Xcout

Oh give it a rest please. How dare you drag the esteemed PL membership into this argument - why the hell should any of us give a monkeys for such a petty squabble.
This is - and I hope, will always be - a clear, free-spirited, and honest competition in the name of Billy Hills,
I implore you to stop this bickering and nonsense and move on.
Or quit the BILLY HILLS NAP TABLE, like you abandoned the £20 Daily Challenge thread.

Can’t believe this still going on ,,forget about it ,move on ,,it’s only a bit of fun !! 

This is the point! Everybody else (who has chosen to express an opinion) has said so and no-one has claimed that your horse lost. The table records whether the bet was a winner or a loser. Imagine an each way selection that placed rather than won but returned a profit. The table would record it as a winning bet. This despite the fact that the horse did not win the race. Nothing about the table is predicated on whether or not the horse won the race. It is about whether or not the bet was a winning one. A bet that returned less than the stake is a losing one and it really is as simple as that.
I can understand why you queried the decision and why you might be disappointed but in view of the ensuing discussion and clarification I don't think there is any sense or scope in pursuing the argument.

You are the only one who sees this as an issue. Everybody else agrees that the bet was a loser.

Well as it stands a placed horse/bet in profit is classed as a winner so by your logic a 9/4 horse placed ew coming placed would also be a winner like, i said earlier as it stands the table headings are bet, won, lost. and not horse, won, lost. like i say i do understand your angst and the reasons for it but sometimes we just have to bite our lip, kick the cat and accept the situation. One thing for sure is that it is not something to fall out with anyone over.

It does not count as a winner. 
On the above example you would "win" because your losses were less, not because you had more winners.
Its common sense really.
McClarke has a hard enough job to do without having spend time having to explain something which is obvious to everybody else on here.

Your opponent would show a loss of £3 and you would have a loss of £2.42 so you would be deemed the winner.

The simple way to write a rule would be to say IT IS THE BET and not the Horse that has priority for the competitions, which just clarifies what already happens.

@Shaunbear @thebestthere @Xcout

Unfortunately not. I only took over in December so don't have the previous months in my database.
I suspect that it wouldn't be as good due to the break in racing because of Covid. From what I remember the returns in those months when players only had foreign racing to select from were quite poor.

No prizes for this but out of interest a summary of 2021.
Some stellar performers, especially @mick33who produced a fantastic 247 points profit with only 2 months showing a loss. 
6 players produced profits of over 100 points.
Over a third of players made a profit.

Here we are with the final tables. 
Not too many winners this week but nonetheless some movement at the top of the Divisions partly also due to bet sizing.  Bet of the week goes to @avongirl (yay!) with a 9.5/1 double, followed by @Astleavista with a 5/1 double.
Our overall leader for the last few weeks @Hotspur88 holds on to the top spot with yet another winner, making it 6 successful weeks out of 9.   Second place @Bagzi climbed the table with a half bank winner, both the top 2 achieving over £400 bank and both being from the same Division.   Overall our lower Divisions have done very well although there will be a few players from Div 1 keeping their place in the top echelon next season.
Not too many drop outs this time, thank you to all who have played and completed the season.  We do have a few spots vacated for new or returning players to join - see the separate thread to apply.  I am intending to start Season 3 immediately this week.
Winners, I will tag you all later with instructions for claiming your prizes.

I've pulled the PL team out of this as sadly we weren't close enough to a full team available.
There are other open games running across the weekend so anyone can still go to DTD if they wish to support the APAT event.

We've been approved. Now we need to pick a team!
 
This is only a suggestion, so feel free to shout me down, but I think selection should start with active forum members, and players who play in the Wed tourneys. Next priority should go to players who have turned out for PL before, and if we still haven't got 8 players then first to make themselves available.

The English and Scottish League matches are (currently) scheduled for this weekend but there are no European matches.   Additionally there's a second batch of matches scheduled for 28th/29th/30th which includes some Portuguese Liga ones.  
As it seems likely that more games will fall to postponements I'd like to give as much choice as possible so I'm going to give the option of both sets of matches and the Portuguese ones for this game week. 
I will need you to indicate clearly which game you are picking as many teams will appear twice.  Preferably use Team A v Team B format and quote the odds to make it completely clear.  If you only show one team name and no distinguishing odds I will default the bet to the first game that team plays.   You are allowed to pick the same team for both its matches in your combination if you wish.
For this week there will be no penalty for a 'no show'.  If you prefer not to play this week, for instance if you normally pick from the European matches and would rather not risk your bank with unfamiliar matches, you are under no risk of elimination from the competition. 
Deadline is Sunday even if you are picking from the second batch of games.
Hope this is OK for you all.  I'm keen to get a week in whilst it is feasible in case we end up with a firebreak week.  Wish me luck settling the bets!
Happy Christmas to everyone! ? ? ?

It would have been a lovely double...

Arsenal @ 2.10
Reserve:
Valencia @ 2.70
£17.5 win single please

Yep. Makes your signature seem mildly ironic! 

Noooo..I think I miss the deadline.. noooo!

As game was postponed no bet taken (but not counted as a no show against you)

We have a tie at the top of the league already, with leg 1 first and fifth place finishers swapping places in leg 2.  Well done to Barry on the win joining McG at the top.
Also a tie at the bottom with 12th and 13th placers shimmying round too!
It's PLO this week so that may give the league a shake up.  All set up for Weds 8.10pm

Feel like I need the Strictly spotlight and drum beat for these results, sorry I've made you wait with baited breath for so long!
Only 14 winners for our opening week and a superb 18/1 double for @Gazza's United is far and away the top bet of the week   No winners for Divisions 1 and 8.
All this week's winners  

Entries now closed.
OK you 11 are in for the new season, good luck and please keep posting throughout the whole 9 weeks so you stay in the comp.  I was inclined not to allow serial no show offenders back in, but as we've not had a big influx of new players you are reprieved.
Confirmation of Divisions and posting threads will go up tomorrow

Hi All,
Our esteemed organiser of the Naps Table @MCLARKEhas unfortunately been in hospital over the past few days and is unlikely to be able to update the table until early next week when all being well he'll be back home.