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September's Featured Article FOCAL is the voluntary organisation responsible for organising the vast majority of unofficial Countdown tournaments since 2016. The organisation's name is an acronym for Finals Of the Co-event Annual League. Perhaps coincidentally, "focal" also means "word" in the Irish language. Players play in events across the British Isles throughout the year, with the top 8 highest ranked players at the end of the year receiving free entry into the finals event in Birmingham, held alongside a normal tournament that is open to everyone. 2016's FOCAL Champion was Series 66 champion Jack Worsley, 2017's champion was Rob Foster, 2018 Jonathan Wynn and 2019 Callum Todd. All events are hosted on a Saturday, with the exception of the 'hangover' event, held on the Sunday in Lincoln as secondary events. The organisation was the brainchild of Series 78 champion and former .co.mk organiser Zarte Siempre in mid-2015. The incumbent FOCAL chairman is Series 69 champion Callum Todd. The previous chairmen were Siempre in early 2016 and 2017, Mark Murray in late 2016 and Jeff Clayton from 2016 to 2021. Current standings for the year and many other details can be found at the FOCAL website, as well as the 2020–22 FOCAL season page on this wiki. (more...) More Featured Articles... Did you know... ...that en route to posting the then lowest ever 15 round score on 16 May 2011, Christine Buffrey had areolaes ☓ disallowed for being invalid, using phantom letters, and being misdeclared as a six-letter word? ...that three Countdown contestants – Charlie Reams, Dave Dyer and Mark Murphy – have been bleeped for scoring with the word WANKER or WANKERS? ...that on 2 November 2011, Dictionary Corner guest Mark Durden-Smith was bleeped after stating that the longest word in round 3 was SHITFACE? ...that the target in round 5 on 05/05/05 was 505? ...that Countdown was almost hosted by Michael Jackson? Nominate an article Today in Countdown History edit  2019: Andy Evans beat Geoff Pinney with scores of 89 – 74. 2018: Robin Johnson beat Shannon Pocock with a score of 110 – 27. 2017: Phil Peel beat Ben Humphrey in a 107 – 58 game. 2016: Jamie Washington beat Philip Hannan, by a score of 110 – 77. 2013: Ritch Greenwood beat Andy Sheppard with final score 80 – 66. 2012: Liam Shaw beat Jessica Pratesi, scoring 83 – 82. 2011: Jayne Wisniewski beat Craig Anderson in a game that ended 97 – 66. 2008: Junaid Mubeen beat Tony McCreadie with scores of 106 – 72. 2007: David Von Geyer beat Geoff Thomas with a score of 93 – 85. 2006: Andrew Blades beat Gordon Dimmack in a 66 – 51 game. 2003: Bonnie White beat Janet Chambers, by a score of 78 – 59. 2002: Mike Brown beat Joyce Dunkley, scoring 112 – 41. 2001: Ian McMenzie beat David Whyte in a game that ended 86 – 81. 2000: Sue Line beat Bernard Mitchell with scores of 60 – 47. 1997: Tony Baylis beat Maria Boyes in the Series 36 grand final. 1996: Alan Sinclair beat Craig Douglas in the second Series 32 semi-final. 1995: Martin Linden beat Catriona Cappleman in the fourth Series 30 quarter-final. 1994: Wayne Kelly beat Isabelle Heward in the third Series 28 quarter-final. 1991: Robert Teuton beat Jim Saunders in the second Series 22 semi-final. 1990: Derek Coombs beat Maurice Binks in the first Series 20 semi-final. 1990: Roger Wales played Mike Percik in the third leg of a Countdown Masters game. 1989: Mandi Hale beat Rosemary Tame with a score of 51 – 27. 1989: Peter Scott played Derek Rutter in the second leg of a Countdown Masters game. 1983: Harry Venet beat Ron Hendra, by a score of 42 – 40.

Popular Articles edit  A brief overview of Countdown and some of its records and terminology. The team: Colin Murray, Rachel Riley, and Susie Dent. The show's institutions: the conundrum, the pencam, and the Teatime Teaser. Dan Byrom, reigning series champion, and his series grand final against Matt O'Connor. The most recent Championship of Champions Final between Zarte Siempre and Bradley Horrocks, which was won by Siempre. The 30th Birthday Championship final between Conor Travers and Jack Hurst. Carol Vorderman, Richard Whiteley, Des Lynam, Des O'Connor, Jeff Stelling, Nick Hewer, Anne Robinson and Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, the show's former presenters. The highest ever score, Elliott Mellor's 152. Series 86, the current series of Countdown. Editors edit  Everyone can edit the Countdown Wiki, just register and then click the edit link at the top of any page (except this one!) and start editing. Here are some useful links: Learn about this wiki and how to use it. Episode style guide - if you want to help us edit the episode pages, this style guide gives comprehensive help. Suggest a featured article which will in turn be featured on the Main Page. Other Countdown websites edit  Apterous, an online game from the same people that run this site. The Countdown Android App, Created by Series 63 champion Jack Hurst. The Countdown Database, detailed statistics and round-by-round details of over 7,700 episodes. FOCAL, regular in-person events that anyone can enter. C4Countdown, Countdown's main online forum, populated by many past octochamps. Quantum Tombola, a numbers game solver designed by Graeme Cole. A mobile version of the above. Greem, a website listing nearly all co-event scores. