INTERNATIONAL. Steffen Brandt, Co-Founder & Manager at Miami-based travel retail specialist InnoTRI (and former CEO of Heinemann Asia Pacific and Heinemann Americas), has shot (from outside the circle) to top of the league in The Great Moodie Davitt 2018 FIFA World Cup Charity Competition after the latest round of matches on Tuesday.
The German, a passionate follower of his national team, heads a tightly packed race as the group stage nears its conclusion. With 45 points, Steffen is just one ahead of The Moodie Davitt Report CTO (Chief Touchline Observer) Matt Willey and former leader Tony Richardson of Duty Free Hunter.
As reported, King Power International (Thailand), which controls English Premier League club Leicester City, is the event’s official brand partner.
The following prize monies will be awarded to the chosen charities of the winning contestants
1st – €3,000
2nd – €2,000
3rd – €1,000
Veteran travel retail consultant and journalist John Gallagher is doing rather better than his own national team, Scotland, which failed to make the finals. But then again his adopted nation is Argentina and no doubt he picked the country’s (dramatic) win over Nigeria allowing La Albiceleste (and John) to stay well in the hunt.
Steve Cox, Marketing Director at JCDecaux Airport in London, who no doubt has been watching the matches out of home, has been hovering just below the leaders for most of the competition, and sits ominously on 42 points.
Johan Schölvinck of Market Square in the Netherlands is one point back on 41, with long-time leader, Bahrain Duty Free Head of Operations Domnick O’Reilly, heading a quality quintet on 40. The others are Craig Pring of WHSmith; Jack MacGowan, departing CEO of Aer Rianta International; Denz Van Der List of Cabeau; and former front-runner Andre de Almeida, of Loch Lomond Group who has slipped from the high road to the low but still remains in contention.
Don’t count out Moodie Davitt Report Chairman Martin Moodie after a good day yesterday to be just seven off the lead in 14th place.
Today’s four matches (Mexico v Sweden; South Korea v Germany – Steffen, we suggest you opt for 4-0 to South Korea; Switzerland v Costa Rica; and Serbia v Brazil) are certain to see another shake-up in an ever-changing leaderboard.
Will Steffen net some more points, or will he be left Seoul-searching after a shock result? Will we see a Mexican wave farewell to Sweden’s chances after the latter’s sickening last-second loss to Germany earlier? Will Swiss efficiency come at a heavy cost to the men from Central America? And will those Brazilian supporters be going nuts or doing the samba on the streets of Moscow tonight?
Those questions and more will be answered in coming hours as The Great Moodie Davitt 2018 FIFA World Cup Charity Competition heats up.
Below is the league table from the morning of Wednesday 27 June. We’ll bring you an update after today’s matches.
THE TIMES THEY ARE A -CHANGING: HOW THE TABLE LOOKED A COUPLE OF DAYS BACK
Our match prediction contest is easy to enter, and is engendering tremendous engagement within the travel retail community. It also has a strong Corporate Social Responsibility connection.
Updates are posted regularly, showing who is leading the way as the tournament progresses and reminding people to submit their predictions before each round.
Registration can still be made here (see below for instructions):https://worldcupfootballpredictor.co.uk/
Registration can also be made after the tournament kicks off, however you won’t be able to score points for games that have already taken place.
‘JUST LIKE ABC’ – EASY TO ENTER STEPS
A) Visit https://worldcupfootballpredictor.co.uk/ and register your details (after that you simply sign in each time). You will be asked at this stage to select your ultimate winner of the tournament (this can be changed up until the Knockout phase begins).
IMPORTANT: We suggest putting your full name in the FIRST NAME box (e.g. Martin Moodie) and company name in the LAST NAME box, so we can track our industry ‘leaderboard’ over the weeks of the tournament.
B) Once you have confirmed your registration (via an immediate e-mail prompt) please join The Moodie Davitt Report private league by visiting https://worldcupfootballpredictor.co.uk/Pools/Join/1231. You will need a pin number, which is – tmdrworldcup
C) Once you have done that you are entered into The Moodie Davitt Report private league. You can make your predictions at any time until kick-off for that particular match via thePREDICTIONS tab. We’ll also be putting out regular updates via www.MoodieDavittReport.com and through our e-Alert service with industry league table updates and reminders to get your predictions in.
You can enter our competition at any time but the earlier you do the better your (and your nominated charity’s) chances of winning.
If you’re having any problems registering just e-mail Declan@MoodieDavittReport.com
Rules of the game:
- You will receive 3 points for a correct score.
- You will receive 1 point for a correct result.
- In each group (and in the Knockout phases through to and including the semi-finals) you can apply a ‘Joker’ card to one match only. Use of the Joker will double any points you score on that match.
- Your prediction for the Knockout stages will include the score after extra time, but not penalties.
- You will receive extra points for the final game if you correctly predict the tournament winner.
- Leaderboard: If players finish level on points, then the player with most Correct Score points will finish higher, followed by Correct Result points, Joker points, Final points, Third-Place points, Semi-Final points, Quarter-Final points and then Last-16 points.
We’ll keep you posted on the industry league table/leaderboard as the competition proceeds.
