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Countdown Online Masters 2008
The Countdown Online Masters 2008 was an online tournament organised by Ben Wilson in February 2008. It pitted many of the best players from recent years against each other, alongside a few "wildcards" from the wider Countdown community. The winner was Paul Howe, who was awarded the victory after Conor Travers was unable to complete the final of the tournament.
Contents
Play-ins
Before the tournament proper, a number of play-ins were organised to select the wildcard players. These were open to anyone, and eight people volunteered for just four spaces. Unexpectedly the number of wildcard spaces was reduced to three, and Corby and O'Donnell were drawn to play again, with Corby emerging victorious. Hence he proceeded to the tournament proper alongside Pugh and Hargreaves.
COMA
The five masters available to participate were Conor Travers, Mark Tournoff, Jon O'Neill, Paul Howe and Chris Wills. Also invited were Craig Beevers, Paul Gallen and Julian Fell who declined to play for various reasons.
Due to a strange bug in the CountGen application then used to generate selections, the letter O was completely absent from all letters rounds in the finals.
Progress
| Jon Corby vs Conor Travers | Conor Travers vs Chris Wills | Conor Travers vs Paul Howe |
| Jon O'Neill vs Chris Wills | ||
| Tom Hargreaves vs Paul Howe | Paul Howe vs Ben Pugh | |
| Mark Tournoff vs Ben Pugh |
Matches
| # | Date | Type | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMA20081 | P | Kirk Bevins | L – W | Ben Pugh | ||
| COMA20082 | P | David O'Donnell | W – L | Michael Wallace | ||
| COMA20083 | P | Tom Hargreaves | W – L | Charlie Reams | ||
| COMA20084 | P | Jon Corby | W – L | Martin Gardner | ||
| COMA20085 | P | Jon Corby | W – L | David O'Donnell | ||
| Quarter-Finals | ||||||
| COMA20086 | 15/02/2008 | QF | Jon Corby | 121 – 129 | Conor Travers | David O'Donnell |
| COMA20087 | QF | Tom Hargreaves | 68 – 106 | Paul Howe | ||
| COMA20088 | QF | Mark Tournoff | 89 – 90 | Ben Pugh | ||
| COMA20089 | 21/02/2008 | QF | Jon O'Neill | 99 – 100 | Chris Wills | |
| Semi-Finals | ||||||
| COMA200810 | 18/03/2008 | SF | Chris Wills | 0 – 2 (L – W; 98 – 114) |
Conor Travers | |
| COMA200811 | SF | Paul Howe | 2 – 0 (W – L; W – L) |
Ben Pugh | ||
| Final | ||||||
| COMA200812 | 22/03/2008 | GF | Paul Howe | W – L (99 – 111; unplayed) |
Conor Travers | |
