Countdown in Edinburgh - November 3rd

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:07 pm

Hi all

This is an announcement for a Countdown event to be held in Edinburgh (CoEdi) on Saturday November 3rd.

Jointly organised by Nita Marr and friends from the legendary Edinburgh Countdown Club and Rich Priest and myself from the C4C community, it will be a Lincoln (sorry, Edinburgh!)-style tournament run roughly along the same lines as COLIN at the home of the ECC in the south of the city (to be more exact, the Braid Bowling Club, 58 Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh EH10 6BR).

With a bit of luck, it should attract plenty of members from the club and quite a few travellers from south of the border, so it should prove to be a memorable occasion (fingers crossed!).

More details will follow, but hopefully some of you will find a space for it in your diaries now!

Mike.

CONFIRMED:

Michelle Nevitt
Ryan Taylor
James Robinson
Graeme Cole
Innis Carson
Jon O'Neill
Ben Wilson
Mark Deeks
Ian Volante
Andy Platt
Paul James
Jack Worsley
Paul Worsley

(There are also 18 bookings from the Club!)

This makes a fantastic total of 33 players as Rich and I are also fixing things so we can hopefully play along as well (although if we meet in the final - highly unlikely I think! - someone else will have to set the conundrum!)

PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE:

10.00 Doors open
11.45 Welcome / Round 1 Draw announced.
12.00 Round 1
13.20 Lunch
14.05 Round 2
15.25 Break
15.40 Round 3
17.00 Break
17.20 Grand Final
17.45 Prizegiving
18.00 End / down the pub!

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:12 pm

Sweet, I've always wanted to (knowingly) go to Scotland.

Brilliant.

P.S. I hope you can return the favour and come to COHUD.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:17 pm

James Robinson wrote:Sweet, I've always wanted to (knowingly) go to Scotland.

Brilliant.

P.S. I hope you can return the favour and come to COHUD.

I take it you went to Scotland when you were still a wee nipper, James?

Will probably come to COHUD, but hesitating to book, as it's my birthday weekend. (I know, I know, what better present could I give myself?)

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:28 pm

Mike Brown wrote:I take it you went to Scotland when you were still a wee nipper, James?

Yup, just 2 wee years old when I was pushchaired round Faslane submarine base. (Now that's a holiday.

)

So, will definitely be nice to get up to the proper North!

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:30 pm

Nothing can keep me away from this. Hope some of you guys will be willing to make the trek!

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:29 pm

James Robinson wrote:Sweet, I've always wanted to (knowingly) go to Scotland.

Frank Mulvey, is that you?

I love Edinburgh so I am definitely interested in coming.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:02 pm

Yep this date is in my diary. Day after 30th anniversary too.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:23 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:Yep this date is in my diary. Day after 30th anniversary too.

Yeah, what a coincidence. Hopefully there'll be a good special show of some description on the 2nd.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 6:49 pm

Will do whatever it takes to be there.

Andy Platt · Post by **Andy Platt** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 9:13 pm

sounds cool

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Wed Mar 14, 2012 1:41 pm

Excellent, should be there.

Nik Mackintosh · Post by **Nik Mackintosh** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:17 am

See you there!

Kirk Bevins · Post by **Kirk Bevins** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:22 pm

I had this written on the calendar but the PDC officials darts cup is being held on the same day and, as reigning champ and £100 to the winner at stake, I've chosen to do that instead so count me out.

Mark Deeks · Post by **Mark Deeks** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:59 pm

I will likely go, although I'll probably only be able to confirm this on November 2nd.

Andy Platt · Post by **Andy Platt** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 11:15 pm

Mark Deeks · Post by **Mark Deeks** » Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:35 am

Green and purple are kind of the same thing

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 7:53 pm

This is *definitely* on - please watch this space!!

(also, it's now looking like it might be cheaper than previously anticipated, which may be good news to all those on a tight budget!)

Mark Deeks · Post by **Mark Deeks** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:44 pm

Any confirmation of the 3rd date? Blagging acommodation off someone, and they need to know when so as to make the time available.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:54 pm

Mark Deeks wrote:Any confirmation of the 3rd date? Blagging acommodation off someone, and they need to know when so as to make the time available.

Hi Mark. Yes, it's confirmed as Saturday November 3rd. Be sure of it.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 8:26 pm

Costs are now confirmed as £10 per head including a cold lunch. Location will be the home of the Edinburgh Countdown Club. More details to follow...

