Waterford 2024

Co:Wat?! 2024 (Countdown in Waterford)

Event host Michelle welcomes you to the sunny South-East of Ireland.

<Word, number and conundrum craic, with prizes available at all ability levels>

Date: 29-06-2024

Venue: (The Edmund Rice Youth & Community Multiplex) Manor Street Youth & Community Centre

Admission: €12 day ticket, €40 camping ticket, payable here:- https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/my/settings?flow=cmV0dXJuVXJsPWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnBheXBhbC5jb20vbXlhY2NvdW50L3RyYW5zZmVyL2hvbWVwYWdlL3JlcXVlc3QmY2FuY2VsVXJsPWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnBheXBhbC5jb20vbXlhY2NvdW50L3RyYW5zZmVyL2hvbWVwYWdlL3JlcXVlc3Q=

Hosted by: Eoin & Michelle Jackson

Doors open: 10:00am

Games to be played: 8 (five amended 9Rers, three 15Rers)

Refreshments: Free teas, coffees, cordial, light snacks

Finishes by: 7pm.

Wheelchair accessible?: Yes.

Parking onsite?: Yes.

Format

Five amended 9Rers before lunch. (Amendment is that conundrums worth 6pts rather than 10pts.) Three 15Rers after lunch in a QF, SF, Final format. Games will be played in the Bristol-style classroom format, using Fiona’s Robo Riley engine, and Graeme’s Atropine.

Rough timetable for the day

Doors open: 10am

Welcome/Round 1 Draw: 10:45am 

Round 1: 11.00am.

Round 2: 11.37am

Round 3: 12.14pm

Round 3: 12.51pm

Round 3: 1.28pm

Lunch: 2.00pm

Round 3: 3.00pm

Round 3: 4.00pm

Round 4: 5.00pm

Final: 6.00pm

Prizegiving: 6.45pm

Post-event group meal plans: Plan to have a meal together at 8pm. Venue TBC. Followed by a pub sing song. Venue also TBC.

Jessie, Bradley, Alan & Paul at the afters, 2023.

Payment

Entry fee for the day will be €12 (or €40 plus camping) per person, payable in cash on the morning of the event. Alternatively, you could send it to Eoin (ayum@live.ie) using Paypal. Please remember to select the ‘Friends and Family’ option.

Public transport. There are several train and bus options from Cork and Dublin airports. Lifts will be provided to and from the train/bus station, and also to and from the campsite / venue for anyone who needs it.

Anagrammers in action

Enquiries

Contact us at focalcountdown@gmail.com

Attending or organising a FOCAL event is subject to the FOCAL Code of Conduct.

Last updated 14/06/2024