Sport Card Collectors Week 6 Winner Announced!

Bloggers quick note: WE WANTED TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE GOLDEN TICKETS. WE SEE SOME OF YOU ARE STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED ON IT. THE GOLDEN TICKETS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DAILY CONTEST. THE DAILY CONTEST WERE THE PRIZES THAT WERE LISTED.  ORIGINALLY WHEN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PROMO WE WERE JUST GOING TO DO WEEKLY CONTESTS AND THAT WAS ALL SET UP. THEN A LIGHTBULB WENT OFF AND WE DECIDED WE WOULD WANT TO AWARD EVEN MORE PRIZES OUT BUT HERE IS THE DAILY LINK AND ITS PRIZES:

http://sportcardcollectors.blogspot.com/2012/09/sport-card-collectors-player-of-day_28.html

THE WEEKLY CONTEST PRIZE PACKS AND THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WIN A PRIZE PACK WEEKLY BUT DID PARTICIPATE ON A WEEKLY BASIS WILL GET A PRIZE ENVELOPE AT THE END THAT COULD CONTAIN A TICKET. TWO GOLDEN TICKETS WERE HIDDEN IN THE WEEKLY PRIZE PACKS AND THREE AT THE END PRIZE PACKS. WE WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE A FAIR SHOT AT ALL OF THE BIG PRIZES. WE CANNOT STRESS IT ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THESE GOLDEN TICKETS ARE. WE HAD A FRIEND RANDOMLY INSERT THESE AND SEAL THEM.  ANY OF YOU COULD LAND ONE.FOR ONE OF THE FIVE BIG PRIZES LISTED BELOW IN THIS LINK. BUT YOU HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WEEKLY CONTESTS TO HAVE A SHOT AT ONE.

http://sportcardcollectors.blogspot.com/2012/09/sport-card-collectors-panini-nfl-player.html

WE HOPE THIS CLEARED THINGS UP AND GOOD LUCK!

With a shocker of a week for Cam Newton against the Bears it was not hard to pick a winner the person with the highest yards would win since everyone picked WAY under what Cam threw for.

The winner of our Week 6 Player Of The Day contest is, despite not putting his comments about the promotion in the right spot is..... Jonathan Hoffman!   Congrats to him!!

YOU HAVE WON THE FOLLOWING!!

Look for randomly inserted autos!

Look for 4-5 cards in this lot including at least 1 rookie!!

Nice set with RG3

2012 Hall of Fame Class set

Email us your address to sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com and we will get these out to you! Also, don't forget to look for a GOLDEN TICKET. Any package could have them cause we don't know where they are....So make sure you email us the code on the GOLDEN TICKET if you find it and tell no one if you have. Keeps the suspense of the contest going!

Also, don't forget everyone if you enter this weekly contest EVERY week you still have a chance at the GOLDEN TICKET. As we award EVERYONE who participates weekly a prize at the end that could contain a GOLDEN TICKET. We will exclude week 1, but if you participate from here on out EVERY week you will get a prize at the end!

ALSO!! AS A BONUS SURPRISE, IF YOU ARE WILLING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF YOURSELF WITH YOUR PRIZES (Please do!) AND EMAIL IT TO US, WE WILL MAIL YOU A PRIZE ENVELOPE THAT COULD GIVE YOU ANOTHER SHOT AT A GOLDEN TICKET. THE PRIZE ENVELOPE COULD CONTAIN, A ROOKIE CARD, A INSERT OR TWO, A AUTOGRAPH OR JERSEY CARD, OR POSSIBLY A GOLDEN TICKET! IT IS ALL RANDOM SINCE THE PRIZES ARE PREPACKAGED! 

WE WILL ADD YOUR PHOTO TO THIS POST TO SHOW PANINI A HAPPY FAN! THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP!! 

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Winner Of The Sport Card Collectors Week 5 Part 1

What an amazing last day of voting...we pulled in 36 votes from email, DM's, Twitter, PM on our Facebook page and on here. It was crazy to keep up with and we tallied the votes twice. Almost thought we would have to use our one allotted vote to break up a tie between the Bears. But, the one vote broke it up and luckily we were not put into a tough spot. (update we just found 3 more votes on our Facebook wall for the Bears Family..sorry for that but now its updated) Thanks to all of our participants. The pictures were great and we found this to be one of the most fun contests we had run. If we were to ever do this again though, we would fix the way votes were being placed. So look out...another contest like this could come up again!

Here are the winners and prizes they will be receiving for our Player Of The Day contest Week 5 Part 1 the "Halloween Edition". Thanks to those who participated and congrats to our winners!


1st Place: Amy Solorio (Bear Family) with 56 votes

Peyton Manning set

1 pack of 2012 Player Of The Day cards...Look for randomly inserted autographs!!

 

Set of Cards from the Hall Of Fame Class  

2nd Place: Jamie B (Twin Bears) with 52 votes

A Player Of The Day envelope containing either a rookie, insert(s), auto, jersey or possibly a GOLDEN TICKET!!

3rd Place: mrblu1976 (Star Gazer)

A Panini Card lot of Cards

Email us your address (except Jamie and mrblu we still have your packages to mail with the address on them) to sportcardcollectors@hotmail.com and we will get these out to you! Also, don't forget to look for a GOLDEN TICKET. Any package could have them cause we don't know where they are....So make sure you email us the code on the GOLDEN TICKET if you find it and tell no one if you have. Keeps the suspense of the contest going!

Also, don't forget everyone if you enter this weekly contest EVERY week you still have a chance at the GOLDEN TICKET. As we award EVERYONE who participates weekly a prize at the end that could contain a GOLDEN TICKET. We will exclude week 1, but if you participate from here on out EVERY week you will get a prize at the end!

