Another year has passed, I've sweated buckets of nervous sweat and COLIN has been and gone. 51 people played on Saturday and 33 on Sunday, amazing numbers for a city in the middle of nowhere on a cold weekend in January.
At the main event, prizes were given out in the form of t-shirts with amusing slogans on the front. The first of these went to the player who scored the points total closest to a 250+a random number chosen randomly by my mother. She chose 87, so the total to aim for was 337, and the closest was CALLUM PICKERING on 339. Pity he left before finding out he won his t-shirt. If you're reading this Callum, let me know your address and preferred size and I'll get it posted off to you.
The Tuff Luck prize went to HAZEL DRURY, who had 3 losses on the day where the margin was a combined total of 15 points (0, 5 and 10 (the zero was on a tie-break conundrum)). The two overachievers on the day were ZUBAIR PATEL and GEVIN CHAPWELL who both beat their predicted finishing position by over 20 places.
Badges were also on offer. Sadly not the revenge badges, which everyone asked about, thanks to me forgetting to order more of them. However the 'around the world' badges were on offer to everyone scoring over 360 points on the day, the max game badges went to our top 2 and conundrum god went to four people who I can't remember right now. The top two on the day were the unbeaten BRADLEY HORROCKS and JACK WORSLEY, and neither player unscrambled HARDOTTER, giving Jack back-to-back COLIN titles and equalling Chris Wills's record of 3 wins!
STANDINGS (before final) (with thanks to Graeme Cole for lending me his laptop on the day and retrieving the results for me after my IT 'solutions' predictably failed)
Players are ranked by wins, then points.
P W Pts
1 Bradley Horrocks 6 6 391
2 Jack Worsley 6 5 411
3 Rob Foster 6 5 382
4 Dylan Taylor 6 5 365
5 Zarte Siempre 6 5 363
6 Callum Todd 6 5 361
7 Tom Chafer-Cook 6 4 386
8 Jon O'Neill 6 4 384
9 Jen Steadman 6 4 381
10 Tom Carey 6 4 360
11 Mark Deeks 6 4 347
12 Jonathan Wynn 6 4 340
12 Tom Cappleman 6 4 340
14 James Robinson 6 4 332
15 Dinos Sfyris 6 4 328
16 Zubair Patel 6 4 322
17 Matt Bayfield 6 4 321
18 Toby Pereira 6 4 305
19 Hazel Drury 6 3 389
20 Jamie McNeill 6 3 372
21 Giles Hutchings 6 3 370
22 Graeme Cole 6 3 358
23 Dan McColm 6 3 340
24 Callum Pickering 6 3 339
25 Jeff Clayton 6 3 332
26 Jonathan de Souza 6 3 307
27 Tim Down 6 3 305
28 Eddy Byrne 6 3 304
29 Lauren Hamer 6 3 290
30 Anthony Endsor 6 3 284
31 Dave Ryan 6 3 265
32 Suzy Turner 6 3 261
33 Jim Bentley 6 3 240
34 Stewart Gordon 6 2 331
35 Richard Priest 6 2 323
36 Mark Tournoff 6 2 317
37 Adam Dexter 6 2 304
38 James Laverty 6 2 296
39 Mike Brown 6 2 295
40 Paul Worsley 6 2 287
41 Tracey Mills 6 2 281
42 Fred Whibley 6 2 275
43 George Armstrong 6 2 272
44 Heather Badcock 6 2 254
45 Ashwin Abinashi 6 2 231
46 Chris Marshall 6 1 304
47 Matt Morrison 6 1 272
48 Mike Springett 6 1 260
49 Cathy Summerside 6 1 222
50 Sara Lawson 6 1 172
51 Mark Mills 6 0 163
RESULTS
Round 1
Table 1
Hazel Drury 61 - 36 Toby Pereira
Toby Pereira 31 - 81 Jack Worsley
Jack Worsley 89*- 79 Hazel Drury
