Even more than usual the entrails are confusing this week
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Nobody picked all 7 results as a few were tough to call but Kirwan, Duluth, Victor, George33 and Hydro11 picked 6/7. Duluth the top score with 54 due to correct margin picks, Victor with 52.
Kirwan scored 48 to move 7 clear of Donsteppa at the top with 3 weeks to go. Duluth shoots up to 3rd, shared with Waynes World, Victor & Plastered Peni.
The Cup semi-finals are Hydro11 v Higgins and Plastered Peni v Dolamite.
With just 1 round to go in the round robin, Harbour-Auckland and Wairarapa Bush remain unbeaten having played out a draw and Wellington look safe in 3rd. BOP beat Hawke's Bay by a point to keep their slim hopes of the top 4 alive.
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Not an easy week to pick all of the results but somehow Paj picked 7/7 being the only one to have Waikato beating Auckland and even nailing the margin. Inspired picking or made a mistake on that game? Who knows! 56 for Paj but beaten by Bay Imports with 64, getting 4 margin picks and getting both category picks. Higgins also topped 50 to stay in touch with the leaders.
Kirwan leads by 6 with 2 rounds to go, his category picks saved him and he leads from Plastered Peni, a point ahead of Victor with Donsteppa now back in 4th level with Duluth.
The Cup final will be between Higgins and Plastered Peni to be played over the next 2 rounds, best aggregate score wins.
Waiarapa Bush and Harbour-Auckland go through the regular season unbeaten but the Bush take the minor premiership by scoring 2 more points during the season. Hawke's Bay take 3rd and Wellington hang on for 4th, both up against it to make the final.
Penultimate weekend for TSF Tipping comp - get busy https://thesilverfern.com/tipping-submit/
Finally KIrwan's "pick without thinking" strategy was dashed on the rocks in what could be the pivotal weekend for the competition. The 3 games that weren't blowouts had quite a few people going for Northland, Ta$man and Auckland and those people have dropped down the table rapidly. Dolamite, Laurence, Paj, Joan & Mary and Unite all picked 7 from 7 and top score was 57 for Dolamite and Winger who picked 6/7 but had 5 margin calls. At the other end of the scale, Duluth had 24, Kirwan 26 & Higgins & Plastered Peni 33.
All of which means it is all change at the top with Victor now leading by 4 from Donsteppa who is 4 clear of Waynes World. It is 2 back to Winger and 2 more to Dolamite. Bayimports is up to 6th after 2 great weeks. Plastered Peni dropped 5 places, Kirwan from 1st to 8th, Higgins down to 10th and Duluth from 4th to 13th.
All to play for on the final weekend with a few unpredictable games coming up.
In the teams comp, the top 2 on the ladder - unbeaten all season - crashed out at the semi-final stage with wins for Wellington and Hawke's Bay meaning they will contest the final next weekend. Winger, Laurence & Hydro11 all topped 50 while Hawke's Bay were grateful to Paj, kiwimatrix and Stockcar86 but solid scoring.
The Cup final is a low scoring affair with Higgins & Plastered Peni tied on 33-33 after the first leg.
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@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:
Nobody at all tipped Northland to win, not even the Northland fans so no change at the top.
They didn’t win? Looks like a couple of people got the correct Auckland margin
So let's try that again, after that narrow win to Auckland it was 10 points to Richie & Mikey07. Current top 10
Victor 374
Donsteppa 372
Waynes World 366
Dolamite 364
Winger 364
BayImports 363
Plastered Peni 361
Kirwan 358
Laurence 354
Tim 351
Higgins 351
Team Final
Wellington 5 - 6 Hawke's Bay
TSF Cup Final
Higgins 38 v 40 Plastered Peni
Update after the 2 upsets. They weren't upsets for Paj who has 3/3 and 27 points.
Victor 9 378
Donsteppa 11 376
BayImports 16 372
Plastered Peni 17 371
Waynes World 7 368
Winger 7 366
Dolamite 7 364
Tim 17 361
Kirwan 7 360
Laurence 9 356
Team Final
Wellington 8 - 12 Hawke's Bay
TSF Cup Final
Higgins 42 v 50 Plastered Peni
Well what a drama filled final weekend that was - and very hard to score points in the tipping comp. https://thesilverfern.com/tipping/
And the winner is ..... @bayimports - Out of the top 20 with 3 weeks left, he picked 4/7 and scraped to 31 in the final week to rise from 6th to 1st and pick Victor by 4 points. The key was picking Manawatū as low scorers which was an inspired choice and the 5 points clinched the victory. 5/7 for @taniwharugby and for @Paj with Paj top scoring with 39 - also a meteoric rise for him over the last 3 weeks to finish in the top 20 after being around the foot of the table. Only 1/7 for @Stockcar86 and a season low of 9 points. Plenty of us on 12 and 14 after picking 2/7.
Victor came 2nd and @Donsteppa and Plastered Peni shared 3rd place and a spot on the podium. Filling out the top 10 were @Dolamite in 5th ahead of @Waynes-World with Laurence and @Winger sharing 7th, @Kirwan 9th and @Kruse 10th.
In the final of the teams competition, Hawke's Bay and Wellington ended 19-19 but HB won on total points by 96 points to 93. Wairarapa Bush and Harbour-Auckland was also 19-19 with Bush winning 3rd place. Northland took 5th and South Island 7th leaving Counties-Waikato with the wooden spoon.
Finally Plastered Peni beat Higgins 60-47 to win the TSF Cup.
Thanks to all who played the whole season and never forgot to tip. See you all on 23rd February 2024 for week 1 of TSF Super Tipping.
@dogmeat said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:
Bloody hell Lose one game all season and Harbour
Aucklandstill only finish 4th.
Crumbled at the business end of the season. Kirwan & Duluth mainly responsible!
@KiwiPie said in TSF NPC Tipping 2023:
Well what a drama filled final weekend that was - and very hard to score points in the tipping comp. https://thesilverfern.com/tipping/
In the final of the teams competition, Hawke's Bay and Wellington ended 19-19 but HB won on total points by 96 points to 93.
:victory_hand_dark_skin_tone: 
Although I am certain Captain @paj is 100% trustworthy in light of other events it might be wise for you to keep hold of the trophy to ensure it's safe keeping in the meantime as I cannot be sure the same applies to at least one other member of his team
Finally Plastered Peni beat Higgins 60-47 to win the TSF Cup.
:anguished_face: :angry_face: 
It will be a challenge getting through the next short period avoiding Mr. PP as I am due to do some bookkeeping work for him so the likelihood of avoiding him for the next 136 years will be extremely remote!
Anyway thanks again KP for a job very well done and special congratulations to @bayimports on his stunning late run of form to annex the title from defending champ @Crucial at the very last moment. In case anyone was wondering the TMO has cleared the rumour that his account has been hacked!
I did most of my thoughtless tipping every Monday, team lists be damned! only thing I did do consistently was bet against the poo. (lowest scorers) Anyway thanks @KiwiPie for organising and did not expect a win..Think I may have won an NPC tipping comp about 15 years ago..thats how consistent my tipping is 
Thanks everyone!