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2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest WELSH OPEN

Postby PLtheRef

Welcome one and all to the 2020-2021 Home Nations series Prediction Contest!

The English, Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh Opens shall each have the following format:

- Each entrant shall have 30 picks to use across the prediction contest. These can be placed on any of the 127 matches due to take place in each event.
- Players will be given a points value based on their seeding with players ranked higher being worth fewer points than those ranked lower. - Players seeded in the top 32 will be worth one point, 33-64 worth two points, 65-96 three points and 97+ worth four points. Any amateurs in the draw shall be worth six points.
E.g.4-4 Mark Selby (1pt) v Fan Zhengyi (4pts)
- You receive the points value for the respective player you pick should you correctly predict them to win.
- Correct scoreline predictions in Best of 7 matches score 2 points, Best of 9 and 11 Frame matches scores 3 points and in a Best of 17 Frame match scores 5 points.
- Nominate two players to reach the Final: 6 points for the tournament winner, 3 points for the runner-up
- In the event of a tie, the player with the highest number of correct scores shall be placed higher, followed by correct winners and if still tied by the largest number of picks remaining.

Home Nations competition

At the end of each contest, the top 8 entrants shall be awarded points to a Home Nations Series Ranking:
1st place: 24 points
2nd place: 16 points
3rd place: 12 points
4th place: 8 points
5th place: 6 points
6th place: 4 points
7th place: 2 points
8th place: 1 point

For each player, their highest finish in an event shall count double. If a player achieves the same highest position in more than one event, then the event they achieved their best score will count double.

To be included in the Home Nations Competition, a player must take part in at least two of the four Home Nations Prediction Contest!

Good Luck everyone!

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby PLtheRef

English Open Prediction Contest

First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 10am Monday 12th October
Martin O'Donnell [1] v Ashley Carty [4]
Lukas Kleckers [4] v Hossein Vafaei [2]
Mitchell Mann [3] v Liam Highfield [2]
David Grace [3] v Paul S Davison [6]
Scott Donaldson [1] v Andy Hicks [4]
Barry Pinches [3] v Andrew Higginson [2]
Zhou Yuelong [1] v Chris Wakelin [2]
Yan Bingtao [1] v Alan McManus [2]
Rod Lawler [3] v Farakh Ajaib [4]
Gerard Greene [3] v Robbie Williams [4]
Noppon Saengkham [2] v Oliver Lines [4]
Mark Selby [1] v Fan Zhengyi [4]
Jackson Page [3] v Liang Wenbo [2]
Martin Gould [2] v Steven Hallworth [4]
Lei Peifan [3] v Brandon Sargeant [3]
Ding Junhui [10 v Si Jiahui [3]
Joe Perry [1] v Riley Parsons [4]
Sohail Vahedi [3] v Joe O'Connor [2]
Tian Pengfei [2] v Mark Joyce [2]
Neil Robertson [1] v Lü Haotian [2]
Amine Amiri [3] v Yuan Sijun [2]
Anthony McGill [1] v Sam Craigie [2]
Michael Holt [1] v Jimmy White [3]

First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 7pm Monday 12th October
Chang Bingyu [3] v Aaron Hill [3]
Stephen Maguire [1] v Akani Songsermsawad [2]
Kurt Maflin [1] v Peter Devlin [3]
Ricky Walden [2] v Billy Joe Castle [3]
Ben Woollaston [2] v Alex Borg [4]
Fraser Patrick [3] v Connor Benzey (6)
Ronnie O'Sullivan [1] v Brian Ochoiski (6)
Allister Carter [1] v Jamie Clarke [4]
Mark Allen [1] v Mark King [2]