Table 2
Sara Lawson 34 - 52 Adam Dexter
Adam Dexter 46 - 63 Dan McColm
Dan McColm 56 - 17 Sara Lawson
Table 3
Cathy Summerside 45 - 60 Chris Marshall
Chris Marshall 45 - 62 Rob Foster
Rob Foster 69 - 31 Cathy Summerside
Table 4
Jeff Clayton 53 - 43 Heather Badcock
Heather Badcock 43 - 69 James Robinson
James Robinson 38 - 61 Jeff Clayton
Table 5
Bradley Horrocks 60 - 48 Mike Brown
Mike Brown 33 - 64 Jen Steadman
Jen Steadman 61 - 71 Bradley Horrocks
Table 6
Fred Whibley 37 - 58 Richard Priest
Richard Priest 52 - 54 Callum Pickering
Callum Pickering 53 - 41 Fred Whibley
Table 7
Dave Ryan 33 - 39 Jim Bentley
Jim Bentley 37 - 58 Matt Bayfield
Matt Bayfield 51 - 38 Dave Ryan
Table 8
George Armstrong 28 - 50 Lauren Hamer
Lauren Hamer 52 - 46 Graeme Cole
Graeme Cole 74 - 43 George Armstrong
Table 9
Jonathan de Souza 53 - 63 Stewart Gordon
Stewart Gordon 62 - 64 Eddy Byrne
Eddy Byrne 40 - 54 Jonathan de Souza
Table 10
Paul Worsley 56*- 46 Matt Morrison
Matt Morrison 33 - 56 Giles Hutchings
Giles Hutchings 65 - 54 Paul Worsley
Table 11
Dinos Sfyris 66 - 36 Tracey Mills
Tracey Mills 61 - 58 Jonathan Wynn
Jonathan Wynn 61 - 50 Dinos Sfyris
Table 12
Suzy Turner 43 - 42 Mark Mills
Mark Mills 31 - 74 Jon O'Neill
Jon O'Neill 72 - 45 Suzy Turner
Table 13
Ashwin Abinashi 35 - 68 James Laverty
James Laverty 52 - 59 Tom Cappleman
Tom Cappleman 60 - 22 Ashwin Abinashi
Table 14
Anthony Endsor 39 - 74 Tom Carey
Tom Carey 37 - 38 Mark Deeks
Mark Deeks 78 - 23 Anthony Endsor
Table 15
Mark Tournoff 68 - 46 Mike Springett
Mike Springett 43 - 55 Callum Todd
Callum Todd 56 - 52 Mark Tournoff
Table 16
Dylan Taylor 54 - 49 Tim Down
Tim Down 65 - 62 Tom Chafer-Cook
Tom Chafer-Cook 48 - 65 Dylan Taylor
Table 17
Jamie McNeill 65 - 49 Zubair Patel
Zubair Patel 56 - 44 Zarte Siempre
Zarte Siempre 60 - 55 Jamie McNeill
Round 2
Table 1
Jon O'Neill 59 - 53 Rob Foster
Rob Foster 65 - 56 Jack Worsley
Jack Worsley 68 - 51 Jon O'Neill
Table 2
Giles Hutchings 72 - 75 Dylan Taylor
Dylan Taylor 50 - 56 Bradley Horrocks
Bradley Horrocks 80 - 60 Giles Hutchings
Table 3
Dan McColm 71 - 74 Mark Deeks
Mark Deeks 58 - 56 Tom Cappleman
Tom Cappleman 68 - 48 Dan McColm
Table 4
Callum Todd 71 - 51 Matt Bayfield
Matt Bayfield 51 - 48 Jeff Clayton
Jeff Clayton 43 - 70 Callum Todd
Table 5
Lauren Hamer 45 - 70 Hazel Drury
Hazel Drury 73 - 63 Callum Pickering
Callum Pickering 53 - 69 Lauren Hamer
Table 6
Stewart Gordon 53 - 49 Graeme Cole
Graeme Cole 46 - 59 Jen Steadman
Jen Steadman 63 - 47 Stewart Gordon
Table 7
Mark Tournoff 66 - 42 James Laverty
James Laverty 35 - 75 Jamie McNeill
Jamie McNeill 63 - 55 Mark Tournoff
Table 8
Tim Down 53 - 51 Tom Carey
Tom Carey 66 - 48 Jonathan Wynn
Jonathan Wynn 60 - 28 Tim Down
Table 9
Richard Priest 43 - 60 James Robinson
James Robinson 35 - 45 Dinos Sfyris
Dinos Sfyris 50 - 57 Richard Priest
Table 10
Zubair Patel 48 - 45 Chris Marshall
Chris Marshall 49 - 73 Jonathan de Souza
Jonathan de Souza 56 - 52 Zubair Patel
Table 11
Tracey Mills 48 - 58 Suzy Turner
Suzy Turner 62*- 52 Adam Dexter
Adam Dexter 44 - 53 Tracey Mills
Table 12
Tom Chafer-Cook 69 - 40 Mike Springett
Mike Springett 37 - 58 Jim Bentley
