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Two tournaments, another showstopping end-of-year Finals Day…

Date: Saturday 23rd November 2019
Venue: Molineux Stadium, Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton WV1 4QR.
Admission: £10 (preferably by PayPal, please; other means on request).
Doors open: 10am, for 11am start
Presented by: Jeff Clayton and Ben Wilson
Games to be played: 7, plus the FOCAL Grand Final
Finishes by: 5:45pm

FOCAL’s 2019 Finals Day will take place on Saturday 23rd November, in the International Suite at Molineux Stadium, home to Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers.

As our Top Eight take their seats on the front row to battle it out for the FOCAL Champion title, everyone else is welcome to sign up for our Molineux Open tournament!

Format
Doors open at 10am with free tea & coffee on arrival, for an 11am start, to play seven 9-round games of Countdown.

The Top Eight will play each other once over the course of the day, and after their seven games, the two contestants with the highest wins and points totals will go forward to the showpiece Grand Final, where they will play one more game which will decide who is the FOCAL Champion for 2019.

For everybody else, fixtures for the first four draws will be random, and after that will use a Swiss pairings system to match you with people on similar results.

This event uses a classroom-style format, with big screen graphics. This means everyone plays along to the same letters rounds, and everyone will get a turn at picking consonants and vowels for the room at some point.

For the numbers games, you’ll get to pick which combination of large and small numbers you want, in turn in your pairs, from our specially designed five-line display.

Conundrums will be revealed on the screen for everyone in much the same way as on the TV show. We will explain at the start of the day how each part of the contest runs, and give everyone a practice game consisting of a letters game, a numbers game and a conundrum just before the first match.

Lunch & breaks
We will stop for lunch after the second or third match — lunch is not provided but there is a big Asda next to the stadium.

There will be another short break during the afternoon and, if you don’t make the Grand Final, a chance to recharge your glass just before our showpiece gets underway.

How to book
The entry fee is just £10. To secure your place, send your entry fee to Jeff Clayton, FOCAL Chair. The easiest way is by PayPal -- jeff@focalcountdown.co.uk. Alternatively, you can send a cheque and the address is available on request.

Transport
Wolverhampton station is on the West Coast Main Line with direct links from London (Euston), Liverpool and Manchester, and local connections in and around Birmingham. The stadium is within walking distance of Wolverhampton station.

Staying over?
Why not make a weekend of it! There are plenty of very reasonably priced options on accommodation in the local area. Since we’re running this event in late November rather than early-mid December this year, it offers up some cheaper room rates than during the Christmas party season.

Any questions?
Visit our web page, www.focalcountdown.co.uk/finals2019, or email jeff@focalcountdown.co.uk.

We look forward to seeing you in Wolverhampton in November!

Entrants so far...
1. Jayne Wisniewski
2. James Robinson (F)
3. Sam Prouse
4. David Hilton
5. Mark Mills
6. Tracey Mills
7. George Armstrong
8. Jonathan de Souza
9. James Haughton (F)
10. Adam Dexter
11. Karen Pearson
12. Richard Priest
13. Callum Todd (F)
14. Kevin Davis
15. Graeme Cole
16. Fiona Titcombe
17. Tim Down (F)
18. Phil Stanton
19. Bradley Horrocks (F)
20. Martin Thomas
21. Jayne Grundy
22. Paul Worsley
23. Jack Worsley (F)
24. Stewart Gordon
25. Eddy Byrne* (F)
26. Tom Carey (F)
27. Eileen Ford*
28. Toby Pereira
29. Jonathan Wynn
30. Rob Foster (R1)
31. Chris Marshall
32. Richard Heald*
33. Nathan Pace
34. Anthony Windsor
35. Kevin Briggs.
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Any info on guest parking at the venue please?
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The venue has a large, free car park.
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FOCAL Countdown wrote: Sun Sep 22, 2019 4:04 pm The venue has a large, free car park.
Excellent, thanks very much.
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Callum Todd wrote: Sun Sep 22, 2019 7:18 pm
FOCAL Countdown wrote: Sun Sep 22, 2019 4:04 pm The venue has a large, free car park.
Excellent, thanks very much.
I would have taken it but it's too large to fit in my house.
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That made me chuckle more than it had any right to.
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Haha me too, it was deceptively funny.
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Facebook page is now live -- search "FOCAL Countdown 2019 Finals & Molineux Open".
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Callum Todd wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2019 4:00 pm Any info on guest parking at the venue please?
As much parking available as a match day at Elland Road.. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Just a few weeks away from our Finals now.

