COLIN 2013 standings and results
Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 11:10 am
So, another January has passed and brought with it the ninth annual Countdown in Lincoln. I'm humbled each year by the sheer number of people willing to travel through the cold and the snow/rain/whatever it happens to be doing at the time to play a letters and numbers game in a small hall in deepest, darkest Lincolnshire, the official geographical middle of nowhere. This year, 41 people showed up, which sadly meant Apterous Prune had to be propped up at a desk to snooze its way through the afternoon. I'd have loved to have played myself but administering the event- especially with the number of players we had- just wouldn't have made that feasible. Still though, 41 players meant plenty of goodies to give out, which were given out as follows-
The Tuff Luck prize, given to the player who lost 3 or more games by the narrowest possible margin, went to STEWART GORDON, whose 3 narrowest losses were by a combined spread of just elevenpoints. Tuff indeed!
16 nine-letter words were spotted during the day, and the 'niner' shield was won by DAN MCCOLM (Can't remember what the word was, sorry). If there's enough demand I'm quite happy to instate it again for next year.
Special badges featuring a bastardised quote from the movie 300 were made up to be given to anyone who achieved a total points score of 300 or more during the day. That's basically the entire top 22 you see on the table below.
The 'conundrum god' badges also returned for anyone who spotted 5 or more conundrums during the day (excluding sudden death conundrums). Nobody managed all 6 but 4 people managed 5- ANDY PLATT, GRAEME COLE, MARK DEEKS & KIRK BEVINS.
Now, onto the prizes themselves. Two 'overachiever' prizes were given out on the day to the players who finished highest above their seeding. The first, for the player who finished 14 points ahead of seeding, went to ANDY PLATT, and the second went to JOSEPH KROL for a whopping 16-point increase on his seeding.
Prizes were, as ever, given to the top 5, though in a neat twist, this year there was no player in 5th, but rather two players in joint 4th on 5 wins and 373 points (which would've been enough to win COLIN in years gone by)- the aforementioned ANDY PLATT and MATT BAYFIELD.
3rd place, and free entry into COLIN 2014, went to ED MCCULLAGH on 5 wins and 383 points- just narrowly missing out on a place in the final.
2nd place in the standings went to the 2010 and 2011 winner KIRK BEVINS, who'd literally only entered the night before. He would face the 1st place player, magnificent MARK DEEKS, who'd gone the whole day unbeaten and accrued 395 points- a new COLIN record. However, as we discovered last year, it's the result in the final that would count. A full recap will be along later, hopefully done by the game's capable host James Robinson. Needless to say, both players will get free entry into COLIN 2014, but who would be walking away with (and breaking) the winner's trophy? After a tense nailbiter of a match, I can exclusively reveal that getting his name on the COLIN spoon for the first time was Mr. MARK DEEKS!
Congratulations to all winners on the day and well done to all who played.
Full results
A * indicates the game went to a sudden-death conundrum.
