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'''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|series winners]], the others being [[Ben Wilson]], and [[Kirk Bevins]] who won his Series after appearing at CoLei.
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'''CoLei 2008''' was the inaugural [[Countdown in Leicester]] unofficial Countdown tournament. It was held on 30 August 2008 at the The Stoneycroft Hotel in Leicester. There were nine participants, all of whom had previously appeared on the programme, and the event was won by [[Series 52]] [[series|champion]] [[Mark Tournoff]]. The line-up included a total of three series winners: Tournoff, [[Ben Wilson]] from [[Series 46]], and [[Kirk Bevins]] who would go on to win [[Series 60]] in 2009.
  
The competition was held over 6 games.
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==Format==
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The competition was held over six games. The tournament ran as follows:
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# Participants play a 14-round qualifying game, from which seeds are drawn based on points scored.
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# Players are split into three groups of three, to each play two games and watch a third.
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# The groups are recast to form finals groups A, B and C.
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# A further two games are played and a third game watched by the competitors.
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# Final standings are calculated based on each player's overall number of games won and then points scored.
  
The tournament ran as follows:
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==Final results==
<br>- 14 round qualifier, seedings drawn up based on points scored;
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{{Seed table}}
<br>- Players split into three groups of three, to each play two and watch a third;
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{{Seed|1|[[Mark Tournoff]] (1/A)                            |4|239}}
<br>- Groups recast, ready for finals groups A, B and C;
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{{Seed|2|[[Ben Wilson]] (7/B)                                |3|237}}
<br>- A further two games played / third game watched;
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{{Seed|3|[[Kirk Bevins]] (2/A)                              |2|266}}
<br>- Final standings drawn up based on overall number of games won and then points scored
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{{Seed|4|[[Dinos Sfyris]] (5/B)                              |2|214}}
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{{Seed|5|[[Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)|Mike Brown]] (8/C)|2|193}}
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{{Seed|6|[[Ross Allatt]] (6/A)                              |2|181}}
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{{Seed|7|[[Richard Priest]] (3/C)                            |1|233}}
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{{Seed|8|[[Karen Pearson]] (9/B)                            |1|218}}
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{{Seed|9|[[Stewart Gordon]] (4/C)                            |1|180}}
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{{Seed table end}}
  
==Full results==
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==Qualifier==
<table>
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===Warm up rounds===
<tr><th>Rank</th> <th>Name</th>                  <th>Wins</th> <th>Points</th>
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{{Rounds-start|Player 1|Player 2}}
<tr><td> 1 </td><td>[[Mark Tournoff]]  (1/A)    </td><td> 4  </td> <td>239</td>
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{{R-letters |1 |RUTYOIPAL| &mdash; | &mdash; |POLARITY*, POLYURIA*, TROUPIAL*||| 8}}
<tr><td> 2 </td><td>[[Ben Wilson]]  (7/B)  </td><td> 3  </td> <td>237</td>
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{{R-letters |2 |RSOMAETBD| &mdash; | &mdash; |BROADEST*, BROASTED*, BROMATES*|||16}}
<tr><td> 3 </td><td>[[Kirk Bevins]]  (2/A)  </td><td> 2  </td> <td>266</td>
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{{R-numbers |3 | 100|25|4|8|9|10| 265
<tr><td>  4 </td><td>[[Dinos Sfyris]]  (5/B)  </td><td> 2  </td> <td>214</td>
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|&mdash;
<tr><td>  5 </td><td>[[Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)|Mike Brown]]  (8/C)  </td><td> 2  </td> <td>193</td>
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|&mdash;
<tr><td>  6 </td><td>[[Ross Allatt]]  (6/A)  </td><td> 2  </td> <td>181</td>
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|other=265|solother=25 &times; 9 + 10 &times; 4                                           |||26}}
<tr><td>  7 </td><td>[[Richard Priest]]  (3/C)  </td><td> 1  </td> <td>233</td>
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{{Rounds-end}}
<tr><td>  8 </td><td>[[Karen Pearson]]  (9/B)  </td><td> 1  </td> <td>218</td>
 
