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Post by penman on Jan 26, 2011 19:27:03 GMT 12
I was thinking the same thing. With all other teams pretty much confirmed and no word at all on a 12th team or who will be in it im picking we could be 11 teams with same format as last year?? where are they confirmed?? not on the Palmy website so amount is not confirmed yet ..there is work going on behind the scenes Okay....when it happens I guess we will know. Oh, did I say "when"? I meant "if" |
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Post by BarryB on Jan 26, 2011 20:40:26 GMT 12
There are 11 teams, end of story; same line-up as last year but with the Auckland Allstars out and the popular Wanganui Warriors making a welcome return.
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Post by Tony on Jan 26, 2011 21:06:07 GMT 12
There are 11 teams, end of story; same line-up as last year but with the Auckland Allstars out and the popular Wanganui Warriors making a welcome return. So; same deal as last year then is it? No groups; top four on points on Friday qualify? How wil that affect seedings from 2010? |
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Post by BarryB on Jan 26, 2011 21:08:16 GMT 12
There are 11 teams, end of story; same line-up as last year but with the Auckland Allstars out and the popular Wanganui Warriors making a welcome return. So; same deal as last year then is it? No groups; top four on points on Friday qualify? How wil that affect seedings from 2010? Seeded teams are Tigers, GB Lions, Mustangs and the Wanderers. |
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Post by Tony on Jan 26, 2011 21:12:02 GMT 12
Does that mean that the seeded teams cannot be drawn to race one another on the first night?
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Post by MadMarty13B on Jan 26, 2011 21:17:09 GMT 12
as I said weeks ago there will be 12 teams was close to being 13 teams Marty - I think you do this to us every year!!! I think you 'confirmed' 12 teams before last year's event too! ;D ;D thats because there was till the last few days they try their hardest to get the minimum of 12 |
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Post by BarryB on Jan 27, 2011 6:47:23 GMT 12
Does that mean that the seeded teams cannot be drawn to race one another on the first night? That is correct (exactly the same as in 2010) - but the Panthers of 2011, of course, can and probably will draw one of those 4 teams on the first night. With each team racing twice, 11 teams races in total and the seeded teams not meeting each other, 8 of those races will contain a seeded team. Only 3 will not (races 3, 8 and 11), so the Panthers odds of drawing the one number that would avoid seeded teams in BOTH of their races is 1 in 7. And considering a team name will be drawn randomly first, then a number drawn randomly assigning said team to a pre-fixed place in the draw, the odds of probability are realistically something like 1 in 49........ |
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Post by penman on Jan 27, 2011 7:22:12 GMT 12
Marty - I think you do this to us every year!!! I think you 'confirmed' 12 teams before last year's event too! ;D ;D thats because there was till the last few days they try their hardest to get the minimum of 12 So, not "confirmed" as such then? More like...er..."maybe". Which is like "there 'will' be 12 teams this year"...which probably should read "there 'may' be 12 teams this year".... |
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Post by MadMarty13B on Jan 27, 2011 14:39:15 GMT 12
thats because there was till the last few days they try their hardest to get the minimum of 12 So, not "confirmed" as such then? More like...er..."maybe". Which is like "there 'will' be 12 teams this year"...which probably should read "there 'may' be 12 teams this year".... no as at last week (Super saloons at Meeanee) 12 were confirmed at that stage |
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