Sports Prediction Competition 2022

[sportsmeister]

Latest leaderboard has Dave Gr in first place with newcomer Honor G the nearest challenger

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Position    Name       FISO Name   E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E10E11E12E13E14E15E16E17E18E19E20E21E22E23E24E25E26E27E28E29E30  Total     Max   Tie Break
   1    Dave Gr       Not on FISO   2  2  3  2        2     2                                                                   13       57       36
   2    Honor G       Not on FISO   2              3  2  3                                                                      10       51       483
   3    John A        Not on FISO   2        2     2        2                                                                    8       50       366
   4    Jack C        Not on FISO   2  2           2  2                                                                          8       50       584
   5    Julian R        spencer4             2  2     2     2                                                                    8       49       326
   6    Andrew Sc     Not on FISO   2  2        2     2                                                                          8       49       446
   7    Peter C         zipnolan    2  2     2        2                                                                          8       47       94
   8    James H        forestfan             2  2  2  2                                                                          8       46       484
   9    David O      The Olmeister  2  2     2              2                                                                    8       46       648
   10   Andrew Sh     Not on FISO   2     3              3                                                                       8       46      1,572
   11   Chris P      sportsmeister  2              3  2                                                                          7       53       404
   12   Andy W        Not on FISO   2        2           3                                                                       7       53      1,035
   13   Chris T       Not on FISO   2                 2  3                                                                       7       49      1,339
   14   Graham Bu     Not on FISO            2  2     2                                                                          6       53       118
   15   Lloyd L       Not on FISO   2           2           2                                                                    6       49      1,136
   16   Ashley B         ashers     2  2     2                                                                                   6       49      1,368
   17   Dave C        Not on FISO   2  2     2                                                                                   6       45       266
   18   Matt G        Not on FISO   2  2        2                                                                                6       45       314
   19   Dave Ga       Not on FISO   2  2                    2                                                                    6       44       564
   20   Richard J     Not on FISO   2  2     2                                                                                   6       43       924
   21   Alex P        Not on FISO   2  2                    2                                                                    6       42       456
   22   John K        Not on FISO   2     3                                                                                      5       42      1,242
   23   Phil A        Not on FISO      2           2                                                                             4       54       204
   24   Ian G         Not on FISO   2  2                                                                                         4       54       491
   25   Andy Sh       Not on FISO   2                 2                                                                          4       54      4,785
   26   Stephanie HB  Not on FISO   2           2                                                                                4       53       121
   27   Bob S         Not on FISO   2  2                                                                                         4       52       472
   28   Penny M       Not on FISO      2     2                                                                                   4       52       566
   29   Claire P      Not on FISO   2        2                                                                                   4       51       281
   30   Brian H       Not on FISO   2                 2                                                                          4       50       973
   31   Chris W       Not on FISO   2  2                                                                                         4       50      1,584
   32   Thom G        Not on FISO   2  2                                                                                         4       48       831
   33   Marc W        Not on FISO   2                 2                                                                          4       48       861
   34   Paul McG      Not on FISO   2              2                                                                             4       47      1,212
   35   Barrie D      Not on FISO   2  2                                                                                         4       46       59
   36   Tom H         Not on FISO   2        2                                                                                   4       46       284
   37   Alan W         polarbear             2        2                                                                          4       46       837
   38   Dylan K         megadyl        2     2                                                                                   4       46      2,056
   39   Jon W         Not on FISO   2  2                                                                                         4       45       30
   40   Rich L        Not on FISO   2  2                                                                                         4       45       916
   41   Fred H        Not on FISO      2     2                                                                                   4       45      3,233
   42   Graham Bo     Not on FISO   2  2                                                                                         4       43       164
   43   Jon T         Not on FISO   2  2                                                                                         4       43       252
   44   Thursday 5    Not on FISO   2  2                                                                                         4       42       726
   45   Gary S        Not on FISO   2                                                                                            2       47       221
   46   Joe McS       Not on FISO                  2                                                                             2       46       573
   47   Jamie R       Not on FISO      2                                                                                         2       46      1,068
   48   Geoff S       Not on FISO      2                                                                                         2       45       180
   49   Leigh H       Not on FISO   2                                                                                            2       45       468
   50   Rich C        Not on FISO      2                                                                                         2       42       828
   51   Steve H       Not on FISO                                                                                                0       47      1,350
   52   James P       Not on FISO                                                                                                0       46       569
   53   Widds         Not on FISO                                                                                                0       40       508

[forestfan]

Dave Grohl’s still winning then. Sadly he won’t be doing any touring for the foreseeable future, so maybe is sat at home watching the sport…

[sportsmeister]

Event 11 - What is the nationality of the winner of the Premier League Darts?

Options and number of selections

Wales - 20
Scotland - 12
England - 11
Any Other Country - 10

The winners from the first 4 weeks are Peter Wright, Jonny Clayton, Gerwyn Price and Michael van Gerwen leaving England as the only nation without a weekly winner

The latest standings after 4 of 16 weeks are

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The most recent 3 weekly winners are

Michael van Gerwen at Brighton, Gary Anderson at Nottingham and Joe Cullen (England's first win) at Rotterdam.

