IAAF World Champs - Prediction Competition

thirtyfoot

This is a bit of fun and is based on predicting where you think the Irish athletes will come in Berlin. Very simple, simply post a reply and edit the table and input your prediction.

Predict 1st to 24th - so if you think Hession will come 10th, just put in 10 beside his name.

If an athlete has a DNF/DNS/DQ or is outside the top 24 this will be counted as a 24th place.

Scoring: For each athlete prediction, if you predict the exact position you get 0 pts (also see Bonus). For each position your prediction varies you will be given a 1 point. So, you predict Hession in 10th, he comes 12th, you get 2 pts.

Winning: The poster with the lowest score wins.

Bonus: If you exactly predict an athlete's position, you get a -5 pts bonus.

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200
David Gillick 400
Thomas Chamney 800
Deirdre Byrne 1500
Thomas Chamney 1500
Alistair Cragg 5000
Derval O’Rourke 100H
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC
Michelle Carey 400H
Jamie Costin 50k Walk
Colin Griffin 50k Walk
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer
Deirdre Ryan HJ


All entries must be in by 5.00pm on Friday.

thirtyfoot

I'll get the ball rolling with very much off the top of my head predictions:

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 8
David Gillick 400 5
Thomas Chamney 800 12
Deirdre Byrne 1500 17
Thomas Chamney 1500 24
Alistair Cragg 5000 12
Derval O’Rourke 100H 14
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 6
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 6
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 22
Michelle Carey 400H 18
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 14
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 18
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 10
Deirdre Ryan HJ 14

Woddle

Tingle wrote: »

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 8
David Gillick 400 4
Thomas Chamney 800 8
Deirdre Byrne 1500 14
Thomas Chamney 1500 20
Alistair Cragg 5000 15
Derval O’Rourke 100H 8
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 3
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 4
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 19
Michelle Carey 400H 16
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 10
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 14
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 9
Deirdre Ryan HJ 12


All entries must be in by 5.00pm on Friday.

helpisontheway

Woddle wrote: »

Tingle wrote: »

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 9
David Gillick 400 5
Thomas Chamney 800 14
Deirdre Byrne 1500 18
Thomas Chamney 1500 18
Alistair Cragg 5000 10
Derval O’Rourke 100H 14
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 5
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 7
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 12
Michelle Carey 400H 18
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 10
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 14
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 8
Deirdre Ryan HJ 11

LambDave

Woddle wrote: »

Tingle wrote: »

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 9
David Gillick 400 5
Thomas Chamney 800 7
Deirdre Byrne 1500 16
Thomas Chamney 1500 18
Alistair Cragg 5000 12
Derval O’Rourke 100H 12
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 4
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 5
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 16
Michelle Carey 400H 22
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 8
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 12
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 10
Deirdre Ryan HJ 14


All entries must be in by 5.00pm on Friday.

Here's mine. Hopefully Im being a bit pesimistic though!

chrissor

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 7
David Gillick 400 3
Thomas Chamney 800 11
Deirdre Byrne 1500 18
Thomas Chamney 1500 20
Alistair Cragg 5000 10
Derval O’Rourke 100H 13
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 5
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 6
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 18
Michelle Carey 400H 18
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 12
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 17
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 10
Deirdre Ryan HJ 11

runnnerrr

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 8
David Gillick 400 3
Thomas Chamney 800 12
Deirdre Byrne 1500 17
Thomas Chamney 1500 15
Alistair Cragg 5000 9
Derval O’Rourke 100H 7
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 3
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 5
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 18
Michelle Carey 400H 19
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 8
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 12
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 9
Deirdre Ryan HJ 13


