Championship of Champions XIII

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The Championship of Champions XIII was the most recent Championship of Champions tournament, and was won by Steve Briers. It took place just before the start of Series 60, with players from Series 55, 56, 57, 58 and 59 taking part mainly, although one of the contestants, Jon Corby, was from Series 54 and did not participate in the the champion of champions event that followed suit. Craig Beevers, the series 57 champion and favourite for the tournament, declined his invitation. The championship marked the debut of Jeff Stelling and Rachel Riley as presenters, as well as the new "numbery" blue set.

1 Entrants and original series
2 Progress
3 Episodes
4 Pictures
5 External links
6 See Also

[edit] Entrants and original series

Jon Corby (Series 54)
Richard Brittain, Tony Warren, Steve Briers (Series 55)
Nick Wainwright, Anita Freeland (Series 56)
Steve Baines, James Hurrell (Series 57)
David O'Donnell, Richard Priest, Jonathan Coles, Peter Davies (Series 58)
Junaid Mubeen, Charlie Reams, Kai Laddiman, Debbi Flack (Series 59)

The draw for the tournament was made on the morning of 30 October 2008 and announced by Damian Eadie on the c4countdown forum. The games were as follows:

[edit] Progress

David O'Donnell vs James Hurrell	David O'Donnell vs Steve Briers	Steve Briers vs Nick Wainwright	Steve Briers vs Charlie Reams
Steve Briers vs Debbi Flack
Richard Priest vs Kai Laddiman	Kai Laddiman vs Nick Wainwright
Nick Wainwright vs Steve Baines
Junaid Mubeen vs Tony Warren	Junaid Mubeen vs Charlie Reams	Charlie Reams vs Jon Corby
Charlie Reams vs Peter Davies
Richard Brittain vs Jon Corby	Jon Corby vs Jonathan Coles
Anita Freeland vs Jonathan Coles

The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

[edit] Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Guest	Lex
4733	12/01/2009	CP	David O'Donnell	101 – 82	James Hurrell	Andrew Sachs	Susie Dent
4734	13/01/2009	CP	Junaid Mubeen	80 – 55	Tony Warren	Andrew Sachs	Susie Dent
4735	14/01/2009	CP	Jon Corby	92 – 52	Richard Brittain	Andrew Sachs	Susie Dent
4736	15/01/2009	CP	Kai Laddiman	93 – 85	Richard Priest	Andrew Sachs	Susie Dent
4737	16/01/2009	CP	Nick Wainwright	105 – 85	Steve Baines	Andrew Sachs	Susie Dent
4738	19/01/2009	CP	Jonathan Coles	95 – 88	Anita Freeland	Alastair Stewart	Susie Dent
4739	20/01/2009	CP	Peter Davies	66 – 85	Charlie Reams	Alastair Stewart	Susie Dent
4740	21/01/2009	CP	Steve Briers	121 – 74	Debbi Flack	Alastair Stewart	Susie Dent
4741	22/01/2009	CQF	Steve Briers	118 – 110	David O'Donnell	Alastair Stewart	Susie Dent
4742	23/01/2009	CQF	Junaid Mubeen	79 – 88	Charlie Reams	Alastair Stewart	Susie Dent
4743	26/01/2009	CQF	Jon Corby	96 – 62	Jonathan Coles	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent
4744	27/01/2009	CQF	Kai Laddiman	91 – 94	Nick Wainwright	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent
4745	28/01/2009	CSF	Steve Briers	87 – 82	Nick Wainwright	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent
4746	29/01/2009	CSF	Charlie Reams	110 – 76	Jon Corby	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent
4747	30/01/2009	CGF	Charlie Reams	67 – 88	Steve Briers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent