"BALL UP!" - Val's 2020 Aussie Rules Footy Tipping *Open to Everyone*

[Sj]

Round 16
🏈🏈🏈🏈
Port Power #36

St Kilda Saints
Geelong Cats
West Coast Eagles

Melbourne Demons

GWS Giants
Carlton Blues

Brisbane Lions

[Anita]

The swans won!!

[Anita]

Mine round 16
Power by 29
Saints
Cats
Eagles
Demons
Crows
SWANS
Lions

Round 17
Saints by 21
Cats
Roos
Power
Giants
Crows
Hawks
SWANS
Magpies

[David]

Round 16

Power 34
Saints
Cats
Eagles
Demons
Giants
Blues
Lions

Round 17

Saints 15
Cats
Roos
Power
Giants
Blues
Bulldogs
Lions
Magpies

[Val]

Tonight's result:

Brisbane Lions (David) v Collingwood Magpies (tech)
0.2.2 (Q1) 1.1.7
5.3.33 (Q2) 2.3.15
6.5.41 (Q3) 3.3.21
6.6.42 (Q4) 5.4.34

[Val]

Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:

Round 15 (first number is correct number of wins - you want this to be high; number in brackets is the cumulative margin which is used to separate punters on the same amount of points - you want this to be low)

Val on 5 (43)
Grizzly on 4 (30)
David on 4 (45)
Duke on 4 (54)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 4 (55)
Blastro on 4 (56)
RedJohn on 6 (57)
SussexWelsh on 4 (58)
Philip on 4 (60)
Anita on 4 (63)
Lez on 4 (78)
Foe on 3 (49)
Tech on 3 (58)
Dean on 3 (59)
Suzy on 2 (22)

Charity donations are:

Dean (Sacred Heart Mission) - A$6.00 (Highest score - Crows 83)
Suzy (Friends With Dignity) - A$6.00 (closest margin)
Val (War Child) - A$11.00 (weekly winner)

CUMULATIVE LADDER:

Sj Brooke (Steve) on 95 (399)
Tech on 87 (379)
Philip on 87 (428)
Val on 85 (403)
SussexWelsh on 83 (518)
Duke on 82 (431)
RedJohn on 79 (489)
Blastro on 79 (503)
Foe on 78 (454)
David on 78 (476)
Dean on 72 (386)
Lez on 68 (741)
Anita on 63 (472)
Grizzly on 59 (412)
Suzy on 49 (342)

Congrats to all those taking home some money, especially ME of course!! Please let me know if I've made any errors and please get out your lucky pencils and start tipping on Round 16 which begins Saturday night, less than 20 hours from now.

[Val]

Here's the fixtures for the Rounds 16 and 17. Round 18 will be the last round of the home and away season.

Round 16 - TIPS DUE NOW!!!!

Saturday, September 5
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Port Power (on the Gold Coast) MARGIN REQUIRED

Sunday, September 6
St Kilda Saints v Hawthorn Hawks (on the Gold Coast)
Geelong Cats v Essendon Bombers (in Brisbane)
Western Bulldogs v West Coast Eagles (on the Gold Coast)

Monday, September 7
Melbourne Demons v Fremantle Dockers (in Cairns)

Tuesday, September 8
Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants (in Adelaide)
Carlton Blues v Sydney Swans (on the Gold Coast)

Wednesday, September 9
Brisbane Lions v Gold Coast Suns (in Brisbane)

BYE: Collingwood Magpies; Richmond Tigers

TIPS REQUIRED BY Saturday, 5 September 2020 at 10:30am BST

Round 17

Thursday, September 10 7:10pm
St Kilda Saints v West Coast Eagles (in Brisbane)

Friday, September 11
Geelong Cats v Richmond Tigers (on the Gold Coast)

Saturday, September 12
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Fremantle Dockers (on the Gold Coast)
Port Power v Essendon Bombers (in Adelaide)
GWS Giants v Melbourne Demons (in Brisbane)

Sunday, September 13
Carlton Blues v Adelaide Crows (on the Gold Coast)
Hawthorn Hawks v Western Bulldogs (in Adelaide)
Sydney Swans v Brisbane Lions (in Cairns)

Monday, September 14
Collingwood Magpies v Gold Coast Suns (in Brisbane)

TIPS REQUIRED BY Thursday, 10 September 2020 at 10:00am BST

[Dean]

Round 16

Power 29
Saints
Cats
Eagles
Demons
Crows
Swans
Lions

Thanks as always, for the elbow in the ribs Val.,
Good luck all.

