Gamblor - a partial history

As best as it can be remembered anyway.

Notable wins 

£134.00 - 12 Dec 2004 - Arsenal 2 Chelsea 2 and Thierry Henry to score first - £2 @ 66/1

£98.00 - 23 July 2023 - The Open Championship, Brian Harman - £1 e/w @ 80/1*

£92.50 - May 2014 - World Snooker Championship, Mark Selby £5 e/w @ 11/1

£84.50 - 4 Mar 2022 - UK Open darts, Danny Noppert - £1 e/w @66/1

£66.50 - Apr 2004 - MCI Heritage golf - Stewart Cink - £1.50 e/w @ 33/1 

£61.25 - 5 Oct 2007 - World Grand Prix Darts, James Wade - £2.50 e/w @ 18/1

£50.00 - 4 Sep 2004 - England v Austria, Frank Lampard to score first - £5 @ 9/1 

£48.00 - 19 June 2022 - US Open Golf, Matt Fitzpatrick - £1.50 e/w @ 25/1

£42.50 - Apr 2010 - World Snooker Championship, Neil Robertson - £2.50 e/w @10/1 

£41.00 - 14 Mar 1999 - Boxing - Lennox Lewis v Evander Holyfield to draw - £1.09** @ 40/1 

£41.00 - 10 Nov 2001 - England 1 Sweden 1 + David Beckham to score first - £1 @ 40/1 

£40.10 - Aug 1998 - US PGA Championship - Vijay Singh - £1.09** e/w @ 33/1 

Other bits

First bet - 1 Jan 1998 - Leeds to win the FA Cup £6.54** (£3 e/w) @14/1 - lost

First win - Feb 1998 - Mark Ramprakash top scorer in 4th test £2.18** @ 7/1 - won £16

First golf pick up - Mar 1998 - Doral Ryder open, VJ Singh £2.18** e/w @28/1 - won £5.33

First golf win - Apr 1998 - MCI Classic, Davis Love III £2.18** @12/1 - won £26

First football win - Oct 1998 - England 3 Luxembourg 0 £1.09** @ 7/1 - won £8

* Total pick up on the Open was £118.59

** 9% tax on betting until it was abolished in the 2001 budget

2022 - PDC UK Open Darts

The bet: £1 e/w Danny Noppert @ 66/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

The bet went on after the draw for the fourth round. Noppert was paired with Ryan Meikle and won that match 10-3. There was another 97 average from Noppert as he edged Devon Petersen 10-8 in the last 32.

Noppy upped it to a 99 average when demolishing Dirk van Duijvenbode 10-2 and on Finals day there were wins over Damon Heta 10-5 and William O'Connor 11-9 to set up a final with hot favourite Michael Smith.

'Bully Boy' was below par though and Noppert hung in to a deciding leg and broke throw to claim the title. And win us £84.50.

2022 - World Seniors Darts

The bet: £1 e/w Lisa Ashton @ 16/1

Placed by: P

What happened: Forgot to post this at the time but Ashton crashed out early to terry Jenkins if I remember rightly.

2022 - PDC World Darts

(I've carried this in to the 2022 account period to make things easier.)

The bets: 

Florian Hempel - £1 e/w 66/1

Peter Wright to win the final to win 7-4 or 7-5 - £3 at 10/3

Placed by P:

What happened: Hempel crashed out the very next round but Wright did beat Michael Smith 7-5 in the final to net us £13.

2021 - Players Championship Darts Finals

The bet: A tentative 50p e/w on Ryan Searle @ 35/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

After a couple of early scares Searle was beaten 11-10 in the final by Peter Wright. £9.25 to the kitty.

2021 World Matchplay Final

The bet: Peter Wright to win 18-13 or 18-14 - £2 @11/2

Placed by: P

What happened: Wright raced into an 8-2 lead and although Dimitri van den Bergh got the deficit back to four at one point Wright raced away to an 18-9 win.

2021 Open Golf

The bets: All £1 e/w 1/5th the odds, 8 places

Scottie Scheffler

Xander Schauffele

Branden Grace

Garrick Higgo

Justin Thomas

Placed by: K

What happened:

Scheffler was tied for fourth going into the weekend, four shots off the lead.

Thomas and Schauffele made the cut but were 10 and 11 shots back respectively.

Grace and Higgo missed the cut.

After three rounds Schauffele had slipped to two over with Thomas level par. With the leader on 12 under Scheffler was tied fourth, four shots back...

... Thomas finished tied 40th at one under, a 65 on the last day saw Schauffele finished tied for 26th at three under. Schauffele stumbled to a +1 final round to leave him eight behind the winner but in a tie for eighth place giving us a pick up of £2.75.