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Championship flight:
Still some games missing -- you'll be hearing from me if appropriate. This week's matchups are available.

Flight A:
The week 4 matches are up on the website. There were three matches last week that didn't happen; Scott G got a forfeit on Matt Morrison; James Doohan-Barry Evans and Gareth Mitchell-Andy Wilson were scored as 0-0.

Flight B:
Games are up as well. James Levison and Howard Somerset are missing last week's game, as far as I can tell.

Speed Demon:
It's the last week of the "regular season" for the speed demon tournament. The matches are posted, but basically you should go to the standings page, and everybody in your pool you haven't played, you need to play.

I'm in last place of Flight A according to the stats (truly shameful!), but shouldn't my Net Games be higher than those who didn't play their game in the last round? I have won one more game than them, after all?

Myself and Howard are playing this evening so will post the result later on

Henry Meier 2-1 Hugh Binnie

Hugh Binnie 60 - 102 Henry Meier
Henry Meier 75 - 97 Hugh Binnie
Hugh Binnie 43 - 93 Henry Meier

The first two games were like mirror images of each other, one of us getting a nine and the other never quite managing to catch up. Unfortunately, Hugh had a bit of a nightmare in the third game, but that's game scoreline doesn't reflect the close contest of the first two.

Speed Demon, Pool A

Martin May 73 - 34 Matt Bayfield
Martin May 44 - 52 Matt Bayfield

Speed Demon Pool B:

Lesley Hines 23-66 Innis Carson
Lesley Hines 26-43 Innis Carson

Second game in particular was a very tight game, with some slips from both of us and an inevitable crucial conundrum which proved oddly tricky in the moment. Lesley told me afterwards that she'd accidentally dismissed "rebelling", as in "belling twice"! Unlucky Lesley, and well played.

Championship Flight:

Innis Carson 111-55 Kai Laddiman
Innis Carson 120-110 Kai Laddiman

In this installment of the ongoing "Kai Laddiman loses a tournament game very narrowly to Innis Carson in unfortunate circumstances" series, he got lagged out on the conundrum in the second game, allowing me to steal the match. I didn't realise it had happened until it was too late, he took it well though. Really unlucky again mate, it was a great game at least. Well played.

Edwin Mead wrote:I'm in last place of Flight A according to the stats (truly shameful!), but shouldn't my Net Games be higher than those who didn't play their game in the last round? I have won one more game than them, after all?

I'm hoping that the miscreants will play the game, which will solve the issue in the normal course of events. But Net Games is the number you've won (lost) more than you've lost (won), so they are currently ahead of you in that aspect (not the total number of games won).

Result for Flight B
J Gillies 2 - 0 Ian Dent

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 2482481148
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 2709930396

Thanks Ian.

This is a week 3 result,

James Levison 2-0 Howard Somerset. Last game was very close.

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=152722
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=152730

The usual 1-1 in the Speed Demon:

Ian Volante 29-39 Andrew Feist
Andrew Feist 27-56 Ian Volante

Game 1: Kirk Bevins 66 - 50 Tom Rowell with a sweet nine in there.
Game 2: Kirk Bevins 73 - 34 Tom Rowell. My first speed 9 max game in this tourney and I've saved it right till the end.

Cheers.

Speed demon: Chazzer Reams 1 - 1 Michael Wallace

Michael Wallace 26 - 50 Charles Reams

Tight until the first numbers, then I fall apart (just like my ex-wife).

Chaz Reams 40 - 48 Michael Wallace

Bad misses from both of us and I sneak the conundrum when Charlie gets flummoxed by INDICATE+D (that's what she said).

Flight A

Edwin Mead 93 - 97 Andy Wilson
Edwin Mead 88 - 84 Andy Wilson
Edwin Mead 103 - 62 Andy Wilson

Flight A - Week 3 Match

James Doohan 2 - 0 Barry Evans

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 0501962052
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 2272451821

Two pretty close games, unlucky Barry

Speed Demon:

Stuart Arnot 2 - 0 Andy Wilson

Stuart Arnot 58 - 41 Andy Wilson
Stuart Arnot 42 - 20 Andy Wilson

Andy pushed me all the way to a crucial conundrum in the first game. He made a slow start in the second, and thankfully, for me, the 9 round format didn't leave him enough time to catch up.

here is my result for week 4, must be the first time i've beat Llyod twice in a row! Both real close games thoug. Thanks Llyod

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 5552301377
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?ke ... 5950490065

Speed Demon: Michael Wallace 1 - 1 Stuart Arnot

Michael Wallace 26 - 53 Stuart Arnot

I start promisingly, then Stuart pulls out phat numbers skillz, then MUFTIS and MAINTOP, and my last throw with 6 small backfires tremendously.

