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− | + | <tr> | |
− | | | + | <th width="150px" style="background:#DDDDDD;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">Tournament</th> |
− | + | <th width="150px" style="background:#9FBCEC;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">Winner</th> | |
− | + | <th width="150px" style="background:#CAF7AC;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">Runner-up</th></tr> | |
− | + | </tr> | |
+ | |||
+ | <tr style="background:#FEFFE8"><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px"><i>In-person tournaments</i></td></tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COLIN 2005]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Chris Wills]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Mark Tournoff]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COBRIS 2005]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Conor Travers]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Kirk Bevins]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COLIN 2006]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Chris Wills]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Stewart Holden]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COBRIS 2006]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Chris Wills]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Mark Tournoff]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COLIN 2007]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Chris Wills]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Paul Howe]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[CORED 2007]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Ben Wilson]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Mike Brown]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COBRIS 2007]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Chris Wills]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Conor Travers]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COLIN 2008]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Conor Travers]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Jon O'Neill]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[CONOT 2008]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[?]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[?]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COLEI 2008]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[?]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[?]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <tr style="background:#FEFFE8"><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px"><i>Online tournaments</i></td></tr> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[JOLT]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Julian Fell]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Jon Stitcher]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COLT]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[James Martin]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Sandie Simonis]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[ZCC]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Conor Travers]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Jon O'Neill]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COOT 1]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Michael Bowden]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Conor Travers]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COOT 2]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Conor Travers]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Kirk Bevins]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COOT 3]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Conor Travers]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Chris Wills]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COMA]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[?]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[?]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COOT 08]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Julian Fell]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Damian Eadie]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <tr style="background:#FEFFE8"><td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px"><i>Plate tournaments</i></td></tr> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[ZCS]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[James Martin]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Paul Thomson]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[COOT 3 Plate]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 1px 0px">[[Charlie Reams]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 1px 0px">[[Kirk Bevins]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <tr> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 0px 0px">[[COOT 08|COOT 08 Plate]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8E8FF;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 1px 0px 0px">[[Jon O'Neill]]</th> | ||
+ | <td style="text-align:center;background:#E8FFE8;border-style:solid;border-color:#AAA;border-width:0px 0px 0px 0px">[[Matthew Coates]]</th></tr> | ||
+ | </tr> | ||
+ | |||
+ | </table> | ||
==Notable Countdown tournaments== | ==Notable Countdown tournaments== |
Revision as of 18:51, 21 July 2008
A Countdown tournament is an amateur tournament similar to a Scrabble or Chess tournament. Players meet up with their Countdown board games and play a number of 9-round games, usually 5 or 6, and the player with the most wins is the tournament winner. In the event of a tie, the number of points scored is used to separate them.
There are two disctinct 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 'Carol' 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.
Winners and runners-up
Notable Countdown tournaments
- The Edinburgh Countdown Club was the first to organise tournaments
- Countdown in Lincoln, most recently COLIN 2008
- Countdown in Bristol
- Countdown in Redhill
- Countdown in Nottingham
- The Cambridge Charity Countdown Challenge
- Various online tournaments via MSN Messenger, such as the Countdown Online Masters and COOT 08.