I think I'm picking with my heart rather than my head but sure we need a bit of optimism before a major champs:P

ecoli

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 7
David Gillick 400 5
Thomas Chamney 800 16
Deirdre Byrne 1500 20
Thomas Chamney 1500 NR
Alistair Cragg 5000 11
Derval O’Rourke 100H 14
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 8
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 6
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 24
Michelle Carey 400H 20
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 7
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 15
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 7
Deirdre Ryan HJ 13

cickimc

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 9th
David Gillick 400 7th
Thomas Chamney 800 10th
Deirdre Byrne 1500 19th
Thomas Chamney 1500 21th
Alistair Cragg 5000 12th
Derval O’Rourke 100H 10th
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 4th
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 7th
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 9th
Michelle Carey 400H 18th
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 17th
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 10th
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 11th
Deirdre Ryan HJ 14th

RJM22

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 10
David Gillick 400 3
Thomas Chamney 800 16
Deirdre Byrne 1500 20
Thomas Chamney 1500
Alistair Cragg 5000 12
Derval O’Rourke 100H 13
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 7
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 4
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 22
Michelle Carey 400H 22
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 6
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 12
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 8
Deirdre Ryan HJ 15

JKF

These are mine: trying to be optimistic but not too much!!

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 10
David Gillick 400 8
Thomas Chamney 800 12
Deirdre Byrne 1500 18
Thomas Chamney 1500 20
Alistair Cragg 5000 8
Derval O’Rourke 100H 12
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 5
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 6
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 14
Michelle Carey 400H 20
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 20
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 14
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 18
Deirdre Ryan HJ 20

ChickenTikka

Predictions:

Tingle wrote: »

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 8
David Gillick 400 4
Thomas Chamney 800 24
Deirdre Byrne 1500 24
Thomas Chamney 1500 16
Alistair Cragg 5000 9
Derval O’Rourke 100H 9
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 3
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 24
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 12
Michelle Carey 400H 20
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 8
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 18
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 12
Deirdre Ryan HJ 14

Pherekydes

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 6
David Gillick 400 3
Thomas Chamney 800 19
Deirdre Byrne 1500 27
Thomas Chamney 1500 22
Alistair Cragg 5000 19
Derval O’Rourke 100H 21
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 6
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 20
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 12
Michelle Carey 400H 25
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 22
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 13
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 15
Deirdre Ryan HJ 18


Fairly pessimistic, but anyway...

dna_leri

Athlete |Event |Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession |200 |7
David Gillick |400 |4
Thomas Chamney |800 |14
Deirdre Byrne |1500 |24
Thomas Chamney |1500 |24
Alistair Cragg |5000 |10
Derval O’Rourke |100H |16
Olive Loughnane |20k Walk |4
Robert Heffernan |20k Walk |6
Roisin McGettigan |3000SC |16
Michelle Carey |400H |24
Jamie Costin |50k Walk |12
Colin Griffin |50k Walk |24
Eileen O’Keefe |Hammer |15
Deirdre Ryan |HJ |24


No medals but 4 in top 8.

shels4ever

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 8
David Gillick 400 4
Thomas Chamney 800 11
Deirdre Byrne 1500 16
Thomas Chamney 1500 22
Alistair Cragg 5000 6
Derval O’Rourke 100H 12
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 4
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 6
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 20
Michelle Carey 400H 18
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 15
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 20
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 7
Deirdre Ryan HJ 12

JKF

shels4ever wrote: »

Alistair Cragg 5000 6

I'm glad somebody else has faith in the chap.. I'm hoping we're gonna be pleasantly surprised!

mrak

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 9
David Gillick 400 6
Thomas Chamney 800 20
Deirdre Byrne 1500 25
Thomas Chamney 1500 18
Alistair Cragg 5000 8
Derval O’Rourke 100H 8
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 6
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 15
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 9
Michelle Carey 400H 25
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 10
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 13
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 17
Deirdre Ryan HJ 18

Reaganomical

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 6
David Gillick 400 3
Thomas Chamney 800 10
Deirdre Byrne 1500 20
Thomas Chamney 1500 24
Alistair Cragg 5000 10
Derval O’Rourke 100H 6
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 5
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 3
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 12
Michelle Carey 400H 20
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 15
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 20 (fingers crossed, no DQ this time)
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 6
Deirdre Ryan HJ 12

Wishful thinking on my part...

