From: timh@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Timothy James Hatfield)
Subject: EC123 TIPPING COMPETITION - FINAL CALL
Organization: Uni Computing Service, Uni of Sydney, Australia
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 14:10:03 GMT


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THIS IS THE FINAL CALL FOR ANY LATE ENTRIES TO THE EC123 TIPPING COMPETITION.
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Contrary to what I said earlier, I have decided to put a deadline on entries.
The deadline for your "acceptance mail" to be received by me is 12.00 pm
(Sydney time) on Tuesday, September 1. So if you've just found out about the
competition and want to join, act quickly !! [There are currently 41 entrants,
if that number increases to 50 before the deadline then 50 will become the
limit and all entries received later than this will be REJECTED !! YOU HAVE
BEEN WARNED !!!!]

You will find the rules listed below.

Firstly, though, I still haven't heard from the following people who are
already enrolled in the competition. Could these people please check their
mailbox and reply to any of my messages, or if there are none please just
write to me. I need to confirm all your email addresses before the competition
proper actually starts.  

Unconfirmed Competitors
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Comp#	IP Address					Name 

5	flr@athena.mit.edu				Frank Ross 
19	p.crosland@frec.bull.fr				Pierre Crosland 
26	custers@idca.tds.philips.nl			Bert Custers 
32	veit@unify.com					Veit Irtenkauf 
41	tma@bedford.progress.com			Timothy Atchison 


Official Competition Rules
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Here for all interested participants (and there are quite a few) are the
rules for the Euro Cups Tipping Competition. For those who aren't in yet
but are interested in joining, see below ...


1. The competition ranges over every match of every round in all 3 Euro Cups
in the upcoming season (barring pre-first round "qualifiers"). Points are
awarded on a "Pick the Winners" basis. Entrants will receive 1 point for each
winner they correctly predict, plus 10 points for each cup-winner they
correctly predict. (Predictions for the 3 cup-winners must be made at the same
time as round 1 predictions). The person with the most points at the end of
the competition shall be declared the winner. (If a person's nominated
cup-winner reaches the final but loses, ie is runner-up, the competitor gets
5 points). 

2. For 2-leg home & away matches, entrants must predict the overall winner 
only. This is also worth 1 point if correct and the prediction must be made
before the start of the first leg. 

3. For the European Cup "Mini-League" round-robin games, entrants must still 
choose a winner for each game. If their chosen team wins they get 1 point, if
they lose 0, and 0.5 points are awarded in the case of a draw.

4. Upcoming matches to be predicted will be released by myself as soon as they
are known and (hopefully) at least 1 week before they are scheduled to be 
played. The "tipping list" will be in the form ...

	[1]		[2]		([1] is not necessarily the home team)

	Team A	v	Team B		[ ]
	Team C	v	Team D		[ ]
	Team E	v	Team F		[ ]    etc...

Entrants must place either a "1" or a "2" in the brackets according as to who
they think will win each game. Every "registered" competitior will receive a
copy of the list(s) in their specified mailbox - lists like this will NOT
appear in rec.sport.soccer.

5. Entrants' predictions must be received by myself via email, not later than
2 DAYS before the scheduled game times. This deadline will appear in the
corresponding "tipping list". Any predictions arriving late (or not at all)
will result in a score of 0 for the round for that competitor. 

6. About 1 day before the matches I will release a list of everyone's tips 
for the latest round, in the form ...

	Competitor ===> 1 2 3 4 5 ...    (each competitor has been assigned 
					  their own unique number - see below)
	  [1]     [2]  
	Team A - Team B 1 2 2 1 2 ...	} 
	Team C - Team D 2 2 2 1 1 ...	} 1 or 2 is their pick for each game 
	Team E - Team F 1 2 1 1 2 ... 	} 

This list will also be emailed to all competitors (NOT rec.sport.soccer). 

7. When results are known I will email all competitors the latest update of
the competition standings.

8. Tips cannot be changed for any match that is postponed, abandoned, etc.

9. If anyone has a good idea for a prize, let me know :-). For now let's just
say that "worldwide recognition" and "football legend status" are the prizes
on offer for the competition winner.


Anyone else wishing to enter must send me email indicating their interest.
The body of the letter must contain their FULL name and (Internet) email
address.

That's all, so Happy Tipping, and you'll all hear from me again soon ...


Tim Hatfield    (timh@extro.ucc.su.oz.au) 
Competition Administrator 

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EX-University of Sydney /      \ |  Lord more clearly seen than in the  
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