After taking a week’s break, the Tipster Challenge series resumes today at Nottingham for Week 12. In a big week for Racing, ahead of Saturday’s Grand National, we have Charlie McCann of BetVictor representing the table topping Guests. Charlie has worked for BetVictor since 2011, previously as the Director of Online Public Relations, before becoming Head of Communications in May 2015. …
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Tipster Challenge Results – Week 11 at Haydock
After a slow start for Damien Fearn, Managing Director of Tipstrr, he managed to help the Guests increase the lead over 2nd place SBC to 8.34 points. It was a disappointing day for Stephen Harris of bettingexpert, as he collected just 1.03 points despite early wins for Hollies Pearl and Double W’s. Timeform remain at the bottom of the Tipster …
Read More »Tipstrr take on the Tipster Challenge at Haydock
After Ciaran O’Brien collected 16.5 points last week at Cheltenham, all eyes will be on the next special guest in the Tipster Challenge at Haydock. Trying to maintain, or even extend the Guest’s lead, will be Damien Fearn of Tipstrr Ltd. Damien used to build custom algorithmic models to provide useful and profitable advice to clients and betting syndicates. Now …
Read More »bettingexpert research: ‘Millions in misery for bookmakers at Cheltenham 2016’
Leading European betting player portal bettingexpert.com has analysed the four days of Cheltenham Festival 2016 wagering, in what has been dubbed ‘the worst ever Cheltenham’ by UK bookmakers. Publishing detailed analysis of betting trends at Cheltenham 2016, bettingexpert has estimated that bookmakers were approximately down £3.21 per punter. With tens of millions of wagers taken over the course of the …
Read More »Tipster Challenge Results – Champion Chase drama at Cheltenham
The Guests took charge at the top of the Tipster Challenge leaderboard on a memorable day at the Cheltenham Festival. Ciaran O’Brien, Communications Director at William Hill ended the day with an incredible 16.5 points after race wins for Diego Du Charmil (13/2), Ballyandy (5/1) and an emotional Nico de Boinville on Sprinter Sacre (5/1). For the first time, bettingexpert have …
Read More »Tipster Challenge – Week 10 action from Cheltenham
For the 10th week of Tipster Challenge action, it’s fitting that we’re at the world famous Cheltenham Festival! SBC News will be trying to follow up a 5-win week at Catterick, and hold off the team of Guests in 2nd, represented this week by Ciaran O’Brien, Communications Director at William Hill. William Hill have been gearing up to take up …
Read More »Tipster Challenge Results – Five Week 9 Winners for SBC
It was another shake-up at the top of the Tipster Challenge leaderboard, as SBC managed the first five-win day of the series to take 1st place on 42.56 points. After a slow start for Jessica Bridge, Ladbrokes, she did manage to win the final three races to help the Guests stay in touch in 2nd. For bettingexpert, it was far …
Read More »Tipster Challenge – Jessica looks to bridge the gap at Catterick
Week 9 takes us to Catterick, as Stephen Harris tries to keep bettingexpert on top of the Tipster Challenge leaderboard! He will be taking on SBC News, Timeform and Guest tipster, Jessica Bridge. Jessica, part of the PR team at Ladbrokes, has made live or recorded broadcasts across every major UK television and radio platform, including BBC News, ITV, Channel …
Read More »Tipster Challenge Results – bettingexpert take the lead
It was the most dramatic week yet in the Tipster Challenge, as the Guests and bettingexpert swapped places in 1st and 3rd. Ed Nicholson of Unibet could only manage a single 6/5 winner, whereas Stephen Harris was bang on form picking 3 winners, including the 7/1 Slidecheck in the final race at 5:05. On the face of it Timeform had a good …
Read More »Stephen Harris – bettingexpert: Cheltenham Festival
We’re into the month of March, and the Cheltenham Festival is nearly upon us. So it was only right that we caught up with the resident horse racing guru at bettingexpert, Stephen Harris. We asked him how he feels about Cheltenham, how easy (or difficult) it is to pick a race winner, and how confident he is feeling about his …
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