2014 From Long Range Competition

BomberMcVeigh · February 17, 2014, 10:36am

It's back for season 2014! The tipping competition with a difference. No need to pick your tips week by week - you pick them all before the season starts!

Now in its 7th year, From Long Range (FLR) is a competition available exclusively to all Blitzers. Originally conceived and run by Mero, FLR provides you with something to do in the off season, as well as an interest during the season no matter how the Bombers are going.

Past winners include:

2008 ?? Mero might know

2009 swoodley

2010 #11

2011 Red Rover / Plugs

2012 WindyDill

2013 Paddyl90

Last year's prize of a match day 1993 Grand Final Record has been surpassed this year with not one record, but ALL FOUR Essendon records from the 1993 Final Series. OK, so we lost the first Qualifying Final, but we more than made up for it with the next three games! Very collectible. The perfect companion when watching the replays.

And in a new twist, we are awarding a prize for LAST position. Yes that's right, last. It is the football record from the 1999 Preliminary Final. Now if that doesn't make you try harder, nothing will!

Most of you know how it goes, but for those who don't, here's the rules and instructions:

1. You must be a BomberBlitz member to play.

2. Download the entry spreadsheet from here https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/92660724/FLR%202014%20-%20YourName.xls

3. Rename the file with your BomberBlitz name.

4. Select the predicted winner (or draw) for each of the 198 matches of the season. Note: You may have to "Enable Editting" to be able to make your picks.

5. Email your entry to BomberMcVeigh @ Gmail.com (without the spaces)

6. You must do all of this BEFORE Friday 14th March, 19:50 (start of the season) Any entries recieved after this time will be ignored.

7. Any games that you don't select a winner for, will be assumed to be the AWAY team.

8. Only one entry per Blitzer, including those with multiple personas.

9. In the event of a tie, all winners will be recognised in the honour roll however due to the uniqueness of the prize, there will be a countback for the prize winner with the tipper with the most "9"s, "8"'s etc. being the winner.

10. Darren Bewick.

11. Any ■■■■■■■■ or correspondence will probably be ignored.

12. Entries will be recorded in the opening post as they have been processed.

13. Anybody who wants their "ladder" can request that in their entry email.

14. Progressive results will be published after each round in this thread.

I think that's it. Any other rules I have forgotten will be made up as required.

Go for it! Last year we had 69 entries - hopefully we can top that this year.

2014 Entries (59)

2011

Acorn

AnnStBomber

barnzz

Bboy10

BLOODSTAINED DEVILS

BomberMcVeigh

CELTIC SWING

Chess

coldblood

Crazy Bomber

CyberBomber

dapto

DARTH TAJ

Davo

Dodga

Dunnybrush

Eggs

Enki

Fairybread

Falcon1500

GoatBoy

Ignorence

Incoming!

Ivan

jessimischa

Jezz

Juicy

Kev6

Mackster

matrixgeek

mcgoved

Mero

Mitch25

Muriel St Bomber

nick_rudich

NZBomber

Paddyl90

PHBomber

quietachiever

randommuz

Riolio

RossoNeri

SamFo

samwoods

Scotty21

Spikefan

stuka

sweatyman

swoodley

theseventhdaniher

TomsDons

Vanderlegend

Wimmera1

Windy Dill

Windyhill

Windyhillwonders

xhavok

Zimmer

scotty21 · February 17, 2014, 10:38am

Love FLR! Back in for sure.

ivan · February 17, 2014, 10:43am

my working day is officially farked now.

Zebba · February 17, 2014, 11:09am

Jesus that's a good prize... Who donated?

BomberMcVeigh · February 17, 2014, 3:43pm

Jesus that's a good prize... Who donated?

The records are from my "too lazy to eBay" pile.

swoodley · February 18, 2014, 5:58pm

I'm in...entry has just been e-mailed :)

rossoneri · February 19, 2014, 9:38am

sent

Davo · February 20, 2014, 9:38am

Working my way through it now. In between people walking around my desk that is.