We will also be able to announce the Top 8 straight after the end of this Saturday's tournament in Braintree (www.focalcountdown.co.uk/braintree2019, places still available).

Molineux provides a central location, free parking on-site, short distance from Wolverhampton mainline station, lots of inexpensive accommodation in the area and a big Asda next door for lunch. We'll even sort your tea/coffee when you turn up on the day!
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I'm looking at booking escape room(s) for Sunday morning -

https://www.clockworkescapes.co.uk/

either one or two rooms, depending on numbers - each room can take 2-6 players (with 4-5 being ideal)

Let me know if you'd like to play - approx £15-20 a head depending on numbers, and we can take one student per booking for free, so let me know if you have student Id and that'll help keep cost down!

EDIT: Booked for 10 am - should take about an hour. Two rooms booked. "Starpoint Alpha" and "The Sanctum" (yes, I know...) - so can accommodate up to 12 players - the more the merrier (and cheaper!)

In so far -

Fiona
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Robbo
Eddy
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For those staying around after the event (close down by 6pm), George has made a booking at the nearby Rosso E Nero Restaurant for 20 people at 7pm.

If you're interested, please consult the à la carte menu...
https://www.rossoenero.org/a-la-carte
...then email jeff@focalcountdown.co.uk to book your seat at the table. Hurry -- first come first served!

With that, they would prefer us to pre-order food due to us being a large group so please let Jeff confirm before you supply your menu choices.

Thanks, and hope to see you there!
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Parkrun conveniently located right next to the venue

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/wolverhampton/

See you there!
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20 now confirmed, signed up for Wolverhampton in a couple of weeks. Places still available!
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All of the Top 8 have accepted our invitation to take part in the Finals, and confirmed that they will be joining us.

Admissions motoring along nicely in the last few days, and we still have more places available.
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FOCAL Countdown wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:29 am All of the Top 8 have accepted our invitation to take part in the Finals, and confirmed that they will be joining us.
What's the easiest way to see the current standings? I usually find it as an excel file linked to from the recap of the latest event, but it would be nice to have it more accessible (direct from the main page) and without needing to open it in Excel (of course with reduced data).
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Fiona T wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:18 pm Parkrun conveniently located right next to the venue

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/wolverhampton/

See you there!
I've just entered so will join you for that. There's also a new one in East Park. It's a bit further away, but if we're here again next year, I'd be tempted to it for a different parkrun to do.
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Conor - What data would be of most interest in a bitesize table?
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I can't find the standings.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:42 am I can't find the standings.
Here they are.
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Graeme Cole wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 9:47 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:42 am I can't find the standings.
Here they are.
Thanks but where is that other than as a standalone URL? How does one find it without being told?
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FOCAL Countdown wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 7:56 am Conor - What data would be of most interest in a bitesize table?
Just name, position, total points and number of events played would do.
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Thanks Conor.

One and all can now consult the full and abridged versions on www.focalcountdown.co.uk/blog.

All of our Top 8 took up our invitation to take part; grateful that everyone involved is able to take time out to come and contest our fourth Finals event.
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And last year's champion, Jonathan Wynn, will be joining us, so there will be a handover of the trophy.
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:41 pm
Fiona T wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2019 8:18 pm Parkrun conveniently located right next to the venue

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/wolverhampton/

See you there!
I've just entered so will join you for that. There's also a new one in East Park. It's a bit further away, but if we're here again next year, I'd be tempted to it for a different parkrun to do.
Excellent. Looks like there's going to be quite a parkrun gang - including two noobs who have committed to it too!
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Who else is running?
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:53 pm Who else is running?
As far as I know, me, you, Cal, Eddy, JW, and Bradley and Maus as the newbies.


