Category Archives: VWXPool

Hockey Pool, Week 21, wherein I fail to win

Posted on 26 February 2012 by Richard Wintle

Just a quick update on Cath’s annual hockey pool, dominated in recent years by, er, not me. In week 21, Cath and I managed to make identical choices for all but three players – and her three different ones outperformed … Continue reading →

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FINALLY! (Hockey Pool Update, weeks 12 and 13)

Posted on 31 December 2011 by Richard Wintle

FINALLY… I’m winning! Unfortunately, so is Cath. We’ve been in lockstep for both weeks 12 and 13, despite not having a great deal of overlap in our picks.

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Week 7, in which we discover that Ricardipus perhaps isn’t quite as good at this hockey pool malarkey as he’s always claimed, but doesn’t quite learn to get over it yet.

Posted on 24 November 2011 by Richard Wintle

That was, and I believe this is the correct way to put it, The Week of TEH SUCKAGE™. Looking over the weekly stats, it seems that Beth smoked everyone, even the reliably excellent Lavaland. Mr. E Man (cleverly disguised here … Continue reading →

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