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Conor Travers

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Conor Travers.

Conor Travers became the youngest ever series champion by winning Series 54 in 2005. He won his first game with a score of 99, followed by 111 against John Archer and 99 against Geoff Alderman. His remaining 5 games were all centuries, with a top score of 124 and a low score of 111. Out of the 8 games of his Octochamp run, only two were less than 110. He beat Daniel Peake by 69 points in the quarter-final, Paul Howe by 24 points in the semi-final before meeting Matthew Shore in the Series final. There he won narrowly 98 - 83 to become the youngest ever Series champion, at 14 years old. He also holds the record for winning the longest Series, as the Series started the previous year due to the death of Richard Whiteley, which delayed the start of the Series being filmed. In total, 153 episodes were filmed, the most ever for one Series.

He returned for CofC XII beating John Hunt and John Brackstone in the first two rounds. Considered one of the favourites after his 890 aggregate as an Octochamp, he lost 118 - 102 to the eventual winner Paul Gallen in the semi-final. In 14 games, Conor's lowest score was 98 and his average was 110.4 points per game.

Since losing to Paul Gallen, he appeared on Countdown's 25th anniversary special against Chris Wills and won the game 69 - 58 in a disappointing contest.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3977 23/11/2005 P Ray Oakley 58 – 99 Conor Travers Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Jan Ravens Susie Dent
3978 24/11/2005 P Conor Travers 111 – 35 John Archer Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Jan Ravens Susie Dent
3979 25/11/2005 P Conor Travers 99 – 58 Geoff Alderman Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Jan Ravens Susie Dent
3980 28/11/2005 P Conor Travers 114 – 57 Jane Capie Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Jan Ravens Susie Dent
3981 29/11/2005 P Conor Travers 111 – 53 Steven Whitaker Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Rick Wakeman Susie Dent
3982 30/11/2005 P Conor Travers 124 – 69 Andrew Christley Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Rick Wakeman Susie Dent
3983 1/12/2005 P Conor Travers 115 – 53 Judy Bursford Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Rick Wakeman Susie Dent
3984 2/12/2005 P Conor Travers 117 – 61 Vicky Prime Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Rick Wakeman Susie Dent
4106 18/05/2006 QF Daniel Peake 38 – 107 Conor Travers Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent
4110 24/05/2006 SF Conor Travers 124 – 100 Paul Howe Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent
4112 26/05/2006 GF Conor Travers 98 – 83 Matthew Shore Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent
4115 31/05/2006 CP Conor Travers 124 – 91 John Hunt Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Ron Atkinson Susie Dent
4123 12/06/2006 CQF Conor Travers 101 – 80 John Brackstone Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Kim Woodburn Susie Dent
4126 15/06/2006 CSF Paul Gallen 118 – 102 Conor Travers Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Kim Woodburn Susie Dent
S24 2/11/2007 S Chris Wills 58 – 69 Conor Travers Expression error: Unrecognized word "s". Expression error: Unrecognized word "s". Alison Heard


Preceded by
John Mayhew
Series winner
Series 54
Followed by
Richard Brittain
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