Edit - Man down :(

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31 signed up now. Last few places!
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Molineux looks pretty big - where are we going when we get there?

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Fiona T wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:22 am Molineux looks pretty big - where are we going when we get there?

ta
Centre circle. Then a coin toss will decide which end is the Open and which the Finals.
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Fiona T wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:22 am Molineux looks pretty big - where are we going when we get there?

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Inside... :P :P

I would assume the main entrance and ask for the aforementioned International Suite... 👍
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James Robinson wrote: Fri Nov 22, 2019 2:21 pm
I would assume the main entrance and ask for the aforementioned International Suite... 👍
Ah, that was the bit I missed - ta. :)
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The final standings for the day...

FOCAL Finals 2019
Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
23 November 2019

STANDINGS

Players are ranked by wins, then points.


FOCAL Finals
P W Pts
1 Callum Todd 7 6 459
2 Bradley Horrocks 7 5 430
3 Tom Carey 7 5 391
4 Jack Worsley 7 4 413
5 James Robinson 7 3 413
6 Eddy Byrne 7 3 357
7 Tim Down 7 1 372
8 James Haughton 7 1 353


Open
P W Pts
1 Jen Steadman 7 7 473
2 Rob Foster 7 6 465
3 Tracey Mills 7 5 392
4 George Armstrong 7 5 360
5 Martin Thomas 7 5 339
6 Jonathan Wynn 7 4 396
7 Jonathan de Souza 7 4 387
8 Graeme Cole 7 4 375
9 Karen Pearson 7 4 374
10 Richard Heald 7 4 373
11 Toby Pereira 7 4 372
12 Richard Priest 7 4 360
13 Adam Dexter 7 4 343
14 David Hilton 7 4 320
15 Sam Prouse 7 3 355
16 Phil Stanton 7 3 354
17 Anthony Endsor 7 3 350
18 Graham Nash 7 3 344
19 Paul Worsley 7 3 338
20 Chris Marshall 7 3 332
21 Kevin Davis 7 3 322
22 Jayne Wisniewski 7 3 314
23 Nathan Pace 7 3 276
24 Stewart Gordon 7 2 369
25 Fiona Titcombe 7 2 322
26 Mark Mills 7 2 242
27 Kevin Briggs 7 1 142
28 Prune 7 0 0


RESULTS

Round 1

FOCAL Finals
Bradley Horrocks 64 - 68 Tom Carey
Callum Todd 88 - 60 Tim Down
Eddy Byrne 59 - 75 James Robinson
Jack Worsley 80 - 36 James Haughton

Open
Rob Foster 89 - 31 Karen Pearson
Graham Nash 36 - 89 Jen Steadman
Tracey Mills 68 - 35 Kevin Davis
Martin Thomas 68 - 60 Chris Marshall
Jonathan Wynn 78 - 64 Sam Prouse
Adam Dexter 58 - 44 Fiona Titcombe
Jonathan de Souza 74 - 22 Mark Mills
Phil Stanton 34 - 42 Jayne Wisniewski
David Hilton 26 - 78 Anthony Endsor
Toby Pereira 60 - 65 Richard Heald
Paul Worsley 53 - 52 Stewart Gordon
Richard Priest 41 - 61 Graeme Cole
Kevin Briggs 12 - 56 George Armstrong
Prune 0 - 64 Nathan Pace

Round 2

FOCAL Finals
Tim Down 61 -*71 Bradley Horrocks
Tom Carey 61 - 46 James Robinson
Callum Todd 56 - 48 James Haughton
Eddy Byrne 33 - 64 Jack Worsley

