From: justin@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (Justin Ridge)
Subject: AFL Tips: Finals wk.1 + instructions
Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 01:13:55 GMT


Here are the matches scheduled for the forthcoming weekend in the Australian
Football League:

Finals week 1 ('home' team always listed first)
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5th September
Collingwood  v.  St.Kilda           (Second Elimination Final, Waverley Park)
                                    <-- Note no space between 'St.' & 'Kilda'
6th September
West Coast   v.  Hawthorn           (First Elimination Final, Subiaco)
Geelong      v.  Footscray          (Qualifying Final, MCG)

Despite the rather cut-throat and desperate nature of some of last weekend's
matches, there were no huge upsets.  This led to quite a few people achieving
the full 7 out of 7 (congratulations).
Interestingly, the games which had the lowest number of correct answers were
the two without any bearing on the finals (Rich/Syd and NM/Fitz).

** AS MENTIONED LAST WEEK, THE TIPPING COMPETITION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
   FINALS SERIES.

Each finals game will be treated as no more important than a home & away
match as far as the tipping is concerned.  In other words, this coming
week you can get a maximum of 3 out of 3.  If you have any questions reg-
arding this, please feel free to mail me.

OTHER ADMINISTRIVIA:
Looking a little further down the track, it appears that this competition
will be on again next year with a few minor tinkerings.  We're aiming to
begin with Round 1 in 1993... if you would like to be notified via Email
just before the first week (so that you are 'in' from the beginning), please
include a line stating this with your tips... something like "please add
me to the notification list" is eloquently sufficient. :-)

In addition, if you have any suggestions for next year, please Email them
to me (justin@tasman... not the tips address). I have a few of my own and
will post them in a couple of weeks to see how people feel.  Thank-you.

How to play.
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The instructions are simple -- send Email to
  u906586@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au

with your AFL tips in the body of the message.  Enclose your selections by
lines of THREE asterisks on their own (see example below).
Make sure you use the team's proper name (e.g. Essendon, not Bombers or Dons)
but don't worry about precise spelling: only the first four letters are looked
at, case insensitive.

You are identified by your Email address -- only one entry per address per
week is allowed.  Entries should be received by 5 pm Friday afternoons AEST
(AEST = GMT + 1000).  You don't have to play each & every week, but if you
do post selections, the software expects you to tip every game.

Each Monday or Tuesday I will post the results from Saturday, the games
scheduled for the following week, and some basic instructions for 'newies'.

Example tips (my actual ones for the first finals week):
***
Collingwood
Hawthorn
Geelong
***

Any enquiries should be directed to
  justin@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au
and not to the address for tips displayed above.

Have fun.

Justin Ridge.

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