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List Of Countdown Champions
This is a list of champions on the game show ''Countdown''. These are players who have won up to eight games and scored enough points to qualify for their series' finals. Here, they were one of eight contestants invited back to compete in a knockout tournament to decide who will become the series champion. This list also includes winners of Champion of Champions tournaments and the winner of Series 33, which was designated a "Supreme Championship". There was only one full series in 2005 because of Richard Whiteley's death — his final series, Series 53, was recorded before he was hospitalised with pneumonia. Series 54 began four months later on 31 October 2005 and, having started very late in the year, was extended to last until 26 May 2006. Series champions from this series onwards are awarded the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy along with the usual prize of the Oxford English Dictionary. Champions References * ''Countdown: Spreading The Word'' (Granada Media, 2001) pp.& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy
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Darryl Francis
Darryl Francis (born 16 April 1948) is a well-known author of books on Scrabble. He was a co-compiler of Chambers' original Official Scrabble Words publication in 1988 and consultant on all future editions, along with ex ABSP chairman Allan Simmons. He is also co-compiler on the Collins Official Scrabble Words publication in 2007 and 2012, again along with ex ABSP chairman Allan Simmons. Darryl Francis co-hosted a series of five short programmes for the BBC on the World Scrabble Championship in 1991, alongside TV presenter Alan Coren. He has also ghost-written many Scrabble books for well-known personalities, most notably ex-MP Gyles Brandreth. In 1985, he was the series 6 champion for the UK game show Countdown. In 2013, he returned to the programme to participate in the 30th Birthday Championship, where he was the earliest series champion in the field. He has also written extensively for the American journal '' Word Ways: The Journal of Recreational Linguistics'', having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lists Of Award Winners
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Beevers
Craig Beevers is an English professional Scrabble player and former World Scrabble Champion. Professional career 2014 In the World Championship, or Scrabble Champions Tournament 2014, Scrabble Champions Tournament (SCT) as it was dubbed that year and in 2013, Beevers defeated Alastair Richards 2-1 in a best-of-three quarter-finals. He went on to beat Dave Wiegand 3-2 in a best-of-five semi-finals. After securing a 3-1 win against Chris Lipe in a best-of-five finals, Beevers became the 2014 World Scrabble Champion, and only the second Englishman to do so after Mark Nyman (1993). 2015 Beevers won the UK National Championship, and hit a peak rating of 2161 (World No. 7), but failed to defend his title at the 2015 World Scrabble Championship, at which he finished 9th. 2016 Beevers finished in 57th place (amongst a field of 72) at the MSI World Scrabble Championship 2016. He also lost his title of National Champion to Phil Robertshaw at the 2016 National Scrabble Championship in Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conor Travers
Conor Travers is a former contestant from the British television game show ''Countdown''. In May 2006 he became a series champion at the age of 14 years, and remains the show's youngest ever champion. He later qualified for the 12th Championship of Champions tournament, making the semi-final in the process. He also won the Countdown 30th Birthday Championship in March 2013, where in the final he scored a then-record equalling 146 points. Travers studied for his GCSEs at Cardinal Newman Catholic School, Luton and he did his A-levels at Luton Sixth Form College Luton Sixth Form College is a sixth form college in the Barnfield area of Luton, Bedfordshire, England. History In 1904 Luton Council acquired the Modern School, which was a mixed-sex secondary school. This school moved into new buildings in .... He went on to study mathematics at St John’s College, University of Cambridge. His hobbies include cricket, chess, and computers. References Contestants on British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Holden
Stewart Holden (born 5 September 1979) is a competitive Scrabble player from the United Kingdom. Holden is originally from Oxford but has resided near Belfast, Northern Ireland since 2008. He represented England at the World Scrabble Championship 2003, where he finished in 62nd place, and represented Northern Ireland at the World Scrabble Championship 2011 where he finished in 28th place and achieved the highest game score of the tournament (694pts). He has achieved ranking among the top 100 competitive Scrabble players in the world and as the runner-up in the 2007 National Scrabble Championship. Holden also compiles the weekly Scrabble puzzle for The Guardian newspaper. Formerly, he was a committee member of the Association of British Scrabble Players, owning his own business, Tilefish, selling Scrabble equipment and resources. That enterprise was sold to fellow ABSP committee member Amy Byrne in July 2008. Holden was the editor of The Scrabble Player's Handbook, a free 162- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Fell
