2008 Wessex Point-to-Point Area Six To Follow Competition
Win a season’s free admission to all 2009 Wessex Area point-to-points!

The Wessex Point-to-Point Area is sponsoring a free, easy to enter Six to Follow Competition for the 2008 Point-to-Point season. The competition is open to all and entrants are simply asked to name six horses to follow at the 24 meetings run in Wessex in 2008, with prizes for the three highest scorers. We are grateful to the Wessex Area Point-to-Point Secretaries Association (PPSA) and Weatherbys Chase for their generous sponsorship of the competition.

As an aid to entrants, a preview of the 2008 Wessex season will be posted on the Area website http://www.pointingwessex.co.uk towards the end of November. In addition, Weatherbys Chase are publishing their Point-to-Point Preview 2007/08 book (£9.50 plus p&p, ring 01933 304792, email orders@weatherbys.co.uk) which gives in-depth stable tours of all the leading yards nationwide at the end of November. The Racing Post Weekender Point-to-Point preview edition (28 November), the Horse & Hound Point-to-Point issue (29 November) and articles in the local press through December may also provide further useful information.

Prizes

First prize is a Wessex Point-to-Point Area Car Pass which will entitle the winner to free admission to all 24 point-to-point meetings in the Wessex Area in 2009. Second prize is a copy of the Weatherbys Chase Hunter Chasers & Point-to-Pointers Annual 2009 (published November 2008). Third prize is a copy of Weatherbys Chase Point-to-Point Results & Form 2008 Annual (published July 2008).

How To Enter

Select six Horses to Follow at the 24 point-to-point meetings run in the Wessex Area during the period of the competition – 5 January 2008 to 28 May 2008 inclusive. There is no regional qualification restriction on the horses – any horse can be included in the list. The qualifying 24 meetings are listed on the Area’s website http://www.pointingwessex.co.uk/ and in a free full colour leaflet available by sending an SAE to Gill Armstrong, Pantiles, Penselwood, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 8NF.

• Each entrant may submit one entry only either in writing or by email.
  
• If entering in writing, send the names of the six horses, together with your name and address. Retain a copy of your entry, as copies will not be provided. Should you require confirmation that your entry has been received, you must enclose a stamped addressed envelope. Post your entry, to arrive no later than first post on 5 January 2008 to Six To Follow Competition, Pantiles, Penselwood, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 8NF.

• If entering by email, send the names of the six horses, together with your name and address to arrive no later than 11.00am on 5 January 2008 to brianandgill@pointingwessex.co.uk.

Scoring

Selections count when finishing first, second or third in any point-to-point run in the Wessex Area during the period of the competition. Pony races are excluded from the competition.

Points are awarded as follows:

• 10 points for a win
  
• 5 points for finishing second
  
• 3 points for finishing third
  
• In the event of a dead-heat, all dead-heaters will receive full points.
  
• Ten points will be awarded for a walkover.
  
• The official race results on the day will be final, with subsequent disqualifications disregarded.
  
• The PPORC two-day meeting at Barbury Racecourse on 12 and 13 January 2008 is run within the South Midlands Area and is therefore excluded from the competition.
  
• Hunter Chases and other races under Rules are also excluded from the competition.

Rules

• Entries once received cannot be altered
  
• Should a selection be duplicated, points will only be awarded once, with the repeated selection disregarded. Where a selection is illegible, or capable of dual interpretation, the selection will be void with the remaining selections counting.
  
• Entries containing less than six selections will count for the number of selections made. Where more than six selections are stated, the first six will count with the remainder disregarded.
  
• The names of the winners/leaders will be published on the Area’s website http://www.pointingwessex.co.uk/. The competition winners will be notified in writing after 31 May 2008.
  
• The Wessex Area PPSA does not accept any responsibility for non-receipt of entries. Proof of posting will not be taken as proof of delivery.
  
• In the event of a tie, the organisers reserve the right to instigate a tiebreaker or to draw a winner’s name from a hat.
  
• In all cases the decision of the Wessex Area PPSA is final.