured they would progress to the play offs

Southern Brave then met Oval Invincibles in effectively a knock out tie - Southern Brave took the crucial victory

Birmingham Phoenix then overcame the Northern Superchargers to ensure that they topped the table and guaranteed themselves a place in Saturday's final

Southern Brave meet Trent Rockets in the eliminator for the right to face Birmingham in the final

Southern Brave raced to an impressive 7 wicket victory over Trent Rockets in the eliminator

Weather looks a bit iffy for today's final though

[sportsmeister]

Event 16 – Winner of the Men’s The Hundred

Options and number of selections

Southern Brave – 12
Northern Superchargers – 9
Oval Invincibles – 9
Trent Rockets – 7
Birmingham Phoenix – 7
Welsh Fire – 1 **
Manchester Originals – 4 *
London Spirit – 4 *

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

The inaugural Hundred is underway and a Moeen inspired Birmingham Phoenix are currently topping the table although all the teams looks to be reasonably evenly matched except perhaps for London Spirit

The group section of the Hundred has now been completed

Trent Rockets lost to Birmingham Phoenix last weekend before a critical win over Manchester Originals in their final group fixture ensured they would progress to the play offs

Southern Brave then met Oval Invincibles in effectively a knock out tie - Southern Brave took the crucial victory

Birmingham Phoenix then overcame the Northern Superchargers to ensure that they topped the table and guaranteed themselves a place in Saturday's final

Southern Brave meet Trent Rockets in the eliminator for the right to face Birmingham in the final

Southern Brave raced to an impressive 7 wicket victory over Trent Rockets in the eliminator

Weather looks a bit iffy for today's final though

Southern Brave raced to a 168 total courtesy of a rapid 61 from Paul Stirling which looked to be an above par score.

Birmingham Phoenix were always in the hunt until the pivotal run out of Liam Livingstone after 45 balls and once
Moeen Ali holed out for 36 after 65 balls their chase was over and they finished 32 runs short.

Southern Brave were the most popular selection with 12 picks so just the regulation 2 points each

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Event 17 – Number of Different Grand Slam winners (both men and women)

Options and number of selections

4 – 1 **
5 – 26
6 – 24
7 – 2 *

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka had already been crowned Australian Open champions at the beginning of the year.

Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open after completing one round

Barbora Krejcikova won her maiden Grand Slam singles title whilst Novak Djokovic inflicted a rare defeat on Rafael Nadal in the semi final before overcoming a set deficit to claim his second Grand Slam title of the year.

So, there are 3 different winners so far with another 2 Grand Slam tournaments to come

At Wimbledon, the two favourites, Novak Djokovic and Ash Barty, justified their short prices by going on to claim their singles titles.

This raised the number of different winners to 4 with just the US Open to come. As a result all the 7s selections were eliminated

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Event 17 – Number of Different Grand Slam winners (both men and women)

Options and number of selections

4 – 1 **
5 – 26
6 – 24
7 – 2 *

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka had already been crowned Australian Open champions at the beginning of the year.

Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open after completing one round

Barbora Krejcikova won her maiden Grand Slam singles title whilst Novak Djokovic inflicted a rare defeat on Rafael Nadal in the semi final before overcoming a set deficit to claim his second Grand Slam title of the year.

So, there are 3 different winners so far with another 2 Grand Slam tournaments to come

At Wimbledon, the two favourites, Novak Djokovic and Ash Barty, justified their short prices by going on to claim their singles titles.

This raised the number of different winners to 4 with just the US Open to come. As a result all the 7s selections were eliminated

Going into the final Grand Slam event, all 3 champions from the other GS events are still in the women's draw and what's more, Ash Barty, Naomi Osaka and Barbora Krejcikova are all in separate quarters of the draw.

In the men's event, Novak Djokovic is attempting to complete a calendar Grand Slam. He is currently into the third round.

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Event 22 – Number of Different Grand Prix winners

Options and number of selections

3 – 2 *
4 – 13
5 – 25
6 – 12
7 – 1 **

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

After 4 of this season's 23 GPs, there are just 2 different winners

Lewis Hamilton has won 3
Max Verstappen has won 1

After 10 GPs, Max and Lewis have won 9 of them with the one exception being Sergio Perez winning in Azerbaijan, where Hamilton could easily have won that one too.