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:38 pm

Where is that?

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:47 pm

Ian Volante wrote:Where is that?

Looking up the relevant sources, unless it has been moved, it's the Braid Bowling Club, which is here.

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:57 pm

James Robinson wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:Where is that?
Looking up the relevant sources, unless it has been moved, it's the Braid Bowling Club, which is here.

It is indeed there.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:53 am

Ah cool, not too far from me at all. I couldn't find a direct link for the club anywhere!

Only down side about that bit of town is that it's probably as far as you'll get from a pub anywhere in the city (ten minutes on foot!!!!

)

Paul Howe · Post by **Paul Howe** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:32 pm

That's all of 500 yards from where I used to live and I never managed to visit

Hopefully I'll be able to come up for this to make up for it.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:33 pm

Paul Howe wrote:That's all of 500 yards from where I used to live and I never managed to visit

Hopefully I'll be able to come up for this to make up for it.

Would be great to see you there, Paul.

Also of note is that there's a Travelodge quite close to the venue, which might be handy for people.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 6:49 pm

Mike Brown wrote:
Paul Howe wrote:That's all of 500 yards from where I used to live and I never managed to visit

Hopefully I'll be able to come up for this to make up for it.
Would be great to see you there, Paul.

Also of note is that there's a Travelodge quite close to the venue, which might be handy for people.

I've decided to book myself into the one right next to Waverley station. Under £100 for 2 nights isn't too shabby.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:44 pm

James Robinson wrote:I've decided to book myself into the one right next to Waverley station. Under £100 for 2 nights isn't too shabby.

Cool, I'll take that as our first definite booking!

On a related note, I'll be announcing PayPal stuff shortly.

Zarte Siempre · Post by **Zarte Siempre** » Thu Jul 05, 2012 4:17 pm

I'll have to see closer to the time, but I have some friends who'd probably be willing to put me up if I needed, so this MAY be doable.

Graeme Cole · Post by **Graeme Cole** » Sat Aug 11, 2012 1:53 pm

Definitely interested in coming to this, although this topic seems to have fizzled out. How do we sign up? Just post a comment in here saying "in"?

These are the known details so far, which I'll put in a single post to save everyone having to piece it together from all the previous posts - correct me if any of this is wrong:

Saturday 3rd November 2012, Braid Bowling Club, Cluny Gardens, Edinburgh, £10 per person.

For those coming from London and its environs, here are the results of my basic research on transport options: you've got Megabus (hellishly cheap, by which I mean cheap and hellish), train (expensive, but takes about half the time of the Megabus) or plane (faster and cheaper than the train).

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:36 pm

Thanks for bumping this topic Graeme! This is most definitely still on and I'm happy to start taking payments of £10 via PayPal at mike@mjbrown.demon.co.uk (PM me if you'd like to discuss other payment options). I'll add all paid up members to the first post in this topic in time-honoured fashion. Apex train tickets should be available pretty soon, if they're not already (does anyone know?) The day is likely to follow a similar timetable to COLIN, i.e. starting around 11 or 12 and ending about 6, at which point we can go in search of the nearest decent pub!

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:48 pm

Mike Brown wrote:Thanks for bumping this topic Graeme! This is most definitely still on and I'm happy to start taking payments of £10 via PayPal at mike@mjbrown.demon.co.uk (PM me if you'd like to discuss other payment options). I'll add all paid up members to the first post in this topic in time-honoured fashion. Apex train tickets should be available pretty soon, if they're not already (does anyone know?) The day is likely to follow a similar timetable to COLIN, i.e. starting around 11 or 12 and ending about 6, at which point we can go in search of the nearest decent pub!

Tickets are available now. Just been waiting to be able to book them, so can now.

Adam Dexter · Post by **Adam Dexter** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 3:20 pm

Any idea of what time it's going to start? Trying to work out if I'll be able to travel up in the morning, or whether I'll need to come on the preceding day.

Ryan Taylor · Post by **Ryan Taylor** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 4:13 pm

Adam Dexter wrote:Any idea of what time it's going to start? Trying to work out if I'll be able to travel up in the morning, or whether I'll need to come on the preceding day.

