COBRIS - COUNTDOWN IN BRISTOL

SATURDAY 30 JULY 2005

Winner: Conor Travers

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Click here for results photos etc courtesy of Jon O'Neill

last updated 4/9/05

The Bristol Countdown tournament was on Saturday 30th July in the Waddelow Hall, a meeting room attached to Broadmead Baptist Church, Union St, Bristol.

Timetable

Format

The games were run using the Bristol Countdown Society method - i.e. all players have the same letters/numbers but they play against each other in pairs.

The main event was a 5 round Swiss tournament - everyone plays in each round, and each person plays an opponent who is on the same score as nearly as possible. The top players were seeded. All games were 9 round games (LLLNLLLNC).

For the letters games, choice went from player to player and as there were 30 letters games in total each player chose letters once or twice.

For the numbers games the choice was predetermined. As 1 large is the most popular this was used on alternate games and the other choices went in a cycle. Therefore the sequence was 1012131410.

For the conundrum players had to tap the table and then write down the answer. The opponent also wrote down the answer if they solved it later, in case the other answer was wrong. Second conundrums did not have to be used in any of the games.

Aggregate score was used as a tie-break at the end of the competition.

Officials

Host - James Macarthur

DC etc - Jerry Humphreys

Board Assistants: Steve Davies & William Lowry

Archivist: Jon O'Neill

+ Other jobs filled by volunteers - many thanks particularly to those who coped with the very necessary task of making tea and coffee and washing up.

Board letters and numbers provided by the Bristol Countdown Society

Links

The Countdown Forum

The Countdown Links page

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