First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 10am Tuesday 13th October
Jordan Brown [4] v Lee Walker [4]
David B Gilbert [1] v Rory McLeod [4]
Zhao Xintong [1] v Pang Junxu [3]
Zak Surety [4] v Lu Ning [2]
Nigel Bond [3] v Ashley Hugill [4]
Jimmy Robertson [1] v Chen Zifan [3]
Peter Lines [1] v Luo Honghao [2]
Jack Lisowski [1] v Li Hang [2]
Simon Lichtenberg [4] v Anthony Hamilton [2]
Xu Si [3] v Ken Doherty [4]
Sean Maddocks [4] v Ben Hancorn [4]
Mark J Williams [1] v Allan Taylor [4]
Matthew Selt [1] v Jamie Wilson [4]
Kyren Wilson [1] v Dominic Dale [3]
Tom Ford [1] v Xiao Guodong [2]
Michael White (6) v Zhao Jianbo [4]
David Lilley [3] v Eden Sharav [3]
Shaun Murphy [1] v Robert Milkins [2]
Stuart Bingham [1] v Fergal O'Brien [4]
Jamie Jones [4] v Duane Jones [3]
Jak Jones [4] v Elliot Slessor [2]
Graeme Dott [1] v Alexander Ursenbacher [2]
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [1] v Stuart Carrington [2]

First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 7pm Tuesday 13th October
Daniel Wells [2] v Mark Davis [2]
Judd Trump [1] v Louis Heathcote [3]
Gary Wilson [1] v Iulian Boiko [4]
Gao Yang [4] v Kacper Filipiak [3]
Ian Burns [2] v Luca Brecel [2]
Matthew Stevens [1] v Jamie O'Neill [3]
Ryan Day [2] v Mark Lloyd (6)
Barry Hawkins [1] v Igor Figueiredo [3]
John Higgins [1] v James Cahill [3]


Tournament Finalists Prediction - Deadline 10am Monday 12th October
1
2


Please delete any match you are not including in your 30 picks throughout the event

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby chengdufan

My understanding is we need to predict the 2 English Open finalists now.
And predict the scores of 30 matches in total, across the English Open. Each score prediction should go in before that particular match is played.

Is that correct?

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby PLtheRef

chengdufan wrote:My understanding is we need to predict the 2 English Open finalists now.
And predict the scores of 30 matches in total, across the English Open. Each score prediction should go in before that particular match is played.

Is that correct?



Spot on. 30 picks to be used across the entire English Open event.

This time there is no rule on having to predict on the later stages. The 30 picks can be used on any of the matches

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby chengdufan

Martin O'Donnell [1] 2-4 Ashley Carty [4]
David Grace [3] 4-3 Paul S Davison [6]
Rod Lawler [3] 2-4 Farakh Ajaib [4]
Ding Junhui [1] 4-0 Si Jiahui [3]
Amine Amiri [3] 0-4 Yuan Sijun [2]
Ben Woollaston [2] 4-1 Alex Borg [4]
Allister Carter [1] 3-4 Jamie Clarke [4]
Jordan Brown [4] 4-2 Lee Walker [4]
Sean Maddocks [4] 4-3 Ben Hancorn [4]
Michael White (6) 4-2 Zhao Jianbo [4]
Jamie Jones [4] 4-1 Duane Jones [3]
Judd Trump [1] 4-0 Louis Heathcote [3]
Gao Yang [4] 4-2 Kacper Filipiak [3]

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby Juddernaut88

Yan Bingtao [1] 4-2 Alan McManus [2]
Michael Holt [1] 4-2 Jimmy White [3]
Judd Trump [1] 4-0 Louis Heathcote [3]
Mark Allen [1] 4-2 Mark King [2]
Kyren Wilson [1] 4-3 Dominic Dale [3]

I will predict 5 results for 1st round, 5 results for 2nd round, 5 results for 3rd round, all 8 results for last 16, all 4 results for Quarter finals, both semi finals and the final which will be 30 overall.

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby Andre147

First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 10am Monday 12th October
Gerard Greene [3] 3-4 Robbie Williams [4]
Martin Gould [2] 4-1 Steven Hallworth [4]
Neil Robertson [1] 4-2 Lü Haotian [2]

First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 7pm Monday 12th October
Ronnie O'Sullivan [1] 4-0 Brian Ochoiski (6)

First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 10am Tuesday 13th October
Nigel Bond [3] 3-4 Ashley Hugill [4]

First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 7pm Tuesday 13th October
Judd Trump [1] 4-3 Louis Heathcote [3]

Tournament Finalists Prediction - Deadline 10am Monday 12th October
1 Neil Robertson
2 Kyren Wilson

I've made 6 picks in this first round. But if I want I can "skip" the 2nd round entirely correct? As long as I have 30 by the end of the week right? Cheers

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby PLtheRef

ANDRE147 wrote:I've made 6 picks in this first round. But if I want I can "skip" the 2nd round entirely correct? As long as I have 30 by the end of the week right? Cheers


Correct, the 30 picks can come from any of the matches you want though bonuses for correct scorelines increase as the matches get longer. - You don't have to use all 30 if you don't want to (in the event of a player being tied on points, scorelines and predictions, the player who used fewer picks would come higher). Only thing I will say is that the picks don't roll over to the next event, e.g. if I only made 20 picks here, I wouldn't have 40 for the Northern Ireland event.