Round 1
Table 1
Jon Corby 53 - 48 Tracey Mills
Matt Bayfield 69 - 62 Jon Corby
Tracey Mills 46 - 79 Matt Bayfield
Table 2
Chris Marshall 39 - 47 Rob Foster
Conor Travers 56 - 21 Chris Marshall
Rob Foster 43 - 73 Conor Travers
Table 3
Kirk Bevins 70 - 17 Paul Worsley
Paul Worsley 34 - 61 Ryan Taylor
Ryan Taylor 44 - 61 Kirk Bevins
Table 4
Andy Platt 67 - 64 Dan McColm
Dan McColm 56 - 50 Stewart Gordon
Stewart Gordon 40 - 67 Andy Platt
Table 5
Andy McGurn 27 - 62 Jack Worsley
Jack Worsley 66 - 37 Phil Collinge
Phil Collinge 42 - 58 Andy McGurn
Table 6
Dylan Taylor 59 - 0 Apterous Prune
Jennifer Steadman 58 - 56 Dylan Taylor
Apterous Prune 0 - 52 Jennifer Steadman
Table 7
Ed McCullagh 57 - 26 Matt Morrison
Heather Styles 53 - 69 Ed McCullagh
Matt Morrison 57 - 34 Heather Styles
Table 8
Joseph Krol 58 - 36 Zarte Siempre
Thomas Cappleman 63 - 48 Joseph Krol
Zarte Siempre 80* - 70 Thomas Cappleman
Table 9
Lauren Hamer 33 - 52 Mark Deeks
Mark Deeks 67 - 37 Gevin Chapwell
Gevin Chapwell 43 - 52 Lauren Hamer
Table 10
Dave Coulthurst 33 - 54 Michelle Nevitt
James Robinson 70 - 35 Dave Coulthurst
Michelle Nevitt 40 - 57 James Robinson
Table 11
Dinos Sfyris 68 - 48 Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher 39 - 70 Thomas Carey
Thomas Carey 34 - 57 Dinos Sfyris
Table 12
Amie Bateen 26 - 65 Mark Tournoff
Keith Walton 40 - 66 Amie Bateen
Mark Tournoff 67 - 21 Keith Walton
Table 13
Jon O'Neill 44 - 38 Supee Juachan
Rose Boyle 33 - 69 Jon O'Neill
Supee Juachan 35 - 45 Rose Boyle
Table 14
Graeme Cole 72 - 10 Rekha Prasad
Jayne Wisniewski 34 - 68 Graeme Cole
Rekha Prasad 10 - 55 Jayne Wisniewski
Round 2
Table 1
Jack Worsley 66 - 56 Jon O'Neill
James Robinson 36 - 63 Jack Worsley
Jon O'Neill 50 - 42 James Robinson
Table 2
Dinos Sfyris 51 - 69 Mark Deeks
Mark Deeks 83 - 47 Mark Tournoff
Mark Tournoff 60 - 42 Dinos Sfyris
Table 3
Andy Platt 71 - 53 Matt Bayfield
Conor Travers 54 - 39 Andy Platt
Matt Bayfield 60 - 51 Conor Travers
Table 4
Ed McCullagh 63 - 29 Jennifer Steadman
Graeme Cole 41 - 68 Ed McCullagh
Jennifer Steadman 60 - 50 Graeme Cole
Table 5
Kirk Bevins 44 - 57 Rose Boyle
Matt Morrison 28 - 64 Kirk Bevins
Rose Boyle 51 - 61 Matt Morrison
Table 6
Dan McColm 67 - 27 Lauren Hamer
Jon Corby 56 - 53 Dan McColm
Lauren Hamer 41 - 61 Jon Corby
Table 7
Andy McGurn 37 - 46 Michelle Nevitt
Michelle Nevitt 46 - 55 Rob Foster
Rob Foster 59 - 62 Andy McGurn
Table 8
Amie Bateen 51 - 56 Ryan Taylor
Ryan Taylor 52 - 60 Zarte Siempre
Zarte Siempre 52 - 46 Amie Bateen
Table 9
Jayne Wisniewski 50 - 43 Joseph Krol
Joseph Krol 46 - 47 Thomas Carey
Thomas Carey 53 - 58 Jayne Wisniewski
Table 10
Dylan Taylor 59 - 0 Rekha Prasad
Paul Worsley 20 - 64 Dylan Taylor
Rekha Prasad 15 - 64 Paul Worsley
Table 11
Keith Walton 42 - 49 Phil Collinge
Phil Collinge 25 - 54 Thomas Cappleman
Thomas Cappleman 69 - 38 Keith Walton
Table 12
Chris Marshall 43 - 55 Heather Styles
Heather Styles 56 - 37 Supee Juachan
Supee Juachan 34 - 51 Chris Marshall
Table 13
Dave Coulthurst 51 - 31 Tracey Mills