Jim Bentley 30 - 65 Tom Chafer-Cook
Table 13
Mike Brown 65 - 42 Matt Morrison
Matt Morrison 42 - 53 Heather Badcock
Heather Badcock 34 - 65 Mike Brown
Table 14
Cathy Summerside 45 - 21 Mark Mills
Mark Mills 25 - 56 Fred Whibley
Fred Whibley 55 - 39 Cathy Summerside
Table 15
Dave Ryan 39 - 53 Toby Pereira
Toby Pereira 63 - 40 George Armstrong
George Armstrong 44 - 45 Dave Ryan
Table 16
Ashwin Abinashi 75 - 30 Sara Lawson
Sara Lawson 30 - 62 Anthony Endsor
Anthony Endsor 45 - 16 Ashwin Abinashi
Table 17
Eddy Byrne 56 - 52 Paul Worsley
Paul Worsley 36 - 68 Zarte Siempre
Zarte Siempre 62 - 45 Eddy Byrne
Round 3
Table 1
Callum Todd 61 - 41 Mark Deeks
Mark Deeks 58 - 68 Bradley Horrocks
Bradley Horrocks 56 - 48 Callum Todd
Table 2
Jamie McNeill 67 - 82 Jen Steadman
Jen Steadman 52 - 53 Jack Worsley
Jack Worsley 74 - 47 Jamie McNeill
Table 3
Jon O'Neill 64 -*74 Dylan Taylor
Dylan Taylor 57 - 52 Hazel Drury
Hazel Drury 54 - 64 Jon O'Neill
Table 4
Tom Cappleman 56 - 41 Jonathan de Souza
Jonathan de Souza 30 - 66 Rob Foster
Rob Foster 67 - 41 Tom Cappleman
Table 5
Giles Hutchings 45 - 59 Tom Chafer-Cook
Tom Chafer-Cook 83 - 42 Suzy Turner
Suzy Turner 21 - 72 Giles Hutchings
Table 6
Dan McColm 49 - 69 Tom Carey
Tom Carey 63 - 39 Mark Tournoff
Mark Tournoff 37 - 53 Dan McColm
Table 7
Stewart Gordon 50 - 66 Callum Pickering
Callum Pickering 50 - 57 Jonathan Wynn
Jonathan Wynn 66*- 56 Stewart Gordon
Table 8
Mike Brown 45 - 49 Eddy Byrne
Eddy Byrne 50 - 61 Dinos Sfyris
Dinos Sfyris 56 - 39 Mike Brown
Table 9
Jeff Clayton 54 - 60 Zubair Patel
Zubair Patel 57 - 55 Richard Priest
Richard Priest 58 - 73 Jeff Clayton
Table 10
Tracey Mills 42 - 60 Tim Down
Tim Down 50 - 61 James Robinson
James Robinson 69 - 41 Tracey Mills
Table 11
Toby Pereira 61 - 59 Anthony Endsor
Anthony Endsor 56 - 49 Fred Whibley
Fred Whibley 37 - 61 Toby Pereira
Table 12
Graeme Cole 71 - 61 Chris Marshall
Chris Marshall 44 - 52 Jim Bentley
Jim Bentley 24 - 72 Graeme Cole
Table 13
Adam Dexter 68 - 48 Paul Worsley
Paul Worsley 51 - 46 James Laverty
James Laverty 53 - 42 Adam Dexter
Table 14
Cathy Summerside 29 - 47 Dave Ryan
Dave Ryan 63 - 46 Heather Badcock
Heather Badcock 35 - 33 Cathy Summerside
Table 15
Mike Springett 57 - 44 Matt Morrison
Matt Morrison 65 - 28 Ashwin Abinashi
Ashwin Abinashi 55 - 37 Mike Springett
Table 16
Mark Mills 25 - 38 Sara Lawson
Sara Lawson 23 - 52 George Armstrong
George Armstrong 65 - 19 Mark Mills
Table 17
Lauren Hamer 28 - 57 Matt Bayfield
Matt Bayfield 53 - 70 Zarte Siempre
Zarte Siempre 59 - 46 Lauren Hamer
Final
Jack Worsley 63 - 49 Bradley Horrocks
Onto the hangover. For the sixth year in a row, many of Saturday's players braved the cold (and their alcohol consumption) again to play on the Sunday.
Once again, I did a team prize, and this year it was the BLUE TEAM who won 22-14 (after scores were 11-11 at half time). The overachiever (with seedings as always based on finishing positions in the main event) was RICHARD PRIEST, finishing 6th from a seeding of 24th. Max game badges went to ZARTE SIEMPRE, GRAEME COLE, THOMAS CAREY & JACK WORSLEY. 3 of the first 4 games to finish were maxes!
