Fundraising

==Update 28th Nov: __Carrie is the only winner and gets 178 Euros!__ Carrie, a journalist at the English language newspaper in Portugal, [|The Portugal News.]seen below (on the right) receiving the winner's cheque from Rebecca Andrade.==

Please **email.**me if you want to take part and want to change your team (or even keep the same one). You can pay by PayPal (ID: p.fellas@btinternet.com) or direct to the Charity's Bank Account : Children's Ark UK sort code: **08-92-99** Account: **65416707** IBAN: **GB76CPBK08929965416707** SWIFT code **CP BK GB 22**
 * If you pay on line please write your name as Reference.**

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 * __Update: 18th Nov 2010__**: Some of you have asked me about this amazing Sherry Hughes, who is either very lucky or very smart in picking the teams to score the right number of goals. Here is Sherry receiving the cheque as the winner of Pontoon Game 1. ( Ok so we staged the picture belatetedly ... but she did receive her prize money on time!)======

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Sherry is the tall blonde on the right and handing over the cheque is Rebecca Andrade who is organising the Portuguese end of the charity Pontoon. Rebecca, Sherry and a few other participants in the Pontoon work at the English language newspaper in Portugal, [|The Portugal News.]And just to prove that Sherry received her Prize (in euros) ...Sherry is currently hoping that Swindon will score just 2 goals this weekend, so she can win �150 (176 euros). On the other hand Robin is hoping that his team Cardiff score 3 goals so that he buys Jackie a decent Christmas present! ;-) Good luck to all, and please remember that to take part in Game 3 you will need to pay a new �5. You may stick with the same team or choose a new one. Let me know via **email.**======

If you want to join in the game please send me an **email.**

So here�s how it works!

To take part in the game you pay �5. It is NOT �5 per week. One game might last many many weeks ...

(You can pay cash to me, or cheque payable to "Children's Ark UK" or direct to the Charity's account: The Co-operative Bank PLC 1 Balloon Street, Manchester, M60 4EP Children's Ark UK sort code: **08-92-99** Account: **65416707** IBAN: **GB76CPBK08929965416707** SWIFT code **CP BK GB 22**
 * If you pay on line please write your name as Reference.**

**email.** me if you want to pay using **PayPal**)

==== **Game Rules ** ** (Just to recap: All teams start on 0 points and need to get to exactly 21. Thats 21 goals exactly.. so a team score: 6, 6, 4, 4, 1, that's a winner in 5 weeks! if they score: 5, 5, 3, 4 and 5 then the player is bust.. and they go back to 11 points). ** Anyone who wants to join after the game has started will do so with the same score as the lowest score player. The first person(s) to reach EXACTLY 21 wins the Prize Fund. ====
 * You choose a football team from the English leagues. (If the team is already taken, you can still choose it, but you will share the Prize Fund if that team wins.)
 * You start on 0 points.
 * Each week, when your chosen team plays their allocated game for that weekend ( Friday - Tuesday) you score as many points as they score goals at full time. (At 90 minutes if its a Cup game).
 * If your team doesn't play or their game is called off you get 2 points. This does NOT apply if your team is either on 19 or 20 points. In these cases your team stays on the points it already had.
 * During International games, the Pontoon game will take a break. No teams will score any points.
 * The idea is to be the first to reach 21 points without going bust / over, i.e. if you are on 19 then 3 is no good to you and you go bust. If you go bust, your score is halved and you will continue in the game (half point is made whole so if you bust at 23, your score goes down to 12)


 * NOTE: Each game commences with a new �5 so if you don't like the team you chose for the first game you can choose a new one!
 * You can keep a check on [|fixtures] and on [|results]oi ektheseis