Apterous Masters 2011

Matt Bayfield · Post by **Matt Bayfield** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:25 am

Result of Qualifying Round 1 Game 10:

Matt Bayfield 94 - 57 Andy Wilson
Andy Wilson 63 - 106 Matt Bayfield

Scott Gillies · Post by **Scott Gillies** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:50 pm

Not the draw you were looking for Ian? If you first game isnt hard enough your likely second is nasty lol

Chris Hare · Post by **Chris Hare** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 6:49 pm

Qualifying Round 1, Game 12:

Chris Hare 2 - 0 Ian Dent (105-89, 106-52)

Ian Volante · Post by **Ian Volante** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:05 pm

Scott Gillies wrote:Not the draw you were looking for Ian? If you first game isnt hard enough your likely second is nasty lol

You could say that...!

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:52 pm

Ian Volante wrote:
Scott Gillies wrote:Not the draw you were looking for Ian? If you first game isnt hard enough your likely second is nasty lol
You could say that...!

If you get through your first round, there's no way you'll beat me in the second!

(Joking aside, the above is actually true.)

JimBentley · Post by **JimBentley** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:13 pm

Qualifying game 7:

Nick Deller 95 - 74 Jim Bentley
Jim Bentley 82 - 101 Nick Deller

As soon I as I saw I'd got Nick in the draw, I pretty much knew that unless he was unexpectedly struck by lightning or was attacked by an axe-wielding madman, I wasn't getting through. And so it went. To my chagrin, my axe-wielding minion got lost on the way to his house and my attempts to harness the power of lightning were feeble at best. I should probably stop pinning my hopes on such things, it only leads to disappointment.

Dan Abrey · Post by **Dan Abrey** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:21 pm

Qualifying game 2:

Dan Abrey 1 - 2 Mark James (81-79, 84-86, 88-101)

Well played Mark, good luck against Rhys or Mick.

Edward McCullagh · Post by **Edward McCullagh** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:49 pm

Gevin Chapwell 74-118 vs Edward McCullagh
Edward McCullagh 99 - 43 vs Gevin Chapwell

Cheers for the game Gevin - top man.

Gavin Chipper · Post by **Gavin Chipper** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:57 pm

Edward McCullagh wrote:Gevin Chapwell 74-118 vs Edward McCullagh
Edward McCullagh 99 - 43 vs Gevin Chapwell

Cheers for the game Gevin - top man.

Yeah, very well played Ed. I still maintain that if I went to work and everyone but me was coughing and sneezing, I'd be the wellest one there. I wouldn't go round saying I'm the best. (Well I might, but not for that reason.)

Adam Gillard · Post by **Adam Gillard** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:37 am

Gavin Chipper wrote:I still maintain that if I went to work and everyone but me was coughing and sneezing, I'd be the wellest one there.

WELL is a monosyllabic adjective, so by the rules of Countdown (as I understand them) weller and wellest needn't be specified, even though I think they sound daft. But then Susie quoted that rule for DOUR, which to my mind has 2 syllables anyway.

Josh Hurst · Post by **Josh Hurst** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:50 am

Just played Emily (Cox) in our qualifying game. 2-0 (105-85 and 101-71) to me overall, but both games were close affairs. Wp Emily.

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=403093

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=403112

Graeme Cole · Post by **Graeme Cole** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:52 am

Adam Gillard wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:I still maintain that if I went to work and everyone but me was coughing and sneezing, I'd be the wellest one there.
WELL is a monosyllabic adjective, so by the rules of Countdown (as I understand them) weller and wellest needn't be specified, even though I think they sound daft. But then Susie quoted that rule for DOUR, which to my mind has 2 syllables anyway.

This came up recently. Susie disallowed "wellest" because the comparative and superlative are specified to be "better" and "best".

Hugh Binnie · Post by **Hugh Binnie** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:40 pm

In a series of scrappy games, I just about beat James Hall 2-1:

James Hall 84 - 74 Hugh Binnie
Hugh Binnie 61 - 60 James Hall
James Hall 70 - 100 Hugh Binnie

tomrowell · Post by **tomrowell** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 3:25 pm

Karen and I will play to an exciting climax tonight after these babies last night

Karen Pearson 92-88 Tom Rowell
Karen Pearson 68-102 Tom Rowell

Nik Mackintosh · Post by **Nik Mackintosh** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 9:49 pm

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?key=20 ... 0911130512

Peter Lee 96 - 60 Nik Mackintosh

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?key=30 ... 7334934328

Nik Mackintosh 74 - 98 Peter Lee

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:59 pm

Fixtures updated. Some Q2 games are ready to be played!

