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COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:12 pm
by Tony Atkins
We are running the third COREA (Countdown in Reading) on the Saturday of Easter weekend, 19th April 2014, in Woodley in Reading.

Full details at http://www.kisekigo.com/corea14

We will be again raising money for charity (Mercy Ships) and planning lots of Easter fun.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:45 pm
by James Robinson
Tony Atkins wrote:Player List

So far we are expecting 2012's winner James Robinson.
You can definitely guarantee my attendance now. ;) :) :D

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:09 pm
by Lisa Hermann
Should be there....

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 12:20 pm
by Ciaran McCarthy
I am happy to go on that event because reading is easy for me to get on trains :)

What did i have to do when i am playing? send me details please

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 12:44 pm
by Mark Deeks
Have to go with a title to defend, don't I?

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:22 pm
by Jonathan Wynn
Banker for this one. My local event. In please Tony :)

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:31 pm
by James S Roper
Once again proving that my geographical knowledge of the UK is fairly awful, I didn't realise this was fairly close to me.

I'll hopefully try to be there.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 6:44 pm
by Thomas Cappleman
In please (though my parents are in Nepal then so won't be attending)

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2014 9:52 pm
by szodiac
Jessica and I would be able to come, and as my other daughter, Natasha, has applied and waits for an audition date, will also want some practice and is interested in joining us.

Mauro

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 12:28 pm
by Dan McColm
Count me in for this.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 12:28 pm
by Dan McColm
Count me in for this.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:38 pm
by Callum Todd
I'd really like to attend this but I'm not sure if the travel will be doable for me. Is anyone here getting there by train? If so, what station are you travelling to, and how do you plan to travel from that station to the venue?

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 7:59 pm
by James Robinson
Callum Todd wrote:I'd really like to attend this but I'm not sure if the travel will be doable for me. Is anyone here getting there by train? If so, what station are you travelling to, and how do you plan to travel from that station to the venue?
I'm travelling down to King's Cross (on one of the few trains going down there that day), then I'm getting the tube to Paddington, then a train to Reading, then another one to my hotel in Winnersh Triangle, where I'll be there on Friday night. 8-)

Then I'll get there somehow, normally by means of hitching a lift from someone else. ;) :) :D

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:34 pm
by Heather Styles
Hi Tony, IN please for Chris Marshall and me. :) We are aiming to not get lost on our way from the Holiday Inn this year - mea culpa :oops:

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 6:21 pm
by Jayne Wisniewski
I plan to be there.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 12:00 am
by Phyl Styles
Phyl and Alan Styles hope to join the fun, thanks

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 12:07 am
by Mark Deeks
Might have to rescind on this hammer frayed.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:17 am
by Graeme Cole
In please.
Mark Deeks wrote:Might have to rescind on this hammer frayed.
:o :(

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:16 pm
by Innis Carson
Just booked a couple of lovely overnight coach trips - I'll be there too.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:23 pm
by James Robinson
Innis Carson wrote:Just booked a couple of lovely overnight coach trips - I'll be there too.
WOW!!! WHAT A COUP :!: :!: :shock: :shock: :o :o 8-) 8-)

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2014 6:24 pm
by Adam Dexter
In please :)

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2014 8:18 pm
by Lisa Hermann
I can't now make this. Ollie is in the throes of final GCSE revision and wants to stay at home!

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:43 am
by Innis Carson
Very sad to say that I'm going to have to pull out too :( Have a great time everyone!

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:29 pm
by Tony Atkins
Innis Carson wrote:Very sad to say that I'm going to have to pull out too :( Have a great time everyone!
Sorry to hear!

Still plenty of room for folk to sign up.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2014 12:04 pm
by Robert Foster
Count me in please!

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 8:40 am
by Adam Dexter
Hi - Just to let you know my girlfriend will be dropping in for the morning session - she won't be playing but thought you might need to know for fire regulations and stuff :)

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 2:30 pm
by Tony Atkins
Adam Dexter wrote:Hi - Just to let you know my girlfriend will be dropping in for the morning session - she won't be playing but thought you might need to know for fire regulations and stuff :)
I will show you where the extinguisher is in case she catches light! Stuffing is not allowed.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 3:40 pm
by Mark Deeks
Will definitely not be there. Sorry

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2014 5:58 am
by Tony Atkins
The final will be broadcast live from just after 5:00pm on apterous.org

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:05 am
by szodiac
Great tournament Tony and the team, as always. Very enjoyable and unlike any Scrabble tournament! Many thanks.

