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5.05 Bellewstown Jazz Dreamers 15/2 b365
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5.15 Sandown Graignes 8/1 WH
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5.15 Sandown Graignes 8/1 WH
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5.15 Sandown Graignes 8/1 WH
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5.30 Windsor Capote's Dream 13/2 b365
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Good luck Division 5 (try not to go bust this season!)
@fischer21 @Paddy Grace @LEE-GRAYS @Trotter @Craggwood @Joelavfc @paulat @Mrjol. @Like A Roughie @MinellaWorksop @Mitchell Hart @MABS @PercyP @silver fox @Astleavista @mickyftm32
 
@Procalc @Artie77 @MrForce @Gazza's United @ivailobg if you would like to rejoin I will be dropping you into this Division.

All resuscitated and back in
 
@silver fox @Procalc @Astleavista @Artie77 @MrForce @Gazza's United @mickyftm32 @ivailobg  please post in here if you want back in for another go

3.40 Dundalk Punk Poet 17/2 WH
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4.15 Newmarket Gweedore 6/1 b365
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2.40 Nottingham As If By Chance 8/1 WH
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2.40 Nottingham As If By Chance 8/1 WH
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2.40 Nottingham As If By Chance 8/1 WH
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2023/24 season:
I was initially thinking we would start weekend of 12th August when the Premier League matches start rather than this weekend with the Championship and lower leagues, although I'm sure you are all disappointed not to have the 200 FA Cup Qualifying matches to pick from.   However I notice that weekend the German and Italian matches are their cup competitions, so I may yet defer another week to weekend of 19th August if all the leagues will get going then.  Let me look into that to see how it pans out.  My plan would be to run 3 full seasons of 10 weeks again with a week off between restarts.  No doubt some international breaks will give us the odd rest too.
Everyone who completed last year will automatically be allocated a league place, and I will invite back those players who lost their 'all in' bets and were eliminated.  I'm hoping to tinker a little with the league structure, fewer Divisions with more players, but better prizes.  We will still have room for new players, or those who have dropped out previously, so please reply in this thread if you'd like to request to join in.

Unbelievable from @Alastair gotta be the king of the most winners comp.
And brilliant from @Peter York 31 bets 15 winners for a 50 quid profit is quite remarkable in itself for second so a well deserved winner of the naps table.

Most winners
Another winner for @Alastair to finish with an incredible 24 winners !

Congratulations to @Peter York who grabs first place on the last day with 11/1 Lingfield winner Spanish Mane
Well done to the runner up @daisychain and third placed @andellio

 

As in previous years we will be running a tipsters competition for Glorious Goodwood, Tuesday 1st August to Saturday 5th August.
 
Rules:
1 selection per race throughout the competition Bets settled to £1 level stakes - WIN Only Bets settled at SP Highest accumulative total over the competition wins £100 cash (via PayPal) Runner Up wins £40 and the third place wins £20, all prizes via your PayPal account There will be a £10 prize each day for the highest profit for that day No edits allowed in selection posts Losses incurred for losers. Replacement selections for NRs can be posted but must be before the first race deadline All Bets must be posted prior to the first race each day (no exceptions) Not compulsory to enter everyday or every race (so if you miss the first day or two you can still take part) Leader-board posted each evening A minimum of 14 bets is required to qualify for the total prizes Only bets on that day's thread will be included, bets posted eleswhere will not be included  
All welcome, good luck
A seperate thread will be created the evening before each day for selections to be posted in. This thread will be in the "At The Races" section
At The Races - Punters Lounge Forum

Due to the clamour of popular demand…
I’ll do the admin again as @Zilzalian will only find a way to get out of it, if the following admin terms are acceptable.
One post every day containing that day’s L15 (no editing them all in a single post as I recall someone favouring last time) One post after the bet has been settled confirming any returns. Even if there’s no return, confirmation would be appreciated. Again, don’t update via edits as I’d have to trawl back through the thread. Updates by the end of the day would be appreciated but I’ll allow them up to noon the next day. Any updates after that will be settled as nil return with no adjustment regardless of the actual return! In terms of the general rules I’d propose going with what we had last time:
 


  One lucky15 per day settled to 20p (either 20p win or 10p ew).
No cash out allowed for comp purposes.
Preferably bets would be real and not just paper picks, screenshots preferred.
Kudos and bragging rights will be the only prize.
“Wind ups allowed. Sensitive sorts need not apply.”

A few statistics from the naps tables since Jan 21, some maybe relevant, others maybe not.
Over 52,000 entries so certainly a reasonable data size. The overall ROI is -4%.
The ideal odds range is 11/10 to 11/4 with 2,451 wins from 6,967 selections and a profit of 391 points (ROI 6%).
Those selections settled at SP show a loss of 29%. This perhaps shows the importance of taking an early price and BOG.
Win selections show a return of -5%, each way -1%. The each way selections are settled at standard terms so the returns will be better if extra places were taken into account.
God's own county is the place to be. The top 2 courses are in Yorkshire, Thirsk with a profit of 286 points and Doncaster 237.
The course with the biggest loss is Wolverhampton (-543 points, ROI -17%).
Players that have recorded a profit of over 30 points in their last 50 selections have produced 557 wins from 3,618 selections with a profit of 550 points (ROI 16%). 50 day moving averages have proved significant in share investing.
Players that have recorded at least 2 wins from their last 5 selections have produced 3,152 wins from 10,383 selections and a profit of 456 points (4% ROI).
A 20 day strike rate of over 26% has resulted in 3,987 wuns from 13,326 runs with a profit of 465 points (3% ROI).
A 10 day strike rate of greater than 33% has resulted in 2,827 wins from 8,736 runs with a profit of 495 points (6% ROI).
A 5 day strike rate of 40% and above has produced 3,421 from 11,540 runs with a profit of 485 points (4% ROI).
A 50 day ROI greater than 32% has produced 1,996 wins from 10,721 runs with a profit of 629 points (6% ROI).
The best month is May with a return of 4%, the worst is January at -10%. April to September is -1%, October to March is -8%.
Thursday and Friday show a profit of 4%. Sunday shows a loss of 13%. This may be because of the lack of racing on a Sunday and members struggling to find a selection. Monday (-9%) and Tuesday (-8%) also show big losses.
The first 7 selections have produced 1,316 wins from 6,273 selections with a profit of 510 points (8% ROI). This may show the importance of grabbing the early prices. In reality it may prove difficult to generate these returns now that most bookmakers do not offer BOG the night before racing.
 
 
 

7.50 Windsor Count Otto 8/1 b365
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7.50 Windsor Count Otto 8/1 b365
All the best.

7.50 Windsor Count Otto 8/1 b365
All the best.

Thanks everyone, @Bedlam I have no idea how Graham used to manage to do it along with everything else he did on here.  Maybe he had it automated somehow and just pressed a button, and I sit here checking them manually.   Although to be honest, I soon get to know the popular results each week without rechecking and as soon as someone has a loser in a multiple I don't need to check any other parts of their bet.  Spreadsheet does all the sums for me, I just have to type the figures in and make it look pretty.
I've collated all the winners details today and sent the email off to request the payments and Merchandise, so hopefully you'll see those coming through soon.  I'll keep an eye on it.
Meanwhile I'm back to studying Championship teams again. 

Huge thanks to @avongirl for running this league, I can only imagine how much time and effort it involves