Co:Edinburgh 2023

Countdown in Edinburgh 2023 (alternatively Co:Eddie 2023 as a wonderful pun) was a co-event hosted by James Robinson on 7 October 2023 as the fifteenth round of the 2023 FOCAL season. It was won by Ed McCullagh, who beat Stu Harkness 95 – 79 in the grand final.

It was held at the Carlton Bridge Club in Edinburgh, where 18 out of 20* attendees played seven 9-round games (four heats then a groups quarter-final and semi-final) and a 14-round final in the groups variant of the Bristol format. Players were sorted into three divisions (A to C) after the four heat matches, which were followed by knockout tournaments to determine a winner of each. While group A consisted of the 8 players required for a standard knockout tournament, B and C contained 6. In their case, the player with the highest losing score after the quarter-final match advanced to the semi-final.

In an unusual setup, due to technical faults with the whiteboard projector, Adam Beach's reversible board was used to display each of the selections. However, with the numbers side having only a single row, it meant the standard five-line display used for Bristol-style numbers games (where individual pairs can choose their selection) was abandoned, resulting in randomised choices throughout the day.

*Piaras Carney was not present for the first game, and Brandin Allan left before the semi-final; both were 'Pruned' to substitute for their absence. Bettina Debon left before the groups final so that nobody had to play the Prune in that game.

Final standings

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
Group A
1	Ed McCullagh	4	327
2	Stu Harkness	4	333
3	Phil Hannan	5	377
4	Steven Grady	4	370
5	George Armstrong	5	453
6	Tom Carey	4	426
7	Phil Stanton	4	320
8	Fiona Titcombe	3	385
Group B
9	Brendan Whitehurst	4	405
10	Piaras Carney	3	290
11	Matthew S Rutherford	4	347
12	Nathan Pace	4	312
13	Adam Beach	3	315
14	Paul Craib	2	259
Group C
15	Darren Godfrey	4	409
16	Euan Crabb	3	290
17	Iain Sime	3	337
18	George Baker	2	197
19	Bettina Debon	2	189
20	Brandin Allan	0	90

