As she does pretty regularly, Sal has pulled one out of the hat, getting 7 out of 8, missing only Hawthorn. Next best were Annie, Austin, Dee, Gaynor, Grace, Helen, Jeremy, Judith, Peter and Rob all with 5. After Round 2, it’s Annie still leading by 1 from Judith, Peter, Rob and Sal all tied in second place.
What an important win that was for Adelaide although this week we play North Melbourne at Adelaide Oval. We wouldn’t want to take that one lightly given North Melbourne’s performance today. Port bounced back and as for the Bulldogs on Friday night, well, some people might say they were a bit stiff although I’m sure Peter would say otherwise. One thing for sure, that game has been the talk of the footy world over the last couple of days.
No one tipped Richmond in what turned out to be the boil-over the round, but well done to Annie, Ausie, Dee, Gaynor, Judith, Peter, Rob and me who got the other 8. At the end of the Round, Annie has her nose in front by 1.
Well, the Crows started the season exactly as they needed to – with a big win and with good players all over the ground. Now we have a huge test at the MCG against Essendon next Saturday. In recent years we haven’t been able to beat any side at the MCG. If we can break that hoodoo next Saturday, things will really be looking good. As for Port, how dismal were they (although all credit to Peter’s Pies). Hinkley will need to turn that around pretty quickly or he’ll find himself hit, not by a bus, but by a Carr (sorry – couldn’t resist that one).
We are off and running in Pett Family & Friends Tipping Season 2025 and the leaders out of the blocks are Annie and Ray, who were the only two to tip both games correctly.
This year Margot, a dyed-in-the-wool Carlton supporter, opted out of the comp because she is doing a lot of overseas travel. Hopefully she’ll be back next year. But we have a new entrant this year! I’d like to introduce Peter Lynch. Peter is our neighbour here on Shore Grove Coburg North, three doors up. He’s a mad Collingwood supporter, which goes to show you how excellent our DEI policies are here at Pett Tipping HQ. Anyone is allowed in. Just joshing. Peter is a great neighbour. He lives with and looks after his Dad, Kevin, who is in his mid-nineties. Welcome Peter.
For a classic photo of Peter on Oblivious Cam at the MCG at Collingwood v Crows last year, see below. The kids alongside Peter just came and stood by him because they knew he was on Oblivious Cam. (Photo taken by Jeremy at the other end of the ground).
Here we go everyone! Welcome to Pett Family & Friends Tipping for 2025. This is the 49th season of this competition. Who will take the tipping honours this year? Will the Crows make the finals for the first time in 8 years? Will the Crows beat Collingwood at the MCG? Will Nicks be sacked mid-season? Will Port implement their coaching succession plan sooner than the end of 2025? Will North Melbourne be the improver? We have a long season ahead to see how everything will unfold. Bring it on.
Here is the updated Honour Board #3, with Dee’s name on it as the reigning champ…
Well done to Dee, our 2024 Champion. The tip-off with Ausi went all the way to yesterday’s grand final. As it turned out, a tie-breaker involving margins throughout the finals series wasn’t needed because they tipped differently in yesterday’s game. Ausi went for Sydney and Dee went for Brisbane.
Bad luck to Ausi, that’s for sure. For most of the year he had his nose in front on the ladder and, in the final minor round, for a little while it looked like he had it won, but like footy itself, anything can happen in tipping. I hope Ausi is back again next year to have another crack.
So, well done to Dee who stormed up the ladder in the last weeks of the season and now gets her name on the Honour Board as this year’s winner. I’ll arrange for her name to be engraved when I’m in Adelaide in November and will post a photo of it here on the blog.
Thanks to everyone for being involved and I’ll be back again next year for the 49th running of this comp. Janet, me, Jeremy and Vincent might be in Adelaide for a week around New Year. If we are, I’ll organise a lunch at Cafe Bongiorno on Belair Road, with Mum and Annie as well, and let everyone know in case anyone can come along.