Irishathlete_1

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 11
David Gillick 400 3
Thomas Chamney 800 17
Deirdre Byrne 1500 24
Thomas Chamney 1500 20
Alistair Cragg 5000 9
Derval O’Rourke 100H 16
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 7
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 6
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 13
Michelle Carey 400H 24
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 12
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 19
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 12
Deirdre Ryan HJ 19

walshb

For anyone interested in the timetable

http://www.berlin2009.org/132-1-timetable.html

DangerMouse27

schnellimbiss wrote: »

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 7
David Gillick 400 6
Thomas Chamney 800 6
Deirdre Byrne 1500 9
Thomas Chamney 1500 8
Alistair Cragg 5000 20
Derval O’Rourke 100H 15
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 5
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 3
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 7
Michelle Carey 400H 22
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 15
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 19
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 11
Deirdre Ryan HJ 17


mm im prob the least optimistic until you get to Rob in the 20k walk..bronze could happen

sleapy235

AthleteEventPrediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 7
David Gillick 400 5
Thomas Chamney 800 15
Deirdre Byrne 1500 21
Thomas Chamney 1500 29
Alistair Cragg 5000 9
Derval O’Rourke 100H 11
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 3
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 6
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 19
Michelle Carey 400H 29
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 11
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 28
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 13
Deirdre Ryan HJ 17

thirstywork

:pAthlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 10th
David Gillick 400 7th
Thomas Chamney 800 24th
Deirdre Byrne 1500 16th
Thomas Chamney 1500 24th
Alistair Cragg 5000 24th
Derval O’Rourke 100H 16th
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 9th
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 7th
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 24th
Michelle Carey 400H 24th
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 14th
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 24th
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 11th
Deirdre Ryan HJ 18th

Rineanna

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 9
David Gillick 400 5
Thomas Chamney 800 14
Deirdre Byrne 1500 21
Thomas Chamney 1500 19
Alistair Cragg 5000 7
Derval O’Rourke 100H 14
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 3
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 10
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 16
Michelle Carey 400H 20
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 22
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 20
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 8
Deirdre Ryan HJ 14


A rush job, but we'll see how it goes.

dpo

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 11
David Gillick 400 4
Thomas Chamney 800 19
Deirdre Byrne 1500 18
Thomas Chamney 1500 14
Alistair Cragg 5000 16
Derval O’Rourke 100H 22
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 5
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 6
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 11
Michelle Carey 400H 23
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 24
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 21
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 10
Deirdre Ryan HJ 15

TheRoomWrecker

:pAthlete Event Prediction (1-24)

Paul Hession 200 9th
David Gillick 400 4th
Thomas Chamney 800 14th
Deirdre Byrne 1500 15th
Thomas Chamney 1500 19th
Alistair Cragg 5000 10th
Derval O’Rourke 100H 8th
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 5th
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 4th
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 21th
Michelle Carey 400H 22th
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 15th
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 28th
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 8th
Deirdre Ryan HJ 17th
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lets see how i do

Kiptanui

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 10
David Gillick 400 8
Thomas Chamney 800 19
Deirdre Byrne 1500 24
Thomas Chamney 1500 24
Alistair Cragg 5000 11
Derval O’Rourke 100H 16
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 3
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 10
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 22
Michelle Carey 400H 24
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 24
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 15
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 14
Deirdre Ryan HJ 19

Hope its better than this but there you go!

the_real_lamp

AthleteEventPrediction (1-24)Paul Hession200 10David Gillick400 5Thomas Chamney800 10Deirdre Byrne1500 21Thomas Chamney1500 18Alistair Cragg5000 7Derval O’Rourke100H 16Olive Loughnane20k Walk 4Robert Heffernan20k Walk 5Roisin McGettigan3000SC 22Michelle Carey400H 20Jamie Costin50k Walk 8Colin Griffin50k Walk 16Eileen O’KeefeHammer 9Deirdre RyanHJ 18

thirtyfoot

Ok, healthy number of entries in.

