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Yes, it's a day early, but you people are so splendid that I couldn't help myself. All the week 2 matches are now online. There are also standings up for everybody but the championship flight at the moment (they will be up soon). The speed demon standings are looking awfully competitive already.

A reminder for the few stragglers from Week 1: those games are still valid, so don't worry that you've lost your chance to play them.

Am I being punished for something

I have to play Kirk in BOTH the speed & normal tourneys this week

God save me.

James Robinson wrote:Am I being punished for something

IMO that sentence contains its own answer.

James Robinson wrote:Am I being punished for something

I have to play Kirk in BOTH the speed & normal tourneys this week

God save me.

Strange attitude: it's a hiding to nothing for Kirk.

In the speed demon:
Arnot 55 - 59 Feist
I had mentioned in my previous game that TION mustn't be much of a suffix, since we had had the letters three times, but none of the maxes used it. Fortunately, I don't listen to myself, allowing me to get AMBITION in this game to at least give myself a chance at the conundrum.

Feist 27 - 41 Arnot
And here I was just plain shut out in the second half of the game (save the numbers), to go with not being able to read in round 1, so it wasn't really as close as all that.

Championship Flight

Carson 112-78 Makepeace
Carson 108-90 Makepeace

Two good games here, there was never very much separating us throughout them both.

Speed Demon...

Charlie 50 - 45 Me http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=144460

I almost had a stormer here against an opponent i would never have expected to challenge. I saw SATIATED in rd 1 only to dismiss it and notice it again when searching for something else, when i foolishly rushed the typing and typed saitiated. This had me seriously rattled, but after holding it together for a couple of rounds i spotted TENSIONER (after also typing retension and having a little breakdown trying to decide which to declare ) and retook the lead having been 13 behind, only to blow it by thinking ritages was good and gaiters was made up. Anyway, after Charlie was unlucky with the last numbers, he took it on a conundrum i would never have got.

Me 27 - 68 Charlie http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=144467

Normal service resumed!

Well played Charlie!

Speed demon

Kirk Bevins 72- 27 Martin May
Kirk Bevins 64 - 55 Martin May

Game 1 nearly maxed.
Game 2 was a crucial. Oh so different.

From Flight A:

Henry Meier 93 - 85 Tom Rowell
Henry Meier 79 - 70 Tom Rowell

I stole the first game from Tom who really deserved to win it, and the second game was a bit nervy, on my side at least. Well played Tom, unlucky.

James Robinson wrote:
God save me.

Good luck with that.

Speed Demon Round 2

Tom Rowell 0-2 Phil Makepeace

Rowell 33-71 Makepeace
Rowell 22-45 Makepeace

Speed Demon

James Robinson 39-62 Kirk Bevins
James Robinson 17-61 Kirk Bevins

Championship Flight

Kirk Bevins 113-57 James Robinson
James Robinson 56-106 Kirk Bevins

The words "POINT PROVEN" spring to mind.

The only plus was me leading after round 1 in the first match!

Speed Demon:

Stuart Arnot 44-63 Jon Corby
Jon Corby 69-53 Stuart Arnot

Really unlucky for Stuart as I was slightly ahead going into crucial conundrums in both games. Very well played mate.

Two results. Nobody's particularly proud of these Speed Demon games...

Jim Bentley 54-33 Ian Volante
Ian Volante 40-17 Jim Bentley

Andrew Herbertson 2-1 James Leroux
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=145173
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=145181
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=145190

Jon and I played our Championship games tonight. We missed loads, but I had fun:

Jim 65 - 107 Jon
Jim 76 - 116 Jon

Flight A:

Matt Morrison 61 - 109 Michael Wallace
Michael Wallace 101 - 17 Matt Morrison

Edit: Anyone know if Peter Lee is on the forum? Can't seem to find his name so maybe under a different nick or something?