Stewart Gordon 47 - 51 Dave Coulthurst
Tracey Mills 53 - 52 Stewart Gordon
Table 14
Lee Fisher 45 - 48 Gevin Chapwell
Apterous Prune 0 - 26 Lee Fisher
Gevin Chapwell 63 - 0 Apterous Prune
Round 3
Table 1
Ed McCullagh 65 - 61 Jack Worsley
Jack Worsley 60 - 70* Mark Deeks
Mark Deeks 64 - 61 Ed McCullagh
Table 2
Jon Corby 50 - 57 Jon O'Neill
Jon O'Neill 71 - 40 Zarte Siempre
Zarte Siempre 46 - 45 Jon Corby
Table 3
Andy Platt 68 - 51 Mark Tournoff
Mark Tournoff 65 - 39 Thomas Cappleman
Thomas Cappleman 47 - 61 Andy Platt
Table 4
Conor Travers 47 - 31 Jayne Wisniewski
Jayne Wisniewski 52 - 57 Jennifer Steadman
Jennifer Steadman 63 - 60 Conor Travers
Table 5
Heather Styles 44 - 59 Matt Bayfield
Matt Bayfield 63* - 53 Rose Boyle
Rose Boyle 20 - 54 Heather Styles
Table 6
Kirk Bevins 70 - 46 Michelle Nevitt
Michelle Nevitt 69 - 52 Gevin Chapwell
Gevin Chapwell 35 - 75 Kirk Bevins
Table 7
James Robinson 52 - 54 Thomas Carey
Ryan Taylor 59 - 69* James Robinson
Thomas Carey 31 - 60 Ryan Taylor
Table 8
Graeme Cole 69 - 23 Matt Morrison
Matt Morrison 38 - 71 Rob Foster
Rob Foster 55 - 78 Graeme Cole
Table 9
Andy McGurn 46 - 56* Dinos Sfyris
Dave Coulthurst 35 - 67 Andy McGurn
Dinos Sfyris 69 - 51 Dave Coulthurst
Table 10
Amie Bateen 37 - 68 Dylan Taylor
Chris Marshall 28 - 62 Amie Bateen
Dylan Taylor 60 - 51 Chris Marshall
Table 11
Dan McColm 62 - 50 Phil Collinge
Phil Collinge 60 - 34 Tracey Mills
Tracey Mills 56 - 83 Dan McColm
Table 12
Joseph Krol 68 - 28 Paul Worsley
Lauren Hamer 46 - 53 Joseph Krol
Paul Worsley 50 - 56 Lauren Hamer
Table 13
Lee Fisher 50 - 27 Rekha Prasad
Rekha Prasad 10 - 36 Supee Juachan
Supee Juachan 36 - 34 Lee Fisher
Table 14
Keith Walton 42 - 58 Stewart Gordon
Apterous Prune 0 - 56 Keith Walton
Stewart Gordon 52 - 0 Apterous Prune
Standings
Name P W PTS
1 Mark Deeks 6 6 395
2 Kirk Bevins 6 5 384
3 Ed McCullagh 6 5 383
4 Matt Bayfield 6 5 373
4 Andy Platt 6 5 373
6 Dylan Taylor 6 5 366
7 Jon O'Neill 6 5 347
8 Jennifer Steadman 6 5 319
9 Dan McColm 6 4 385
10 Graeme Cole 6 4 378
10 Jack Worsley 6 4 378
12 Mark Tournoff 6 4 355
13 Conor Travers 6 4 341
14 Dinos Sfyris 6 4 333
15 Zarte Siempre 6 4 304
16 Thomas Cappleman 6 3 342
17 Ryan Taylor 6 3 332
18 Rob Foster 6 3 330
19 Jon Corby 6 3 327
20 Joseph Krol 6 3 316
20 James Robinson 6 3 316
22 Michelle Nevitt 6 3 301
23 Andy McGurn 6 3 297
24 Heather Styles 6 3 296
25 Thomas Carey 6 3 289
26 Jayne Wisniewski 6 3 280
27 Stewart Gordon 6 2 299
28 Amie Bateen 6 2 288
29 Gevin Chapwell 6 2 278
30 Phil Collinge 6 2 263
31 Rose Boyle 6 2 259
32 Dave Coulthurst 6 2 256
33 Lauren Hamer 6 2 255
34 Lee Fisher 6 2 242
35 Matt Morrison 6 2 233
36 Supee Juachan 6 2 216
37 Tracey Mills 6 1 268
38 Keith Walton 6 1 239
39 Chris Marshall 6 1 233
40 Paul Worsley 6 1 213
41 Rekha Prasad 6 0 72
42 'Apterous Prune' 6 0 0
The Tuff Luck prize, given to the player who lost 3 or more games by the narrowest possible margin, went to STEWART GORDON, whose 3 narrowest losses were by a combined spread of just elevenpoints. Tuff indeed!
