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− | | [[Countdown in Leamington Spa|Co:Leam]] ([[Countdown in Leamington Spa|2013]])<br />[[Countdown Aces Trophy]] ([[Countdown Aces Trophy|2013]])<br />[[Countdown in Reading|CO:REA]] ([[CO:REA 2014|2014]], [[CO:REA 2015|2015]])<br />[[Countdown in St Albans|CoStAl]] ([[CoStAl|2014]])<br />[[Countdown in Huddersfield|COHUD]] ([[COHUD 2014|2014]], [[COHUD 2015|2015]], [[COHUD 2016|2016]], [[COHUD 2017|2017]])<br />[[CoNot]] ([[CoNot IV|2015]], [[Countdown in Nottingham 2016|2016]])<br />[[COLIN]] ([[COLIN XII|2016]], [[COLIN XIV|2018]], [[COLIN XV|2019]])<br />[[COLIN]] Hangover ([[COLIN XII: The Hangover|2016]], [[COLIN XIV: The Hangover|2018]], [[COLIN XVI: The Hangover|2020]])<br />[[FOCAL]] ([[2016 FOCAL finals|2016]])<br />[[Countdown in Birmingham|CoBrum]] ([[CoBrum2|2017]])<br />[[Countdown in Blackpool|Co-Blackpool]] ([[Co-Blackpool 2018|2018]])<br />[[Countdown in West Yorkshire|Co:WY]] ([[Co:WY 2019|2019]])<br />[[ | + | | [[Countdown in Leamington Spa|Co:Leam]] ([[Countdown in Leamington Spa|2013]])<br />[[Countdown Aces Trophy]] ([[Countdown Aces Trophy|2013]])<br />[[Countdown in Reading|CO:REA]] ([[CO:REA 2014|2014]], [[CO:REA 2015|2015]])<br />[[Countdown in St Albans|CoStAl]] ([[CoStAl|2014]])<br />[[Countdown in Huddersfield|COHUD]] ([[COHUD 2014|2014]], [[COHUD 2015|2015]], [[COHUD 2016|2016]], [[COHUD 2017|2017]])<br />[[CoNot]] ([[CoNot IV|2015]], [[Countdown in Nottingham 2016|2016]])<br />[[COLIN]] ([[COLIN XII|2016]], [[COLIN XIV|2018]], [[COLIN XV|2019]])<br />[[COLIN]] Hangover ([[COLIN XII: The Hangover|2016]], [[COLIN XIV: The Hangover|2018]], [[COLIN XVI: The Hangover|2020]])<br />[[FOCAL]] ([[2016 FOCAL finals|2016]])<br />[[Countdown in Birmingham|CoBrum]] ([[CoBrum2|2017]])<br />[[Countdown in Blackpool|Co-Blackpool]] ([[Co-Blackpool 2018|2018]])<br />[[Countdown in West Yorkshire|Co:WY]] ([[Co:WY 2019|2019]])<br />[[Countdown in Manchester|Co:Man]] ([[Co:Man 2022|2022]], [[Co:Man 2023|2023]]) |
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− | ! | + | ! 16 |
| [[Rob Foster]] | | [[Rob Foster]] | ||
− | | [[CoNot]] ([[CoNot 2011|2011]])<br />[[Countdown in King's Lynn|Co:KL]] ([[Co:KL|2015]], [[CO:KL 2017|2017]])<br />[[Countdown in Reading|CO:REA]] ([[CO:REA 2017|2017]], [[Co:REA 2019|2019]])<br />[[Countdown in Bournemouth|Co:Bo]] ([[CoBo 2017|2017]])<br />[[Countdown in Milton Keynes|.co.mk]] ([[Countdown in Milton Keynes 2017|2017]], [[Countdown in Milton Keynes 2019|2019]])<br />[[FOCAL]] ([[2017 FOCAL finals|2017]])<br />[[Countdown in Birmingham|CoBrum]] ([[CoBrum 2018|2018]])<br />[[Countdown in Cambridge|CoCam]] ([[Co:Cam 2019|2019]])<br />[[Countdown in Braintree|Co:Braintree]] ([[Countdown in Braintree 2019|2019]], [[Co:Braintree 2021|2021]], [[Co:Braintree 2022|2022]])<br />[[Co:Lon]] ([[Co:Lon 2022|2022]]) | + | | [[CoNot]] ([[CoNot 2011|2011]])<br />[[Countdown in King's Lynn|Co:KL]] ([[Co:KL|2015]], [[CO:KL 2017|2017]])<br />[[Countdown in Reading|CO:REA]] ([[CO:REA 2017|2017]], [[Co:REA 2019|2019]])<br />[[Countdown in Bournemouth|Co:Bo]] ([[CoBo 2017|2017]])<br />[[Countdown in Milton Keynes|.co.mk]] ([[Countdown in Milton Keynes 2017|2017]], [[Countdown in Milton Keynes 2019|2019]])<br />[[FOCAL]] ([[2017 FOCAL finals|2017]])<br />[[Countdown in Birmingham|CoBrum]] ([[CoBrum 2018|2018]])<br />[[Countdown in Cambridge|CoCam]] ([[Co:Cam 2019|2019]])<br />[[Countdown in Braintree|Co:Braintree]] ([[Countdown in Braintree 2019|2019]], [[Co:Braintree 2021|2021]], [[Co:Braintree 2022|2022]])<br />[[Co:Lon]] ([[Co:Lon 2022|2022]]) <br /> Countdown in Rugby ([[Countdown in Rugby|2023]]) |
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− | ! | + | ! 10 |
+ | |[[Conor Travers]] | ||