The top 5 all got t-shirts (and trophies for the top 3, who already had t-shirts, and half-price entry into the COLIN XVI weekend if they didn't already have it free). The final was between DYLAN TAYLOR and JEN STEADMAN, and with scores dead level going into the conundrum, it was Dylan who unscrambled BCRIKIANS to regain the title he first won 5 years ago.
Full results below.
STANDINGS
Players are ranked by wins, then points.
P W Pts
1 Dylan Taylor 4 4 270
2 Jen Steadman 4 4 257
3 Jack Worsley 4 3 266
4 Giles Hutchings 4 3 252
5 Eddy Byrne 4 3 249
6 Richard Priest 4 3 234
7 Callum Todd 4 3 233
7 Tom Cappleman 4 3 233
9 Bradley Horrocks 4 3 227
10 Graeme Cole 4 3 223
11 Tom Carey 4 3 215
12 Jeff Clayton 4 3 198
13 Jamie McNeill 4 2 247
14 Zarte Siempre 4 2 245
15 Matt Bayfield 4 2 233
16 Tim Down 4 2 231
17 Tracey Mills 4 2 206
18 Hazel Drury 4 2 191
19 Adam Dexter 4 2 184
20 George Armstrong 4 2 178
21 Toby Pereira 4 2 152
22 Dave Ryan 4 1 220
23 Jonathan Wynn 4 1 205
24 Dan McColm 4 1 198
25 Suzy Turner 4 1 191
26 Stewart Gordon 4 1 188
27 Lauren Hamer 4 1 178
28 James Laverty 4 1 168
29 Fred Whibley 4 1 158
30 Paul Worsley 4 1 156
31 Mark Mills 4 1 120
32 Mike Springett 4 0 176
33 Sara Lawson 4 0 115
RESULTS
Round 1
Table 1
Jeff Clayton 58 - 40 Mike Springett
Mike Springett 31 - 68 Jen Steadman
Jen Steadman 61 - 19 Jeff Clayton
Table 2
Jamie McNeill 68 - 33 George Armstrong
George Armstrong 35 - 67 Jack Worsley
Jack Worsley 71 - 61 Jamie McNeill
Table 3
Tim Down 55 - 58 Richard Priest
Richard Priest 48 - 62 Callum Todd
Callum Todd 38 - 56 Tim Down
Table 4
Giles Hutchings 70 - 30 Paul Worsley
Paul Worsley 40 - 72 Zarte Siempre
Zarte Siempre 60 - 58 Giles Hutchings
Table 5
Dan McColm 71 - 38 Fred Whibley
Fred Whibley 17 - 65 Bradley Horrocks
Bradley Horrocks 54 - 40 Dan McColm
Table 6
Graeme Cole 73 - 34 Adam Dexter
Adam Dexter 40 - 73 Tom Carey
Tom Carey 48 - 38 Graeme Cole
Table 7
Lauren Hamer 47 - 20 Mark Mills
Mark Mills 26 - 40 Toby Pereira
Toby Pereira 59 - 50 Lauren Hamer
Table 8
Dave Ryan 71 - 35 Stewart Gordon
Stewart Gordon 52 - 54 Tom Cappleman
Tom Cappleman 67 - 40 Dave Ryan
Table 9
Hazel Drury 65 - 35 Sara Lawson
Sara Lawson 30 - 60 Jonathan Wynn
Jonathan Wynn 39 - 61 Hazel Drury
Table 10
Suzy Turner 37 - 49 Tracey Mills
Tracey Mills 35 - 68 Dylan Taylor
Dylan Taylor 73 - 58 Suzy Turner
Table 11
Eddy Byrne 79 - 22 James Laverty
James Laverty 42 - 67 Matt Bayfield
Matt Bayfield 42 - 51 Eddy Byrne
Round 2
Table 1
Jack Worsley 65 - 54 Zarte Siempre
Zarte Siempre 59 - 62 Dylan Taylor
Dylan Taylor 67 - 63 Jack Worsley
Table 2
Jen Steadman 62 - 38 Hazel Drury
Hazel Drury 27 - 65 Eddy Byrne
Eddy Byrne 54 - 66 Jen Steadman
Table 3
Tom Cappleman 64 - 62 Bradley Horrocks
Bradley Horrocks 46 - 37 Tom Carey
Tom Carey 57 - 48 Tom Cappleman
Table 4
Jamie McNeill 54 - 66 Giles Hutchings
Giles Hutchings 58 - 10 Toby Pereira
Toby Pereira 43 - 64 Jamie McNeill
Table 5
Dan McColm 43 - 62 Tim Down
Tim Down 58 - 61 Graeme Cole
Graeme Cole 51 - 44 Dan McColm
Table 6
Matt Bayfield 55 - 58 Richard Priest
Richard Priest 70 - 50 Dave Ryan
Dave Ryan 59 - 69 Matt Bayfield
Table 7
Jonathan Wynn 56 - 58 Tracey Mills
Tracey Mills 64 - 71 Callum Todd
Callum Todd 62 - 50 Jonathan Wynn
Table 8
Jeff Clayton 56 - 46 Suzy Turner
Suzy Turner 50 - 43 Lauren Hamer
Lauren Hamer 38 - 65 Jeff Clayton
Table 9
Adam Dexter 54 - 49 Mike Springett
Mike Springett 56 - 66 Stewart Gordon
Stewart Gordon 35 - 56 Adam Dexter
Table 10
George Armstrong 66 - 30 Sara Lawson
Sara Lawson 20 - 60 Paul Worsley
Paul Worsley 26 - 44 George Armstrong
Table 11
Fred Whibley 63 - 20 Mark Mills
Mark Mills 54 - 41 James Laverty
James Laverty 63 - 40 Fred Whibley
Final
Dylan Taylor 64 - 54 Jennifer Steadman
Thanks to everyone who came, and let's hope COLIN XVI can be an even bigger and better event next year!
