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ROUND 21 UPDATE

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Today the Footytips website announced that tipping can, for the first time, continue throughout the AFL finals.

Gotta love their ‘Just In Time’ processes don’t you!

It is an option that each comp. administrator must select before it is turned on for each individual tipping comp (ie. our Network Ops comp)

The Network Ops tipping comp will NOT be active beyond this week’s final Round 22.

Our comp has always been run over the 22 home and away rounds only, and it wouldn’t be fair to whoever is ‘in the money’ after Round 22, to change the tried and true system and continue the tipping through the finals.

Next year maybe, but not this year punters.

You can however, keep tipping as an individual in the overall Footytips.com competition. To do this, just keep tipping!

So just to confirm – I will be paying out all money based on our leaderboard results after Round 22.

FOR SALE

2008 NOFTE Sports memorabilia offer

In a special offer to all NOFTE members, and with a Limited Edition print run of 500 units only, we offer you a framed and signed copy of Coolio’s 250^th AFL game for the Magpies, from Round 17, 2007.

The special price, to all Network Ops AFL tippers (and any Network 7 Synchronised swimming viewers) is $599.95

Note: Paid in 2 instalments of $486 each

SPOT THE OLYMPICS DIFFERENCE

Photo 1:

Jared Tallent crossing one finish line

Photo 2:

And Jared Tallent crossing another finish line

Did you work out what’s different?

The correct answer is .............................

A dodgy Yum-Cha breakfast!

Photo 1:

Magpie forward John Anthony.

Photo 2:

Movie star John Travolta

Did you work out what’s different?

The correct answer is .............................................

John Anthony gets paid by the Collingwood Footy Club, and John Travolta, by the Church of Scientology.

Table 1:

2008 Beijing BHP Steel Olympic medal table

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
China	51	21	28
United States	36	38	36
Russia	23	21	28
Great Britain	19	13	15
Germany	16	10	15
Australia	14	15	17

Great Britain finishes higher than Australia.

Table 2:

2006 Crazy John’s Commonwealth Games medal table

Australia	84	69	68
England	36	40	34
Canada	26	29	31
India	22	17	11
South Africa	12	13	13
Scotland	11	7	11
Jamaica	10	4	8

Australia kicks England’s, Scotland’s, Ireland’s and Wales’s collective arses.

Did you work out what’s different?

The correct answer is ....................................

Great Britain, the cheating amalgamation of 4 scheming and cheating countries, can say, only in the Olympics, that they are better than us at sport!

Well congratulations to all you Poms.

Action from Round 21

THE NETWORK OPS AFL LEADERBOARD

2008 Tipping ladder

Yes Steve, it actually is very tight.

And with only Round 22 to go, there will be handful of tippers paying very close attention to the injuries, ins and outs, previous form guide, alignment of the stars etc etc this week.

And I’m glad I’m out of the race and can tip freely in the knowledge that I, Coolio, good looks aside of course, am a loser.

On 123 points both, we’ve got Guido just leading aqueous.

Guido sits in front of aqueous by the narrowest of narrow margins. 1 solitary little gross margin point!

In the 34 years this comp has run, I’ve never seen it so tight going into the final round.

In 3^rd spot Carlie Dean sits nervously, ahead of SUPERBOOT by total margin only. Both are on 122 tipping points.

And not out of the race for the money are the 4 tippers on 121 tipping points, Jovanka, Go Cats, Roadie and Bondy.

Who knows what Round 22 will bring, but all the above tippers will feel the pressure submitting their tips this week I’m betting!

Don’t forget to submit your tips!

WEEKLY WINNERS ARE GRINNERS:

2008 Weekly Winners

Round 21

1^st – Fevolution

The Fev-Bomber Girl partnership has cleaned up this year in the weekly comp.

On 4 occasions since Round 12, they’ve taken $20 from our prize pool. And have we even battered (or batted) an eyelid?

No. Shame on all of us.

Fev, was the Round 21 winner, tipping a perfect 8 and margin of 6.

Fev and I had a bit of an email footy sledge-off earlier this week, and I’ve copied the email trail at the centre of it all...................

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From: Fev
Sent: Tuesday, 26 August 2008 1:27 PM
To: Coolio
Subject:

coolio, how many rounds have been won by people who actually work in network ops?

the comp should be run out of flight ops next year.

Fev

Flight Operations

Ph: (07) 3114 8027

Virgin Blue Airlines

Fev@virginblue.com.au

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From: Coolio
Sent: Tuesday, 26 August 2008 2:36 PM
To: Fev
Cc: Jason Vickers; Just making up the numbers; Roadie; John Crane; Lachlan Mc Dougall
Subject: RE:

Gee that's a slightly inflammatory comment there Fev.

Boys.............

Meet me outside Flight Ops for some comeuppance!

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From: Fev
Sent: Tuesday, 26 August 2008 4:34 PM
To: Coolio
Subject: RE:

harsh but I believe fair coolio, the tipping from upstairs has been ordinary to say the least

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From: Coolio
Sent: Tuesday, 26 August 2008 4:35 PM
To: Fev
Subject: RE:

well let's adjourn this discussion then till we see if the Blues make the finals!

Oh that's right I forgot. You CAN'T!

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From: Fev
Sent: Tuesday, 26 August 2008 4:39 PM
To: Coolio
Subject: RE:

now you’re getting personal coolio - take that, all 30 points of it

Fev, that photo hurt my feelings! But what a way to finish a sledge!

Coolio dips his hat.

2^nd – Bones

Good onya Bones. A perfect 8, only to be beaten by a Blue. Don’t you just hate that!

I hope you can get to the ‘G on Sunday arvo to farewell two of your stalwarts, Adam Yze, and a Network Ops favourite, Jeff ‘McBoobie’ White.

Poor old Bones has had to put up with a team that won only 3 times this year.

With Jon Brown playing CHF for you next year though, you’ll have a target up forward and should threaten the other teams vying for a 10^th to 14^th end of season ladder position!

3^rd – SWAN

Obviously the fleeting flirtation with fame that SWAN experienced last week when he came 3^rd in Round 20, strengthened his resolve, and he’s been able to replicate last week’s effort by coming 3^rd again!

While Swan came 3^rd, his team of sick Swans were soundly beaten by the Magpies for the 42^nd successive time on the weekend.

WEEKLY TIPPER LEADERBOARD POSITIONS

Weekly Tipper Leaderboard Position

THE 2008 HALL OF SHAME

2008 Network Ops AFL Winners Table

(Weekly winner prizes will be paid at the end of the season with the main prizes)

THE NETWORK OPS NIPPERS LADDER

(Where it’s cool to like ‘Wii’ – for all you oldies, it’s pronounced “wee”).

1. Hot Dog - 13^th
2. Footy Freak97 – 14^th
3. Lil Plugger – 19th
4. Gyanu – 32nd
5. Iceman – 36th
6. Bones – 43rd

Housekeeping

I’ve chased up all the entry money – so here are the final prize ‘divvys’

Now that the money’s been counted, and the bookies have been pacified, I can ‘officially’ declare the prizes for this seasons comp.

It’s big money this year, so pull your collective fingers out and start studying the form guide. If you’re tipping poorly, then start studying a different type of form guide! Bluey already has.

Total prize pool = Number of paid up tippers 73 x $20 = $1460

Weekly prizes = 22 rounds x $20 = $440

Remainder of prize pool for end of season winners = $1020

1^st place = $500

2^nd place = $250

3^rd place = $150

4^th place = $70

5^th place = $50