Congratulations to Steve Pilcher from Pilcher’s Mitre 10 Bowen who won the Mackay and Whitsunday Life 2024 NRL Footy Competition.
It was an extremely close contest, with Steve winning by just one point with 132 points and Bruce Spannagle from the Metropole Hotel in Proserpine and Stacey Gerhart from Leader Group in joint second place with 131 points each.
Steve said he has been watching football on and off his whole life and his knowledge of football plus checking weekly stats helped him reach the win.
Additionally, since entering the competition Steve has tried to watch as many matches as possible to understand the teams and see how they were performing.
Since winning Steve said he has already been bragging to his friends that are also in the competition.
Steve considers himself a Bronco’s fan but being in North Queensland he has started to root for the Cowboys too and watches them play at least two times a year in Townsville.
Although the competition is over, Steve is already thinking about the final.
“I think it's going to be a Storm vs Panthers final,” Steve said.
“I think the Panthers will just tip them, their consistency and their structure has been very impressive so far this year.”
For winning the competition Steve receives Two Grand Final Tickets, $1000 cash, a one-page profile in Core Life Magazine (valued at $1895), and a full-page advert in Mackay and Whitsunday Life Newspaper.
Well deserved, congratulations – let’s see if you can back it up next year!
Steve Pilcher winner of our 2024 Footy Tipping Competition. Photo supplied