So the 3 different winners so far are

Max Verstappen has won 5
Lewis Hamilton has won 4
Sergio Perez has won 1

Another incident packed GP in Hungary resulted in Esteban Ocon's maiden F1 victory which lifts our winners total to 4 and eliminates all the 3's

The Belgian GP ended in farce with a 2 lap race behind the safety car. Max Verstappen was declared the winner leaving the total on 4.

[sportsmeister]

Event 19 – Super League Grand Slam final winner

Options and number of selections

Leeds – 2 *
Warrington – 3 **
Wigan – 10
St. Helens – 35
Castleford – 1 **
Hull – 1 **
Huddersfield – 1 **

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

As a result of Covid related postponements the regular season table is sorted by win percentage rather than total points.

After 17 of the 27 regular season rounds, Catalans are having their best ever season and top the table.

We might be heading for the countback rule as no one has selected Catalans to win the Grand Final

With 3 rounds of the regular season left, Catalans continue to hold top spot with St.Helens leading the chasing pack. These two meet this weekend as part of the Magic Weekend fixtures.

Latest standings are

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Event 17 – Number of Different Grand Slam winners (both men and women)

Options and number of selections

4 – 1 **
5 – 26
6 – 24
7 – 2 *

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka had already been crowned Australian Open champions at the beginning of the year.

Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open after completing one round

Barbora Krejcikova won her maiden Grand Slam singles title whilst Novak Djokovic inflicted a rare defeat on Rafael Nadal in the semi final before overcoming a set deficit to claim his second Grand Slam title of the year.

So, there are 3 different winners so far with another 2 Grand Slam tournaments to come

At Wimbledon, the two favourites, Novak Djokovic and Ash Barty, justified their short prices by going on to claim their singles titles.

This raised the number of different winners to 4 with just the US Open to come. As a result all the 7s selections were eliminated

Going into the final Grand Slam event, all 3 champions from the other GS events are still in the women's draw and what's more, Ash Barty, Naomi Osaka and Barbora Krejcikova are all in separate quarters of the draw.

In the men's event, Novak Djokovic is attempting to complete a calendar Grand Slam. He is currently into the third round.

Tournament favourites Ash Barty and Naomi Osaka were both dumped out in the third round and Barbora Krejcikova was knocked out in the QFs which guaranteed a 5th different Grand Slam winner for 2021 - it turned out to be Emma Raducanu which may well be featured when we get to E23 - sport of SPotY winner.

In the men's draw, Novak Djokovic hauled himself into the final where he had a chance to complete a calendar Grand Slam. However, an out of sorts Djokovic was beaten in straight sets by Daniil Medvedev. This confirmed the number of different Grand Slam winners as 6.

There were 24 selections each worth another 2 points

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Event 19 – Super League Grand Slam final winner

Options and number of selections

Leeds – 2 *
Warrington – 3 **
Wigan – 10
St. Helens – 35
Castleford – 1 **
Hull – 1 **
Huddersfield – 1 **

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

As a result of Covid related postponements the regular season table is sorted by win percentage rather than total points.

After 17 of the 27 regular season rounds, Catalans are having their best ever season and top the table.

We might be heading for the countback rule as no one has selected Catalans to win the Grand Final

With 3 rounds of the regular season left, Catalans continue to hold top spot with St.Helens leading the chasing pack. These two meet this weekend as part of the Magic Weekend fixtures.

Plenty of drama at Magic Weekend with Catalans staging a remarkable turnaround against St. Helens from 30-12 down with four minutes to go to an extra time 31-30 victory to guarantee top spot for the regular season.

St. Helens have now confirmed their position as second which guarantees both teams a home tie in the semi finals

Play off berths have also been secured by Wigan, Warrington and Hull KR with the final spot to be claimed by either Leeds or Castleford.

Of our selected teams, Hull and Huddersfield have officially been eliminated

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Event 18 – Highest points scorer at the Ryder Cup

Options and number of selections

Brooks Koepka – 0
Dustin Johnson – 8
Justin Thomas – 2 *
Any Other US Player – 20
Tommy Fleetwood – 5 *
Rory McIlroy – 2 *
Jon Rahm – 0
Any Other European Player – 16

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point

All 6 named players have automatically qualified for their respective Ryder Cup teams.

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If there is a tie at the end of the year then a tiebreak will be used to seperate the leaders.

The tiebreak is

Number of points in the Challenge Cup final x Number of medals won by Japan at the Olympics.