I didn't see the Rotterdam matches tonight but it looked particularly close with all 4 QFs and the final all going to the final leg

There have been another six weeks since Rotterdam and Jonny Clayton has won 3 of the 6 with James Wade picking up 2 and Michael van Gerwen the other one. There are three more weeks left to determine who advances to the play off night.

Latest standings are

E11Week13.PNG

A big win for Joe Cullen in London last week dragged him into contention for the play offs.

Wales, Any Other Country and England have already qualified and the final spot will be decided tonight with Scotland in danger of being eliminated in the key match between Wright and Cullen; they played last Thursday and Cullen won 6-1

Standings before tonight's matches are

E11Week15.PNG

[sportsmeister]

Event 10 - Who finishes 4th in the 2021/22 Premier League

Options and number of selections

Manchester United - 27
Tottenham - 14
Arsenal - 6
Chelsea - 5*
West Ham - 1**

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

The 5 selected teams are currently in 3rd to 7th places with current standings being

3rd Chelsea 50 points (25 games)
4th Manchester United 47 (27)
5th West Ham 45 (27)
6th Arsenal 45 (24)
7th Tottenham 42 (25)

Can Arsenal make the most of their games in hand?

It appears that they can as Arsenal move into 4th with their only loss against Liverpool

Tottenham also appear to now be in better form

Current standings are

3rd Chelsea 59 points (28 games)
4th Arsenal 54 (28)
5th Tottenham 51 (29)
6th Manchester United 50 (29)
7th West Ham 48 (30)

A good win for Tottenham coupled with Arsenal losing at Crystal Palace moves Tottenham into contention for 4th spot.

3rd Chelsea 59 points (29 games)
4th Tottenham 54 (30)
5th Arsenal 54 (29)
6th West Ham 51 (31)
7th Manchester United 51 (30)

Big away wins for Chelsea and Tottenham coupled with losses for Arsenal, West Ham and Man Utd. look to have handed the advantage in the race for 4th place from Arsenal to Tottenham.

Standings are

3rd Chelsea 62 points (8 games left)
4th Tottenham 57 (7)
5th Arsenal 54 (8)
6th West Ham 51 (6)
7th Manchester United 51 (7)

And now Tottenham are struggling whilst Arsenal are back in the frame with a 3-1 victory over Man Utd.

Standings are

3rd Chelsea 65 points (6 games to go)
4th Arsenal 60 (5)
5th Tottenham 58 (5)
6th Manchester United 54 (4)
7th West Ham 52 (4)

Tottenham host Arsenal on 12th May which looks to be the key fixture

Arsenal's win over West Ham officially eliminates West Ham from this category.

A mini slump from Chelsea has dragged them back into contention whilst Man Utd remain just about mathematically in with a chance of 4th place

Standings are

3rd Chelsea 66 points (4 games to go)
4th Arsenal 63 (4)
5th Tottenham 61 (4)
6th Manchester United 58 (2)
7th West Ham 52 (3)

Manchester United are in the middle of a dreadful run (sorry to bring it up, Jon W) and a 4-0 defeat at Brighton has officially eliminated them from this category.

4th place could easily go one of three ways with Chelsea in poor form and the North London derby to come later this week

Latest positions are

3rd Chelsea 67 points (3 games left to play); Leeds (a), Leicester (h), Watford (h)
4th Arsenal 66 points (3); Tottenham (a), Newcastle (a), Everton (h)
5th Tottenham 62 points (3); Arsenal (h), Burnley (h), Norwich (a)
6th Manchester United 58 (1)
7th West Ham 55 (2)

Tottenham won the North London derby 3-0 and then Arsenal slumped to defeat against Newcastle handing the advantage for 4th place to Tottenham.

With a final day fixture against the hapless Norwich, Tottenham were unlikely to mess it up and so it proved as they raced to a 5-0 victory and 4th place.

3rd Chelsea 74
4th Tottenham 71
5th Arsenal 69
6th Manchester United 58
7th West Ham 56

There were 14 selections for Tottenham (including leader Dave Gr) which earns them a further 2 points

[sportsmeister]

Event 13 - Who wins the Championship Play-Off Final?

Options and number of selections

West Brom - 18
QPR - 10
Blackburn - 9
Bournemouth - 5*
Nottingham Forest - 4*
Middlesbrough - 3*
Fulham - 1**
Luton - 1**
Huddersfield - 1**
Sheffield United - 1**

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

With all teams having played between 32 and 36 games our 10 selections occupy positions 1-9 as well as a not far behind 13th.

Fulham are 11 points clear at the top and look like they won't need the playoffs whilst West Brom have been on a poor run which has seen them drop to 13th although only 6 points off the play off berths

Latest standings are

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Sheffield United are currently favourites to win the play offs but this is a notoriously difficult market to call

Four more sets of fixtures further on and Fulham remain on course for automatic promotion whilst Bournemouth have improved their own chances of automatic promotion.

Luton have moved into strong contention for a play off berth

West Brom are still the lowest placed selection but still just 7 points off the play off positions

Fulham look on course for an immediate return to the Premier League - just two more wins will eliminate them for this category.

Nottingham Forest have moved into contention whilst QPR are going in the opposite direction.

Sheffield United remain favourites

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Moving into the last week of the regular season and it's still all up for grabs.

Huge match tomorrow as 2nd place Bournemouth entertain the form team Nottingham Forest; one of these teams will have to settle for a play off spot

Huddersfield are guaranteed their play off berth whilst Luton and Sheffield United are in the remaining positions.