+ | | [[CoBris]] ([[CoBris 2005|2005]])<br />[[COLIN]] ([[COLIN 2008|2008]], [[COLIN XVII|2022]], [[COLIN XVIII|2023]])<br />[[CobliviLon II|CoBliviLon]] ([[CobliviLon II|2013]])<br />[[COLIN]] Hangover ([[COLIN XI: The Hangover|2015]], [[COLIN XVII: The Hangover|2022]])<br />[[Co:Lon]] ([[Co:LON 2019|2019]])<br />[[CoDub]] ([[Countdown in Dublin 5|2019]])<br />[[COEDI]] ([[COEDI 2022|2022]]) | ||
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+ | ! 9 | ||
|[[Innis Carson]] | |[[Innis Carson]] | ||
| [[Co:Lon]] ([[Co:Lon 2010|2010]])<br />[[CobliviLon]] ([[CobliviLon|2012]])<br />[[Countdown in Edinburgh|COEDI]] ([[COEDI|2012]], [[COEDI2|2013]], [[COEDI3|2014]])<br />[[COLIN]] ([[COLIN XI|2015]])<br />[[Countdown in Glasgow|Co:Glasgow]] ([[Co:Glasgow 2015|2015]], [[Countdown in Glasgow 2016|2016]])<br />[[Countdown in Leeds|Co:Leeds]] ([[Co:Leeds|2016]]) | | [[Co:Lon]] ([[Co:Lon 2010|2010]])<br />[[CobliviLon]] ([[CobliviLon|2012]])<br />[[Countdown in Edinburgh|COEDI]] ([[COEDI|2012]], [[COEDI2|2013]], [[COEDI3|2014]])<br />[[COLIN]] ([[COLIN XI|2015]])<br />[[Countdown in Glasgow|Co:Glasgow]] ([[Co:Glasgow 2015|2015]], [[Countdown in Glasgow 2016|2016]])<br />[[Countdown in Leeds|Co:Leeds]] ([[Co:Leeds|2016]]) | ||
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| [[Countdown in Blackpool|Co:Blackpool]] ([[Co-Blackpool 2021|2021]]),[[Countdown in Birmingham|Co:Brum]] ([[Co:Brum 2022|2022]]) | | [[Countdown in Blackpool|Co:Blackpool]] ([[Co-Blackpool 2021|2021]]),[[Countdown in Birmingham|Co:Brum]] ([[Co:Brum 2022|2022]]) | ||
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|[[David Barnard]] | |[[David Barnard]] | ||
| [[Countdown in Bristol|Co:Bris]] ([[CoBris 2015|2015]]) | | [[Countdown in Bristol|Co:Bris]] ([[CoBris 2015|2015]]) | ||
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|[[Graeme Cole]] | |[[Graeme Cole]] | ||
| [[Countdown in Reading|CO:Rea]] ([[CO:REA 2018|2018]]) | | [[Countdown in Reading|CO:Rea]] ([[CO:REA 2018|2018]]) | ||
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+ | |[[Tim Down]] | ||
+ | | [[COLIN]] Hangover ([[COLIN XVIII: The Hangover|2023]]) | ||
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|[[James Haughton]] | |[[James Haughton]] | ||
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| class="winner" | [[James Robinson]] | | class="winner" | [[James Robinson]] | ||
| class="runnerup" | [[Kevin McMahon]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Kevin McMahon]] | ||
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| class="winner" | [[Jack Worsley]] | | class="winner" | [[Jack Worsley]] | ||
| class="runnerup" | [[Giles Hutchings]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Giles Hutchings]] | ||
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| class="name"|69 | | class="name"|69 | ||
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| class="winner" | [[Rob Foster]] | | class="winner" | [[Rob Foster]] | ||
| class="runnerup" | [[Jen Steadman]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Jen Steadman]] | ||
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| class="name"|83 | | class="name"|83 | ||
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| class="name"|86 | | class="name"|86 | ||
− | | class="name" | [[CoNuT|Co:NuT]] | + | | class="name" | [[CoNuT|Co:NuT 2018]] |
| class="winner" | [[Ed McCullagh]] | | class="winner" | [[Ed McCullagh]] | ||
| class="runnerup" | [[Zubair Patel]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Zubair Patel]] | ||
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| class="winner" | [[Jonathan Wynn]] | | class="winner" | [[Jonathan Wynn]] | ||
| class="runnerup" | [[Tom Cappleman|Thomas Cappleman]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Tom Cappleman|Thomas Cappleman]] | ||
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| class="name"|98 | | class="name"|98 | ||
