INTERNATIONAL. And it’s Brandt… he shoots… he scores!
Yes, travel retail sports fans, Germany continues to dominate the Great Moodie Davitt 2018 FIFA World Cup Charity Competition after the latest round of matches on Thursday.
As reported, King Power International (Thailand), which controls English Premier League club Leicester City, is the event’s official brand partner.
Despite plummeting into a deep depression after his beloved national side exited the tournament at the group stage, Steffen Brandt, Co-Founder & Manager of Miami-based travel retail specialist InnoTRI (and former CEO of Heinemann Asia Pacific and Heinemann Americas), actually stuck five points in the back of the net yesterday. He leads by two from The Moodie Davitt Report’s CTO (Chief Touchline Observer) Matt Willey.
In third-equal place, but a distant four behind Steffen, are that kilted, tango-dancing Argentine-Scottish travel retail consultant and journalist John Gallagher and a resurgent Bahrain Duty Free Head (or should that be Header?) of Operations Domnick O’Reilly, the competition’s long-time leader.
No fewer than five contestants sit just one point back on 46, including the fast-moving Toms Bergs of Stoli Group.
Sophie Goujet of Concourse Display Management is the highest-place woman, just seven behind Steffen.
Not such good news for Denz Vanderlist of Cabeau, however, who slipped six places to 13th after failing to secure a single point. However, as reported, he well have been distracted by his company generating record sales of travel pillows to German fans returning home and wishing to cushion the blow.
The Moodie Davitt Report Chairman Martin Moodie has slipped back to 17th on 41 points but that looks as good as Ronaldo preening himself in front of the mirror compared with his business partner Dermot Davitt, who is back in 51st place on 25 points. That’s even one point behind travel retail’s leading camel milk chocolate advocate, Al Nassma’s Patrick Dorais, a fact that has really given Dermot the hump.
The following prize monies will be awarded to the chosen charities of the winning contestants
1st – €3,000
2nd – €2,000
3rd – €1,000
Steffen has yet to name his charity although rumours suggest he may choose ROFIG (the Rehabilitation of Football In Germany).
Now it’s down to the round of 16, with the following games over the weekend. If you haven’t got your predictions in yet, do it fast. Unlike Germany, there’s all to play for…
Saturday 30 June
France vs Argentina – Kazan, 3pm
Uruguay vs Portugal – Sochi, 7pm
Sunday 1 July
Spain vs Russia – Moscow (Luzhniki), 3pm
Croatia vs Denmark – Nizhny Novgorod, 7pm
Below is the league table from the morning of Friday 29 June.
HOW THE TABLE LOOKED BEFORE YESTERDAY’S MATCHES
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.
For the ever-optimistic, registration can still be made here (see below for instructions):https://worldcupfootballpredictor.co.uk/
‘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.
