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Co:MK Open 2023
From Countdown
The Countdown in Milton Keynes Open 2023 was a co-event, organised by FOCAL chairman Callum Todd and hosted by Adam Beach, on the 25 November 2023 as the closing event of the 2023 FOCAL season. It ran concurrently with the 2023 FOCAL finals as an open-style event for those attendees who didn't qualify as one of the top eight finalists.
It was at the Novotel in Milton Keynes for the second consecutive year, where 33 attendees played seven 9-round games in the Bristol format. There was no grand final for this particular tournament, as the championship grand final for the top two players in the finals event took precedence; the winner of the open was the player at the top of the leaderboard once the heat games concluded.
This event debuted a useful, purpose-built presentation software developed by Series 80 octochamp Fiona Titcombe.
Due to the uneven number of attendees, a Prune was added to make up the multiples of two at each table.
Final standings
| Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmed Mohamed | 7 | 508 |
| 2 | Ronan Higginson | 6 | 467 |
| 3 | Rob Foster | 5 | 466 |
| 4 | Jonathan Wynn | 5 | 413 |
| 5 | Martin Thomas | 5 | 405 |
| 6 | Adrian Fletcher | 5 | 357 |
| 7 | Matthew S Rutherford | 5 | 352 |
| 8 | Bradley Horrocks | 4 | 433 |
| 9 | Tom Stevenson | 4 | 415 |
| 10 | Graeme Cole | 4 | 406 |
| 11 | Gabriel Thallon | 4 | 396 |
| 12 | Brendan Whitehurst | 4 | 393 |
| 13 | Fiona Titcombe | 4 | 365 |
| 14 | Steve Hyde | 4 | 345 |
| 15 | Suzy Turner | 4 | 341 |
| 16 | Dave Robjohns | 4 | 332 |
| 17 | Chris Marshall | 4 | 286 |
| 18 | Jonathan De Souza | 3 | 424 |
| 19 | Darren Godfrey | 3 | 375 |
| 20 | Phil Stanton | 3 | 366 |
| 21 | Dave Ryan | 3 | 362 |
| 22 | Adam Dexter | 3 | 352 |
| 23 | Toby Pereira | 3 | 351 |
| 24 | Sam Prouse | 3 | 347 |
| 25 | Stewart Gordon | 3 | 334 |
| 26 | Coral Heath | 3 | 331 |
| 27 | Jeff Clayton | 2 | 364 |
| 28 | Paul Talmey | 2 | 327 |
| 29 | Elizabeth Beer | 2 | 326 |
| 30 | Ashwin Abinashi | 2 | 287 |
| 31 | Jill Thwaites | 2 | 262 |
| 32 | George Baker | 2 | 244 |
| 33 | Adam Thwaites | 2 | 231 |
Matches
| # | Date | Type | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | ||||||
| MKOPEN2023.001 | 24/11/2023 | Table 1 | Martin Thomas | 25 – 71 | Brendan Whitehurst | |
| MKOPEN2023.002 | 24/11/2023 | Table 2 | Chris Marshall | 31 – 70 | Darren Godfrey | |
| MKOPEN2023.003 | 24/11/2023 | Table 3 | Bradley Horrocks | 83 – 35 | Sam Prouse | |
