Team Tipster Comp 2025 - Who's still about please?

The Rules for info, I may tweak them between now and the start.

There will be 8 fortnightly rounds, 16 weeks in total.
Each round and each week within rounds will begin on a Sunday and finish on a Saturday.
Each team will have 8 selections per week, one from each player, duplicate selections are allowed but no duplicate selections within teams at any time. Players must use their 1 selection per week, it cannot be carried over to the other week in the round.
10pts win or 5pts EW on British, Irish & French racing plus Dubai World Cup day, selected any day, Sunday through Saturday, the week ends on the last Saturday race. If selection is posted without specifying stake then 10pts win assumed.
Settled at SP, EW terms as industry standard, except for handicaps of 20 runners or more, which will be settled to 5 places at quarter odds.
Selections must be posted before scheduled race time. On Saturdays there will be a 3pm cut-off for selections, that is you may pick in any race after that but it has to be posted by 3pm.
Once you have posted a selection you are not allowed to change it or the stake, unless it becomes a non-runner or is a duplicate.
Non Runners - that team member may choose again for that week.
If you are selecting in a race on Saturday, in the event of a non-runner, you will automatically have 10pts win on the fav in the same race as your selection.
However, you may replace your non-runner with any new selection, provided you do so prior to the race time of the original selection and adhere to the Saturday 3pm cut-off.
If your selection runs after the 3pm Saturday cut-off, and the race in question is abandoned, you will automatically have 10pts Win on the favourite in the next available race at whichever meeting, or in the event of no such races available, it will go on the immediately previous race run.
If there are jt or co-favs then lowest racecard no. is chosen.
Reserve selections are not allowed, nor is posting "just-in-case"  selections for team mates that may or may not turn up.

Wildcards are available to cover holiday or other absence and covering for non-runners.
Team captains will be responsible for managing any wildcards required, there are no restrictions on their use, but please try and share them around so that no one individual is always claiming them. Please also name who the wildcard is for when posting.

Teams will start the week from a baseline of 0pts. This equates to 8 losing selections and/or non-selections.
Subsequent scores will be added to this baseline plus return of the winning part of the stake (10pts for win and EW winner, 5pts for EW placed). All scores count.
Scores will be accumulated through the fortnight, there will be no points awarded for weekly finishing positions.

Points structure for overall comp:
Fortnightly winners will receive 12pts, runners-up - 8pts, 3rd - 6pts, 4th - 4pts, 5th - 3pts, 6th - 2pts, 7th - 1pt

Not me ud.
Haven't really enjoyed the seasons I've played in it I'm afraid.
Sorry.

Having said that...if you find yourself one short of a full team then of course I would step in to make the numbers up (which is all I do generally anyway! )!

Hi ud.
I think 7 of us are still around. shearer/smirnoff has passed away unfortunately. I would be reasonably hopeful of finding a replacement.

Welcome back all, jimnast, so pleased to see you both, and your captain will be relieved, he was worried about having an empty ship

We do have the option of reducing team sizes to 7, rather that than cutting number of teams.

I am still around for the Racing Demons who normally flatter to deceive, but perhaps this will be our time!

This is how things ended last time:

Tot Pts	Team	Tot Prof	Form	Best Score
53.0	Cleeve Hill Mob	1316.62	12166651	304.84
52.0	Lucky Pin Club	1526.96	24232226	323.00
50.0	Racing Demons	1468.06	65711144	298.98
37.0	The Shrewdies	1001.83	31377437	287.25
35.0	Tips Out For The Lads	1277.96	53554715	423.00
35.0	Humbugs	1217.36	46425363	246.83
26.0	Each Way Thieves	887.56	77643572	277.00

You can count me in UD - Andrew In Sweden wil ask Lucky Luciano or myself to post on his behalf

Thanks ud

I'm in :)

Hi Undecided
I’m still around and happy to play again for the Humbugs or anyone who will have me

2006 AW Barons (League & Cup double)
2007 Northern Punts - league, Each Way Thieves - Cup
2008 Northern Punts - league, Racing Demons - Cup
2009 Humbugs - league, Northern Punts - Cup
2010 AW Barons - league, Lucky Pin Club - Cup
2011 Each Way Thieves
2012 Each Way Thieves
2013 Cleeve Hill Mob
2014 Lucky Pin Club
2020 Lucky Pin Club
2021 Tips Out For The Lads - league, Each Way Thieves - super league
2022 Tips Out For The Lads
2023 Cleeve Hill Mob

thats 2 in for cleeve hill mob - will chase the others shortly undecided

great to have u back on board stu

I was a member of the Cleeve Hill Mob, enjoyed it, but i don't have the time to continue. Thanks.

I'm in for Cleeve Hill Mob

Welcome all.
Celeric, thank you for letting me know.

Sorry stewpot, you need emboldening

comfirmed runner for the Lucky Pins