The Ten by Ten by Ten by Ten Challenge

As noted by some readers of the blog (thanks Rev) I seem to do much better when I have set myself a target and a challenge. I had thought about doing an Advent calendar challenge in December (details to follow nearer the time) but with 12 days left of November, I thought I'd better put them to use.

With no tennis on this week and not a lot next week either it's going to be tough going picking through other sports but I'll give it a crack. So what's the challenge? Well it's starting with £10 (as all good challenges should ;-) ) and the target is £10,000 or to be precise The  10 x 10 x 10 x 10 challenge!! :-)

As you all know by now I work more in percentages than actual amounts and as such I'm always breaking figures down. Hence the 10 x 10 x 10 x 10! Part 1 is £10 to £100 for which  will set a target of 3 days.

So now to scrabbling about for a bet with no tennis..... Todays Target £21.60

Sorry for the Absence

Hello all sorry for the absence the last couple of days but I took the family away for a couple of days to a friends Log cabin in The Lake District. All very last minute as I got chatting to him about it over a beer after rugby. Anyway he is looking to sell and I said I may be interested so he handed me the keys and said "go take a look". Very nice it was too. It's more luxurious than a lot of houses I've been in with all the mod cons etc. Beautiful setting too, just a shame it always rains up there. It has got me thinking about maybe getting one though. Perhaps somewhere drier for me though and near a beach would be a bonus! Perhaps Norfolk would be nice. So if anyone knows of any log cabins going cheap in Norfolk let me know. Guess I'd better get punting to pay for the thing now! ;-) That could be the next challenge.... £2.00 to a log cabin!

Anyway I was hoping to be able to update the blog when I was up there but never got round to it so here I am.

I notice that Betfair in their infinite wisdom of alienating their customers at every given opportunity are not putting up any markets for this week's Challenger events! God knows why as last year there was very good liquidity considering. So I'll have to look for an angle on something else tomorrow.... I see the darts is on!!

So until tomorrow sleep well or happy punting (depending on what you're doing please don't try both together!)

Saturday's Tennis

Well last night was most enjoyable. Copious amounts of alcohol twinned with exuberant dancing equals sore head this morning and a bad knee!! Still I obviously managed to persuade the Mrs to stop for a kebab on the way home as half of it seems to be down the front of my dinner jacket!

I can't believe I said I would play rugby today. I feel like crap have somehow hurt my knee and want to go back to bed please. It also means that I'm going to miss today's tennis.

It's a shame that we have Nadal v Djokovic in the semi final really, but it means it's a great opportunity for Monfils and Stepanek.

In the 1st Semi final I can't see past a Djokovic win. His game is superior to Nadal's on this surface and seems to be in fine form despite his customary wobbles in matches. Nadal was great against Tsonga yesterday but has been very average apart from that. Probably not one to get on early though as the swing will be sudden for a break either way.

In the second Semi I favour Monfils. He can blow hot and cold I know but this close to a Masters Series final should be enough to focus him especially on home soil. Stepanek has had a great run but was completely blown off the court by Murray until he stopped playing. Even if I was around I wouldn't be confident enough to have a bet on this.

In summary then perhaps missing the tennis today is not such a bad thing with two potentially tight matches. I'll just go and run around a rugby field trying not to throw up! I'm getting too old for this nonsense ;-)