BomberMcVeigh · February 21, 2014, 9:50am

Well the entries are starting to trickle in. Make your tips wisely this year else you may be in line to win the prize for last - and nobody I know wants this:

(actually, that's not true - I unfortunately do know some Carlton supporters....)

In any case, I will be glad to get rid of it!

darrenbewick_8 · February 22, 2014, 12:26pm

Tremendous stuff bomber mcveigh ! Footy records of entire 1993 legendary final series by michael long, darren bewick, mark mercuri, Joe misiti something to savour for sure.

paddyl90 · February 23, 2014, 9:51am

Back to defend my title!

wimmera1 · February 23, 2014, 10:35am

sent.

Hope it worked.

Zebba · February 24, 2014, 8:47am

Can we close off this thread and start a new one?

I dunno, I think it's just more important than "internal server error". The guys doing all the work deserve better, and I'd wager dollars to donuts that a lot of people aren't reading it cause they click the "unread post" button and...

Just throwing it out there...

Windyhill · February 24, 2014, 9:39am

Sent at last. And now for last place, yeay.

Riolio · February 24, 2014, 4:21pm

Merging with BMcV's thread...

TomsDons · February 26, 2014, 3:49pm

Uh oh

			Sydney
		
			18
	
			<span style="color:#ff0000;">Essendon</span>
		
			18
	
			Hawthorn
		
			17
	
			Fremantle
		
			16
	
			Collingwood
		
			15
	
			Adelaide
		
			15
	
			West Coast Eagles
		
			14
	
			North Melbourne
		
			13
	
			Geelong
		
			13
	
			Richmond
		
			12
	
			Port Adelaide
		
			11
	
			Gold Coast Suns
		
			10
	
			Carlton
		
			9
	
			St Kilda
		
			5
	
			Melbourne
		
			5
	
			Western Bulldogs
		
			4
	
			Brisbane
		
			3

rossoneri · February 26, 2014, 4:00pm

Uh oh

Sydney 18 Essendon 18 Hawthorn 17 Fremantle 16 Collingwood 15 Adelaide 15 West Coast Eagles 14 North Melbourne 13 Geelong 13 Richmond 12 Port Adelaide 11 Gold Coast Suns 10 Carlton 9 St Kilda 5 Melbourne 5 Western Bulldogs 4 Brisbane 3

GWS?

TomsDons · February 26, 2014, 4:02pm

Uh oh

Sydney 18 Essendon 18 Hawthorn 17 Fremantle 16 Collingwood 15 Adelaide 15 West Coast Eagles 14 North Melbourne 13 Geelong 13 Richmond 12 Port Adelaide 11 Gold Coast Suns 10 Carlton 9 St Kilda 5 Melbourne 5 Western Bulldogs 4 Brisbane 3

GWS?

I must not have given them a win..

swoodley · February 26, 2014, 6:41pm

Uh oh

Sydney 18 Essendon 18 Hawthorn 17 Fremantle 16 Collingwood 15 Adelaide 15 West Coast Eagles 14 North Melbourne 13 Geelong 13 Richmond 12 Port Adelaide 11 Gold Coast Suns 10 Carlton 9 St Kilda 5 Melbourne 5 Western Bulldogs 4 Brisbane 3

Uh oh indeed...I have us winning 19 :)

BomberMcVeigh · February 27, 2014, 12:59pm

The ladder so far according to the Blitzers who have already entered FLR.

Why not join in? It only takes about 15 minutes and then that's it for the year. Details in the OP.

Hawthorn

Sydney

Essendon

Fremantle

Geelong

North Melbourne

Collingwood

Richmond

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West Coast Eagles

Adelaide

Carlton

Port Adelaide

Gold Coast SUNS

Western Bulldogs

Melbourne

Brisbane

St Kilda

GWS GIANTS

(3 Draws)