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James Robinson

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 14, 2018 6:46 am
Tim Vine is a favourite of mine too. It can be quite tiring trying to keep up with all the one-liners and not lose concentration, but then he breaks it up with songs or trying to get a pen behind his ear or something.

Looking forward to seeing him again in Halifax at the end of next month.

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Will there be post-tourney boozing? Likely. The co:event will finish at 5:30pm and the post-event quiz at around 6:30pm so there will probably be some people in the pub by 6ish and many by 7ish. The pub of choice last year was The Bridgewater Arms in Cardigan Fields, and I suspect it will be so aga...

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RESULTS:

Group A Final:
Eddie McCullagh 75-68 Zubair Patel

Group A 3rd Place Play-Off Match:
Zarte Siempre 98-70 Stewart Gordon

Group B Final:
Iain Sime 71-69 Nathan Pace

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Countdown recap for Friday 19 January 2018. C1: Champion Mary Bainbridge (4 wins, 348 points.) A retired teacher from Lechlade, Gloucestershire. C2: Challenger Chris Thorn. A sports event administrator from Chelmsford, Essex. He worked as a steward at Lord's last summer. DC: Susie Dent and Raj Bisra...

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A bit of bad editing at the conundrum as you could clearly see the microphone that the chap in the audience was given to answer for the conundrum, while he was clapping...

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Slight error in scores after R13..., Jacob’s score remains on 66, despite his 5 being allowed, but as soon as R14 starts, he suddenly has 71 points...

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IT'S HERE!!! THE COUNTDOWN SERIES 77 GRAND FINAL!!! ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-) :geek: :ugeek: Countdown recap for Friday 22 December 2017. C1: No.1 Seed Tom "The Horsehay Howitzer" Chafer-Cook (10 wins, 1,135 points.) An Apteforumite and software developer from Horsehay, Shropshire. He defeated the No....

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Countdown recap for Thursday 21 December 2017. C1: No.2 Seed Bradley "The Bolton Blitzer" Horrocks (9 wins, 950 points.) An Apteforumite and student from Bolton, Greater Manchester. He defeated the No.7 seed James Kennedy 86-80 in his quarter-final last Friday. C2: No.3 Seed John "The Morecambe Mort...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 20 December 2017. C1: No.1 Seed Tom "The Horsehay Howitzer" Chafer-Cook (9 wins, 1,001 points.) An Apteforumite and software developer from Horsehay, Shropshire. He defeated the No.8 seed Graeme Staples 105-60 in his quarter-final last Thursday. C2: No.4 Seed Noel "The ...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 19 December 2017. C1: No.4 Seed Noel "The Belfast Bazooka" McIlvenny (8 wins, 793 points.) A maths teacher from Belfast. C2: No.5 Seed Eoin "The Dunmore East Dagger" Jackson (8 wins, 778 points.) An Apteforumite and musician/teacher from Dunmore East, County Waterford, Re...

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The studio has been beautifully spruced up with Christmas trees behind the people, snowflakes on the floor, and even baubles spelling out COUNTDOWN below the scoreboards. 8-) 8-) 8-) :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Countdown recap for Monday 18 December 2017. C1: No.3 Seed John "The Morecambe Mortar" ...

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Countdown recap for Friday 15 December 2017. C1: No.2 Seed Bradley "The Bolton Blitzer" Horrocks (8 wins, 864 points.) An Apteforumite and student from Bolton, Greater Manchester. C2: No.7 Seed James "The Kilsyth Katena" Kennedy (8 wins, 736 points.) A retired teacher from Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire...

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TIME FOR THE FINALS OF SERIES 77 TO BEGIN!!!! ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-) Countdown recap for Thursday 14 December 2017. C1: No.1 Seed Tom "The Horsehay Howitzer" Chafer-Cook (8 wins, 896 points.) An Apteforumite and software developer from Horsehay, Shropshire. C2: No.8 Seed Graeme "The Ballymena Bullw...

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The last preliminary of 2017 here :!: :!: :!: Countdown recap for Wednesday 13 December 2017. C1: Champion Chris Weldon (4 wins, 384 points.) A retired civil servant from Great Bircham, Norfolk. C2: Challenger Roger Springthorpe. A retired LGV driver from Coalville, Leicestershire. He once delivered...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 12 December 2017. C1: Champion Chris Weldon (3 wins, 275 points.) A retired civil servant from Great Bircham, Norfolk. C2: Challenger Steven Charleston. An IT service desk team leader from Denny, Stirlingshire. He likes to wrestle twice a week. DC: Susie Dent and Paul Zen...