16 nine-letter words were spotted during the day, and the 'niner' shield was won by DAN MCCOLM (Can't remember what the word was, sorry). If there's enough demand I'm quite happy to instate it again for next year.
Special badges featuring a bastardised quote from the movie 300 were made up to be given to anyone who achieved a total points score of 300 or more during the day. That's basically the entire top 22 you see on the table below.
The 'conundrum god' badges also returned for anyone who spotted 5 or more conundrums during the day (excluding sudden death conundrums). Nobody managed all 6 but 4 people managed 5- ANDY PLATT, GRAEME COLE, MARK DEEKS & KIRK BEVINS.
Now, onto the prizes themselves. Two 'overachiever' prizes were given out on the day to the players who finished highest above their seeding. The first, for the player who finished 14 points ahead of seeding, went to ANDY PLATT, and the second went to JOSEPH KROL for a whopping 16-point increase on his seeding.
Prizes were, as ever, given to the top 5, though in a neat twist, this year there was no player in 5th, but rather two players in joint 4th on 5 wins and 373 points (which would've been enough to win COLIN in years gone by)- the aforementioned ANDY PLATT and MATT BAYFIELD.
3rd place, and free entry into COLIN 2014, went to ED MCCULLAGH on 5 wins and 383 points- just narrowly missing out on a place in the final.
2nd place in the standings went to the 2010 and 2011 winner KIRK BEVINS, who'd literally only entered the night before. He would face the 1st place player, magnificent MARK DEEKS, who'd gone the whole day unbeaten and accrued 395 points- a new COLIN record. However, as we discovered last year, it's the result in the final that would count. A full recap will be along later, hopefully done by the game's capable host James Robinson. Needless to say, both players will get free entry into COLIN 2014, but who would be walking away with (and breaking) the winner's trophy? After a tense nailbiter of a match, I can exclusively reveal that getting his name on the COLIN spoon for the first time was Mr. MARK DEEKS!
Congratulations to all winners on the day and well done to all who played.
Full results
A * indicates the game went to a sudden-death conundrum.
Round 1
Table 1
Jon Corby 53 - 48 Tracey Mills
Matt Bayfield 69 - 62 Jon Corby
Tracey Mills 46 - 79 Matt Bayfield
Table 2
Chris Marshall 39 - 47 Rob Foster
Conor Travers 56 - 21 Chris Marshall
Rob Foster 43 - 73 Conor Travers
Table 3
Kirk Bevins 70 - 17 Paul Worsley
Paul Worsley 34 - 61 Ryan Taylor
Ryan Taylor 44 - 61 Kirk Bevins
Table 4
Andy Platt 67 - 64 Dan McColm
Dan McColm 56 - 50 Stewart Gordon
Stewart Gordon 40 - 67 Andy Platt
