Both The Racing Forum www.trftalk.com and Talkinghorses www.talkinghorses.co.uk/forum are delighted to announce that the first inter-forum competition between two of the most popular and well known forums around will take place early in 2008. This competition has been a long time coming and should hopefully bring out the passion all members have for their forums. While winning is everything it should hopefully provide for some good fun and banter between the forums in the backdrop of respect for each forum and its rules.
Below is a detailed description of the competition and its rules so could all members interested in getting involved please read on.
What Each Forum Needs:
As many members as possible should sign up to represent their respective forums. A maximum of 12 players are required but the more names the better as the forum captain can then choose from a bigger pool plus it is likely at some stage for subs to be used. Nominations must be in by 21st January to give team captains enough time to organize the team selections. If substitutes are required they may only come from the pool of players who originally signed up.
So the race days:
Day 1 - Cheltenham on 26th Jan: Pillar Chase Day
Day 2 - Leopardstown 27th Jan: AIG Champion Hurdle Day
Day 3 - Newbury 9th Feb:Aon Chase Day
Day 4 - Leopardstown 10th Feb: Irish Hennessy Day
Day 5: In the result of a tie this will be the big race of the day in England the following Saturday.
How It Works:
12 players per forum
Day 1 - Singles - The 12 players from each team are drawn against one another in matches. Each player picks six win selections from the day's racing and the winner is simply the player who makes most level stakes profit from their selections. Whoever wins each match wins a point for the team. Tied games are halved.
Day 2 - Best ball - The 12 players each then play with one of their own team against a pair from the other team. Each member selects a horse meaning each forum has 2 selections per race. The best finisher from the two horses selected by each team counts. Effectively 6 'pairs' matches. Again SP decides the outcome.
Day 3 - Again pairs but this time instead of two selections per race the two players from the team alternate selections race by race (making three selections each in nominated races where their opponents also have to make selections).
Day 4 - back to week 1 format for the finale.
So the race days:
Day 1 - Cheltenham on 26th Jan: Pillar Chase Day
Day 2 - Leopardstown 27th Jan: AIG Champion Hurdle Day
Day 3 - Newbury 9th Feb:Aon Chase Day
Day 4 - Leopardstown 10th Feb: Irish Hennessy Day
Day 5: In the result of a tie this will be the big race of the day in England the following Saturday.
The forum with the most winning days is crowned the winner.
The draws (as in the pairings and nominated races) will be done by each forum’s team captain (Galileo and Cormack15) as well as any other problems that might pop up.
Below is a detailed description of the competition and its rules so could all members interested in getting involved please read on.
What Each Forum Needs:
As many members as possible should sign up to represent their respective forums. A maximum of 12 players are required but the more names the better as the forum captain can then choose from a bigger pool plus it is likely at some stage for subs to be used. Nominations must be in by 21st January to give team captains enough time to organize the team selections. If substitutes are required they may only come from the pool of players who originally signed up.
So the race days:
Day 1 - Cheltenham on 26th Jan: Pillar Chase Day
Day 2 - Leopardstown 27th Jan: AIG Champion Hurdle Day
Day 3 - Newbury 9th Feb:Aon Chase Day
Day 4 - Leopardstown 10th Feb: Irish Hennessy Day
Day 5: In the result of a tie this will be the big race of the day in England the following Saturday.
How It Works:
12 players per forum
Day 1 - Singles - The 12 players from each team are drawn against one another in matches. Each player picks six win selections from the day's racing and the winner is simply the player who makes most level stakes profit from their selections. Whoever wins each match wins a point for the team. Tied games are halved.
Day 2 - Best ball - The 12 players each then play with one of their own team against a pair from the other team. Each member selects a horse meaning each forum has 2 selections per race. The best finisher from the two horses selected by each team counts. Effectively 6 'pairs' matches. Again SP decides the outcome.
Day 3 - Again pairs but this time instead of two selections per race the two players from the team alternate selections race by race (making three selections each in nominated races where their opponents also have to make selections).
Day 4 - back to week 1 format for the finale.
So the race days:
Day 1 - Cheltenham on 26th Jan: Pillar Chase Day
Day 2 - Leopardstown 27th Jan: AIG Champion Hurdle Day
Day 3 - Newbury 9th Feb:Aon Chase Day
Day 4 - Leopardstown 10th Feb: Irish Hennessy Day
Day 5: In the result of a tie this will be the big race of the day in England the following Saturday.
The forum with the most winning days is crowned the winner.
The draws (as in the pairings and nominated races) will be done by each forum’s team captain (Galileo and Cormack15) as well as any other problems that might pop up.
