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{{series|previous=Goat:Brum 2024}}

'''Countdown in Birmingham 2024''' is an upcoming [[co-event]] to be hosted by [[Matthew S Rutherford]] on 3 August 2024 as the twelfth round of the [[2024 FOCAL season]].

It will be held at The Paramo Lounge in Solihull, where attendees will play eight [[9-round format|9-round games]] in the [[Lincoln format|"Lincoln" format]].

[[Category:Countdown tournaments|Durham 2024]]
[[Category:FOCAL tournaments 2024|Birmingham]]

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-{{series|previous=Goat:Brum 2024}}
+{{series|previous=Goat:Brum 2024|next=Co:Brum 2025: Warm-Up}}
 '''Countdown in Birmingham 2024''' was a [[co-event]] hosted by [[MSR]] on 3 August 2024 as the twelfth round of the [[2024 FOCAL season]]. It was won by [[Jack Hurst]], who beat [[Ben Wilson]] 72 – 28 in the [[BRUM2024GF|grand final]].
-It was held at Paramo Lounge in Solihull, where 33 attendees played eight [[9-round format|9-round]] games in the [[Lincoln format|"Lincoln" format]].
+The event was held at Paramo Lounge in Solihull, where 33 attendees played eight [[9-round format|9-round]] games in the [[Lincoln format|"Lincoln" format]].
 This was the last [[co-event]] to involve players adjudicating against the [[Apterous]] dictionary in its state prior to the major overhaul given to [[Oxford English Dictionary|''Oxford Dictionaries Premium'']] on 16 July 2024, which saw the removal of approximately 95,000 words. These extensive changes came into effect on Apterous during the third round of the event. For the sake of consistency, adjudication using Hurst's ''Countdown Numbers & Anagrams'' app — which retained the old dictionary at the time — was made mandatory, though most attendees had been using this regardless.