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Countdown recap for Monday 11 December 2017. C1: Champion Chris Weldon (2 wins, 182 points.) A retired civil servant from Great Bircham, Norfolk. C2: Challenger Michelle Riley. A nursing student from Edinburgh, but is originally from Aberdeen. She hopes to do community nursing once she finishes her ...

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Countdown recap for Friday 8 December 2017. C1: Champion Chris Weldon (1 win, 93 points.) A retired civil servant from Great Bircham, Norfolk. C2: Challenger John Pinkney. A retired technical officer from Whitby, North Yorkshire. He likes to keep fit by walking and playing 5-a-side football. DC: Sus...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 7 December 2017. C1: Champion Phil Abbott (2 wins, 202 points.) A GP practice manager from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. C2: Challenger Chris Weldon. A retired civil servant from Great Bircham, Norfolk. He used to work for the Home Office, and then the Immigration Servic...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 6 December 2017. C1: Champion Phil Abbott (1 win, 90 points.) A GP practice manager from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. C2: Challenger Emma Saunders. A circus student from Feniton, Devon. She's an acrogymnast and has been competing since she was 7 years old!! :shock: :o ...

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I know it's a bit late, but did anyone notice that Phil kept looking back and forth at the clock during the last 10 seconds of the conundrum?? Almost like he was waiting for a signal, or deliberately holding off to give Emma a chance

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 5 December 2017. C1: Challenger Claire Molyneux. A retired road safety officer from Sheffield. She now devotes most of her time to charity work. C2: Challenger Phil Abbott. A GP practice manager from Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. He loves his sport, particularly cricket a...

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Countdown recap for Monday 4 December 2017. C1: Champion Bradley Horrocks (7 wins, 755 points.) An Apteforumite and student from Bolton, Greater Manchester. C2: Challenger Luke O'Reilly. An advertising copyrighter from Dublin. His new passion is golf which he began at the start of the year, and he's...

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Countdown recap for Friday 1 December 2017. C1: Champion Bradley Horrocks (6 wins, 644 points.) An Apteforumite and student from Bolton, Greater Manchester. C2: Challenger Jason Hill. A communications adviser from London. He likes swimming and always goes out for a dip every New Year's Day. He used ...

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A star zoom wipe is brought in to start the show... 8-) 8-) 8-) Countdown recap for Thursday 30 November 2017. C1: Champion Bradley Horrocks (5 wins, 522 points.) An Apteforumite and student from Bolton, Greater Manchester. C2: Challenger Leah Holroyd. A freelance educational designer from Frinton-o...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 29 November 2017. C1: Champion Bradley Horrocks (4 wins, 420 points.) An Apteforumite and student from Bolton, Greater Manchester. C2: Challenger Steve Harris. A retired manufacturing supervisor from Warrington, Cheshire. He's a big Liverpool F.C. fan, and he went to se...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 28 November 2017. C1: Champion Bradley Horrocks (3 wins, 338 points.) An Apteforumite and student from Bolton, Greater Manchester. C2: Challenger Laurie Dyer. A retired police officer from Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. He works for a charity to protect Springer Spaniels,...

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UPDATE (26 FEBRUARY): If people want to come to Za Za Bazaar, but want to pay at a later date, please say, so we can book you in and not risk me potentially cancelling the reservation.

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Had a brief one last night where Innis Carson had been allowed back on to Countdown (hey, maybe there's hope for James Robinson yet...). Think he struggled to a win against the champion, mainly due to losing some rounds due to lack of knowledge of new words. Then either I forgot what happens or wok...

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Countdown recap for Monday 27 November 2017. C1: Champion Bradley Horrocks (2 wins, 222 points.) An Apteforumite and student from Bolton, Greater Manchester. C2: Challenger Alenka Butkovicova. An investment manager from London. Her ambition is to visit all 1,052 UNESCO World Heritage sites, and her ...