Michael Wallace 42 - 36 Stuart Arnot

Felt this was going to go a similar route, especially with my blank in round 3, but then Stuart misdeclares in the first numbers, I manage my only good spot of the two games with PATINA, and a ridiculous conundrum meant I scraped home.

Speed Demon:

Stuart Arnot 1 - 1 Jim Bentley

Stuart Arnot 46 - 48 Jim Bentley
Jim Bentley 36 - 42 Stuart Arnot

Draw written all over it. Quality of the games was rather mixed...

Speed Demon:

Ian Dent 26-56 James Robinson
James Robinson 56-28 Ian Dent

Flight A: Matthew Tassier 2 - 1 Peter Lee
Peter Lee 101 - 74 Matthew Tassier
Brilliant first game from Peter, getting 12 maxes which could well have been 13 if I hadn't meanly pick 6 small in the last numbers game.
Matthew Tassier 85 - 77 Peter Lee
Close game with the numbers rounds tipping it in my favour.
Matthew Tassier 113 - 69 Peter Lee
My second highest ever score I think. Possibly Peter was put off by my goolies in round 3.

Well played Matthew. Your Goolies was brilliant and left me deflated !! All games extremely enjoyable.

This should probably go in the week 3 thread but er....it's not.

Championship Flight

Stuart Arnot 1 - 2 James Hurrell

My first ever max game and a 13 max game in the decider would make it look like I was a decent player - one look at game 2 would have you wondering otherwise.

Well played Stuart - far more consistent than me!

Stuart Arnot 77 - 139 James Hurrell

Stuart Arnot 102 - 60 James Hurrell

Stuart Arnot 83 - 116 James Hurrell

2 very close exciting games with James, both crucial conundrums, and one went to a tie-breaker!

Julie Taylor 93 - 75 James Doohan

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=153809

Julie Taylor 94 - 84 James Doohan

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=153814

Thanks, James. You deserved better than a 2-nil defeat.

SPEED DEMON

Ben 2 - 0 Matt Morrison
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=153971
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=153973

Ben 1 - 1 James Hurrell
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=153975
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=153979

Speed Demon

Phil Makepeace 1 -1 Ian Dent

Makepeace 60-31 Dent
Dent 45 - 37 Makepeace

Yet another draw, although this one unexpected:

Ian Volante 61-55 Charlie Reams
Charlie Reams 66-25 Ian Volante

Speed Demon:

Phil Makepeace 47-65 James Robinson
James Robinson 45-39 Phil Makepeace

Matt Bayfield 51-42 James Robinson
James Robinson 49-54 Matt Bayfield

Championship Flight:

James Robinson 80-115 Ben Wilson
James Robinson 89-94 Ben Wilson

That second match with Ben was so, so painful. I had the lead twice, including right at the end. And I got pipped by not pressing B quick enough. Still hurting.

From the Championship flight:

http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=154226
http://apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=154241

Ben Wilson 115-80 James Robinson
Ben Wilson 94-89 James Robinson

A couple of good games against a good player.

Speed Demon:

Jim Bentley 58 - 35 Andy Wilson
Andy Wilson 29 - 51 Jim Bentley

Kai Laddiman 69 - 39 Jim Bentley
Jim Bentley 32 - 71 Kai Laddiman

Speed Demon Pool B:

Matt Morrison 32-58 Innis Carson
Matt Morrison 17-63 Innis Carson

Ben Hunter 32-59 Innis Carson
Ben Hunter 25-66 Innis Carson

Speed Demon Pool A. Dinos Sfyris 2-0 Matthew Tassier
Dinos Sfyris 42-14 Matthew Tassier
Dinos Sfyris 58-12 Matthew Tassier

In the last game Matt went for the conundrum at the death. At which point I spotted it and had a fraction of a second to buzz!