| MKOPEN2023.004 | 24/11/2023 | Table 4 | Ahmed Mohamed | 85 – 51 | Jonathan De Souza | |
| MKOPEN2023.005 | 24/11/2023 | Table 5 | George Baker | 32 – 61 | Matthew S Rutherford | |
| MKOPEN2023.006 | 24/11/2023 | Table 6 | Rob Foster | 75 – 27 | Paul Talmey | |
| MKOPEN2023.007 | 24/11/2023 | Table 7 | Graeme Cole | 68 – 38 | Coral Heath | |
| MKOPEN2023.008 | 24/11/2023 | Table 8 | Jeff Clayton | 42 – 74 | Tom Stevenson | |
| MKOPEN2023.009 | 24/11/2023 | Table 9 | Jill Thwaites | 55 – 32 | Adam Thwaites | |
| MKOPEN2023.010 | 24/11/2023 | Table 10 | Gabriel Thallon | 64 – 38 | Elizabeth Beer | |
| MKOPEN2023.011 | 24/11/2023 | Table 11 | Dave Ryan | 63 – 35 | Phil Stanton | |
| MKOPEN2023.012 | 24/11/2023 | Table 12 | Adam Dexter | 42 – 76 | Ronan Higginson | |
| MKOPEN2023.013 | 24/11/2023 | Table 13 | Ashwin Abinashi | 22 – 67 | Stewart Gordon | |
| MKOPEN2023.014 | 24/11/2023 | Table 14 | Suzy Turner | 34 – 56 | Adrian Fletcher | |
| MKOPEN2023.015 | 24/11/2023 | Table 15 | Steve Hyde | 20 – 76 | Jonathan Wynn | |
| MKOPEN2023.016 | 24/11/2023 | Table 16 | Dave Robjohns | 32 – 41 | Toby Pereira | |
| MKOPEN2023.017 | 24/11/2023 | Table 17 | Prune | 0 – 53 | Fiona Titcombe | |
| Round 2 | ||||||
| MKOPEN2023.018 | 24/11/2023 | Table 1 | Bradley Horrocks | 51 – 68 | Ahmed Mohamed | |
| MKOPEN2023.019 | 24/11/2023 | Table 2 | Jonathan Wynn | 41 – 58 | Ronan Higginson | |
| MKOPEN2023.020 | 24/11/2023 | Table 3 | Tom Stevenson | 68 – 58 | Rob Foster | |
| MKOPEN2023.021 | 24/11/2023 | Table 4 | Darren Godfrey | 52 – 55 | Brendan Whitehurst | |
| MKOPEN2023.022 | 24/11/2023 | Table 5 | Stewart Gordon | 58 – 55 | Graeme Cole | |
| MKOPEN2023.023 | 24/11/2023 | Table 6 | Gabriel Thallon | 51 – 66 | Dave Ryan | |
| MKOPEN2023.024 | 24/11/2023 | Table 7 | Adrian Fletcher | 59 – 19 | Matthew S Rutherford | |
| MKOPEN2023.025 | 24/11/2023 | Table 8 | Fiona Titcombe | 49 – 35 | Jill Thwaites | |
| MKOPEN2023.026 | 24/11/2023 | Table 9 | Toby Pereira | 44 – 67 | Jonathan De Souza | |
| MKOPEN2023.027 | 24/11/2023 | Table 10 | Adam Dexter | 36 – 60 | Jeff Clayton | |
| MKOPEN2023.028 | 24/11/2023 | Table 11 | Elizabeth Beer | 43 – 60 | Coral Heath | |
| MKOPEN2023.029 | 24/11/2023 | Table 12 | Sam Prouse | 39 – 61 | Phil Stanton | |
| MKOPEN2023.030 | 24/11/2023 | Table 13 | Suzy Turner | 29 – 40 | Dave Robjohns | |
| MKOPEN2023.031 | 24/11/2023 | Table 14 | Adam Thwaites | 32 – 35 | George Baker | |
| MKOPEN2023.032 | 24/11/2023 | Table 15 | Paul Talmey | 40 – 41 | Chris Marshall | |