Matches

#	Date	Type	Player 1	Score	Player 2	Host
Round 1
EDI2023.001	07/10/2023	Table 1	Euan Crabb	71 – 24	Bettina Debon
EDI2023.002	07/10/2023	Table 2	Iain Sime	39 – 74	Matthew S Rutherford
EDI2023.003	07/10/2023	Table 3	Brendan Whitehurst	64 – 57	Paul Craib
EDI2023.004	07/10/2023	Table 4	Phil Hannan	73 – 39	George Baker
EDI2023.005	07/10/2023	Table 5	George Armstrong	75 – 43	Nathan Pace
EDI2023.006	07/10/2023	Table 6	Fiona Titcombe	57 – 65	Stu Harkness
EDI2023.007	07/10/2023	Table 7	Steven Grady	67 – 47	Adam Beach
EDI2023.008	07/10/2023	Table 8	Darren Godfrey	49 – 75	Ed McCullagh
EDI2023.009	07/10/2023	Table 9	Phil Stanton	65 – 0	Piaras Prune
EDI2023.010	07/10/2023	Table 10	Tom Carey	75 – 10	Brandin Allan
Round 2
EDI2023.011	07/10/2023	Table 1	Ed McCullagh	45 – 65	Tom Carey
EDI2023.012	07/10/2023	Table 2	Matthew S Rutherford	47 – 61	George Armstrong
EDI2023.013	07/10/2023	Table 3	Euan Crabb	32 – 44	Phil Hannan
EDI2023.014	07/10/2023	Table 4	Steven Grady	46 – 54	Phil Stanton
EDI2023.015	07/10/2023	Table 5	Stu Harkness	65 – 59	Brendan Whitehurst
EDI2023.016	07/10/2023	Table 6	Paul Craib	6 – 63	Fiona Titcombe
EDI2023.017	07/10/2023	Table 7	Adam Beach	45 – 69	Darren Godfrey
EDI2023.018	07/10/2023	Table 8	Nathan Pace	49 – 27	George Baker
EDI2023.019	07/10/2023	Table 9	Bettina Debon	43 – 35	Iain Sime
EDI2023.020	07/10/2023	Table 10	Brandin Allan	24 – 28	Piaras Carney
Round 3
EDI2023.021	07/10/2023	Table 1	Tom Carey	47 – 48	George Armstrong
EDI2023.022	07/10/2023	Table 2	Stu Harkness	41 – 42	Phil Stanton
EDI2023.023	07/10/2023	Table 3	Phil Hannan	40 – 47	Brendan Whitehurst
EDI2023.024	07/10/2023	Table 4	Matthew S Rutherford	36 – 44	Ed McCullagh
EDI2023.025	07/10/2023	Table 5	Fiona Titcombe	47 – 40	Darren Godfrey
EDI2023.026	07/10/2023	Table 6	Euan Crabb	28 – 47	Steven Grady
EDI2023.027	07/10/2023	Table 7	Nathan Pace	42 – 20	Bettina Debon
EDI2023.028	07/10/2023	Table 8	Piaras Carney	39 – 46	Adam Beach
EDI2023.029	07/10/2023	Table 9	George Baker	28 – 45	Iain Sime
EDI2023.030	07/10/2023	Table 10	Brandin Allan	27 – 44	Paul Craib
Round 4
EDI2023.031	07/10/2023	Table 1	Phil Stanton	36 – 64	George Armstrong
EDI2023.032	07/10/2023	Table 2	Tom Carey	64 – 54	Stu Harkness
EDI2023.033	07/10/2023	Table 3	Brendan Whitehurst	51 – 61*	Fiona Titcombe
EDI2023.034	07/10/2023	Table 4	Ed McCullagh	57 – 67*	Steven Grady
EDI2023.035	07/10/2023	Table 5	Phil Hannan	63 – 53	Nathan Pace
EDI2023.036	07/10/2023	Table 6	Darren Godfrey	47 – 57	Matthew S Rutherford
EDI2023.037	07/10/2023	Table 7	Adam Beach	51 – 26	Euan Crabb
EDI2023.038	07/10/2023	Table 8	Paul Craib	45 – 38	Iain Sime
EDI2023.039	07/10/2023	Table 9	Bettina Debon	44 – 51	Piaras Carney
EDI2023.040	07/10/2023	Table 10	George Baker	43 – 16	Brandin Allan
Quarter-Finals
EDI2023.041	07/10/2023	Group A, Table 1	George Armstrong	43 – 56	Ed McCullagh
EDI2023.042	07/10/2023	Group A, Table 2	Tom Carey	32 – 49	Stu Harkness
EDI2023.043	07/10/2023	Group A, Table 3	Phil Hannan	35 – 29	Phil Stanton
EDI2023.044	07/10/2023	Group A, Table 4	Fiona Titcombe	45 – 52	Steven Grady
EDI2023.045	07/10/2023	Group B, Table 1	Brendan Whitehurst	47 – 50	Piaras Carney
EDI2023.046	07/10/2023	Group B, Table 2	Matthew S Rutherford	43 – 36	Paul Craib
EDI2023.047	07/10/2023	Group B, Table 3	Adam Beach	28 – 43	Nathan Pace
EDI2023.048	07/10/2023	Group C, Table 1	Darren Godfrey	64 – 13	Brandin Allan
EDI2023.049	07/10/2023	Group C, Table 2	Euan Crabb	35 – 19	Bettina Debon
EDI2023.050	07/10/2023	Group C, Table 3	Iain Sime	54 – 26	George Baker
Semi-Finals
EDI2023.051	07/10/2023	Group A, Table 1	Ed McCullagh	50 – 29	Phil Hannan
EDI2023.052	07/10/2023	Group A, Table 2	Steven Grady	49 – 59*	Stu Harkness
EDI2023.053	07/10/2023	Group A, Table 3	Fiona Titcombe	33 – 42	Phil Stanton
EDI2023.054	07/10/2023	Group A, Table 4	George Armstrong	63 – 37	Tom Carey
EDI2023.055	07/10/2023	Group B, Table 1	Piaras Carney	52 – 12	Nathan Pace
EDI2023.056	07/10/2023	Group B, Table 2	Matthew S Rutherford	21 – 42	Brendan Whitehurst
EDI2023.057	07/10/2023	Group B, Table 3	Paul Craib	25 – 31	Adam Beach
EDI2023.058	07/10/2023	Group C, Table 1	Darren Godfrey	54 – 13	George Baker
EDI2023.059	07/10/2023	Group C, Table 2	Iain Sime	39 – 41	Euan Crabb
EDI2023.060	07/10/2023	Group C, Table 3	Bettina Debon	39 – 0	Brandin Prune
Groups Final
EDI2023.061	07/10/2023	Group A, Table 2	Steven Grady	52 – 93	Phil Hannan
EDI2023.062	07/10/2023	Group A, Table 3	George Armstrong	99 – 52	Phil Stanton
EDI2023.063	07/10/2023	Group A, Table 4	Tom Carey	106 – 89	Fiona Titcombe
EDI2023.064	07/10/2023	Group B Final	Piaras Carney	70 – 95	Brendan Whitehurst
EDI2023.065	07/10/2023	Group B, Table 2	Adam Beach	67 – 69	Matthew S Rutherford
EDI2023.066	07/10/2023	Group B, Table 3	Nathan Pace	70 – 46	Paul Craib
EDI2023.067	07/10/2023	Group C Final	Darren Godfrey	86 – 57	Euan Crabb
EDI2023.068	07/10/2023	Group C, Table 2	Iain Sime	87 – 21	George Baker
Grand Final
EDI2023GF	07/10/2023	GF	Ed McCullagh	95 – 79	Stu Harkness	James Robinson

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum

FOCAL standings after the event

The top 8 after this round of the 2023 FOCAL season were as follows:

	Pos.	Name	Points
+1	1	Tom Carey	9593
-1	2	Dan Byrom	9275
±0	3	Jack Hurst	7695
+1	4	George Armstrong	7453
-1	5	Tim Hebbes	6985
±0	6	Adam Latchford	5784
±0	7	Callum Todd	5475
+1	8	Phil Stanton	5392

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