COLIN XV & Hangover results
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Re: COLIN XV & Hangover results
Many thanks to Ben for putting together COLIN weekend again. The event runs so well that it's easy to forget what a huge amount of work goes into it behind the scenes to make it like that.
Incidentally, if any of you tried the Noughtword puzzle in the puzzle magazine, and would prefer a version with letter counts for the answers and a slightly different gimmick, this is the version I thought would end up in the magazine. Some of you managed to complete it anyway so perhaps the letter counts make it too easy? Anyway, the answers and the grid are exactly the same as in the printed version - the only difference is the clues.
Incidentally, if any of you tried the Noughtword puzzle in the puzzle magazine, and would prefer a version with letter counts for the answers and a slightly different gimmick, this is the version I thought would end up in the magazine. Some of you managed to complete it anyway so perhaps the letter counts make it too easy? Anyway, the answers and the grid are exactly the same as in the printed version - the only difference is the clues.
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Re: COLIN XV & Hangover results
You've missed the most important part! Where's the Challonge link for the darts tournament??
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Challonge link for the Saturday darts tournamentJennifer Steadman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:38 am You've missed the most important part! Where's the Challonge link for the darts tournament??
Don't know about the Friday one.
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Saturday was the important one. Thank you GraeGrae (supreme champion) <3Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 11:23 amChallonge link for the Saturday darts tournamentJennifer Steadman wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 10:38 am You've missed the most important part! Where's the Challonge link for the darts tournament??
Don't know about the Friday one.
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Re: COLIN XV & Hangover results
Just to echo what Graeme said, major thanks to Ben for organising (and as ever to Jill for helping out). The event ran like a dream, and I'm sure a lot of preparation goes into making that happen, so serious thanks to Ben for his hard work and dedication, it really is appreciated. I'd also like to thank everybody that took part for creating such a great atmosphere on the day, everyone was lovely; it's really nice to see Countdown bring such a large and disparate bunch of people together and have them all get along so well (sorry that sentence is a bit garbled but you know what I mean). Plus, I can't remember the last time I enjoyed the actual games so much, so a big thanks to all my opponents on the day for making playing so much fun.
Of course, it's the drinking and the pool and the darts and the general congeniality of the after-event pub that makes COLIN so much of an event, and it was fantastic this year. I was flagging a bit on the Saturday night but am so glad that I stayed on until the end, as it was one of the most enjoyable nights I've had in ages. Mark and I were such an incredible team at pool that we basically just lost count of how many games we'd won in a row (it was loads) and it probably could have gone on forever if I hadn't fucked it up (not deliberately of course, but I think the amount I'd drank finally overwhelmed my ability to cue in a straight line).
Really glad I came along this year, I've been in a bit of a rut for a while and I just kind of needed something like that. Cheers everyone!
Of course, it's the drinking and the pool and the darts and the general congeniality of the after-event pub that makes COLIN so much of an event, and it was fantastic this year. I was flagging a bit on the Saturday night but am so glad that I stayed on until the end, as it was one of the most enjoyable nights I've had in ages. Mark and I were such an incredible team at pool that we basically just lost count of how many games we'd won in a row (it was loads) and it probably could have gone on forever if I hadn't fucked it up (not deliberately of course, but I think the amount I'd drank finally overwhelmed my ability to cue in a straight line).
Really glad I came along this year, I've been in a bit of a rut for a while and I just kind of needed something like that. Cheers everyone!