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by Tom
Thu Feb 02, 2023 5:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022
Replies: 32
Views: 3861

Re: Jim Bentley, 1971-2022

Sad loss, I remember speaking to Jim around the time he was originally a contestant and he seemed a good guy. A stroke is an awful way to pass, but I am relieved to hear it wasn’t in light of his outing in the papers. I can’t help but think people knowing on here about his death is what he would hav...
by Tom
Fri Nov 18, 2022 4:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: David Barnard, 1991-2022
Replies: 85
Views: 12022

Re: Please say a prayer for David Barnard

Such a sad loss. Taken way too soon and condolences to his friends and family. I only remember speaking briefly with David once but he seemed like a top bloke and others have said the same. RIP David.
by Tom
Sun Jul 24, 2022 10:41 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown G.O.A.T.
Replies: 18
Views: 2080

Re: Countdown G.O.A.T.

It’s certainly a point to take in that there weren’t things like computer programs, co-events and apterous for a long time. Age you’ve got to take into account as well. People like Allan Saldanha going on at I think (10 years old) and in the 80s would probably be worthy of getting into anyone’s top ...
by Tom
Sun Jul 24, 2022 1:29 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown G.O.A.T.
Replies: 18
Views: 2080

Re: Countdown G.O.A.T.

In short it’s Conor. Was around pre apterous winning a series at 14 and coming back many years later at the 30th and winning it and in the games before it in the way he did. Some others have been great but are not quite at the same level. Dylan Taylor would run him close and I’d personally love to s...
by Tom
Wed May 25, 2022 11:41 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Anne Robinson to leave Countdown
Replies: 110
Views: 10955

Re: Anne Robinson to leave Countdown

Just seen this. Papers were saying about Carol returning. I think Colin would be a good interim host and permanent as well. Perhaps if he’s filming up until the end of October, maybe you could get Carol to interim present until the end of the year. I think a 40th BC wouldn’t be a bad idea, but not g...
by Tom
Mon May 02, 2022 6:20 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?
Replies: 33
Views: 9725

Re: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?

Julian probably went at minimum close on Apterous hard I believe. Spotting such obscure words and knowing the meanings would take time. I also know that he had an old handheld Countdown game which you used to get in the goody bags in the early 00s and practised on that which I think too yielded obsc...
by Tom
Mon May 02, 2022 11:25 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?
Replies: 33
Views: 9725

Re: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?

I can imagine how annoyed he would have got at that.

I don’t know the full reasons he disappeared, but many said they found his parents pushy and the Countdown thing could have burnt him out.

I guess if there’s a special 40th anniversary thing this year, he won’t be appearing...
by Tom
Mon Sep 27, 2021 6:08 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Is it time to end Countdown?
Replies: 57
Views: 8857

Re: Is it time to end Countdown?

Having met both, I prefer Rachel. Yeah Carol was great in her own way, but Rachel I found relates with the contestants more. I haven’t watched with Anne yet and I haven’t heard things to be fair. Maybe the show now has seen its best days. I don’t know how long Anne is under contract for, but maybe i...
by Tom
Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Special event for former contestants?
Replies: 24
Views: 18876

Re: Special event for former contestants?

Thanks Owen for your kind words. It wouldn’t just be open to former players; people such as those in communities such as here and apterous would be welcome plus people like partners of former players if they wanted to come too. It depends on how many people would be interested and how much people w...
by Tom
Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:49 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Special event for former contestants?
Replies: 24
Views: 18876

Re: Special event for former contestants?

Thanks Owen for your kind words. It wouldn’t just be open to former players; people such as those in communities such as here and apterous would be welcome plus people like partners of former players if they wanted to come too. It depends on how many people would be interested and how much people wo...
by Tom
Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:50 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Special event for former contestants?
Replies: 24
Views: 18876

Re: Special event for former contestants?

You mean like the 30th birthday championship? And if you're the second tallest then who's the tallest? Are you tom Chafer cook? Hi Owen, Yes the idea would probably be like a milestone type event except no games. I’m not Tom Chafer-Cook I’m Tom Hargreaves; appeared in the 30th, did okay! An off the...
by Tom
Thu Jul 12, 2018 9:14 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: Special event for former contestants?
Replies: 24
Views: 18876

Special event for former contestants?

Hi everyone, How would people feel about the possibility of ever having an event of having as many former players as possible (plus any honorary guests) to meet formally as a celebration of the show? (Maybe for something like 2022 if and when the show reaches 40 years for example) Having organised m...
by Tom
Mon May 28, 2018 10:12 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Where are They Now ?
Replies: 44
Views: 25540

Re: Where are They Now ?