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 {{series|previous=Goat:Brum 2024}}
-'''Countdown in Birmingham 2024''' was a [[co-event]] hosted by [[Matthew S Rutherford]] on 3 August 2024 as the twelfth round of the [[2024 FOCAL season]]. It was won by [[Jack Hurst]], who beat [[Ben Wilson]] 72 – 28 in the [[BRUM2024GF|grand final]].
+'''Countdown in Birmingham 2024''' was a [[co-event]] hosted by [[MSR]] on 3 August 2024 as the twelfth round of the [[2024 FOCAL season]]. It was won by [[Jack Hurst]], who beat [[Ben Wilson]] 72 – 28 in the [[BRUM2024GF|grand final]].
-It was held at Paramo Lounge in Solihull, where 33 attendees played eight [[9-round format|9-round games]] in the [[Lincoln format|"Lincoln" format]].
+It was held at Paramo Lounge in Solihull, where 33 attendees played eight [[9-round format|9-round]] games in the [[Lincoln format|"Lincoln" format]].
 This was the last [[co-event]] to involve players adjudicating against the [[Apterous]] dictionary in its state prior to the major overhaul given to [[Oxford English Dictionary|''Oxford Dictionaries Premium'']] on 16 July 2024, which saw the removal of approximately 95,000 words. These extensive changes came into effect on Apterous during the third round of the event. For the sake of consistency, adjudication using Hurst's ''Countdown Numbers & Anagrams'' app — which retained the old dictionary at the time — was made mandatory, though most attendees had been using this regardless.
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 |30 || [[Coral Heath]] || 8 || 1 || 359
 |-
-|31 || [[Matthew S Rutherford]] || 8 || 1 || 346
+|31 || [[MSR]] || 8 || 1 || 346
 |-
 |32 || [[Ian Wray]] || 8 || 1 || 338
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 {{game| BRUM2024.029 | 03/08/2024 | Table 10 |[[George Armstrong]]| 70 – 47 |[[Tim Hebbes]]|[[Adrian Fletcher]]}}
 {{game| BRUM2024.030 | 03/08/2024 | Table 10 |[[Tim Hebbes]]| 63 – 45 |[[Adrian Fletcher]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
-{{game| BRUM2024.031 | 03/08/2024 | Table 11 |[[Ben Wilson]]| 73 – 55 |[[Adam Dexter]]|[[Matthew S Rutherford]]}}
+{{game| BRUM2024.031 | 03/08/2024 | Table 11 |[[Ben Wilson]]| 73 – 55 |[[Adam Dexter]]|[[MSR]]}}
-{{game| BRUM2024.032 | 03/08/2024 | Table 11 |[[Adam Dexter]]| 70 – 46 |[[Matthew S Rutherford]]|[[Ben Wilson]]}}
+{{game| BRUM2024.032 | 03/08/2024 | Table 11 |[[Adam Dexter]]| 70 – 46 |[[MSR]]|[[Ben Wilson]]}}
-{{game| BRUM2024.033 | 03/08/2024 | Table 11 |[[Matthew S Rutherford]]| 24 – 84 |[[Ben Wilson]]|[[Adam Dexter]]}}
+{{game| BRUM2024.033 | 03/08/2024 | Table 11 |[[MSR]]| 24 – 84 |[[Ben Wilson]]|[[Adam Dexter]]}}
 {{game table block|Round 2}}
 {{game| BRUM2024.034 | 03/08/2024 | Table 1 |[[Andy Platt]]| 49 – 45 |[[Fiona Titcombe]]|[[Tom Stevenson]]}}
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 {{game| BRUM2024.059 | 03/08/2024 | Table 9 |[[Brendan Whitehurst]]| 51 – 47 |[[Eeshan Malhotra]]|[[Darren Godfrey]]}}
 {{game| BRUM2024.060 | 03/08/2024 | Table 9 |[[Eeshan Malhotra]]| 54 – 48 |[[Darren Godfrey]]|[[Brendan Whitehurst]]}}
-{{game| BRUM2024.061 | 03/08/2024 | Table 10 |[[Matthew S Rutherford]]| 44 – 61 |[[Adrian Fletcher]]|[[James Laverty]]}}
+{{game| BRUM2024.061 | 03/08/2024 | Table 10 |[[MSR]]| 44 – 61 |[[Adrian Fletcher]]|[[James Laverty]]}}
-{{game| BRUM2024.062 | 03/08/2024 | Table 10 |[[Adrian Fletcher]]| 55 – 46 |[[James Laverty]]|[[Matthew S Rutherford]]}}
+{{game| BRUM2024.062 | 03/08/2024 | Table 10 |[[Adrian Fletcher]]| 55 – 46 |[[James Laverty]]|[[MSR]]}}
-{{game| BRUM2024.063 | 03/08/2024 | Table 10 |[[James Laverty]]| 69 – 51 |[[Matthew S Rutherford]]|[[Adrian Fletcher]]}}
+{{game| BRUM2024.063 | 03/08/2024 | Table 10 |[[James Laverty]]| 69 – 51 |[[MSR]]|[[Adrian Fletcher]]}}
 {{game| BRUM2024.064 | 03/08/2024 | Table 11 |[[Mike Lee]]| 36 – 53 |[[Matt O'Connor]]|[[Ian Wray]]}}
 {{game| BRUM2024.065 | 03/08/2024 | Table 11 |[[Matt O'Connor]]| 56 – 38 |[[Ian Wray]]|[[Mike Lee]]}}
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 {{game| BRUM2024.089 | 03/08/2024 | Table 8 |[[George Armstrong]]| 53 – 71 |[[Eeshan Malhotra]]|[[Stu Harkness]]}}
 {{game| BRUM2024.090 | 03/08/2024 | Table 8 |[[Eeshan Malhotra]]| 41 – 65 |[[Stu Harkness]]|[[George Armstrong]]}}
-{{game| BRUM2024.091 | 03/08/2024 | Table 9 |[[Matthew S Rutherford]]| 42 – 68 |[[Tim Hebbes]]|[[Coral Heath]]}}
+{{game| BRUM2024.091 | 03/08/2024 | Table 9 |[[MSR]]| 42 – 68 |[[Tim Hebbes]]|[[Coral Heath]]}}
-{{game| BRUM2024.092 | 03/08/2024 | Table 9 |[[Tim Hebbes]]| 65 – 40 |[[Coral Heath]]|[[Matthew S Rutherford]]}}
+{{game| BRUM2024.092 | 03/08/2024 | Table 9 |[[Tim Hebbes]]| 65 – 40 |[[Coral Heath]]|[[MSR]]}}
-{{game| BRUM2024.093 | 03/08/2024 | Table 9 |[[Coral Heath]]| 43 – 46 |[[Matthew S Rutherford]]|[[Tim Hebbes]]}}
+{{game| BRUM2024.093 | 03/08/2024 | Table 9 |[[Coral Heath]]| 43 – 46 |[[MSR]]|[[Tim Hebbes]]}}
 {{game| BRUM2024.094 | 03/08/2024 | Table 10 |[[Fiona Titcombe]]| 55 – 42 |[[Adam Dexter]]|[[Ian Wray]]}}
 {{game| BRUM2024.095 | 03/08/2024 | Table 10 |[[Adam Dexter]]| 65 – 22 |[[Ian Wray]]|[[Fiona Titcombe]]}}
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 {{game| BRUM2024.107 | 03/08/2024 | Table 3 |[[Fiona Titcombe]]| 56 – 47 |[[Adam Latchford]]|[[Jonathan De Souza]]}}
 {{game| BRUM2024.108 | 03/08/2024 | Table 3 |[[Adam Latchford]]| 52 – 61 |[[Jonathan De Souza]]|[[Fiona Titcombe]]}}
-{{game| BRUM2024.109 | 03/08/2024 | Table 4 |[[Mike Lee]]| 47 – 41 |[[Matthew S Rutherford]]|[[Darren Godfrey]]}}
+{{game| BRUM2024.109 | 03/08/2024 | Table 4 |[[Mike Lee]]| 47 – 41 |[[MSR]]|[[Darren Godfrey]]}}
-{{game| BRUM2024.110 | 03/08/2024 | Table 4 |[[Matthew S Rutherford]]| 52 – 60 |[[Darren Godfrey]]|[[Mike Lee]]}}
+{{game| BRUM2024.110 | 03/08/2024 | Table 4 |[[MSR]]| 52 – 60 |[[Darren Godfrey]]|[[Mike Lee]]}}
-{{game| BRUM2024.111 | 03/08/2024 | Table 4 |[[Darren Godfrey]]| 51 – 48 |[[Mike Lee]]|[[Matthew S Rutherford]]}}
+{{game| BRUM2024.111 | 03/08/2024 | Table 4 |[[Darren Godfrey]]| 51 – 48 |[[Mike Lee]]|[[MSR]]}}
 {{game| BRUM2024.112 | 03/08/2024 | Table 5 |[[Ed McCullagh]]| 54 – 64 |[[Stu Harkness]]|[[Brendan Whitehurst]]}}
 {{game| BRUM2024.113 | 03/08/2024 | Table 5 |[[Stu Harkness]]| 71 – 56 |[[Brendan Whitehurst]]|[[Ed McCullagh]]}}
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 {{game| BRUM2024.132 | 03/08/2024 | Table 11 |[[Coral Heath]]| 49 – 58 |[[Ian Wray]]|[[James Robinson]]}}
 {{game table block|Grand Final}}
-{{game| [[BRUM2024GF]] | 03/08/2024 | GF |[[Ben Wilson]]| 28 – 72 |[[Jack Hurst]]|[[Matthew S Rutherford]]}}
+{{game| [[BRUM2024GF]] | 03/08/2024 | GF |[[Ben Wilson]]| 28 – 72 |[[Jack Hurst]]|[[MSR]]}}
 {{game table end}}