First update will be monday as I am away for a few days. After that, score updates will be done when each Irish athlete finish.

shels4ever

JKF wrote: »

I'm glad somebody else has faith in the chap.. I'm hoping we're gonna be pleasantly surprised!

Yep it's all upto him now, I think he's in godo shape physically so it all depends on how hungry he is... I'd love to see him do well

ecoli

Seeing as Tingle away i thought i would do a quick provisional update of points after this mornings session so here goes


Kiptanui 7
Thirsty Work 8
Mrak 10 (correct prediction bonus)
Tingle 11
ecoli 11
Rineanna 12
RJM22 12
The Real Lamp 12
Shels4ever 13
Room Wrecker 14
sleapy235 14
chrissor 14
Woddle 16
runnerrr 16
Pherekydes 17
dna_leri 17
LambDave 18
JKF 19
helpisontheway 20
Irish_athlete1 20
dpo 22
Chikentikka 23
Cickimc 23
schnellimbiss 24
Dangermouse27 29



Should be accurate but apologies if there any mistakes

Kiptanui

Hope my accuracy holds up tomorrow with the 20km walk!! 3rd for Olive!!

thirtyfoot

Tight at the top between Kiptanui and thirstywork, bonus points on Chamney, McGettigan and Carey helping them out.


Rank Poster Pts
1 Kiptanui -2
2 thirstywork 0
3 sleapy235 5
4 ecoli 9
4 dna leri 9
6 RJM22 15
6 mrak 15
8 Tingle 16
9 Pherekydes 18
10 shels4ever 23
10 Rineanna 23
12 irishathlete 1 24
12 TheRoomWrecker 24
12 the real lamp 24
15 schnellimbiss 26
16 lambdave 28
16 chrissor 28
18 Woddle 29
19 JKF 30
20 runnerrr 31
21 cickimc 34
21 ChickenTikka 34
23 helpisontheway 35
24 dpo 36
25 DangerMouse27 50

thirtyfoot

dna leri moves up 2 spots to 2nd while Kiptanui still leads after adding in the results of the Deidres this morning.

chicken tikka (up 8 places) and irish athlete_1 (up 5 places) are the other big movers.

Rank Previous Poster Pts
1 1 Kiptanui -2
2 4 dna leri -1
3 2 thirstywork 14
4 3 sleapy235 15
5 6 mrak 16
6 9 Pherekydes 19
7 4 ecoli 24
7 12 irishathlete 1 24
9 6 RJM22 28
10 8 Tingle 33
10 12 the real lamp 33
12 10 Rineanna 36
13 21 ChickenTikka 39
14 19 JKF 40
14 12 TheRoomWrecker 40
16 15 schnellimbiss 42
17 10 shels4ever 43
18 16 lambdave 46
19 16 chrissor 47
20 20 runnerrr 49
20 21 cickimc 49
22 18 Woddle 51
22 24 dpo 51
24 23 helpisontheway 54
25 25 DangerMouse27 72

thirtyfoot

Kiptanui opens a gap at the front but 6 events still to go.

Rank Previous Poster Pts
1 1 Kiptanui 5
2 2 dna leri 14
3 5 mrak 21
3 3 thirstywork 21
5 4 sleapy235 25
6 9 RJM22 32
7 7 ecoli 37
7 7 irishathlete 1 37
9 6 Pherekydes 40
9 10 the real lamp 40
11 14 JKF 43
12 10 Tingle 45
12 14 TheRoomWrecker 45
14 13 ChickenTikka 46
15 12 Rineanna 47
16 16 schnellimbiss 48
17 17 shels4ever 53
18 20 runnerrr 54
19 18 lambdave 55
20 20 cickimc 56
21 22 Woddle 57
22 19 chrissor 58
23 24 helpisontheway 65
24 22 dpo 70
25 25 DangerMouse27 86


Kiptanui Scores

Hession 0pts
Chamney 0pts
Byrne 0pts
O' Rourke 12pts
Loughnane 1pt
Heffernan 5pts
McGettigan 2pts
Carey 0pts
Ryan 5pts

Bonus -20pts

Total 5pts

thirtyfoot

After Chamney result (he won't make top 24)

Thirstywork moves into silver position with mrak dropping to 4th. ChickenTikka moves into 7th all the way up from 14th.

