Countdown in Manchester - 11th March 2017

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Matty Artell
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Countdown in Manchester - 11th March 2017

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Hi everyone! We're very happy to announce that 2017 will bring the first ever Countdown in Manchester, hosted by Series 66 champion Jack Worsley, and Series 73 non-champion Matty Artell.

The games will take the familiar Lincoln format. In each round, each player will play two games and host one, for three rounds (lunch will be after round one), followed by the final between the two top players which will play out as the tournament showpiece.

The venue, Kro Bar, is conveniently located at the University of Manchester campus on Oxford Road, just a short walk or bus ride from either Oxford Road or Piccadilly station (Bus routes 41/42/43/142/143 from Piccadilly Gardens or any stop along Oxford Road will take you right outside the venue). For those of you driving to the event, a NCP is located a 5 minute walk away at the aquatic centre (more creative folk will be able to find alternatives if you don't fancy taking out a mortgage to pay for parking). There are plenty of accommodation options around Manchester - the nearest (and probably the Standard Method™) hotel is the Upper Brook Street Travelodge, just a 10 minute walk from the venue.

A buffet lunch is included in the entry fee (please advise of any dietary requirements and we'll let the venue know). The event takes place on Saturday 11th March - doors will be 10:30am. The day will start with the first round draw at 11:30am, concluding by 7pm at the latest.

Entry will be £12 per person, which includes a buffet lunch, payable to Matty Artell - http://paypal.me/MattyArtell (4/3/17 note - from this point forward, please message either myself or Jack to confirm we have space before sending payment). Please feel free to get in touch with either Jack or myself with any queries, and we hope to see as many of you as possible on the day!

Because I'm very slow at updating this, the best way to keep up to date with entries and changes is through the Facebook event - https://www.facebook.com/events/1696417874008660/

Confirmed entries;
1) Zarte Siempre
2) James Robinson
3) Callum Todd
4) Nathan Pace
5) Thomas Carey
6) Bradley Horrocks
7) Mark Mills
8) Tracey Mills
9) Katherine Webb
10) Tom Chafer-Cook
11) Bertrand Adam
12) Phyl Styles
13) Alan Styles
14) Ryan Taylor
15) Michelle Nevitt
16) Jen Steadman
17) Conrad Teixeira
18) Ian Peek
19) Philip Wilson
20) Suzy Turner
21) Dave Ryan
22) Stephen Read
23) Chris Marshall
24) Mike Springett
25) Dinos Syfris
26) Kate Richardson
27) Stewart Gordon
28) Mark Davies
29) Rob Foster
30) Dylan Taylor
31) Anthony Endsor
32) Zubair Patel
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Re: Countdown in Manchester - 11th March 2017

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Hello... Had to make a new account on here as I have not been able to log in for months for some reason, but you can rest assure Mr & Mrs Mills will be at Co-Man with payment coming soon.

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Re: Countdown in Manchester - 11th March 2017

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Matty Artell wrote: Sun Oct 30, 2016 2:32 pm For those of you driving to the event, a NCP is located a 5 minute walk away at the aquatic centre (more creative folk will be able to find alternatives if you don't fancy taking out a mortgage to pay for parking).
Alternatively, there is one on Dilworth Street a similar distance away, which costs just £2 to park all day on Saturdays.

The venue staff need to know the buffet numbers a week in advance, so we request that any interested attendees who have not yet paid do so no later than Friday 3rd March. Thanks, and we look forward to seeing you all there!
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Re: Countdown in Manchester - 11th March 2017

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Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday and made it a wonderful event to co-host. Congratulations to Stephen who came through a very strong field and was deservedly crowned the inaugural Co:Manche champion. Here are the results and standings:

1 Stephen Read 6 6 353
2 Rob Foster 6 5 389
3 Dylan Taylor 6 5 387
4 Ryan Taylor 6 5 312
5 Callum Todd 6 4 385
6 James Robinson 6 4 378
7 Thomas Carey 6 4 350
8 Zubair Patel 6 4 338
9 Jen Steadman 6 4 330
9 Zarte Siempre 6 4 330
11 Stewart Gordon 6 4 325
12 Conrad Teixeira 6 4 316
13 Dave Ryan 6 4 274
14 Tracey Mills 6 3 369
15 Tom Chafer-Cook 6 3 354
16 Michelle Nevitt 6 3 302
17 Dinos Syfris 6 3 294
18 Anthony Endsor 6 3 292
19 Phyl Styles 6 3 272
20 Ian Peek 6 3 268
21 Mark Davies 6 3 265
22 Chris Marshall 6 2 304
23 Mike Springett 6 2 250
24 Suzy Turner 6 2 236
25 Bradley Horrocks 6 2 231
25 Philip Wilson 6 2 231
27 Alan Styles 6 2 230
28 Mark Mills 6 2 173
29 Paul Worsley 6 1 273
30 Nathan Pace 6 1 231
31 Bertrand Adam 6 1 194
32 Katherine Webb 6 1 130
33 Colin Hughes 2 0 36
34 Apterous Prune 4 0 0


RESULTS

Round 1

Table 1
Zubair Patel 61 - 26 Bertrand Adam
Bertrand Adam 34 - 72 James Robinson
James Robinson 83 - 49 Zubair Patel

Table 2
Michelle Nevitt 40 - 64 Dave Ryan
Dave Ryan 24 - 63 Zarte Siempre
Zarte Siempre 62 - 45 Michelle Nevitt

Table 3
Chris Marshall 66 - 30 Suzy Turner
Suzy Turner 32 - 63 Jen Steadman
Jen Steadman 63 - 27 Chris Marshall