Graeme Cole · Post by **Graeme Cole** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 11:52 pm

Graeme Cole 83 - 81 Tom Barnes

Tom Barnes 74 - 76 Graeme Cole

Two very close games.

Josh Hurst · Post by **Josh Hurst** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 12:33 am

Just finished my qualifying games with Nick Deller. All games were very close, and it could easily have been anyone's. I ended up winning 2-1 after being 1-0 down.

Nick Deller 104-101 Josh Hurst
Nick Deller 97-103 Josh Hurst
Nick Deller 97-119 Josh Hurst

I was thinking about declaring just 7 in the final letters round, getting the numbers then effing up the conundrum so that I would be potentially the only player in the tourney to not dip below a century in any game, but then I thought that would be pretty lame so decided to win instead.

Scott Gillies · Post by **Scott Gillies** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:52 am

i'm trying to play joseph krol but finding it difficult getting it arranged, will try and try again

Joseph Krol · Post by **Joseph Krol** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:36 am

Scott Gillies wrote:i'm trying to play joseph krol but finding it difficult getting it arranged, will try and try again

I should be on tonight around 1930, let me know if this is a problem.

James Bradley · Post by **James Bradley** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:38 am

Scott Gillies wrote:i'm trying to play joseph krol but finding it difficult getting it arranged, will try and try again

Same for me, I can't contact Rhys Benjamin.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 8:22 am

James Bradley wrote:
Scott Gillies wrote:i'm trying to play joseph krol but finding it difficult getting it arranged, will try and try again
Same for me, I can't contact Rhys Benjamin.

I think he said he was away for the half-term break, conveniently.

On a semi-related note I'm going to set a deadline of 11:59pm next Thursday (3rd March) to get all but the final round of qualifying matches done.

Steve Rogers · Post by **Steve Rogers** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:20 am

Played my games against Matt Coates last night and was soundly beaten. Therefore I hope Matt goes on to win the tournament now

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=404069 Steve Rogers 46-85 Matt Coates
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=404086 Steve Rogers 39-86 Matt Coates

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:38 pm

Hi guys, I'm back and I was surprised to find prosilver as I've been using aerogreen since I started back in August!

Adam Gillard · Post by **Adam Gillard** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 9:45 pm

Rhys Benjamin wrote:Hi guys, I'm back and I was surprised to find prosilver as I've been using aerogreen since I started back in August!

It's a shame that your dancing fellow is no longer directly above your signature as I've always found that rather entertaining!

tomrowell · Post by **tomrowell** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:40 am

Well I managed to squeak past KP on a crucial in the crucial game

Karen Pearson 85-100 Tom Rowell

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:04 am

Me and James have been struggling to contact each other. However the only time James has is the only time Mick has.

I've never used prosilver so......... ignore all the shitty posts I'll make to get used to it.

Karen Pearson · Post by **Karen Pearson** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:53 am

tomrowell wrote:Karen and I will play to an exciting climax tonight after these babies last night

Karen Pearson 92-88 Tom Rowell
Karen Pearson 68-102 Tom Rowell

I asked for tips on how to beat Tom and it was suggested that I play him early in the morning as he may not be at his best then. So, I tried that tactic.

Final Score?

Tom 2-1 Karen

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=405047
Karen Pearson 85 - 100 Tom Rowell

Graeme Cole · Post by **Graeme Cole** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:24 pm

Steve Rogers wrote:Played my games against Matt Coates last night and was soundly beaten. Therefore I hope Matt goes on to win the tournament now

Sorry, beat him.

Graeme Cole 97 - 84 Matt Coates
Matt Coates 77 - 98 Graeme Cole

Matt got a nine in the first game which I was nowhere near, causing it to go to a crucial.

Cheers for the games.

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 5:43 pm

Qualifier: Michael Wallace vs. Niall Seymour

Game 1: Neither of us played particularly well, but it was the most exciting of the three, going down to a crucial which neither of us could solve, leaving Niall the 88-85 winner.

Game 2: One of my best games in a very long time. 12 maxes (and would have been 13 if I hadn't convinced myself there had to be a 7 in R7), ended up 107-70 to me.

