Well, the Cricket is over, and the Tennis has finished!
It’s time to start thinking again about AFL tipping this season.
We had such a great time last year!
Join in the fun and banter of this competition, not to mention, of course, the bragging rights.
Entry fee is a $5 donation to U3A Bentleigh – payable at Reception.
Gift vouchers will be awarded as prizes, with the value dependent on the number of entries. If there are more entries than expected, then other suitable prizes may be added. Full instructions on how to enter and how the competition will be run, are explained below.
There will also be an information session on Thu 13 Feb at 12 noon, in the lounge area opposite Reception. Weekly results will be posted on the Footy Tipping Results page on this website.
FIRST GAME OF THE FIRST ROUND IS ON THU 6 MAR – SO TIME TO GET ORGANISED NOW!
How to setup & enter
The competition is hosted at footytips.com.au. To enter the competition, click the link:
https://www.footytips.com.au/comps/U3A_Bentleigh_Tipstars?p=U3AB
Then:
- Click the blue Join Comp button
- Fill in the requested details, and make sure you remember the password and email address you used to join, so you can login later
- Some fields are optional – you may ignore those if you wish
- You can be listed in the Comp with an Alias if you wish
- Make sure you list your favourite AFL team – you can elect to have a reminder or tip selections emailed to you
- Your tipping administrator is Don Robbie – Alias – “My other home floats”
- Tipping instruction and rules are set out below
So, put your thinking caps on, and start tipping. Good Luck!
Instructions & Rules
Once you have setup and entered the competition:
- LOGIN via the link above
- Click on TIPPING – make sure its AFL – and select the team you think will win
- In the first game only, select a MARGIN which you think your selection will win by. Think about your margin selection each week, as it may come into play at the end of the season (it did actually decide the winner last year!). Then make your selections for the other games in the round
- Important – scroll to the bottom and click Submit tips
- Rounds may consist of a different number of games and starting times each week, so keep an eye out each week when you do your tips.
- You can set email reminders and results on the footy tipping website, if you wish. The first-named team is the home team, regardless of where the game is played
- Once finished, if you want to be involved in the STREAK, select the Streak button. Now select the teams for the round that you consider are certainties. You can select any number of certainties from 0-9
- You can select or edit your tips and streak selections right up to the start of each game.
- You can also make selections in any future games, just in case you are away and have limited Wi-Fi access
Rules
Entry fee is $5 donation to U3A Bentleigh – payable at Reception
There is no weekly prize
The major prizes for the Tipping and Streak competitions will be gift vouchers, with the value determined by the number of entries.
Tipping
Select the most number of winners for season (comp doesn’t go into finals). In the case of a tie at the end of the season between two or more people, the tipper with the lowest overall margin will be the winner.
If you miss tipping in any game, your selection is the away team.
Streak
The prize is for picking the most number of winning certainties in a row, regardless of whether it is still live at the end of the season. If one of your selections loses, your streak is over, but you can start again. You can add, change or delete any selection right up to game time.
Margin
Based on the margin you select for the first game of the round.
Your margin is the amount by which your selection differs from the actual winning margin (ie, if you select the winning team and your selected margin is 20 points, and the actual margin is 10 or 30 points, your margin becomes 10. If, however, the team you selected loses by 10, your margin becomes 30. Lowest total margin at the end of the season is the winner
As mentioned previously, the lowest margin could decide the overall tipping winner. If you don’t tip in the first game, or don’t select a margin, your default margin selection becomes 0.