Ivy Baird

Ivy Baird, also known as Dixie Baird (from her full name of Ivy Dixon-Baird) was a finalist in Series 2. She was from Nottingham. Between 2002-2003, she filmed a 15-round game against Series 1 winner Joyce Cansfield, but this is yet to be broadcasted.

In 2006, she returned to the Countdown world again, for the unofficial COLIN 2006 tournament.

Ivy is also a keen Scrabble player and has appeared on The Weakest Link.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
55	24/05/1983	P	Ivy Baird	62 – 35	Maureen Kelly	Richard Whiteley	Dr Linda Barrett	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth
56	25/05/1983	P	Ivy Baird	40 – 39	Paul Rose	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth
57	26/05/1983	P	Ivy Baird	45 – 31	David Dougan	Richard Whiteley	Dr Linda Barrett	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth
58	27/05/1983	P	Ivy Baird	51 – 32	Isabelle Higgie	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth
59	31/05/1983	P	Ivy Baird	39 – 40	Ingram Wilcox	Richard Whiteley	Dr Linda Barrett	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth
70	17/06/1983	QP	Ivy Baird	40 – 39	Michael Firth	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth
76	28/06/1983	QF	Ivy Baird	30 – 57	Maurice Packman	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman	Beverley Isherwood	Angela O'Dougherty	Kenneth Williams	Lesley Burnett
M102	Unreleased	Masters 2	Frank Houston	103 – 69	Dixie Baird	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					N/A	Freda Thornton
S(25)	Unreleased	S	Joyce Cansfield	? – ?	Ivy Baird	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					Bernard Ingham	Alison Heard