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| class="name"|101 | | class="name"|101 | ||
− | | class="name" | [[CoNuT 2019]] | + | | class="name" | [[CoNuT 2019|Co:NuT 2019]] |
| class="winner" | [[James Haughton]] | | class="winner" | [[James Haughton]] | ||
| class="runnerup" | [[Luke Johnson-Davies]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Luke Johnson-Davies]] | ||
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| class="winner" | [[Callum Todd]] | | class="winner" | [[Callum Todd]] | ||
| class="runnerup" | [[Bradley Horrocks]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Bradley Horrocks]] | ||
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| class="name"|115 | | class="name"|115 | ||
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| class="name"|127 | | class="name"|127 | ||
− | | class="name" | [[Co:Galway 2022]] | + | | class="name" | [[Co:Galway 2022|Co:Galway]] |
| class="winner" | [[James Robinson]] | | class="winner" | [[James Robinson]] | ||
| class="runnerup" | [[Callum Todd]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Callum Todd]] | ||
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| class="winner" | [[Jack Hurst]] | | class="winner" | [[Jack Hurst]] | ||
| class="runnerup" | [[Tom Cappleman|Thomas Cappleman]] | | class="runnerup" | [[Tom Cappleman|Thomas Cappleman]] | ||
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| class="name"|135 | | class="name"|135 | ||
− | | class="name" | COLIN XVIII | + | | class="name" | [[COLIN XVIII]] |
− | | class="winner" | | + | | class="winner" | [[Conor Travers]] |
− | | class="runnerup" | | + | | class="runnerup" | [[Callum Todd]] |
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| class="name"|136 | | class="name"|136 | ||
− | | class="name" | COLIN XVIII: The Hangover | + | | class="name" | [[COLIN XVIII: The Hangover]] |
− | | class="winner" | | + | | class="winner" | [[Tim Down]] |
− | | class="runnerup" | | + | | class="runnerup" | [[Jack Hurst]] |
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| class="name"|137 | | class="name"|137 | ||
− | | class="name" | Co:Man 2023 | + | | class="name" | [[Co:Man 2023]] |
− | | class="winner" | | + | | class="winner" | [[Jack Worsley]] |
− | | class="runnerup" | | + | | class="runnerup" | [[Jack Hurst]] |
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| class="name"|138 | | class="name"|138 | ||
− | | class="name" | Co:Rugby | + | | class="name" | [[Countdown in Rugby|Co:Rugby]] |
− | | class="winner" | | + | | class="winner" | [[Rob Foster]] |
− | | class="runnerup" | | + | | class="runnerup" | [[Jack Hurst]] |
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| class="name"|139 | | class="name"|139 | ||
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| class="name"|140 | | class="name"|140 | ||
+ | | class="name" | Co:Mon 2023 | ||
+ | | class="winner" | ''TBC'' | ||
+ | | class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | ||
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+ | | class="name"|141 | ||
| class="name" | Co:Brighton 2023 | | class="name" | Co:Brighton 2023 | ||
| class="winner" | ''TBC'' | | class="winner" | ''TBC'' | ||
| class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | | class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | ||
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− | | class="name"| | + | | class="name"|142 |
| class="name" | Co:Dublin 2023 | | class="name" | Co:Dublin 2023 | ||
+ | | class="winner" | ''TBC'' | ||
+ | | class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | class="name"|143 | ||
+ | | class="name" | Co:NuT 2023 | ||
| class="winner" | ''TBC'' | | class="winner" | ''TBC'' | ||
| class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' | | class="runnerup" | ''TBC'' |
Revision as of 16:07, 20 March 2023
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.