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Hawthorn 106 d Gold Coast 97

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

The Leaders Board:

SMSSLT 143 1
wilbaer 142 1 *
brickfield 142 1
sandgroper 141 1
gmoney 139 1
skilo54 139 1

*second on countback

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

Hawthorn JUST scraping in against a cellar dweller and Collingwood getting whupped by 16 goals.

Thank goodness the Swans are next up, to show these 2011 has-beens what WINNERS do at the BUSINESS end of the season.

Western Bulldogs 107 d Fremantle 61

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

The Leaders Board

The Leaders Board:

SMSSLT 144 2
wilbaer 143 2 *
brickfield 143 2
sandgroper 142 2
gmoney 140 2
skilo54 140 2

*second on countback

It's quarter time at Sydney v Brisbane, and there are two more matches tonight:

West Coast v Adelaide
Carlton v St Kilda

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

Sydney 119 d Brisbane Lions 67

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

The Leaders Board:

SMSSLT 145 3
wilbaer 144 3 *
brickfield 144 3
sandgroper 143 3
gmoney 141 3
skilo54 141 3

*second on countback

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

An 8 goal win is nice when the others are floundering.

Carlton/StKilda This is a tough game to pick and has ramifications for the finals. Hawthorn should hang their heads and the Swans can raise theirs.

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KGV tragic

Don't forget they left out half of the team that will play next week.

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

West Coast 145 d Adelaide 50
St Kilda 86 d Carlton 66

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

Something Collingwood cannot claim.

The leaders:

SMSSLT 146 4
brickfield 146 5 *
wilbaer 145 4
sandgroper 144 4

gmoney and skilo54 are now out of the running with only two matches to play tomorrow.

*second on countback

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

How the 'playoffs' work:

Port Adelaide 112 d Melbourne 104

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

But at least we played in September

The leaders:

SMSSLT 146 4 *
wilbaer 146 5 *
brickfield 146 5

In order on the countback rule. And with 20+ minutes to go, scores are level in the Richmond v North Melbourne Match. 83 points each.

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

North Melbourne 104 d Richmond 91

Back soon.

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

Thanks for playing this year.

First of all, I would like to thank Peter S, Kriszick, Catweazle and Drew Thompson for donating spot prizes during the season which made the tipping so much more interesting, keepin up the interest and adding to the fun.

For the major prizes, thanks to Glen Stephens, Kevin Morgan and fletches1 for donating some very nice stuff which made the competition worthwhie to those of us who participated.

I would also like to thank every member who contributed to the thread throughout the season, and made this thread such a success.

Now, onto important matters. The prizes:

Prize for the WORST tipster A $50 e-voucher for any of the 15,000 stamp items on fletches1 huge website - http://stampmall.com.au - good for members globally.

Last Place Champion goes to [b]sj_perth, who placed incorrect tips above and beyond the call of duty, and worked hard all season. Well deserved.[/b]


Third Prize: Kevin Morgan annual "Stamp News" sub within Australia - value $89.50. Most generous, and thanks for assisting once again Kevin!

SMSSLT , with 146 winners for the season, who lead for a number of weeks but Richmond let him down and he fell at the final hurdle. [/b]


Second Prize: A $100 e-voucher for any of the 15,000 stamp items on fletches1 huge website - http://stampmall.com.au - good for members globally.

brickfield with 147 winners, congratulations as Runner Up, and only lost on a countback to...



First Prize: A $150.00 Credit Voucher from Glen Stephens, which can be used to purchase anything from http://www.glenstephens.com that you wish.

wilbaer, also on 147 winners, congratulations on being the King Tipster of 2011.

Thanks again to everybody. Could the winners please contact the prize givers, whom I will thank once again to arrange for collection/selection.