Mike Brown wrote:The day is likely to follow a similar timetable to COLIN, i.e. starting around 11 or 12 and ending about 6

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:11 pm

Ryan Taylor wrote:
Adam Dexter wrote:Any idea of what time it's going to start? Trying to work out if I'll be able to travel up in the morning, or whether I'll need to come on the preceding day.
Mike Brown wrote:The day is likely to follow a similar timetable to COLIN, i.e. starting around 11 or 12 and ending about 6

Haha. Thanks Ryan. Just to add a bit to this, I'm tending towards a start time for Round 1 of midday, to give people plenty of time to arrive if they're coming up on the Saturday, assuming my co- (or is that Co-?) organisers agree.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 10:16 pm

First confirmed bookings - hurrah!

Mark Deeks · Post by **Mark Deeks** » Thu Aug 16, 2012 11:03 pm

Mike I'm still like 95% certain but can't make a commitment fully for like a month. Keep me pencilled in though.

Graeme Cole · Post by **Graeme Cole** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 11:33 am

Payment sent.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 4:37 pm

Graeme Cole wrote:Payment sent.

Snap.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Sat Aug 18, 2012 8:30 pm

Thanks guys, added above. And Mark, consider yourself well and truly pencilled.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 9:43 pm

Innis now confirmed - do you need another reason to attend???

Jon O'Neill · Post by **Jon O'Neill** » Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:54 pm

PAID. Close entries now.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 11:24 pm

Jon O'Neill wrote:PAID. Close entries now.

Can't do that, but glad to have another of the Co-event stalwarts on board.

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:27 am

Mike Brown wrote:
Jon O'Neill wrote:PAID. Close entries now.
Can't do that, but glad to have another of the Co-event stalwarts on board.

tall wart*

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:27 pm

I could be interested in doing this, but there is the Abu Dhabi GP that weekend, but good luck also means that I happen to have the following week off work (something that always helps), so it's in the balance.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:46 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote:I could be interested in doing this, but there is the Abu Dhabi GP that weekend, but good luck also means that I happen to have the following week off work (something that always helps), so it's in the balance.

Countdown > F1, surely? You know it makes sense!

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:37 pm

But the race is on the Sunday!

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:20 pm

Ian Volante wrote:But the race is on the Sunday!

I'd still likely be stuck out in the middle of nowhere at that point.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 6:58 am

Gavin Chipper wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:But the race is on the Sunday!
I'd still likely be stuck out in the middle of nowhere at that point.

It's on the radio.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 4:38 pm

Ian Volante wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:
Ian Volante wrote:But the race is on the Sunday!
I'd still likely be stuck out in the middle of nowhere at that point.
It's on the radio.

Radio?! Referee!

Dan McColm · Post by **Dan McColm** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 5:36 pm

Is anyone driving to this who could maybe give me a lift? I'm flying in from Germany, so a lift from pretty much anywhere in the UK would be good. This would be much appreciated!

Mark Deeks · Post by **Mark Deeks** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:56 am

Confirmed and paid up

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:37 am

Can someone recommend me a cheap, nice hotel for the night of the 3rd? Nice is more important than cheap but I don't want to have to lose a kidney to afford it.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:52 pm

Paid just now, forgot to add a note to the payment!

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:06 pm

Ian Volante wrote:Paid just now, forgot to add a note to the payment!

No worries, Ian, received with thanks.

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:37 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:Can someone recommend me a cheap, nice hotel for the night of the 3rd? Nice is more important than cheap but I don't want to have to lose a kidney to afford it.

There are loads of B&Bs within reasonable distance, no particular recommendations though. Given the time of year, it's probably a good time for deals too.

Innis Carson · Post by **Innis Carson** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 9:05 pm

There's only limited space in the room, so they're aiming to limit participation to 36, including the 18 (so far) club members who have booked. That leaves about 9 places, so if you're thinking of going but haven't confirmed yet, would be a good idea to do so soon!

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:59 pm

Anyone else up for this? There are now only four weeks to go and the club ideally wants to know numbers by the 15th. So basically what Innis said.

Andy Platt · Post by **Andy Platt** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:16 pm

I'm still thinking about it, might be cool

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 4:41 pm

Andy Platt wrote:I'm still thinking about it, might be cool

Probably sub-zero if it's a typical November day in Scotland.

But seriously, hope you can make it. The more people that do, the cooler it's likely to be!