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Countdown comes to the Fylde coast for the 6th time!

I am delighted to announce Co:Blackpool is all good to go for this September. For those of you who were able to attend last year, we will be at the same venue, where we will have our own private room and access to the bar. There will be plans announced from Friday evening through to Sunday morning to accompany the event, including karaoke and amusements.

Date: 14th September 2024

Venue: The Wainwright Club, 173 Hornby Road, Blackpool, FY1 4RD https://g.co/kgs/2twz3uC

Admission: £8, payable here https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bradleyhorrocks/8

Hosted by: Bradley Horrocks

Doors open: 10:45 (please don’t arrive before this time)

Games to be played: 6 + grand final for the top 2

Refreshments: Not provided (bar on site)

Finishes by: 17:30

Wheelchair accessible?: Yes

Parking onsite?: Yes – enter your reg plate at the bar

Format: Lincoln style (tables of 3), six 9-rounder games. 9-rounder grand final

In each of the 3 rounds, you will play 2 games and host 1 other. The draw for round 1 is random, then in the next two rounds you will be matched with others who have scored similarly to you. Don’t worry if round 1 doesn’t go too well, everyone should get some well-matched games by the afternoon!

Rough timetable for the day

Doors open: 10:45
Welcome/Round 1 Draw: 11:30
Round 1: 11:45
Lunch: 13:00
Round 2: 14:00
Round 3: 15:15
Final: 16:45
Prizegiving: 17:15

Post-event group meal plans:

Closer to the time, I will arrange a meal for the Saturday night. Information will be shared on the Facebook page, and I will share directly with those not on Facebook. Then, following Co:Blackpool tradition, we head to Gaiety’s for a spot of karaoke!

Payment

Entry fee for the day will be £8 per person, payable via this link: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/BradleyHorrocks/8. Please remember to select the ‘Friends and Family’ option. If you don’t have PayPal, please contact us at focalcountdown@gmail.com to arrange alternate payment options.

Public transport

Blackpool North train station is a mile walk from the venue, and has regular services to Preston, Liverpool, and Manchester.

Good afternoon everyone, I’ve just heard about the events of yesterday and am horrified, even more so given that I intended to attend until Friday morning when a member of my family was taken ill who remains in hospital. I’m glad that everyone was ok and sending my thoughts and prayers to everyone caught up in this horrific act of terror.

Rosie Cooper wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 2:16 pm Good afternoon everyone, I’ve just heard about the events of yesterday and am horrified, even more so given that I intended to attend until Friday morning when a member of my family was taken ill who remains in hospital. I’m glad that everyone was ok and sending my thoughts and prayers to everyone caught up in this horrific act of terror.

Sorry to hear about your family member in hospital, Rosie.

There's nothing wrong with what you've posted, but with my moderator's hat on, for the benefit of anyone else who may read or post here, I'll repost below what I wrote on the Apterous ticket. This is for reassurance and to remind everyone to be careful what they post.

Anyone reading this in isolation, unaware of what happened, might understandably be worried about it and fearing the worst.

So, for context, and to reassure everyone:

Everyone's OK. Yesterday morning at the start of Co:Blackpool, a player was assaulted by an uninvited guest. After welcome intervention by - in chronological order - Callum, others, and Lancashire Constabulary, the event continued as planned. Thankfully, the player concerned was not seriously injured, and even returned to play after getting some medical treatment.

Nevertheless, I expect (and hope) that criminal proceedings will follow. There are quite strict and complex laws on what can be published while such proceedings are ongoing, including on public forums such as this. So before anyone says anything they shouldn't, I'd advise everyone not to engage in public discussion about specific details that could prejudice any future trial, such as the identity of the offender or other details about them. Suffice to say they were not one of the players at the event.

Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 2:42 pm

Rosie Cooper wrote: ↑Sun Sep 15, 2024 2:16 pm Good afternoon everyone, I’ve just heard about the events of yesterday and am horrified, even more so given that I intended to attend until Friday morning when a member of my family was taken ill who remains in hospital. I’m glad that everyone was ok and sending my thoughts and prayers to everyone caught up in this horrific act of terror.

Sorry to hear about your family member in hospital, Rosie.

There's nothing wrong with what you've posted, but with my moderator's hat on, for the benefit of anyone else who may read or post here, I'll repost below what I wrote on the Apterous ticket. This is for reassurance and to remind everyone to be careful what they post.

Anyone reading this in isolation, unaware of what happened, might understandably be worried about it and fearing the worst.

So, for context, and to reassure everyone:

Everyone's OK. Yesterday morning at the start of Co:Blackpool, a player was assaulted by an uninvited guest. After welcome intervention by - in chronological order - Callum, others, and Lancashire Constabulary, the event continued as planned. Thankfully, the player concerned was not seriously injured, and even returned to play after getting some medical treatment.