Can Middlesbrough or Millwall force their way into the play-off picture?


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Key fixtures are

Bournemouth vs Millwall
Huddersfield vs Bristol City
Hull vs Nottingham Forest
Luton vs Reading
Preston vs Middlesbrough
Sheffield Utd vs Fulham

A late goal saw Bournemouth beat Nottingham Forest and confirm their automatic promotion.

Losses for both Middlesbrough and Millwall meant neither team was able to put any pressure on the teams above them so the play off berths are confirmed as Huddersfield, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United and Luton.

Luton, Huddersfield, Sheffield United have all been selected by just one entrant whilst Forest have four selections (although it should be noted that @forestfan is not one of them) so there will definitely be bonus points in this category.

The first legs are

Luton vs Huddersfield
Sheffield United vs Nottingham Forest

As expected, the two semi finals were extremely tight with Huddersfield squeezing through 2-1 against Luton courtesy of a late goal whilst Forest looked to have the upper hand winning the away leg against Sheffield United. Crucially, the injury time consolation for Sheffield gave them hope for the second leg which they were able to win to level the tie. With no goals in extra time, the resulting penalty shoot out was won 3-2 by Nottingham Forest.

Huddersfield will meet Nottingham Forest on Sunday for the right to return to the Premier League.

Often billed as the most valuable game in football, I haven't yet seen a value put on the 2022 edition

[sportsmeister]

Event 12 - Who wins the European Rugby Champions Cup?

Options and number of selections

Leinster - 26
Racing 92 - 14
Leicester - 5*
Harlequins - 2*
Munster - 2*
Toulouse - 1**
La Rochelle - 1**
Exeter - 1**
Montpellier - 1**

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

The draw for the last 16 is

E12Draw.PNG

with the ties taking place in early April

The two legged round of 16 ties resulted in two English teams being eliminated.

Harlequins fell one point short of overturning a 14 point deficit from the first leg whilst Exeter lost a low scoring tie against Munster

The quarter finals revert to a single tie format and the draw is

Munster vs Toulouse
La Rochelle vs Montpellier
Leicester vs Leinster
Racing 92 vs Sale

The French teams dominated the quarter finals

Munster 24-24 Toulouse - Toulouse won the penalty shoot out 4-2
La Rochelle 31-19 Montpellier
Leicester 14-23 Leinster
Racing 92 41-22 Sale

The draw for the semi final is

Leinster vs Toulouse
Racing 92 vs La Rochelle

Leinster ran away with their semi final recording a 40-17 victory reaching their 6th final and maintaining interest in the tournament from a non-French point of view

The second semi final was a lot closer with Racing 92 moving into an early lead 10-0 before La Rochelle came back into the match sealing a 20-13 victory with a try in the dying moments.

La Rochelle will enjoy "home advantage" against Leinster with the final taking place in Marseille

[sportsmeister]

Event 24 - How many different drivers win an F1 GP

Options and number of selections

3 - 2*
4 - 7
5 - 25
6 -16
7 - 3*

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point

Charles Leclerc is looking good with 2 wins from the first 3 races with Max Verstappen claiming the other race

Number of different winners is currently 2 after 3 of 23 races

Max Verstappen has won both of the recent GPs; Emilia Romagna (didn't this used to be called the San Marino GP?) and Miami.

Number of different winners remains 2 after 5 of 23 races

The Russian GP will not be replaced this year so this year is a 22 race season

Verstappen made it 3 wins in a row in Barcelona leaving us stuck on 2 winners after 6 of 22 races

[sportsmeister]

Event 25 - Who scores the most F1 points

Options and number of selections

Max Verstappen - 31
Lewis Hamilton - 22

An eventful first race in Bahrain with a late retirement from Verstappen elevating Hamilton into an unexpected podium position.

Latest points

Lewis 15-0 Max

Max won the Saudi GP whilst Lewis struggled to make it into the points.

Another Max retirement in Australia enabled Lewis in 4th spot to overtake him in the standings

Latest points after 3 of 23 races

Lewis 28-25 Max

Massively differing fortunes for the two drivers in the latest couple of GPs with Max securing maximum points including the Emilia Romagna sprint race whilst Lewis is struggling to get to grips with his car.

Latest points after 5 of 23 races

Lewis 36-85 Max

Lewis finished in the points as Max took the chequered flag in Barcelona taking the latest points to

Lewis 46-110 Max

[sportsmeister]

Event 11 - What is the nationality of the winner of the Premier League Darts?

Options and number of selections

Wales - 20
Scotland - 12
England - 11
Any Other Country - 10

The winners from the first 4 weeks are Peter Wright, Jonny Clayton, Gerwyn Price and Michael van Gerwen leaving England as the only nation without a weekly winner

The latest standings after 4 of 16 weeks are

E11Week4.PNG

The most recent 3 weekly winners are

Michael van Gerwen at Brighton, Gary Anderson at Nottingham and Joe Cullen (England's first win) at Rotterdam.

I didn't see the Rotterdam matches tonight but it looked particularly close with all 4 QFs and the final all going to the final leg

There have been another six weeks since Rotterdam and Jonny Clayton has won 3 of the 6 with James Wade picking up 2 and Michael van Gerwen the other one. There are three more weeks left to determine who advances to the play off night.

