2015 Hurling Championship Pools

Hammer Archer

Week Thirteen
Position|Poster|Prev. Score|Points|Bonus|Total
1st|padd b1975|118|2|1|121
2nd|patmac|114|2|0|116
3rd|feargale|109|2|0|111
4th|Pandiani|108|2|0|110
5th|ShamoBuc|107|2|0|109
6th|IanVW|107|0|0|107
=6th|Claw09|105|2|0|107
8th|laoisman11|106|0|0|106
9th|jjjd|95|2|0|97
10th|Hammer Archer|93|2|1|96
11th|paul0103|89|2|0|91
=11th|Kavrocks|88|2|1|91
13th|macslash|89|0|0|89
14th|Davys Fits|85|2|1|88
15th|AbsentPonderer|75|0|0|75
16th|enoughtaken|66|0|0|66
17th|toxicity234|50|0|0|50
=17th|PTH2009|48|2|0|50
19th|Danno|21|0|0|21
20th|carter10|0|0|0|0
21st|skaface|0|0|0|0


Result
Kilkenny by 6

If you see any mistakes, let me know.

Four people got last weekend's result pretty much spot on.
One of these was our leader padd b1975 who now extends his lead at the top to 5 points with just 6 points up for grabs in the final two games. Looking more and more likely that a Mayo man will win a hurling competition :eek:

The weekend's second semi final fixture will be up in a minute.

Hammer Archer

Sunday 16 August
All-Ireland SHC semi-final
Tipperary v Galway, Croke Park, 4pm

Pandiani

Draw

ShamoBuc

Tip by 6

macslash

Galway by 3

Claw09

Sunday 16 August
All-Ireland SHC semi-final
Tipperary v Galway, Croke Park - Tipp by 6

Davys Fits

Tipp by 1

feargale

I'm back, and I confirm as before:
Tipp by 2.

paul0103

Tipp by 8

jjjd

Tipp by 4

Kavrocks

Sunday 16 August
All-Ireland SHC semi-final
Tipperary v Galway, Croke Park, 4pm - Tipp by 4

laoisman11

Sunday 16 August
All-Ireland SHC semi-final
Tipperary v Galway, Croke Park, 4pm - Draw

Hammer Archer

Tipp by 3

padd b1975

Sunday 16 August
All-Ireland SHC semi-final
Tipperary v Galway, Croke Park, 4pm - Tipperary by 3.

patmac

Galway by 2

thesamster

Tipp by 6

PTH2009

Galway by 5

macslash

Too early to throw in a Final prediction?! Galway by 3

feargale

Kilkenny v. Galway (final)
I confirm, Kilkenny by 7.

Hammer Archer

Week Fourteen
Position|Poster|Prev. Score|Points|Bonus|Total
1st|padd b1975|121|0|0|121
2nd|patmac|116|2|1|119
3rd|feargale|111|0|0|111
=3rd|Pandiani|110|0|1|111
5th|ShamoBuc|109|0|0|109
6th|IanVW|107|0|0|107
=6th|Claw09|107|0|0|107
=6th|laoisman11|106|0|1|107
9th|jjjd|97|0|0|97
10th|Hammer Archer|96|0|0|96
11th|macslash|89|2|1|92
12th|paul0103|91|0|0|91
=12th|Kavrocks|91|0|0|91
14th|Davys Fits|88|0|0|88
15th|AbsentPonderer|75|0|0|75
16th|enoughtaken|66|0|0|66
17th|PTH2009|50|2|0|52
18th|toxicity234|50|0|0|50
19th|Danno|21|0|0|21
20th|carter10|0|0|0|0
21st|skaface|0|0|0|0
22nd|thesamster|0|0|0|0


Result
Galway by 1

If you see any mistakes, let me know.

Only two people got the second semi final result spot on. They were macslash and patmac. patmac's three points and padd b1975's failure to score means patmac is now just two points behind in second place with just the final to go. It's almost certainly between these two for top spot.

The final fixture will be up in a moment.

Hammer Archer

Sunday 6 September
All Ireland SHC Final
Kilkenny v Galway, Croke Park, 3.30pm

If the two front runners wish to send me their prediction by PM to prevent tactical predictions, feel free.

Hammer Archer

Kilkenny by 5

PTH2009

Galway by 2

Kavrocks

Sunday 6 September
All Ireland SHC Final
Kilkenny v Galway, Croke Park, 3.30pm - Draw

skaface

Galway by 5

Pandiani

Draw

ShamoBuc

Galway by 4

padd b1975

Hammer Archer wrote: »

If the two front runners wish to send me their prediction by PM to prevent tactical predictions, feel free.

It's hardly worth my while, my start of year predictions are disastrous :cool:


Galway by 2.

Davys Fits

Galway by 7

Claw09

Galway by 2

jjjd

Draw

laoisman11

Galway by 4

patmac

I reckon we are level and even though I want Galway to win, to make it interesting.
Kilkenny by 1.

