Cairns based Doug Egerton who was an avid Box Hill fan when they were a struggling 2nd Division club in the mid 70s to the early 80s has won the seven winners jackpot. There were only two tipsters who picked seven.
Yours truly actually picked seven as well as Doug who was nearest the aggregate score as he picked 247 points where as I selected 190. Tassie
125 d Geelong 101 for a total of 226 points. Doug collects $60. He can drink a few xxxx beers up north. Another $30 will go to the tipster who picks all seven winners. If more than one tipster selects seven winners, the tipster nearest the aggregate score for the Bullants v Tassie game will collect. If no tipster picks seven it will jackpot to $60 for Round
5.  

AGGREGATE SCORE AN AMAZING NINE WAY TIE

Nine tipsters tied for the aggregate score (Tassie 125 v Geelong 101)
226 point in total.
Stephen '1980 Liston' Allender had 227 points, Adam 'Beachy' Beach last season's VFL tips runner up, had 225 points, Geelong fan Mark Rasmussen had 227 points, Sandy fan Trevor 'TC' Clark had 225 points, Billy 'Bulldog' Hector had 227 points, Darren "Dazzling' Hayes had 225 points, Denis Lacy who is a former Heidelberg, Port and Warburton player had 227 points, Kelly Direen a Tassie devil has 225 points, and Rick Woodstock a former Sunshine diehard had 225 points. Amazingly no one had the score of 226 points. each tipster will receive $5 each. Gets you a can of VB at the footy. From the nine tipsters that have not yet paid I will deduct $5 from the $20 tipping fee. For those that have already paid I'll catch up with you soon. One point extra or less from one of the none tipsters could have been $40 instead of $5. The next ABC aggregate score match will be will be the Round 5 clash between Sandringham v Bendigo at Trevor Barker Beach Road Oval.

LOGJAM AT THE TOP

Three tipsters share the lead with 17 winners and are one ahead of a swag of them. Old mustang and Cairns based Doug leads with Paul Saints who has corrected me that he is a Casey Scorpions fan. yours truly is also on 17 tips for the season. I followed Northcote in 2nd Division as a kid with Williamstown next best being my 1st Division team. These days it is Williamstown but also have soft spots for stand alone teams Port, Frankston and the Tassie devils.
On 16 winners are diehard Port fan Bobby Borough who was watching the borough when red rattlers were running to North Port Oval for matches.
He was at North Port well before Fred Cook joined the borough in 1971 from Yarraville. Also on 16 winners are Felicia Holland who has red and white all over as her dad played for South Melbourne between 1946 and 48. She has a leaning towards the dolphins in the VFL. Others on 16 include Gary 'Fitzroy fan' Ritchie, Kelly Direen who hails from the apple isle and would be tinkled pink with Richmond's win over Freo as well as the devils victory over Geelong. Parry Paras an old Northcote Dragons fan, Vaughan Shannon a Bendigo Bomber as well as Rosalyn Townsend who goes for the seagulls.. 

From the Preston Leader

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THERE is an old saying in football: no matter how long the game goes, the tall blokes don't get any shorter.

For the Northern Bullants on Saturday, that rang true as their tall timber up forward proved too strong for Collingwood in the last quarter of the Round 3 VFL clash at Princes Park.

Throughout the contest the Bullants looked the better side but couldn't break away from the plucky Magpies who held firm for most of the game.

But, as the Bullants did against Coburg in Round 2, come the last quarter they had too much strength as they raced away to a convincing 20.8 (128) to 12.5 (77) win.

Jake Edwards was a key to the last-quarter onslaught that resulted in eight goals. Quiet for most of the match, Edwards exploded in the final term with three goals.

Byrnes was the standout as a number of the Cats' fringe players did well, but their efforts weren't enough to resist Tasmania's rampaging final-quarter surge, with the Devils winning 18.17 (125) to 15.11 (101).

Geelong coach Leigh Tudor praised the commitment of the small forward, who collected 36 possessions to answer his doubters after he was replaced in the Cats' AFL team by Ryan Gamble last week.

"Shannon Byrnes ... has always been an excellent VFL player, so to come back again and perform the way he has is a credit to him," Tudor said.

Promoted off the rookie list at the end of last season, Jason Davenport was in scintillating touch early, winning plenty of ball in the midfield, and floating into attack to kick four goals before half-time.

From the Sunday Herald Sun
Reported by Chris Mitchell

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A SPIRITED third quarter burst lifted Frankston to a massive upset win against Sandringham at Trevor Barker Oval yesterday.

The Zebras led by 25 points in the first term and were never threatened until halfway through the third quarter, when the Dolphins hit the front after a Clinton Proctor major.

It was the spark the game needed and, led by captain Shaun Pollard, the Dolphins held on to win 15.12 (102) to 13.12 (90).

Star Sandringham spearhead Nick Sautner was held goalless by Pollard, while Melbourne-listed forward Michael Newton kicked just one goal.

Addam Maric made a case for inclusion in the Demons side with five goals, while Brent Moloney got through seemingly unscathed.

NORTH Ballarat has the potential to be on the end of a Richmond selection backlash in the Victorian Football League on Saturday.

The Selkirk Roosters face the Richmond-aligned Coburg Tigers, which is already stung by its own capitulation against Northern Bullants.

But Coburg might also feature several out-of-favour Richmond players with plenty to prove.

Richmond coach Terry Wallace is threatening to wield the axe after a heavy loss to Collingwood, with up to six players - including established star Joel Bowden - reportedly in his sights. But nothing will distract North Ballarat coach Gerard FitzGerald as he prepares to stretch the Roosters' unbeaten run to three in their first venture away from home.

FitzGerald constantly talks about the fluid nature of the VFL created by AFL alignments - accepting the potential for significant change in the make-up of opposition teams from week-to-week. He is already wary of last year's VFL grand finalist, so nothing will sway him from his ever cautious approach.