All Ireland SFC Pools

So can I assume everyone's happy with this scoring system? If so I'll throw up the rules (somewhat copied from Blackbelt's League pools rules)

1.Each Monday I will post up the fixtures for the coming week and by Tuesday or Wednesday I should have the league table of posters and points for the previous week just gone.

2.Late comers will be accepted but points will be forfeited for any games missed.

3.Predictions will be accepted and valid by kickoff time of the first game of the weekend.
Eg. For the first weekend's championship games, predictions will be accepted up until 3.30pm on Sunday 20 May. No predictions made/edited after this time will be accepted.


4.The points system I am using is the same as that used in the League pools. You get 2 points for predicting the winner of the game.Should a poster predict within 2 points of the winning margin,that poster will receive 1 bonus point.Should a poster predict a draw,the poster will receive 3 points and where a poster predicts a team to win but the result is a draw,the poster wil get 1 point ONLY if the poster has predicted a winning margin of no more than 2 points.Needless to say if you predict a team to win and they lose you get no points.
Note: Only the result after 70 minutes will be counted. For example, if Louth beat Westmeath after extra time next weekend, only those who predicted a draw after 70 minutes will get full points.

5. Bonus points will be awarded at the end of the championship for predicting the 4 provincial champions, the other 4 quarter finalists as well as the All Ireland winners and runners up. 2 points will be awarded for each correct prediction.
Note: Zero points will be awarded if you choose a team to win their provincial title and they fail to do so but still make the quarter finals and vice versa.

6. Posters must predict provincial champions/quarter finalists/AI winners/runners up in their first post with their first round of predictions.

7. To cut out a lot of time, if posters consistently fail to post their weekly predictions, I'll remove them from the overall tables.

All Ireland SFC winner: Cork
All Ireland SFC runner up: Kerry

Leinster SFC winner: Kildare
Munster SFC winner: Cork
Connacht SFC winner: Mayo
Ulster SFC winner: Tyrone

Other Quarter Finalists: Dublin, Kerry, Limerick, Donegal

Sunday 20 May
Leinster SFC preliminary round
Westmeath v Louth, Páirc Tailteann, 3.30pm - Louth by 3
Longford v Laois, Pearse Park, 3.30pm - Longford by 1

Connacht SFC Quarter Final
Roscommon v Galway, Dr. Hyde Park, 4pm - Galway by 2

Munster SFC Quarter Final
Limerick v Waterford, Gaelic Grounds, 3.30pm - Limerick by 2

Ulster SFC Preliminary round
Cavan v Donegal, Breffni Park, 3.30pm - Donegal by 5

Sunday 27 May
Leinster SFC preliminary round
Meath v Wicklow, Dr. Cullen Park, 3.30pm

Munster SFC Quarter Final
Tipperary v Kerry, Semple Stadium, 2pm

Ulster SFC Preliminary round
Monaghan v Antrim, Clones, 3.30pm

jive wrote: »

Fair play, ya must put in a good amount of time calculating everyones scores. How are the bonus points tallied out of interest? +2 for a correct win margin and +1 for getting all the winners right or?

Its two points for the correct result (ie getting the winner of a game correct) and then an extra point if you predict the winning margin within two points.
So for yourself, you got 4 winners out of 5 correct so you got 8 points. Then you got the Donegal winning margin spot on and were two points away from Louth's winning margin so got a bonus point for each.