<tr><td>  9 </td><td>[[Stewart Gordon]]  (4/C)  </td><td> 1  </td> <td>180</td>
 
</table>
 
  
==Full list of Games==
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===Main rounds===
Qualifier
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{{Rounds-start|Player 1|Player 2}}
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{{R-letters  |1 |TAGLAVEOC| &mdash; | &mdash; |CLAVATE*, GELCOAT*, VOLTAGE*|  0|0  |  7}}
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{{R-letters  |2 |LAMBOIRDE| &mdash; | &mdash; |BROMELIAD*          |  0|0  | 25}}
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{{R-numbers  |3 | 6|4|100|4|1|5| 838
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|&mdash;
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|&mdash;
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|other=838|solother=(100 + 5 - 1) &times; (4 + 4) + 6
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|0|0|35}}
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{{R-letters  |4 |BERYTUNAC| &mdash; | &mdash; |CYBERNAUT*          |  0|0  | 53}}
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{{R-letters  |5 |SCNKIMUET| &mdash; | &mdash; |MUCKIEST*          |  0|0  | 61}}
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{{R-numbers  |6 | 4|50|6|100|5|10| 677
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|&mdash;
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|&mdash;
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|other=676|solother=(100 + 5) &times; 6 + 50 - 4
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|0|0|68}}
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{{R-conundrum|7|ARTECHLAD|sol=CATHEDRAL|0|0|78}}
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{{R-letters  |8 |KHIUAVXTU| &mdash; | &mdash; |HAIKU*, HUTIA*      |  0|0  | 83}}
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{{R-letters  |9 |DEURTOGRS| &mdash; | &mdash; |DRUGSTORE*          |  0|0  |101}}
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{{R-numbers  |10| 7|7|9|3|4|8| 665
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|&mdash;
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|&mdash;
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|other=665|solother=(9 &times; 7 + 8 &times; 4) &times; 7
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|0|0|111}}
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{{R-letters  |11|LRKCAEEMF| &mdash; | &mdash; |MACKEREL*          |  0|0  |119}}
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{{R-letters  |12|RSTOIDEWU| &mdash; | &mdash; |OUTRIDES*, OUTSIDER*, ROWDIEST*, WORDIEST*, WIDEOUTS*|  0|0  |127}}
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{{R-numbers  |13| 6|50|25|2|75|3| 951
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|&mdash;
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|&mdash;
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|other=951|solother=50 &times; (25 - 6) + 3 - 2
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|0|0|137}}
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{{R-conundrum|14|GRRIMIRON|sol=MIRRORING|0|0|147}}
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{{Rounds-end}}
  
Warm-up:
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===Seeds===
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{{Seed table}}
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{{Seed|1|[[Mark Tournoff]]                            |&mdash;|123}}
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{{Seed|2|[[Kirk Bevins]]                              |&mdash;|113}}
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{{Seed|3|[[Richard Priest]]                            |&mdash;|103}}
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{{Seed|4|[[Stewart Gordon]]                            |&mdash;| 99}}
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{{Seed|5|[[Dinos Sfyris]]                              |&mdash;| 99}}
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{{Seed|6|[[Ross Allatt]]                              |&mdash;| 98}}
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{{Seed|7|[[Ben Wilson]]                                |&mdash;| 96}}
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{{Seed|5|[[Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)|Mike Brown]]|&mdash;| 85}}
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{{Seed|8|[[Karen Pearson]]                            |&mdash;| 79}}
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{{Seed table end}}
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<center>''Stewart found three eight letter words versus Dinos' two.''</center>
  
i. R U T Y O I P A L
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===Groupings===
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<center>
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; Group A
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: Mark Tournoff (1), Stewart Gordon (4) and Ben Wilson (7)
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; Group B
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: Kirk Bevins (2), Dinos Sfyris (5) and Mike Brown (8)
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; Group C
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: Richard Priest (3), Ross Allatt (6) and Karen Pearson (9)
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</center>
  
