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The draw has taken place!!

As for Plate drop-outs -- I have left everyone in the draw in case you suddenly become available before the deadline, which is Sunday 13th July. I've marked those players with a *. Same format as ever!

As there are thirteen players remaining in the plate, three byes are awarded to:

James Hurrel
Dan Vanniasingham
Matt Green

Well done guys.

The Plate preliminary round draw is:

Michael Wallace vs. Richard Brittain* (again!)
Matt Coates vs. Ben Pugh*
Jon O'Neill vs. Charlie Reams
Jon Corby vs. Karen Pearson
Dinos Sfyris vs. Howard Somerset*

Good luck all!

The COOT Quarter Finals look like this:

Martin Gardner vs. Kirk Bevins
Ben Wilson vs. Paul Howe
Julian Fell vs. Rich Priest
Damian Eadie vs. Jason Cullen

Good luck to you lot as well!

Me and Charlie are about to play our COOT prelim on MSN so if you're reading this then come and join the fun.

Yayyyyy!

Remember to let me know straight away if you're having problems contacting people. The forum PM system is probably the best method I can think of. Again, good luck all!

How's Tuesday evening for you Ben? Any time after 7 that suits is fine by me. If not I think it'll have to be at the weekend sometime.

ooooh... exciting. Why do we get a bye? Is it random or was it because of our losing scores?

I'm as usual free pretty much all week during the day and the evenings, I just have stuff to do in the day that I can get done before I get online.

Martin

Julian - any time between 5.30pm and 7pm Tuesday onwards is ok for me, failing that I may be able to do Saturday daytime.Looking forward to the challenge!

Paul Howe wrote:How's Tuesday evening for you Ben? Any time after 7 that suits is fine by me. If not I think it'll have to be at the weekend sometime.

Tuesday it is. I'll tie me own noose.

I lost to Jono. Again.

Matthew Green wrote:ooooh... exciting. Why do we get a bye? Is it random or was it because of our losing scores?

No, I drew them from the hat. You guys' three names were first out.

Jono 108-67 Charlie

Charlie, you're GAWN.
Jono, you're in the Plate QF. And you're beautiful, no matter what they say.
WP guys, thanks for hosting Dan.

Jason, Thursday night - 8pm is my earliest available. In studio all week prior to that.

Beyond that, pretty much any time after 7pm is fine on any other evenings.

Ta
D

Karen and I plan to play Wednesday night. I'll be online from 8pm-ish until whenever, will any willing hosts be around please?

Damian E wrote:Jason, Thursday night - 8pm is my earliest available. In studio all week prior to that.

Beyond that, pretty much any time after 7pm is fine on any other evenings.

Ta
D

That is fine Damian. How about friday night at 8pm?

Corby wrote:Karen and I plan to play Wednesday night. I'll be online from 8pm-ish until whenever, will any willing hosts be around please?

I'll endeavour to be there . It all depends on the time and whether I am able to gain access to the computer!

jasoncullen wrote:

Damian E wrote:Jason, Thursday night - 8pm is my earliest available. In studio all week prior to that.

Beyond that, pretty much any time after 7pm is fine on any other evenings.

Ta
D

That is fine Damian. How about friday night at 8pm?

Should be fine Jason, will let u know if any probs.
Cheers
D

jasoncullen wrote:

Corby wrote:Karen and I plan to play Wednesday night. I'll be online from 8pm-ish until whenever, will any willing hosts be around please?

I'll endeavour to be there . It all depends on the time and whether I am able to gain access to the computer!

Cheers Jason, much appreciated :thumbup:

Martin, I'm available all day Tuesday and during the day on Thursday if you are. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings I'm busy.

Rich Priest wrote:Julian - any time between 5.30pm and 7pm Tuesday onwards is ok for me, failing that I may be able to do Saturday daytime.Looking forward to the challenge!

Ok good stuff Rich, shall we say 6pm on Thursday then? Is anyone available to host at that time?

Btw - unlucky Karen with the draw again, I would've backed you to beat anyone in the Plate apart from Corby, and maybe Jono Make sure you give Corby a run for his money won't you, also hope you'll play in some more tournaments in the future, and won't be too discouraged by these rough draws you keep getting!

Julian wrote:

Rich Priest wrote:Julian - any time between 5.30pm and 7pm Tuesday onwards is ok for me, failing that I may be able to do Saturday daytime.Looking forward to the challenge!

Ok good stuff Rich, shall we say 6pm on Thursday then? Is anyone available to host at that time?