Hammer Archer

Preliminary Results
Position|Poster|Prev. Score|Points|Bonus|Total
1st|padd b1975|121|0|0|121
=1st|patmac|119|2|0|121
3rd|feargale|111|2|0|113
4th|Pandiani|111|0|0|111
5th|ShamoBuc|109|0|0|109
6th|IanVW|107|0|0|107
=6th|Claw09|107|0|0|107
=6th|laoisman11|107|0|0|107
9th|Hammer Archer|96|2|1|99
10th|jjjd|97|0|0|97
11th|macslash|92|0|0|92
12th|paul0103|91|0|0|91
=12th|Kavrocks|91|0|0|91
14th|Davys Fits|88|0|0|88
15th|AbsentPonderer|75|0|0|75
16th|enoughtaken|66|0|0|66
17th|PTH2009|52|0|0|52
18th|toxicity234|50|0|0|50
19th|Danno|21|0|0|21
20th|carter10|0|0|0|0
21st|skaface|0|0|0|0
22nd|thesamster|0|0|0|0


Result
Kilkenny by 4

If you see any mistakes, let me know.

Only myself, patmac and feargale scored anything this week. Surprisingly not many people were confident of Kilkenny winning an All Ireland final.

That means that before the initial predictions are taken into account, padd b1975 and patmac are now the joint leaders on 121 points. feargale and Pandiani are joint third but 10 points behind the leaders.

I'll do the initial prediction scores later on.

Hammer Archer

FINAL SCORES
Position|Poster|Points|Bonus|Total
1st|patmac|121|10|131
2nd|padd b1975|121|6|127
=2nd|Pandiani|111|16|127
4th|feargale|113|8|121
=4th|ShamoBuc|109|12|121
6th|IanVW|107|8|115
=6th|Claw09|107|8|115
=6th|laoisman11|107|8|115
9th|jjjd|97|12|109
10th|Hammer Archer|99|6|105
11th|Kavrocks|91|10|101
12th|paul0103|91|8|99
13th|macslash|92|6|98
14th|Davys Fits|88|6|94
15th|AbsentPonderer|75|0|75
16th|enoughtaken|66|8|74
17th|toxicity234|50|6|56
18th|PTH2009|52|2|54
19th|Danno|21|14|35
20th|carter10|0|0|0
21st|skaface|0|0|0
22nd|thesamster|0|0|0


Here are the correct initial predictions:

All Ireland SHC Champion: Kilkenny
All Ireland SHC Runner Up: Galway
Munster Champion: Kilkenny
Leinster Champion: Tipperary
Liam McCarthy relegation: Antrim
Christy Ring Champion: Kerry
Christy Ring Runner Up: Derry
Christy Ring relegation: Mayo
Nicky Rackard Champion: Roscommon
Nicky Rackard Runner Up: Armagh
Nicky Rackard relegation: Louth
Lory Meagher Champion: Fermanagh
Lory Meagher Runner Up: Sligo

So this season's Hurling Championship Pools champion is patmac. patmac does the double this season in carrying over his form from the NHL pools victory into the championship. Probably the first time a Westmeath man will do a national hurling league and championship double. Congrats to patmac.

Runner up spot is a dead heat between padd b1975 and Pandiani. padd b1975 was long time leader but was just pipped to the post. Pandiani came from way back with a massive 16 bonus points from their initial predictions to claim a share of second place.

So thanks to everyone for playing. Congratulations to patmac again. Look out for the NHL 2016 competition in the new year where you'll get the chance to dethrone patmac.

patmac

Thanks Hammer Archer for the time you put into this it's great craic.
The double eh, who would have believed it, being a Westmeath man living in Roscommon probably gives me a slight edge regarding the lower levels of hurling but a few gambles near the end kept me in touch and I managed to get lucky in the end. Having beaten Meath in the football and if my club Padraig Pearses can finally win a Senior Championship it will cap of a memorable year for me.
3 cheers for my worthy opponents Padd b 1975 and Pandiani and of course Hammer Archer.
Hip Hip Hooray, Hip Hip Hooray , Hip Hip Hooray. (Lifts imaginary cup and does a celebratory lap of honour around the garden being cheered on by the 2 dogs).

ShamoBuc

Joint 4th, happy with that!

Comhghairdeachas patmac!

Again, many thanks for taking the time to run it Hammer !!

padd b1975

Congratulations to patmac and well done to HA for another brilliantly organised and well run competition.

Boards might not have the largest GAA forum on the Internet, but when it comes to predictions, we take some beating.
Fantastic standard all round.

I was hoping I wouldn't stay true to my Mayo heritage and come up short, but it wasn't to be!!

Looking forward to the league competition already.

feargale

First and foremost a vote of thanks to Hammer Archer for magnificent work. It's been great fun.
Heartiest congratulations to patmac.
Well done padd, Pandiani and Shamobuc, and indeed all the others who stuck with it through thick and thin.
Mind that cup, patmac. You only have a loan of it. :pac:

Pandiani

Thanks Hammer for running the comp and well done to patmac!

Davys Fits

Thanks Hammer. Looking forward to next year!

enoughtaken

Thanks also Hammer Archer. Didn't get to post results every week, but hopefully next year.