Rank Previous Poster Pts
1 1 Kiptanui 10
2 3 thirstywork 16
3 2 dna leri 24
4 3 mrak 25
5 5 sleapy235 34
6 6 RJM22 40
7 14 ChickenTikka 41
8 7 irishathlete 1 44
9 7 ecoli 45
9 9 Pherekydes 45
11 9 the real lamp 54
12 11 JKF 55
12 12 TheRoomWrecker 55
14 12 Tingle 57
14 15 Rineanna 57
16 16 schnellimbiss 62
17 18 runnerrr 66
17 17 shels4ever 66
19 20 cickimc 70
20 22 chrissor 71
21 19 lambdave 72
22 21 Woddle 73
23 23 helpisontheway 75
23 24 dpo 75
25 25 DangerMouse27 104

thirtyfoot

After Eileen's Hammer - 4 events to go.

Kiptanui's surge for home is on. The pack of 3 are trying to close him down and battling for the medals at the same time!! mrak nicks ahead of dna leri and into 3rd.

Rank Previous Poster Pts
1 1 Kiptanui 20
2 2 thirstywork 29
3 4 mrak 32
4 3 dna leri 33
5 5 sleapy235 45
6 7 ChickenTikka 53
7 9 Pherekydes 54
8 6 RJM22 56
8 8 irishathlete 1 56
10 12 JKF 61
11 9 ecoli 62
12 11 the real lamp 69
13 14 Tingle 71
13 12 TheRoomWrecker 71
15 14 Rineanna 73
16 16 schnellimbiss 80
17 17 runnerrr 81
18 19 cickimc 83
18 17 shels4ever 83
20 20 chrissor 85
21 21 lambdave 86
22 22 Woddle 88
23 23 dpo 89
24 23 helpisontheway 91
25 25 DangerMouse27 117


The picks of the main players - Cragg's performance will make or break thirstywork's effort.

dna leri mrak thirstywork Kiptanui
David Gillick 400 4 6 7 8
Alistair Cragg 5000 10 8 24 11
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 12 10 14 24
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 24 13 24 15

dna_leri

Ok, so I'm looking for Cragg to make it through tonight, a good walk for Jamie and a bad day for Colin. I'll forgo the bonus 5pts for Gillick if he can get a medal and bring the week to a great end.

shels4ever

Terrible showing by myself.. hoping on a 6th place from cragg now....

thirtyfoot

thirstywork has taken the lead............3 events to go.

Rank Previous Poster Pts
1 2 thirstywork 24
2 1 Kiptanui 33
3 4 dna leri 47
4 3 mrak 48
5 7 Pherekydes 59
6 5 sleapy235 60
7 8 RJM22 68
7 6 ChickenTikka 68
9 8 irishathlete 1 71
10 11 ecoli 75
11 10 JKF 77
12 13 Tingle 83
13 13 TheRoomWrecker 85
14 12 the real lamp 86
15 15 Rineanna 90
16 16 schnellimbiss 94
17 18 cickimc 95
18 17 runnerrr 96
19 22 Woddle 97
19 23 dpo 97
21 21 lambdave 98
22 20 chrissor 99
23 18 shels4ever 101
24 24 helpisontheway 105
25 25 DangerMouse27 121


Few more contenders in a shout for 3rd now.

dna leri mrak thirstywork Kiptanui sleapy235 Pherekydes
David Gillick 400 4 6 7 8 5 3
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 12 10 14 24 11 22
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 24 13 24 15 24 13

thirstywork

Tingle wrote: »

thirstywork has taken the lead............3 events to go.