The tiebreak selections are

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Name       FISO Name  Tiebreak
Andrew Sc  Not on FISO   1,452
Andrew Sh  Not on FISO   1,368
Andy Sh    Not on FISO   1,350
Andy W     Not on FISO   1,064
Ashley B   Not on FISO   4,437
Barrie D   Not on FISO   1,620
Ben R      Not on FISO   1,836
Bob S      Not on FISO   1,464
Brian H    Not on FISO   1,891
Chris B    Not on FISO   1,400
Chris P    sportsmeist   2,021
Chris T    Not on FISO     850
Chris W    Not on FISO     400
Claire P   Not on FISO   2,415
Dave Ga    Not on FISO   1,400
Dave Gr    Not on FISO   1,280
David J    Not on FISO   1,000
David O    The Olmeist   1,824
David R    Not on FISO   1,128
Duncan H   Not on FISO   2,562
Gary S     Not on FISO   1,050
Geoff S    Not on FISO   1,750
Graham B   Not on FISO   1,350
Iain W     Not on FISO     665
Ian G      Not on FISO   1,537
James H    forestfan     1,900
James P    Not on FISO   1,472
Joe McS    Not on FISO   1,848
John A     Not on FISO   2,232
John K     Not on FISO   2,520
Jon T      Not on FISO   2,600
Jon W      Not on FISO   1,870
Julian R   spencer4      1,968
Leigh H    Not on FISO     420
Marc W     Sport Billy     324
Matt G     Not on FISO   1,100
Mollie R   Not on FISO   1,300
Nigel V    Not on FISO   1,225
Paul McG   Not on FISO   3,472
Penny M    Not on FISO   1,333
Phil A     Not on FISO   1,692
Rich C     Not on FISO   2,016
Rich L     Not on FISO   1,750
Richard J  Not on FISO   1,521
Rob M      Not on FISO   1,152
Sam D      SamD          1,785
Sam LGC    Not on FISO   1,734
Stephanie HNot on FISO   1,680
Steve H    Not on FISO   1,628
Widds      Not on FISO   1,995
Thom G     Not on FISO     945
Thursday 5 Not on FISO   1,976
Tom H      Not on FISO   1,890

The Challenge Cup final finished St. Helens 26-12 Castleford

Over at the Olympics, home nation Japan ended up in 3rd place in the medals table with 27 golds, 14 silvers and 17 bronze.

The tiebreak answer is confirmed as 38 points x 58 medals = 2,204

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Event 22 – Number of Different Grand Prix winners

Options and number of selections

3 – 2 *
4 – 13
5 – 25
6 – 12
7 – 1 **

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

After 4 of this season's 23 GPs, there are just 2 different winners

Lewis Hamilton has won 3
Max Verstappen has won 1

After 10 GPs, Max and Lewis have won 9 of them with the one exception being Sergio Perez winning in Azerbaijan, where Hamilton could easily have won that one too.

So the 3 different winners so far are

Max Verstappen has won 5
Lewis Hamilton has won 4
Sergio Perez has won 1

Another incident packed GP in Hungary resulted in Esteban Ocon's maiden F1 victory which lifts our winners total to 4 and eliminates all the 3's

The Belgian GP ended in farce with a 2 lap race behind the safety car. Max Verstappen was declared the winner leaving the total on 4.

Another Hamilton/Verstappen collision at the Italian GP resulted in them both retiring leaving the way clear for Daniel Ricciardo to take the chequered flag, his first win since 2018.

This raises the number of different winners up to 5 which eliminates all the 4's

[sportsmeister]

Here are the latest postitions with Phil A returning to the top hotly pursued by Rich C.