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby McManusFan

English Open Prediction Contest

First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 10am Monday 12th October


Yan Bingtao [1] v Alan McManus [2] 2-4
Rod Lawler [3] v Farakh Ajaib [4] 4-2
Gerard Greene [3] v Robbie Williams [4] 4-2
Sohail Vahedi [3] v Joe O'Connor [2] 4-3
Tian Pengfei [2] v Mark Joyce [2] 4-2
Amine Amiri [3] v Yuan Sijun [2] 1-4


First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 7pm Monday 12th October
Chang Bingyu [3] v Aaron Hill [3] 4-3
Ricky Walden [2] v Billy Joe Castle [3] 4-2
Ben Woollaston [2] v Alex Borg [4] 4-2

First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 10am Tuesday 13th October
Jordan Brown [4] v Lee Walker [4] 4-2
Peter Lines [1] v Luo Honghao [2] 2-4
Xu Si [3] v Ken Doherty [4] 3-4
Jamie Jones [4] v Duane Jones [3] 4-2

First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 7pm Tuesday 13th October

Gao Yang [4] v Kacper Filipiak [3] 3-4
John Higgins [1] v James Cahill [3] 4-2


Tournament Finalists Prediction - Deadline 10am Monday 12th October
1 Judd Trump
2 John Higgins

15/30 predictions used

Cheers for running the comp, I really like the format.

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby PLtheRef

This is the table up to the conclusion of the Akani vs. Maguire match. The remaining matches this evening will be included in the update from tomorrow night.

If any match doesn't go ahead for any reason then it will be considered a void pick and anyone who has used it in the predictions will be entitled to predict another match.

9 JUDDERNAUT88 4 - 0 16 Remaining
7 PLTHEREF 2 - 0 27 Remaining
6 MCMANUSFAN 1 - 1 15 Remaining
6 ANDRE147 3 - 0 24 Remaining
4 CHENGDUFAN 1 - 1 25 Remaining

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby PLtheRef

First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 10am Tuesday 13th October
Jordan Brown [4] 4-2 Lee Walker [4]
Nigel Bond [3] 3-4 Ashley Hugill [4]
Michael White (6) 4-2 Zhao Jianbo [4]
Jamie Jones [4] 4-3 Duane Jones [3]
Jak Jones [4] 1-4 Elliot Slessor [2]

First Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 7pm Tuesday 13th October
Gao Yang [4] 4-2 Kacper Filipiak [3]

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby PLtheRef

This is the table up to the end of the Stuart Bingham v Fergal O'Brien match. The Prediction on the Peter Lines match has been declared void so the predictor has one more prediction available than they had previously.

25 MCMANUSFAN 5 - 4 16 Remaining
25 JUDDERNAUT88 8 - 1 16 Remaining
17 PLTHEREF 4 - 1 22 Remaining
6 CHENGDUFAN 3 - 1 24 Remaining
6 ANDRE147 3 - 0 24 Remaining


McManusFan heads the table on the most correct scorelines.

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby PLtheRef

Second Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 10am Wednesday 14th October
Martin O'Donnell [1] v Liang Wenbo [2]
Jamie Clarke [4] v Liam Highfield [2]
David Grace [3] v Andy Hicks [3]
Andrew Higginson [2] v Akani Songsermsawad [2]
Farakh Ajaib [4] v Zhou Yuelong [1]
Yan Bingtao [1] v Steven Hallworth [4]
Joe O'Connor [2] v Rory McLeod [4]
Ding Junhui [1] v I Burns / Brecel [2]
Tom Ford [1] v Jamie Jones [4]
Zhao Jianbo [4] v M Stevens [1] / Jamie O'Neill [3]
Mark Joyce [2] v Neil Robertson [1]
Nigel Bond [3] v Dott [1] / Ursenbacher [2]
Xu Si [3] v Matthew Selt [1]
Gao Yang [4] / Filipiak [3] v Kyren Wilson [1]
Mark Allen [1] v Robbie Williams [4]
Judd Trump [1] / Heathcote [3] v Yuan Sijun [2]
Jimmy Robertson [1] v Luo Honghao [2]
Ben Hancorn [4] v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [1]
Joe Perry [1] v Hossein Vafaei [2]
Allan Taylor [3] v Simon Lichtenberg [4]
G Wilson [1] / Boiko [4] v Ricky Walden [2]
Ben Woollaston [2] v Stuart Bingham [1]
Jak Jones [4] v Jack Lisowski [1]