Btw - unlucky Karen with the draw again, I would've backed you to beat anyone in the Plate apart from Corby, and maybe Jono Make sure you give Corby a run for his money won't you, also hope you'll play in some more tournaments in the future, and won't be too discouraged by these rough draws you keep getting!

Think of it as a pleasure to play some of these Countdown greats. Not many people have had the pleasure to do so which makes these CO-events (real life or online) quite special.

Kirk Bevins wrote:

Julian wrote:

Rich Priest wrote:Btw - unlucky Karen with the draw again, I would've backed you to beat anyone in the Plate apart from Corby, and maybe Jono Make sure you give Corby a run for his money won't you, also hope you'll play in some more tournaments in the future, and won't be too discouraged by these rough draws you keep getting!

Think of it as a pleasure to play some of these Countdown greats. Not many people have had the pleasure to do so which makes these CO-events (real life or online) quite special.

I just really enjoy the game of Countdown so it's a pleasure whoever I get to play against.

Julian wrote
Ok good stuff Rich, shall we say 6pm on Thursday then? Is anyone available to host at that time?

I will see if I can host Julian. You versus rich promises to be quite some game and I would hate to miss it

Ben Wilson wrote:

Paul Howe wrote:How's Tuesday evening for you Ben? Any time after 7
that suits is fine by me. If not I think it'll have to be at the
weekend sometime.

Tuesday it is. I'll tie me own noose.

Good stuff. I'll actually be online at about 8 as I promised I'd give someone a lift somewhere, so don't panic if I'm a bit late

Kirk Bevins wrote:Martin, I'm available all day Tuesday and during the day on Thursday if you are. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings I'm busy.

If you wanted to start today (Tues) at 5.45 or something like that, that would be fine by me. I think in that case we could finish before the second game started, so we just need a host. Otherwise I'll definitely be free Thursday as well.

Martin

I'm really not going to be able to play unless someone can think of a way of getting around the problem of my MSN Messenger-less state.

Ben Pugh wrote:I'm really not going to be able to play unless someone can think of a way of getting around the problem of my MSN Messenger-less state.

Use MSN web messenger?

Ben W and Paul please do a recap of your game! Good luck to both of you

Charlie would you be able to transfer the recap thread for Michael Wallace vs. Richard Brittain in the prelims from Current Recaps to Events (since all the other COOT recaps are here)?

It's been a busy evening but the results of the first 3 quarter-finals are in:

Kirk Bevins beat Martin Gardner 88 - 72 in a low-scoring game with neither player at his best.

Ben Wilson beat Paul Howe 116-106 in what critics are calling "The Game of the Century". Be sure to read the recap!

Damian Eadie beat Jason Cullen 87-65 in a comedy of errors.

Damian Eadie beat Jason Cullen 87-65 in a comedy of errors.

That is putting it lightly Charlie . I screwed up on the first numbers when I actually had the target and me and Damian both declared a 10-letter conundrum in 1 second! The comical recap has been posted in the Events thread

jasoncullen wrote:

Damian Eadie beat Jason Cullen 87-65 in a comedy of errors.

True - that was embarassing. I think i peaked at 6pm today. Had a terrific 10 shows in studio though, where it matters i suppose. ADENOID was shambolic, and a 10-letter conundrum.........well, the great RW used to say "its a young mans game". I think i finally believe him.

Charlie Reams wrote:

Ben Pugh wrote:I'm really not going to be able to play unless someone can think of a way of getting around the problem of my MSN Messenger-less state.

Use MSN web messenger?

Thank you very much. Seeing as I'm still in the draw, would it then be possible for me to reenter the plate?

Ben Pugh wrote:

Charlie Reams wrote:

Ben Pugh wrote:I'm really not going to be able to play unless someone can think of a way of getting around the problem of my MSN Messenger-less state.

Use MSN web messenger?

Thank you very much. Seeing as I'm still in the draw, would it then be possible for me to reenter the plate?

Matt Coates will be pleased...

What time are you able to play, Matt? I'm available most nights.

i can play tonight at 6 or friday anytime until 6.30, can you do any of them Ben?

I'll be out at 6 tonight, how about 5.30 on Friday?

thats great Ben

I am on holiday 12th-19th, and I guess 1st round of Plate games need to be next week. I should be able to play on Sun 20th (maybe even evening of 19th) if this is OK with whomever it happens to be??

Otherwise I will have to withdraw.

Corby vs Pearson is on right now, come join us.