ii. R S O M A E T B D
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==Preliminary stage==
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===Game 1===
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====Rounds====
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{{Rounds-start|Player 1|Player 2}}
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{{R-letters  |1 |RENRIARLQ| &mdash; | &mdash; |LARNIE*, LINEAR*, NAILER*, RAILER*|  0|0  |  6}}
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{{R-letters  |2 |TTCAOONEA| &mdash; | &mdash; |ACTANT*, ANATTO*, CATENA*, COTTON*, NOTATE*, OCTANE*, OCTANT*|  0|0  | 12}}
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{{R-letters  |3 |GROALSIRE| &mdash; | &mdash; |GIRASOLE*, SERAGLIO*|  0|0  | 20}}
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{{R-numbers  |4 | 3|10|75|25|4|50| 258
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|&mdash;
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|&mdash;
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|other=258|solother=(75 + 25 - 10 - 4) × 3
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|0|0|30}}
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{{R-letters  |5 |SSMSPEEUC| &mdash; | &mdash; |CESSES*, CUSSES*, MESSES*, MUSSES*, PUSSES*, SPUMES*|  0|0  | 36}}
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{{R-letters  |6 |SMTIUIGSU| &mdash; | &mdash; |GUSTS*, MISTS*, SMUTS*, STUMS*, SITUS*, SUITS*|  0|0  | 41}}
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{{R-letters  |7 |CDSAAUPNE| &mdash; | &mdash; |SAUCEPAN*          |  0|0  | 49}}
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{{R-numbers  |8 | 10|4|4|7|7|1| 499
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|&mdash;
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|&mdash;
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|other=499|solother=10 × 7 × 7 + 4 + 4 + 1
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|0|0|59}}
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{{R-conundrum|9|HILLYPEAT|sol=PHILATELY|0|0|69}}
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{{Rounds-end}}
  
iii. 100 25 4 8 9 10 -- 265
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====Scores====
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<center>
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* Mark Tournoff 60 - 28 Ben Wilson
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* Kirk Bevins 65 - 34 Mike Brown
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* Ross Allatt 47 - 40 Richard Priest
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</center>
  
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===Game 2===
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====Rounds====
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{{Rounds-start|Player 1|Player 2}}
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{{R-letters  |1 |SNLALIUDO| &mdash; | &mdash; |ALLUSION*          |  0|0  |  8}}
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{{R-letters  |2 |RNOOTNOOU| &mdash; | &mdash; |NOONOO*, UNROOT*    |  0|0  | 14}}
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{{R-letters  |3 |MTHEUEVGA| &mdash; | &mdash; |GAMETE*, METAGE*    |  0|0  | 20}}
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{{R-numbers  |4 | 10|7|5|2|3|10| 283
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|&mdash;
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|&mdash;
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|other=283|solother=(10 + 10) × 7 × 2 + 3
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|0|0|30}}
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{{R-letters  |5 |NIANDECNV| &mdash; | &mdash; |NANNIED*            |  0|0  | 37}}
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{{R-letters  |6 |SULRETATE| &mdash; | &mdash; |LUSTRATE*, ALERTEST*|  0|0  | 45}}
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{{R-letters  |7 |TCNUIODTA| &mdash; | &mdash; |AUCTION*, CAUTION*, CONDUIT*, NOCTUID*|  0|0  | 52}}
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{{R-numbers  |8 | 8|10|75|25|100|50| 658
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|&mdash;
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|&mdash;
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|other=658|solother=75 × 10 - 100 + 8
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|0|0|62}}
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{{R-conundrum|9|FORGEDHAT|sol=GODFATHER|0|0|72}}
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{{R-conundrum|TB|COINTAINT|sol=NICTATION|0|0|72}}
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{{R-conundrum|TB|FLEETCRED|sol=REFLECTED|0|0|72}}
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{{Rounds-end}}
  
Main rounds:
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====Scores====
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<center>
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* Stewart Gordon 21 - 64 Mark Tournoff
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* Dinos Sfyris 47 - 57 Mike Brown
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* Ross Allatt 54 - 31 Karen Pearson
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</center>
  
