Apterous Masters

The Apterous Masters, formerly known as the Countdown Online Masters, (or by its acronym COMA), is a tournament organised each February/March, and is a straight knock-out event between 8-32 players. Traditionally organised by Ben Wilson, it was guest-hosted by Zarte Siempre in 2015, and he then assumed its organisational duties in 2017 before moving to Thomas Carey during the 2019 tournament.

Format

Top players are seeded into the first-round draw after being judged on their skill at the game as displayed in both televised and off-screen performances, such as at COLIN or CoBris events, or in online competitions such as COOT or COGST. Apterous ratings are also used as a judge of skill.

Players who decline their invitations will be invited again the following year, but will not be invited a third time if they decline two invitations in a row.

Year	Entrants	Winner	Final score	Runner-up
2008	14	Paul Howe	walkover	Conor Travers
2009	23	Paul Howe	3 – 2	Junaid Mubeen
2010	51	Kirk Bevins	6 – 3	Jon O'Neill
2011	63	Innis Carson	6 – 1	Ed McCullagh
2012	42	Bob De Caux	6 – 4	Adam Gillard
2013	58	Innis Carson	6 – 5	Mark Deeks
VII	49	Conor Travers	6 – 3	Jack Worsley
2015	49	Jack Worsley	6 – 1	Zarte Siempre
IX	64	Jack Worsley	6 – 4	Transude Transude
10th	61	Jack Worsley	6 – 2	Zarte Siempre
2018	53	Thomas Carey	6 – 4	Chris Hare
2019	63	Jack Worsley	7 – 1	Thomas Cappleman
2020	81		–

Hall of fame

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|- ! Wins ! Player ! Years won |- ! 4 | Jack Worsley | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 |- !rowspan="2"|2 | Innis Carson | 2011, 2013 |- | Paul Howe | 2008, 2009 |- !rowspan="4"|1 | Kirk Bevins | 2010 |- | Thomas Carey | 2018 |- | Bob De Caux | 2012 |- | Conor Travers | 2014 |-

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