[[deleted user]]

Congratulations to Dean, Suzy and Val :)

Round 16

Power by 50
Hawks
Cats
Eagles
Demons
Crows
Blues
Lions

Round 17

Eagles by 15
Tigers
Dockers
Power
Giants
Blues
Hawks
Swans
Magpies

Good luck everyone :)

[Val]

Better get mine done before I forget:

Port x 39
Saints
Cats
Eagles
Freo
Giants
Swans
Lions

[RedJohn]

R16
Power x 22
Saints
Cats
Eagles
Demons
Giants
Blues
Lions

R17
Eagles x 22
Cats
Dockers
Power
Giants
Blues
Dogs
Lions
Pies

Many thanks Val

[Philip]

Port Power x 40
St Kilda
Geelong
West Coast
Melbourne
GWS
Carlton
Brisbane

[Craig White]

eeyah!

power by 23
saints
cats
eagles
demons
giants
blues
lions

cheers val

[suzysunshine7]

Val wrote: "Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:

Round 15 (first number is correct number of wins - you want this to be high; number in brackets is the cumulative margin which is used to separate punters on th..."

YAYYY!!! - Congratulations Val!!! ... x ;o>

And very well-punted Dean and me! ... x x ;o>

[SussexWelsh]

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Round 16:

Power by 27
Saints
Cats
Eagles
Demons
Giants
Blues
Lions

[suzysunshine7]

Roos by 7
Hawks
Bombers
Bulldogs
Dockers
Crows
Swans
SUNS

Game On! - and Good Luck Everyone! ;o>

[Val]

Happy Birthday Nick!!!

I hope your back is feeling better and that you're enjoying your break.

But get your footy tips done!!!

[TheFoe]

Cheers Val

Power x16
Cats
Bulldogs
Demons
Giants
Swans
Suns

[Val]

Hi Nick,

You've missed one:

Sunday, September 6
St Kilda Saints v Hawthorn Hawks (on the Gold Coast)

[TheFoe]

Saints

[TheFoe]

Sorry in a rush

[Anita]

Happy birthday Foe..Nick.🎉🎉🎉

[Lez]

Happy birthday Nick! Xxxx

[Val]

Blastro's waylaid with family illness so his tips by proxy are:

Port Adelaide by 25 pts
St Kilda
Geelong
West Coast
Melbourne
GWS
Carlton
Brisbane Lions

[Val]

Tonight's result:

North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve) v Port Adelaide Power (Grizzly)
1.2.8 (Q1) 4.2.26
2.2.14 (Q2) 4.5.29
4.4.28 (Q3) 10.8.68
6.6.42 (Q4) 11.12.78

Steve can't seem to put a foot wrong at the moment! He was spot on with his tip of Port by 36 so $6 put aside for Backpack Bed For Homeless. Well done Steve!

[theDuke]

Drat! Just one point off...my closest yet..but still not good enough! And erm...Steve tipped 36 points Val, but that doesn't change the result.

Well done Steve...again (!), and Congrats to Val, Suzy and Dean on round 15.

[TheFoe]

Thanks for the birthday wishes, :-)

[Val]

theDuke wrote: "Drat! Just one point off...my closest yet..but still not good enough! And erm...Steve tipped 36 points Val, but that doesn't change the result.

Well done Steve...again (!), and Congrats to Val, Su..."

Typing error. I do have him as being spot-on with his tip of 36.

[Val]

Today/Tonight's results:

St Kilda Saints (Lez) v Hawthorn Hawks (unwanted)
4.4.28 (Q1) 5.1.31
5.8.38 (Q2) 5.5.35
7.13.55 (Q3) 6.6.42
11.14.80 (Q4) 9.12.66

Geelong Cats (unwanted) v Essendon Bombers (Val)
6.2.38 (Q1) 1.2.8
12.3.75 (Q2) 2.4.16
14.4.88 (Q3) 3.8.26
17.6.108 (Q4) 5.12.42

Western Bulldogs (Blastro) v West Coast Eagles (Sussex)
0.3.3 (Q1) 4.1.25
3.8.26 (Q2) 4.2.26
4.10.34 (Q3) 5.3.33
6.13.49 (Q4) 7.5.47

Essendon's season is over - their injury list is horrible. Andrew McGrath won't be back this season and today they lost Irving Mosquito to what looked like a nasty kneww injury.