Open
Jen Steadman 56 - 54 Rob Foster
Anthony Endsor 58 - 51 Jonathan Wynn
Martin Thomas 51 - 46 Jonathan de Souza
Richard Heald 53 - 54 Tracey Mills
Graeme Cole 59 - 17 Nathan Pace
George Armstrong 50 - 44 Adam Dexter
Jayne Wisniewski 44 - 50 Paul Worsley
Chris Marshall 56 - 49 Toby Pereira
Sam Prouse 69*- 59 Stewart Gordon
Fiona Titcombe 42 - 50 Richard Priest
Kevin Davis 50 - 58 Graham Nash
Karen Pearson 59 - 52 Phil Stanton
Mark Mills 26 - 53 David Hilton
Kevin Briggs 30 - 0 Prune

Round 3

FOCAL Finals
Bradley Horrocks 60 - 45 James Robinson
Tim Down 37 - 53 James Haughton
Tom Carey 40 - 59 Jack Worsley
Callum Todd 73 - 34 Eddy Byrne

Open
Anthony Endsor 41 - 66 Jen Steadman
Graeme Cole 44 - 47 Tracey Mills
George Armstrong 15 - 45 Martin Thomas
Paul Worsley 37 - 57 Rob Foster
Jonathan Wynn 46 - 58 Jonathan de Souza
Sam Prouse 33 - 50 Richard Heald
Chris Marshall 28 - 60 Adam Dexter
Richard Priest 49 - 48 Graham Nash
Jayne Wisniewski 17 - 56 Karen Pearson
Nathan Pace 39 - 55 David Hilton
Stewart Gordon 50 - 18 Kevin Briggs
Fiona Titcombe 61 - 45 Phil Stanton
Kevin Davis 45 - 54 Toby Pereira
Prune 0 - 52 Mark Mills

Round 4

FOCAL Finals
James Haughton 48 - 57 Bradley Horrocks
James Robinson 60 - 49 Jack Worsley
Tim Down 47 - 58 Eddy Byrne
Tom Carey 39 - 59 Callum Todd

Open
Jen Steadman 57 - 42 Tracey Mills
Rob Foster 64 - 34 Martin Thomas
Jonathan de Souza 58 - 39 Anthony Endsor
Richard Heald 40 - 62 Graeme Cole
Karen Pearson 43 -*53 Adam Dexter
Paul Worsley 37 - 42 Richard Priest
David Hilton 29 - 61 George Armstrong
Toby Pereira 37 - 42 Jonathan Wynn
Stewart Gordon 44 - 54 Chris Marshall
Sam Prouse 52 - 25 Fiona Titcombe
Nathan Pace 29 - 57 Graham Nash
Mark Mills 33 - 60 Jayne Wisniewski
Phil Stanton 59 - 17 Kevin Briggs
Kevin Davis 59 - 0 Prune

Round 5

FOCAL Finals
Bradley Horrocks 65 - 45 Jack Worsley
James Haughton 59 - 69 Eddy Byrne
James Robinson 62 - 66 Callum Todd
Tim Down 52 - 58 Tom Carey

Open
Jen Steadman 68 - 38 Jonathan de Souza
Rob Foster 70 - 46 Graeme Cole
Adam Dexter 56 - 53 Tracey Mills
Richard Priest 48 - 53 Martin Thomas
Jonathan Wynn 68 - 51 George Armstrong
Richard Heald 38 - 62 Anthony Endsor
Graham Nash 65 - 48 Sam Prouse
Chris Marshall 41 - 73 Karen Pearson
David Hilton 44 - 58 Paul Worsley
Jayne Wisniewski 55 - 52 Stewart Gordon
Toby Pereira 54 - 44 Phil Stanton
Nathan Pace 32 - 53 Kevin Davis
Prune 0 - 68 Fiona Titcombe
Kevin Briggs 30 - 47 Mark Mills

Round 6

FOCAL Finals
Eddy Byrne 56 - 52 Bradley Horrocks
Jack Worsley 55 - 56 Callum Todd
James Haughton 53 - 62 Tom Carey
James Robinson 52 - 65 Tim Down

