We had a great response to our Euro 2012 Prediction Competition with a total of 200 entries. Therefore, there is €1,000 in the prize fund. 1st Prize will receive €750, 2nd will get €150 and there will be €100 for the person finishing third. It was a great opening two days to the tournament with plenty of goals, drama, excitment and shocks.
So, half the teams in the 2012 European Championships have now played their opening game of the tournament. Poland and Greece played out a 1-1 draw in the opening game – 45 of our 200 players correctly predicated the 1-1 draw and received 8 points, while a further dozen got 3 points for predicating a draw with different scorelines.
The was followed up with Russia dishing out a 4-1 hammering to the Czech Republic, a scoreline that none of our players, unsurprisingly, failed to predict. However, 141 of you receive 3 points for predicting a Russian victory.
The biggest surprise in the opening two days saw Holland – one of the favourites – lose 1-0 to the unfaniced Denmark. Only one person managed to pick up any points from this game, so well done to Michael Brennan who correctly plumped for a 1-0 win for the Danes.
The second game on Saturday saw Germany record a 1-0 victory over Portugal. Only 66 players failed to predict a German victory, with 17 of the 134 who backed the Germans going for the correct 1-0 scoreline.
Therefore, after four games we have a six-way tie at the top of the table on 19 points (from a possible 32). 24 players are a further five points behind on 14 points. Spare a thought for the 18 players who have yet to score a single point. The full scoreboard is listed below.
So, who are the favourites to win the tournament. A massive 82 have opted for Germany to win the tournament, while over a quarter of our players (58) have gone for the Netherlands to be crowned Champions in the final on 1st July. Should Holland lose their next game on Wednesday, their tournament will be over.
Only 45 have gone for World Champions Spain to make it three tournaments in a row in winning a major championship. Five players have gone for our own Boys in Green to win a first ever major Championship while three each have gone for Portugal and Italy. No-one has backed our near neighbours from England to be celebrating.
The fun and games has begun. I’ll issue a further update in a couple of days after which time Ireland will have played their first game in the tournament.
Position - Player - Points
1 Michael Brennan 19
1 Kathleen McGrory 19
1 Natasha Fitzmaurice 19
1 Dorothy Moore 19
1 Gerard Gallagher 19
1 Paul McLaughlin 19
7 Shane Elliott 14
7 Adrian Rooney 14
7 Colman Byrne 14
7 Paul Lyons 14
7 Jacqueline Friel 14
7 Sarah McGlynn 14
7 Bartley Ramsay 14
7 Jamie Gallagher 14
7 Margaret Gordon 14
7 PAUL HUESTON 14
7 Neil Campbell 14
7 Adam Hutton 14
7 Tim Treacy 14
7 Mark Neeson 14
7 Rodney Dullaghan 14
7 Daniel Chambers 14
7 David McIlwaine 14
7 RUAIRI LAFFERTY 14
7 Manus Dunnion 14
7 Aidan McNelis 14
7 Aidan McNelis (2) 14
7 Jack McGarvey 14
7 Shaun Paul Murphy 14
7 Kevin Lake 14
7 Seamus Campbell 14
7 David Robb 14
32 Sam Hegarty 11
32 Paul Mc Crudden 11
32 Charles McFadden 11
32 Mervyn White 11
32 Sean MacIntyre 11
32 Joey O'Leary 11
32 Conor McKeon 11
