Leaderboard as of 26/10/2011

Only one tip remains, the Melbourne Cup! This leader board is up to date as much as possible. No Formula 1 points have been added, even though Vettel has wrapped up the drivers championship, as the rest of the places are still very much up for grabs. Also the boys from Half Moon Bay are sweating on the Texas Rangers lifting the "World Series" in the baseball, so they have points still coming their way. Good luck with the cup!

	LEADER BOARD
	Tipster		Points Total
1	Denise Chapman		250
2	Shannon Johns		233
3	Orron Hart		230
4	Neale Landers		229
5	Adam Skinner		218
6	Half Moon Bay		216
7	Luke Skinner		204
8	John Petkovic		202
9	Ron Keighran		202
10	Darren Lovett		199
11	Adam Keighran		195
12	Gavin Elkin		191
13	Steven Hales		190
14	Mushy Mason		189
15	Steve Dickson		184
16	Fredrick Fabris		178
17	James Telfer		177
18	Aaron Fluke		174
19	Bobby Skinner		173
20	Steve Mallyon		173
21	Nathan Lindsay		168
22	Pud Croucher		167
23	Wesley Saunders		165
24	Dane Miller		164
25	Todd Palmer		157
26	Stevie Dean		157
27	Gary Cutler		156
28	Trent White		150
29	Karrissa Armstrong		149
30	Fernando Perez		149
31	Kate Skinner		145
32	Josh Belette		142
33	Jason Croucher		142
34	Johnathan Van Veen		132
35	Paul Nightingale		128
36	Ricardo Da Vanilha		125
37	Sam Wearne		117
38	Jez Werne		112
39	Brendon Warren		96
	Picking Favourites		206
	Most Picked		222

Leader Board as of 25/09/11

I'd like to first start with an apology, in the last email I announced that only 1 person managed to tip the Storm to win the Minor Premiership, it is rare, but I was wrong. I'd like to now take this opportunity to publicly slap on the bum the following tipsters; Denise Chapman, Ron Keighran, Sam Wearne and Steve Mallyon. Well done to you all. There is an extra slap on the bum for Denise as the updated leader board will reveal why.

We are coming to the pointy end of the tipping season and it looks like it has turned into a 5 horse race with only 3 points separating 5 tipsters.

	LEADER BOARD
	Tipster		Points Total
1	Denise Chapman		193
2	Shannon Johns		192
3	Neale Landers		191
4	Half Moon Bay		190
5	Orron Hart		190
6	Adam Skinner		177
7	John Petkovic		173
8	Ron Keighran		172
9	Darren Lovett		161
10	Mushy Mason		159
11	Luke Skinner		158
12	Fredrick Fabris		158
13	Gavin Elkin		157
14	Steve Mallyon		154
15	Adam Keighran		154
16	Aaron Fluke		152
17	Steven Hales		149
18	Wesley Saunders		146
19	Trent White		145
20	Steve Dickson		137
21	Nathan Lindsay		137
22	Bobby Skinner		136
23	James Telfer		136
24	Karrissa Armstrong		135
25	Pud Croucher		130
26	Josh Belette		128
27	Gary Cutler		127
28	Fernando Perez		126
29	Dane Miller		124
30	Kate Skinner		120
31	Johnathan Van Veen		117
32	Jason Croucher		115
33	Todd Palmer		111
34	Ricardo Davalinha		110
35	Sam Wearne		109
36	Paul Nightingale		109
37	Stevie Dean		101
38	Brenon Warren		80
39	Jez Wearne		79
	Picking Favourites		165
	Most Picked		194

Leader board as of 27/7/2011

So the little bike ride around France has finished and those of you who stuck solid with Aussie Cadel have been rewarded with the maximum 15 points, congratulations to you. Having picked Andy Schleck myself, I still can't get a handle on the whole "gentleman's agreement" of not trying on the last day of riding, complete bollocks to me!

On that note, Orron Hart has requested that the YEAHMATEGO Grand Slam have the same thing in place so that he can just coast to the finish line without shitting his pants for the remaining events. Sorry Orron, not going to happen! It has become tighter than John Petkovic's wallet at the top of the table with more than a dozen still in with a realistic chance of taking the title.

At the other end it is turning into a real dog fight to avoid the wooden spoon, also don't forget that both 10th and 20th positions pay, so don't give up hope of being able to rub money all over yourself come November!