i. T A G L A V E O C
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===Game 3===
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====Rounds====
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{{Rounds-start|Player 1|Player 2}}
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{{R-letters  |1 |QELVEEITP| &mdash; | &mdash; |PELITE*            |  0|0  |  6}}
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{{R-letters  |2 |RDEOTLORS| &mdash; | &mdash; |LOOTERS*, RETOOLS*, ROOTLES*, TOOLERS*, OLDSTER*, RODLETS*, ROOSTED*, ROOSTER*, ROOTERS*, TOREROS*, ROOTLED*, STOOLED*|  0|0  | 13}}
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{{R-letters  |3 |NDRSIEERS| &mdash; | &mdash; |DERRISES*, DRESSIER*, DIRENESS*|  0|0  | 21}}
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{{R-numbers  |4 | 6|2|75|100|50|25| 606
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|&mdash;
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|&mdash;
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|other=606|solother=((75 - 25) ÷ 50 + 100) × 6
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|0|0|31}}
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{{R-letters  |5 |TSLOOETAR| &mdash; | &mdash; |ROOTLETS*          |  0|0  | 39}}
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{{R-letters  |6 |TSSLOEILH| &mdash; | &mdash; |EOLITHS*, HOLIEST*, HOSTILE*, LITHOES*, HOLLIES*, HOSTELS*, ISOHELS*, TEHSILS*, HOSTIES*|  0|0  | 46}}
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{{R-letters  |7 |BERELDIMO| &mdash; | &mdash; |EMBROILED*          |  0|0  | 64}}
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{{R-numbers  |8 | 1|4|7|75|8|25| 129
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|&mdash;
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|&mdash;
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|other=129|solother=25 × 8 - 75 + 4
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|0|0|74}}
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{{R-conundrum|9|LARFASING|sol=FRANGLAIS|0|0|84}}
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{{R-conundrum|TB|STARTLANE|sol=TRANSLATE|0|0|84}}
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{{R-conundrum|TB|LATCHRLAw|sol=WALLCHART|0|0|84}}
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{{Rounds-end}}
  
ii. L A M B O I R D E
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====Scores====
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<center>
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* Stewart Gordon 71 - 74 Ben Wilson
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* Dinos Sfyris 82 - 72 Kirk Bevins
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* Richard Priest 71 - 81 Karen Pearson
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</center>
  
iii. 6 4 100 4 1 5 -- 838
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===End of preliminary stage totals===
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{{Seed table}}
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{{Seed|1|[[Mark Tournoff]] (1)                        |2|124}}
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{{Seed|2|[[Ross Allatt]] (6)                          |2|101}}
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{{Seed|3|[[Kirk Bevins]] (2)                          |1|137}}
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{{Seed|4|[[Dinos Sfyris]] (5)                          |1|129}}
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{{Seed|5|[[Karen Pearson]] (9)                        |1|112}}
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{{Seed|6|[[Ben Wilson]] (7)                            |1|102}}
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{{Seed|7|[[Mike Brown (debut episode 3328)|Mike Brown]]|1| 91}}
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{{Seed|8|[[Richard Priest]]                            |0|111}}
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{{Seed|9|[[Stewart Gordon]]                            |0| 92}}
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{{Seed table end}}
  
iv. B E R Y T U N A C
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===Final stage groupings===
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<center>
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; Group A
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: Mark Tournoff (1), Ross Allatt (6) and Kirk Bevins (2)
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; Group B
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: Dinos Sfyris (5), Karen Pearson (9) and Ben Wilson (7)
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; Group C
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: Mike Brown (8), Richard Priest (3) and Stewart Gordon (4)
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</center>
  
v. S C N K I M U E T
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==Final stage==
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===Game 4===
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====Rounds====
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{{Rounds-start|Player 1|Player 2}}
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{{R-letters  |1 |HHRVUEIRL| &mdash; | &mdash; |HURLER*            |  0|0  |  6}}
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{{R-letters  |2 |SZMOABINE| &mdash; | &mdash; |AMBONES*, BEMOANS*, ZOMBIES*|  0|0  | 13}}
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{{R-letters  |3 |LPETNNIEA| &mdash; | &mdash; |PETALINE*          |  0|0  | 21}}
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{{R-numbers  |4 | 5|10|75|50|25|100| 584
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|&mdash;
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|&mdash;
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|other=584|solother=50 × 10 + 100 ÷ 25 + 75 + 5
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|0|0|31}}
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{{R-letters  |5 |LINOLIDSI| &mdash; | &mdash; |SOLIDI*            |  0|0  | 37}}
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{{R-letters  |6 |SVWEIURGI| &mdash; | &mdash; |GIVERS*, GUISER*, GUIVER*|  0|0  | 43}}
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{{R-letters  |7 |TTMIEELIP| &mdash; | &mdash; |LIMEPIT*, TEMPLET*  |  0|0  | 50}}
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{{R-numbers  |8 | 10|10|75|25|1|4| 799
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|&mdash;
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|&mdash;
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|other=799|solother=(75 + 4) × 10 + 10 - 1
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|0|0|60}}
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{{R-conundrum|9|MULTICANE|sol=CULMINATE|0|0|70}}
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{{Rounds-end}}
  