Second Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 7pm Wednesday 14th October
Mark Selby [1] v Chang Bingyu [3]
Kurt Maflin [1] v Jordan Brown [4]
Lei Peifan [3] v Hawkins [1] / Figueiredo [3]
R Day [2] / Lloyd [6] v Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]
David Lilley [3] v Shaun Murphy [1]
Wells [2] / Mark Davis [2] v Zhao Xintong [1]
Michael Holt [1] v Lu Ning [2]
J Higgins [1] / Cahill [3] v England Connor Benzey (6)

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby Juddernaut88

Yan Bingtao [1] 4-1 Steven Hallworth [4]
Judd Trump [1] 4-1 Yuan Sijun [2]
Joe Perry [1] 3-4 Hossein Vafaei [2]
Jak Jones [4] 2-4 Jack Lisowski [1]
Michael Holt [1] 4-2 Lu Ning [2]

Total predictions: 5
Overall predictions so far: 10

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby chengdufan

PLtheRef wrote:This is the table up to the end of the Stuart Bingham v Fergal O'Brien match. The Prediction on the Peter Lines match has been declared void so the predictor has one more prediction available than they had previously.

25 MCMANUSFAN 5 - 4 16 Remaining
25 JUDDERNAUT88 8 - 1 16 Remaining
17 PLTHEREF 4 - 1 22 Remaining
6 CHENGDUFAN 3 - 1 24 Remaining
6 ANDRE147 3 - 0 24 Remaining


McManusFan heads the table on the most correct scorelines.

I'm not sure I fully understand the rules! I've made 15 predictions so far and thought I wasn't doing too badly, but I only have 6 points <doh>
Anyway, I'll keep plugging away!

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby Andre147

Second Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 10am Wednesday 14th October
Jamie Clarke [4] 4-2 Liam Highfield [2]
Joe O'Connor [2] 4-3 Rory McLeod [4]

Second Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 7pm Wednesday 14th October
Mark Selby [1] 4-1 Chang Bingyu [3]
J Higgins [1] 4-0 England Connor Benzey (6)

Total predictions: 10

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby chengdufan

Second Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 10am Wednesday 14th October
Jamie Clarke [4] 4-1 Liam Highfield [2]
David Grace [3] 4-3 Andy Hicks [3]
Nigel Bond [3] 2-4 Ursenbacher [2]
Mark Allen [1] 4-1 Robbie Williams [4]
Allan Taylor [3] 4-2 Simon Lichtenberg [4]

Second Round - Best of 7 Frames - Deadline 7pm Wednesday 14th October
David Lilley [3] 1-4 Shaun Murphy [1]
J Higgins [1] 4-0 Connor Benzey (6)

Re: 2020-2021 Home Nations Prediction Contest ENGLISH OPEN

Postby PLtheRef

chengdufan wrote:
PLtheRef wrote:This is the table up to the end of the Stuart Bingham v Fergal O'Brien match. The Prediction on the Peter Lines match has been declared void so the predictor has one more prediction available than they had previously.

25 MCMANUSFAN 5 - 4 16 Remaining
25 JUDDERNAUT88 8 - 1 16 Remaining
17 PLTHEREF 4 - 1 22 Remaining
6 CHENGDUFAN 3 - 1 24 Remaining
6 ANDRE147 3 - 0 24 Remaining


McManusFan heads the table on the most correct scorelines.

I'm not sure I fully understand the rules! I've made 15 predictions so far and thought I wasn't doing too badly, but I only have 6 points <doh>
Anyway, I'll keep plugging away!



When I do todays update I'll have a check to confirm


   

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