Just come across this thread and find it strange to see my name being mentioned! I usually check on here every couple of months to see if there's any topics of interest and do an egosurf to see if my name has been mentioned anywhere (which it usually isn't!) I watch the show very rarely these days b...
by Tom
Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:22 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Curious about the CD recording process
Replies: 28
Views: 16747

Re: Curious about the CD recording process

Though mine was the first game of the series, it was the third to be recorded that day. I know in my series, Chris Wills recorded 5 than 3 as opposed to my 3 and 5. It's interesting to see this as I've never really known how the order of play is decided exactly. All I know back in my time, there was...
by Tom
Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:36 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: So, who will be the founding member of Countdown's "1000 CLUB"?
Replies: 129
Views: 82732

Re: So, who will be the founding member of Countdown's "1000 CLUB"?

I've just come across this thread and it's an interesting read and discussion. My short answer is yes, I think it has the potential to happen and within the next 5 years. I think things like this have been made possible with Apterous and I think what you need is someone with some good fortune on the...
by Tom
Fri Aug 19, 2016 5:07 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: IRC Countdown...in 2016?
Replies: 36
Views: 13050

Re: IRC Countdown...in 2016?

As said above; looks about 15 years old! Round 2000/2001 time all I can remember Countdown game wise was a download of the real game which was ok for the time but nothing special, a website run by a former semi-finalist that had a monthly game which you could submit your answers to (really good at t...
by Tom
Wed Jun 22, 2016 11:11 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?
Replies: 33
Views: 9725

Re: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?

I've actually managed to get hold of him the other day as I am trying to organise a reunion for later on this year for the people in my C of C and others around that time. He was basically miffed I managed to get hold of him and said that whilst he didn't have anything against me, he asked me not to...
by Tom
Sun May 08, 2016 8:00 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 683679

Re: Ask Graeme?

Has the possibility of a match between Dylan Taylor and Conor Travers been mentioned before? I think it would be a great idea if it were to happen. Neither player has an unbeaten record to risk and would be a game between 2 true greats. If Dylan won then he'd have immortality and for Conor, he truly...
by Tom
Sun Apr 10, 2016 6:01 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 683679

Re: Ask Graeme?

Maybe a random one this but who are the tallest players to appear on the show that you know of? I'm 6"4 and three quarters and Graham Nash just edged me being 6"5. There was a guy who appeared in the series after me called Danny Hamilton who was apparently 6"8. I would imagine Ryan Ta...
by Tom
Sun Jan 17, 2016 1:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Quarter-Final 2 Spoilers For Friday January 15th 2016
Replies: 30
Views: 11124

Re: CoC Quarter-Final 2 Spoilers For Friday January 15th 2016

Dylan's obsession should be seen as adorable not annoying, isn't it a tad silly to write from your Countdown account on a Countdown forum that someone seems a bit too into Countdown? I love Dylan and think everyone should pipe down a bit. Hi George, no I don't think it is. Yes it probably is adorab...
by Tom
Sat Jan 16, 2016 5:00 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: CoC Quarter-Final 2 Spoilers For Friday January 15th 2016
Replies: 30
Views: 11124

Re: CoC Quarter-Final 2 Spoilers For Friday January 15th 2016

What a brilliant game yesterday - it had everything. Congrats to Dylan and commiserations to Andy. I've been watching this C of C avidly and its been brilliant and no doubt the final week will be the same. I just hope after this C of C the next one isn't as far away. I have no idea on any remaining ...
by Tom
Sat Jan 02, 2016 7:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 683679

Re: Ask Graeme?

Apologies as this has probably been asked before, but has there been any research into how many points on average the "new" 15 round format Octochamps score either per game or as an 8-game aggregate? It seems usually 1 person will top 900 per series whereas in old 15 I reckon it would have...
by Tom
Sat Sep 12, 2015 4:56 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic
Replies: 306
Views: 94707

Re: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic

Really good to see that a C of C is finally taking place. I think there will be some classic games and I wouldn't be at all surprised if there's more than 1 game which both players max all the way to the conundrum. I personally think that this whole tournament will go down really positively with the...
by Tom
Tue Aug 11, 2015 1:12 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Series 4 Champion Brian Hudson
Replies: 14
Views: 6072

