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Hi all, anyone want to gamble? Our old friend Graeme does this for the world cup also. Send him a hello and join his spreadsheet. Hi Graeme, Rafa

Kia ora koutou

about 45 days to go and the spreadsheet is almost done.

Been a bit thrown out of kilter by the fact that there are only 6 groups from which the last sixteen would be made from. That's normally easily achieved by having 8 groups, but no, old Platini decided to make it different this year so a lot of third place teams will qualify for the last 16. So Basically you have to be really really crap to not make it through the group stages!

Will send payment details and spreadsheet before we reach the 30 day mark.

As usual, if you want to opt out let me know, and if you have friends that want to join drop me a line.

Nga mihi

Graeme

On Thursday, March 4, 2021, 09:47:09 AM GMT+13, Graeme Card <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Tena koutou katou (welcome everyone)

My a whole lot has changed since the World Cup prediction competition in 2018.

I hope this email finds you and yours well and safe from Covid-19 and from the economic fallout of that. Don't have time to list all the negative crazy things that have happened but will instead give you some happy news.

Since the conclusion of the World Cup in July 2018, our family has grown by not one new kid but two!. Berkeley was born in August 2018 and Rosemary in May of June 2020. They join Francis in making our life very, busy, very tiring and very happy, and yes sometimes maddeningly frustrating.

We've also relocated to a gorgeous remote beach town called Turanganui a Kiwa (Gisborne) on the East Coast of Aotearoa (New Zealand) and I've gone back to work as a Programme Manager for the science hub of the local council. So all in all life for us is good, other then not being able to travel to see our families and our friends.

We had hoped to travel to the UK in June 2020 for the Euro's but the arrival of Rosemary and Covid put paid to that. We though't we'd postpone to this coming June for the re-arranged Euro's but sadly travel doesn't look possible.

Will the Euro 2021 actually happen? Well 100 days out and there's been no official word of cancelling, just an assurance that it will take place as originally planned. Personally I think they should just skip it as the Quatar World Cup is next year, and the logistics behind it being held in 11 countries with different quarantine laws is very complicated. I'm not even sure any of the players want to play in more empty stadiums. I not sure international football without the spectacle and atmosphere the crowds bring is going to be that good.

Nevertheless I have to plan for the Euro 2021 prediction pool and this is the first email to signal that you'll son be receiving the spreadsheet with the games in it. And by soon I probably mean at the T-minus 50 days mark!

As always, if you want to be removed from this list then do let me know, and as always please let me know if you have other friends/family members that want to join.

Kia pai to ra (Have a good day)

Graeme