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I'm thinking of running a Footy Tipping comp at work this year. Real simple one. Will probably be just a straight out $10 or $20 buyin. Just wondering if anyone knows of a decent spreadsheet for this, or a decent easy way to do it.
Now remember I'm working with truck drivers here, most of them don't know what a computer is let alone own one.
So I need a simple system where they fill in a sheet I make up, tick the winner, drop it in a box and I enter their pics either onto my spreadsheet or a web based system.
So any one have any tips, things they've used in the past etc??

www.footytips.com.au

you could print out a sheet, and enter their tips for them as an admin as far as i know

Thanks mate, I'll look into that one.

old man Swanky wrote:I'm thinking of running a Footy Tipping comp at work this year. Real simple one. Will probably be just a straight out $10 or $20 buyin. Just wondering if anyone knows of a decent spreadsheet for this, or a decent easy way to do it.
Now remember I'm working with truck drivers here, most of them don't know what a computer is let alone own one.
So I need a simple system where they fill in a sheet I make up, tick the winner, drop it in a box and I enter their pics either onto my spreadsheet or a web based system.
So any one have any tips, things they've used in the past etc??

i used oztips.com ... but all registered players in my league entered their tips on line weekly ..

in your case your may need to input the tips your self for each of your participants .. you'd be the administrator...
may be a bit time consuming before the 7-00pm deadline before the first weekly game[ administrators have overiding powers for late tippers] , useing the tips supplied via paper ,pie wrappers,phonecalls , etc

had thought of inviting interested forumers to enter another online no prizes/costs tho just moral.. easy as, once your online at http://www.oztips.com and know your leagues[groups no. you can be in several differet ones too.

i run one at work which gets everyone to enter their tips online, and all i have to do is manage payment and print the scoreboards each week. very very easy to do.

it seems they have a new website this year, which is launching thursday, but give this a go. its an official AFL one too, so each person in your individual comp is also in the running for national prizes

http://tipping.afl.com.au/

I figure if I make the deadline Thursday night or Friday morning, then I can do them Friday.
Probably the other reason I'd like to go for a spreadsheet set up. That way, I can enter them in Friday, or if I get busy, I can still do it after wards, say on Saturday or Sunday, it wouldn't matter as much because their tips are in etc. And then I don't have to worry about getting my ass kicked because I didn't get them in on the web on time.

old man Swanky wrote:I figure if I make the deadline Thursday night or Friday morning, then I can do them Friday.
Probably the other reason I'd like to go for a spreadsheet set up. That way, I can enter them in Friday, or if I get busy, I can still do it after wards, say on Saturday or Sunday, it wouldn't matter as much because their tips are in etc. And then I don't have to worry about getting my ass kicked because I didn't get them in on the web on time.

pretty sure as an admin, you can edit the tips at any time, even after the deadline

I like it Macca, but like I said, not all these guys have computers or know how to use them. Which means I would be stuck entering everyone's tips anyway.
I don't think i want to go web based for this reason, incase i can't get all tips in by the deadline.
the more I look at it, the more I think I need my own spreadsheet.
And then use one of those tipping pages that comes in the Advertiser just before the season starts.

I have that page open and will look at it properly in a sec benny the cunt, you may be onto something if I can do that.

Remind me to tell you about footytippinggate at my work