2026 - Round 7 Results - Rebound
/It was a good week for favourites and, by extension, a good week for contrarian-avoiding Head-to-Head Tipsters, which saw all but two Tipsters register eight from nine, the exceptions being MARS_Marg’s seven, and Home Sweet Home’s five.
That left MARS_Marg still in 1st place and now on 49 from 53 (79%) but only one tip clear of Bookie Knows Best and ENS_Linear, with MoSHPlay_Marg remaining one further back with the RSMP twins on 47 from 63 (76%).
The all-Tipster average score came in at 7.6 from 9, taking the season-long figure to 45.8 from 63 (74%).
It’s been a fairly easy year to tip winners.
Margin prediction performances were significantly worse again this week, with mean absolute errors (MAEs) ranging from Bookie_3’s best of 36 points per game to RSMP_Weighted’s worst of 39.5 points per game.
Bookie_3 now heads the Leaderboard by just over 3 points from ENS_Linear, who is a further 6 points ahead of . MoSHPlay_Marg.
The all-Predictor average for the round was was 38.4 points per game, which took the season-long figure to 27.9 points per game.
Log probability scores were all highly positive again this week, and highest for the bookie-based forecasters, especially Bookie_LPSO. MoSHPlay_Prob nonetheless retained top spot on the Leaderboard ahead of Bookie_LPSO, with MoSHBODS_Prob now taking third, and MARS_Prob dropping back into last place.
WAGERING
Although Sunday was a day of net giving to the bookmaking fraternity, all three Funds returned a profit and are in profit for the season as a whole.
The Combined Portfolio rose by 3.3c to now be up by 5.6c on a +9% ROI and a 0.63 turn.
