A Sporting Chance
Three more events complete, three to go, and it is getting very tight at the top.
The latest events saw a European, but more importantly and Irishman,Shane Lowry, win the Open Championship, Egan Bernal from team Ineos (previously called Team Sky) win the Tour de France and Tipperary win the All Ireland Hurling final.
The confidence levels were high for the european winner with 75% predicting correctly, split pretty much half and half on the tour winner and two thirds thought there would be a MUnster winner of the hurling. In saying all that I would guess that most people would have been thinking McIllroy would have been the most likely Irishman (we won't start on that conversation) to win the golf, that it would be Thomas or Froome for the cycling and that Limerick were looking good to retain their All Ireland.
So with three events left and the hopes of a jackpot gone there are 5 people leading the way with 10 points with a further 13 people just one back. There are 56 people still in with a chance of winning prizes so keep an eye on the last three events Dundalk to win the League of Ireland, Michael van Gerwin to win he world Darts and The current number 1 ranked team in world rugby, thats Ireland by the way, to reach the semi finals (at least) in RWC 2019.
The leader board is as follows
| Name | Score |
| Lorna Egan | 10 |
| Tommy O'Neill | 10 |
| Stephen Byrne | 10 |
| Max Guijt #2 | 10 |
| David Hainsworth | 10 |
| Padraig Maree | 9 |
| Jennie O'Neill | 9 |
| Pat Doggett #3 | 9 |
| Jim Byrne | 9 |
| Joe Doyle | 9 |
| Barry Lambkin | 9 |
| Tom Byrne | 9 |
| Alo Maher | 9 |
| Lorna Fitzpatrick | 9 |
| Peter McLaughlin | 9 |
| Pat Doggett #2 | 9 |
| Pat Doggett #5 | 9 |
| Cian Farrell | 9 |
| Jack Mallon #1 | 8 |
| Adam Lambkin | 8 |
| Andrew Egan | 8 |
| Jillian Davis #2 | 8 |
| Ian O'Neill | 8 |
| John Lawlor | 8 |
| Jacqueline McNulty | 8 |
| Wayne Campbell | 8 |
| Steve McCann | 8 |
| Gerard Campbell #2 | 8 |
| Ger Clarke | 8 |
| Conor McLoughlin | 8 |
| Colm Burke | 8 |
| Marian Dunne | 8 |
| Robbie Beggs | 8 |
| Michael Farrell | 7 |
| Jennifer Mallon | 7 |
| Rose McLoughlin | 7 |
| Sean Mooney #1 | 7 |
| Jimmy McLoughlin | 7 |
| Sheila Clarke | 7 |
| Devlin McLaughlin | 7 |
| Gerard Campbell #1 | 7 |
| Pádraig Mahon | 7 |
| John Bell | 7 |
| Aidan Egan | 7 |
| Ben Lambkin | 7 |
| John Clarke | 7 |
| Philip Mallon | 7 |
| Tom Hainsworth | 7 |
| Nicola Maher | 7 |
| Holly Evans | 7 |
| Pat Doggett #1 | 7 |
| Adrian Hennessy | 7 |
| Mick Conroy | 7 |
| Jamie Hainsworth | 7 |
| Sean Mooney #2 | 7 |
| Michael Dempsey | 7 |
| Ger Kiernan | 6 |
| Áine Byrne | 6 |
| Arran Maher | 6 |
| Jason Hassett | 6 |
| Conor Maher | 6 |
| Jennifer Mallon | 6 |
| Ronan McCann | 6 |
| Jack Mallon #2 | 6 |
| Finn Hassett | 6 |
| Seamus Carroll | 6 |
| Michael Luttrell | 6 |
| Leonia McCarthy | 6 |
| Rose Maher | 6 |
| Declan McCann | 6 |
| Vincent Maher | 6 |
| Glen Hassett | 6 |
| Susan Coughlan | 6 |
| Cian Mooney | 5 |
| Peter Hudson | 5 |
| Bridget Bennett | 5 |
| Lorraine Clarke | 5 |
| Ronnie Culliton | 5 |
| Willam Coughlan | 5 |
| Christopher Mooney | 5 |
| Sean McLoughlin | 5 |
| David Egan | 5 |
| Paul Mannion | 5 |
| Jillian Davis #1 | 5 |
| Matt Farrell | 5 |
| Richard Dowling | 5 |
| Alan Hainsworth | 5 |
| Max Guijt #1 | 4 |
| Pat Doggett #4 | 4 |
| Kieran Hyland | 4 |
| Tim Coughlan | 3 |
| Gordon Allen | 3 |
| Margaret Guijt Lawlor | 3 |