Table 5
Andy McGurn 27 - 62 Jack Worsley
Jack Worsley 66 - 37 Phil Collinge
Phil Collinge 42 - 58 Andy McGurn
Table 6
Dylan Taylor 59 - 0 Apterous Prune
Jennifer Steadman 58 - 56 Dylan Taylor
Apterous Prune 0 - 52 Jennifer Steadman
Table 7
Ed McCullagh 57 - 26 Matt Morrison
Heather Styles 53 - 69 Ed McCullagh
Matt Morrison 57 - 34 Heather Styles
Table 8
Joseph Krol 58 - 36 Zarte Siempre
Thomas Cappleman 63 - 48 Joseph Krol
Zarte Siempre 80* - 70 Thomas Cappleman
Table 9
Lauren Hamer 33 - 52 Mark Deeks
Mark Deeks 67 - 37 Gevin Chapwell
Gevin Chapwell 43 - 52 Lauren Hamer
Table 10
Dave Coulthurst 33 - 54 Michelle Nevitt
James Robinson 70 - 35 Dave Coulthurst
Michelle Nevitt 40 - 57 James Robinson
Table 11
Dinos Sfyris 68 - 48 Lee Fisher
Lee Fisher 39 - 70 Thomas Carey
Thomas Carey 34 - 57 Dinos Sfyris
Table 12
Amie Bateen 26 - 65 Mark Tournoff
Keith Walton 40 - 66 Amie Bateen
Mark Tournoff 67 - 21 Keith Walton
Table 13
Jon O'Neill 44 - 38 Supee Juachan
Rose Boyle 33 - 69 Jon O'Neill
Supee Juachan 35 - 45 Rose Boyle
Table 14
Graeme Cole 72 - 10 Rekha Prasad
Jayne Wisniewski 34 - 68 Graeme Cole
Rekha Prasad 10 - 55 Jayne Wisniewski
Round 2
Table 1
Jack Worsley 66 - 56 Jon O'Neill
James Robinson 36 - 63 Jack Worsley
Jon O'Neill 50 - 42 James Robinson
Table 2
Dinos Sfyris 51 - 69 Mark Deeks
Mark Deeks 83 - 47 Mark Tournoff
Mark Tournoff 60 - 42 Dinos Sfyris
Table 3
Andy Platt 71 - 53 Matt Bayfield
Conor Travers 54 - 39 Andy Platt
Matt Bayfield 60 - 51 Conor Travers
Table 4
Ed McCullagh 63 - 29 Jennifer Steadman
Graeme Cole 41 - 68 Ed McCullagh
Jennifer Steadman 60 - 50 Graeme Cole
Table 5
Kirk Bevins 44 - 57 Rose Boyle
Matt Morrison 28 - 64 Kirk Bevins
Rose Boyle 51 - 61 Matt Morrison
Table 6
Dan McColm 67 - 27 Lauren Hamer
Jon Corby 56 - 53 Dan McColm
Lauren Hamer 41 - 61 Jon Corby
Table 7
Andy McGurn 37 - 46 Michelle Nevitt
Michelle Nevitt 46 - 55 Rob Foster
Rob Foster 59 - 62 Andy McGurn
Table 8
Amie Bateen 51 - 56 Ryan Taylor
Ryan Taylor 52 - 60 Zarte Siempre
Zarte Siempre 52 - 46 Amie Bateen
Table 9
Jayne Wisniewski 50 - 43 Joseph Krol
Joseph Krol 46 - 47 Thomas Carey
Thomas Carey 53 - 58 Jayne Wisniewski
Table 10
Dylan Taylor 59 - 0 Rekha Prasad
Paul Worsley 20 - 64 Dylan Taylor
Rekha Prasad 15 - 64 Paul Worsley
Table 11
Keith Walton 42 - 49 Phil Collinge
Phil Collinge 25 - 54 Thomas Cappleman
Thomas Cappleman 69 - 38 Keith Walton
Table 12
Chris Marshall 43 - 55 Heather Styles
Heather Styles 56 - 37 Supee Juachan
Supee Juachan 34 - 51 Chris Marshall
Table 13
Dave Coulthurst 51 - 31 Tracey Mills
Stewart Gordon 47 - 51 Dave Coulthurst
Tracey Mills 53 - 52 Stewart Gordon
Table 14
Lee Fisher 45 - 48 Gevin Chapwell
