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Co:cester (Countdown in Worcester) 2025!


Mispronounced as many times as a Countdown contestant declaring a word they can’t define – Countdown is coming to Worcester!

Roll up, roll up! And welcome to the debut Co-event in Worcester, Co:cester! Come along and experience a rollerCo:cester of emotions whilst playing Countdown in the flesh. 6 games of Countdown against fellow fans of the show will give you a taste of what it is like to play for the *in this case, imaginary* teapot!

Date: Sat 1st November 2025

Venue: “The Studio” at The Hive. NOTE: The Studio is a room within The Hive library. Please look for “The Hive” when inputting directions.

The Studio itself is located on Level 1 of The Hive and is wheelchair-accessible.

Address: The Hive, Sawmill Cl, The Butts, Worcester WR1 3PD Map Link- https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+H ... FQAw%3D%3D

Admission: £12, payable here – https://paypal.me/thomasgeorgestevo/12GBP

Hosted by: Tom Stevenson

Doors open: 10:30

Games to be played: 6

Refreshments: There is a cafe on-site, as well as the Crowngate Shopping Centre and Worcester High Street nearby.

Finishes by: 17:45

Wheelchair accessible?: Yes

Parking onsite?: Yes. Also have Croft Road Car Park and The Crowngate Shopping Centre nearby, in case parking is full at The Hive Car Park.

Format:

Playing six 9-round games of Countdown in the “classroom” format, where everyone plays in pairs from the same selections projected onto a screen. The Numbers games will have the same target, but the player choosing (be it yourself or your opponent) will select either the 6 Small, 1,2.3 or 4 Large selections before the numbers appear and the target is generated.



The Hive is well-located in the centre of Worcester. Conveniently, it is the only huge golden building in Worcester, so shouldn’t be too hard to spot!
Rough timetable for the day :

Doors open: 10:30

Welcome/Round 1 Draw/Practice round: 11:15

Round 1: 11:30

Round 2: 12:15

Lunch: 13:00

Round 3: 13:45

Round 4: 14:30

Break : 15:15

Round 5: 15:30

Round 6: 16:15

Final: 17:00

Prizegiving: 17:45

Post-event group meal plans: TBC, but something will be organised.

Payment:

Entry fee for the day will be £12 per person, payable to <paypal.me/thomasgeorgestevo/12GBP> using Paypal. Please remember to select the ‘Friends and Family’ option. If you don’t have PayPal, please contact focalcountdown@gmail.com to arrange alternate payment options.

Public transport:

As noted above, The Hive is a five minute walk away from Worcester Foregate Street station, where you can get direct trains from Birmingham (New Street or Snow Hill), London Paddington, Oxford and Bristol Temple Meads. Additionally, Worcester Shrub Hill (a 17 minute walk, or take the 34 or 38 bus to get to the nearby Crowngate station) is another option that serves the aforementioned, as well as Birmingham Moor Street. Furthermore, Both Foregate Street and Shrub Hill go to Hereford, which will provide a connection for any Welsh visitors coming from the Cardiff to Manchester line.

Accommodation: There are plenty of accomodation options, such as a Premier Inn- https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels ... B&BRAND=PI or a Travelodge https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/279/Worcester-hotel, or Airbnb options.

Parkrun: The venue is very close to Worcester Pitchroft Parkrun https://www.parkrun.org.uk/worcesterpitchcroft/- which is practically across the road, and very flat! There is also Worcester Parkrun, https://www.parkrun.org.uk/worcester/, should Pitchcroft not be running.

Facebook link: https://fb.me/2eoNt2hreVbOjUz

Look forward to seeing you! Any questions just ask!

For reference, for the train travellers, if you've googled your destination "to Worcester", then it may come up with Worcestershire Parkway as the train station.
Unless you fancy walking over fields and up the M5, then you'll need to transfer from there to Worcester Foregate Street (less than a 10 min train journey). You can also catch the X50 bus.

Tom S wrote: ↑Sun Jun 29, 2025 6:03 pm For reference, for the train travellers, if you've googled your destination "to Worcester", then it may come up with Worcestershire Parkway as the train station.
Unless you fancy walking over fields and up the M5, then you'll need to transfer from there to Worcester Foregate Street (less than a 10 min train journey). You can also catch the X50 bus.

Should also be noted that Worcester Park is also nothing to do with Worcester. Don't get tricked by cheap looking train tickets from London!

Very true!^

What better time to sign up for Co:cester than now, as there are now discounts available for signing up!

If you've never attended a Countdown tournament before, then entry is just £6- Payment available here- https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thomasgeorgestevo/6GBP

(+1 discount for 2 newbies) If you bring a +1 along, and neither of you have attended a Countdown tournament before, then entry is £10- Payment link: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thomasgeorgestevo/10GBP

If you've attended an event before, then the standard rate is £12-

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thomasgeorgestevo/12GBP

If you've been to an event before, but are bringing along a +1 that hasn't attended one before, then a combined rate for you both is £15. https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thomasgeorgestevo/15GBP

For 2 entrants who have taken part in a Co-event before, you can sign up together for £20- https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thomasgeorgestevo/20GBP

Please remember to select the ‘Friends and Family’ option. If you don’t have PayPal, please contact focalcountdown@gmail.com to arrange alternate payment options.

For more information about the event itself- https://focalcountdown.com/WORCESTER-2025/

Would be great to see you there!

Hey you! Yes, you! Fancy ending a fortnight's drought of sign-ups? Send a payment within the next 24 hours to win/ be in the mix to win a complimentary bottle of Worcestershire Sauce (or veggie/vegan alternative!)!

And for any prospective attendees coming by train from London, you can secure an on the day return from £36! Whilst (due to railway works on the Saturday and Sunday), you will have to change at Worcestershire Parkway, you'll only be approximately 20 minutes away from the centre of Worcester, and both replacement buses, and buses that come every 30 mins will be able to take you there!

No works planned for any train-goers travelling south to Worcester Foregate Street/Shrub Hill.

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/thomasgeorgestevo/ (message me on here or email countdowinworcester@gmail.com for alternative payment methods)
Pricing
£12 for 1
£20 for 2
HALF PRICE: for those who have never attended a Countdown event before.

Hehehe. Countdown in The Butts.

Don't suppose anyone will be driving roughly through Coventry/Leamington/Kenilworth area?

I'm very likely to come anyway but getting a lift would shave my travel time by more than 50%.

Happy to contribute to petrol

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2025 9:00 pm Hehehe. Countdown in The Butts.

Used to work at a place with the address of 3 The Butts. And no, it wasn't the Nudist Association HQ....