Ausi and Dee will be tipping on the grand final next week. If they tip differently, there will be a winner without a margins tie-breaker. If they tip the same, the winner will be the person with the lowest margin aggregate on winning tips….
For the first 2 weeks of the finals Ausi and Dee have tipped the same. So on they go to the two Prelims next weekend…
Meanwhile, if it goes all the way to the GF and they are still tied, the aggregate margin tally on winning tips will be the tie-breaker. At this stage Dee is leading on that…
Ausi and Dee tipped the same in Week 1 of the finals, so this sudden-death tip-off for the 2024 Title goes to next week. If one of them is in front after the two games next weekend, that person is the winner. If they are still tied, it goes on to the week after (the Prelims).
Here is the current situation with the margins Ausi and Dee tipped. Remember, these margins mean nothing unless Ausi and Dee are still tied on tips after the grand final. If that happens, the margins are used as a tie-breaker. The person with the lowest aggregate margin on their winning tips is the winner…
Drama to finish the tipping in the minor round. Firstly, well done to this week’s best tipsters – Annie, Dee, Margot and Sal who all got 8. Good tipping by everyone there.
The other thing to mention is that the email I sent around after the Carlton-St Kilda game overlooked the fact that early in the day Dee had changed her tip from Carlton to St Kilda, which meant that she was still in the race as well, as she had tipped Port. But that’s by the by.
A minute before the first bounce of Freo-Port, Ausi changed his tip from Port to Freo. That change, and with Dee tipping Port, means that at the end of the minor round Ausi and Dee have finished tied on 130. So, Ausi and his grandma Dee will go into a sudden-death tip-off in the finals. The way this will work is explained in full on the Rules Page of this blog. In short, if one of them is in front after week 1 of the finals, that person wins. If they are still tied, it goes on to the next week, and if they are still tied after that it keeps going, and so on all the way if necessary to the grand final. They tip a margin on every game through the finals but those margins only come into calculations if it goes all the way to the GF and they are still tied. In that situation, the winner will be the person who has the lower aggregate margin on their winning tips. (Any queries, Ausi or Dee, give me a ring).
Well done again to Rob and Helen who tied for second on 129. Rob is a very good footy tipster who is always at the top of the ladder. Helen too has done really well lately. Last year she made the finals tip-off and lost to Mum. Well done to everyone in the comp. Keep an eye on the blog and your email for news from me on how the tip-off goes between 13 year-old Ausi and Dee.
As for the footy itself, I’m worrying that Nicks is starting to lose the players after what was another lack-lustre effort against Sydney to finish the season. Hopefully I’m wrong on that. Next year is going to be fascinating from a Crows’ perspective as it really is ‘do or die’. It’s hard to see Nicks and maybe also certain Board members keeping their positions if next year is another a failure (missing the finals). Margot’s Blues fell into the finals after losing to St Kilda and how will Port go in the finals? They play Geelong at Adelaide Oval in the first week. What a game that will be.
That’s all for now. The next blog post will be after Week 1 of the finals.
Well done to Matt, Ray and Steph who all got 7 – great tipping. They were followed by Dee, Gaynor, Helen and me who got 6. But there’s huge news at the top of the ladder. Firstly, Helen has joined Ausi in the equal lead, and secondly, Dee has joined Robert just 1 behind. So suddenly, with one round to go, this year’s winner could be any of those four! Or maybe even Huddo, who is 3 back, could pull off a minor miracle next week. Who knows. And remember, if there’s a tie between two or more people at the minor round, it goes to a sudden-death tip-off in the finals. The system for that tip-off is explained in the Rules page of the blog.
Whose name will go on the Honour Board for 2024?!
The Crows lost. South lost in the SANFL. Collingwood won by a point again. Those things all make for a miserable weekend but there’s one saving grace – with Hawthorn, Bulldogs and Carlton all winning, it’s next-to-impossible for Collingwood to make the finals.
Pett Family & Friends Tipping 2026 