http://popptt.org.uk/2009/12/09/doubles-handicap-competition-2nd-round-popps-b-v-sowerby-3/ Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:22:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://popptt.org.uk/2009/12/09/doubles-handicap-competition-2nd-round-popps-b-v-sowerby-3/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Terry Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:09:32 +0000 http://popptt.org.uk/?p=616#comment-374 It was indeed a very close match. Sowerby 3 needed an average of just 1 more point per game to clinch it. I must say when their handicap was raised from the 117 intially set by mistake to 198 I thought we would find victory beyond us. I have no idea how the handicaps are calculated, probably a formula that includes the current FTSE 100 index, the preceeding weeks' average temperature and rainfall and a measure from 1 to 10 of how much the handicapper fancies each team captain's mother, dead or alive. Anyway, whatever it is, it works pretty well. It was indeed a very close match. Sowerby 3 needed an average of just 1 more point per game to clinch it. I must say when their handicap was raised from the 117 intially set by mistake to 198 I thought we would find victory beyond us. I have no idea how the handicaps are calculated, probably a formula that includes the current FTSE 100 index, the preceeding weeks’ average temperature and rainfall and a measure from 1 to 10 of how much the handicapper fancies each team captain’s mother, dead or alive. Anyway, whatever it is, it works pretty well.

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