The Doggies-Eagles game was a corker. The Dogs missed so many sitters! They should have won by a lot more. Once again we have to ask - no Nic Nat, no Eagles???

[Val]

Played in pouring tropical rain in Cairns, Queensland:

Tonight's result:

Melbourne Demons (TheFoe) v Fremantle Dockers (unwanted)
0.1.1 (Q1) 1.6.12
1.3.9 (Q2) 1.9.15
2.4.16 (Q3) 4.9.33
4.9.33 (Q4) 6.11.47

[Val]

Tonight's results:

Adelaide Crows (Dean) v Greater Western Sydney Giants (Duke)
3.3.21 (Q1) 1.1.7
3.7.25 (Q2) 3.3.21
8.7.55 (Q3) 6.3.39
8.11.59 (Q4) 7.5.47

Carlton Blues (RedJohn) v Sydney Swans (Anita)
0.4.4 (Q1) 3.0.18
4.4.28 (Q2) 7.2.44
6.9.45 (Q3) 8.3.51
8.9.57 (Q4) 8.4.52

[Val]

ROUND 17 IS HERE!!!

There is one more game in Round 16. It will be played tomorrow night (Wednesday). Then Round 17 kicks off on Thursday, so let's be having those of you who haven't tipped already:

If anyone would like to view the AFL Ladder before submitting next week's tips, it's at http://www.afl.com.au/ladder

Next week's fixtures are:

Round 17

Thursday, September 10 7:10pm
St Kilda Saints v West Coast Eagles (in Brisbane)

Friday, September 11
Geelong Cats v Richmond Tigers (on the Gold Coast)

Saturday, September 12
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Fremantle Dockers (on the Gold Coast)
Port Power v Essendon Bombers (in Adelaide)
GWS Giants v Melbourne Demons (in Brisbane)

Sunday, September 13
Carlton Blues v Adelaide Crows (on the Gold Coast)
Hawthorn Hawks v Western Bulldogs (in Adelaide)
Sydney Swans v Brisbane Lions (in Cairns)

Monday, September 14
Collingwood Magpies v Gold Coast Suns (in Brisbane)

Tips are required by Thursday, 10 September 2020 at 9:00am BST at the latest!!!

[Dean]

Round 17

Eagles 18
Cats
Dockers
Power
Demons
Crows
Dogs
Lions
Pies

Cheers Val.

[Lez]

Round 17

Eagles 43

Cats
Freo
Port
Demons
Crows
Dogs
Lions
Pies

Thanks Val

[Val]

Lez wrote: "Round 17

Eagles 43

Cats
Freo
Port
Demons
Crows
Dogs
Lions
Pies

Thanks Val"

Lez, you were very efficient and lodged your tips for Round 17 on Sept 2 (Message 597) and they were all the same except for
Carlton Blues v Adelaide Crows (on the Gold Coast)
You chose the Blues first time around and the Crows in the post above. Let me know which one you want to go with. It's got really confusing as we near the end but everyone has done really well.

[Val]

Tonight's result:

Brisbane Lions (David) v Gold Coast Suns (Suzy)
5.4.34 (Q1) 1.0.6
8.6.54 (Q2) 4.3.27
11.10.76 (Q3) 5.5.35
13.10.88 (Q4) 6.7.43

[Val]

Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:

Round 16 (first number is correct number of wins - you want this to be high; number in brackets is the cumulative margin which is used to separate punters on the same amount of points - you want this to be low)

Duke on 7 (1)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 5 (0)
David on 5 (2)
Val on 5 (3)
Philip on 5 (4)
Anita on 5 (7)
Lez on 5 (7)
Dean on 5 (7)
SussexWelsh on 5 (9)
Blastro on 5 (11)
Tech on 5 (13)
RedJohn on 5 (14)
Grizzly on 5 (14)
Foe on 4 (20)
Suzy on 3 (43)