ALSO!! AS A BONUS SURPRISE FOR THE FIRST PLACE FINISHER ONLY, IF THE FIRST PLACE WINNER (Amy) IS WILLING TO TAKE A PICTURE OF YOURSELF WITH YOUR PRIZES (Please do!) AND EMAIL IT TO US, WE WILL MAIL YOU A PRIZE ENVELOPE THAT COULD GIVE YOU ANOTHER SHOT AT A GOLDEN TICKET. THE PRIZE ENVELOPE COULD CONTAIN, A ROOKIE CARD, A INSERT OR TWO, A AUTOGRAPH OR JERSEY CARD, OR POSSIBLY A GOLDEN TICKET! IT IS ALL RANDOM SINCE THE PRIZES ARE PREPACKAGED! 

WE WILL ADD YOUR PHOTO TO THIS POST TO SHOW PANINI A HAPPY FAN! THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR HELP!!

Amy showing off her winnings!

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Dave Currie

Is Dave Currie the most selfish jerk in
New Zealand sport?

I think so.

Valerie Adams revealed in her book, that
in the 2008 Olympics, he got management
to lead a Haka for her.

Unfortunately he got them to do it, at 2008,
when New Zealand's champion sprinter James
Dolphin had his event in the early morning.

How can a chef de mission be so stupid, so
selfish, so full of his own importance, that he
would try this BS??

He has a long history of putting his ego before
the actual sports people. Holding up medal
ceremony's, commenting on what sports people
should be at a major event, and now this.

James Dolphin was one of our brightest sprint
hopes four years ago, he had gone thru the
USA collegiate system, only to be screwed
by Dave Currie.

Adams has now had the courage to speak out.

Here's hoping people will listen and Dave
Currie will never get close to another
New Zealand team again.

Time will tell.

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Unplanned LC

LC 2x20kg: 2x 5reps

LC 2x24kg: 5reps

LC 2x30kg: 3,3,10,6 (ca 3rpm)

LC 2x32kg: 3

LC 2x30kg: 2x 5reps

LC 2x24kg:10/1min

LC 2x20kg:10/1min

 

Lock-out holds 2x24kg: 3x 20sec

 

Today's session didn't turn out as planned. I went to the gym for doing bench and deadlift but my card did not work so I could not get in (my own fault as I pierced the card). I went home... winter time messed food time up and I was really hungry when I started. Well, did some lifting anyway :-). Now it is time for a coffee.

 

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James Harden Traded to Rockets

The Oklahoma City Thunder couldn't reach a deal with James Harden for a contract extension. He was traded to the Houston Rockets. 

The Rockets sent Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb and two 2013 first-round picks (from Dallas and Toronto) to Oklahoma CIty Thunder for Harden.

Along with Harden, the Thunder will also send Cole Aldridge, Lazar Hayward and Daequan Cook to the Rockets.

Contract extension talks between the Thunder and Harden broke down, and Thunder GM Sam Presti moved quickly to trade the guard.

Yahoo! Sports

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Why are anti Gay people so Dumb?

How the hell have these two bigots survived through
life?

I mean really?

It's one thing to be homophobic, but to be
this fuckin dumb also?

There has to be a limit.

No one should be this stupid.

I mean, they're adults for fuck sake.

How have they managed to survive this far?

Words fail me.

It's people like this, that would make me change my
pro immigration stance.

My message to these bigots is simple.

Fuck off, New Zealand is a place that loves everyone.
(except bigots)

My other message.

Learn to spell at least at a baby's level, before you write a sign.

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It's Not About the Weather

While we wait for Hurricane Sandy to arrive, I am still finding sand caked on my bike from an earlier rainy, muddy ride. It seems that every time I have ridden this bike so far, it has rained. Of course today, on my inaugural ride with fenders, it is sunny and dry. A friend consoles me by reminding me of the approaching hurricane. Surely I will have the opportunity to test the fenders then. I take the idea seriously and begin to mentally map out a route on some local trails, before realising how utterly insane that is. When the townsfolk are stocking up on canned goods and flashlight batteries, I should probably stay indoors.

With the season marching on toward starker days, I find myself thinking of weather. As cyclists we all tend to have an idea of the "perfect weather" for riding. For some it's the height of summer. For others it's that elusive "60 degrees and sunny, with a mild breeze." A few riders I know prefer cooler temperatures, and some even claim to enjoy rain. I think for me, the biggest revelation has been that, when push comes to shove, I can feel good in almost any weather. 

After a recent post describing a rainy ride on dirt roads, a reader wrote: "It's in our nature to want to be comfortable and coddled, but you celebrate the joy of pushing yourself through rain and mud." I felt guilty reading this, because honestly I don't feel as if I am overcoming discomfort or pushing myself when I ride in those kinds of conditions. And I think that is the key to my being able to do it. The secret is to find a way of being comfortable, to just go with it and appreciate the situation for what it is, rather than spending energy on trying to overcome it. Maybe this is just a different way of looking at the same thing, but to me it makes a big difference. Rather than pushing through discomfort, I extract comfort. 

Part of it is of course practical considerations. Figuring out how to dress, eat and drink in different conditions. Over the summer I stumbled upon some tricks that enabled me to ride in heat in humidity like I'd never managed to do before. And last winter, I discovered that riding in sub-20 degree temperatures was also very doable with the help of strategic layering. But equally important is the attitude. We have to be curious, interested. We have to want the experience. 

What is my idea of perfect riding weather... Probably high 40s to low 50s, with heavily overcast skies. I feel most alive then; the raw energy in the air makes me want to ride faster, further. But in the end, it's not about the weather, but about finding comfort in whatever is thrown at me, about feeling coddled by the beauty of the surrounding landscape. 

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