32 Cam Kavanagh 11
32 Sean McKibben 11
32 Naoise Farrell 11
32 Kieran aka Fisty O'Leary 11
32 Darragh Cox 11
32 George Clinton 11
32 Darren McElwaine 11
32 John Mc Carron 11
47 Colin McCann 9
47 Patsy Lafferty 9
47 Michael McElwaine 9
47 AIDAN DOWNING 9
47 WILL DOWNING 9
47 Terry McGrenra 9
47 Bridie Campbell 9
54 Shane Lavery 8
54 Karen O' Loughlin 8
54 Darren Foy 8
54 ADAM CURRAN 8
54 Martin Harley 8
54 Harry Gleeson Jnr 8
54 Seamus Gallagher 8
54 Eamonn Brown 8
54 stephen mc crory 8
54 Neil Billingham 8
54 Michael Devine 8
65 FIONA FAHY 6
65 Maria Dullaghan 6
65 MARIAN HENNIGAN 6
65 michael lavin 6
65 Bartley McGlynn 6
65 Senan Campbell 6
65 Sean Reid 6
65 DREW DUNCAN 6
65 Michael McDermott 6
65 Shaun Kelly 6
65 Eoin McAuley 6
65 Bari Duncan 6
65 Aidan Campbell 6
65 Kenny Duncan 6
65 Anthony McGrenra 6
65 Paul Kelly (Netherlands) 6
65 Frank McGlynn 6
65 Sean Ryan 6
65 Dan Martin 6
65 Patrick Martin 6
65 Seamus O'Leary 6
65 Alvin Doherty 6
65 Anthony McDaid 6
65 CHRISTOPHER DULLAGHAN 6
65 Fergus Towey 6
65 charlie cannon 6
65 Aidan Smith 6
65 CLARE NEELY 6
65 Monica Henry 6
65 Aaron Shongo 6
65 Norman Shongo 6
65 David Moen 6
65 Trevor Gordon 6
65 Sean Canning 6
65 Damian Patton 6
65 Chris Dunnion 6
65 Oisin, Darragh & Cian Doherty 6
65 Conor Walsh 6
65 Allison Feeley 6
65 Kenneth Fahy 6
65 Alan Foley 6
65 Sadhbh Dunnion 6
65 Johnny Rowley 6
65 Charlie Ferry 6
65 Paul Lynch 6
65 Dara Coyne 6
65 Paddy Mc Laughlin 6
65 Stephen Fealy 6
65 Kristian Hutton 6
65 Anne Cannon 6
65 Anne McDaid 6
65 Anita McLaughlin 6
65 john sweeney 6
65 Adrian Ferry 6
65 Chuck Bernster 6
65 Mark McLaughlin 6
65 Trevor McGrenra 6
65 John Dunnion 6
65 Brian Burke 6
65 Joe Martin 6
125 Justin Thomas 3
125 Michael Scully 3
125 Joe Doherty 3
125 Mark McNulty 3
125 Andy McGlynn 3
125 Trevor Lynch 3
125 Aidan Fitzmaurice 3
125 Keith Roulston 3
125 CAHIR ODONNELL 3
125 Stephen Cannon 3
125 Damian McDermott 3
125 Naoise O'Fearghail 3
125 Daniel Morrissey 3
125 Danny McDermott 3
125 Teresa Ruddy 3
125 Paul Kelly (DCC) 3
125 Gary Barbour 3
125 Glenn Hamilton 3
125 Tommy Patton 3
125 Dan Wilkins 3
125 Eimear McClafferty 3
125 Mark Daly 3
125 Chris McNulty 3
125 Odhran McGowan 3
125 GERARD MC HUGH 3
125 Martin Gordon 3
125 Jennifer Mulcahy 3
125 Garrett Doherty 3
125 KEVIN MC HUGH 3
125 Michael McGarvey 3
125 peter hutton 3
125 Stephen Clarke 3
125 Shane Sandilands 3
125 Paddy Doherty 3
125 Aisling Campbell 3
125 Dessie Gibson 3
125 Fergus Mc Hale 3
125 Paddy Hannigan 3
125 Dominic Devine 3
125 Conor Carlin 3
125 Kevin Foley (Traps mate) 3
125 Mark Doherty 3
125 Trevor Graham 3
125 Harry Gleeson Snr 3
125 Edel Quinn 3
125 Danny galactico Gallagher 3
125 Thomas Lewis 3
125 Nuala McGlynn 3
125 Alfie Bradley 3
125 Jude Conway 3
125 Alan Treacy 3
125 Martin Friel 3
125 Gerard Boyle 3
125 Eunan O Donnell 3
125 Leona Curran 3
125 Brendan Walsh 3
125 Dieter Garbrecht 3
125 Emmet Mc Gee 3
183 Noel Crossan 0
183 Derek Stewart 0
183 Sheila Breen 0
183 Mark Cannon 0
183 Fergus O'Donnell 0
183 Aidan Mc Grenra 0
183 Karl Doherty 0
183 Tony Brogan 0
183 Ian Lewis 0
183 DESPERATE DAN 0
183 John Paul Gaughan 0
183 Mary Gordon 0
183 Richard Gibson 0
183 Alun McNulty 0
183 Donal Murphy 0
183 Shauna Kelly 0
183 JAMES KELLY 0
183 Alan Reid 0