Game 3: A 9 gave me some breathing room, which quickly evaporated. Was pleased with SOLIDUS to get the +10 lead back, and ended up 94-78.

Joseph Krol · Post by **Joseph Krol** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:17 pm

Scott beat me 2-1. Meh.

Game 1: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 1994980321 97-98 Some good plays by me end up with me beating Scott

on a crucial.
Game 2: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 1430508929 55-94 I get soundly beaten.
Game 3: http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 6700960080 88-65 I have a vague hope at the end, but I blank the last numbers

but we both miss the conundrum RADBAEVIL.

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:44 am

Pre-Pre-Qualifying

James Bradley 82 - 33 Rhys Benjamin

Couldn't capitalise on a nightmare 3rd half for James. I got 2 words before the time ran out, and couldn't put them in.

Rhys Benjamin 72 - 85 James Bradley

Round 10 was a bit of a squeeze and I was just on his tail. However a very easy Round 14 and an amazing conundrum spot by James makes it look like it was too easy for him.

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:18 am

Got an e-mail from Edwin Mead whilst I was in Prague to say the draw had been done, we'd been drawn together, all looked good for arrangement. E-mailed straight back, so this would have been, Wednesday morning I think, but not heard anything back since. I've also been on apterous at least an hour a day spread over a few logins, but yet to bump uglies with him.

Thomas Cappleman · Post by **Thomas Cappleman** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:46 am

Couple of good games against Ian, with a crucial in the second (and finally got to use gesneriad, having learnt it ages ago):
Ian Volante 86 - 116 Thomas Cappleman
Thomas Cappleman 93 - 77 Ian Volante

Matthew Tassier · Post by **Matthew Tassier** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:24 pm

Qualifier game 15: Matthew 2 - 0 Adam

Adam Fleetwood 67 - 88 Matthew Tassier A couple of 6 smalls gave me a nice margin of victory.
Matthew Tassier 89 - 49 Adam Fleetwood Adam mostly made words up

Edwin Mead · Post by **Edwin Mead** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 1:25 pm

Matt Morrison wrote:Got an e-mail from Edwin Mead whilst I was in Prague to say the draw had been done, we'd been drawn together, all looked good for arrangement. E-mailed straight back, so this would have been, Wednesday morning I think, but not heard anything back since. I've also been on apterous at least an hour a day spread over a few logins, but yet to bump uglies with him.

I've been busy for the second half of the week, and I think we've both been on at various times but managed to miss each other. Hopefully we'll manage to play today if Matt's around.

Thomas Cappleman · Post by **Thomas Cappleman** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:48 pm

Edward McCullagh 2 - 1 Thomas Cappleman

2 close games, and one absolute shocker from me.
Thomas Cappleman 49 - 91 Edward McCullagh
Edward McCullagh 83 - 94 Thomas Cappleman
Thomas Cappleman 90 - 97 Edward McCullagh

Well done Ed, and good luck!

Edwin Mead · Post by **Edwin Mead** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:10 pm

We managed to find each other, and Matt played very well, beating me in both games

Matt Morrison 104 - 65 Edwin Mead
Matt Morrison 102 - 88 Edwin Mead

Matt Morrison · Post by **Matt Morrison** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:29 pm

Thanks for that, Ed. Sorry - with the new tournament system I was lazy about reporting it as it's already sorted on apterous. My bad.

For the record Scott, I keep signing in to see if you're about and you haven't been. Come home from the darky strip clubs, crack open a 'juice' and come find me.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:11 pm

I don't think people need to report the games here any more, Ben can see them when they show up on apterous.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:02 pm

To Mark James & James Bradley: I'm not able to add your game to the tournament system for some reason, so you'll have to play your matches 'manually' (for want of a better term).

peter lee · Post by **peter lee** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:14 pm

Game.1 Hugh Binnie 107 - 77 Peter Lee
Game.2. Peter Lee 81 - 62 Hugh Binnie
Gmae.3. Hugh Binnie 80 - 102 Peter Lee

Tks for the games Hugh

Mark James · Post by **Mark James** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:48 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:I don't think people need to report the games here any more, Ben can see them when they show up on apterous.

Ben Wilson wrote:To Mark James & James Bradley: I'm not able to add your game to the tournament system for some reason, so you'll have to play your matches 'manually' (for want of a better term).

