CoRugby 2025/21st-22nd March 2025

[Matt Rutherford]

I can run in-person stuff better than I can online…Good job too, because Rugby’s back!

Yes, tis I-everyone’s favourite God-botherer (getting by with a little help from some friends), with two lots of tournaments in the Midlands’ second-favourite railway town.

Main change is that all tournaments are now playing the standard form of Countdown that we all know and (mostly) love.

Cost-£5 for Friday, £10 for Saturday, £15 for both. To be paid here-https://paypal.me/MSRBrum?country.x=GB&locale.x=en_GB

When-Friday 21st-Saturday 22nd March 2024. Friday, it’ll be CoRugby Warm-Up from 19:00. On the Saturday, it’s CoRugby Main from 11:00

Where-Rugby West Indian Association, 102 Railway Terrace, CV21 3HE (lovely people and cheap tonic water-what more could you want?)

Style-Lincoln/At table style.No variation or changing up. Playing four (Warm-Up)/eight (Main), 9-round games of Countdown at tables of three. Random for first rounds in both-followed by normal Swiss pairs later on. Don’t worry if you get trounced early on-you play opponents who have scored similarly to you so everyone should get some good, well-matched games

IMPORTANT NOTICE-If you wish to have a welcome post put on Facebook to say you are coming as we did before, let me know in the PayPal message/via some other means. Otherwise, I’ll keep things schtum. Similarly, if you are very keen that it is kept quiet you are coming, let me know, and I’ll make arrangements. Only the event hosts will be able to access the player list ahead of time

All events attendees are subject to the FOCAL Code of Conduct-https://focalcountdown.wordpress.com/code-of-conduct/

TIMINGS
CoRugby Warm-Up/Friday 21st March
18:30-Door open
19:00-First round draw and kick-off
20:15-Second round stars
21:30-Grand Final
CoRugby Main/Saturday 22nd March
10:00-Doors open
11:00-First round draw and kick-off
12:15-Second round
13:30-Lunch
14:30-Third round
15:45-Fourth round
17:00-Grand final
17:30-Prizegiving

Evening plans will be announced soon! Most likely involving a meal followed by heading back to the venue from some Fever Tree

OTHER DETAILS
-Railway Terrace car park down the road is open 24 hours. Other options nearby
-Rugby railway station is a 5-10 minute jaunt away (clue in the address, people)
-Food and Drink can be purchased from a number of options around in the nearby streets.
-Travelodge is adjacent to the railway station, and other hotels dotted about the place.
-Parkrun that I’m not doing is here-https://www.parkrun.org.uk/rugby/

Facebook details here-https://fb.me/e/3YeCSyvdU

Any further questions let me know, hope to see you there!

[Thomas Carey]

Berk

[Matt Rutherford]

No such thing as bad publicity...As said on Facebook, if I get more than last year's for the main (37), I'll host Brum with a spray-dyed beard. If you want to make that happen, then get yourself signed-up

[Tyler Eaton-Jephcote]

Hey, I'm thinking of driving from Coventry for this event but I have a question - is there any parking on site/nereby? I'm happy to pay (within reason).

[Tracey Anne Mills]

Hey, I'm thinking of driving from Coventry for this event but I have a question - is there any parking on site/nereby? I'm happy to pay (within reason).

Welcome to C4C Tyler, I will be recapping your games at some point

[Adam Beach]

Hey, I'm thinking of driving from Coventry for this event but I have a question - is there any parking on site/nereby? I'm happy to pay (within reason).

Hi Tyler. Welcome to C4C and well done on the show last week. Glad you're getting involved with us.

There's no on-site parking, but I believe some people have just parked around the corner in the past (on Spring Street). Failing that, there's a car park just up the road, and it's open 24 hours.

Hope you can make it - it would be great to see another new face.

[Adam Beach]

The standings and results for both Rugby events can be found here:

• Warm-up event (Friday)
• Main event (Saturday)

Thanks to everyone who made it another great weekend.

[Gavin Chipper]

Dylan Taylor won both events.