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The new Bezza League season kicks off next Friday at 8pm. There have been some changes made to the Bezza League for this season so when you log in you may see a slightly different view to what you would have been used to last season. For the majority you will be able recognise the layout, although the ‘Enter’ button to submit your predictions on your selected week is no longer there. Instead the whole row is now the button, so clicking anywhere on that week row will take you to your predictions sheet.

Other changes to note are all of the stats and other info e.g. Fantasy Table and Weekly Scores which were located below your ‘My Predictions’ area, are now located in a separate menu which is accessible by clicking on your initials.

Please have a look and get familiar with the look, an example of your ‘My Predictions’ area is shown below.

MESSAGE FOR NEW MEMBERS. Current members, or seasoned pro’s, will already know this…but please make sure you click the ‘Submit’ button to send your scores as shown in the screenshot below. You can double check your scores are in by either checking the ‘Outstanding Matches’ section just below ‘Predict Scores’ or check your emails. In the Outstanding Matches section, if the matches still show the kick off time (as shown below) and not your scores then your predictions have not been sent. Please double check! You should have a confirmation email with a copy of your predictions. Any questions just let me know

Firstly, I would just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for taking part again this season. Obviously it wouldn’t exist without all of you making it what it is. Hopefully you have enjoyed it and I look forward to seeing you take part again next season. We hope to make some more improvements and adjustments for the new season after another successful campaign in the bag. The addition of the Eliminator this season seemed to be a positive so will look to run more of those again.

Its 2 weeks now since Harris Khan won his first title in the Bezza League, some may say it was about time. Khan has come so close on many occasions over the years but finally made it over the line this season. In the end he won it by 13 points, which is the 3rd biggest winning margin. Khan now has the highest points per week (PPW) average in Bezza League history with 7.45ppw, just ahead of former champion Tom Beck (7.33ppw) and Alex Hamilton (7.31ppw). Khan spent 9 weeks at the top of the table this season, with 8 of the those at the end of the season.

A massive congratulations to our cup competition winners as well this season…Craig Robinson (Cup), Steve Chilton (Europe), Kev Purves (Shield) and David Purves (Knockout). Well done to the 4 winners of our new Eliminator comps…Harris Khan, Philip Gray, Stevie Fairless and Greg Pullinger.

Here are a few more stats and bits of info that may interest you from the season just gone…

• The most amount of correct scores were predicted by our league champion Harris Khan with 49. Mick Wilson who finished in 5th was 2nd on that list with 48, Craig Robinson (6th) predicted 47 correct scores.
• Phillip Clayton finished 68th in the league but still managed to come out on top with the most amount of correct outcomes predicting 172. Mark Johnson, who was 20th, was 2nd with 170 correct outcomes. Jamie Liddell was the 3rd highest with 169 outcomes, despite finishing in 89th position.
• As shown above, Harris Khan spent 9 weeks at the top of the table during the season which was the most anyone spent at the summit this campaign. Craig Robinson, only in his second season, spent 7 weeks at the top. While Ken Nicholson and Andrew Davison both topped the table for 5 weeks. Kev Purves (4 weeks), Adam Brown (4 weeks), Greg Pullinger (2 weeks), Chris Hodgson (2 weeks) and Craig Allan (1 week) all experienced some time at the top.
• The highest weekly score of the season was 18 points, 1 point better than the highest last season. Craig Robinson opened up on week 1 with 18 points, with Ian Rogerson and Adam Goode scoring 18 points on week 31. Not enough to get on the board for the top 3 scores of all time.
• Out of the 38 weeks, 8 people experienced a weekly top spot finish on more than one occasion. Craig Robinson, Rory Kirk, Stevie Fairless, Alex McIsaac, Aaron Carr, Ian Rogerson, Rachel Baird and Adam Smith were all top scorers on 2 separate weeks.
• An average weekly score of 6.7 was enough to qualify into next seasons Bezza Europe, the lowest since 2021. The tally of 268 points to make the top 10 was also down on previous seasons and was the 4th lowest tally for a 10th place finish in Bezza League history.
• Harris Khan has now finished in the top 32 in 11 of his 12 seasons in the Bezza and out of those 11 seasons he has been in the top 10 on 9 occasions. Kev Purves, who was 2nd in the league this season makes the top 10 for only the second time, the first time back in 2013 he was runner up on that occasion as well. Carl Collier was 3rd this season, finishes in the top 10 for the first time.
• Last seasons champion Chris Wood found it particularly hard this season, finishing down in 85th. The winners curse strikes again! We still await someone to retain or regain a Bezza League title. Could it be Khan next season?
• Here is a look at how well our other former champions have fared this season…Rachel Baird (45th), Adam Cairns (94th), Paul Simpson (15th), Paul Ryder (47th), Rob Bosher Jnr (23rd), Simon Bowden (39th), Tom Beck (37th), Kev Morrison (44th) and Dan Stewart (8th).
• 2 out of our 12 newcomers this season made it into the top 32. Rory Kirk (21st) and Graeme Golledge (28th) both qualify for Bezza Europe next year.

MESSAGE FOR NEW MEMBERS. Current members, or seasoned pro’s, will already know this…but please make sure you click the ‘Submit’ button to send your scores as shown in the screenshot below. You can double check your scores are in by either checking the ‘Outstanding Matches’ section just below ‘Predict Scores’ or check your emails. In the Outstanding Matches section, if the matches still show the kick off time (as shown below) and not your scores then your predictions have not been sent. Please double check! You should have a confirmation email with a copy of your predictions. Any questions just let me know