Re: Series 4 Champion Brian Hudson

The Edinburgh club also hosted three very fun co-events in the last three Novembers. Pity it's no longer on the calendar, but good to hear that the club itself is still going.[/quote] Yes I heard they had a couple of CO-events there but apparently it got shelved as from memory the regular members we...
by Tom
Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:13 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Series 4 Champion Brian Hudson
Replies: 14
Views: 6072

Re: Series 4 Champion Brian Hudson

I once met series 13 semi finalist Nita Marr at a Countdown Club event in Edinburgh in 2005. I'm not sure if that particular club still exists, but Nita ran it for a few years and it was well known in the Countdown world at the time. I think they used to have trips to the studio back in the Leeds r...
by Tom
Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:08 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic
Replies: 306
Views: 94707

Re: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic

It would be good to see a C of C again but I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't going to happen. Surely now it must be at the point where if they were going to have a 16 player tournament some players who would have made any other C of C would have to miss out. Maybe do something like have 12 player...
by Tom
Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:08 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic
Replies: 306
Views: 94707

Re: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic

It would be good to see a C of C again but I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't going to happen. Surely now it must be at the point where if they were going to have a 16 player tournament some players who would have made any other C of C would have to miss out. Maybe do something like have 12 player...
by Tom
Sat May 16, 2015 6:44 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Friday 8th May 2015 (Special S45)
Replies: 4
Views: 2883

Re: Friday 8th May 2015 (Special S45)

John might not have been at his best today, but don't take that away from the 11-max performance of Graham, who was brilliant, and would've been brilliant if he had appeared in the 30th Birthday Championships 2 years ago (which I'm reliably informed he had no idea of its existence!!), so maybe an i...
by Tom
Sun May 11, 2014 11:22 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here
Replies: 417
Views: 115818

Re: Post your audition/filming/transmission dates here

I think I've heard in the past that auditions are now done over the phone; is this true or do they still do them at a hotel with about half a dozen people? When I auditioned it took 11 months between applying and getting an audition. I remember emailing Damian to 9 months in to check my application ...
by Tom
Mon May 05, 2014 4:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 683679

Re: Ask Graeme?

In seedings, are these still decided by number of wins then number of points? If 2 players have the same aggregate score and number of wins, would the higher finisher still be the one who has the higher individual score in a heat game and if both players were then still matched, would it then boil d...
by Tom
Mon May 05, 2014 4:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 683679

Re: Ask Graeme?

In seedings, are these still decided by number of wins then number of points? If 2 players have the same aggregate score and number of wins, would the higher finisher still be the one who has the higher individual score in a heat game and if both players were then still matched, would it then boil d...
by Tom
Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:59 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Maths vs. English
Replies: 26
Views: 8265

Re: Maths vs. English

What's seemed evident to me is that a lot of very successful players have a background in mathematics. In the 30th BC I can think of about half a dozen people who were or had studied maths at University and there may well have been more. Seemingly I've known top players with backgrounds in computer ...
by Tom
Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:26 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic
Replies: 306
Views: 94707

Re: - now a spam thread -

I think I'm safe to say that I don't believe that for those exceptional players who appeared from 2009-30th BC that I don't think a C of C will happen which to me is a shame. I would personally have done a C of C first then a 30th. With the praise that came in from the 30th, I think the responsible ...
by Tom
Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:30 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic
Replies: 306
Views: 94707

Re: - now a spam thread -

Apologies if this goes over any old ground as I don't come on here regularly, but I personally would love to see another C of C as these have very much formed part of the Countdown landscape. Whilst I can see the reason for not wanting to hold one, I don't think 2-3 weeks of devoting time to such an...
by Tom
Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:46 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Best ever contestants
Replies: 509
Views: 351747

Re: Best ever contestants

Dylan is an incredible player who with the number of maxes he has, is an accolade in itself but with him and conundrums, if most people took him to a crucial, I reckon they'd feel they'd be in with a shout. Whilst I reckon Dylan would more than hold his own if he played the likes of Conor, Kirk or J...
by Tom
Fri Nov 22, 2013 5:33 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Geeks
Replies: 12
Views: 6577

Re: Geeks

I'd only heard about this at CoHud and after speaking with Kirk about it a couple of weeks afterwards I then got in touch with the producers about it at length. I was close to saying yes but after Kirk had to pull out due to conflicting dates, the fact others apparently dropped out giving a real sho...
by Tom
Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:29 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Best ever contestants
Replies: 509
Views: 351747

Re: Best ever contestants

I think the top 3 is pretty much spot on and Harvey should also be in the top 10 no question about that but at his best would he have beaten people like Kirk or Innis? I wouldn't be overly confident. Kirk in my opinion was the second best player in the 30th tournament and has a supreme word knowledg...
by Tom
Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:44 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 683679

Re: Ask Graeme?

