CoLei 2008

CoLei 2008 was the first time that Countdown in Leicester was organized. It was held on the 30th August at the The Stoneycroft Hotel in Leicester. The event was won by Series 52 champion Mark Tournoff. The lineup included 3 series winners, the others being Ben Wilson, and Kirk Bevins who won his Series after appearing at CoLei.

The competition was held over 6 games.

The tournament ran as follows:
- 14 round qualifier, seedings drawn up based on points scored;
- Players split into three groups of three, to each play two and watch a third;
- Groups recast, ready for finals groups A, B and C;
- A further two games played / third game watched;
- Final standings drawn up based on overall number of games won and then points scored

Full results

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Mark Tournoff (1/A)	4	239
2	Ben Wilson (7/B)	3	237
3	Kirk Bevins (2/A)	2	266
4	Dinos Sfyris (5/B)	2	214
5	Mike Brown (8/C)	2	193
6	Ross Allatt (6/A)	2	181
7	Richard Priest (3/C)	1	233
8	Karen Pearson (9/B)	1	218
9	Stewart Gordon (4/C)	1	180

Full list of Games

Qualifier

Warm-up:

i. R U T Y O I P A L

ii. R S O M A E T B D

iii. 100 25 4 8 9 10 -- 265

Main rounds:

i. T A G L A V E O C

ii. L A M B O I R D E

iii. 6 4 100 4 1 5 -- 838

iv. B E R Y T U N A C

v. S C N K I M U E T

vi. 4 50 6 100 5 10 -- 677

vii. Conundrum: A R T E C H L A D

viii. K H I U A V X T U

ix. D E U R T O G R S

x. 7 7 9 3 4 8 -- 665

xi. L R K C A E E M F

xii. R S T O I D E W U

xiii. 6 50 25 2 75 3 -- 951

xiv. Conundrum: G R R I M I R O N

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Maximum 137.

Seedings:
1) Mark Tournoff 123
2) Kirk Bevins 113
3) Richard Priest 103
4) Stewart Gordon 99
5) Dinos Syfris 99 (Stewart found three 8-letter words to Dinos' two)
6) Ross Allatt 98
7) Ben Wilson 96
8) Mike Brown 85
9) Karen Pearson 79

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-> Group A: Mark Tournoff (1), Stewart Gordon (4), Ben Wilson (7). Group B: Kirk Bevins (2), Dinos Syfris (5), Mike Brown (8). Group C: Richard Priest (3), Ross Allatt (6), Karen Pearson (9).

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Game 1

i. R E N R I A R L Q

ii. T T C A O O N E A

iii. G R O A L S I R E

iv. 3 10 75 25 4 50 -- 258

v. S S M S P E E U C

vi. S M T I U I G S U

vii. C D S A A U P N E

viii. 10 4 4 7 7 1 -- 499

ix. Conundrum: H I L L Y P E A T

Mark Tournoff 60 - 28 Ben Wilson
Kirk Bevins 65 - 34 Mike Brown
Ross Allatt 47 - 40 Richard Priest

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Game 2

i. S N L A L I U D O

ii. R N O O T N O O U

iii. M T H E U E V G A

iv. 10 7 5 2 3 10 -- 283

v. N I A N D E C N V

vi. S U L R E T A T E

vii. T C N U I O D T A

viii. 8 10 75 25 100 50 -- 658

ix. Conundrum: F O R G E D H A T

x. Tie-break conundrum: C O I N T A I N T

xi. Tie-break conundrum: F L E E T C R E D

Stewart Gordon 21 - 64 Mark Tournoff
Dinos Syfris 47 - 57 Mike Brown
Ross Allatt 54 - 31 Karen Pearson

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Game 3

i. Q E L V E E I T P

ii. R D E O T L O R S

iii. N D R S I E E R S

iv. 6 2 75 100 50 25 -- 606

v. T S L O O E T A R

vi. T S S L O E I L H

vii. B E R E L D I M O

viii. 1 4 7 75 8 25 -- 129

ix. Conundrum: L A R F A S I N G

x. Tie-break conundrum: S T A R T L A N E

xi. Tie-break conundrum: L A T C H R L A W

Stewart Gordon 71 - 74 Ben Wilson
Dinos Syfris 82 - 72 Kirk Bevins
Richard Priest 71 - 81 Karen Pearson

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Scores after preliminary stages:

1. Mark Tournoff (1) - 2 wins, 124 points
2. Ross Allatt (6) - 2 wins, 101 points
3. Kirk Bevins (2) - 1 win, 137 points
4. Dinos Syfris (5) - 1 win, 129 points
5. Karen Pearson (9) - 1 win, 112 points
6. Ben Wilson (7) - 1 win, 102 points
7. Mike Brown (8) - 1 win, 91 points
8. Richard Priest (3) - 0 wins, 111 points
9. Stewart Gordon (4) - 0 wins, 92 points.

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Groups for final stages:

A: Mark Tournoff (1), Ross Allatt (6), Kirk Bevins (2).
B: Dinos Syfris (5), Karen Pearson (9), Ben Wilson (7).
C: Mike Brown (8), Richard Priest (3), Stewart Gordon (4).

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Game 4

i. H H R V U E I R L

ii. S Z M O A B I N E

iii. L P E T N N I E A

iv. 5 10 75 50 25 100 -- 584

v. L I N O L I D S I

vi. S V W E I U R G U

vii. T T M I E E L I P

viii. 10 10 75 25 1 4 -- 799

ix. Conundrum: M U L T I C A N E

A: Ross Allatt 35 - 65 Kirk Bevins
B: Dinos Syfris 45 - 40 Karen Pearson
C: Stewart Gordon 44 - 30 Mike Brown

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Game 5

i. R C V E I E S T S

ii. U A N M I V N E T

iii. M P S E I I R S U

iv. 1 7 75 2 4 9 -- 422

v. V G V S E A I S F

vi. M B E E N U L N A

vii. N U M I D A G R U

viii. 25 2 7 3 75 50 -- 792

ix. Conundrum: B L A C K L I C E

A: Ross Allatt 45 - 50 Mark Tournoff
B: Dinos Syfris 40 - 61 Ben Wilson
C: Stewart Gordon 44 - 32 Richard Priest

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Game 6

i. P V B E U E R T T

ii. U N D E M L A C I

iii. Q N F L E I E V N

iv. 4 6 3 5 10 2 -- 186

v. A D E P O L D P S

vi. E O I Z M H F I P

vii. G R T L A U I A E

viii. 2 6 100 4 3 25 -- 391

ix. Conundrum: I M D E M I S A X

A: Kirk Bevins 64 - 65 Mark Tournoff
B: Ben Wilson 74 - 66 Karen Pearson
C: Richard Priest 70 - 72 Mike Brown