AFANA Members Tipping Contest Weekly Update - Round 17

Greetings AFANA Tipsters,
 
This is the weekly update on the AFANA Members Tipping Competition for Round 17.

Round 17 saw a wider spread in members tips than we've seen for some time, and the end result was middle-of-the-road scores for most members. Fred and Tricia both managed six correct tips for the week, and are the best performers of  Round 17. Congrats. Behind them, eight other members came in with 5 winners for the week.

Such uniform results made for little change at the top of the overall standings. Gerry is starting to look very safe on top, with a lead of 5 points with 5 weeks left in the season. Rob remains in second, with Nigel one point back in third, and myself another point back in fourth. Four other members are within 5 points of me. Remember that chairman Rob is ineligible for prizes, so second and possible third-place prizes may go further down the standings.  We hope to announce the prizes soon.

Round 18 kicks off with the Friday night game in Australia, so the deadline for getting those first tips in is midnight Thurs/Fri US EDT. However, tips for later games will still count if you send them in later.

Good luck - now onto the details:

* Round 17 Results

 FRI JUL 28
 Collingwood   16. 17. (113) def. Hawthorn  11.  2.  (68) M.C.G.  (N)
 SAT JUL 29
 St Kilda      27. 12. (174) def. Richmond  10. 11.  (71) M.C.G.  
 West Coast    26.  9. (165) def. Adelaide  12. 11.  (83) Subiaco Oval  
 Essendon      25. 10. (160) def. Brisbane  18. 15. (123) Telstra Dome  (N)
 Port Adelaide  7.  8.  (50) lost Sydney    10. 17.  (77) AAMI Stadium  (N)
 SUN JUL 30
 Kangaroos     13. 12.  (90) def. Geelong    8. 12.  (60) Manuka Oval 
 Carlton       13. 11.  (89) lost Fremantle 15. 17. (107) Telstra Dome  
 Melbourne     18. 11. (119) def. Bulldogs   9. 14.  (68) M.C.G.  

* AFANA Members Tipping Results, Round 17

 Round 17               1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8  Tps Bns Scr Total
 Home Team             COL STK WCE ESS POR KAN CAR MEL  6       6   77
 Away Team             HAW RIC ADE BRI SYD GEE FRE BUL  2       2   58
 Winning Team          COL STK WCE ESS SYD KAN FRE MEL    

 Lisa Albergo          COL STK ADE BRI SYD GEE CAR MEL  4  0.0  4   86
 Steve Avery         * HAW RIC ADE BRI SYD GEE FRE BUL  2  0.0  2   59
 Nigel Barnes          COL STK WCE BRI SYD GEE CAR MEL  5  0.0  5   90
 Chris Candelaria      COL RIC WCE BRI POR GEE FRE BUL  3  0.0  3   84
 Gerry Daley           COL RIC ADE ESS SYD GEE FRE MEL  5  0.0  5   96
 Rob De Santos         COL STK ADE BRI SYD GEE FRE MEL  5  0.0  5   91
 Brody Finney          COL STK ADE ESS SYD GEE FRE BUL  5  0.0  5   86
 Pat Glennon           HAW STK ADE BRI SYD KAN CAR BUL  3  0.0  3   83
 Tracy Heritage      * HAW RIC ADE BRI SYD GEE FRE BUL  2  0.0  2   61
 Ross Mair             COL STK ADE BRI SYD GEE FRE MEL  5  0.0  5   89
 Bryan Marcus          COL STK WCE BRI POR KAN FRE BUL  5  0.0  5   83
 Greg Post             HAW STK WCE ESS SYD KAN CAR BUL  5  0.0  5   76
 Fred Schwinghammer    COL STK ADE ESS SYD GEE FRE MEL  6  0.0  6   84
 Paul Swebilius      * HAW RIC ADE BRI SYD GEE FRE BUL  2  0.0  2   61
 Karl Wall             COL STK WCE ESS POR GEE FRE BUL  5  0.0  5   82
 Tricia Whitaker       COL STK WCE BRI SYD GEE FRE MEL  6  0.0  6   82
 Age - Caroline Wilson COL STK ADE ESS SYD KAN FRE MEL  7  0.0  7   84

 Correct Picks         12  12   6   6  11   4  10   8        
 Home Team Picks       12  12   6   6   3   4   4   8        
 Away Team Picks        5   5  11  11  14  13  13   9        
 * denotes tips not received - default (away teams) awarded 

* AFANA Tipping Standings after Round 17

 Gerry Daley         96
 Rob De Santos       91
 Nigel Barnes        90
 Ross Mair           89
 Lisa Albergo        86
 Brody Finney        86
 Chris Candelaria    84
 Fred Schwinghammer  84
 Pat Glennon         83
 Bryan Marcus        83
 Karl Wall           82
 Tricia Whitaker     82
 Greg Post           76
 Tracy Heritage      61
 Paul Swebilius      61
 Steve Avery         59

* AFL Ladder after Round 17

                        P  W  D  L   For  Agnst   %   Pnts

    1   Adelaide       17 14  0  3  1862  1197  155.56  56  
    2   West Coast     17 13  0  4  1704  1479  115.21  52  
    3   Melbourne      17 12  0  5  1690  1454  116.23  48  
    4   St Kilda       17 11  0  6  1606  1311  122.50  44  
    5   Collingwood    17 11  0  6  1846  1563  118.11  44  
    6   Sydney         17 10  0  7  1591  1320  120.53  40  
    7   Bulldogs       17 10  0  7  1776  1625  109.29  40  
    8   Fremantle      17 10  0  7  1497  1573   95.17  40  

    9   Geelong        17  8  0  9  1542  1522  101.31  32  
   10   Richmond       17  8  0  9  1360  1704   79.81  32  
   11   Brisbane       17  7  0 10  1548  1674   92.47  28  
   12   Port Adelaide  17  6  0 11  1487  1655   89.85  24  
   13   Kangaroos      17  6  0 11  1400  1666   84.03  24  
   14   Hawthorn       17  5  0 12  1355  1732   78.23  20  
   15   Essendon       17  2  1 14  1530  1892   80.87  10  
   16   Carlton        17  2  1 14  1370  1797   76.24  10

* Round 18 Fixture List

 FRI AUG 4
 St Kilda  vs West Coast     Telstra Dome  7:40pm AEST
 SAT AUG 5
 Carlton   vs Melbourne      Telstra Dome  2:10pm AEST
 Richmond  vs Bulldogs       M.C.G.        2:10pm AEST
 Sydney    vs Essendon       S.C.G.        7:10pm AEST
 Adelaide  vs Collingwood    AAMI Stadium  7:10pm ACST
 SUN AUG 6
 Brisbane  vs Geelong        Gabba         1:10pm AEST
 Kangaroos vs Port Adelaide  Telstra Dome  2:10pm AEST
 Fremantle vs Hawthorn       Subiaco Oval  2:40pm AWST

 Ross Mair
 AFANA Weekly Tipping Comp Coordinator