Julian Fell is a winning contestant from the British game show ''Countdown'' and is widely considered to be among the greatest Countdowners of all time. He was the 48th champion of the show. He scored 924 points in the heats, beating the previous record held by Chris Wills, and was the first player to score 100 points or more in all eight heat games. During his eighth game, he broke numerous all-time Countdown records. He scored 138 points with three nine-letter words, both of which had never been done before. He then broke both of these records just two shows later with four nine-letter words and 146 points, a record which remained until 2019. He gained a lot of attention for this in the UK press."COUNTDOWN KING; Julian crowned greatest player" The Mirror , 23 Dec 2002 He returned for the 11th "Champion of Champions" tournament as the hot favourite, before being defeated by Graham Nash in the quarter-finals of that contest. See also *Countdown A countdown is a sequence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Wills
Chris Wills (born 17 February 1978 in Folkestone, Kent) is a British gameshow contestant who was a series champion of ''Countdown'' in 2002 and a veteran of numerous other shows. ''Countdown'' Wills first appeared on ''Countdown'' on 14 January 2002, winning all eight of his heat games and becoming the #1 seed of his series, including the highest ever score in 20 years of ''Countdown'', 129, on 17 January. He beat two more contestants to reach the final where he beat Tom Hargreaves 110-67. He averaged 110 points per game. Wills was invited back to the "Champion of Champions" tournament, where he won three successive games including a score of 120 to reach the final against Graham Nash. The final was a tense, low-scoring game and he lost 79-73. Since recording this game, he has made two further appearances on ''Countdown'', against Julian Fell, the player that beat his highest ever score of 129, and against Conor Travers, the youngest ever series winner at 14 years old. He lost ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Nash (Countdown)
Graham Nash (born 25 December 1979) is Countdown's 43rd Champion and the 11th Champion of Champions. His current record stands at 16 wins out of 16; one of only two unbeaten champions in the show's history - the other one being Nic Brown. He later appeared on Grand Slam, losing to ''Dee Voce''. Countdown Graham made his debut on Countdown on 20 July 2000 and won the maximum eight consecutive heat games making him the number one seed. However his points total was beaten by David Williams and he was knocked down to second seed. However Williams fell in the semi-final, while Nash won his match against Clare Wright. This set up a final between Graham and Matthew Turner. It was a close and nervous final, as both players had numerous words disallowed. The points were level until Graham got 901 correctly on the numbers game and Matthew only got 900. This ten-point lead remained until the last round, where Matthew could tie the game on the conundrum. But it was Graham who spotted RENE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Nyman
Mark Nyman (born 14 October 1966) is an English professional Scrabble player originally from London, England and now a resident in Cheshire. At the end of 2002, he was rated 205 and was top-rated in the ABSP ratings. As at 7 September 2015 he is rated 200. His 27 consecutive tournament game wins is an ABSP record. He is most widely known as the first (and, until Craig Beevers' victory in 2014, only) British player to win the World Scrabble Championship, which he accomplished in 1993. He married in 2004 and has two children, Max and Kizzy. Nyman played Canadian Joel Wapnick in the World Scrabble Championship 1993 final, in which he came back from 2-1 behind to win 3-2, including winning one game having been 174 behind. The two met again in the 1999 WSC final, and this time Wapnick was successful, winning a decider by 403 to 402. Nyman has won a record twenty-two major UK tournaments, including: # The British Matchplay Scrabble Championship in 1992, 1996, 2002, 2009 and 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game Show
A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or Let's Play, demonstrative and are typically directed by a game show host, host, sharing the rules of the program as well as commentating and narrating where necessary. The history of game shows dates back to the invention of television as a medium. On most game shows, contestants either have to answer questions or solve puzzles, typically to win either money or prizes. Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, trips and goods and services provided by the show's sponsor. History 1930s–1950s Game shows began to appear on radio and television in the late 1930s. The first television game show, ''Spelling Bee (game show), Spelling Bee'', as well as the first radio game show, ''Information Please'', were both broadcast in 1938; the first major success in the game show genre was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joyce Cansfield
Joyce Cansfield (née Patrick; 1929 – 12 October 2019) was a British crossword compiler (compiling under the name ''Machiavelli'' for '' The Listener''), who set more than 1,000 puzzles for ''The Times''. She was also the 1980 UK national Scrabble champion, 1982 Countdown winner and 1983 Brain of Mensa. She studied for her undergraduate degree in statistics at Westfield College, University of London and her early career involved the running of an early mainframe computer at the UK's Dental Estimates Board in Eastbourne. Later on she worked at the University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ... as a statistician.BBC (2019) Last Word:Alicia Alonso, Deborah Orr, Joyce Cansfield, Clora Bryant, ''BBC Radio 4'', 27 October Cansfield died in 2019. References {{D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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