My FB pictures of the event are on my Facebook wall here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 9196dcfa6e

Those 30 seconds of music for every round seem to stop rather short of 30 seconds as they did last year. I think Jessica timed them as 27 and a bit seconds. Although it was the same for everybody.

Mauro/Jessica/Natasha

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:28 pm
by Phyl Styles
Many thanks, Tony, for all the hard work that goes into creating and running a tournament event.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 7:14 pm
by Tony Atkins
Results now up at http://www.kisekigo.com/corea14/results.html - recaps will appear here later.

Thanks to all who came for helping to raise £225 and thanks to all who helped, especially to Zarte and his anonymous
source for broadcasting the final on apterous after I was delayed from logging in. Sorry the conundrums were
considered too easy this year! Well done done to Jack for winning and ul to Giles for second two years running.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 9:29 pm
by Gavin Chipper
Tony Atkins wrote:Results now up at http://www.kisekigo.com/corea14/results.html - recaps will appear here later.

Thanks to all who came for helping to raise £225 and thanks to all who helped, especially to Zarte and his anonymous
source for broadcasting the final on apterous after I was delayed from logging in. Sorry the conundrums were
considered too easy this year! Well done done to Jack for winning and ul to Giles for second two years running.
Glad it all went well. But I'm having a bit of trouble working out the tables. There are two tables, neither of which have the top two going into the final. I think we're missing a table.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 9:53 am
by szodiac
Gavin Chipper wrote:
Tony Atkins wrote:Results now up at http://www.kisekigo.com/corea14/results.html - recaps will appear here later.

Thanks to all who came for helping to raise £225 and thanks to all who helped, especially to Zarte and his anonymous
source for broadcasting the final on apterous after I was delayed from logging in. Sorry the conundrums were
considered too easy this year! Well done done to Jack for winning and ul to Giles for second two years running.
Glad it all went well. But I'm having a bit of trouble working out the tables. There are two tables, neither of which have the top two going into the final. I think we're missing a table.
I wondered about that too then quickly worked out the first table was listed on accumulative scores over the five rounds (which Jack and James on top).

The second table was wins and sum of opponents scores (adding up of all wins your opponents gained). Rob F had the hardest test in playing the players who finished 15th, 7th, 3rd, 9th and 1st.

As deciding the top seeds from a series, on wins then scores, the final was between the two players who got most wins with the highest accumulative score. Giles had qualified being the only player on 5 wins and Jack qualified being top scorer on 4 wins with 532 just outing James and Rob.

Very clever stuff :)

Mauro

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 11:02 pm
by Jonathan Wynn
Had a great time Saturday Tony, thanks for all your hard work in organising this event :)

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:47 am
by Jack Worsley
Cheers Tony and everyone else who organised the event, and apologies for not thanking you in person at the end. As ever, it was a fantastic day and I would certainly like to carry on attending CO:REA, for as long as you're willing to run it.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:24 am
by Kevin Thurlow
Yes - great event. Thanks to all the organisers, also all the competitors for being so friendly.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 9:36 pm
by Heather Styles
Many thanks Tony and helpers for a nice day - really enjoyed it.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:14 pm
by Gavin Chipper
szodiac wrote:
Gavin Chipper wrote:
Tony Atkins wrote:Results now up at http://www.kisekigo.com/corea14/results.html - recaps will appear here later.

Thanks to all who came for helping to raise £225 and thanks to all who helped, especially to Zarte and his anonymous
source for broadcasting the final on apterous after I was delayed from logging in. Sorry the conundrums were
considered too easy this year! Well done done to Jack for winning and ul to Giles for second two years running.
Glad it all went well. But I'm having a bit of trouble working out the tables. There are two tables, neither of which have the top two going into the final. I think we're missing a table.
I wondered about that too then quickly worked out the first table was listed on accumulative scores over the five rounds (which Jack and James on top).

The second table was wins and sum of opponents scores (adding up of all wins your opponents gained). Rob F had the hardest test in playing the players who finished 15th, 7th, 3rd, 9th and 1st.

As deciding the top seeds from a series, on wins then scores, the final was between the two players who got most wins with the highest accumulative score. Giles had qualified being the only player on 5 wins and Jack qualified being top scorer on 4 wins with 532 just outing James and Rob.

Very clever stuff :)

Mauro
Yep. But presumably since the top two seeds were decided on wins then scores, the definitive order is also based on that (unless there isn't a definitive order), so a table with that order would probably still be the most useful.

Re: COREA Saturday 19th April 2014

Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:27 pm
by Tony Atkins
First is winner of the final, second is loser of the final and then the rest of the players ordered by number of wins and sos if you want an ordering.