Open
Adam Dexter 42 - 73 Jen Steadman
Jonathan Wynn 39 - 64 Rob Foster
Anthony Endsor 45 - 55 Martin Thomas
Graeme Cole 49 - 62 Jonathan de Souza
Tracey Mills 68 - 45 Graham Nash
Karen Pearson 55 - 45 Paul Worsley
George Armstrong 68 - 58 Richard Priest
Jayne Wisniewski 48 - 57 Sam Prouse
Fiona Titcombe 36 - 58 Toby Pereira
Richard Heald 65 - 30 Kevin Davis
Chris Marshall 33 - 53 David Hilton
Mark Mills 34 - 60 Stewart Gordon
Phil Stanton 60 - 0 Prune
Nathan Pace 45 - 23 Kevin Briggs

Round 7

FOCAL Finals
Bradley Horrocks 71 - 61 Callum Todd
Eddy Byrne 48 - 63 Tom Carey
Jack Worsley 61 - 50 Tim Down
James Haughton 56 - 73 James Robinson

Open
Martin Thomas 33 - 64 Jen Steadman
Jonathan de Souza 51 - 67 Rob Foster
Tracey Mills 60 - 57 Karen Pearson
Adam Dexter 40 - 72 Jonathan Wynn
Anthony Endsor 27 - 59 George Armstrong
Sam Prouse 42 - 54 Graeme Cole
Graham Nash 35 - 62 Richard Heald
Paul Worsley 58 - 60 Toby Pereira
Richard Priest 72 - 48 Jayne Wisniewski
Stewart Gordon 52 - 60 David Hilton
Phil Stanton 60 - 28 Mark Mills
Fiona Titcombe 46 - 50 Nathan Pace
Kevin Briggs 12 - 50 Kevin Davis
Prune 0 - 60 Chris Marshall

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Highlights of the Grand Final now available in this round-by-round video (12-13 mins):
https://youtu.be/e2IZz2llBTY
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:33 am
Graeme Cole wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 9:47 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:42 am I can't find the standings.
Here they are.
Thanks but where is that other than as a standalone URL? How does one find it without being told?
Further to this, I think there should be a link on the main FOCAL page to the current points. On the archive it has the points up to 2018, so to find the 2019 points, one has to find this thread on c4c and follow the link Graeme provided.

(If there is a link to the 2020 points, posting it on here and doing nothing else is not the solution.)
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Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:32 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:33 am
Graeme Cole wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 9:47 am

Here they are.
Thanks but where is that other than as a standalone URL? How does one find it without being told?
Further to this, I think there should be a link on the main FOCAL page to the current points. On the archive it has the points up to 2018, so to find the 2019 points, one has to find this thread on c4c and follow the link Graeme provided.

(If there is a link to the 2020 points, posting it on here and doing nothing else is not the solution.)
The website does need some tidying. I'll try get this fixed in the next few days.
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Re: FOCAL Finals -- Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, 23 November 2019

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Callum Todd wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2020 12:37 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:32 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2019 10:33 am

Thanks but where is that other than as a standalone URL? How does one find it without being told?
Further to this, I think there should be a link on the main FOCAL page to the current points. On the archive it has the points up to 2018, so to find the 2019 points, one has to find this thread on c4c and follow the link Graeme provided.

(If there is a link to the 2020 points, posting it on here and doing nothing else is not the solution.)
The website does need some tidying. I'll try get this fixed in the next few days.
I believe I've implemented everything you were after Gev. Wanna take a look and let me know if it still needs work? I would link you but a) I can't be arsed, and b) that would sort of go against the whole point of how this stuff is meant to be findable without direct links.
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Re: FOCAL Finals -- Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton, 23 November 2019

Post by Gavin Chipper »

It's looking much better now thanks. Maybe one tiny thing though - where it says "Here are the current top 8 for the FOCAL 2020 League Table:" I might put something like "after x events" and maybe "up to date after this event". But thanks for the work done.
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