Championship of Champions XIII
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| Series information | |
| First episode | 12 January 2009 |
| Last episode | 30 January 2009 |
| Highest score | 121 (Steve Briers) |
| Number of contestants | 16 |
| Number of episodes | 15 |
| Results | |
| Winner | Steve Briers |
| Runner-up | Charlie Reams |
Championship of Champions XIII ran from 12 to 30 January 2009 just before the start of Series 60, as well as marking the show's return after a whole month off-air. The tournament marked the debuts of Jeff Stelling and Rachel Riley as presenters. This was the last Championship of Champions tournament recorded at The Leeds Studios in Yorkshire. This was also the last CoC tournament until seven years later, as it eventually took a hiatus (starting from 2 February 2009) to make way for the 30th Birthday Championship in 2013. The 2009 tournament was won by Steve Briers.
The draw for this tournament was made on the morning of 30 October 2008 and announced by Damian Eadie on the c4countdown forum. Finalists from Series 55 to 59 took part but Jon Corby from Series 54 did not participate in the previous tournament, due to the lineup for it being confirmed before his TV debut. Craig Beevers (the Series 57 champion and favourite for this tournament) declined his invitation due to Scrabble commitments.
Demonstrating a new era for the show, the championship marked the debut of what is now the original blue set by featuring a distinctive letters and numbers pattern background. The purple and orange cloudy background (seen in the opening titles), break cues and on-screen graphics were also recoloured to blue.
This tournament was notable for having used an unusual shuffling system for generating the piles of letters for use in its letters games, leading to frequent long strings of twice- and thrice-repeated letters especially vowels. In the history of the 15-round era for example, the vowel pile contained three consecutive Is only five times; four of these occurrences were during CoC 2009.
Contents
Progress
| David O'Donnell (58) vs James Hurrell (57) | David O'Donnell vs Steve Briers | Steve Briers vs Nick Wainwright |
Steve Briers vs Charlie Reams |
| Steve Briers (55) vs Debbi Flack (59) | |||
| Richard Priest (58) vs Kai Laddiman (59) | Kai Laddiman vs Nick Wainwright | ||
| Nick Wainwright (56) vs Steve Baines (57) | |||
| Junaid Mubeen (59) vs Tony Warren (55) | Junaid Mubeen vs Charlie Reams | Charlie Reams vs Jon Corby | |
| Charlie Reams (59) vs Peter Davies (58) | |||
| Richard Brittain (55) vs Jon Corby (54) | Jon Corby vs Jonathan Coles | ||
| Anita Freeland (56) vs Jonathan Coles (58) |
The numbers refer to the series in which each contestant originally played in the finals.
Episodes
| # | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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| 4733 | 12/01/2009 | CP | David O'Donnell | 101 – 82 | James Hurrell | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Andrew Sachs | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
| 4734 | 13/01/2009 | CP | Junaid Mubeen | 80 – 55 | Tony Warren | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Andrew Sachs | Susie Dent | 116 | ||
| 4735 | 14/01/2009 | CP | Jon Corby | 92 – 52 | Richard Brittain | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Andrew Sachs | Susie Dent | 112 | ||
| 4736 | 15/01/2009 | CP | Kai Laddiman | 93 – 85 | Richard Priest | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Andrew Sachs | Susie Dent | 117 | ||
| 4737 | 16/01/2009 | CP | Nick Wainwright | 105 – 85 | Steve Baines | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Andrew Sachs | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
| 4738 | 19/01/2009 | CP | Jonathan Coles | 95 – 88 | Anita Freeland | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
| 4739 | 20/01/2009 | CP | Peter Davies | 66 – 85 | Charlie Reams | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 117 | ||
| 4740 | 21/01/2009 | CP | Steve Briers | 121 – 74 | Debbi Flack | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
| 4741 | 22/01/2009 | CQF | Steve Briers | 118 – 110 | David O'Donnell | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
| 4742 | 23/01/2009 | CQF | Junaid Mubeen | 79 – 88 | Charlie Reams | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 128 | ||
| 4743 | 26/01/2009 | CQF | Jon Corby | 96 – 62 | Jonathan Coles | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 117 | ||
| 4744 | 27/01/2009 | CQF | Kai Laddiman | 91 – 94 | Nick Wainwright | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 128 | ||
| 4745 | 28/01/2009 | CSF | Steve Briers | 87 – 82 | Nick Wainwright | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
| 4746 | 29/01/2009 | CSF | Charlie Reams | 110 – 76 | Jon Corby | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
| 4747 | 30/01/2009 | CGF | Charlie Reams | 67 – 88 | Steve Briers | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 114 | ||
External Links
- Championship of Champions XIII on The Countdown Database.
- Championship of Champions XIII on The Countdown Page.
