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Gareth Williams

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Gareth Williams.

Gareth Williams first appeared on Countdown in Series 23, beating Rodney Crawshaw 57-34 in his first game on 9 March 1992. Gareth had just enough time left in the series to complete his octochamp run, amassing an aggregate score of 439 points to become #1 seed. The very next day after completing his octochamp run, Gareth returned for the series finals, beating Glen Webb and Alan Harston on his way to the final against Phil Jordan. It was a tight game, with Gareth leading 68-59 going into the crucial conundrum. However, neither contestant was able to unscramble PEPSICOLA in the thirty seconds, meaning Gareth became the 23rd series champion. Gareth did not return for Championship of Champions VI, but did return in 1994 for a special match against Allan Saldanha to celebrate Countdown's 1500th episode. In the game, Gareth suffered his first-ever defeat, losing to Allan 99-62. Two years later, Gareth returned to Countdown one last time for the supreme championship, beating Wayne Kelly in the first round before losing to Tony Vick in the group semi-finals 51-41.

Away from Countdown, Gareth is the only Countdown Series winner to have represented Wales at the World Scrabble Championship, although various other series winners have represented England and Scotland.

Preceded by
Chris Waddington
Series winner
Series 23
Followed by
Wayne Summers

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
1248 9/03/1992 P Rodney Crawshaw 34 – 57 Gareth Williams Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Norman Painting Judy Pearsall
1249 10/03/1992 P Gareth Williams 54 – 42 Arthur Evans Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Norman Painting Judy Pearsall
1250 11/03/1992 P Gareth Williams 49 – 43 Angela Burke Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Norman Painting Judy Pearsall
1251 12/03/1992 P Gareth Williams 42 – 29 Ron Schofield Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nigel Rees Judy Pearsall
1252 13/03/1992 P Gareth Williams 57 – 15 Eric Williams Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nigel Rees Judy Pearsall
1253 16/03/1992 P Gareth Williams 55 – 46 Ole Pedersen Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nigel Rees Judy Pearsall
1254 17/03/1992 P Gareth Williams 59 – 29 Graeme Thomas Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nigel Rees Judy Pearsall
1255 18/03/1992 P Gareth Williams 56 – 51 Thomas Carolan Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Nigel Rees Judy Pearsall
1256 19/03/1992 QF Gareth Williams 69 – 36 Glen Webb Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Harvey Catherine Clarke
1260 25/03/1992 SF Alan Harston 35 – 66 Gareth Williams Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Harvey Catherine Clarke
1262 27/03/1992 GF Phil Jordan 59 – 68 Gareth Williams Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jan Harvey, Nicholas Day Catherine Clarke
1896 5/12/1996 gQF Gareth Williams 59 – 55 Wayne Kelly Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Digance David Swarbrick
1899 10/12/1996 gSF Gareth Williams 41 – 51 Tony Vick Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Jenny Hanley Susie Dent