| MKOPEN2023.033 | 24/11/2023 | Table 16 | Ashwin Abinashi | 43 – 66 | Martin Thomas | |
| MKOPEN2023.034 | 24/11/2023 | Table 17 | Prune | 0 – 62 | Steve Hyde | |
| Round 3 | ||||||
| MKOPEN2023.035 | 24/11/2023 | Table 1 | Tom Stevenson | 47 – 66 | Ahmed Mohamed | |
| MKOPEN2023.036 | 24/11/2023 | Table 2 | Ronan Higginson | 67 – 27 | Dave Ryan | |
| MKOPEN2023.037 | 24/11/2023 | Table 3 | Brendan Whitehurst | 61 – 41 | Stewart Gordon | |
| MKOPEN2023.038 | 24/11/2023 | Table 4 | Adrian Fletcher | 43 – 41 | Fiona Titcombe | |
| MKOPEN2023.039 | 24/11/2023 | Table 5 | Rob Foster | 54 – 53 | Bradley Horrocks | |
| MKOPEN2023.040 | 24/11/2023 | Table 6 | Graeme Cole | 65 – 42 | Darren Godfrey | |
| MKOPEN2023.041 | 24/11/2023 | Table 7 | Jonathan De Souza | 57 – 64 | Jonathan Wynn | |
| MKOPEN2023.042 | 24/11/2023 | Table 8 | Jeff Clayton | 56 – 60 | Gabriel Thallon | |
| MKOPEN2023.043 | 24/11/2023 | Table 9 | Coral Heath | 66 – 56 | Phil Stanton | |
| MKOPEN2023.044 | 24/11/2023 | Table 10 | Jill Thwaites | 23 – 66 | Martin Thomas | |
| MKOPEN2023.045 | 24/11/2023 | Table 11 | Steve Hyde | 67 – 43 | Toby Pereira | |
| MKOPEN2023.046 | 24/11/2023 | Table 12 | Matthew S Rutherford | 69 – 36 | Dave Robjohns | |
| MKOPEN2023.047 | 24/11/2023 | Table 13 | George Baker | 42 – 43 | Chris Marshall | |
| MKOPEN2023.048 | 24/11/2023 | Table 14 | Elizabeth Beer | 40 – 60 | Adam Dexter | |
| MKOPEN2023.049 | 24/11/2023 | Table 15 | Sam Prouse | 36 – 64 | Paul Talmey | |
| MKOPEN2023.050 | 24/11/2023 | Table 16 | Adam Thwaites | 18 – 65 | Ashwin Abinashi | |
| MKOPEN2023.051 | 24/11/2023 | Table 17 | Prune | 0 – 67 | Suzy Turner | |
| Round 4 | ||||||
| MKOPEN2023.052 | 24/11/2023 | Table 1 | Ronan Higginson | 61 – 76 | Ahmed Mohamed | |
| MKOPEN2023.053 | 24/11/2023 | Table 2 | Brendan Whitehurst | 58 – 41 | Adrian Fletcher | |
| MKOPEN2023.054 | 24/11/2023 | Table 3 | Tom Stevenson | 65 – 53 | Graeme Cole | |
| MKOPEN2023.055 | 24/11/2023 | Table 4 | Jonathan Wynn | 50 – 76 | Rob Foster | |
| MKOPEN2023.056 | 24/11/2023 | Table 5 | Stewart Gordon | 27 – 67 | Gabriel Thallon | |
| MKOPEN2023.057 | 24/11/2023 | Table 6 | Coral Heath | 43 – 85 | Martin Thomas | |
| MKOPEN2023.058 | 24/11/2023 | Table 7 | Dave Ryan | 56 – 58 | Steve Hyde | |
| MKOPEN2023.059 | 24/11/2023 | Table 8 | Matthew S Rutherford | 60 – 42 | Fiona Titcombe | |
| MKOPEN2023.060 | 24/11/2023 | Table 9 | Chris Marshall | 18 – 85 | Bradley Horrocks | |
| MKOPEN2023.061 | 24/11/2023 | Table 10 | Jonathan De Souza | 73 – 47 | Darren Godfrey | |
| MKOPEN2023.062 | 24/11/2023 | Table 11 | Phil Stanton | 59 – 66 | Jeff Clayton | |
| MKOPEN2023.063 | 24/11/2023 | Table 12 | Paul Talmey | 47 – 59 | Adam Dexter | |
| MKOPEN2023.064 | 24/11/2023 | Table 13 | Suzy Turner | 52 – 47 | Ashwin Abinashi | |
| MKOPEN2023.065 | 24/11/2023 | Table 14 | Toby Pereira | 62 – 35 | Jill Thwaites | |
| MKOPEN2023.066 | 24/11/2023 | Table 15 | Dave Robjohns | 65 – 37 | George Baker | |
| MKOPEN2023.067 | 24/11/2023 | Table 16 | Elizabeth Beer | 61 – 41 | Sam Prouse | |
| MKOPEN2023.068 | 24/11/2023 | Table 17 | Prune | 0 – 51 | Adam Thwaites | |
| Round 5 | ||||||
| MKOPEN2023.069 | 24/11/2023 | Table 1 | Ahmed Mohamed | 72 – 40 | Brendan Whitehurst | |
| MKOPEN2023.070 | 24/11/2023 | Table 2 | Ronan Higginson | 65 – 62 | Rob Foster | |
| MKOPEN2023.071 | 24/11/2023 | Table 3 | Gabriel Thallon | 59 – 49 | Tom Stevenson | |
| MKOPEN2023.072 | 24/11/2023 | Table 4 | Martin Thomas | 48 – 40 | Matthew S Rutherford | |
| MKOPEN2023.073 | 24/11/2023 | Table 5 | Steve Hyde | 32 – 59 | Adrian Fletcher | |
| MKOPEN2023.074 | 24/11/2023 | Table 6 | Jonathan De Souza | 51 – 54 | Bradley Horrocks | |
| MKOPEN2023.075 | 24/11/2023 | Table 7 | Jonathan Wynn | 59 – 42 | Graeme Cole | |
| MKOPEN2023.076 | 24/11/2023 | Table 8 | Jeff Clayton | 43 – 58 | Dave Ryan | |
| MKOPEN2023.077 | 24/11/2023 | Table 9 | Adam Dexter | 61 – 20 | Coral Heath | |
| MKOPEN2023.078 | 24/11/2023 | Table 10 | Stewart Gordon | 45 – 54 | Toby Pereira | |
| MKOPEN2023.079 | 24/11/2023 | Table 11 | Fiona Titcombe | 60 – 49 | Suzy Turner | |
| MKOPEN2023.080 | 24/11/2023 | Table 12 | Chris Marshall | 58 – 48 | Dave Robjohns | |
| MKOPEN2023.081 | 24/11/2023 | Table 13 | Phil Stanton | 34 – 58 | Darren Godfrey | |
| MKOPEN2023.082 | 24/11/2023 | Table 14 | Ashwin Abinashi | 48 – 39 | Elizabeth Beer | |
| MKOPEN2023.083 | 24/11/2023 | Table 15 | Adam Thwaites | 48 – 39 | Paul Talmey | |
| MKOPEN2023.084 | 24/11/2023 | Table 16 | George Baker | 25 – 44 | Jill Thwaites | |
| MKOPEN2023.085 | 24/11/2023 | Table 17 | Sam Prouse | 64 – 0 | Prune | |
| Round 6 | ||||||
| MKOPEN2023.086 | 24/11/2023 | Table 1 | Ahmed Mohamed | 68 – 48 | Gabriel Thallon | |
| MKOPEN2023.087 | 24/11/2023 | Table 2 | Brendan Whitehurst | 53 – 67 | Ronan Higginson | |
| MKOPEN2023.088 | 24/11/2023 | Table 3 | Martin Thomas | 44 – 50 | Adrian Fletcher | |
| MKOPEN2023.089 | 24/11/2023 | Table 4 | Bradley Horrocks | 67 – 40 | Tom Stevenson | |
| MKOPEN2023.090 | 24/11/2023 | Table 5 | Rob Foster | 68 – 38 | Dave Ryan | |