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 {{series|previous=Goat:Brum 2024}}
-'''Countdown in Birmingham 2024''' is an upcoming [[co-event]] to be hosted by [[Matthew S Rutherford]] on 3 August 2024 as the twelfth round of the [[2024 FOCAL season]]. It was won by [[Jack Hurst]], who beat [[Ben Wilson]] 72 – 28 in the [[BRUM2024GF|grand final]].
+'''Countdown in Birmingham 2024''' was a [[co-event]] hosted by [[Matthew S Rutherford]] on 3 August 2024 as the twelfth round of the [[2024 FOCAL season]]. It was won by [[Jack Hurst]], who beat [[Ben Wilson]] 72 – 28 in the [[BRUM2024GF|grand final]].
 It was held at Paramo Lounge in Solihull, where 33 attendees played eight [[9-round format|9-round games]] in the [[Lincoln format|"Lincoln" format]].
-This was the last [[co-event]] to have players adjudicate against the [[Apterous]] dictionary in its state prior to the major overhaul given to [[Oxford English Dictionary|Oxford Dictionaries Premium]] on 16 July 2024, which saw the removal of approximately 93,000 words. These changes came into effect on Apterous during the third round of the event.
+This was the last [[co-event]] to involve players adjudicating against the [[Apterous]] dictionary in its state prior to the major overhaul given to [[Oxford English Dictionary|''Oxford Dictionaries Premium'']] on 16 July 2024, which saw the removal of approximately 95,000 words. These extensive changes came into effect on Apterous during the third round of the event. For the sake of consistency, adjudication using Hurst's ''Countdown Numbers & Anagrams'' app — which retained the old dictionary at the time — was made mandatory, though most attendees had been using this regardless.
 ==Final standings==

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 ==Matches==
-'''Statistics to follow.'''
+''Statistics to follow.''
 ==FOCAL standings after the event==

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 {{series|previous=Goat:Brum 2024}}
-'''Countdown in Birmingham 2024''' is an upcoming [[co-event]] to be hosted by [[Matthew S Rutherford]] on 3 August 2024 as the twelfth round of the [[2024 FOCAL season]].
+'''Countdown in Birmingham 2024''' is an upcoming [[co-event]] to be hosted by [[Matthew S Rutherford]] on 3 August 2024 as the twelfth round of the [[2024 FOCAL season]]. It was won by [[Jack Hurst]], who beat [[Ben Wilson]] 72 – 28 in the [[BRUM2024GF|grand final]].
-It will be held at The Paramo Lounge in Solihull, where attendees will play eight [[9-round format|9-round games]] in the [[Lincoln format|"Lincoln" format]].
+It was held at Paramo Lounge in Solihull, where 33 attendees played eight [[9-round format|9-round games]] in the [[Lincoln format|"Lincoln" format]].
 ==Co-event timeline==

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 It will be held at The Paramo Lounge in Solihull, where attendees will play eight [[9-round format|9-round games]] in the [[Lincoln format|"Lincoln" format]].
 [[Category:Countdown tournaments|Durham 2024]]
 [[Category:FOCAL tournaments 2024|Birmingham]]