Cheers for the games dude

speed demon games with Tom Rowell:

Tom Rowell 33 - 53 Julie Taylor

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=154492

Julie Taylor 56 - 47 Tom Rowell

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=154496

I won the first one fair and square, but I feel that Tom was unlucky not to win the second. Apterous freaked out during the conundrum, which I didn't get. When we went back in, I got the next one. So, sorry, Tom, and that chat function seemed to disappear too.

Poor result for me, that one.

Julie T wrote: I won the first one fair and square, but I feel that Tom was unlucky not to win the second. Apterous freaked out during the conundrum, which I didn't get. When we went back in, I got the next one.

It obviously came up with a much nicer shuffle and wanted to set you that one instead. WAYACROSS. Cute.

Speed Demon

Simon Myers 1 - 1 Nick Wainwright

Nick 46 - 55 Simon
Simon 38 - 70 Nick

Speed Demon (actually week 3 result)

Simon Myers 2 - 0 Oliver Garner

Simon 58 - 50 Oliver
Oliver 56 - 61 Simon <- on for a max game (points-wise) but Oliver didn't notice and just managed to beat me to the buzzer.

Also from a previous week played tonight,
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=154788
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=154811
I won 2-0 and was pleased with my comeback in game 2

Closed B match

James Leroux leading one game to nil, and then part way through second game when Apterous went down. Hoping to resume shortly.

Howard 56 - 93 James

Managed to get second game completed. 2 - 0 to James

Howard 53 - 79 James

Thanks for the games, James. Well played!

Speed Demon - Pool B

Nick Wainwright 0 - 2 James Hurrell

Caught Nick on an off day - fortunately.

Nick Wainwright 48 - 50 James Hurrell

Nick Wainwright 26 - 63 James Hurrell

Speed Demon Pool A. My first loss of the whole tournament in pretty much my worst game of all time followed by one where I was simply outclassed! Nice one Matt B. 2-0

Matt Bayfield 45 - 29 Dinos Sfyris
Matt Bayfield 56 - 32 Dinos Sfyris

Then Julie Taylor and I drew 1-1 after I failed to spot the 9 and yesterday's teaser in game 2

Dinos Sfyris 64 - 23 Julie Taylor
Julie Taylor 58 - 55 Dinos Sfyris

Dinos Sfyris wrote:Speed Demon Pool A. My first loss of the whole tournament in pretty much my worst game of all time followed by one where I was simply outclassed! Nice one Matt B. 2-0

Matt Bayfield 45 - 29 Dinos Sfyris
Matt Bayfield 56 - 32 Dinos Sfyris

Then Julie Taylor and I drew 1-1 after I failed to spot the 9 and yesterday's teaser in game 2

Dinos Sfyris 64 - 23 Julie Taylor
Julie Taylor 58 - 55 Dinos Sfyris

You've linked the same games vs Matt.B

Thanks Eoin sorted it now

Championship Flight

Kirk Bevins 2 - 0 Simon Myers

Simon Myers 76 - 94 Kirk Bevins
Simon Myers 76 - 114 Kirk Bevins

Speed Demon: Michael Wallace 1 - 1 Kai Laddiman

Kai 60 - 24 Michael

Kai makes some good early spots leaving me for dust, and a quick conundrum spot rounded off a trouncing.

Kai 42 - 62 Michael

To my surprise I take round 1, Kai levels it just before the final numbers, which he spots just too late. This game was rather molested by lag, so I was pretty lucky to be given the conundrum. Good game, though.

Divison A: Michael Wallace 2 - 1 Lee Simmonds

Michael 87 - 84 Lee

Lee gets an early lead with the excellent REGULARS, but I fight back with REASSURE (which is quite a good spot for me). I then take the lead with one of my rare biology spots of MITOTIC, before Lee has a couple of bad rounds to give me some breathing space. A surprising pick of 1 large from Lee in the final numbers turns out easy and it was just as well, as he spots the conundrum pretty quickly.

Michael 85 - 101 Lee

We both don't risk GOLDINESS in round one, which is rather embarrassing when we see what 9 was actually there, and the deadlock continues until round 8 when Lee sees a phantom S. I completely fluff two rounds later on to give Lee the lead, and he beats me on the conundrum again to hand me my first defeat of the division.

