Some may remember me stating my belief that the first 500 cards are seriously under appreciated.
I'm not sure why this is the case, but I am certain that these first 500 cards feature more than 20 of my personal favourite performers.

At risk of boring everyone to tears, I propose to run another series of heats and final for these girls. But that can wait until the 'Best of the Best' voting is completed.

More to follow in a week or two.

I want to give all members a chance to make informed choices in this extended poll.

Each Heat run will be limited to 3 girls, so that I can post a photo of each, in similar poses if possible.

From the first 500 cards, I have selected 27 girls with card scores above 9.00 to be drawn into 9 heats of 3. Heat winners will progress to 3 Semi-finals. The Final will be decided between the 3 Semi-final winners.

Very few members are likely to have purchased all 27 girls' cards, so most will need to check the posted photos to make informed choices.

So the voting does not ***** on for too long, I will post 3 Heats at a time, and limit the voting time for each Heat to 3 days.

It is beginning to sound like the Ramans of Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous With Rama" are organizing the competition. (They did everything in threes.) Fascinating book, if you have not read it yet.

The whole competition would then be finished within 15 days.