Apologies if this has been asked before, but has any Octochamp and series finalist (regardless of whether they won or lost the final) got all 11 conundrums out of 11 or in the case of the 9 round format, 12 out of 12? From memory in my series, I think Chris Wills got 10 conundrums out of 11 so if no...
by Tom
Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:30 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Getting a UK Countdown ranking
Replies: 14
Views: 4555

Re: Getting a UK Countdown ranking

If you did have a UK open event for Countdown, I can't see any reason as to why you wouldn't be able to surpass well over 50 people if it was marketed correctly and the location was right. If circa 40 people now come to a CO-event and adding the assumption you would get a large number of Apterites p...
by Tom
Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:40 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Getting a UK Countdown ranking
Replies: 14
Views: 4555

Getting a UK Countdown ranking

Hey folks, this might be a crazy idea but I'd thought it put it out there and that was the idea of being able to have a UK Countdown ranking like you do in Scrabble? With there now being I would guess around half a dozen CO-events a year, these events seem to be very much part of the landscape with ...
by Tom
Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:25 pm
Forum: Off-topic
Topic: Pointless experience
Replies: 1
Views: 1289

Pointless experience

Hi guys, I am wondering if any of you on here have been on/auditioned to go on Pointless in the past and if so, what was the experience like? I've never been on any other show outside of Countdown and have always thought of doing something else and Pointless is one of those shows I would definitely ...
by Tom
Sun Jun 02, 2013 3:04 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Who would you like to see in DC?
Replies: 219
Views: 41132

Re: Who would you like to see in DC?

I'd love to see Keith Lemon in DC but I don't think it would happen. However on a more serious note, I do think it would be a really good shout to try and get Sir Alex Ferguson in DC now he's retired and obviously the studios won't be too far away from him.
by Tom
Sun Apr 28, 2013 4:54 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Countdown in the news
Replies: 217
Views: 63304

Re: Countdown in the news

I saw this in the Mirror yesterday and if that figure is accurate, I would say it is worrying for a show that is a British institution. I believe that if you are going to get increased figures you need to put Countdown on at a later time and back when it was on at 4:15-4:30 all those years back I th...
by Tom
Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:44 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Calculating one's own score
Replies: 19
Views: 4819

Re: Calculating one's own score

Before I went on, I used to play against the champion first and if I beat them I'd then play only against the challenger as if I was the actual reigning champion at the time and hope that I would get 8 wins and then just repeat the process. That way I knew if I could do it consistently I'd know I wa...
by Tom
Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:25 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 683679

Re: Ask Graeme?

Apologies if this has been asked before, but when it comes to tie-break/sudden death conundrums, does anyone know if they just use the next one on the list or if there is a reserve conundrum for each game? I guess in heat games it wouldn't matter an awful lot but in series finals conundrums typicall...
by Tom
Thu Mar 21, 2013 10:05 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Wednesday 20th March recap (Series 68 Prelim 9)
Replies: 3
Views: 1233

Wednesday 20th March recap (Series 68 Prelim 9)

Countdown recap for Wednesday 20 March 2013. Hello there! With James being away he has kindly let me do the recap for Wednesday 20th and you never know this might not be my only recap either. With Andy debuting yesterday with a great score of 114, I was keen to see how this one would turn out to see...
by Tom
Sun Mar 10, 2013 4:30 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: COREA Saturday 30th March 2013
Replies: 42
Views: 12800

Re: COREA Saturday 30th March 2013

If anybody coming into Reading wants a lift to the event please let me know. I have to go through Reading town centre to get to Woodley anyway so I'm happy to give anyone a lift over who needs it.

Just make sure you arrive into Reading in plenty of time as traffic there is usually horrendous!
by Tom
Sun Mar 03, 2013 5:26 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Best ever contestants
Replies: 509
Views: 351747

Re: Best ever contestants

I think if anyone was going to do a brilliant critique of this it was gonna be you Gevin, awesome post! After the final, I would consider Conor to be the greatest player and I always considered him to be an ultimate champion; winning a series at 14 and then coming back to win this tournament. Althou...
by Tom
Sat Mar 02, 2013 3:02 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
Replies: 486
Views: 212446

Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!

