Weekend Review
There is nothing more frustrating than backing $3 shots, watching them play like the $2.20 shots they should have been, and not getting any chocolates. How the Chiefs lost to the Brumbies I still cannot work out - they had enough ball to win the god-damned whole competition. As a punter, you have to keep reminding yourself that you only need greater than 33.33% of your $3 shots to show a profit, but geez, the short-term frustrations can get to you if you're not careful.
Luckily I checked the weather forecasts before the Napier test (NZ v WI cricket) and quickly worked out rain + a pitch that is a road = certain draw. Tomorrow and Tuesday look good for a wash-out, and so long as Flem and Shiv don't do a Hansie Cronje on me and turn the game into a one-innings affair, on Wednesday it will be "pass the sugar". I will probably cover my arse and lay the draw around 1.03 sometime Tuesday (unless the forecast is for more rain on Wed) for some sad freak who wants to risk a quick 3% on a certain result.
Also involved in the SAF / Oz test, hence the late night. Laid the draw pregame at 3.5 which was a bit of a risk given a slightly dodgy forecast and also the possibility of bad light. But tests involving Aussie hardly ever get past 400 overs, and even 3.5 I felt was too short. I might pay for it, but as I type the first innings have been completed just past the halfway mark, so a result should still be on the cards - weather and pitch conditions permitting.
And one final parting shot at SPARC before I completely forget about the Commonwealth Games. Yes, I do not have a huge amount of time for them as I believe their philosophy for high performance sport in NZ is fundamentally screwed up. So if someone can show me the consistency in the following two published quotes from their CEO I'd be most grateful:
Sparc is part way through a review of its high performance systems but Hill said Melbourne wouldn't be a catalyst for radical change. – Herald on Sunday, 26 March 2006.
However, (Hill) warned anything less than 40 medals "would mean there would have to be some serious questions asked about how well our high performance systems are working and whether we need to make radical changes". – Herald on Sunday, 11 December 2005.
Luckily I checked the weather forecasts before the Napier test (NZ v WI cricket) and quickly worked out rain + a pitch that is a road = certain draw. Tomorrow and Tuesday look good for a wash-out, and so long as Flem and Shiv don't do a Hansie Cronje on me and turn the game into a one-innings affair, on Wednesday it will be "pass the sugar". I will probably cover my arse and lay the draw around 1.03 sometime Tuesday (unless the forecast is for more rain on Wed) for some sad freak who wants to risk a quick 3% on a certain result.
Also involved in the SAF / Oz test, hence the late night. Laid the draw pregame at 3.5 which was a bit of a risk given a slightly dodgy forecast and also the possibility of bad light. But tests involving Aussie hardly ever get past 400 overs, and even 3.5 I felt was too short. I might pay for it, but as I type the first innings have been completed just past the halfway mark, so a result should still be on the cards - weather and pitch conditions permitting.
And one final parting shot at SPARC before I completely forget about the Commonwealth Games. Yes, I do not have a huge amount of time for them as I believe their philosophy for high performance sport in NZ is fundamentally screwed up. So if someone can show me the consistency in the following two published quotes from their CEO I'd be most grateful:
Sparc is part way through a review of its high performance systems but Hill said Melbourne wouldn't be a catalyst for radical change. – Herald on Sunday, 26 March 2006.
However, (Hill) warned anything less than 40 medals "would mean there would have to be some serious questions asked about how well our high performance systems are working and whether we need to make radical changes". – Herald on Sunday, 11 December 2005.
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