Charity donations are:

To be re-distributed at the end of the season - A$6.00 (Highest score - Cats 108)
Steve (Backpack Bed For Homeless) - A$6.00 (closest margin)
Duke (Centre For Eye Research Australia) - A$11.00 (weekly winner)

CUMULATIVE LADDER:

Sj Brooke (Steve) on 100 (399)
Tech on 92 (392)
Philip on 92 (432)
Val on 90 (406)
Duke on 89 (432)
SussexWelsh on 88 (527)
RedJohn on 84 (503)
Blastro on 84 (514)
David on 83 (478)
Foe on 82 (474)
Dean on 77 (393)
Lez on 73 (748)
Anita on 68 (479)
Grizzly on 64 (426)
Suzy on 52 (385)

Well while most of us bunched up on 5 correct tips this week (although not necessarily the same 5), Duke ran away with the weekly winner title by tipping 7!! Steve got the margin exact and the Cats scored an almighty (for this season anyway) 108 points so that $6 will be kept in the kitty and redistributed among all the charities at the end of the season. Well done all.

[Val]

OYEZ!! OYEZ!! OYEZ!!

GET TIPPING NOW!!!

If anyone would like to view the AFL Ladder before submitting next week's tips, it's at http://www.afl.com.au/ladder

Next week's fixtures are:

Round 17

Thursday, September 10 7:10pm
St Kilda Saints v West Coast Eagles (in Brisbane)

Friday, September 11
Geelong Cats v Richmond Tigers (on the Gold Coast)

Saturday, September 12
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Fremantle Dockers (on the Gold Coast)
Port Power v Essendon Bombers (in Adelaide)
GWS Giants v Melbourne Demons (in Brisbane)

Sunday, September 13
Carlton Blues v Adelaide Crows (on the Gold Coast)
Hawthorn Hawks v Western Bulldogs (in Adelaide)
Sydney Swans v Brisbane Lions (in Cairns)

Monday, September 14
Collingwood Magpies v Gold Coast Suns (in Brisbane)

Tips are required by Thursday, 10 September 2020 at 9:00am BST at the latest!!

[theDuke]

Yayyyyyyyy.!! *Pulls shirt over head and runs around like a madman*

At last..i won a round!!!! Only took 16 attempts to do it! ;-)

And i would've had a full house if my wayward pesky Giants had done their job properly and squashed those Crows. What's g'wan with them...either team?! It's incredible to think, but 3 weeks ago, nobody but no one would've thought that the Crows might actually avoid the ignominy of the wooden spoon., but they're within half a chance of passing that on to the Kangas...now! :)

Anyhoo...thank you for the cash injection for me poor blind folks, Val! :)

[Val]

It's after midnight here, so Happy Birthday Blastro!!

[Lez]

Thanks Val. I was sure I'd done R17 but couldn't find it! I'll stick with the Crows please.
Thanks again.

[Lez]

Happy birthday Blastro!

[Val]

Thanks for the correction Lez. I've just sent you an email about another matter.

[TheFoe]

Round 17

Eagles x5
Cats
Roos (gamble but I like gambles)
Power
Demons
Blues
Bulldogs
Lions
Magpies

Have a great birthday tomorrow Blastro, all the best mate! :-)

[Philip]

West Coast x 3
Geelong
Fremantle
Port Adelaide
GWS
Carlton
Western
Brisbane
Collingwood

[theDuke]

Round 17:

Some tough choices this week.....I've got that sinking feeling!

Saints - 11
Tigers
Dockers
Port
Giants
Crows (a gamble, but they seem to have found some form recently)
Dogs
Lions
Magpies

Many happy returns Blastro. :)

[Craig White]

richty,

saints by 17
cats
dockers
power
giants
blues
bulldogs
lions
PIES!

cheers val

[Craig White]

happy birthday, blastro!

[suzysunshine7]

YAYYY!!! - Congratulations Duke! ... x

And very well punted Sj ... x

[suzysunshine7]

Saints by 7
Tigers
Roos
Bombers
Demons
Crows
Hawks
Swans
SUNS

Game On! - and Good Luck Everyone! ... x ;o>