Apterous Prune 0 - 26 Lee Fisher
Gevin Chapwell 63 - 0 Apterous Prune
Round 3
Table 1
Ed McCullagh 65 - 61 Jack Worsley
Jack Worsley 60 - 70* Mark Deeks
Mark Deeks 64 - 61 Ed McCullagh
Table 2
Jon Corby 50 - 57 Jon O'Neill
Jon O'Neill 71 - 40 Zarte Siempre
Zarte Siempre 46 - 45 Jon Corby
Table 3
Andy Platt 68 - 51 Mark Tournoff
Mark Tournoff 65 - 39 Thomas Cappleman
Thomas Cappleman 47 - 61 Andy Platt
Table 4
Conor Travers 47 - 31 Jayne Wisniewski
Jayne Wisniewski 52 - 57 Jennifer Steadman
Jennifer Steadman 63 - 60 Conor Travers
Table 5
Heather Styles 44 - 59 Matt Bayfield
Matt Bayfield 63* - 53 Rose Boyle
Rose Boyle 20 - 54 Heather Styles
Table 6
Kirk Bevins 70 - 46 Michelle Nevitt
Michelle Nevitt 69 - 52 Gevin Chapwell
Gevin Chapwell 35 - 75 Kirk Bevins
Table 7
James Robinson 52 - 54 Thomas Carey
Ryan Taylor 59 - 69* James Robinson
Thomas Carey 31 - 60 Ryan Taylor
Table 8
Graeme Cole 69 - 23 Matt Morrison
Matt Morrison 38 - 71 Rob Foster
Rob Foster 55 - 78 Graeme Cole
Table 9
Andy McGurn 46 - 56* Dinos Sfyris
Dave Coulthurst 35 - 67 Andy McGurn
Dinos Sfyris 69 - 51 Dave Coulthurst
Table 10
Amie Bateen 37 - 68 Dylan Taylor
Chris Marshall 28 - 62 Amie Bateen
Dylan Taylor 60 - 51 Chris Marshall
Table 11
Dan McColm 62 - 50 Phil Collinge
Phil Collinge 60 - 34 Tracey Mills
Tracey Mills 56 - 83 Dan McColm
Table 12
Joseph Krol 68 - 28 Paul Worsley
Lauren Hamer 46 - 53 Joseph Krol
Paul Worsley 50 - 56 Lauren Hamer
Table 13
Lee Fisher 50 - 27 Rekha Prasad
Rekha Prasad 10 - 36 Supee Juachan
Supee Juachan 36 - 34 Lee Fisher
Table 14
Keith Walton 42 - 58 Stewart Gordon
Apterous Prune 0 - 56 Keith Walton
Stewart Gordon 52 - 0 Apterous Prune
Standings
Name P W PTS
1 Mark Deeks 6 6 395
2 Kirk Bevins 6 5 384
3 Ed McCullagh 6 5 383
4 Matt Bayfield 6 5 373
4 Andy Platt 6 5 373
6 Dylan Taylor 6 5 366
7 Jon O'Neill 6 5 347
8 Jennifer Steadman 6 5 319
9 Dan McColm 6 4 385
10 Graeme Cole 6 4 378
10 Jack Worsley 6 4 378
12 Mark Tournoff 6 4 355
13 Conor Travers 6 4 341
14 Dinos Sfyris 6 4 333
15 Zarte Siempre 6 4 304
16 Thomas Cappleman 6 3 342
17 Ryan Taylor 6 3 332
18 Rob Foster 6 3 330
19 Jon Corby 6 3 327
20 Joseph Krol 6 3 316
20 James Robinson 6 3 316
22 Michelle Nevitt 6 3 301
23 Andy McGurn 6 3 297
24 Heather Styles 6 3 296
25 Thomas Carey 6 3 289
26 Jayne Wisniewski 6 3 280
27 Stewart Gordon 6 2 299
28 Amie Bateen 6 2 288
29 Gevin Chapwell 6 2 278
30 Phil Collinge 6 2 263
31 Rose Boyle 6 2 259
32 Dave Coulthurst 6 2 256
33 Lauren Hamer 6 2 255
34 Lee Fisher 6 2 242
35 Matt Morrison 6 2 233
36 Supee Juachan 6 2 216
37 Tracey Mills 6 1 268
38 Keith Walton 6 1 239
39 Chris Marshall 6 1 233
40 Paul Worsley 6 1 213
41 Rekha Prasad 6 0 72
42 'Apterous Prune' 6 0 0