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'''Kirk Bevins''', a recent Maths graduate, appeared on Countdown near the start of [[Series 51]]. He played reasonably well, though not brilliantly, and was beaten by octochamp [[Richard Pay]]. In one round he went blank as he could only see {{word|SHAGMAN}}, and comically guessed {{word|TURROTING}} for the conundrum instead of {{word|TORTURING}}.
 
'''Kirk Bevins''', a recent Maths graduate, appeared on Countdown near the start of [[Series 51]]. He played reasonably well, though not brilliantly, and was beaten by octochamp [[Richard Pay]]. In one round he went blank as he could only see {{word|SHAGMAN}}, and comically guessed {{word|TURROTING}} for the conundrum instead of {{word|TORTURING}}.
  
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He has been a prominent member of the online scene for several years, participating in numerous major tournaments and winning the first ever [[Goatdown]] Championship against [[Conor Travers]]. He has yet to win a COLIN or COBRIS event, despite turning up to every one thus far; however, his lowest position at these tournaments has been 10th when he lost 3 games on 3 crucial conundrums. He came 5th after defeating Series Champion [[Conor Travers]], Series Champion [[Chris Wills]] and Series Champion [[Stewart Holden]], only losing out on a crucial conundrum to Series Champion [[Mark Tournoff]].
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He has been a prominent member of the online scene for several years, participating in numerous major tournaments and winning the first ever [[Goatdown]] Championship against [[Conor Travers]]. He has yet to win a COLIN or COBRIS event, despite turning up to every one thus far; however he is ranked #1 on [[Apterous]] including a top score of 149, the highest ever for a 15-round game on the site.
  
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Due to his success at Countdown tournaments, and being the #1 ranked player on [[Apterous]], Bevins appeared on the show again in [[Series 60]]. In his first show he set the record for the [[Episode 4768|highest score for a challenger]] of 127, beating [[Jonathan Coles]]'s earlier 124 record. His [[Episode 4770|third show]] is widely believed to be the first ever 'perfect game', meaning no potential points were lost in any of the fifteen rounds. With his final game, he beat [[Julian Fell]]'s long-standing record of 924 points for an octochamp run by just a single point, solving the final conundrum in under a second to secure his place in Countdown history.
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Due to his success at Countdown tournaments and online, Bevins appeared on the show again in [[Series 60]]. In his first show he set the record for the [[Episode 4768|highest score for a challenger]] of 127, beating [[Jonathan Coles]]'s earlier 124 record. His next show was not a [[century]] - he fell to 97 including only solving one of the numbers games correctly. His [[Episode 4770|third show]] is widely believed to be the first ever 'perfect game' in the 15-round format, meaning no potential points were lost in any of the fifteen rounds. In his fourth game, he produced 3 nine-letter words and was not far off break [[Julian Fell]]'s record of 146. However he missed behove, then his opponent [[Peter Bennett]] controversially chose four large in the final numbers game. This left Bevins on 130 before the conundrum. Although he couldn't beat Fell's record, solving the conundrum would give him only the second ever score of 140 or more - the second best ever scores being 138 by Fell and Mark Tournoff. However it was Bennett that got the conundrum and lost [[episode 4771|130 - 55]].
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His fifth, sixth and seventh games were all centuries, meaning in his final heat game he needed 113 to equal Fell's record 924, and 114 to beat it.  With his final numbers game and conundrum he got exactly 114 and beat Fell's long-standing record of 924 points for an octochamp run by just a single point, solving the final conundrum in under a second to secure his place in Countdown history.
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==

Revision as of 18:19, 17 March 2009

Kirk Bevins down his local pub with his darts team.

Kirk Bevins, a recent Maths graduate, appeared on Countdown near the start of Series 51. He played reasonably well, though not brilliantly, and was beaten by octochamp Richard Pay. In one round he went blank as he could only see SHAGMAN, and comically guessed TURROTING for the conundrum instead of TORTURING.

He has been a prominent member of the online scene for several years, participating in numerous major tournaments and winning the first ever Goatdown Championship against Conor Travers. He has yet to win a COLIN or COBRIS event, despite turning up to every one thus far; however he is ranked #1 on Apterous including a top score of 149, the highest ever for a 15-round game on the site.

Due to his success at Countdown tournaments and online, Bevins appeared on the show again in Series 60. In his first show he set the record for the highest score for a challenger of 127, beating Jonathan Coles's earlier 124 record. His next show was not a century - he fell to 97 including only solving one of the numbers games correctly. His third show is widely believed to be the first ever 'perfect game' in the 15-round format, meaning no potential points were lost in any of the fifteen rounds. In his fourth game, he produced 3 nine-letter words and was not far off break Julian Fell's record of 146. However he missed behove, then his opponent Peter Bennett controversially chose four large in the final numbers game. This left Bevins on 130 before the conundrum. Although he couldn't beat Fell's record, solving the conundrum would give him only the second ever score of 140 or more - the second best ever scores being 138 by Fell and Mark Tournoff. However it was Bennett that got the conundrum and lost 130 - 55.

His fifth, sixth and seventh games were all centuries, meaning in his final heat game he needed 113 to equal Fell's record 924, and 114 to beat it. With his final numbers game and conundrum he got exactly 114 and beat Fell's long-standing record of 924 points for an octochamp run by just a single point, solving the final conundrum in under a second to secure his place in Countdown history.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3642 11/02/2004 P Richard Pay 90 – 69 Kirk Bevins Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Michael Aspel Susie Dent
4768 02/03/2009 P Ann Abel 54 – 127 Kirk Bevins Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Phil Hammond Susie Dent
4769 03/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 97 – 67 Fiona Shaw Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Phil Hammond Susie Dent
4770 04/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 126 – 47 Ben Nicholas Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Phil Hammond Susie Dent
4771 05/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 130 – 55 Peter Bennett Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Phil Hammond Susie Dent
4772 06/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 111 – 39 Barrie Robinson Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Phil Hammond Susie Dent
4773 09/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 114 – 53 Anne Adams Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent
4774 16/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 106 – 71 Ian Payn Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent
4775 17/03/2009 P Kirk Bevins 114 – 31 Rosie Owen Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Colin Murray Susie Dent

External links

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