vi. 4 50 6 100 5 10 -- 677
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====Scores====
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<center>
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; Group A
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: Ross Allatt 35 - 65 Kirk Bevins
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; Group B
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: Dinos Sfyris 45 - 40 Karen Pearson
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; Group C
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: Stewart Gordon 44 - 30 Mike Brown
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</center>
  
vii. Conundrum:
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===Game 5===
A R T E C H L A D
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====Rounds====
 +
{{Rounds-start|Player 1|Player 2}}
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{{R-letters  |1 |RCVEIESTS| &mdash; | &mdash; |SERVICES*, SIEVERTS*, VESTRIES*, VERTICES*|  0|0  |  8}}
 +
{{R-letters  |2 |UANMIVNET| &mdash; | &mdash; |UNMEANT*            |  0|0  | 15}}
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{{R-letters  |3 |MPSEIIRSU| &mdash; | &mdash; |PISMIRES*, PRIMUSES*|  0|0  | 23}}
 +
{{R-numbers  |4 | 1|7|75|2|4|9| 422
 +
|&mdash;
 +
|&mdash;
 +
|other=422|solother=(75 + 9) × (4 - 1) + 2
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|0|0|33}}
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{{R-letters  |5 |VGVSEAISF| &mdash; | &mdash; |SAVVIES*, VISAGES*  |  0|0  | 40}}
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{{R-letters  |6 |MBEENULNA| &mdash; | &mdash; |ALBUMEN*, NEBULAE*  |  0|0  | 47}}
 +
{{R-letters  |7 |NUMIDAGRU| &mdash; | &mdash; |UNGUARD*, URANIUM*  |  0|0  | 54}}
 +
{{R-numbers  |8 | 25|2|7|3|75|50| 792
 +
|&mdash;
 +
|&mdash;
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|other=792|solother=(75 + 50 + 7) × 3 × 2
 +
|0|0|64}}
 +
{{R-conundrum|9|BLACKLICE|sol=CLICKABLE|0|0|74}}
 +
{{Rounds-end}}
  
viii. K H I U A V X T U
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====Scores====
 +
<center>
 +
; Group A
 +
: Ross Allatt 45 - 50 Mark Tournoff
 +
; Group B
 +
: Dinos Sfyris 40 - 61 Ben Wilson
 +
; Group C
 +
: Stewart Gordon 44 - 52 Richard Priest
 +
</center>
  
ix. D E U R T O G R S
+
===Game 6===
 +
====Rounds====
 +
{{Rounds-start|Player 1|Player 2}}
 +
{{R-letters  |1 |PVBEUERTT| &mdash; | &mdash; |BURETTE*            |  0|0  |  7}}
 +
{{R-letters  |2 |UNDEMLACI| &mdash; | &mdash; |CALUMNIED*, UNCLAIMED*|  0|0  | 25}}
 +
{{R-letters  |3 |QNFLEIEVN| &mdash; | &mdash; |ENLIVEN*            |  0|0  | 32}}
 +
{{R-numbers  |4 | 4|6|3|5|10|2| 186
 +
|&mdash;
 +
|&mdash;
 +
|other=186|solother=(10 × 6 + 2) × 3
 +
|0|0|42}}
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{{R-letters  |5 |ADEPOLDPS| &mdash; | &mdash; |APPOSED*, DAPPLED*, DAPPLES*, SLAPPED*, PADDLES*, PEDALOS*, SLOPPED*|  0|0  | 49}}
 +
{{R-letters  |6 |EOIZMHFIP| &mdash; | &mdash; |HOMIE*, PIEZO*      |  0|0  | 54}}
 +
{{R-letters  |7 |GRTLAUIAE| &mdash; | &mdash; |LIGATURE*          |  0|0  | 62}}
 +
{{R-numbers  |8 | 2|6|100|4|3|25| 391
 +
|&mdash;
 +
|&mdash;
 +
|other=391|solother=100 × 4 - 6 - 3
 +
|0|0|72}}
 +
{{R-conundrum|9|IMDEMISAX|sol=MAXIMISED|0|0|82}}
 +
{{Rounds-end}}
  
x. 7 7 9 3 4 8 -- 665
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====Scores====
 +
<center>
 +
;Group A
 +
: Kirk Bevins 64 - 65 Mark Tournoff
 +
; Group B
 +
: Ben Wilson 74 - 66 Karen Pearson
 +
; Group C
 +
: Richard Priest 70 - 72 Mike Brown
 +
</center>
  
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
 
 
--
 
 
Maximum 137.
 
