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The Grand Hotel
North Shore Seafront Promenade Blackpool FY1 2JQ
Event will take place in The Trafalgar Suite (Go in main entrance and room is to your left.

The Event will take place at The Grand Hotel on the North Shore pretty close to the Tower and Shops etc.
Maximum Players for this event 60 Entry Fee is just £5

The draw will take place at 10:40 20 minutes before the start time.

Co-Blackpool News Update Saturday 15th May
We have the Trafalgar suite which is now two rooms in one, it does fit 100 but the Max is going to be set at 60 so we can space out more, We are playing classroom format with 3 to a table, The tables are 8 foot long each and we will be using 20 tables, even with my maths that makes 60
This now makes 5 places available so if anyone wants to take one of these spaces please contact me first to check if they still available before you make a payment.
Also if we have to cancel before the event due to Covid then this event will be on the same weekend in 2022 (only if we have no choice) But let's stay positive and and believe things will be good come August this year.

All who entered last year and paid will be added to this event unless you notify me otherwise.

Max Entries 60 (59 Entered) 1 place remaining

George Armstrong ** Paid ** Confirmed
Richard Priest ** Paid **** Confirmed
James Robinson ** Paid ** Confirmed
Anthony Endsor ** Paid ** Confirmed
Callum Carton ** Paid ** Confirmed
Stewart Gordon ** Paid ** Confirmed
Adam Dexter ** Paid ** Confirmed
Tom Carey ** Paid ** Confirmed
Callum Todd ** Paid ** Confirmed
Robin McKay Confirmed
Tracey Mills ** Paid ** Confirmed
Bradley Horrocks **Paid ** Confirmed
Fiona Titcombe ** Paid ** Confirmed
Mike Brailsford ** Paid ** Confirmed
Jason Turner ** Paid ** Confirmed
Taz Turner ** Paid ** Confirmed
Zubair Patel ** Paid ** Confirmed
Chloe Jones ** Paid ** Confirmed
Dan McColm Confirmed
Jacob Coventry Peters ** Paid ** Confirmed
Paul Worsley ** Paid ** Confirmed
Jack Worsley **Paid ** Confirmed
David Hilton ** Paid ** Confirmed
Darren Godfrey ** Paid ** Confirmed
Ashwin Abinashi Confirmed
Joseph Bartram ** Paid** Confirmed
Fiona Thorne ** Paid ** Confirmed
Elliott Mellor ** Paid ** Confirmed
Rachel Perkins ** Paid ** Confirmed
Rachael Montgomery ** Paid ** Confirmed
Tasneem Rana ** Paid ** Confirmed
Stu Harkness ** Paid ** Confirmed
Alan Jones ** Paid ** Confirmed
Jeff Clayton ** Paid ** Confirmed
Dinos Sfyris ** Paid ** Confirmed
James Burley ** Paid ** Confirmed
Dave Ryan ** Paid ** Confirmed
Suzy Turner ** Paid ** Confirmed
James Haughton ** Paid ** Confirmed
Steven Grady ** Paid ** Confirmed
Matthew Brockwell ** Paid ** Confirmed
Paul Anderson Confirmed
Andy Platt ** Paid ** Confirmed
Adam Latchford ** Paid ** Confirmed
Coral Heath ** Paid ** Confirmed
Eddy Byrne ** Paid ** Confirmed
MS Rutherford ** Paid ** Confirmed
Nathan Pace ** Paid ** Confirmed
Rob Foster ** Paid ** Confirmed
Phil Stanton ** Paid ** Confirmed
Chris Marshall ** Paid ** Confirmed
Alex Williamson ** Paid ** Confirmed
Lesley Anne Jeavons ** Paid ** Confirmed
Phil Hannan ** Paid ** Confirmed
Jonathan Wynn Confirmed
Dan Byrom ** Paid ** Confirmed
Paul Welsh ** Paid ** Confirmed
Stephen Read ** Paid ** Confirmed
Fred Whibley *Paid ** Confirmed

Good luck with this! Looks set to be a great day. Was really excited to come to this but then got invited to a wedding on the same day.

Am I the only person who finds it weird that a Co:Event can get up to 57 entrants without there being a single reply on the C4C thread?

