Apterous Masters (formerly COMA) 2010

[Kai Laddiman]

Kirk Bevins [...] the highest scoring octochamp of all time

[Mark Tournoff]

Jono,

Many thanks for the games and for updating the forum. It was a pleasure to play you, notwithstanding the scoreline.

All the best to both players for the final.

Mark

[Kirk Bevins]

Just a reminder that the final of COMA will be tomorrow, Tuesday 13th April at 7pm. Kirk Bevins vs Jon O'Neill. Let battle commence.

[Charlie Reams]

The final is live on apterous right now. Currently 2 games all, first to 6, so it's all to play for!

[Jon O'Neill]

For those who care but didn't see, Kirk won the final 6-3. After he took a 2-0 lead, I turned it around to 3-2, before Kirk won four in a row to win 6-3.

Here are all the games:

Jon O'Neill 75 - 93 Kirk Bevins
Kirk Bevins 118 - 68 Jon O'Neill
Jon O'Neill 108 - 102 Kirk Bevins
Kirk Bevins 93 - 96 Jon O'Neill
Jon O'Neill 103 - 94 Kirk Bevins
Kirk Bevins 118 - 47 Jon O'Neill
Kirk Bevins 104 - 72 Jon O'Neill
Kirk Bevins 97 - 79 Jon O'Neill
Kirk Bevins 101 - 93 Jon O'Neill

[Ben Wilson]

Congraulations to Kirk and commiserations to Jono then, revenge for CoLei has been exacted.

Overall I'm interested to know what people thought about the extended format with the increased number of games. Should I keep it like this for 2011? Should I bring it down to be closer to best-of-5 games? Should I take it even further and extend to, say, best-of-15 for the final (or even more)?

[Charlie Reams]

Overall I'm interested to know what people thought about the extended format with the increased number of games. Should I keep it like this for 2011? Should I bring it down to be closer to best-of-5 games? Should I take it even further and extend to, say, best-of-15 for the final (or even more)?

I really liked it, it's true matchplay. There are increasing numbers of tournaments which give mid-range players a chance to take on the big names, but the Masters should remain special and give the greatest probability of the best man winning. And I think that's exactly what happened here, so personally I wouldn't change a thing. An excellently run tournament, thanks and well done.

[Kirk Bevins]

I liked the format as well, just the right number of games before I was completely mentally exhausted. Cheers for running it.

[Jon O'Neill]

I liked the format as well, just the right number of games before I was completely mentally exhausted. Cheers for running it.

I really think the final should have been best of 5, and I think this ruling should be back-dated.

[Jeff Clayton]

What about a darts style win-three-games-before-you-take-the-set format? And then first to, say, 23 sets?

Commentary from Tony Green and that really excitable American guy (no not Larsen).

Jeff