 
Seedings:
 
<br>1) Mark Tournoff 123
 
<br>2) Kirk Bevins 113
 
<br>3) Richard Priest 103
 
<br>4) Stewart Gordon 99
 
<br>5) Dinos Sfyris 99 (Stewart found three 8-letter words to Dinos' two)
 
<br>6) Ross Allatt 98
 
<br>7) Ben Wilson 96
 
<br>8) Mike Brown 85
 
<br>9) Karen Pearson 79
 
 
----
 
 
->
 
<br>Group A: Mark Tournoff (1), Stewart Gordon (4), Ben Wilson (7).
 
<br>Group B: Kirk Bevins (2), Dinos Sfyris (5), Mike Brown (8).
 
<br>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
 
<br>Kirk Bevins 65 - 34 Mike Brown
 
<br>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
 
<br>Dinos Sfyris 47 - 57 Mike Brown
 
<br>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
 
<br>Dinos Sfyris 82 - 72 Kirk Bevins
 
<br>Richard Priest 71 - 81 Karen Pearson
 
 
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Scores after preliminary stages:
 
 
1. Mark Tournoff (1) - 2 wins, 124 points
 
<br>2. Ross Allatt (6) - 2 wins, 101 points
 
<br>3. Kirk Bevins (2) - 1 win, 137 points
 
<br>4. Dinos Sfyris (5) - 1 win, 129 points
 
<br>5. Karen Pearson (9) - 1 win, 112 points
 
<br>6. Ben Wilson (7) - 1 win, 102 points
 
<br>7. Mike Brown (8) - 1 win, 91 points
 
<br>8. Richard Priest (3) - 0 wins, 111 points
 
<br>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).
 
<br>B: Dinos Sfyris (5), Karen Pearson (9), Ben Wilson (7).
 
<br>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
 
<br>B: Dinos Sfyris 45 - 40 Karen Pearson
 
<br>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
 
<br>B: Dinos Sfyris 40 - 61 Ben Wilson
 
<br>C: Stewart Gordon 44 - 52 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
 
<br>B: Ben Wilson 74 - 66 Karen Pearson
 
<br>C: Richard Priest 70 - 72 Mike Brown
 
 
[[Category:Countdown tournaments]]
 
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Revision as of 15:06, 3 October 2009

CoLei 2008 was the inaugural Countdown in Leicester unofficial Countdown tournament. It was held on 30 August 2008 at the The Stoneycroft Hotel in Leicester. There were nine participants, all of whom had previously appeared on the programme, and the event was won by Series 52 champion Mark Tournoff. The line-up included a total of three series winners: Tournoff, Ben Wilson from Series 46, and Kirk Bevins who would go on to win Series 60 in 2009.

Format

The competition was held over six games. The tournament ran as follows:

  1. Participants play a 14-round qualifying game, from which seeds are drawn based on points scored.
  2. Players are split into three groups of three, to each play two games and watch a third.
  3. The groups are recast to form finals groups A, B and C.
  4. A further two games are played and a third game watched by the competitors.
  5. Final standings are calculated based on each player's overall number of games won and then points scored.

Final 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

Qualifier

Warm up rounds

Rnd Selection Player 1 Score Player 2 Others Max.
1 RUTYOIPAL  –  POLARITY*, POLYURIA*, TROUPIAL* 8
2 RSOMAETBD  –  BROADEST*, BROASTED*, BROMATES* 16
3 100 25 4 8 9 10 → 265  – 

Best: 265 = 25 × 9 + 10 × 4

26


Main rounds

Rnd Selection Player 1 Score Player 2 Others Max.
1 TAGLAVEOC 0 – 0 CLAVATE*, GELCOAT*, VOLTAGE* 7
2 LAMBOIRDE 0 – 0 BROMELIAD* 25
3 6 4 100 4 1 5 → 838 0 – 0

