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Co:Wat?! 2020
Co:Wat?! 2020, or Countdown in Waterford 2020, took place in Waterford, Ireland, on 15 August 2020. It was the first co-event to be held in several months given the 2020 COVID-19 hiatus that affected all forms of Countdown, both on- and off-screen. As the event took place in the Republic of Ireland, and given the restrictions on international travel at the time due to COVID-19, no players based in mainland Great Britain took part. Nonetheless, 21 players took part, respecting social distancing guidelines to ensure the event went ahead safely.
It was the fourth round of the 2020–22 FOCAL season (albeit originally planned as round nine).
The event was played to Bristol-style rules, with five 9-rounders each to decide the groups for the categories and finals.
Contents
Personnel changes during the day
- Richard Finnegan and Sabrina Fleming had to leave after Game #3, as the day before, Sabrina had made the final of a tennis tourney in Carlow.
- Tom Drohan stayed until the published finish time, as he had work. Had there not been a 75-minute delay in the morning, he would have played all eight games.
- Michelle Jackson could not attend the morning games, so was parachuted into Group A in the afternoon. This was considered the fairest solution given the standard of her play.
Results
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Eddy Byrne | A | |
2 | Brendan Duke | A | |
3 | Hazel Drury | A | |
4 | Damian McEvoy | A | |
5 | Sean Lonergan | A | |
6 | Michelle Jackson | A | |
7 | Kevin Jackson | A | |
8 | Jessamine O'Connor | B | |
9 | Shane Heylin | B | |
10 | Roger Stevens | B | |
11 | Mark McDonnell | B | |
12 | Finola Jackson | B | |
13 | Tom Drohan | B | |
14 | George Drury | C | |
15 | Liam Holton | C | |
16 | Clodagh Irish | C | |
17 | Elaine McCormick Dunne | C | |
18 | Liam T Davis | C | |
19 | Mary McDonald | C | |
20 | Richard Finnegan | — | |
21 | Sabrina Fleming | — |
Progress
Group A
Eddy Byrne (1) vs Prune (8) | Eddy Byrne (1) vs Damian McEvoy (4) | Eddy Byrne (1) vs Brendan Duke (3) |
Michelle Jackson (5) vs Damian McEvoy (4) | ||
Brendan Duke (3) vs Sean Lonergan (6) | Brendan Duke (3) vs Hazel Drury (2) | |
Kevin Jackson (7) vs Hazel Drury (2) |
Group B
Jessamine O'Connor (9) vs Prune (16) | Jessamine O'Connor (9) vs Mark McDonnell (13) | Jessamine O'Connor (9) vs Shane Heylin (10) |
Mark McDonnell (13) vs Tom Drohan (12) | ||
Roger Stevens (11) vs Finola Jackson (14) | Roger Stevens (11) vs Shane Heylin (10) | |
Prune (15) vs Shane Heylin (10) |
Group C
Liam Holton (17) vs Prune (24) | Liam Holton (17) vs Clodagh Irish (20) | Liam Holton (17) vs George Drury (22) |
Clodagh Irish (20) vs Mary McDonald (21) | ||
Liam T Davis (19) vs George Drury (22) | George Drury (22) vs Elaine McCormick Dunne (18) | |
Prune (23) vs Elaine McCormick Dunne (18) |
Matches
# | Date | Type | Player 1 | Score | Player 2 | Host |
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Preliminary games | ||||||
COWAT20201 | 15/08/2020 | P | Roger Stevens | 35 – 62 | Jessamine O'Connor | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20201 | 15/08/2020 | P | Finola Jackson | 34 – 43 | Elaine McCormick Dunne | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20201 | 15/08/2020 | P | Liam T Davis | 23 – 66 | Mark McDonnell | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20201 | 15/08/2020 | P | Damian McEvoy | 40 – 57 | Tom Drohan | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20201 | 15/08/2020 | P | Richard Finnegan | 38 – 25 | Mary McDonald | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20201 | 15/08/2020 | P | Hazel Drury | 83 – 20 | George Drury | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20201 | 15/08/2020 | P | Brendan Duke | 72 – 20 | Sabrina Fleming | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20201 | 15/08/2020 | P | Shane Heylin | 40 – 41 | Sean Lonergan | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20201 | 15/08/2020 | P | Eddy Byrne | 83 – 20 | Clodagh Irish | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20201 | 15/08/2020 | P | Kevin Jackson | 68 – 54 | Liam Holton | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20202 | 15/08/2020 | P | Richard Finnegan | 27 – 23 | Sabrina Fleming | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20202 | 15/08/2020 | P | Liam Holton | 22 – 20 | Mary McDonald | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20202 | 15/08/2020 | P | Roger Stevens | 39* – 29 | Mark McDonnell | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20202 | 15/08/2020 | P | Clodagh Irish | 15 – 40 | Jessamine O'Connor | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20202 | 15/08/2020 | P | Eddy Byrne | 61 – 27 | Tom Drohan | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20202 | 15/08/2020 | P | Brendan Duke | 51 – 33 | Kevin Jackson | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20202 | 15/08/2020 | P | Hazel Drury | 45 – 5 | Sean Lonergan | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20202 | 15/08/2020 | P | Shane Heylin | 29 – 9 | George Drury | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20202 | 15/08/2020 | P | Liam T Davis | 15 – 32 | Finola Jackson | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20202 | 15/08/2020 | P | Elaine McCormick Dunne | 21 – 37 | Damian McEvoy | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20203 | 15/08/2020 | P | Hazel Drury | 53 – 4 | Richard Finnegan | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20203 | 15/08/2020 | P | Brendan Duke | 57 – 24 | Roger Stevens | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20203 | 15/08/2020 | P | Eddy Byrne | 58 – 0 | Mary McDonald | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20203 | 15/08/2020 | P | Shane Heylin | 35 – 17 | Liam T Davis | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20203 | 15/08/2020 | P | Clodagh Irish | 26 – 44 | Kevin Jackson | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20203 | 15/08/2020 | P | Sean Lonergan | 36 – 33 | Jessamine O'Connor | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20203 | 15/08/2020 | P | Sabrina Fleming | 19 – 43 | Damian McEvoy | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20203 | 15/08/2020 | P | Liam Holton | 26 – 20 | George Drury | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20203 | 15/08/2020 | P | Elaine McCormick Dunne | 24 – 27 | Mark McDonnell | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20204 | 15/08/2020 | P | Clodagh Irish | 22 – 41 | Roger Stevens | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20204 | 15/08/2020 | P | Liam T Davis | 28 – 48 | Kevin Jackson | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20204 | 15/08/2020 | P | Finola Jackson | 23 – 51 | Jessamine O'Connor | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20204 | 15/08/2020 | P | Sean Lonergan | 48 – 26 | Mary McDonald | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20204 | 15/08/2020 | P | Brendan Duke | 51 – 27 | Elaine McCormick Dunne | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20204 | 15/08/2020 | P | Tom Drohan | 46 – 56* | Shane Heylin | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20204 | 15/08/2020 | P | Hazel Drury | 66 – 6 | Mark McDonnell | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20204 | 15/08/2020 | P | Liam Holton | 13 – 67 | Eddy Byrne | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20204 | 15/08/2020 | P | Damian McEvoy | 44 – 16 | George Drury | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20205 | 15/08/2020 | P | Eddy Byrne | 69 – 22 | Jessamine O'Connor | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20205 | 15/08/2020 | P | Shane Heylin | 37 – 41 | Finola Jackson | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20205 | 15/08/2020 | P | Brendan Duke | 65 – 29 | Mark McDonnell | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20205 | 15/08/2020 | P | Hazel Drury | 71 – 24 | Tom Drohan | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20205 | 15/08/2020 | P | Mary McDonnell | 34 – 64 | Damian McEvoy | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20205 | 15/08/2020 | P | Liam Holton | 22 – 49 | Roger Stevens | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20205 | 15/08/2020 | P | Kevin Jackson | 23 – 59 | Sean Lonergan | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20205 | 15/08/2020 | P | Elaine McCormick Dunne | 25 – 32 | Clodagh Irish | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20205 | 15/08/2020 | P | Liam T Davis | 44 – 19 | George Drury | Eoin Jackson |
Live brackets | ||||||
Quarter-Finals | ||||||