Latest standings are

E11Week13.PNG

A big win for Joe Cullen in London last week dragged him into contention for the play offs.

Wales, Any Other Country and England have already qualified and the final spot will be decided tonight with Scotland in danger of being eliminated in the key match between Wright and Cullen; they played last Thursday and Cullen won 6-1

Standings before tonight's matches are


E11Week15.PNG

In the crucial match Joe Cullen beat Peter Wright 6-4 which eliminates Scotland from the category

Final league standings are

E11Week16.PNG

The semi final match ups are

Wales (Jonny Clayton) vs England (Joe Cullen)
Other (Michael van Gerwen) vs England (James Wade)

and will be played on 13th June

[sportsmeister]

Event 13 - Who wins the Championship Play-Off Final?

Options and number of selections

West Brom - 18
QPR - 10
Blackburn - 9
Bournemouth - 5*
Nottingham Forest - 4*
Middlesbrough - 3*
Fulham - 1**
Luton - 1**
Huddersfield - 1**
Sheffield United - 1**

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

With all teams having played between 32 and 36 games our 10 selections occupy positions 1-9 as well as a not far behind 13th.

Fulham are 11 points clear at the top and look like they won't need the playoffs whilst West Brom have been on a poor run which has seen them drop to 13th although only 6 points off the play off berths

Latest standings are

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Sheffield United are currently favourites to win the play offs but this is a notoriously difficult market to call

Four more sets of fixtures further on and Fulham remain on course for automatic promotion whilst Bournemouth have improved their own chances of automatic promotion.

Luton have moved into strong contention for a play off berth

West Brom are still the lowest placed selection but still just 7 points off the play off positions

Fulham look on course for an immediate return to the Premier League - just two more wins will eliminate them for this category.

Nottingham Forest have moved into contention whilst QPR are going in the opposite direction.

Sheffield United remain favourites

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Moving into the last week of the regular season and it's still all up for grabs.

Huge match tomorrow as 2nd place Bournemouth entertain the form team Nottingham Forest; one of these teams will have to settle for a play off spot

Huddersfield are guaranteed their play off berth whilst Luton and Sheffield United are in the remaining positions.

Can Middlesbrough or Millwall force their way into the play-off picture?


E13P44.PNG

Key fixtures are

Bournemouth vs Millwall
Huddersfield vs Bristol City
Hull vs Nottingham Forest
Luton vs Reading
Preston vs Middlesbrough
Sheffield Utd vs Fulham

A late goal saw Bournemouth beat Nottingham Forest and confirm their automatic promotion.

Losses for both Middlesbrough and Millwall meant neither team was able to put any pressure on the teams above them so the play off berths are confirmed as Huddersfield, Nottingham Forest, Sheffield United and Luton.

Luton, Huddersfield, Sheffield United have all been selected by just one entrant whilst Forest have four selections (although it should be noted that @forestfan is not one of them) so there will definitely be bonus points in this category.

The first legs are

Luton vs Huddersfield
Sheffield United vs Nottingham Forest

As expected, the two semi finals were extremely tight with Huddersfield squeezing through 2-1 against Luton courtesy of a late goal whilst Forest looked to have the upper hand winning the away leg against Sheffield United. Crucially, the injury time consolation for Sheffield gave them hope for the second leg which they were able to win to level the tie. With no goals in extra time, the resulting penalty shoot out was won 3-2 by Nottingham Forest.

Huddersfield will meet Nottingham Forest on Sunday for the right to return to the Premier League.

Often billed as the most valuable game in football, I haven't yet seen a value put on the 2022 edition

The play off final was decided by an own goal and featured a couple of close penalty decisions that went against Huddersfield

Nottingham Forest beat Huddersfield 1-0 to secure a return to the Premier League after a 23 year absence.

There were 4 selections for Forest (although not from @forestfan) earning 3 points each

[forestfan]

Can’t remember who I picked, but happy to get that one wrong!

[sportsmeister]

Can’t remember who I picked, but happy to get that one wrong!

Guessed that's how you would be feeling.

For the record you went for West Brom

[sportsmeister]

Event 12 - Who wins the European Rugby Champions Cup?

Options and number of selections

Leinster - 26
Racing 92 - 14
Leicester - 5*
Harlequins - 2*
Munster - 2*
Toulouse - 1**
La Rochelle - 1**
Exeter - 1**
Montpellier - 1**

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

The draw for the last 16 is

E12Draw.PNG

with the ties taking place in early April

The two legged round of 16 ties resulted in two English teams being eliminated.

Harlequins fell one point short of overturning a 14 point deficit from the first leg whilst Exeter lost a low scoring tie against Munster

The quarter finals revert to a single tie format and the draw is

Munster vs Toulouse
La Rochelle vs Montpellier
Leicester vs Leinster
Racing 92 vs Sale

The French teams dominated the quarter finals

Munster 24-24 Toulouse - Toulouse won the penalty shoot out 4-2
La Rochelle 31-19 Montpellier
Leicester 14-23 Leinster
Racing 92 41-22 Sale

The draw for the semi final is

Leinster vs Toulouse
Racing 92 vs La Rochelle

Leinster ran away with their semi final recording a 40-17 victory reaching their 6th final and maintaining interest in the tournament from a non-French point of view

The second semi final was a lot closer with Racing 92 moving into an early lead 10-0 before La Rochelle came back into the match sealing a 20-13 victory with a try in the dying moments.