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

The Stampboards Ladder for 2011:

147 wilbaer 6
147 brickfield 6
146 SMSSLT 4
145 sandgroper 5
143 skilo54 5
142 gmoney 4
142 billlel 5
141 annwiggy 7
141 punter 5
140 nightwatchman 6
140 BD2068 6
140 Diver Pete 4
140 Catweazle 3
140 PeeVee 5
140 Grant C 5
139 AndrewWalker 4
138 PeterS 6
138 monty 4
138 Van01 4
137 gooner 4
137 GEK 4
136 Possum 5
135 jennys 4
134 bak012 5
134 petercollects0 6
134 brendan1952 3
134 electric chook 5
134 Darkice 4
133 tacomabob 6
133 vbs 4
132 tweedledee 4
131 Eric Casagrande 4
131 prof2000 3
130 kellysboytoy 3
130 fromdownunder 6
130 Piratebev 4
129 robertlyon777 4
129 Drew Thompson 4
128 Raz 5
128 tooler 4
128 blue-lazer 5
127 lakatoi lover 6
127 KevinHedley 6
127 Philanthropist 4
125 mrboggler 4
125 bathurst stamper 5
124 GUTTERS 4
122 andrew burke 6
120 nodeli 4
120 jugoslavija_post 2
118 garymak 6
117 PGphilat 4
115 alltorque 4
113 medusa102 4
111 kriszick 4
110 Glen Stephens 5
108 john6625 6
103 gavin-h 5
73 librarianc 3
65 waroff49 3
64 bsward 4
61 eqnox 4
55 sj_perth 2

Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

And another looonnngg tradition is shattered.
Richmond lost today, thus breaking their long tradition of coming good late in the season,
to finish 9th,
and promising to do better next year

Should we start a tipping competition, on who will be coaching, and where, next year????

Goodbye, Farewell and Amen





Norm

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

Congratulations wilbaer

Thanks again Norm

See you next year

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Brickfield
Collect Christmas, engraved and medicinal herb stamps from all over the world.

Congratulations to all who won, lost, took part and even organised.

And here is the organising team for 2012.

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Here to learn
Here to enjoy

Congratulations to the Winners & Participants and the people who put in HOURS of work to make it all come together.

brickfield your e-Voucher has been sent.

Just follow the instructions to Redeem it, which adds it to your Account. Then you can spend it at your leisure. It does not expire.

Please note it is NOT valid on items in the Collectors Consignment area, as these are not my property to give away.

sj_perth. If you contact me by the board email with your Name & email address I will send the e-Voucher to you.

To help here is a link to instructions on how to Redeem and spend the e-Voucher (Gift Certificate). Just follow the instructions, & if you get stuck I can help via Phone or email.

http://stampmall.com.au/index.php?main_page=gv_faq

ps. I have just moved my Website to a new Domain and the SSL (Secure Certificate) is not activated and is throwing up an error.( Now Fixed)

No problem, the site is perfectly SAFE, just the SSL certificate is "Chucking a Wobbly".

Click on the Exemption Button at bottom to make it go away..

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Stamp Collecting does not have to be Expensive to be Fun ! - . IPDA Member 2012/13
Stamp Mall over 35,000 items in my Online Store !! on 128 bit encrypted SSL Secure Server.

Many thanks Norm for a great year and congrats to the winners

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Peter

I can scarcely believe that Port Adelaide avoiding the wooden spoon was the difference in the end...

My commiserations go out to SMSSLT and Brickfield..... hard to believe that it all came down to the final match after 24 rounds. I got lucky....

Many thanks to all the prize sponsors for their generosity... very much appreciated.

Finally, a huge thanks to Norm for his stalwart work throughout the year under trying circumstances and I am sure that I speak for all of us in thanking him greatly and hope that the health issues do not rear their ugly heads again.

Until next year, when the SWANNIES will be trying to retain their premiership !!!!!!!

Congratulations to the winners and THANK YOU NORM for the FANTASTIC JOB done!!

Drew

Of course had one of the top four taken my advice and selected the Catters in Round 24, there would have been no issue as to who won.

Food for thought next year, maybe?

Congrats to wilbaer and all the winners.

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

Congratulations to all winners, thanks Norm for your time and efforts. Well done!

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GrantC

Congratulations to wilbaer, and all the winners, and to those who donated the very nice prizes.

To you Norm, thank you for all your hard work, week in and week out, it is appreciated.

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I buy too much, can't sell enough - but the information here is priceless.

First Prize: A $150.00 Credit Voucher from Glen Stephens, which can be used to purchase anything from http://www.glenstephens.com that you wish.

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Congrats to willbaer .. and please contact me to redeem your prize.

GREAT to see a Swans supporter winning this year!!

What I want to know is seeing I tipped all Swans games and came near last, how on earth did YOU come top??!!