Nevertheless, I expect (and hope) that criminal proceedings will follow. There are quite strict and complex laws on what can be published while such proceedings are ongoing, including on public forums such as this. So before anyone says anything they shouldn't, I'd advise everyone not to engage in public discussion about specific details that could prejudice any future trial, such as the identity of the offender or other details about them. Suffice to say they were not one of the players at the event.

Hats off to Callum Todd for his incredible bravery in detaining the assailant and everyone one who intervened. It’s scary that small communities like this are being targeted by such terror and hope it is an isolated incident.

STANDINGS

Players are ranked by number of wins then total points scored.


P W Pts
1 Callum Todd 6 6 446
2 Jack Worsley 6 5 420
3 Dylan Taylor 6 5 408
4 Matthew Brockwell 6 5 388
5 Stephen Read 6 5 381
6 Tracey Mills 6 5 341
7 Adam Latchford 6 4 396
8 James Robinson 6 4 377
9 Steven Grady 6 4 353
10 George Armstrong 6 4 352
11 Richard Priest 6 4 332
12 Mike Lee 6 4 318
13 Tom Carey 6 4 257
14 Tasneem Rana 6 4 255
15 Andy Platt 6 3 373
16 Coral Heath 6 3 347
17 Matthew S Rutherford 6 3 346
18 Daz Godfrey 6 3 341
19 Chris Marshall 6 3 338
20 Gabriel Thallon 6 3 329
21 Stu Harkness 6 3 323
22 Paul Worsley 6 3 309
23 Fiona Titcombe 6 3 307
24 Kate Scranage 6 3 276
25 Phil Stanton 6 3 269
26 Alan Jones 6 3 245
26 Paul Craib 6 3 245
28 Mark Mills 6 3 211
29 Adrian Fletcher 6 2 320
30 Euan Crabb 6 2 301
30 Ian Wray 6 2 301
32 Jason Turner 6 2 292
33 Adam Beach 6 2 269
34 Taz Turner 6 2 255
35 Mike Brailsford 6 2 226
36 Mark Ivey 6 2 189
37 Jack D 6 2 151
38 Nathan Pace 6 1 257
39 Fiona Thorne 6 1 248
40 Dave Lord 6 1 109


RESULTS

Round 1

Table 1
Tracey Mills 64 - 41 Mike Brailsford
Mike Brailsford 48 - 46 Paul Worsley
Paul Worsley 46 - 45 Tracey Mills

Table 2
Fiona Titcombe 59 - 25 Dave Lord
Dave Lord 0 - 74 Adrian Fletcher
Adrian Fletcher 66 - 46 Fiona Titcombe

Table 3
Andy Platt 70 - 53 Steven Grady
Steven Grady 51 - 68 Coral Heath
Coral Heath 77 - 87 Andy Platt

Table 4
Taz Turner 43 - 53 Mark Ivey
Mark Ivey 50 - 48 Euan Crabb
Euan Crabb 56 - 41 Taz Turner

Table 5
Jack Worsley 74 - 28 Alan Jones
Alan Jones 45 - 35 Paul Craib
Paul Craib 22 - 69 Jack Worsley

Table 6
Jason Turner 66 - 54 Dylan Taylor
Dylan Taylor 71 - 33 Phil Stanton
Phil Stanton 54 - 43 Jason Turner

Table 7
James Robinson 65*- 55 Stu Harkness
Stu Harkness 64 - 45 Fiona Thorne
Fiona Thorne 27 - 83 James Robinson

Table 8
Matthew S Rutherford 80 - 56 Chris Marshall
Chris Marshall 73 - 48 Nathan Pace
Nathan Pace 36 - 63 Matthew S Rutherford

Table 9
Tasneem Rana 14 - 61 Mike Lee
Mike Lee 63 - 71 Adam Latchford
Adam Latchford 74 - 39 Tasneem Rana

Table 10
Kate Scranage 69 - 0 Tom Carey
Tom Carey 0 - 68 Matthew Brockwell
Matthew Brockwell 73 - 28 Kate Scranage

Table 11
Richard Priest 49 - 24 Adam Beach
Adam Beach 31 - 61 Stephen Read
Stephen Read 76 - 61 Richard Priest

Table 12
George Armstrong 72 - 0 Prune
Prune 0 - 68 Ian Wray
Ian Wray 51 - 68 George Armstrong

Table 13
Mark Mills 40 - 0 Prune
Prune 0 - 59 Gabriel Thallon
Gabriel Thallon 63 - 25 Mark Mills

Table 14
Jack D 15 - 66 Callum Todd
Callum Todd 71 - 61 Daz Godfrey
Daz Godfrey 68 - 29 Jack D

Round 2

Table 1
Adam Latchford 70 - 49 Matthew S Rutherford
Matthew S Rutherford 42 - 59 Andy Platt
Andy Platt 69 - 72 Adam Latchford

Table 2
Matthew Brockwell 68 - 58 George Armstrong
George Armstrong 40 - 71 Jack Worsley
Jack Worsley 69 - 59 Matthew Brockwell