	LEADER BOARD
	Tipster		Points Total
1	Orron Hart		152
2	Neale Landers		144
3	Shannon Johns		143
4	Half Moon Bay		137
5	John Petkovic		135
6	Denise Chapman		134
7	Adam Skinner		130
8	Trent White		126
9	Adam Keighran		125
10	Darren Lovett		124
11	Steve Mallyon		121
12	Mushy Mason		121
13	Ron Keighran		119
14	Fredrick Fabris		115
15	James Telfer		113
16	Aaron Fluke		111
17	Luke Skinner		107
18	Karrissa Armstrong		105
19	Wesley Saunders		104
20	Bobby Skinner		103
21	Steven Hales		102
22	Nathan Lindsay		102
23	Stevie Dean		101
24	Pud Croucher		101
25	Steve Dickson		100
26	Dane Miller		98
27	Kate Skinner		97
28	Gavin Elkin		96
29	Jason Croucher		92
30	Ricardo Davalinha		91
31	Paul Nightingale		91
32	Josh Belette		90
33	Fernando Perez		88
34	Gary Cutler		87
35	Johnathan Van Veen		86
36	Sam Wearne		85
37	Jez Wearne		70
38	Brenon Warren		63
39	Todd Palmer		59
	Picking Favourites		120
	Most Picked		145

Leader board as of 12/07/11

LEADER BOARD Tipster Points Total 1 Orron Hart 147 2 Neale Landers 139 3 Shannon Johns 138 4 John Petkovic 130 5 Half Moon Bay 126 6 TrentWhite 121 7 Adam Skinner 119 8 Denise Chapman 114 9 Adam Keighran 111 10 Ron Keighran 108 11 Steve Mallyon 107 12 AaronFluke 106 13 Mushy Mason 106 14 Fredrick Fabris 104 15 Karrissa Armstrong 100 16 Darren Lovett 100 17 James Telfer 98 18 Steven Hales 97 19 Kate Skinner 97 20 Stevie Dean 96 21 Luke Skinner 96 22 Gavin Elkin 96 23 Pud Croucher 96 24 Bobby Skinner 92 25 Wesley Saunders 89 26 Jason Croucher 87 27 DaneMiller 87 28 Gary Cutler 87 29 Nathan Lindsay 87 30 Steve Dickson 85 31 JoshBelette 85 32 Sam Wearne 80 33 Ricardo Davalinha 76 34 Paul Nightingale 76 35 Johnathan Van Veen 75 36 Fernando Perez 70 37 Jez Wearne 65 38 Todd Palmer 54 39 Brenon Warren 54 Picking Favourites 115 Most Picked 140

Leader Board as of 20/6/2011

Well if we thought last week was the time of movers and shakers, this week has seen an earthquake go through the leader board!

The Union has entered the finals, so congratulations to those of you who's team has made it through, and also to those who selected the QLD Reds to win the conference. Bad news for those of you who took the reigning champs the Bulls to win it, they have failed to even make the finals! OUCH!

Big pat on the back to those of you who selected McIlroy to win the US Open, sticking with him after his dog's breakfast of a last round at The Masters was a big call, but he has paid back your faith.

Round of applause this week goes to Karrissa who has jumped 12 spots with some excellent tipping in recent weeks.

The Half Moon Bay boys continue their charge up the ladder and now find themselves in the top 10.

Dane Miller has shrugged off his pedestrian start to be mid table after holding the rest of us up early in the piece.

Also special mention goes to Neale who is the first tipster to break 100 points, that being said, the amount of study this bloke does on sports he would want to be winning this thing!

Oh and if you see Mushy Mason around the traps be sure to give him a bit of a tap on the bum, maybe even a high 5, as he feels unappreciated in his tipping efforts this year. Love you Mushy!

	LEADER BOARD
	Tipster		Points Total
1	Neale Landers		102
2	Orron Hart		98
3	Shannon Johns		95
4	Trent White		92
5	John Petkovic		81
6	Half Moon Bay		80
7	Adam Skinner		76
8	Bobby Skinner		76
9	Aaron Fluke		75
10	Steven Hales		75
11	Ron Keighran		74
12	Karrissa Armstrong		73
13	Stevie Dean		72
14	Mushy Mason		72
15	Dane Miller		71
16	Kate Skinner		70
17	Adam Keighran		69
18	Darren Lovett		69
19	Denise Chapman		68
20	Steve Mallyon		67
21	Fredrick Fabris		67
22	Jason Croucher		65
23	Wesley Saunders		65
24	Luke Skinner		62
25	Gavin Elkin		60
26	Pud Croucher		59
27	Fernando Perez		58
28	Gary Cutler		58
29	Steve Dickson		57
30	Josh Belette		56
31	James Telfer		55
32	Nathan Lindsay		53
33	Ricardo Davalinha		52
34	Sam Wearne		49
35	Brendon Warren		42
36	Johnathan Van Veen		41
37	Paul Nightingale		39
38	Todd Palmer		35
39	Jez Wearne		34
	Picking Favourites		78

Ladder as of 16/6/2011

People of the Yeahmatego,

Well the Ice Hockey has finished the same way as the basketball, only one tipster was able to select the winner. Well done Stevie Dean! With that victory Stevie was able to jump 6 spots up the ladder, also flexing some muscle were the boys from Half Moon Bay, jumping a massive 11 spots up the ladder with the Heat and Canucks. It just goes to show that it only takes a few good tips and you can start to climb the ladder, so those of you towards the bottom, don't give up just yet.

Of the 29 events we are tipping on this year, only 9 have finished! This means you have had the chance at 135 points so far.

It also means that there is still 285 points still available! so don't loose hope just yet, this is a marathon, not a sprint!

I have realised that I have not revealed what your playing for yet, I apologise.

1st - $400 + "Yeahmatego - I Know Boats" t-shirt

2nd - $200

3rd - $100

4th - $20

10th - $20

20th - $20

	LEADER BOARD
	Tipster		Points Total
1	Shannon Jonhs		90
2	Neale Landers		88
3	Trent White		83
4	Orron Hart		78
5	Adam Skinner		71
6	Aaron Fluke		70
7	Ron Keighran		69
8	Stevie Dean		67
9	Mushy Mason		67
10	John Petkovic		63
11	Steve Mallyon		62
12	Steven Hales		61
13	Jason Croucher		60
14	Adam Keighran		60
15	Half Moon Bay		60
16	Luke Skinner		57
17	Bobby Skinner		56
18	Kate Skinner		56
19	Darren Lovett		55
20	Gavin Elkin		55
21	Denise Chapman		54
22	Pud Croucher		54
23	Dane Miller		51
24	Karrissa Armstrong		49
25	Nathan Lindsay		48
26	Josh Belette		47
27	Fredrick Fabris		47
28	Wesley Saunders		45
29	Sam Wearne		44
30	Ricardo Davalinha		43
31	Steve Dickson		41
32	James Telfer		39
33	Gary Cutler		38
34	Fernando Perez		38
35	Brendon Warren		37
36	Johnathan Van Veen		36
37	Paul Nightingale		34
38	Jez Wearne		31
39	Todd Palmer		30
	Picking Favourites		73

Tennis anyone?

The French Open is over and the NBA and NHL trophies have nearly been lifted so that can only mean that the movers and shakers within the YEAHMATEGO Grand Slam Tipping Comp have been making some noise. Below is the Leader Board as of 6th June 2011. I can only hope you find yourself in a favourable position, if not, maybe its time for some long shots! ;)

	LEADER BOARD
	Tipster		Points Total
1	Neale Landers		79
2	Orron Hart		77
3	Trent White		73
4	Shannon Jonhs		71
5	Adam Skinner		62
6	Aaron Fluke		61
7	Ron Keighran		59
8	Jason Croucher		59
9	Bobby Skinner		55
10	Kate Skinner		55
11	Darren Lovett		54
12	John Petkovic		54
13	Steve Mallyon		53
14	Stevie Dean		51
15	Steven Hales		51
16	Adam Keighran		50
17	Mushy Mason		48
18	Luke Skinner		47
19	Nathan Lindsay		47
20	Gavin Elkin		46
21	Josh Belette		46
22	Denise Chapman		44
23	Pud Croucher		44
24	Dane Miller		42
25	Ricardo Davalinha		42
26	Half Moon Bay		41
27	Steve Dickson		40
28	Gary Cutler		38
29	Fredrick Fabris		38
30	Fernando Perez		37
31	Wesley Saunders		35
32	Johnathan Van Veen		35
33	Karrissa Armstrong		34
34	Sam Wearne		34
35	Jez Wearne		30
36	Todd Palmer		29
37	James Telfer		29
38	Brendon Warren		28
39	Paul Nightingale		24
	Picking Favourites		64

The black ball has been sunk

With the final of the 2011 World Snooker Championships over we can now take a breath and wipe the sweat from our heads. If you can't get excited about world class snooker then your clinically dead, as a fellow tipster put it "I have developed a mild TV snooker addiction. The innuendos, the tension, the old timers, its brilliant!" At work we were reduced to watching live scoring updates of the final on the computer as several of us were riding the Wizard of Wishaw home to victory.