| MKOPEN2023.091 | 24/11/2023 | Table 6 | Jonathan Wynn | 52 – 49 | Adam Dexter | |
| MKOPEN2023.092 | 24/11/2023 | Table 7 | Toby Pereira | 49 – 56 | Matthew S Rutherford | |
| MKOPEN2023.093 | 24/11/2023 | Table 8 | Fiona Titcombe | 48 – 52 | Steve Hyde | |
| MKOPEN2023.094 | 24/11/2023 | Table 9 | Jonathan De Souza | 55 – 65 | Chris Marshall | |
| MKOPEN2023.095 | 24/11/2023 | Table 10 | Graeme Cole | 52 – 49 | Jeff Clayton | |
| MKOPEN2023.096 | 24/11/2023 | Table 11 | Darren Godfrey | 65 – 43 | Elizabeth Beer | |
| MKOPEN2023.097 | 24/11/2023 | Table 12 | Suzy Turner | 51 – 47 | Stewart Gordon | |
| MKOPEN2023.098 | 24/11/2023 | Table 13 | Jill Thwaites | 26 – 57 | Coral Heath | |
| MKOPEN2023.099 | 24/11/2023 | Table 14 | Dave Robjohns | 53 – 28 | Adam Thwaites | |
| MKOPEN2023.100 | 24/11/2023 | Table 15 | Paul Talmey | 42 – 56 | Phil Stanton | |
| MKOPEN2023.101 | 24/11/2023 | Table 16 | Ashwin Abinashi | 15 – 67 | Sam Prouse | |
| MKOPEN2023.102 | 24/11/2023 | Table 17 | Prune | 0 – 46 | George Baker | |
| Round 7 | ||||||
| MKOPEN2023.103 | 24/11/2023 | Table 1 | Adrian Fletcher | 49 – 73 | Ahmed Mohamed | |
| MKOPEN2023.104 | 24/11/2023 | Table 2 | Ronan Higginson | 73 – 40 | Bradley Horrocks | |
| MKOPEN2023.105 | 24/11/2023 | Table 3 | Rob Foster | 73 – 47 | Gabriel Thallon | |
| MKOPEN2023.106 | 24/11/2023 | Table 4 | Brendan Whitehurst | 55 – 71 | Jonathan Wynn | |
| MKOPEN2023.107 | 24/11/2023 | Table 5 | Steve Hyde | 54 – 71 | Martin Thomas | |
| MKOPEN2023.108 | 24/11/2023 | Table 6 | Matthew S Rutherford | 47 – 30 | Chris Marshall | |
| MKOPEN2023.109 | 24/11/2023 | Table 7 | Darren Godfrey | 41 – 72 | Tom Stevenson | |
| MKOPEN2023.110 | 24/11/2023 | Table 8 | Dave Ryan | 54 – 71 | Graeme Cole | |
| MKOPEN2023.111 | 24/11/2023 | Table 9 | Fiona Titcombe | 72 – 45 | Adam Dexter | |
| MKOPEN2023.112 | 24/11/2023 | Table 10 | Toby Pereira | 58 – 59 | Suzy Turner | |
| MKOPEN2023.113 | 24/11/2023 | Table 11 | Coral Heath | 47 – 58 | Dave Robjohns | |
| MKOPEN2023.114 | 24/11/2023 | Table 12 | Jeff Clayton | 48 – 70 | Jonathan De Souza | |
| MKOPEN2023.115 | 24/11/2023 | Table 13 | Phil Stanton | 65 – 40 | Elizabeth Beer | |
| MKOPEN2023.116 | 24/11/2023 | Table 14 | Stewart Gordon | 49 – 44 | Jill Thwaites | |
| MKOPEN2023.117 | 24/11/2023 | Table 15 | Sam Prouse | 62 – 22 | Adam Thwaites | |
| MKOPEN2023.118 | 24/11/2023 | Table 16 | Paul Talmey | 68 – 27 | George Baker | |
| MKOPEN2023.119 | 24/11/2023 | Table 17 | Prune | 0 – 69 | Ashwin Abinashi | |
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