James Hurrell wrote:I am on holiday 12th-19th, and I guess 1st round of Plate games need to be next week. I should be able to play on Sun 20th (maybe even evening of 19th) if this is OK with whomever it happens to be??

Otherwise I will have to withdraw.

Sunday is within the deadline, so that will be fine.

Good luck!

Karen Pearson 54-95 Jon Corby

Unlucky Karen. You might think from those draws that I am harbouring some vendetta against you.. well I'm not.. I'm just sorry!

Myself and Howard are looking to play what promises to be a horrendously low quality Plate prelim with maxes missed left, right and centre, on the morning of Monday 14th around 10/11, since he is currently in Austria and that is our earliest available opportunity. Any volunteers for a host at this ungodly hour? Jason?

Yes thanks for writing all the recaps guys... I've enjoyed reading them, and all I can say is that I'm glad Corby's no longer in the main competition! Rich and I are still planning to play today at 6pm... Jason are you still able to host then? Thanks

Anynone know when the Coot Semis are due to be drawn /played?

The draw is probably tonight, because the last quarterfinal (Fell vs Priest) is due to be played at 6. If two players drawn against each other are online at the time then they might play straight away.

Okay ta.

The draw for the SFs is on Sunday, along with the draw for the Plate QFs. I'll try and get the QFs and SFs of the Plate done for a big banging finals night on July 20th.

I'm hosting the finals btw, for fuck sake. It's my tournament.

Today's result, for the sake of completeness: Julian Fell 112-71 Rich Priest (see recap written by Charlie)

Thanks Charlie for hosting, and to Rich for playing

Julian Fell wrote:Today's result, for the sake of completeness: Julian Fell 112-71 Rich Priest (see recap written by Charlie)

Thanks Charlie for hosting, and to Rich for playing

Pleasure, Julian. Enjoyed the challenge even though I got thrashed. You're certainly one of the greatest ever. I've learnt some new words which might stand me in good stead for the future.

Well done Julian, Unlucky Rich.

does Richard go into the plate?

Matt Coates wrote:Well done Julian, Unlucky Rich.

does Richard go into the plate?

Nah. Only losers of the COOT Prelim and last 16 as I understand it.

Correct. The plate is now filled. Cheers for playing Rich, see you at CONOT hopefully.

Just to point out Jono that Mr Hurrell won't be able to play his Plate QF until Sunday 20th, so you won't be able to have a big banging finals night then, unless you kick him out...

Also to point out that Ben Pugh no-showed his game with Matt Coates, so I assume he's having some technical problems.

Julian Fell wrote:Just to point out Jono that Mr Hurrell won't be able to play his Plate QF until Sunday 20th, so you won't be able to have a big banging finals night then, unless you kick him out...

Hmm, is it possible to play a QF and SF on Sunday before the 'banging finals night'?

I think that will be too many games for one night. I'd like to get the Plate QFs done before Wednesday or Thursday, ideally, to give the best chance of an unprecedented double finals night on Sunday. Sorry bro.

It's possible I could play on Saturday night (19th) if it helps, but I respect your decision.

Charlie Reams wrote:Also to point out that Ben Pugh no-showed his game with Matt Coates, so I assume he's having some technical problems.

I've had no Internet since Wednesday afternoon until now, so I wasn't able to make it online yesterday evening. Sorry to Matt and all those who were there either as host or spectators. If there's any time that's easy for Matt to play before Sunday, then I would like to try to get this game done but if not, then he should go through on account of my no-show yesterday.

i can play today at 5 if thats not too much short notice, got a pool tournament tomorrow, i can do tonight at 11.30 or tomorrow night at 11 if thats ok? or maybe we can have an extension?

I should be able to do tonight at 11.30, if we can find someone to host at that time. My Internet connection seems fine at the moment but I would advise you not to wait if I'm not there at 11.30. Thank you for this second chance.

I should be able to do tonight at 11.30, if we can find someone to host at that time.

I must be mad but I will try to be there to host proceedings tonight! A drink or two will stand me in good stead for the night .

Hope to see some other people there too

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Myself and Howard are looking to play what promises to be a horrendously low quality Plate prelim with maxes missed left, right and centre, on the morning of Monday 14th around 10/11, since he is currently in Austria and that is our earliest available opportunity. Any volunteers for a host at this ungodly hour? Jason?

Just a reminder. Dinos and I are hoping to play our plate match sometime on Monday morning. Is there anyone likely to be available to host it? We are both away all day today, so won't be able to see any responses until late tonight.