January 9 th  2020:  How the Cup was Won Setting the Scene Here are the starting positions. First to seven full pyramids, completing the Cassiopeia asterism, wins the cup for Christmas 2020. This year the candidate numbers have been moved up by one unit but with Marcus taking 1. This is to counter any bias on the roulette wheel! Credit is given to Andy and Marcus for submitting the star chart for the 2019 edition. They each receive 1 credit (the pyramid representing the star Achird) which are exempt from the hazards.          The hazards this year are the same as for 2019. 0  Leader goes back level with second place.          00  The players below second place all go level with second place.     (The leader’s scorer remains unchanged.)           Each of these hazards only applies once during the contest with any subsequent occurrences being           registered as “null”.    Text Commentary Spin 1: 10 null Spin 2: 20 null Spin 3:   6 Nikki Spin 4:   1 Marcus Spin 5:          36 Nikki Spin 6: 35 Graham Spin 7: 13 Caroline Spin 8: 31 Marcus Spin 9: 32 Abi Spin 10: 20 null So the state of play after 10 spins is: Spin 11:   8 null Spin 12: 29 null Spin 13: 13 Caroline Spin 14:   2       Abi Spin 15: 36 Nikki Spin 16: 15 Graham Spin 17: 10 null Spin 18: 31 Marcus Spin 19: 16 Nikki Spin 20:   7 null         The state of play after 20 spins Spin 21: 25 Graham Spin 22: 35 Graham Spin 23: 13 Caroline Spin 24:   1 Marcus Spin 25 10 null      The state of play after 25 spins       The scores are spread out but it only takes the ball to land on 00 to bring all bar the leader to 4 points. Spin 26: 32 Abi Spin 27: 36 Nikki Spin 28: 23 Caroline Spin 29: 16 Nikki Spin 30: 29 null       The state of play after 30 spins.     Spin 31: 15 Graham       The state of play after 31 spins. Spin 32:  5 Graham       The state of play after 32 spins. Spin 33:  5  (again!) Graham       Game over after 33 spins.          Graham wins La Copa de Ray for Christmas 2020 ! Graham’s having a party!!