Ben Hunter 2 - 1 Scott Gillies

Ben 73 - 104 Scott
Ben 103 - 59 Scott
Ben 88 - 50 Scott

Michael Wallace wrote:Anyone know if Peter Lee is on the forum? Can't seem to find his name so maybe under a different nick or something?

http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/memberlist ... ile&u=2859

Phil Reynolds wrote:

Michael Wallace wrote:Anyone know if Peter Lee is on the forum? Can't seem to find his name so maybe under a different nick or something?

http://www.c4countdown.co.uk/memberlist ... ile&u=2859

Cheers (and thanks to Andrew who PMed me as well). I have realised that my mistake was assuming that all of the Ps in the member list would show up on one page, when in fact there are 3 of them...

Ian 2 - 0 Gareth

I hit form in the first game, beat my record!

Ian Volante 124 - 77 Gareth Mitchell
Ian Volante 82 - 61 Gareth Mitchell

Closed B

Ian Dent v me

Very close in first game - went to two conundrums.
Totally outplayed in second.

Well done Ian, and thanks for the games.

Howard 79 - 89 Ian
Howard 49 - 85 Ian

Flight A: Ian Dent 1-1 Matthew Tassier

Matthew Tassier 44 - 24 Ian Dent
Ian Dent 42 - 35 Matthew Tassier

Two games where the numbers rounds made the difference. After two losses each in the first week it's nice to get off the mark!

Speed Demon: Michael Wallace 1-1 Ian Volante

Michael Wallace 49-51 Ian Volante

A very tight game, an excellent nine won me it, and a bronze pencil.

Michael Wallace 53-29 Ian Volante

After a slow start, Michael hammered me on the numbers.

Probably a fair result!

Speed Demon: Michael Wallace 2 - 0 Peter Lee

Michael Wallace 46 - 44 Peter Lee
Peter Lee 37 - 53 Michael Wallace

Here are Andrew Herbertson's and my speed demon results, played over the not so speedy period of three days:

Ben 2 - 0 Andrew

Ben 40 - 32 Andrew
Ben 68 - 13 Andrew

Speed demon: Ben Hunter vs Nick Wainwright:

Ben 0 - 2 Nick

N 63 - 28 B http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=146718
N 44 - 33 B http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=146723

Flight A - Philip Jarvis 2 v 1 Edwin Mead

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=146719 PJ 90 - EM 99
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=146731 PJ 94 - EM 76
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=146743 PJ 88 - EM 74

3 very close games, 2 of which went to a crucial conundrum. Well played Edwin, the result could have gone either way.

Flight A, Nick Wainwright 2 - 0 Hugh Binnie

Nick Wainwright 99 - 93 Hugh Binnie
Nick Wainwright 91 - 87 Hugh Binnie

Two close games and probably the best I've played in a while, but Nick was just too strong and won without the need for a third game.

Speed Demon

Matthew Tassier 51 - 48 Matt Bayfield
Matt Bayfield 40 - 33 Matthew Tassier

Ian Volante wrote:Two results. Nobody's particularly proud of these Speed Demon games...

Jim Bentley 54-33 Ian Volante
Ian Volante 40-17 Jim Bentley

I notice that these results haven't appeared in the cross table - did you notice them?

Two results - firstly Speed Demon Pool B

James Hurrell 2 - 0 Andrew Herbertson

2 decent games but nothing standout.

Andrew Herbertson 34-58 James Hurrell
and
Andrew Herbertson 33-56 James Hurrell

Secondly Championship Flight

James Hurrell 2 - 1 Martin May

2 good tight games with Martin taking the first on the crucial conundrum and me edging the second thanks to a good start. The decider was a little disappointing with Martin pulling up before the finish line so the score more than flatters me.

Martin May 92-84 James Hurrell
Martin May 70-86 James Hurrell
Martin May 43-123 James Hurrell

James Hurrell wrote:Martin May 43-123 James Hurrell

Brilliant final game there Mr Hurrell.

Ian Volante wrote:

Ian Volante wrote:Two results. Nobody's particularly proud of these Speed Demon games...

