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Helmet or Smart Missile to win the 2011 Golden Rose

Chris Morton — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:22:34 +0000

The 2011 Golden Rose is just around the corner and the bookmakers have their early betting odds posted.

Sepoy is listed as a likely scratching so Helmet @ $4.00 and Smart Missile as @ $5.00 are the current favourites.

Melbourne Cup Horse Early Nominations

Chris Morton — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:10:24 +0000

I work for Horse Racing Australia and regularly check the odds for the upcoming Spring Carnival races such as the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup.

Sportsbet have release their Before Nominations on the 2011 Melbourne Cup with Scarlett Lady and Maluckyday being listed as favourites to win the Cup.

For people who like to bet on the Melbourne Cup on the net

Chris Morton — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:11:57 +0000

The race that stops the nation or the first Tuesday in November is the one horse race where every legal aged Australian has a Melbourne Cup bet.

If you are a smart punter and very good with computers then you would know that online bookmakers always give you better odds than the TAB.

My Caulfield Cup 2010 tips

Chris Morton — Sun, 23 May 2010 07:07:29 +0000

The Australian Spring Racing Carnival is almost upon us with it set to start in the following weeks.

Some of my favourite horse races to bet on are the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup.

Merry Christmas 2009!

Chris Morton — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:24:16 +0000

It wouldn’t be Christmas without a Mortpig Disco Dance!!!

Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

OMG! I’m watching the Ashes and hating …

Chris Morton — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:50:17 +0000

OMG! I’m watching the Ashes and hating it. 2 more wickets just fell from stupid run-outs(Ponting then Clarke).

It is going to be very very very tough now… if it wasn’t already (that being a massive under statement!).

I’m watching Australian Idol whislt upg…

Chris Morton — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 08:53:51 +0000

I’m watching Australian Idol whislt upgrading ChrisMorton.com to use WordPress blog software which hooks my blog posts to my Twitter Account/Facebook Status.

Im interested to see how this will work and look.

My favorite Dance hits for the Maltese Summer of 2008

Chris Morton — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:28:00 +0000

Ok, after much speculation of what music I like to listen to when getting my dance on at the hottest clubs in Malta, I took the time to compile this play list via youtube.com.

You will find these dance hits played at Paceville hot spots like Club 22, Shadow Lounge and Club H.

Malta Rugby – Preseason Cup

Chris Morton — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:48:00 +0000

My first game of the new 2008/09 national Malta rugby season was last weekend with out first game being the Preseason “Ray Elliot” Cup vs Kavallieri.

I think our team played strong in parts however this being the Stompers very first game we were rusty in patches of the game which showed in making simple mistakes and turnovers.

We didn’t win… losing 22 – 17.

Here is the local sports write up of the game:

Kavallieri Megaman Cisk Excel started the new rugby season on a high when they clinched the Ray Elliott Cup after a 22-17 win over Stompers TGI Friday.

The rugby season opened at Marsa with a bang as a host of matches were played on the two pitches now available to this swiftly expanding sport, before several hundred spectators.

Traditionally the main match on the first day of the season is between the two top teams of the previous season in which champions Kavallieri started as strong favourites.

However, despite a big growth in playing membership and a comprehensive pre-season training program, they were disappointing.

Had it not been for the fitness of hardened forward veterans and their current internationals they could easily have lost this to the faster Stompers backline.

The Kavallieri backs were slow in thinking and action, with the only real penetration coming from Micalef and Doublesin.

By contrast Stompers enjoyed a selection of speedsters who were always dangerous, and in the first half showed that a number of their younger forwards were ready to move up into senior rugby to make a mark. However, in the end fitness was crucial and Kavallieri had the edge.

Scoring was opened when Morton ripped open the Kavallieri backs to put M. Attard in for an unconverted try for Stompers.

After further pressure by Stompers the ever dangerous Debattista broke well on the blind side but his scoring pass inside was dropped in the touch down so wasted. M. Attard also missed a short-range penalty to waste further points.

Kavallieri Schembri earned a yellow card for an illegal trip on Mirabelli, but Stompers lost the initiative with a series of errors and gave away ground until a stupid penalty allowed Kavallieri to kick touch close to the line and from there it was almost inevitable that their superb lineout maul drill would lead to a score.

Sure enough, Borda burrowed over out of the maul converted to grab the lead, against the run of play.

The second half began with a more focused Kavallieri exerting the traditional forward grind on their less fit opponents, and after Stomper errors gave away many meters of ground they played a brilliant switch lineout which wrecked the defence for Grima to score.

Rob Bonavia made a great 40 metre run, well supported by his fellows deep into Stompers half but they then broke out to win quick ball for Morton to slice through for another fine try to bring Stompers right back.

More Kavallieri forward pressure including a big run by D. Borg, setting up close range attacks, and Doublesin scored for Kavallieri , thanks to a perfect handoff which flattened a tackler.

As the Stompers tired against the grinding Kavallieri spent more time pounding their line, but suddenly the fast backs broke away and only a brilliant cover tackle by Mike Bonavia stopped a try.

Another burst by Rob Bonavia made a second try for Grima to stretch the lead but Stompers hit back with the best try of the match by Debattista, converted by Attard, but it was too little too late and Kavallieri took the Ray Elliott Cup.

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Guinness Premiership Tips (Round 6)

Chris Morton — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:44:00 +0000

Here are my tips for Round 6 rugby action in the Guinness Premiership…

Friday 14th November 2008

Sale Sharks (3) V Worcester Warriors (11)

Friday nights game between third placed Sale Sharks and eleventh placed Worcester Warriors looks like to be one way traffic with top of the table Sharks looking to take another bite in their intentions to win this years Premiership.

Bottom of the table Warriors will have to be weary of the likes of New Zealand born Luke Mcalister who is in career best form for his UK based club.

The Warriors new recruit from the QLD Reds in Australia, Chris Latham, will look to turn the tide of recent results as Worcester is coming close to winning but resulting in narrow defeats in their last few outings.

My tip is Sale Sharks by 12 points.

Predicted Score: Sale Sharks 24 – Worcester Warriors 12

Sportsbook Odds: Outright Winner