And now it's time to hand over to CCC ... the Championship Curry Competition

The Olympics is over (sadly) and that winter sport that we haven't bothered much about is back. Some of our teams have already been in action in the League Cup but with the first fixture of the Championship season on Friday night, it is time for the Horley Sweepstake blog to move onto the CCC.

Those of you who were in the Olympics but not the CCC you are of course very welcome to logon and see how we are all doing etc.  I'll remove updates to those of you that I think it is appropriate. There are a few teams left if anyone still wishes to join.

The rules (in brief).
1. Everyone picks a different team from the Championship division.
2. Remember choose wisely because a team is for life, not just for the curry. However, there is a slight amendment to this. If your first choice team leaves the competition due to success or failure you will need to choose another team.  However, should your team then suffer failure or manage success and re-appear in the Championship you will get first option of reverting to your originally chosen team.
3. You don't have to do anything for most of the season, I'll update you with the 'what's going on' but banter is definitely encouraged (actually obligatory) as is the buying of pin badges, shirts etc.
4. Near the end of the season you have to agree to a mutually convenient date for the final event of the season - the curry itself.
5. The person(s) paying the largest part of the bill gets to choose the venue for the Curry.
6. The cost of the food bill will be split according to the correct percentages between all those paying. The exact right money must be used to pay for the food. Drinks and tips are not included in the cost of the Curry and are additional.

The complicated bit - the calculation of the percentage of the bill.
The person (or joint persons) on the most number of points pay nothing for their curry.  The amount paid is calculated depending on how many points you are behind all other people in the CCC.

	Person	Points gained	behind 1st		behind 2nd		behind 3rd		Total points		% of bill		36
1st	Tom	67							0		0.0%		£0.00
2nd	Dick	65	2						2		5.4%		£1.95
3rd	Harry	61	6		4				10		27.0%		£9.73
4th	Joe	56	11		9		5		25		67.6%		£24.32
		Total							37		100.0%		£36.00
		Curry based on 4 people at £9 a head

So Tom is top and pays nothing for his curry.
Dick is 2 points behind, Harry is 6 points behind Tom and 4 behind Harry so a total of 10 points behind and Joe is 11 behind Tom, 9 behind Dick and 5 behind Harry so a total of 25.  Total number of points is 37. Dick pays 2/37 = 5.4%, Harry pays 10/37 = 27% and Joe pays 25/37 = 67.6% of the bill.

Hope that's all clear. :-)