Jingle Balls
"Another competition that tests each entrant’s ability to forecast how the whole of the Premier League will look on Xmas Day 2011, not at the end of the season."
Competition Rules:
The completion will be finalised as per the Premier League positions on Xmas Day 2011. Each team will score points depending on how close its final position is in comparison to each entrant’s forecast. So if you forecast Man Utd to be in 11th position on Xmas Day and indeed they are 11th then 5 points will be scored. Should they be either 10th or 12th then 4 points will be scored. If Man Utd are 9th or 13th then 3 points are scored and so on.
| Correct Position | 5pts |
| +/- 1 position | 4pts |
| +/- 2 positions | 3pts |
| +/- 3 positions | 2pts |
| +/- 4 positions | 1pt |
| +/- 5 or more positions | 0pts |
In the event of a tie for any of the first three places, prize money will be shared.
Winners will be announced here and notified by the local organisers personally.
Organised in aid of Cancervive
Commentary:
The final positions have been decided. It’s been an exciting few weeks with many different people topping the league after each week’s results. The Xmas day league positions have been declared, and the final table shows some big movers both up and down from the starting positions.
The biggest movement up the table saw Nigel Jones move up 63 positions to finish just outside the winning positions at 9th on 72 points. Another big mover up the ladder was Paul Tedford who gained 60 positions finishing in 16th place on 70 points.
On the other extreme the biggest mover downward was Jane and Michelle who dropped 60 places to finish in 65th position. Alan Coleing whose selection started at the top of the table, fell away by 59 places to finish in 60th position on 60 points.
Included in those who didn’t move were the bottom 3 who remained in the same positions at the end of the competition.
Now to those who were in the three winning positions. Richard Caswell came in third position and although this was a surprise as he hadn’t figured in any of the previous tables, I’m sure his view of the premiership from the perspective of a WBA supporter will have given him a good insight into the lower echelons in the table.
Second was Ted (The Plucker??) Dodd, finishing on 78 points. Unbelievable result, as how could a Leeds supporter understand anything about the Premiership?
Finally the winner was Mike Thompson, who improved by 20 places to finish on 80 points.
Well done to all, I hope you enjoyed this little challenge. Enjoy a prosperous new year, and perhaps you will join me again in the summer for another challenge on the European Championship, probably in the same vein as the World Cup last summer, unless someone has a better idea.
Cheers for now.
