*calling all team tipsters, 2026 comp starts 1 Mar, newcomers welcome*

The Teams: As of last year.

Humbugs
Lampus, hoof hearted, salmon spray (capt.), Diferent Gravy 12, the dealer, Jnxy1, GLASGOWCALLING, Pedro39a

Lucky Pin Club
werbie, china castle, dunter1, Lucky Luciano (capt.), custardcream64, GEORGE.B, Andrew.In.Sweden, Mr_Spreadsheet

Each Way Thieves
foxy, jimnast, DeSSieReborn, Hilly, stewpot (capt.), nawshan, raspberrybottom, TommyWestofLanark

Tips Out For The Lads
acey deucy, barstool, N-east correspondent, stewarts rise, wondersobright, Billposter, FOYLESWAR, CagliariG (capt.)

Cleeve Hill Mob
unluckyStu, Moose, Monte Christo, The Dragon (capt.), THE MUFF FUFFLER, differentdrum, Thai Basil, Cheeseman10

Racing Demons
Aquarius (capt.), undecided, madhatter, qqking., dukeofpuke, bluenose7, The Sawyer, lockup

The Shrewdies
penzance, chewy11, Whippin Piccadilly (capt.), the numbers seven, happysandwich, tanglefoot, FatPunt

The Rules

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 broadly as industry standard but enhanced, see list below.
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 team 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 10pts, runners-up - 7pts, 3rd - 5pts, 4th - 3pts, 5th - 2pts, 6th - 1pt, 7th - 0pts

Place terms for this competition:
1-4 runners - Win only
5-7 runners - quarter odds 2 places
8-11 runners - fifth odds 3 places
12-15 runners - quarter odds 3 places, all races not just hcaps
16-19 runners - quarter odds 4 places, all races not just hcaps
20+ runners - quarter odds 5 places, all races

Oh goodie   
I'll start trying to round-up in the next day or two. Word on the street is DG no longer has aforum account for one reason or another but I think the other 6 are still around.

Talking of Rust ling I will buy an XXL can of WD40 this weekend and see if I can get the E.W. Team up to speed

Their batteries will be fully recharged by now

Hi Andrew,
New team - sure, but numbers need to balance. Always open to team sizes coming down from 8 to 7, but don't want to peal anyone away from established teams.
On the 2nd point, It really needs to be one person one team, preferably one forum name per person but I can't police that.
I could accept someone posting for their wife for instance like someone did last year, if it helps just to plug a gap.

3 teams well on the way, barely a murmur from the other 4, but early days, we'll send out a bigger search party in the coming days

Hi UD, sorry missed this earlier but will try and get as many as possible to sign in. I am going to be unable to post or look in from the 21st until about the 5th March but will try and round them up before the 21st

Thank you captains, appreciate the efforts.

Top man stewpot

salmon - looks like it will be 8-a-side, not going to start breaking up established teams.

I will give our captain Lucky Luciano a nudge, but he's away in a warmer climate at the moment.

Yes

Count me in again for TOFTL please Cag.

I must summon up my Demons

count me in ud.

Count me in. I'm back for more.

ditto lockup and bluey ud

Welcome to sageform.
I can confirm he is part of The Magnificent Eight   

The Teams:

Humbugs
sageform, Lampus, hoof hearted, salmon spray (capt.), the dealer, Jinxy1, GLASGOWCALLING, Pedro39a

Lucky Pin Club
werbie, china castle, dunter1, Lucky Luciano (capt.), custardcream64, GEORGE.B, Andrew.In.Sweden, Mr_Spreadsheet

Each Way Thieves
foxy, jimnast, DeSSieReborn, Hilly, stewpot (capt.), nawshan, raspberrybottom, TommyWestofLanark

Tips Out For The Lads
acey deucy, barstool, N-east correspondent, stewarts rise, wondersobright, Billposter, FOYLESWAR, CagliariG (capt.)

Cleeve Hill Mob
unluckyStu, Moose, Monte Christo, The Dragon (capt.), THE M*FF FUFFLER, differentdrum, Thai Basil, Cheeseman10

Racing Demons
Aquarius (capt.), undecided, madhatter, qqking., dukeofpuke, bluenose7, The Sawyer, lockup

The Shrewdies
penzance, chewy11, Whippin Piccadilly (capt.), the numbers seven, happysandwich, tanglefoot, FatPunt

All checked in bar NEC UD, hopefully he will sign in before the 1st.

didnt realise it was only 1 per week. even i can manage that so put me in the team you dislike the most