Jim Bentley 54-33 Ian Volante
Ian Volante 40-17 Jim Bentley

I notice that these results haven't appeared in the cross table - did you notice them?

They're in my local file, but the update to the website seems to have gone astray. Will fix.

Speed Demon fun:

Andrew Feist 31 - 74 Jim Bentley
Andrew Feist 54 - 47 Jim Bentley

DEADLOCK.

Spd Dmn

Kai 56 - 53 Charlie
Charlie 60 - 57 Kai

Speed Demon rd2

Innis Carson 67 - 29 Simon Myers
Simon Myers 40 - 82 Innis Carson

The second game is of some note as an 8/9 max game for Innis.

Flight A result:-

Lee Simmonds 2-0 Niall Seymour

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=147460 95-68

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=147472 104-99

Just managed to keep my nose in front on both games thus avoiding crucial conundrums.

Well played Niall.

Phil won both of our speed demon games.

Crucial conundrum in the first game:
Phil Makepeace 45 - 35 Julie Taylor
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=147471

But rather more of a trouncing in the second:
Julie Taylor 37 - 63 Phil Makepeace
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=147477

I had the pleasure of playing Julie in both Flight A and the Speed Demon this week. The first three games all went to crucial conundrums before I ran away with the fourth game after spotting SQUINTIER in the second round.

Flight A

Matt Bayfield 86 - 83 Julie Taylor
Matt Bayfield 81 - 72 Julie Taylor

Speed Demon

Matt Bayfield 64 - 49 Julie Taylor
Matt Bayfield 68 - 10 Julie Taylor

Flight A : Matthew Tassier 2-0 Lloyd Pettet

Matthew Tassier 81 - 70 Lloyd Pettet

Matthew Tassier 83 - 73 Lloyd Pettet

Two very close games, the first decided on the final numbers and then in the second Lloyd came back from 27 down with three rounds to go, only for me to narrowly pip him to the tiebreak conundrum PIZZICATO just in time for me to go to the pub.

Speed Demon

Tom Rowell 52-44 James Robinson
Tom Rowell 15-50 James Robinson

Speed Demon:

Oliver 40-71 Innis
Oliver 28-51 Innis

James Doohan 2-1 Lesley Hines

three very close games, all went to a crucial, very unlucky Lesley, best player ended up losing

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 1504685601
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 4541543765
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 2864873109

Thanks James - very generous and entirely untrue

Speed Demon results:
Simon Myers 39-40 Lesley Hines
Lesley Hines 17-49 Simon Myers

First game was undeservedly close, and the second Simon's class came through. Well played

Julie T wrote:Phil won both of our speed demon games.

Crucial conundrum in the first game:
Phil Makepeace 45 - 35 Julie Taylor
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=147471

But rather more of a trouncing in the second:
Julie Taylor 37 - 63 Phil Makepeace
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=147477

Thanks for posting this Julie. Sorry if I seemed abrupt on Friday; I had to rush to Paddington for the last train to Cardiff. Hence me not posting it.

I've played my week 2 championship flight game with Ben Wilson just now. Only just got round to it due to finals and all that. Result was 2-0 to me. Here they are:

Dinos Sfyris 82 - Ben Wilson 73
Ben Wilson 87 - 107 Dinos Sfyris

Also I forgot to post my speed demon games with Ian Dent from earlier this week. Result was 2-0 again

Dinos Sfyris 55 - 18 Ian Dent
Dinos Sfyris 79 - 7 Ian Dent

No sign of Martin May though for our Speed Demon game

I'll play Kai as soon as I see him in apterous - I'm around evenings but not weekends.

Spd Dmn

Jon Corby 59 - 52 Kai Laddiman
Jon Corby 59 - 49 Kai Laddiman (dammit!)

Well played nipper

Kai Laddiman wrote:Well played nipper

I wrote:No sign of Martin May though for our Speed Demon game

Finally got this one played. 1-1 draw

Martin May 32-34 Dinos Sfyris
Martin May 62-49 Dinos Sfyris

2nd game was a big improvement!