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|[[Tom Carey]] | |[[Tom Carey]] | ||
| − | | [[Countdown in Blackpool|Co:Blackpool]] ([[Co:Blackpool 2022|2022]])<br />[[Countdown in Dublin|Co:Dublin]] ([[Co:Dublin 2023|2023]])<br />[[Countdown in Durham|Co:Durham]] ([[Co:Durham 2024|2024]])<br />[[Countdown in London|Co:London]] ([[Co:London 2025|2025]])<br />[[Countdown in Manchester|Co:Manchester]] ([[Countdown in Manchester 2020|2020]])<br />[[Countdown in Newcastle-upon-Tyne|Co:Newcastle]] ([[Co:Newcastle 2023|2023]])<br/>[[Countdown in Reading|Co:Reading]] ([[Co:Reading 2024|2024]])<br />[[Countdown in Waterford|Co: | + | | [[Countdown in Blackpool|Co:Blackpool]] ([[Co:Blackpool 2022|2022]])<br />[[Countdown in Dublin|Co:Dublin]] ([[Co:Dublin 2023|2023]])<br />[[Countdown in Durham|Co:Durham]] ([[Co:Durham 2024|2024]])<br />[[Countdown in London|Co:London]] ([[Co:London 2025|2025]])<br />[[Countdown in Manchester|Co:Manchester]] ([[Countdown in Manchester 2020|2020]])<br />[[Countdown in Newcastle-upon-Tyne|Co:Newcastle]] ([[Co:Newcastle 2023|2023]])<br/>[[Countdown in Reading|Co:Reading]] ([[Co:Reading 2024|2024]])<br />[[Countdown in Waterford|Co:Wat?!]] ([[Co:Wat?! 2017|2017]])<br /> |
|- | |- | ||
|[[James Robinson]] | |[[James Robinson]] | ||
| [[Countdown in Chester|Co:Chester]] ([[CoChest|2011]])<br />[[Countdown in Dublin|Co:Dublin]] ([[CO:Dub|2015]])<br />[[Countdown in Edinburgh|Co:Edinburgh]] ([[COEDI 2019|2019]])<br />Co:Galway ([[Co:Galway 2022|2022]])<br />[[Countdown in Glasgow|Co:Glasgow]]OnThen ([[CoGlasgowOnThen|2016]])<br />[[CoLei|Co:Leicester]] ([[CoLei5|2012]])<br />[[Countdown in Milton Keynes|Co:MK]] ([[Countdown in Milton Keynes 2016|2016]])<br />[[Countdown in Reading|Co:Reading]] ([[CO:REA|2012]]) | | [[Countdown in Chester|Co:Chester]] ([[CoChest|2011]])<br />[[Countdown in Dublin|Co:Dublin]] ([[CO:Dub|2015]])<br />[[Countdown in Edinburgh|Co:Edinburgh]] ([[COEDI 2019|2019]])<br />Co:Galway ([[Co:Galway 2022|2022]])<br />[[Countdown in Glasgow|Co:Glasgow]]OnThen ([[CoGlasgowOnThen|2016]])<br />[[CoLei|Co:Leicester]] ([[CoLei5|2012]])<br />[[Countdown in Milton Keynes|Co:MK]] ([[Countdown in Milton Keynes 2016|2016]])<br />[[Countdown in Reading|Co:Reading]] ([[CO:REA|2012]]) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | ! | + | !8 |
|[[Hazel Drury]] | |[[Hazel Drury]] | ||
| − | | [[Countdown in Monasteraden|Co:Mon]] (2022, [[Co:Mon 2023|2023]], [[Co:Mon 2025|2025]])<br />[[Countdown in Waterford|Co: | + | | [[Countdown in Monasteraden|Co:Mon]] (2022, [[Co:Mon 2023|2023]], [[Co:Mon 2025|2025]])<br />[[Countdown in Waterford|Co:Wat?!]] ([[Co:Wat?! 2018|2018]], [[Co:Wat?! 2022|2022]], [[Co:Wat?! 2023|2023]], [[Co:Wat?! 2024|2024]], [[Co:Wat?! 2025|2025]])<br /> |
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|[[Edward Byrne|Ed Byrne]] | |[[Edward Byrne|Ed Byrne]] | ||
| − | | [[COLIN]] Hangover ([[COLIN XIII: The Hangover|XIII]])<br />[[Countdown in Waterford|Co: | + | | [[COLIN]] Hangover ([[COLIN XIII: The Hangover|XIII]])<br />[[Countdown in Waterford|Co:Wat?!]] ([[Co:Wat?! 2019|2019]], [[Co:Wat?! 2020|2020]], [[Co:Wat?! 2021|2021]]) |
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|[[Tom Cappleman]] | |[[Tom Cappleman]] | ||
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| class="runnerup" | [[Tom Cappleman|Thomas Cappleman]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Tom Cappleman|Thomas Cappleman]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | class="name" | [[Co:MK | + | | class="name" | [[Co:MK Open 2022]] |
| class="winner" | [[Rob Foster]] | | class="winner" | [[Rob Foster]] | ||
| class="runnerup" | [[Graeme Cole]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Graeme Cole]] | ||
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| class="runnerup" | [[George Armstrong]] | | class="runnerup" | [[George Armstrong]] | ||
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| − | | class="name" | [[Co:MK | + | | class="name" | [[Co:MK Open 2023]] |
| class="winner" | [[Ahmed Mohamed]] | | class="winner" | [[Ahmed Mohamed]] | ||
| class="runnerup" | [[Ronan Higginson]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Ronan Higginson]] | ||
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| class="runnerup" | [[Jonathan De Souza]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Jonathan De Souza]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | class="name" | [[Co:MK | + | | class="name" | [[Co:MK Open 2024]] |
| class="winner" | [[Callum Todd]] | | class="winner" | [[Callum Todd]] | ||
| class="runnerup" | [[Ronan Higginson]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Ronan Higginson]] | ||
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| class="name"|175 | | class="name"|175 | ||
| − | | class="name" | [[Co:Rugby 2025: Warm- | + | | class="name" | [[Co:Rugby 2025: Warm-Up]] |
| class="winner" | [[Dylan Taylor]] | | class="winner" | [[Dylan Taylor]] | ||
| class="runnerup" | [[Matthew Brockwell]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Matthew Brockwell]] | ||
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| class="name"|180 | | class="name"|180 | ||
| class="name" | [[Co:TW 2025]] | | class="name" | [[Co:TW 2025]] | ||
| − | | class="winner" | | + | | class="winner" | [[MSR]] |
| − | | class="runnerup" | | + | | class="runnerup" | [[Tom Cappleman]] |
|- | |- | ||
| class="name"|181 | | class="name"|181 | ||
