INTERNATIONAL. Bahrain Duty Free Head of Operations Domnick O’Reilly remains at the top of the league in The Great Moodie Davitt 2018 FIFA World Cup Charity Competition, with the spectacular football showpiece now well under way in Russia.
The competition is brought to you in association with King Power International (Thailand), which controls English Premier League club Leicester City.
As reported, O’Reilly – clearly freed from the burden of worrying about how Ireland will perform at the World Cup (they didn’t qualify) – led with an excellent 16 points as the first round of matches neared its conclusion.
And yesterday he consolidated that position, roaring ahead to 25 points, just ahead of Cabeau’s surging Denz Van Der List (top ten below, we’ll bring you a full leaderboard later in the morning once our football correspondent Hedda Ball recovers from her all-night celebrations of England’s 2-1 victory over Tunisia.
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Market Square’s Johan Schölvinck – another whose home country (Netherlands) didn’t make it – has taken solace in trying to pick an alternative winner, was running second yesterday with 15 points (see table below) but slipped to fourth overnight.
There’s a strong WHSmith presence in the field, with Craig Pring, Alexander McCann and Spencer Sheen all in the top half of the table, while former ARI CEO Jack MacGowan has performed creditably, and lies in a solid 18th place.
Lagardère Travel Retail Axel Gauthey Executive Vice-President Business Development is struggling to match France’s winning start (he’s on 5 points) but he’s still doing better than Martin Moodie and Dermot Davitt, both off to sluggish starts that suggest they would both be better off sticking to the rugby.
Still, if you’re not in you can’t win: ARI’s Sue Kelly and Philip Eckles (0 points) really should get some predictions in before the next round starts…
Our match prediction contest is easy to enter, sure to engender tremendous engagement within the travel retail community and has a strong Corporate Social Responsibility connection.
Updates will be posted regularly, showing who is leading the way as the tournament progresses and reminding people to submit their predictions before each round.
Registration can be made here (see below for instructions):https://worldcupfootballpredictor.co.uk/
Registration can also be made after the tournament kicks off, however you won’t be able to score points for games that have already taken place.
The following prize monies will be awarded to the chosen charities of the winning contestants
1st – €3,000
2nd – €2,000
3rd – €1,000
As reported, King Power International (Thailand), which controls English Premier League club Leicester City, is the event’s first brand partner. To join King Power International as a lead sponsor in what promises to be a fun competition benefiting great causes, please contact Martin@MoodieDavittReport.com for details.
‘JUST LIKE ABC’ – EASY TO ENTER STEPS
A) Visit https://worldcupfootballpredictor.co.uk/ and register your details (after that you simply sign in each time). You will be asked at this stage to select your ultimate winner of the tournament (this can be changed up until the Knockout phase begins).
IMPORTANT: We suggest putting your full name in the FIRST NAME box (e.g. Martin Moodie) and company name in the LAST NAME box, so we can track our industry ‘leaderboard’ over the weeks of the tournament.
B) Once you have confirmed your registration (via an immediate e-mail prompt) please join The Moodie Davitt Report private league by visiting https://worldcupfootballpredictor.co.uk/Pools/Join/1231. You will need a pin number, which is – tmdrworldcup
C) Once you have done that you are entered into The Moodie Davitt Report private league. You can make your predictions at any time until kick-off for that particular match via thePREDICTIONS tab. We’ll also be putting out regular updates via www.MoodieDavittReport.com and through our e-Alert service with industry league table updates and reminders to get your predictions in.
You can enter our competition at any time but the earlier you do the better your (and your nominated charity’s) chances of winning.
If you’re having any problems registering just e-mail Declan@MoodieDavittReport.com
Rules of the game:
- You will receive 3 points for a correct score.
- You will receive 1 point for a correct result.
- In each group (and in the Knockout phases through to and including the semi-finals) you can apply a ‘Joker’ card to one match only. Use of the Joker will double any points you score on that match.
- Your prediction for the Knockout stages will include the score after extra time, but not penalties.
- You will receive extra points for the final game if you correctly predict the tournament winner.
- Leaderboard: If players finish level on points, then the player with most Correct Score points will finish higher, followed by Correct Result points, Joker points, Final points, Third-Place points, Semi-Final points, Quarter-Final points and then Last-16 points.
We’ll keep you posted on the industry league table/leaderboard as the competition proceeds.
