A reminder that tickets are selling fast from the Central Hall booking office. The first two rows of the upper circle are sold out, it's not too early to book now for this spectacular show that will be played once only on Sat 3rd Nov.
Welcome back Robin, our lost in France bass player, shame you can't stay longer. We look forward to you rejoining our ranks for the Christmas program
A massive welcome to our newest members Leanne and Olli
The results are in and have been counted and verified and after 48 games and over 4320 minutes of football played we can now announce the WINNER.
We have seen tears of joy and tears of laughter, and that was just the entrants of this Comp, and the current World Champions dumped out following their first major failings for decades.
116 goals so far with 18 coming from the penalty spot, and 6 missed, and 9 own goals and a controversial VAR system helping to decide certain games.
Almost a 1000 fouls have produced 158 yellow cards and 3 players seeing red.
Most interesting facts though are SPAIN, my initial tip before a ball was kicked, stretched their unbeaten run to 23 games and BELGIUM stretched theirs to 21 games even after the farcical game against the 3 toothless Lions.
Back to the results and going into the last 4 games it couldn't have been any closer and the first game saw Lindsey McKenzie retake the lead with her correct result as Debbie Regan drew a blank.
Abbie Curtis also predicted the correct result and she kept up the pressure with her 3 points whilst Bonnie Wilson fired a blank. Steve Parish netted one point but Co worker Jim Masterton also failed to make an impact .
Heidi Bradley also shot herself in the foot allowing Rob West to overtake her with his 3 points.
3rd game from the end and disaster for the top 4 as they all failed to score and Rob West added another point to his tally to 39.
2nd game from the end and again Debbie Regan swerved the points as did Bonnie Wilson. Lindsey McKenzie and Abbie Curtis bagged a point a piece whilst Rob West stuttered with zero.
The FINAL game saw everything change AND MORE!
Lindsey McKenzie hit the bar with zero return .Bonnie Wilson hit her 4th zero in a row, Abbie Curtis notched a zero and Rob West picked up another vital point.
Heidi Bradley picked up 3 points but it was too little too late whilst Debbie Regan left it late but she also took 3 points to EQUAL the score at the top.
So, with Lindsey McKenzie and Debbie Regan both on 43 points, from a possible 144, the Competition had to be decided on the Tie Breaker question!!!!!!!
Drum roll..........................
Lindsey McKenzie!
Runner up Debbie Regan
Third Place Rob West
Many thanks to all who entered and hope that you all found it as enjoyable to follow as I did putting it all together and not forgetting the great cause you have all supported. Here's looking forward to the next one and.....................COME ON ENGLAND!
My "Unofficial" score sheet read a total of 36 points. Here are all your scores and the FINAL TABLE.
Lindsey McKenzie 43
Debbie Regan 43
Rob West 40
Abbie Curtis 39
Alan Paterson 39
Heidi Bradley 39
Bonnie Wilson 38
Carol Harper 38
Philip Smith 38
Sam Smith 38
Chris Dicotteo 36
Don Souter 36
Steve Parish 36
John Harris 35
John Smith 35
Paul Smith 35
Chris Maurier 34
Jim Masterton 34
Skip Schultz 34
Diane Dicotteo 33
Jenny Mussell 33
Brian Harper 32
Frank Maurier 32
P Dolby 32
Tracey Burns 31
Chris Mallender 31
Madeline 31
John Nolan 31
Ollie Swallow 31
Andrew Blades 30
Leanne Swallow 30
Gareth Bland 30
Steve Skinner 30
Callie Nolan 29
M Foster Smith 29
Iaan Wilson 29
Chris Lefler 29
Theresa Philips 28
Daniel Smith 28
Alfie Washington 28
Richard Jones 27
Gina Boakes 27
Roxanna Britton 27
Rachel Plaskitt 27
Dave Bass 26
Helen Souter 26
Kala 26
Rob Gallant 26
Richard Nunn 26
Jenny Cobley 25
Emma Hurst 25
Keiron 24
Malisa Brewill 24
Jacob Spender 23
Jimmy Browne 23
Ali Lefler 22
Vicki 8Hair 21
Angie Coddington 20
Tim Lefler 20
D Dolby 19
It's the FINAL COUNTDOWN, yes and I can just hear you all singing it too!
What a difference a day makes, wow, another song there somewhere and most of you humming that one too.
Well, as we go into the penultimate and Final day of the Competition, which I must say has been a tremendous contest throughout and will remain so right up to the final whistle of tomorrows games at approximately 8.55pm GMT.
Unfortunately I shall miss the last 4 games due to work commitments until 6pm and then straight to Band Practice because of my dedication to the Band or the fact that I need more practice than everyone else mmmm.
Anyway, with the final 12 points up for grabs I find it incredible that 32 entrants out of 60 can still top the table and 39/60 can still make the top 3, proving what a close and exciting Competition this has been and may I thank you all for your support.
The BIG NEWS is............................
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We have a new leader of the pack with Debbie Regan topping the table at Limagrain and overall with her 40 point haul. leaving closest Co worker rival Alan Paterson 3 points behind in her wake.
Long term leader Lindsey McKenzie from Imperial keeps up the pressure on 39 points and leads her closest rival by just one point as Bonnie Wilson suffers a hiccup on 38.
Carol Harper has put herself in with a great shout with her 37 points{ I hear a symphony} and daft as it sounds MD Brian can still top the lot on his current 29 points.
Philip Smith also sits on 37 points and then a glut of entrants sit on 35 ,including highest mover since last count Sam Smith. Others include Chairman Rob West, Heidi Bradley Cleethorpes Band and England Athletics, and Abbie Curtis and Steve Parish both from Imperial .
Chris Dicotteo from 8Hair Salon is still in the main chair on 34 and with Diane just 5 points adrift they too still keep in the running. Also sharing 34 points are 2 more from Imperial in John Harris and Jim Masterton.
The rest I will leave you to work out as I need some sleep!!
TABLE WITH 4 GAMES REMAINING
Debbie Regan 40
Lindsey McKenzie 39
Bonnie Wilson 38
Alan Paterson 37
Carol Harper 37
Philip Smith 36
Abbie Curtis 35
Heidi Bradley 35
Steve Parish 35
Sam Smith 35
Rob West 35
Chris Dicotteo 34
Jim Masterton 34
John Harris 34
John Smith 32
Don Souter 32
Skip Schultz 32
Jenny Mussell 32
Paul Smith 32
Chris Maurier 31
John Nolan 30
M Foster Smith 29
Diane Dicotteo 29
Ollie Swallow 29
Brian Harper 29
Chris Mallender 29
Madeline 29
Frank Maurier 29
Gareth Bland 28
Steve Skinner 28
Theresa Philips 28
Callie Nolan 28
Tracey Burns 27
P Dolby 27
Iaan Wilson 26
Andrew Blades 26
Daniel Smith 26
Alfie Washington 26
Richard Jones 26
Gina Boakes 25
Dave Bass 25
Chris Lefler 25
Leanne Swallow 25
Helen Souter 25
Roxanna Britton 24
Emma Hurst 24
Kala 24
Rob Gallant 23
Richard Nunn 23
Keiron 23
Jenny Cobley 22
Jimmy Browne 22
Rachel Plaskitt 22
Ali Lefler 21
Malisa Brewill 21
Tim Lefler 21
Angie Coddington 20
Jacob Spender 20
D Dolby 19
Vicki 8Hair 18