Naps Competition To Start Next Week

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I won't have the time next week to run the Galway-Goodwood competition in the same format of recent years. What I propose instead is a naps competition along similar lines to the one Slim Chance and On The Bridle ran last autumn (however, I won't be matching their prize money). It will start on Sunday and finish on British Champions Day at Ascot.

The competition will start with a bang next week, where every day will count double for scoring purposes.

Details to follow.
 
I'd like to enter my 5mo old daughter Juliet. She needs the practice.

Juliet is a lovely name... I'd like to enter my 4 and half year old son John, he needs to learn the pain of losing as early as possible, plus he should be in receipt of a hefty naps for age allowance.
 
Juliet is a lovely name... I'd like to enter my 4 and half year old son John, he needs to learn the pain of losing as early as possible, plus he should be in receipt of a hefty naps for age allowance.

He probably needs a trainer allowance! Or would it be a sire allowance?!
 
See draft rules below, mainly copied from Slim and Bridle's competition at the end of last year.

Offers to help with scorekeeping will be very welcome.

1. The Summer Naps competition will run from Monday 30 July until Sunday 21 October. Don't laugh, summer hasn't arrived yet so when it does it's bound to run late.

2. All members and new members will be welcome to take part.

3. Competitors must make two Nap selections per week.

a) One selection midweek (Monday to Friday) and one selection at the weekend (Saturday and Sunday).

b) Staking will be the following:
Midweek: Staking will be either 2pts win or 1pt e/w.
Weekend: Staking will be either 4pts win or 2pt e/w.

4. Naps will be settled at SP.

5. British and Irish racing only, apart from Arc weekend at Longchamp, for which bets will be settled at PMU prices.

6. Competitors not posting a Nap will be deemed to have tipped a loser.

7. Selections can be made at any time before the start of the race concerned.

8. Any competitor who fails to post a Nap for 3 weeks in a row will be eliminated.

9. New entries will be allowed until 31 August, with a penalty of 6pts for every week missed. Galway/Goodwood and York Ebor will count as double weeks.

10. Competitors will be required to select two 4pt Naps and two 2pt Naps during Galway/Goodwood week. They can be made on any day of the week. The same shall apply during the week of the York Ebor meeting.

11. Competitors will have three 4pt selections on the last weekend of the competition, 20 and 21 October.

13. Selections are to be made on the forum thread "Summer Nap Selections" set aside for the purpose.

14. Prizes will be as follows: 1st €150
In the event of a tie the prize will go to the competitor with the greater number of winning selections.

Highest priced winner napped: €50.
In the event of a tie the prize will go the competitor with the higher overall score.

16. Participants can take it for granted thay they will receive abuse for the duration of the competition. The organiser knows from experienece to expect his share.
 
Fair play. Last years 1st prize was placed e/w on one in a Leopardstown novice hurdle @ 12/1. It finished 4th...


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We start today, folks.

This week you have four pieces of ammunition, two 4pt bets and two 2pt bets, to be used on any day and at any meeting in Britain or Ireland this week.

Please use the separate Sticky thread for selections
 
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The summer naps competition started yesterday. For this week competitors have four selections to make on any day at any meeting in Britain or Ireland, so nobody has missed anything yet.

All are welcome to enter
 
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