COWAT20206 | 15/08/2020 | QF | Eddy Byrne | 116 – 0 | Prune | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20206 | 15/08/2020 | QF | Hazel Drury | 115 – 37 | Kevin Jackson | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20206 | 15/08/2020 | QF | Brendan Duke | 105 – 34 | Sean Lonergan | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20206 | 15/08/2020 | QF | Michelle Jackson | 71 – 86 | Damian McEvoy | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20206 | 15/08/2020 | bQF | Jessamine O'Connor | 96 – 0 | Prune | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20206 | 15/08/2020 | bQF | Shane Heylin | 92 – 0 | Prune | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20206 | 15/08/2020 | bQF | Roger Stevens | 90 – 35 | Finola Jackson | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20206 | 15/08/2020 | bQF | Tom Drohan | 58 – 76 | Mark McDonnell | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20206 | 15/08/2020 | cQF | Liam Holton | 68 – 0 | Prune | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20206 | 15/08/2020 | cQF | Elaine McCormick Dunne | 71 – 0 | Prune | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20206 | 15/08/2020 | cQF | Liam T Davis | 46 – 50 | George Drury | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20206 | 15/08/2020 | cQF | Clodagh Irish | 49 – 38 | Mary McDonald | Eoin Jackson |
Semi-Finals | ||||||
COWAT20207 | 15/08/2020 | SF | Eddy Byrne | 107 – 78 | Damian McEvoy | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20207 | 15/08/2020 | SF | Hazel Drury | 82 – 84 | Brendan Duke | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20207 | 15/08/2020 | bSF | Jessamine O'Connor | 85 – 46 | Mark McDonnell | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20207 | 15/08/2020 | bSF | Shane Heylin | 68 – 67 | Roger Stevens | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20207 | 15/08/2020 | cSF | Liam Holton | 66 – 31 | Clodagh Irish | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20207 | 15/08/2020 | cSF | Elaine McCormick Dunne | 55 – 60 | George Drury | Eoin Jackson |
Group Finals | ||||||
COWAT20208 | 15/08/2020 | bGF | Jessamine O'Connor | 82* – 76 | Shane Heylin | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20208 | 15/08/2020 | cGF | Liam Holton | 49 – 66 | George Drury | Eoin Jackson |
Play-offs for remaining positions | ||||||
COWAT20207 | 15/08/2020 | 5PO | Prune | 10 – 71 | Michelle Jackson | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20207 | 15/08/2020 | 5PO | Kevin Jackson | 56 – 92 | Sean Lonergan | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20207 | 15/08/2020 | 13PO | Prune | 0 – 0 | Prune | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20207 | 15/08/2020 | 13PO | Prune | 0 – 80 | Finola Jackson | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20207 | 15/08/2020 | 21PO | Prune | 0 – 69 | Mary McDonald | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20207 | 15/08/2020 | 21PO | Prune | 0 – 77 | Liam T Davis | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20208 | 15/08/2020 | 3PO | Damian McEvoy | 47 – 116 | Hazel Drury | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20208 | 15/08/2020 | 5PO | Michelle Jackson | 57 – 77 | Sean Lonergan | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20208 | 15/08/2020 | 7PO | Prune | 0 – 86 | Kevin Jackson | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20208 | 15/08/2020 | 11PO | Mark McDonnell | 76 – 84 | Roger Stevens | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20208 | 15/08/2020 | 13PO | Prune | 0 – 83 | Finola Jackson | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20208 | 15/08/2020 | 15PO | Prune | 0 – 0 | Prune | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20208 | 15/08/2020 | 19PO | Clodah Irish | 65 – 53 | Elaine McCormick Dunne | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20208 | 15/08/2020 | 21PO | Mary McDonald | 51 – 65 | Liam T Davis | Eoin Jackson |
COWAT20208 | 15/08/2020 | 23PO | Prune | 0 – 0 | Prune | Eoin Jackson |
Grand Final | ||||||
COWAT20209 | 15/08/2020 | GF | Brendan Duke | 77 – 94 | Eddy Byrne | Eoin Jackson |
FOCAL standings after the event
The top 8 after this round of the 2020–22 FOCAL season were as follows:
Pos. | Name | Points | |
---|---|---|---|
> | 1 | Jack Worsley | 2869 |
> | 2 | Callum Todd | 2674 |
> | 3 | Tom Carey | 2594 |
> | 4 | James Haughton | 2578 |
+7 | 5 | Eddy Byrne | 2456 |
-1 | 6 | Bradley Horrocks | 2160 |
-1 | 7 | Zubair Patel | 2130 |
-1 | 8 | James Robinson | 1887 |
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