Best: 838 = (100 + 5 - 1) × (4 + 4) + 6

35
4 BERYTUNAC 0 – 0 CYBERNAUT* 53
5 SCNKIMUET 0 – 0 MUCKIEST* 61
6 4 50 6 100 5 10 → 677 0 – 0

Best: 676 = (100 + 5) × 6 + 50 - 4

68
7 ARTECHLAD 0 – 0 CATHEDRAL 78
8 KHIUAVXTU 0 – 0 HAIKU*, HUTIA* 83
9 DEURTOGRS 0 – 0 DRUGSTORE* 101
10 7 7 9 3 4 8 → 665 0 – 0

Best: 665 = (9 × 7 + 8 × 4) × 7

111
11 LRKCAEEMF 0 – 0 MACKEREL* 119
12 RSTOIDEWU 0 – 0 OUTRIDES*, OUTSIDER*, ROWDIEST*, WORDIEST*, WIDEOUTS* 127
13 6 50 25 2 75 3 → 951 0 – 0

Best: 951 = 50 × (25 - 6) + 3 - 2

137
14 GRRIMIRON 0 – 0 MIRRORING 147


Seeds

Rank Name Wins Points
1 Mark Tournoff 123
2 Kirk Bevins 113
3 Richard Priest 103
4 Stewart Gordon 99
5 Dinos Sfyris 99
6 Ross Allatt 98
7 Ben Wilson 96
5 Mike Brown 85
8 Karen Pearson 79
Stewart found three eight letter words versus Dinos' two.

Groupings

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

Preliminary stage

Game 1

Rounds

Rnd Selection Player 1 Score Player 2 Others Max.
1 RENRIARLQ 0 – 0 LARNIE*, LINEAR*, NAILER*, RAILER* 6
2 TTCAOONEA 0 – 0 ACTANT*, ANATTO*, CATENA*, COTTON*, NOTATE*, OCTANE*, OCTANT* 12
3 GROALSIRE 0 – 0 GIRASOLE*, SERAGLIO* 20
4 3 10 75 25 4 50 → 258 0 – 0

Best: 258 = (75 + 25 - 10 - 4) × 3

30
5 SSMSPEEUC 0 – 0 CESSES*, CUSSES*, MESSES*, MUSSES*, PUSSES*, SPUMES* 36
6 SMTIUIGSU 0 – 0 GUSTS*, MISTS*, SMUTS*, STUMS*, SITUS*, SUITS* 41
7 CDSAAUPNE 0 – 0 SAUCEPAN* 49
8 10 4 4 7 7 1 → 499 0 – 0

Best: 499 = 10 × 7 × 7 + 4 + 4 + 1

59
9 HILLYPEAT 0 – 0 PHILATELY 69


Scores

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

Game 2

Rounds

Rnd Selection Player 1 Score Player 2 Others Max.
1 SNLALIUDO 0 – 0 ALLUSION* 8
2 RNOOTNOOU 0 – 0 NOONOO*, UNROOT* 14
3 MTHEUEVGA 0 – 0 GAMETE*, METAGE* 20
4 10 7 5 2 3 10 → 283 0 – 0

Best: 283 = (10 + 10) × 7 × 2 + 3

30
5 NIANDECNV 0 – 0 NANNIED* 37
6 SULRETATE 0 – 0 LUSTRATE*, ALERTEST* 45
7 TCNUIODTA 0 – 0 AUCTION*, CAUTION*, CONDUIT*, NOCTUID* 52
8 8 10 75 25 100 50 → 658 0 – 0

Best: 658 = 75 × 10 - 100 + 8

62
9 FORGEDHAT 0 – 0 GODFATHER 72
TB COINTAINT 0 – 0 NICTATION 72
TB FLEETCRED 0 – 0 REFLECTED 72


Scores

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

Game 3

Rounds

Rnd Selection Player 1 Score Player 2 Others Max.
1 QELVEEITP 0 – 0 PELITE* 6
2 RDEOTLORS 0 – 0 LOOTERS*, RETOOLS*, ROOTLES*, TOOLERS*, OLDSTER*, RODLETS*, ROOSTED*, ROOSTER*, ROOTERS*, TOREROS*, ROOTLED*, STOOLED* 13
3 NDRSIEERS 0 – 0 DERRISES*, DRESSIER*, DIRENESS* 21
4 6 2 75 100 50 25 → 606 0 – 0