Rank Previous Poster Pts
1 2 thirstywork 24
2 1 Kiptanui 33
3 4 dna leri 47
4 3 mrak 48
5 7 Pherekydes 59
6 5 sleapy235 60
7 8 RJM22 68
7 6 ChickenTikka 68
9 8 irishathlete 1 71
10 11 ecoli 75
11 10 JKF 77
12 13 Tingle 83
13 13 TheRoomWrecker 85
14 12 the real lamp 86
15 15 Rineanna 90
16 16 schnellimbiss 94
17 18 cickimc 95
18 17 runnerrr 96
19 22 Woddle 97
19 23 dpo 97
21 21 lambdave 98
22 20 chrissor 99
23 18 shels4ever 101
24 24 helpisontheway 105
25 25 DangerMouse27 121


Few more contenders in a shout for 3rd now.

dna leri mrak thirstywork Kiptanui sleapy235 Pherekydes
David Gillick 400 4 6 7 8 5 3
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 12 10 14 24 11 22
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 24 13 24 15 24 13

I really think Jamie has a big performance in him.Maybe Tingle could tell people about Jamie's background and history.
the guy has come back from a career threatening injury and missed the Olympics.
I really hope he performs.Colin Griffin is another guy who dedicates his life to athletics,his problem seems to be the technical aspect of walking and he has spent alot of time this year trying to rectify this with his italian coach,i just think(hope im wrong) he will foul out again.
We are all thinking pretty similar for Gillick so its gona be a close one.
after watching the semi finals and alot of weight lifted from Gillick i think he can go 4th-7th

thirstywork

Kiptanui wrote: »

Athlete Event Prediction (1-24)
Paul Hession 200 10
David Gillick 400 8
Thomas Chamney 800 19
Deirdre Byrne 1500 24
Thomas Chamney 1500 24
Alistair Cragg 5000 11
Derval O’Rourke 100H 16
Olive Loughnane 20k Walk 3
Robert Heffernan 20k Walk 10
Roisin McGettigan 3000SC 22
Michelle Carey 400H 24
Jamie Costin 50k Walk 24
Colin Griffin 50k Walk 15
Eileen O’Keefe Hammer 14
Deirdre Ryan HJ 19

Hope its better than this but there you go!

loughnane prediction deserved -20points
I think you have the two walkers the wrong way round.when jamie waled the national record this year beating colin he also had to stop for over a minute so if things go well he will be well ahead of colin on form.;)

thirstywork

17k gone so far and both Irish lads in the low 20's i think.good lot of cards being dished:eek: out

thirstywork

griffin out.costin 28th but i think he will finish top 20

thirstywork

my mistake griffin 22nd and costin 26th(just over minute between them.
looking good for kiptanui but alot can change haha.over 25k gone

thirtyfoot

Like in Tour de France, here are the 'on the road' provisional rankings after 30km of the Walk.

Rank Previous Poster Pts
1 1 thirstywork 35
2 2 Kiptanui 36
3 3 dna leri 60
4 5 Pherekydes 71
5 4 mrak 72
6 6 sleapy235 74
7 9 irishathlete 1 87
8 7 ChickenTikka 89
9 11 JKF 90
10 19 dpo 94
11 15 Rineanna 95
12 7 RJM22 97
13 12 Tingle 98
14 13 TheRoomWrecker 99
15 10 ecoli 100
16 16 schnellimbiss 106
17 14 the real lamp 109
18 23 shels4ever 113
19 17 cickimc 115
20 22 chrissor 117
21 19 Woddle 120
22 18 runnerrr 123
23 21 lambdave 125
24 24 helpisontheway 128
25 25 DangerMouse27 134

dna_leri

By my calculations, Thirstywork has it won unless Gillick comes 8th, in which case Kiptanui overtakes down the home straight to win. I think my 3rd place is safe.

thirtyfoot

Yes, thirstywork is the inaugural Boards Prediction Competition Gold Medalist and can't be caught. The medals are decided with kiptanui in silver and dna leri in bronze. Top 8 positions are still up for grabs.

It'll be interesting to see if thirstywork will be able to follow up this track success on the country with the Euro Cross in December!!!