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A SPECIAL DAY FOR RACHEL, AS SHE REACHES HER 2,000TH EPISODE :!: :!: :!: ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-) Countdown recap for Thursday 23 November 2017. C1: Champion Bradley Horrocks (1 win, 109 points.) An Apteforumite and student from Bolton, Greater Manchester. C2: Challenger Peter Buckley. A retired scie...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 22 November 2017. C1: Challenger Bradley Horrocks. An Apteforumite and student from Bolton, Greater Manchester. He likes to travel the country watching tennis tournaments. C2: Challenger Liam Dwek. A medical student from Bristol, but is currently studying at Nottingham ...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 21 November 2017. C1: Champion Graeme Staples (7 wins, 596 points.) A housing executive from Ballymena, County Antrim. C2: Challenger Mike Smith. A retired export sales manager from Eckington, Derbyshire. He believes he has travelled over 75 with his work with delivering ...

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Countdown recap for Monday 20 November 2017. C1: Champion Graeme Staples (6 wins, 506 points.) A housing executive from Ballymena, County Antrim. C2: Challenger Beth Walker. A trainee teacher from Liverpool. Earlier in the year, she rode along Route 66 with her boyfriend, where he proposed to her at...

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Countdown recap for Friday 17 November 2017. C1: Champion Graeme Staples (5 wins, 442 points.) A housing executive from Ballymena, County Antrim. C2: Challenger Lucy Cooper. A field interviewer from Carmarthen. DC: Susie Dent and Gyles Brandreth. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or solutions. R01: ...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 16 November 2017. C1: Champion Graeme Staples (4 wins, 365 points.) A housing executive from Ballymena, County Antrim. C2: Challenger Colm Kelly. An insurance claims handler from Dublin. He likes Gaelic football, and plays for an over-40's team called "The Legends". DC: ...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 15 November 2017. C1: Champion Graeme Staples (3 wins, 282 points.) A housing executive from Ballymena, County Antrim. C2: Challenger Ben Smith. A graphic designer from Liverpool. He went to Salford Arts School. He likes to cross-stitch on his commute to work. DC: Susie...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 14 November 2017. C1: Champion Graeme Staples (2 wins, 187 points.) A housing executive from Ballymena, County Antrim. C2: Challenger Elaine Horton. A retired housewife from Wickford, Essex. She used to work for local government, before looking after her mum. She's a fan ...

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Countdown recap for Monday 13 November 2017. C1: Champion Graeme Staples (1 win, 102 points.) A housing executive from Ballymena, County Antrim. C2: Challenger Mike Brain. A retired polymer chemist from Higher Kinnerton, Flintshire. He is a big fan of the history author Dorothy Dunnett, and once met...

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We jump from 7 to THIRTEEN tonight!!! Thanks to the entries of Mark Mills, Tracey Mills, Andrew McNamara, Aidan Batey, Andy Patterson and David Main.

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Countdown recap for Friday 10 November 2017. C1: Champion James Riddell (6 wins, 500 points.) A support worker from Glasgow. C2: Challenger Graeme Staples. A housing executive from Ballymena, County Antrim. He's couchsurfing around the world and is collecting photos of all these for a book. DC: Susi...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 9 November 2017. C1: Champion James Riddell (5 wins, 406 points.) A support worker from Glasgow. C2: Challenger William Thomson. A health and safety manager from Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. He used to be a tank engineer, and was on military tour in Afghanistan. DC: Susie ...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 8 November 2017. C1: Champion James Riddell (4 wins, 313 points.) A support worker from Glasgow. C2: Challenger Jason Webb. A musician from Kidderminster, Worcestershire. He plays the drums. DC: Susie Dent and Alison Steadman. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or soluti...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 7 November 2017. C1: Champion James Riddell (3 wins, 241 points.) A support worker from Glasgow. C2: Challenger David Lee. A sister from Newcastle upon Tyne. He's a season ticket holder at Newcastle United, and unsurprisingly his favourite place in the world is St. James'...

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Countdown recap for Monday 6 November 2017. C1: Champion James Riddell (2 wins, 165 points.) A support worker from Glasgow. C2: Challenger Hilary Hills. A company secretary from Ashtead, Surrey. In the 1960's, she was an extra in The Beatles film, A Hard Day's Night . :shock: :o 8-) DC: Susie Dent a...

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Countdown recap for Friday 3 November 2017. C1: Champion James Riddell (1 win, 72 points.) A support worker from Glasgow. C2: Challenger Tim Allen. A company director from Westbury, Wiltshire. He was a former professional pool player. DC: Susie Dent and Alison Steadman. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other w...

