BIGGER, BETTER, BOLDER Ugly Bustards Footy Tipping 2014

Ugly Bustards Footy Tipping - the best footy tipping comp you've never heard of.
If you want to be a big fish in a small pond this is the one to join.

2014 sees yet another mind-bending spectacular Ugly Bustards Footy Tipping season underway, the 15th Uglybustards AFL tipping competition since our humble beginnings back in 2000.

After a tear away victory last year that literally ended the competition half way through the season, in 2014 we have the "Sam Griggs invoked Joker Ladder" to ensure the season is never over until the fat lady sings.

Yes indeed, in 2014 we've returned after a gut-wrenching pre-season BIGGER, BETTER & BOLDER!!!

BIGGER: 5 Joker rounds set by you where you can double your points!

BETTER: Full card picks of 9 winners give you 5 bonus points for that round!

BOLDER: Away teams for missed tips, meaning you could still get the full card!

It will be anyone's comp to win this year, right up to the Grand Final.

Check out the prizes for 2014 including this year's sponsor Huru Sports who have provided the inaugural Uglybustards footy guernsey for this year's Tipping Champion!

You can play for free, but if you want to make it more interesting, there is a prize pool payment of $20 by April 30, email uglybustard@uglybustards.com for details. This year for $30 you receive a you-beaut Uglybustards stubby holder on top of your entry! (delivery included).

So if you veterans can stomach another year, join up for the challenge of knocking off reigning titleholder Sam.

Newbies - info about joining Uglybustards.

Finally, we thought that we had pretty good pre-seasons at Uglybustards, but with the infamous Cost Of Living Allowance (COLA), the Swans are just too hard to compete with. See below.  And Go Youse Uglybustaaaaaaaaaaaaaaards!!!!!

2013 Ugly Bustards Premiership

Ladies and gentlemen and fellow ugly bustards.

It gives me great pleasure to present this year's winner of the fourteenth Ugly Bustards Footy Tipping Premiership in 2013 with the Ugly Bustards Premiership Cup, the holy grail of footy tipping.

Well done Mr. Sam Griggs.

Sam Griggs wins 2013 Ugly Bustards Footy Tipping Premiership

Sam is the 11th winner of the prized cup in fourteen years of Ugly Bustards Footy Tipping. The only punters to have won the treasured prize twice are inaugural winner Arnold Layne and denlash. Previous cup winners' engravings can be viewed on Facebook.

Sam had an exceptional season winning by a record margin of six tips, and finished higher than any other Ugly Bustards tipster in history on the overall footytips.com.au site, with a 27th placing out of nearly half a million tipsters. This eclipsed teenyweenybustard's placing of 121st in 2001.

Runners-up this year were Powerful, Craig Nettlebeck and Amy Jones, view the Hall of Fame for the archive of Ugly Bustards Footy Tipping winners.

See you at pre-season training, and don't forget you can't get by a hot summer without an Ugly Bustards stubby holder to keep your drink nice and cool.

Thanks all for your participation this year, and Go Youse Ugly Bustaaaaaaaaaaaaaaards!!!

Winners "Show Us Your Form" Photo Comp

The Uglybustards "Show us Your Footy Finals Form" photo competition finished on 4th October 2013 when the final votes were tallied by the panel of judges.

The winners were Deb Smith and Trent Mayne. Well done guys and thanks for entering.

Swans fans led by The Boot, in form

Deb's snap was taken at the Sydney Swans Vs Carlton semi-final at ANZ Stadium just prior to the first bounce. It captures Uglybustards tipster The Boot, among other Swans members faithful including MJ.

John James representing Victoria

Trent's photo is 1961 Brownlow medalist and Carlton great John James playing for Victoria against South Australia. Although Trent didn't take the pic himself he owns the copyright.

Each have won an Uglybustards T-shirt and a limited edition Uglybustards stubby-holder, now retailing at $10 including delivery.