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Position   Name    FISO Name    E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E10E11E12E13E14E15E16E17E18E19E20E21E22E23E24E25  Total     Max   Tie Break
   1    Phil A      Not on FISO  2  2  2  2  2     2                    2  2  2                               18       34       512
   2    Rich C      Not on FISO  2  2     2  2     2                    2  2     2                            16       33       188
   3    Graham B    Not on FISO  2  2     2     2  2                 3        2                               15       34       854
   4    Brian H     Not on FISO  2        2        2     3  2              2     2                            15       31       313
   5    Nigel V     Not on FISO  2                 2                 3  2  2  2  2                            15       31       979
   6    Claire P    Not on FISO  2     2  2  2  2  2                    2                                     14       31       211
   7    Jon T       Not on FISO  2        2     2  2  2                    2     2                            14       31       396
   8    Andrew Sc   Not on FISO  2  2              2  2                 2     2  2                            14       30       752
   9    David O    The Olmeister 2  2              2        2              2  2  2                            14       28       380
   10   Sam D          SamD         2     2        2        2        3        2                               13       33       419
   11   Chris T     Not on FISO  2        2        2     3  2              2                                  13       32      1,354
   12   John A      Not on FISO  2  2     2        2        2                 2                               12       32       28
   13   Geoff S     Not on FISO  2  2              2        2                 2  2                            12       28       454
   14   David J     Not on FISO  2        2        2  2                       2  2                            12       28      1,204
   15   Paul McG    Not on FISO  2        2        2           4              2                               12       28      1,268
   16   Rich L      Not on FISO  2  2     2                 2           2        2                            12       26       454
   17   Chris W     Not on FISO     2              2        2        3     2                                  11       25      1,804
   18   Andrew Sh   Not on FISO     2     2  2     2                             2                            10       31       836
   19   Tom H       Not on FISO     2              2  2                       2  2                            10       29       314
   20   Ian G       Not on FISO  2        2  2     2                             2                            10       29       667
   21   James P     Not on FISO  2        2        2        2                    2                            10       27       732
   22   David R     Not on FISO  2        2        2        2              2                                  10       27      1,076
   23   Leigh H     Not on FISO                    2              3  3     2                                  10       26      1,784
   24   Julian R     spencer4    2  2     2                 2           2                                     10       24       236
   25   Barrie D    Not on FISO  2  2     2        2        2                                                 10       24       584
   26   Duncan H    Not on FISO  2                    2           3        2                                   9       32       358
   27   Penny M     Not on FISO  2           2                    3              2                             9       29       871
   28   Mollie R    Not on FISO                    2  2     2                    2                             8       28       904
   29   Jon W       Not on FISO  2        2                             2  2                                   8       26       334
   30   Bob S       Not on FISO  2              2           2              2                                   8       26       740
   31   Matt G      Not on FISO  2  2     2                 2                                                  8       26      1,104
   32   John K      Not on FISO  2        2           2     2                                                  8       25       316
   33   Steve H     Not on FISO     2     2                 2              2                                   8       25       576
   34   Chris B     Not on FISO  2           2              2                    2                             8       25       804
   35   Marc W      Sport Billy  2                 2                    2        2                             8       25      1,880
   36   Ashley B    Not on FISO  2              2  2                    2                                      8       25      2,233
   37   Rob M       Not on FISO                    2        2           2     2                                8       24      1,052
   38   Iain W      Not on FISO  2        2  2     2                                                           8       24      1,539
   39   Ben R       Not on FISO  2  2              2                             2                             8       23       368
   40   Thom G      Not on FISO  2           2     2        2                                                  8       23      1,259
   41   Dave Gr     Not on FISO           2                 2           2        2                             8       22       924
   42   Joe McS     Not on FISO           2        2                             2                             6       26       356
   43   Chris P    sportsmeister 2                    2                          2                             6       25       183
   44   Richard J   Not on FISO                    2                       2     2                             6       24       683
   45   Widds       Not on FISO              2     2                             2                             6       23       209
   46   James H      forestfan            2     2                                2                             6       23       304
   47   Gary S      Not on FISO                    2                                                     4     6       21      1,154
   48   Dave Ga     Not on FISO  2                 2                                                           4       21       804
   49   Andy W      Not on FISO     2                       2                                                  4       21      1,140
   50   Thursday 5  Not on FISO                    2  2                                                        4       20       228
   51   Stephanie H Not on FISO                 2           2                                                  4       20       524
   52   Andy Sh     Not on FISO  2                                                                             2       21       854
   53   Sam LGC     Not on FISO           2                                                                    2       20       470

[sportsmeister]

The cup draw was determined by the positions on 15th September.

As there has been no official disqualification of the Men's 100m relay team yet, the positions at that date reflect the current official verdict from the Olympics.

The top 42 have to go through the preliminary round whilst the bottom 11 receive byes into the first round proper.