And thanks to all the generous members who offered prizes, and to all those who took part. Excepting MargoZ who dropped out half way through as even I was outscoring her.

And extra special thanks to Norm for all the cat herding.

Tracking all the tips among that chatter for ~2500 posts was a massive job.

Apart from his obvious and serious error in adding my scores incorrectly every match, the rest of the operation went faultlessly.

We have outbid Rupert Murdoch and Price Waterhouse to secure his services for 2012, and the initial payment of 50 grams of the very finest Bangladeshi Grade "T" sticky rice has been mailed down to Lara.

I'm afraid to ask ... what is that grey stuff growing in the middle?

Only if Sydney can beat St. Kilda, in Melbourne.

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Peter
Hawthorn - AFL Premiers 1961, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2008.

Glen, please get it right! We sent Box Hill (Hawthorn's VFL affiliate) to the Gold Coast and they still won. Most of the Mighty Hawks had a week off to get ready to upset poor old Norm on Friday night.

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Peter
Hawthorn - AFL Premiers 1961, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2008.

Thanks Norm for a great comp and congrats to the winners I just couldn't match them when the chips were down. Now to the finals

GO EAGLES

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KGV tragic

I suppose you know there are very strict quarantine regulations, when it comes to what is euphemistically referred to as 'food', crossing the border from NSW into VIC???

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Peter
Hawthorn - AFL Premiers 1961, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2008.

Congratulations Wilbaer!

I feel like the Thomas Voekler of the footie tipping, leading for so long but with Brickfield aka Andy Schleck and Wilbaer aka Cadel Evans always sitting on my back wheel and then pouncing at the last minute!

And of course a big thanks to Norm


Bernie....

Well I DID say it was 50 grams of the very finest Bangladeshi Grade "T" sticky rice.

"Grade T" comes with extra additives they say. And given our limited budget here we could not stretch to Grade A or B etc.

And if these additives are FREE ... well ..............

Congratulations to all the winners and a BIG THANK YOU to Norm for all his hard work.

I think I can remember posting very early in the piece something to the effect that John Worsfold had a secret plan.

Well now it's open for all to see!

The EAGLES are flying high and heading for the upset of the century.

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Winding down after 40 or more years of accumulating.

Rice arrived today, and I am eating it now. It tastes quite un.........

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Geelong, VFA Premiers 1878, 1879, 1800, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1886, AFL Premiers 1925, 1931, 1937, 1951, 1952, 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011, .

Norm thanks for doing the adding and position placing again this year
Enjoy that rice

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I AM ALWAYS IN THE MIDDLE
Post your KGV faults on the stampboard wiki.

Norm

There is a lot of work and time constrained effort in running this competition. We all thank you for it - well done!!!

Whilst your cats have done well (and ANYONE who beats the collywobblers [especially twice ] is a legend in my book) you must realise that when the SWANNIES get further into the finals you will face some disappointment as we will again whip your A^%$$Se!!!

Bill

PUNTER I like your style

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KGV tragic

Sorry for the delay, just been in/out of day surgery, and my the daughter went and split her 11 month old head open in the lead up.

Its not any easier tipping the losers, just lack of competition so it seems.

Norm, Im passing my prize to you as you deserve it. If I need to tell fletches this please let me know.

Congrats to the real winners of the comp, the stress was hopefully worth it.

sj_perth

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Don't expect, suggest!

.... believeable?


No need to thank me Norm .... just chew it all twice please.

Think of all that extra protein.

That is very Kind of you, I am sure Norm will appreciate it. He collects Whole World, and I stock Whole World, so I am sure he will find something of interest.

Norm, please contact me by Board email, with the email address that you would like to receive the Certificate on..

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Stamp Collecting does not have to be Expensive to be Fun ! - . IPDA Member 2012/13
Stamp Mall over 35,000 items in my Online Store !! on 128 bit encrypted SSL Secure Server.

Congrats to all the winners (and losers!), and thanks to the organisers once again for a brilliant competition.

And what a great sporting gesture by sj_perth there. Great recognition for Norm for all his hard work in this.

Agree with everything Gavin said .......
Thanks everyone I really enjoyed it without even knowing what I was doing ..... and see you next season.

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Regards .. Dave
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