Best: 606 = ((75 - 25) ÷ 50 + 100) × 6

31
5 TSLOOETAR 0 – 0 ROOTLETS* 39
6 TSSLOEILH 0 – 0 EOLITHS*, HOLIEST*, HOSTILE*, LITHOES*, HOLLIES*, HOSTELS*, ISOHELS*, TEHSILS*, HOSTIES* 46
7 BERELDIMO 0 – 0 EMBROILED* 64
8 1 4 7 75 8 25 → 129 0 – 0

Best: 129 = 25 × 8 - 75 + 4

74
9 LARFASING 0 – 0 FRANGLAIS 84
TB STARTLANE 0 – 0 TRANSLATE 84
TB LATCHRLAw 0 – 0 WALLCHART 84


Scores

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

End of preliminary stage totals

Rank Name Wins Points
1 Mark Tournoff (1) 2 124
2 Ross Allatt (6) 2 101
3 Kirk Bevins (2) 1 137
4 Dinos Sfyris (5) 1 129
5 Karen Pearson (9) 1 112
6 Ben Wilson (7) 1 102
7 Mike Brown 1 91
8 Richard Priest 0 111
9 Stewart Gordon 0 92

Final stage groupings

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

Final stage

Game 4

Rounds

Rnd Selection Player 1 Score Player 2 Others Max.
1 HHRVUEIRL 0 – 0 HURLER* 6
2 SZMOABINE 0 – 0 AMBONES*, BEMOANS*, ZOMBIES* 13
3 LPETNNIEA 0 – 0 PETALINE* 21
4 5 10 75 50 25 100 → 584 0 – 0

Best: 584 = 50 × 10 + 100 ÷ 25 + 75 + 5

31
5 LINOLIDSI 0 – 0 SOLIDI* 37
6 SVWEIURGI 0 – 0 GIVERS*, GUISER*, GUIVER* 43
7 TTMIEELIP 0 – 0 LIMEPIT*, TEMPLET* 50
8 10 10 75 25 1 4 → 799 0 – 0

Best: 799 = (75 + 4) × 10 + 10 - 1

60
9 MULTICANE 0 – 0 CULMINATE 70


Scores

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

Game 5

Rounds

Rnd Selection Player 1 Score Player 2 Others Max.
1 RCVEIESTS 0 – 0 SERVICES*, SIEVERTS*, VESTRIES*, VERTICES* 8
2 UANMIVNET 0 – 0 UNMEANT* 15
3 MPSEIIRSU 0 – 0 PISMIRES*, PRIMUSES* 23
4 1 7 75 2 4 9 → 422 0 – 0

Best: 422 = (75 + 9) × (4 - 1) + 2

33
5 VGVSEAISF 0 – 0 SAVVIES*, VISAGES* 40
6 MBEENULNA 0 – 0 ALBUMEN*, NEBULAE* 47
7 NUMIDAGRU 0 – 0 UNGUARD*, URANIUM* 54
8 25 2 7 3 75 50 → 792 0 – 0

Best: 792 = (75 + 50 + 7) × 3 × 2

64
9 BLACKLICE 0 – 0 CLICKABLE 74


Scores

Group A
Ross Allatt 45 - 50 Mark Tournoff
Group B
Dinos Sfyris 40 - 61 Ben Wilson
Group C
Stewart Gordon 44 - 52 Richard Priest

Game 6

Rounds

Rnd Selection Player 1 Score Player 2 Others Max.
1 PVBEUERTT 0 – 0 BURETTE* 7
2 UNDEMLACI 0 – 0 CALUMNIED*, UNCLAIMED* 25
3 QNFLEIEVN 0 – 0 ENLIVEN* 32
4 4 6 3 5 10 2 → 186 0 – 0

Best: 186 = (10 × 6 + 2) × 3

42
5 ADEPOLDPS 0 – 0 APPOSED*, DAPPLED*, DAPPLES*, SLAPPED*, PADDLES*, PEDALOS*, SLOPPED* 49
6 EOIZMHFIP 0 – 0 HOMIE*, PIEZO* 54
7 GRTLAUIAE 0 – 0 LIGATURE* 62
8 2 6 100 4 3 25 → 391 0 – 0

Best: 391 = 100 × 4 - 6 - 3

72
9 IMDEMISAX 0 – 0 MAXIMISED 82


Scores

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