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The 2024 NRL footy season kicks off on the 3rd of March. We again invite the extended family, to The Grumpy Granny Footy Tipping Competition. It’s all online and totally free. It’s open to all of Christine’s children (and their partners) and grandchildren and, since Paul doesn’t have any kids, a handful of people he invites.

IT’S GOT OVER $1,000 IN PRIZES AGAIN THIS YEAR!!!

THIS YEAR’S PRIZES …

  • 1st: $150; 2nd: $100; 3rd: $50; Last: $20
  • Round Prize Jackpot ($10 per round, up to Round 27).
    You win the Round prize by being the only person to tip* a  perfect round. *see rules below
    If nobody, or more than one person, tips a perfect round, the Round prize jackpots by $10 to the next round. Each time the Round prize is won, it resets to $10 again for the next round.
    If not won in round 27, the Round 27 jackpot (whatever it may be) will be awarded by random draw.
  • Knockout Competition ($10 per round, up to Round 27).
    Each round, pick one team you think will win their game. If your team wins you continue to the next round, if they lose you’re out. Last person standing wins. So, if you’re last person standing after 5 rounds, you’ll win $50; if you’re last person standing after 10 rounds, you’ll win $100. Once the knockout prize is won, all players get reinstated, and the knockout comp starts again at $10. If necessary, the knockout comp will continue into the finals to find a winner but the prize stops increasing at Round 27.
    If all of the remaining players in any round get knocked out, the knockout prize will be shared equally among them, and the knockout comp will start again at $10 with all players reinstated. If the knockout comp gets down to two players there will only be a single round to decide a winner. If both of those players pick a winning team in the next round, the knockout prize will be shared between them, and the knockout comp will start again at $10 with all players reinstated.
  • Margin Prize Jackpot ($10 per round, up to Round 27).
    Each round there will be one game (usually the first game of the round) where you enter what you think will be the winning margin for that game. You win the Margin prize by being the only person in a round to correctly tip* the winning team and margin. This will show up on itipfooty as a margin score of 0 for the round. *see rules below
    If nobody, or more than one person, picks the winning team and margin, the Margin prize jackpots by $10 to the next round. Each time the Margin prize is won, it resets to $10 for the next round. If not won in Round 27, the Round 27 Margin jackpot (whatever it may be) will be awarded by random draw.     

THE RULES …

  • The Grumpy Granny Tipping Comp is hosted on itipfooty.com.au. You’ll need a profile if you don’t already have one, to  join Comp# 113040 with password NorrieSt58.
  • Tipping for each game closes 5 minutes before scheduled kick-off. If you haven’t tipped when a game closes, you’ll automatically be given the Away team for that game, but you’ll still be able to tip for the remainder of the round.
  • During the regular season rounds, each correct tip earns 2 points with a bonus 2 points for a perfect round. 
  • During the finals, each correct tip earns 3 points.
  • * Failing to tip is NOT tipping. Perfect rounds and perfect round bonus points (even if they appear in the itipfooty leader board) that include a default away team for failing to tip will not be recognised in the GrumpyGranny Tipping Comp.
  • Once during the regular season you can choose a Joker round for double points. Joker double points apply to perfect round bonus as well as correct tips.
  • Competition points and leader board will only be visible up to round 22. After that they’ll be hidden until Grand Final day.
  • This year’s comp does not include State of Origin. It stuffed up last year’s scores.
  • The margins selected by tipsters will be used by itipfooty to rank tipsters with the same score. I’m not sure how that will show up on weekly leader board but, regardless of what itipfooty does, the Grumpy Granny Tipping Comp will only be using them for 1) the Margin comp; and 2) to separate ties, if any, at the end of the competition.
  • You can not select the same team in the Knockout Comp in consecutive rounds.
  • For some reason, itipfooty treats a draw as a win for both teams in the regular tipping but a loss for both teams in the Knockout Comp. Any tipster eliminated from the Knockout Comp by itipfooty because of a draw will be reinstated by admin.
  • All prizes are funded by our 10c container refunds without any contribution from players. Prizes will be distributed (and, if necessary, drawn) at a Grand Final BBQ at 58 Norrie St on Grand Final Day. If you can't be there, we'll arrange to get any prizes you've won to you some other way.