La Rochelle will enjoy "home advantage" against Leinster with the final taking place in Marseille

Leinster established a 15-7 first half advantage as Jonny Sexton kicked 5 penalties.

La Rochelle kept themselves within one score with a try midway through the second half and then scored the decisive and winning try in the 79th minute to claim a 24-21 victory and their first European crown.

There was just the one selection for La Rochelle so congratulations and 4 points go to Steve H - his first points of this year's competition

This leaves The Widds as the last remaining pointless entry

[sportsmeister]

Event 24 - How many different drivers win an F1 GP

Options and number of selections

3 - 2*
4 - 7
5 - 25
6 -16
7 - 3*

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point

Charles Leclerc is looking good with 2 wins from the first 3 races with Max Verstappen claiming the other race

Number of different winners is currently 2 after 3 of 23 races

Max Verstappen has won both of the recent GPs; Emilia Romagna (didn't this used to be called the San Marino GP?) and Miami.

Number of different winners remains 2 after 5 of 23 races

The Russian GP will not be replaced this year so this year is a 22 race season

Verstappen made it 3 wins in a row in Barcelona leaving us stuck on 2 winners after 6 of 22 races

Sergio Perez won the Monaco GP raising the number of winners to 3 after 7 of 22 races

[sportsmeister]

Event 25 - Who scores the most F1 points

Options and number of selections

Max Verstappen - 31
Lewis Hamilton - 22

An eventful first race in Bahrain with a late retirement from Verstappen elevating Hamilton into an unexpected podium position.

Latest points

Lewis 15-0 Max

Max won the Saudi GP whilst Lewis struggled to make it into the points.

Another Max retirement in Australia enabled Lewis in 4th spot to overtake him in the standings

Latest points after 3 of 23 races

Lewis 28-25 Max

Massively differing fortunes for the two drivers in the latest couple of GPs with Max securing maximum points including the Emilia Romagna sprint race whilst Lewis is struggling to get to grips with his car.

Latest points after 5 of 23 races

Lewis 36-85 Max

Lewis finished in the points as Max took the chequered flag in Barcelona taking the latest points to

Lewis 46-110 Max

A podium finish for Max in Monaco as he beats Lewis for the 4th race in a row taking the latest points to

Lewis 50-125 Max

[forestfan]

Can’t remember who I picked, but happy to get that one wrong!

Guessed that's how you would be feeling.

For the record you went for West Brom

Well I was a mile off with that one! They completely lost their way in the second half of the season, not even a Brucie Bonus could revive them…

[sportsmeister]

Latest leaderboard with 11 events of 30 completed

Dave Gr (not ohl) has retained his lead with Andy W moving into second place

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Position    Name       FISO Name  E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E10E11E12E13E14E15E16E17E18E19E20E21E22E23E24E25E26E27E28E29E30  Total     Max   Tie Break
   1    Dave Gr       Not on FISO  2  2  3  2        2     2  2                                                                15       53       36
   2    Andy W        Not on FISO  2        2           3     2        3                                                       12       53      1,035
   3    Honor G       Not on FISO  2              3  2  3                                                                      10       51       483
   4    John A        Not on FISO  2        2     2        2  2                                                                10       48       366
   5    Peter C        zipnolan    2  2     2        2        2                                                                10       47       94
   6    Bob S         Not on FISO  2  2                       2        3                                                        9       50       472
   7    Jack C        Not on FISO  2  2           2  2                                                                          8       48       584
   8    Andrew Sc     Not on FISO  2  2        2     2                                                                          8       47       446
   9    Lloyd L       Not on FISO  2           2           2  2                                                                 8       47      1,136
   10   Ashley B        ashers     2  2     2                 2                                                                 8       47      1,368
   11   Julian R       spencer4             2  2     2     2                                                                    8       45       326
   12   Andrew Sh     Not on FISO  2     3              3                                                                       8       44      1,572
   13   James H        forestfan            2  2  2  2                                                                          8       42       484
   14   David O      The Olmeister 2  2     2              2                                                                    8       40       648
   15   Chris P      sportsmeister 2              3  2                                                                          7       51       404
   16   Brian H       Not on FISO  2                 2                 3                                                        7       48       973
   17   Chris T       Not on FISO  2                 2  3                                                                       7       47      1,339
   18   Jon T         Not on FISO  2  2                                3                                                        7       39       252
   19   Graham Bu     Not on FISO           2  2     2                                                                          6       51       118
   20   Claire P      Not on FISO  2        2                 2                                                                 6       51       281
   21   Chris W       Not on FISO  2  2                       2                                                                 6       48      1,584
   22   Paul McG      Not on FISO  2              2           2                                                                 6       45      1,212
   23   Tom H         Not on FISO  2        2                 2                                                                 6       44       284
   24   Dylan K         megadyl       2     2                 2                                                                 6       44      2,056
   25   Matt G        Not on FISO  2  2        2                                                                                6       43       314
   26   Rich L        Not on FISO  2  2                       2                                                                 6       43       916
   27   Alex P        Not on FISO  2  2                    2                                                                    6       42       456
   28   Dave Ga       Not on FISO  2  2                    2                                                                    6       42       564
   29   Dave C        Not on FISO  2  2     2                                                                                   6       39       266
   30   Richard J     Not on FISO  2  2     2                                                                                   6       39       924
   31   John K        Not on FISO  2     3                                                                                      5       40      1,242
   32   Stephanie HB  Not on FISO  2           2                                                                                4       50       121
   33   Penny M       Not on FISO     2     2                                                                                   4       50       566
   34   Andy Sh       Not on FISO  2                 2                                                                          4       49      4,785
   35   Steve H       Not on FISO                                   4                                                           4       47      1,350
   36   Phil A        Not on FISO     2           2                                                                             4       46       204
   37   Alan W         polarbear            2        2                                                                          4       46       837
   38   Ian G         Not on FISO  2  2                                                                                         4       45       491
   39   Barrie D      Not on FISO  2  2                                                                                         4       44       59
   40   Thom G        Not on FISO  2  2                                                                                         4       44       831
   41   Marc W        Not on FISO  2                 2                                                                          4       42       861
   42   Jon W         Not on FISO  2  2                                                                                         4       41       30
   43   Graham Bo     Not on FISO  2  2                                                                                         4       41       164
   44   Fred H        Not on FISO     2     2                                                                                   4       41      3,233
   45   Thursday 5    Not on FISO  2  2                                                                                         4       40       726
   46   Gary S        Not on FISO  2                                                                                            2       45       221
   47   James P       Not on FISO                             2                                                                 2       44       569
   48   Geoff S       Not on FISO     2                                                                                         2       43       180
   49   Leigh H       Not on FISO  2                                                                                            2       42       468
   50   Joe McS       Not on FISO                 2                                                                             2       42       573
   51   Jamie R       Not on FISO     2                                                                                         2       40      1,068
   52   Rich C        Not on FISO     2                                                                                         2       39       828
   53   Widds         Not on FISO                                                                                               0       36       508

