Missed the first night aka 22nd April '09 for which I would say...

Missed the first night aka 22nd April '09 for which I would say is the start of the comp really. There was a couple of threads prior to it but very spaced out (date wise) to really count it.

Official start date I would class as the 5th May, or the month of May '09, only cause it is the first month where every night a pin thread was made. While the 1st and 4th May did have pinners the 1st night (1st) only had 2 pinners, 4th pin was started after the 11pm deadline.

20th March - https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/djia-closest-to-the-pin-for-tonight.848821/
2 pinners

1st April - https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/closest-to-the-pin-on-the-djia-tonight.849225/
10+ pinners

22nd - https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/djia-clostest-to-the-pin-tonight.849838/

23rd - https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/bragging-rights-comp-pick-the-djias-close.877947/

24th - https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/bragging-rights-comp-24-april-pick-djia-close.877950/

27th -

28th - https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/re-bad-news-dow-up.912983/
Started after the 11pm deadline for the 27th... but took the role for the 28th

29th -

30th -

1st May - https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/dow-goes.911109/
2 pinners

4th - https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/closest-to-the-pin-at-close.887914/
1st tip after the 11pm deadline

5th - https://hotcopper.com.au/threads/closest-to-the-pin-at-close-05-05-09.888655/
First official night