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Here is the draw for the preliminary round of the cup including an all FISO tie in match 5

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Preliminary - Ryder Cup matches to play the 18th hole (September 24th -  26th)
Name       FISO Name     Match   Prediction
Phil A     Not on FISO     1        7
Rich C     Not on FISO     1        8
Graham B   Not on FISO     2        7
Brian H    Not on FISO     2        7
Nigel V    Not on FISO     3        7
Claire P   Not on FISO     3        9
Jon T      Not on FISO     4        9
Andrew Sc  Not on FISO     4        7
David O    The Olmeist     5        8
Sam D      SamD            5        9
Chris T    Not on FISO     6        8
John A     Not on FISO     6        9
Geoff S    Not on FISO     7        8
David J    Not on FISO     7        11
Paul McG   Not on FISO     8        8
Rich L     Not on FISO     8        7
Chris W    Not on FISO     9        8
Andrew Sh  Not on FISO     9        8
Tom H      Not on FISO    10        10
Ian G      Not on FISO    10        8
James P    Not on FISO    11        8
David R    Not on FISO    11        7
Leigh H    Not on FISO    12        12
Julian R   spencer4       12        7
Barrie D   Not on FISO    13        6
Duncan H   Not on FISO    13        5
Penny M    Not on FISO    14        13
Mollie R   Not on FISO    14        7
Jon W      Not on FISO    15        7
Bob S      Not on FISO    15        7
Matt G     Not on FISO    16        9
John K     Not on FISO    16        7
Steve H    Not on FISO    17        5
Chris B    Not on FISO    17        8
Marc W     Sport Billy    18        10
Ashley B   Not on FISO    18        5
Rob M      Not on FISO    19        7
Iain W     Not on FISO    19        5
Ben R      Not on FISO    20        8
Thom G     Not on FISO    20        8
Dave Gr    Not on FISO    21        9
Joe McS    Not on FISO    21        9

[sportsmeister]

Event 18 – Highest points scorer at the Ryder Cup

Options and number of selections

Brooks Koepka – 0
Dustin Johnson – 8
Justin Thomas – 2 *
Any Other US Player – 20
Tommy Fleetwood – 5 *
Rory McIlroy – 2 *
Jon Rahm – 0
Any Other European Player – 16

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point

All 6 named players have automatically qualified for their respective Ryder Cup teams.

A very disapponting Ryder Cup from a European point of view with only Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia scoring more than 2 points.

Given the large margin of victory, there were plenty of points for all the US players. However, not only did Dustin Johnson play each of the 5 sessions, he won each of his matches to claim a clean sweep of 5 points.

There were just 6 selections for Dustin so worth 2 points each

[sportsmeister]

Event 19 – Super League Grand Slam final winner

Options and number of selections

Leeds – 2 *
Warrington – 3 **
Wigan – 10
St. Helens – 35
Castleford – 1 **
Hull – 1 **
Huddersfield – 1 **

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point
** would be worth an additional 2 bonus points

As a result of Covid related postponements the regular season table is sorted by win percentage rather than total points.

After 17 of the 27 regular season rounds, Catalans are having their best ever season and top the table.

We might be heading for the countback rule as no one has selected Catalans to win the Grand Final

With 3 rounds of the regular season left, Catalans continue to hold top spot with St.Helens leading the chasing pack. These two meet this weekend as part of the Magic Weekend fixtures.

Plenty of drama at Magic Weekend with Catalans staging a remarkable turnaround against St. Helens from 30-12 down with four minutes to go to an extra time 31-30 victory to guarantee top spot for the regular season.

St. Helens have now confirmed their position as second which guarantees both teams a home tie in the semi finals

Play off berths have also been secured by Wigan, Warrington and Hull KR with the final spot to be claimed by either Leeds or Castleford.

Of our selected teams, Hull and Huddersfield have officially been eliminated

Not only did Leeds capture the final play off berth but they shut out Wigan 8-0 in their elimination play-off to reach the semi finals

6th ranked Hull KR completed a weekend of upsets by eliminating 3rd ranked Warrington.

The semi-final line up is

Catalans vs Hull KR
St. Helens vs Leeds

Given that there were no selections for either Catalans and Hull KR, the points in this category will be awarded to the winner of St. Helens and Leeds

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Event 24 – Outcome of first fight between Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua

Options and number of selections

Fury beats Joshua by knockout – 19
Fury beats Joshua on points – 11
Joshua beats Fury by knockout – 6
Joshua beats Fury on points – 12
No bout takes place during 2021 – 5 *

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point

The long anticipated fight was confirmed for 14th August last week before an arbitration hearing ruled that Fury must face the mandatory challenger Deontay Wilder.

The "No bout takes place during 2021" option now looks to be a strong favourite for this category

A lacklustre display, by all accounts, from Anthony Joshua at the weekend resulting in a points loss to Oleksandr Usyk.

Any faint hopes of a 2021 match up between Fury and Joshua appear to have receded further.

I won't reflect points from the "No bout takes place during 2021" option until at least the beginning of December