Does that mean we will have to report the games here then?

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:03 pm

Mark James wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:I don't think people need to report the games here any more, Ben can see them when they show up on apterous.

Ben Wilson wrote:To Mark James & James Bradley: I'm not able to add your game to the tournament system for some reason, so you'll have to play your matches 'manually' (for want of a better term).
Does that mean we will have to report the games here then?

I (by which I mean Charlie) should be able to get it sorted but otherwise, yes please.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:53 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:
Mark James wrote:
Charlie Reams wrote:I don't think people need to report the games here any more, Ben can see them when they show up on apterous.

Ben Wilson wrote:To Mark James & James Bradley: I'm not able to add your game to the tournament system for some reason, so you'll have to play your matches 'manually' (for want of a better term).
Does that mean we will have to report the games here then?
I (by which I mean Charlie) should be able to get it sorted but otherwise, yes please.

Game now added to the tourney system.

Mark James · Post by **Mark James** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 4:15 pm

Coola bula. Cheers

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 10:51 pm

Q1 games still outstanding:

Eoin Jackson vs. Ned Pendleton
James Leroux vs. Lloyd Pettet
James Nguyen vs. Lesley Hines

Adam Gillard · Post by **Adam Gillard** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:41 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:Q1 games still outstanding:

Eoin Jackson vs. Ned Pendleton
James Leroux vs. Lloyd Pettet
James Nguyen vs. Lesley Hines

I'm not sure that James Nguyen ever visits the site; may as well give Lesley a bye if he doesn't show up soon.

Ned Pendleton · Post by **Ned Pendleton** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:48 pm

Eoin I'm around all of today and probably tonight.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:29 am

Ned Pendleton vs Matt Bayfield and James Nguyen vs Michael Wallace are outstanding Q2 games (but then again, they don't have to be completed until Sunday evening). James leroux vs Lloyd Pettet is outstanding from Q1 and will be adjudicated tonight if not played.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 8:29 pm

Edit- nm, final Q1 game is being played.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:09 pm

With only 2 Q2 games left and both of them likely to be played tonight, the draw for round 1 proper will take place tonight at 7:30 pm. A reminder- round 1 games will be best-of-3 standard 15 rounders, just as with the qualifiers.

James Robinson · Post by **James Robinson** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 6:27 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:With only 2 Q2 games left and both of them likely to be played tonight, the draw for round 1 proper will take place tonight at 7:30 pm. A reminder- round 1 games will be best-of-3 standard 15 rounders, just as with the qualifiers.

Darn, I'll just have to see the draw after. I've just been asked to chaperone my parents out to some place or other.

Will also cause a delay on historical recaps too, which is unforgivable

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:34 pm

...And here's the round 1 draw-

Edward McCullagh vs Oliver Garner
Matt Morrison vs Eoin Monaghan
Mark James vs Dinos Sfyris
Lloyd Pettet vs Jon O'Neill
Chris Hare vs Kai Laddiman
James Nguyen or Michael Wallace vs Nick Wainwright
Graeme Cole vs Chris Davies
Matt Bayfield vs James Robinson
Peter Lee vs Ryan Taylor
Josh Hurst vs Kirk Bevins
Richard Brittain vs Charlie Reams
Daniel Pati vs Jack Hurst
Innis Carson vs James Hurrell
Jon Corby vs Adam Gillard
Andrew Hulme vs Marcus Hares
Paul Howe vs Mark Tournoff

Deadline is 7pm on Sunday 13th. Good luck to all inolved!

Rhys Benjamin · Post by **Rhys Benjamin** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:46 pm

Johnny Canuck started a small wiki page on it, and I've started making it bigger. Feel free to add anything.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 5:05 pm

Games are now in tourney manager. Matt & Eoin- due to an administrative cock-up I accidentally added yours twice- obviously you need only play it once.

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:51 am

No reply from Richard.

Jon Corby · Post by **Jon Corby** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:38 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:No reply from Richard.

He was complaining that he had no way of contacting you in aptochat last night.

Ben Wilson · Post by **Ben Wilson** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:51 pm

It's not as if apterous has a facility whereby you can send emails to users from within apterous itself or anything...

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:57 pm

Ben Wilson wrote:It's not as if apterous has a facility whereby you can send emails to users from within apterous itself or anything...

That's what I did. And he has my email address.