| class="name" | [[Co:Stockport 2025]] | | class="name" | [[Co:Stockport 2025]] | ||
| − | | class="winner" | | + | | class="winner" | [[Jack Worsley]] |
| − | | class="runnerup" | | + | | class="runnerup" | [[Bradley Horrocks]] |
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| class="name"|182 | | class="name"|182 | ||
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| class="name"|183 | | class="name"|183 | ||
| class="name" | [[Co:Durham 2025]] | | class="name" | [[Co:Durham 2025]] | ||
| − | | class="winner" | | + | | class="winner" | [[Dylan Taylor]] |
| − | | class="runnerup" | | + | | class="runnerup" | [[Adam Latchford]] |
|- | |- | ||
|- | |- | ||
| class="name"|184 | | class="name"|184 | ||
| − | | class="name" | [[Co:Brum 2025: Warm- | + | | class="name" | [[Co:Brum 2025: Warm-Up]] |
| class="winner" | ''TBC'' | | class="winner" | ''TBC'' | ||
| class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | | class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | ||
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| class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | | class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
| + | | class="name"|188 | ||
| + | | class="name" | [[Co:Dublin 2025]] | ||
| + | | class="winner" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | | class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="name"|189 | ||
| + | | class="name" | [[Co:Edinburgh 2025]] | ||
| + | | class="winner" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | | class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="name"|190 | ||
| + | | class="name" | [[Co:Worcester 2025]] | ||
| + | | class="winner" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | | class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="name" rowspan="2"|191 | ||
| + | | class="name" | [[2025 FOCAL finals]] | ||
| + | | class="winner" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | | class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="name" | [[Co:MK Open 2025]] | ||
| + | | class="winner" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | | class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | colspan=4 class="name" | <center> '''Tournaments in 2026'''</center> | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="name"|192 | ||
| + | | class="name" | [[COLIN XXI]] | ||
| + | | class="winner" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | | class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="name"|193 | ||
| + | | class="name" | [[COLIN XXI: The Hangover]] | ||
| + | | class="winner" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | | class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | ||
| + | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
[[Category:Countdown tournaments|*]] | [[Category:Countdown tournaments|*]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:28, 1 August 2025
A Co-event is an unofficial tournament held at an organised location in the UK or Ireland that meets up for social and competitive Countdown. Inspired by Scrabble tournaments, players meet up with their Countdown board games (or in some cases, suitable computer software) and play a set number of games of Countdown, usually 5 or 6, and the player with the most wins claims 1st place. In the event of a tie, the number of points scored is used to separate the players. In most events, the top 2 players play a final to determine the winner.
There are two distinct types of tournament: head-to-head "Edinburgh-style" tournaments, and "Bristol-style" tournaments where everyone in the room plays from the same set of letters and numbers. The Countdown in Lincoln tournaments use head-to-head games, i.e. each 'table' of three players selects its own separate letters and numbers (one person acting as host, 'Dictionary Corner' and 'Rachel' whilst the other two play each other), while the Countdown in Bristol tournament uses the second system whereby players play in pairs, but all players have the same letters, numbers and conundrum (usually displayed on a board at the front of the room).
This second system eliminates the luck factor as no player or players have "better" selections than anyone else over the course of the day. However, some dislike it because, since they cannot select the letters or numbers themselves, it denies them the chance to use tactical selections to win individual games, for example picking an unusual numbers selection against an opponent known to be weak at the numbers game.
Some otherwise most Bristol-style tournaments have a system for numbers games that compromises between the two formats: A contestant from each pair makes a choice of numbers, just as on the show or in the Edinburgh format and, once everybody has chosen, a selection is revealed for each possible number of large and small numbers in one way or another, the 1st to introduce this was .co.mk in 2015.
Since 2016, the majority of tournaments have been run as part of organisational body FOCAL.
Prior to 2011, online tournaments were also listed here. However, the advent of Apterous's "tourney" system has allowed multiple tournaments to be played at once, rendering the number of tournaments sheer. Over 3,000 online tournaments have been played since 2011.
Co-event winners
List of co-events
The Edinburgh Countdown Club was the first to organise tournaments.
