CoLei2

CoLei 2009 or CoLei2 as it is more commonly known, is the second time that Countdown in Leicester was organized. It was held on Saturday 10th October at the The Stoneycroft Hotel in Leicester, and hosted by Jeff Clayton. It was won by Jon O'Neill, who beat Kirk Bevan in the final 100 - 97.

22 people entered this time, compared to 9 in 2008.

The tournament started with a qualifying round of 14 rounds (the same as the old finals format), in which every contestant played independently. The rounds for this were preselected by Jeff. This game decided the seeds. However, the actual pairings were picked randomly. The first game was a 15 rounds, and the next 2 games were 9 rounds (due to time constraints). The final game was between consecutive seeds (1st plays 2nd, 3rd plays 4th etc.)and was played for final position; every game apart from the 'final' between Jon and Kirk was played with 9 rounds. After this the final was played as an exhibition match with 15 rounds.

Final results

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Jon O'Neill	4	>9000
2	Kirk Bevins	3
3	Dinos Sfyris	4
4	Ben Wilson	3
5	Jack Hurst	3
6	Charlie Reams	3
7	Kai Laddiman
8	Mike Brown
9	[[]]
10	[[]]
11	Julie Taylor	2	235
12	Darren Carter
13	[[]]
14	[[]]
15	Steve Wood*
16	[[]]
17	[[]]
18	[[]]
19	[[]]
20	Alec Rivers
21	[[]]
22	[[]]

• This is not the same Steve Wood who was reigning Countdown champion at the exact time of this tournament.