Rank Previous Poster Pts
1 1 thirstywork 29
2 2 Kiptanui 37
3 3 dna leri 54
4 6 sleapy235 68
5 4 Pherekydes 72
6 5 mrak 73
7 7 irishathlete 1 88
8 8 ChickenTikka 90
9 9 JKF 91
10 10 dpo 95
11 11 Rineanna 96
12 12 RJM22 98
12 14 TheRoomWrecker 98
14 13 Tingle 99
15 15 ecoli 101
16 16 schnellimbiss 107
17 17 the real lamp 110
18 18 shels4ever 114
19 19 cickimc 116
20 20 chrissor 118
21 21 Woddle 121
22 22 runnerrr 124
23 23 lambdave 126
24 24 helpisontheway 129
25 25 DangerMouse27 135

thirstywork

Tingle wrote: »

Yes, thirstywork is the inaugural Boards Prediction Competition Gold Medalist and can't be caught. The medals are decided with kiptanui in silver and dna leri in bronze. Top 8 positions are still up for grabs.

It'll be interesting to see if thirstywork will be able to follow up this track success on the country with the Euro Cross in December!!!

Rank Previous Poster Pts
1 1 thirstywork 29
2 2 Kiptanui 37
3 3 dna leri 54
4 6 sleapy235 68
5 4 Pherekydes 72
6 5 mrak 73
7 7 irishathlete 1 88
8 8 ChickenTikka 90
9 9 JKF 91
10 10 dpo 95
11 11 Rineanna 96
12 12 RJM22 98
12 14 TheRoomWrecker 98
14 13 Tingle 99
15 15 ecoli 101
16 16 schnellimbiss 107
17 17 the real lamp 110
18 18 shels4ever 114
19 19 cickimc 116
20 20 chrissor 118
21 21 Woddle 121
22 22 runnerrr 124
23 23 lambdave 126
24 24 helpisontheway 129
25 25 DangerMouse27 135

overall there was some great predictions in there.think loughnane for bronze was some shout by kiptanui.
Ireland performed really well and i think RTE will regret not showing it.
Derval was the performance of the Irish for me(know it sounds silly after loughnanes bronze)but she is back to her best and will be one of the favs for the world indoors should she run it.
Gillick making the final was a landmark for irish athletics and will give him huge confidence in an event dominated by the USA ...

Kiptanui

thirstywork wrote: »

overall there was some great predictions in there.think loughnane for bronze was some shout by kiptanui.
Ireland performed really well and i think RTE will regret not showing it.
Derval was the performance of the Irish for me(know it sounds silly after loughnanes bronze)but she is back to her best and will be one of the favs for the world indoors should she run it.
Gillick making the final was a landmark for irish athletics and will give him huge confidence in an event dominated by the USA ...

Well done Thirstywork!!
Good Predictions overall!! I took a chance on Cragg and Colin Griffen, thought they both might deliver!!


Chamney will benefit from the experience and I feel his best chance of success lies at 1500m. Hopefully Eileen can return to her best a la Derval!!
Nobody predicted Derval's stunning performance. Top class with a fantastic ability to deliver on the big day.
David Gillick showed how far he progressed and raced bravely in the final. He took them on early and paid a price but he will reap the rewards in Barcelona!!
For me though, the performance of the championship was our medal winner! Well done Olive! World championship medals are to be treasured! Just as she was our best athlete at the Olympics, she was again in Berlin. Roll on the Europeans!!

mrak

thirstywork wrote: »

overall there was some great predictions in there.think loughnane for bronze was some shout by kiptanui.
Ireland performed really well and i think RTE will regret not showing it.
Derval was the performance of the Irish for me(know it sounds silly after loughnanes bronze)but she is back to her best and will be one of the favs for the world indoors should she run it.
Gillick making the final was a landmark for irish athletics and will give him huge confidence in an event dominated by the USA ...

Well done thirstywork - great predictions - minor correction on the color of the medal though! Silver is so much shinier!