It is weird.

Promises to be a record co-event parkrun turnout too, assuming they're back by then!

JackHurst wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 11:43 am Good luck with this! Looks set to be a great day. Was really excited to come to this but then got invited to a wedding on the same day.

Am I the only person who finds it weird that a Co:Event can get up to 57 entrants without there being a single reply on the C4C thread?

But yeah, I'm surprised at how all these participants have somehow appeared despite the silence. I know this isn't the only Countdown discussion place but I wasn't aware of much going on generally.

JackHurst wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 11:43 am Good luck with this! Looks set to be a great day. Was really excited to come to this but then got invited to a wedding on the same day.

Am I the only person who finds it weird that a Co:Event can get up to 57 entrants without there being a single reply on the C4C thread?

Sorry you cannot make it Jack, maybe next year, but at least you got the first comment in

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 1:06 pm It is weird.

Not really.
The momentum for this happened on facebook.

L'oisleatch McGraw wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 2:44 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 1:06 pm It is weird.

Not really.
The momentum for this happened on facebook.

Where on Facebook? There isn't really that much on the event page. (Only created on 29th April.)

And if it's on Countdowners any discussion would get instantly buried by all the stuff that gets posted there.

(I unsubscribed from notifications from Countdowners ages ago. It was just too much.)

I did look for this thread a while back and failed to find it - maybe a helpful mod could move it into the events sub forum?

And yep, I saw it all on fb - it was well promoted in the countdowners group.

Is it not a sticky at the top of each subforum, Fiona?

Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 9:31 pm Is it not a sticky at the top of each subforum, Fiona?

So it is Maybe I looked before the thread was up!

*****BOOKED - If anyone wants to come please give my name when contacting direct and they will try and accommodate*****

A bit late notice, but was brought to my attention that not all peeps may see it on Facebook. Hope you don't mind me posting on this thread Mark - figured would be OK as related to the event

I am planning a group outing to see Funny Girls on the Friday night. https://www.funnygirlsshow.co.uk/

It is £34.10 inc a 2 course meal or £23 for show only. Promises to be a great night.

Short notice but if anyone else would like to come I am booking at around 2pm today - contact me for Paypal details. You should
be able to book directly also if you miss the deadline and should be allocated to our tables.

Attendees as follows:

Adam Dexter (Paid + meal)
Rachael Montgomery (Paid + meal)
George Armstrong (Paid + meal)
Chris Marshall (Paid + meal)
Stu Harkness (Paid)
Jen Harkness (Paid)
Steven Grady (Paid + meal)
Joseph Bartram (Paid + meal)
Fiona Titcombe (Paid + meal)
Amanda [Fi's friend] (Paid + meal)
Darren Godfrey (Paid + meal)
Matt Davies (Paid + meal)
Edward Byrne (Paid + meal)
Thomas Carey (Paid + meal)

Edit: updated list of names

Who's parkrunning for this event?

Think there's gonna be a good turnout! A lot of the co:event noobs are parkrunners - should be fun!

You'll be there I hope!

Was hoping to make this my first coevent parkrun but sadly won't be able to - hopefully next time!

Fiona T wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:29 pm Think there's gonna be a good turnout! A lot of the co:event noobs are parkrunners - should be fun!

You'll be there I hope!

Absolutely. Even doing my homework.

Looks a nice course!

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 1:22 pm

Fiona T wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:29 pm Think there's gonna be a good turnout! A lot of the co:event noobs are parkrunners - should be fun!

You'll be there I hope!

Absolutely. Even doing my homework.

Even made the first comment on the video!

259th in the list.

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Thu Aug 05, 2021 4:43 pm Who's parkrunning for this event?

Might even shave my oxters for the occasion if I'm feeling really keen.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:58 am 259th in the list.

Once space left I believe - not tempted?

Fiona T wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 6:08 am

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:58 am 259th in the list.

Once space left I believe - not tempted?

I'll be back at CO events some time soon but I'm not tempted enough to travel the 9 million miles to Blackpool!

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 7:17 am

Fiona T wrote: ↑Tue Aug 10, 2021 6:08 am

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:58 am 259th in the list.

Once space left I believe - not tempted?

