Photo: Jim Halliday is presented with his cash prize by tournament organiser Jim Dunsmore.
Photograph: Craig McGhee.
Our recent novelty fundraiser “Last Man Standing” kicked off with 72 players. The inaugural competition started in November and without doubt the entry would have been higher had the club had more favourable fixtures over the past few weeks.
This type of competition can last for weeks and is great for stimulating interest in matches that would otherwise be of little interest. As it turned out, we had an outright winner after only five rounds as Jim Halliday remained the only undefeated tipster.
Jim was delighted to be presented with his pre-Christmas prize (£360) by organiser Jim Dunsmore in the Talbot Social Club and the same amount of money will be donated to Auchinleck Talbot towards the end of the season, with hopefully more to be added from future tournaments.
Due to a culmination of factors such as the busy seasonal programme in England over Christmas and New Year followed by the participation of the top clubs in the FA Cup and allied to Talbot not having a home match until early January, the next tournament will be delayed and will commence on Saturday 13th January.
We would be delighted if more people came on board so contact the organisers for further details if you would like to take part in the fun and help the club at the same time.
For the record, this is how the matches panned out:
Week One 72 players 22 eliminated.
Week Two 50 players 12 eliminated.
Week Three 38 players 29 eliminated.
Week Four 9 players 0 eliminated.
Week Five 9 players 8 eliminated.
Jim’s winning selections were Brentford (Wk 1), Fulham (Wk 2), Man City (Wk 3), Bournemouth (Wk 4), Spurs (Wk 5).