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Event 24 - How many different drivers win an F1 GP

Options and number of selections

3 - 2*
4 - 7
5 - 25
6 -16
7 - 3*

* would be worth an additional 1 bonus point

Charles Leclerc is looking good with 2 wins from the first 3 races with Max Verstappen claiming the other race

Number of different winners is currently 2 after 3 of 23 races

Max Verstappen has won both of the recent GPs; Emilia Romagna (didn't this used to be called the San Marino GP?) and Miami.

Number of different winners remains 2 after 5 of 23 races

The Russian GP will not be replaced this year so this year is a 22 race season

Verstappen made it 3 wins in a row in Barcelona leaving us stuck on 2 winners after 6 of 22 races

Sergio Perez won the Monaco GP raising the number of winners to 3 after 7 of 22 races

Verstappen has won the two most recent GPs in Azerbaijan and Canada so the number of winners remains on 3 after 9 of 22 races

[sportsmeister]

Event 25 - Who scores the most F1 points

Options and number of selections

Max Verstappen - 31
Lewis Hamilton - 22

An eventful first race in Bahrain with a late retirement from Verstappen elevating Hamilton into an unexpected podium position.

Latest points

Lewis 15-0 Max

Max won the Saudi GP whilst Lewis struggled to make it into the points.

Another Max retirement in Australia enabled Lewis in 4th spot to overtake him in the standings

Latest points after 3 of 23 races

Lewis 28-25 Max

Massively differing fortunes for the two drivers in the latest couple of GPs with Max securing maximum points including the Emilia Romagna sprint race whilst Lewis is struggling to get to grips with his car.

Latest points after 5 of 23 races

Lewis 36-85 Max

Lewis finished in the points as Max took the chequered flag in Barcelona taking the latest points to

Lewis 46-110 Max

A podium finish for Max in Monaco as he beats Lewis for the 4th race in a row taking the latest points to

Lewis 50-125 Max

Two wins for Max as he moves clear in the drivers' standings whilst improvement for Lewis as he claims a 4th and 3rd taking the latest points to

Lewis 77-175 Max after 9 of 22 races

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Event 11 - What is the nationality of the winner of the Premier League Darts?

Options and number of selections

Wales - 20
Scotland - 12
England - 11
Any Other Country - 10

The winners from the first 4 weeks are Peter Wright, Jonny Clayton, Gerwyn Price and Michael van Gerwen leaving England as the only nation without a weekly winner

The latest standings after 4 of 16 weeks are

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The most recent 3 weekly winners are

Michael van Gerwen at Brighton, Gary Anderson at Nottingham and Joe Cullen (England's first win) at Rotterdam.

I didn't see the Rotterdam matches tonight but it looked particularly close with all 4 QFs and the final all going to the final leg

There have been another six weeks since Rotterdam and Jonny Clayton has won 3 of the 6 with James Wade picking up 2 and Michael van Gerwen the other one. There are three more weeks left to determine who advances to the play off night.

Latest standings are

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A big win for Joe Cullen in London last week dragged him into contention for the play offs.