I'm sure I'm not alone in the fact that this tipping comp has made me take an increased interested in sports I wouldn't normally give the time of day. I just hope the City of Canada Bay Council don't check up on our Internet usage, the amount of time we have spent of the NHL, NBA and Snooker sites over the past couple of days would be massive.

Having to leave work as the Canucks entered overtime in game 7 of the playoffs was excruciating. I wasn't sure how I was going to last the trip home not knowing if "My Team" had made it through to the next round or not. Then the phone rings and the voice on the other end simply says "We are through!" Ah the relief! I'm still not sure what a Canuck is yet, but for the next couple of weeks they are my team!

There has been plenty of movement in the leaderboard after the addition of the snooker points. Like I said last post, all it takes is picking one winner and you are back in it, and on the flip side, if you miss that winner you will start to slide.

Leaderboard as at 3/5/2011

	Tipster		Points Total
1	Neale Landers		60
2	Shannon Johns		55
3	Orron Hart		55
4	Adam Skinner		50
5	Trent White		50
6	Ron Keighran		50
7	Aaron Fluke		42
8	Stevie Dean		42
9	Bobby Skinner		41
10	Adam Keighran		41
11	Jason Croucher		38
12	Steve Mallyon		35
13	Half Moon Bay		35
14	Darren Lovett		33
15	Steven Hales		33
16	John Petkovic		32
17	Mushy Mason		32
18	Kate Skinner		30
19	Gavin Elkin		29
20	Ricardo Davalinha		29
21	Pud Croucher		29
22	Steve Dixon		27
23	Wesley Saunders		27
24	Gary Cutler		26
25	Denise Chapman		25
26	Luke Skinner		25
27	Jez Wearne		25
28	Karrissa Armstrong		23
29	Josh Belette		23
30	Todd Palmer		23
31	Dane Miller		23
32	Fernando Perez		22
33	James Telfer		21
34	Brendon Warren		20
35	Paul Nightingale		18
36	Sam Wearne		18
37	Fredrick Freabris		17
38	Johnathan Van Veen		13
39	Nathan Lindsay		8
	Picking Favourites		45

Yeahmatego Grand Slam Tipping Competition

Welcome young and old to your new favourite bookmark, the Yeahmatego website. Here you will be able to check on your progress in the tipping comp throughout the year. The current leader board is up to date as of the 11th of April, so it includes the recently concluded Masters Golf. Well done to those of you who did what Elin Nordegren couldn't do and stuck by Tiger Woods, he may have only finished fourth, but that was the best any tipster could manage so you picked up some valuable points.

With India winning the World Cup and Sepoy grabbing the Golden slipper those of you who stuck with the favourites will find yourselves at the top end of the table, to those of you down near the bottom, myself included, do not despair, its a long year with plenty of events left. All it takes is picking the winner in one event and your back in it.

Also if you have anything you wish to get off your chest and want to let the world know it, or you have something interesting from the world of sport to share, email me and i'll put it ip on the site.

	LEADER BOARD
	Tipster		Points Total
1	Shannon Johns		52
2	Adam Skinner		45
3	Neale Landers		45
4	Trent White		45
5	Orron Hart		40
6	Ron Keighran		35
7	Jason Croucher		33
8	Darren Lovett		33
9	John Petkovic		32
10	Mushy Mason		32
11	Pud Croucher		29
12	Gavin Elkin		29
13	Ricardo		29
14	Aaron Fluke		27
15	Steve Dickson		27
16	Wesley Saunders		27
17	Stevie Dean		27
18	Bobby Skinner		26
19	Adam Keighran		26
20	Josh Belette		23
21	Gary Cutler		23
22	Todd Palmer		23
23	Fernando Perez		22
24	James Telfer		21
25	Steve Mallyon		20
26	Half Moon Bay		20
27	Karrissa Armstrong		18
28	Hales		18
29	Sam Wearne		18
30	Fredrick Fabris		17
31	Kate Skinner		15
32	Pud Walding		15
33	Paul Nightingale		15
34	Johnathan Van Veen		13
35	Luke Skinner		10
36	Denise Chapman		10
37	Jez Wearne		10
38	Nathan Lindsay		8
39	Dane Miller		8
40	Duc Nguyen		3
	Picking Favourites		45