Michael 98 - 86 Lee

I get an early lead with POSTIES and the lead stays the same until round 11 when I go for the slightly iffy FUMIER whilst Lee is forced to go for the apparently much more risky UNRIFE. He gets back into contention with the excellent DIPTERAN in the next round, but I spot HOARSEN and manage to get the numbers to make sure it doesn't go to a crucial. Which is just as well because Lee beats me to it *again*.

Thanks to Lee for some great games, and he also gets deserves a medal for putting up with my (repeated) technical problems.

Philip Jarvis 2 v 1 Niall Seymour

PJ 67 v 72 NS http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=155459
A very close game, culminating in the condundrum which neither of us got.

PJ 100 v 90 NS http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=155463
Following my stupidity in failing to add an "S" to annul in round 6, the game was tied 90-90 at the conundrum. After 2 tie breaks, I was lucky to bring the games back to 1 - 1 after Niall was unlucky with his spelling.

PJ 101 v 67 NS http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=155474
As a contest, the game was pretty much over after I posted a 9 letter word in round 8.

Well played Niall. It could quite easily have been 2 -0 to you.

I seem to have been very fortunate this week in as much as having played first Dinos (ta for the kind words in the post above!), and now Nick, when they were both having absolute shockers.

Flight A

Matt Bayfield 93 - 77 Nick Wainwright
Matt Bayfield 101 - 72 Nick Wainwright

Speed demon

Lesley Hines 2-0 Andrew Herbertson

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=155665
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=155669

Two good games first decided on a crucial second one a more convincing win for Lesley.

Speed Demon

Simon Myers 2 - 0 Andrew Herbertson

Simon Myers 45 - 26 Andrew Herbertson
Simon Myers 54 - 14 Andrew Herbertson

Flight B

James Levison 1-2 Andrew Herbertson

http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=155174
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=155179
http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=155802

How do you change the shortcuts to the scores ?

Andrew Herbertson wrote:How do you change the shortcuts to the scores ?

[ url=http://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=155174 ]James Levison 77 - 73 Andrew Herbertson [ /url ]

(without the spaces next to the brackets)

Hint: If you just highlight the "James Levison 77 - 73 Andrew Herbertson" bit and then click on the URL box at the top of your message, it does most of the work for you.

Flight A:

Josh took a while to wake up, the second game was very good.

Josh Overhill 26-89 Ian Volante
Ian Volante 104-84 Josh Overhill

Speed demon:

Lesley Hines 47-45 Andrew Herbertson
Lesley Hines 44-18 Andrew Herbertson

The first game was very close, the second Andrew was unlucky. Enjoyed them both though, thanks very much!

Championship Week 4

Phil Makepeace 2-0 Oliver Garner

Makepeace 87-86 Garner
Garner 80-82 Makepeace


Two extremely close matches, in both of which I was behind going into the crucial. You'll notice for the 2nd one that it's only a 9 rounder. We played the first 6 rounds of Game 2 earlier in the week before apterous wiped it with the score at 36-36.

Late result for week 4:

3 very close games gave me a 2-1 win
Lesley Hines 75 - 69 Gareth Mitchell
Lesley Hines 75 - 76 Gareth Mitchell
Lesley Hines 91 - 70 Gareth Mitchell

Apologies for how late this was - thanks

Another late week 4 result (sorry Andrew) from the Championship division:

Martin May 2 - 1 Jim Bentley

Jim Bentley 65 - 90 Martin May

After threatening to descend into a farce of disallowed words and daft miscalculations, we kind of pulled ourselves together; Martin's excellent MURALIST and WARPAGE plus the conundrum gave him a fairly convincing win.

Martin May 67 - 87 Jim Bentley

Not a great game in terms of quality but pretty close throughout; despite my brain falling out during the second and third numbers games, I managed to cling on to level the scores.

Jim Bentley 84 - 94 Martin May

A fairly well-contested decider that after the first few rounds looked as though it could be a classic, but then our standards slipped somewhat, especially mine - three dodgy offerings in a row left me 20 points behind and Martin duly ran out the winner. Cheers, Martin!