2003 Oscar Pool

Results: The Oscar Pool enjoyed a bit of a Renaissance this year, with an increase in entries by nearly 50% over 2002. That was due in part to the expansion of the competition to a new faction out of Malvern, which accounted for most of this year's entries. And it was quite a nailbiter as the top two entries tied on regular points, requiring that the contest be decided by the tiebreaker, And in the end it was Mark Lubragge that took the crown for correctly predicting that Chicago would win six Academy Awards. But Karen Lefever still fared well, taking home a nice cash prize for second place. And on the other end of the spectrum, poor Thomas Golembeski entered twice, but only managed to score 7 points combined, which still would've only beaten one single entry. Better luck next year, Tom!

Anyway, here are the final results for 2003:

1. Mark Lubragge - 18 points (won on tiebreaker)

2. Karen Lefever - 18 points

3. John Sweatman - 17 points

4. Rick Reitz - 15 points

4. Andy Fasnacht (will win) - 15 points

4. Howard Whitman - 15 points

4. Andrew Hoffmann - 15 points

8. Tammi Coxe - 13 points

9. Curt Brown - 12 points

10. Carol Katarsky - 10 points

11. Andy Fasnacht (should win) - 10 points

12. Thomas Golembeski (#1) - 5 points

13. Zan Hale - 2 points

13. Thomas Golembeski (#2) - 2 points

 

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Here is some standard stuff:

Click on Oscar Pool 2003 for a printable copy of this year's Oscar pool. It includes identification of the winners in each category.

$2 to play. Winner takes 75 percent, second place earns 25 percent of the total pot. Select one entry from each category. Scoring favors the major awards. Categories are worth one point, unless listed otherwise. The maximum number of points a person can earn is 30. If there are co-winners in one Oscar category, each winner receives full point value.

If there is a tie at the end of the ceremony, the answer to the tie breaker question will determine the winner, starting with the name of the movie, followed by the person who guesses closest to the correct number of Oscars that movie won. If the contest is still tied at that point, the pot will be divided among the co-winners equally.

Return completed form to Rick Reitz (Lititz) or Andy Fasnacht (Ephrata) no later than Sunday, March 24 at 7:55 p.m. (the night of the Academy Awards) You can also e-mail your picks to Rick at buzznbea@ptd.net.

Entries cost $2 each, but Rick has a way you can cover your fee at no cost to you by signing up for Pay Pal through him. If you are interested in finding out how this can be done, e-mail your interest to him, and he will send you the information you need to set it up.

"PayPal rocks, especially if you do any purchasing at on-line auctions like eBay," Rick said.

Good luck with your pools, and we'll see if Andy can make it a three-peat; if the Reitz's can get their name back on the winners board, or if we can get some new names listed in the permanent Hall of Champions. It's a wide-open contest this year, so anything can happen.

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