Wales, Any Other Country and England have already qualified and the final spot will be decided tonight with Scotland in danger of being eliminated in the key match between Wright and Cullen; they played last Thursday and Cullen won 6-1

Standings before tonight's matches are


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In the crucial match Joe Cullen beat Peter Wright 6-4 which eliminates Scotland from the category

Final league standings are


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The semi final match ups are

Wales (Jonny Clayton) vs England (Joe Cullen)
Other (Michael van Gerwen) vs England (James Wade)

and will be played on 13th June

Both semi finals were one-sided with Joe Cullen beating Jonny Clayton 10-4 and Michael van Gerwen triumphing by the same score over Jame Wade.

This eliminated Wales from the categry leaving Other vs England in the final.

Unlike the semi-finals the final was hotly contested and went to a deciding 21st leg which MvG won.

Unlucky for England selections as Joe Cullen had a dart to win the match at one point.

The 10 selections for Any Other Country pick up another 2 points courtesy of Michael van Gerwen

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Event 14 - Which (of these three) jockeys rides the most winners at Royal Ascot?

Options and number of selections

Ryan Moore - 23
William Buick - 18
Frankie Dettori - 12

William Buick was the only of the named jockey to ride a winners on the opening day.

Buick and Moore rode a winner a piece on day 2 before a double from Moore on day 3 saw him draw level with Buick on 3 winners each.

Dettori opened his account on day 4 while another double from Moore saw him open up a 2 winner advantage over Buick.

Buick pulled one back early on day 5 but a further Moore double clinched the category.

Final winners total were

Ryan Moore 7
William Buick 5
Frankie Dettori 1

There were 23 selections for Ryan Moore worth a further 2 points each

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Event 21 - Which England bowler takes the most Test wickets in the summer (7) Test matches

Options and number of selections

Ollie Robinson - 16
Mark Wood - 10
Jimmy Anderson - 10
Stuart Broad - 6
Chris Woakes - 6
Jofra Archer - 3*
Saqib Mahmood - 1**
Dom Bess - 1**

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

The "new England" look quite good 2 matches into their red ball reset.

Injuries amongst the bowlers are rife at the minute so from the selected players above, only the stalwarts of Broad and Anderson have played any Test cricket this summer.

After 2 of 7 matches the wickets totals are

Anderson - 11
Broad - 9

Potts is best of the unselected players on 10

[sportsmeister]

Tie Break 1 - How many ducks will the England Men's team score during the 12 Tests (to 12th September)

The 12 matches are

v Australia (Sydney) - 4th January - 2 + 1 ducks
v Australia (Hobart) - 14th January - 2 + 1 ducks
v West Indies (Antigua) - 8th March -
v West Indies (Barbados) - 16th March -
v West Indies (Grenada) - 24th March -
v New Zealand (Lords) - 2nd June -
v New Zealand (Nottingham) - 10th June -
v New Zealand (Leeds) - 23rd June -
v India (Birmingham) - 1st July -
v South Africa (Lords) - 17th August -
v South Africa (Manchester) - 25th August -
v South Africa (The Oval) - 8th September -

Total 6 ducks after 2 matches

The 12 matches are

v Australia (Sydney) - 4th January - 2 + 1 ducks
v Australia (Hobart) - 14th January - 2 + 1 ducks
v West Indies (Antigua) - 8th March - 1 + 0 duck
v West Indies (Barbados) - 16th March - 1 + 0 duck
v West Indies (Grenada) - 24th March - 2 + 1 ducks
v New Zealand (Lords) - 2nd June -
v New Zealand (Nottingham) - 10th June -
v New Zealand (Leeds) - 23rd June -
v India (Birmingham) - 1st July -
v South Africa (Lords) - 17th August -
v South Africa (Manchester) - 25th August -
v South Africa (The Oval) - 8th September -

Total 11 ducks after 5 matches.

After a couple of decent performances in Antigua and Barbados, England's batting unravelled in spectacular fashion in Grenada.

However, they will still need to go some to match last year's 54 ducks

The 12 matches are

v Australia (Sydney) - 4th January - 2 + 1 ducks
v Australia (Hobart) - 14th January - 2 + 1 ducks
v West Indies (Antigua) - 8th March - 1 + 0 duck
v West Indies (Barbados) - 16th March - 1 + 0 duck
v West Indies (Grenada) - 24th March - 2 + 1 ducks
v New Zealand (Lords) - 2nd June - 1 + 0 duck
v New Zealand (Nottingham) - 10th June - 0 + 1 duck
v New Zealand (Leeds) - 23rd June -
v India (Birmingham) - 1st July -
v South Africa (Lords) - 17th August -
v South Africa (Manchester) - 25th August -
v South Africa (The Oval) - 8th September -

Total 13 ducks after 7 matches.

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Event 30 - Who will be named in the Honours list

Options and number of selections

Dave Ryding - 6
Charlotte Bankes - 5*
Jimmy Anderson - 5*
Dina Asher-Smith - 4*
Gareth Southgate - 4*
Bruce Mouat - 2*
Neil Warnock - 2*
David Beckham - 2*
Joe Root - 1**
Tyson Fury - 1**
Gareth Bale - 1**
Ellen White - 1**
Eve Muirhead - 1**
Ben Stokes - 1**
Mark Cavendish - 1**
Jordan Pickford - 1**
Darren Stevens - 1**
Alfie Hewett - 1**
Courtney Lawes - 1**
Josh Taylor - 1**
Stuart Hogg - 1**
Sky Brown - 1**
Mark Noble - 1**
Sarah Hunter - 1**
Katarina Johnson-Thompson - 1**
Izzy Atkin - 1**
Lewis Hamilton - 1**
John Crabtree - 1**
Andrew Cotter - 1**
Marcus Rashford - 1**
Cameron Norrie - 1**

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

The birthday honours list was released during the recent jubilee and there were two of our selections on the list

Gareth Bale earns Ian G a maximum 4 points and Eve Muirhead also earns Thom G 4 points

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Event 6 - Name a UEFA country to qualify for the World Cup in the second qualifying phase?