Table 4
Conrad Teixeira 56 - 25 Katherine Webb
Katherine Webb 7 - 60 Dinos Syfris
Dinos Syfris 56 - 46 Conrad Teixeira

Table 5
Stewart Gordon 49 - 37 Nathan Pace
Nathan Pace 38 - 72 Dylan Taylor
Dylan Taylor 58 - 44 Stewart Gordon

Table 6
Mark Davies 48 - 12 Colin Hughes
Colin Hughes 24 - 67 Stephen Read
Stephen Read 51 - 28 Mark Davies

Table 7
Anthony Endsor 49 - 37 Bradley Horrocks
Bradley Horrocks 32 - 70 Thomas Carey
Thomas Carey 58 - 46 Anthony Endsor

Table 8
Phyl Styles 50 - 17 Mark Mills
Mark Mills 0 - 59 Ryan Taylor
Ryan Taylor 56 - 30 Phyl Styles

Table 9
Tom Chafer-Cook 70 - 43 Ian Peek
Ian Peek 31 - 73 Rob Foster
Rob Foster 66 - 56 Tom Chafer-Cook

Table 10
Mike Springett 40 - 31 Alan Styles
Alan Styles 45 - 63 Tracey Mills
Tracey Mills 65 - 42 Mike Springett

Table 11
Paul Worsley 50 - 17 Philip Wilson
Philip Wilson 37 - 66 Callum Todd
Callum Todd 78 - 43 Paul Worsley

Round 2

Table 1
Callum Todd 58 - 73 Rob Foster
Rob Foster 55 - 60 James Robinson
James Robinson 75 - 55 Callum Todd

Table 2
Thomas Carey 63 - 61 Tracey Mills
Tracey Mills 51 - 68 Dylan Taylor
Dylan Taylor 66 - 55 Thomas Carey

Table 3
Zarte Siempre 21 - 58 Stephen Read
Stephen Read 54 - 50 Jen Steadman
Jen Steadman 57 - 47 Zarte Siempre

Table 4
Ryan Taylor 43 - 78 Tom Chafer-Cook
Tom Chafer-Cook 45 - 49 Dinos Syfris
Dinos Syfris 49 - 52 Ryan Taylor

Table 5
Conrad Teixeira 72 - 43 Anthony Endsor
Anthony Endsor 34 - 62 Zubair Patel
Zubair Patel 46 - 58 Conrad Teixeira

Table 6
Paul Worsley 51 - 71 Stewart Gordon
Stewart Gordon 61 - 55 Chris Marshall
Chris Marshall 69 - 28 Paul Worsley

Table 7
Mike Springett 41 - 63 Phyl Styles
Phyl Styles 51 - 37 Dave Ryan
Dave Ryan 46 - 42 Mike Springett

Table 8
Michelle Nevitt 61 - 55 Alan Styles
Alan Styles 20 - 62 Mark Davies
Mark Davies 27 - 59 Michelle Nevitt

Table 9
Ian Peek 38 - 45 Bradley Horrocks
Bradley Horrocks 57*- 47 Nathan Pace
Nathan Pace 25 - 58 Ian Peek

Table 10
Bertrand Adam 37 - 35 Philip Wilson
Philip Wilson 37 - 33 Suzy Turner
Suzy Turner 50 - 40 Bertrand Adam

Table 11
Mark Mills 53 - 0 Apterous Prune
Apterous Prune 0 - 34 Katherine Webb
Katherine Webb 13 - 53 Mark Mills

Round 3

Table 1
Dylan Taylor 57 - 59 Stephen Read
Stephen Read 64 - 39 James Robinson
James Robinson 49 - 66 Dylan Taylor

Table 2
Rob Foster 64 - 48 Thomas Carey
Thomas Carey 56 - 40 Dinos Syfris
Dinos Syfris 40 - 58 Rob Foster

Table 3
Conrad Teixeira 25 - 50 Stewart Gordon
Stewart Gordon 50 - 61 Jen Steadman
Jen Steadman 36 - 59 Conrad Teixeira

Table 4
Callum Todd 59 - 44 Tom Chafer-Cook
Tom Chafer-Cook 61 - 34 Phyl Styles
Phyl Styles 44 - 69 Callum Todd

Table 5
Zubair Patel 50 - 43 Chris Marshall
Chris Marshall 44 - 59 Tracey Mills
Tracey Mills 70 -*80 Zubair Patel

Table 6
Michelle Nevitt 60 - 38 Bradley Horrocks
Bradley Horrocks 32 - 47 Ryan Taylor
Ryan Taylor 55 - 37 Michelle Nevitt

Table 7
Mark Davies 46 - 36 Mark Mills
Mark Mills 14 - 67 Zarte Siempre
Zarte Siempre 70 - 54 Mark Davies

Table 8
Paul Worsley 50 - 51 Suzy Turner
Suzy Turner 40 - 42 Dave Ryan
Dave Ryan 61 - 51 Paul Worsley

Table 9
Mike Springett 35 - 28 Bertrand Adam
Bertrand Adam 29 - 37 Ian Peek
Ian Peek 61 - 50 Mike Springett

Table 10
Philip Wilson 66 - 16 Katherine Webb
Katherine Webb 35 - 78 Anthony Endsor
Anthony Endsor 42 - 39 Philip Wilson

Table 11
Nathan Pace 45 - 0 Apterous Prune
Apterous Prune 0 - 35 Alan Styles
Alan Styles 44 - 39 Nathan Pace

Final
Stephen Read 122 - 97 Rob Foster
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Re: Countdown in Manchester - 11th March 2017

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Nice to see it was a successful event, and congratulations to Stephen Read for winning overall. Unfortunately I couldn't make it because I had a half marathon today.
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