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Championship of Champions IX

From Countdown

Championship of Champions IX ran from 29 December 1997 to 16 January 1998, and was won by Natascha Kearsey. It was the first CoC to feature sixteen contestants as opposed to the previously standard eight. These sixteen contestants were drawn from Series 34 through 37, comprising the champions, runners-up and semi-finalists of each. With these four series having collectively covered only one year, in terms of time, the tournament had the smallest "catchment area" of all Championships of Champions. However, as the show's commission was extended in 1996 to run for 12 months rather than 6, this essentially had the same number of programs between tournaments, 255, a tradition that would be broken after this edition.

Progress

Pete Cashmore (35) vs Paul Peters (34) Pete Cashmore vs Harshan Lamabadusuriya Pete Cashmore
vs
Simon Pryde
Pete Cashmore
vs
Natascha Kearsey
Harshan Lamabadusuriya (34) vs Kate Surtees (37)
Huw Morgan (34) vs Simon Pryde (36) Simon Pryde vs Maria Boyes
Maria Boyes (36) vs Amy Godel (35)
Ray McPhie (37) vs James Martin (34) James Martin vs Natascha Kearsey Natascha Kearsey
vs
Ruth Collier
Christine White (37) vs Natascha Kearsey (35)
Tony Baylis (36) vs Ruth Collier (37) Ruth Collier vs Bhavin Manek
Dag Griffiths (35) vs Bhavin Manek (36)
The winner of each game is displayed in bold.
The numbers refer to the series in which each contestant originally played in the finals.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
2163 29/12/1997 CP Pete Cashmore 55* – 45 Paul Peters Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Mark Nyman 69
2164 30/12/1997 CP Harshan Lamabadusuriya 44 – 34 Kate Surtees Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Mark Nyman 72
2165 31/12/1997 CP Huw Morgan 49 – 67 Simon Pryde Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Mark Nyman 75
2166 1/01/1998 CP Maria Boyes 54 – 37 Amy Godel Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Mark Nyman 74
2167 2/01/1998 CP Ray McPhie 42 – 60 James Martin Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Mark Nyman 73
2168 5/01/1998 CP Christine White 45 – 49 Natascha Kearsey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Denis Norden Mark Nyman 71
2169 6/01/1998 CP Tony Baylis 42 – 50 Ruth Collier Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gloria Hunniford Mark Nyman 72
2170 7/01/1998 CP Dag Griffiths 44 – 67 Bhavin Manek Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gloria Hunniford Mark Nyman 72
2171 8/01/1998 CQF Simon Pryde 41 – 33 Maria Boyes Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gloria Hunniford Mark Nyman 76
2172 9/01/1998 CQF Pete Cashmore 65 – 52 Harshan Lamabadusuriya Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gloria Hunniford Mark Nyman 85
2173 12/01/1998 CQF James Martin 51 – 52 Natascha Kearsey Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gloria Hunniford Mark Nyman 72
2174 13/01/1998 CQF Ruth Collier 54 – 44 Bhavin Manek Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gloria Hunniford Mark Nyman 74
2175 14/01/1998 CSF Simon Pryde 41 – 47 Pete Cashmore Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Mark Nyman 73
2176 15/01/1998 CSF Natascha Kearsey 59 – 56 Ruth Collier Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Mark Nyman 72
2177 16/01/1998 CGF Natascha Kearsey 72 – 70 Pete Cashmore Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Tom O'Connor Mark Nyman 118
* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum

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