As I'm unfortunately now in a situation where I'm out of work and might be for the next few weeks, I'd like to do a recap as when I recapped all my preliminary games, I really enjoyed it and believe I could do a really good recap :D I understand if the recap people are all confirmed for the next mo...
by Tom
Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:34 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Ask Graeme?
Replies: 1740
Views: 683679

Re: Ask Graeme?

Dear Graeme.... Apologies if this question has already been asked as I'm too lazy to trawl through the rest of this content, but if you can answer, who are the youngest people in the 30 year history of Countdown to have made a series final as I'm keen to see where I would be in the list? I was 17y a...
by Tom
Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
Replies: 486
Views: 212446

Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!

As I'm unfortunately now in a situation where I'm out of work and might be for the next few weeks, I'd like to do a recap as when I recapped all my preliminary games, I really enjoyed it and believe I could do a really good recap :D I understand if the recap people are all confirmed for the next mon...
by Tom
Fri Mar 01, 2013 6:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: 30BC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday March 1st 2013
Replies: 132
Views: 36833

Re: 30BC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday March 1st 2013

Brilliant final guys, played in great spirit and a fixture like this really was going to be a case of having the irresistible force meeting the immovable object. Maybe even more credit due since both of you had to come through the preliminary rounds and face tough opponents in those matches. Commise...
by Tom
Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:33 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 26th 2013
Replies: 41
Views: 12364

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Tuesday February 26th 20

Great game guys and played in a great spirit too. What you guys in the second numbers game I thought was hilarious. Well done Jack, brilliant conundrum spot and I look forward to seeing your semi-final. Goes without saying Dave but I was gutted to see you lose and you did brilliantly to hold on afte...
by Tom
Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:25 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?
Replies: 33
Views: 9725

Re: Where the hell, is Julian Fell?

Think I've said on here before but I too was really disappointed not to see him in the draw as for a tournament of this nature, thought it would be fitting to have him in the tournament. Just after I put my enquiry in to appear in the tournament, I was going through my old Hotmail account and stumbl...
by Tom
Sun Feb 24, 2013 8:01 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: 16 seeds in the finals please
Replies: 15
Views: 4929

Re: 16 seeds in the finals please

16 seeds is probably too much, and a 1 vs. 16 match would realistically add very little to the tournament. Might be nice to fill out the finals to exactly two recording days though, by having evenly matched 8 vs. 9, 7 vs. 10 and possibly 6 vs. 11 as preliminary play-ins for a place in the quarter-f...
by Tom
Sun Feb 24, 2013 6:36 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: 16 seeds in the finals please
Replies: 15
Views: 4929

Re: 16 seeds in the finals please

Decent enough suggestion, but personally I don't think its a particularly good idea. Probably fair to say that seeds 9-10 could probably give the top 8 a run for their money on a good day but anything below that then the remaining players would just be there to make up the numbers. I'm guessing to b...
by Tom
Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:54 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: B'day Championship Spoilers For Friday February 15th 2013
Replies: 48
Views: 12715

Re: B'day Championship Spoilers For Friday February 15th 201

This is one of the reasons why I decided not to find out any more results after I filmed as I wanted it to be a surprise with the results! Just managed to watch this game and what an amazing game it was! Hats off to the two of you for producing such a great match. Commiserations to Chris and hats of...
by Tom
Sat Feb 09, 2013 6:11 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Friday February 8th 2013
Replies: 20
Views: 7054

Re: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Friday February 8th 2

Great game guys and I loved watching this from the audience - thanks for treating us to a cracker! Brilliant conundrum spot too with a word I'd never heard of. I genuinely don't know any other results after this match as it was the last recording of the day but having knocked out Ed and now Andy, I'...
by Tom
Fri Feb 08, 2013 6:25 pm
Forum: Countdown - Events
Topic: COREA Saturday 30th March 2013
Replies: 42
Views: 12800

Re: COREA Saturday 30th March 2013

Jon.[/quote]
If memory serves, it was white on blue last year, Jonathan. 8-)

Blue and white army!!
by Tom
Tue Feb 05, 2013 12:06 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Monday February 4th 2013
Replies: 30
Views: 7338

Re: Birthday Championship Spoilers For Monday February 4th 2

Thanks guys for your comments earlier. Naturally I'm disappointed to have lost but David was a worthy winner and with a performance like that you can't really complain. Dave was a top bloke and really easy to get on with and out of the 16 shows I played, I can honestly say that even though I lost th...