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HAPPY 35TH BIRTHDAY, COUNTDOWN!!! ;) :) :D :mrgreen: 8-) Countdown recap for Thursday 2 November 2017. C1: Champion Dan Cartwright (1 win, 96 points.) A professional singer from Cheshire. C2: Challenger James Riddell. A support worker from Glasgow. DC: Susie Dent and Alison Steadman. RR: Rachel Ril...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 1 November 2017. C1: Champion Rob McCrudden (2 wins, 170 points.) A retired support worker from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. C2: Challenger Dan Cartwright. A professional singer from Cheshire. He sings in a professional Jersey Boys act. DC: Susie Dent and John Challis. RR...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 31 October 2017. C1: Champion Rob McCrudden (1 win, 94 points.) A retired support worker from Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. C2: Challenger Jas Bindarh. An investment banking financial controller from London. She's also a part-time magician. DC: Susie Dent and John Challis. R...

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Countdown recap for Monday 30 October 2017. C1: Challenger Tom Brodie. A geography student from Newton Abbot, Devon, but is currently studying at Swansea University. He likes going to music festivals, and has both officiated and attended Glastonbury. C2: Challenger Rob McCrudden. A retired support w...

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Countdown recap for Friday 27 October 2017. C1: Champion James Kennedy (7 wins, 644 points.) A retired teacher from Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. C2: Challenger Charlie Turner. From Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. He's currently in his final year as a maths student at the University of Warwick. He'...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 26 October 2017. C1: Champion James Kennedy (6 wins, 550 points.) A retired teacher from Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. C2: Challenger Mary Anderson. A retired teacher from Dundee. She loves performing karaoke, and her song of choice is "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend". ...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 25 October 2017. C1: Champion James Kennedy (5 wins, 455 points.) A retired teacher from Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. C2: Challenger John Oxley. A laboratory supervisor from Sheffield. He likes crazy golf so much that he went to Majorca specifically to play crazy golf fo...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 24 October 2017. C1: Champion James Kennedy (4 wins, 356 points.) A retired teacher from Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. C2: Challenger Ian Currie. A retired IT specialist from Oxford. He loves prog rock, particularly King Crimson. DC: Susie Dent and Adrian Chiles. RR: Rachel...

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Countdown recap for Monday 23 October 2017. C1: Champion James Kennedy (3 wins, 273 points.) A retired teacher from Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. C2: Challenger Rania Abdul-Wahab. A management Masters student from Bury, Greater Manchester. She has done fundraising events at Bath University, including ...

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Countdown recap for Friday 20 October 2017. C1: Champion James Kennedy (2 wins, 185 points.) A retired teacher from Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. C2: Challenger Dylan Henderson. An IT support worker from Dublin. He once did a 15,000ft skydive into the Grand Canyon. DC: Susie Dent and Adrian Chiles. RR...

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Countdown recap for Thursday 19 October 2017. C1: Champion James Kennedy (1 win, 80 points.) A retired teacher from Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. C2: Challenger Krishna Shukla. A retired college lecturer from Carshalton, Surrey. DC: Susie Dent and Adrian Chiles. RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or so...

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Countdown recap for Wednesday 18 October 2017. C1: Champion Alex Smith (4 wins, 327 points.) A student from Birmingham. C2: Challenger James Kennedy. A retired teacher from Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire. DC: Susie Dent and Adrian Chiles, making his DC debut. 8-) RR: Rachel Riley. OT: Other words or sol...

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Countdown recap for Tuesday 17 October 2017. C1: Champion Alex Smith (3 wins, 231 points.) A student from Birmingham. C2: Challenger Martin Long. An Apteforumite and customer services advisor from Marske-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire. He's a third Dan karate belt holder. DC: Susie Dent and Michael Whi...

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Countdown recap for Monday 16 October 2017. C1: Champion Alex Smith (2 wins, 135 points.) A student from Birmingham. C2: Challenger Jo Counsell. A piano and maths tutor from Grantham, Lincolnshire. She plays violin in the Melton Mowbray Orchestra. DC: Susie Dent and Michael Whitehall. RR: Rachel Ril...

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Countdown recap for Friday 13 October 2017. C1: Champion Alex Smith (1 win, 55 points.) A student from Birmingham. C2: Challenger Margaret Johnson. A retired financial adviser from Stockport, Greater Manchester. She likes to travel to the Far East a lot, especially Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. 8-) DC...

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