Options and number of selections

Italy - 23
Wales - 7
Portugal - 6
Sweden - 4*
Russia - 4*
Scotland - 3*
Czech Republic - 3*
Poland - 2*
Turkey - 1**

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

Due to the conflict in Ukraine, this category is not expected to be fully resolved until June.

A Gareth Bale double put Wales through to the path A final where they will host either Scotland or Ukraine.

Poland were awarded their tie as Russia were removed from the competition. Sweden sneaked past Czech Republic in extra time and will meet Poland in the path B final.

The shock of the night came in Palermo where North Macedonia scored an injury time winner to stun Italy (who miss their second consecutive World Cup). Portugal survived a scare as Turkey missed a late penalty to level their tie. Portugal now host North Macedonia in the path C final.

Success for the "Po" teams!

Portugal beat North Macedonia 2-0 and Poland beat Sweden by the same scoreline to secure their berths at Qatar 2022.

The 6 Portugal selections earn 2 points each whilst the 2 Poland selections both earn 3 points

The expectation is that the category will be finalised in June

Ukraine beat Scotland 3-1 in the delayed semi-final and faced Wales for the final UEFA berth at the World Cup.

On a rainy night in Cardiff a Yarmolenko own goal was enough to put Wales through to their first World Cup since 1958.

There were 7 selections for Wales earning 2 points each including long time leader Dave Gr (not ohl).

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Event 20 - How many different players (men and women) win a Grand Slam singles title

Options and number of selections

4 - 3*
5 - 23
6 - 26
7 - 1**

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

Back in January, this category kicked off with a couple of very popular winners in Melbourne.

Ash Barty claimed the women's title and Rafa Nadal came from 2 sets down to win his record breaking 21st Grand Slam title

The French Open titles were both claimed by pre tournament favourites Iga Swiatek and the invincible Rafa Nadal.

This leaves us on 3 different winners with 2 more Grand Slam events to come

[forestfan]

Nadal probably won’t win Wimbledon, though there is an absence of obvious alternatives should Djokovic slip up. Swiatek relatively untested on grass but on general form will take some stopping.

US Open tends to be the most unpredictable one anyway…

[sportsmeister]

Event 21 - Which England bowler takes the most Test wickets in the summer (7) Test matches

Options and number of selections

Ollie Robinson - 16
Mark Wood - 10
Jimmy Anderson - 10
Stuart Broad - 6
Chris Woakes - 6
Jofra Archer - 3*
Saqib Mahmood - 1**
Dom Bess - 1**

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

The "new England" look quite good 2 matches into their red ball reset.

Injuries amongst the bowlers are rife at the minute so from the selected players above, only the stalwarts of Broad and Anderson have played any Test cricket this summer.

After 2 of 7 matches the wickets totals are

Anderson - 11
Broad - 9

Potts is best of the unselected players on 10

Anderson missed the final Test against New Zealand due to injury.

3 wickets for Stuart Broad see him leapfrog Anderson as the leading wicket taker in this category.

However, Matthew Potts took another 4 wickets and Jack Leach claimed 10 wickets in a MotM performance.

After 3 of matches the wickets totals are

(Potts) - 14
(Leach) - 13
Broad - 12
Anderson - 11

No one else has more than 3 wickets

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Event 15 - Who wins the Women's Singles at Wimbledon?

Options and number of selections

Ashleigh Barty - 34
Emma Raducanu - 7
Aryna Sabalenka - 3*
Coco Gauff - 2*
Naomi Osaka - 1**
Petra Kvitova - 1**
Simona Halep - 1**
Any Other Player - 4*

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

Unsurprisingly, top ranked and defending champion Ash Barty was the most popular pick in this category.

More surprisingly, at the tender age of 25, she announced her retirement with immediate effect this week

Mind you she has stepped away from professional tennis before so a tiny glimmer of hope remains for the 34 Barty picks

Naomi Osaka withdrew through injury whilst Aryna Sabalenka was banned from entering leaving the category with 5 options.

3 of the players; Kvitova, Halep and Goff have all been drawn in the same quarter

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Event 22 - Who wins the Super League Grand Final

Options and number of selections

St. Helens - 35
Wigan - 5*
Catalans Dragons - 5*
Warrington -3*
Leeds - 3*
Hull KR - 1**
Toulouse - 1**

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

After 4 rounds (of 27) only St. Helens and Wigan have a 100% record


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11 rounds in and St. Helens and Wigan are still leading the pack with Catalans just a couple of points back

Of the other selections, Toulouse and former champions Leeds are struggling at the wrong end of the table

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After 16 of 27 rounds, St. Helens are still holding the top spot with Wigan, Huddersfield and Catalans leading the chasing pack.

In their first season in Super League, Toulouse are finding life difficult with just 2 wins.

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