The sixth Manchester Pokémon Tournament took place on February 8th, setting a new attendance record for a grassroots Pokémon Video Game Tournament in the United Kingdom with a whopping 99 competitors. Players from all over the country travelled to Manchester to take part, including one player who came all the way from Italy to take part. After a shaky start due to technical difficulties, the gruelling swiss rounds began. Sadly, due to time constraints, there were only five rounds instead of the optimal seven. To compensate for this, the top cut was changed to a top 16 in order to reward more players with a record of 4-1.
Daniel Nolan (Zog) managed to go undefeated in the swiss rounds along with Andrew Parrot (Shoe) and Jamie Miller, who ended up as seeds one, two, and three respectively. After a playoff round between the competitors tied for 16th seed, it was Barry Anderson (Baz Anderson) who managed to progress and set up an epic first round of top cut clash. After some great matches featuring many of the most highly rated UK players, including last year’s winner Richard Fairbrother (NidoRich), it came down to our final two. Daniel Nolan (Zog) defeated Mark McQuillan (woopahking123) in a brilliant final match, going undefeated all day in the process of being crowned champion. Daniel is the first player to win two grassroots tournaments in the UK, with this tournament as the 10th event. He walked away with a brand new, limited edition 3DS X and both players received a copy of Bravely Default, Nintendo eShop Credit, a Pokemon Game, and a finalists trophy.
I’d like to thank everyone who came along and made this event such a success! I apologise for the slow start, but it was out of everyone’s hands at the time and I hope it doesn’t put people off travelling to future events. Stay tuned to Nugget Bridge for more tournaments!
Final Standings
- Daniel Nolan (Zog)
- Mark McQuillan (woopahking123)
- Anis Haque
- Jake Birch (WhiteAfroKing92)
- Richard Fairbrother (NidoRich)
- Jamie Miller
- Chris Gibson
- Chris Wilson
- Barry Anderson (Baz Anderson)
- Samuel Connor
- Nicholas Rhodes
- Rina Purdy (SqishyRina)
- Samuel East (Samuel996)
- Daniel Oztiken (Necrocat219)
- Eden Batchelor (Xenoblade Hero)
- Andrew Parrott (Shoe)
Challonge Bracket – Top Cut
Challonge Bracket – Swiss
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