I'll be back at CO events some time soon but I'm not tempted enough to travel the 9 million miles to Blackpool!

*laughs in Canadian*

Will any of the games be streamed online?

…guess not

So congratulations to Bradley Horrocks for winning this and to Mark Mills for running the event.

I found the results here (linked to from the Facebook page). I can't see any mention of a final on the greem page, but someone put in the comments on Facebook that Bradley won the final. In any case, I've previously heard that Atropine would put the event winner at the top of the ranking list regardless of seeding.

But this wouldn't be the first time I've seen the final forgotten about! (There was a c4c report once that had the result of all the games except the final!)

Also does anyone have a list of all the CO-eventers who did the parkrun?

Congrats Bradley on your (1st?)Co-event win!

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 7:33 pm So congratulations to Bradley Horrocks for winning this and to Mark Mills for running the event.

I found the results here (linked to from the Facebook page). I can't see any mention of a final on the greem page, but someone put in the comments on Facebook that Bradley won the final. In any case, I've previously heard that Atropine would put the event winner at the top of the ranking list regardless of seeding.

But this wouldn't be the first time I've seen the final forgotten about! (There was a c4c report once that had the result of all the games except the final!)

My sources tell me that Bradley won the final 58-34 against James Haughton.

Since version 1.1.0, Atropine does indeed put the winner of the final at the top of the ranking list. However, this relies on it being told the result of the final. Very often the tournament organiser doesn't create a fixture in Atropine for the final because it's not really required except for the live-broadcast thing you've linked to, and that's a relatively new feature of Atropine.

After the final is played, there are no later fixtures to generate which would need to take it into account, and if you've just watched the final you don't need Atropine to work out who's won, so it's understandable that with everything else going on, tournament organisers forget to tell Atropine the final result. Perhaps Atropine needs a "please tell me the result of the final" alert which comes on after the appropriate number of players have been highlighted in green.

I've added the final result to that page by doing the Atropine equivalent of offering it an update on the event while wearing a Mark Mills mask.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 7:33 pm Also does anyone have a list of all the CO-eventers who did the parkrun?

Callum Todd
Bradley Horrocks
Stephen Read
Adam Latchford
Phil Hannan
Fiona Thorne
Fiona Titcombe
Tasneem Rana
Chris Marshall

Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 10:59 pm I've added the final result to that page by doing the Atropine equivalent of offering it an update on the event while wearing a Mark Mills mask.

Cool, thanks. And for the info above.

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Sun Aug 15, 2021 1:51 am

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 7:33 pm Also does anyone have a list of all the CO-eventers who did the parkrun?

Callum Todd
Bradley Horrocks
Stephen Read
Adam Latchford
Phil Hannan
Fiona Thorne
Fiona Titcombe
Tasneem Rana
Chris Marshall

I will check out the results page now!

Prune 1 1 - 0 Prune 2

What a great match.

Done the wiki version now. You can tell where I got lazy/tired. https://wiki.apterous.org/Co-Blackpool_2021

I want to see if I can write a basic program to translate Excel's focaliser into wiki language for the championship table, but since I can't even Javascript, then that's not gonna happen any time soon...

I think I've now updated the wiki's version of the FOCAL table. If there's a blunder I'm sure someone will point it out...

Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 6:42 pm I think I've now updated the wiki's version of the FOCAL table. If there's a blunder I'm sure someone will point it out...

I'll be updating the official FOCAL stuff this afternoon so can cross-compare it then. Thanks very much as ever for your wiki work Rhys.

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Sat Aug 21, 2021 7:09 am

Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Thu Aug 19, 2021 6:42 pm I think I've now updated the wiki's version of the FOCAL table. If there's a blunder I'm sure someone will point it out...

I'll be updating the official FOCAL stuff this afternoon so can cross-compare it then. Thanks very much as ever for your wiki work Rhys.

No problem.

I've got my own Excel book of the FOCAL table, which over the last week I have tried to automatically translate into wiki language. Hopefully I can fully do 2016-19's wiki tables as a result in the not-too-distant future.

One question - how are ties broken?

Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:38 pm One question - how are ties broken?

Highest finishing position at a single event. Then second highest, etc.