Table 3
James Robinson 70 - 80 Callum Todd
Callum Todd 75 - 44 Adrian Fletcher
Adrian Fletcher 48 - 56 James Robinson

Table 4
Gabriel Thallon 70 - 19 Mark Ivey
Mark Ivey 7 - 71 Stephen Read
Stephen Read 64 - 44 Gabriel Thallon

Table 5
Daz Godfrey 55 - 43 Chris Marshall
Chris Marshall 53 - 40 Coral Heath
Coral Heath 52 - 44 Daz Godfrey

Table 6
Mike Lee 57 - 51 Ian Wray
Ian Wray 55 - 73 Dylan Taylor
Dylan Taylor 73 - 24 Mike Lee

Table 7
Richard Priest 61 - 52 Jason Turner
Jason Turner 28 - 61 Stu Harkness
Stu Harkness 57 - 64 Richard Priest

Table 8
Fiona Titcombe 47 - 54 Euan Crabb
Euan Crabb 49 - 56 Tracey Mills
Tracey Mills 58 - 48 Fiona Titcombe

Table 9
Paul Worsley 69 - 56 Phil Stanton
Phil Stanton 49 - 40 Kate Scranage
Kate Scranage 35 - 52 Paul Worsley

Table 10
Alan Jones 37 - 35 Mark Mills
Mark Mills 26 - 51 Mike Brailsford
Mike Brailsford 33 - 54 Alan Jones

Table 11
Paul Craib 68*- 58 Adam Beach
Adam Beach 52 - 42 Fiona Thorne
Fiona Thorne 33 - 63 Paul Craib

Table 12
Taz Turner 36 - 52 Nathan Pace
Nathan Pace 54 - 64 Steven Grady
Steven Grady 57 - 44 Taz Turner

Table 13
Jack D 33 - 0 Prune
Prune 0 - 64 Tasneem Rana
Tasneem Rana 60 - 13 Jack D

Table 14
Tom Carey 69 - 0 Prune
Prune 0 - 30 Dave Lord
Dave Lord 22 - 65 Tom Carey

Round 3

Table 1
Adam Latchford 60 - 74 Jack Worsley
Jack Worsley 63 - 81 Callum Todd
Callum Todd 73 - 49 Adam Latchford

Table 2
Andy Platt 44 - 71 Dylan Taylor
Dylan Taylor 66 - 40 Stephen Read
Stephen Read 69 - 44 Andy Platt

Table 3
James Robinson 53 - 47 Gabriel Thallon
Gabriel Thallon 46 - 50 Matthew Brockwell
Matthew Brockwell 70 - 60 James Robinson

Table 4
Tracey Mills 62 - 47 Alan Jones
Alan Jones 34 - 55 Richard Priest
Richard Priest 42 - 56 Tracey Mills

Table 5
George Armstrong 58 - 50 Coral Heath
Coral Heath 60 - 54 Paul Worsley
Paul Worsley 42 - 56 George Armstrong

Table 6
Matthew S Rutherford 53 - 64 Daz Godfrey
Daz Godfrey 49 - 53 Stu Harkness
Stu Harkness 33 - 59 Matthew S Rutherford

Table 7
Chris Marshall 42 - 64 Steven Grady
Steven Grady 64 - 44 Adrian Fletcher
Adrian Fletcher 44 - 71 Chris Marshall

Table 8
Mike Lee 53 - 19 Phil Stanton
Phil Stanton 58 - 51 Euan Crabb
Euan Crabb 43 - 60 Mike Lee

Table 9
Tasneem Rana 43 - 16 Mike Brailsford
Mike Brailsford 37 - 40 Paul Craib
Paul Craib 27 - 35 Tasneem Rana

Table 10
Mark Ivey 19 - 42 Ian Wray
Ian Wray 34 - 59 Tom Carey
Tom Carey 64 - 41 Mark Ivey

Table 11
Adam Beach 60 - 0 Prune
Prune 0 - 58 Kate Scranage
Kate Scranage 46 - 44 Adam Beach

Table 12
Nathan Pace 45 - 62 Jason Turner
Jason Turner 41 - 48 Fiona Titcombe
Fiona Titcombe 59 - 22 Nathan Pace

Table 13
Jack D 38 - 21 Dave Lord
Dave Lord 11 - 37 Mark Mills
Mark Mills 48 - 23 Jack D

Table 14
Fiona Thorne 62 - 0 Prune
Prune 0 - 47 Taz Turner
Taz Turner 44 - 39 Fiona Thorne

Final
Jack Worsley 60 - 56 Callum Todd

Hi Everyone,

Great word play yesterday afternoon.
Now that Bradley has posted the scores, it might be sensible to lock this thread so we don’t chat on about any other matter that happened.

Agreed.

Just to let you all know as not everyone is in the facebook group chat, that we have sent some flowers to the Wainwright Club to thank the bar staff for their kindness on Saturday.

I've used some of the carry over budget from the Brighton/Reading events - I hope everyone agrees this is an acceptable use for the surplus.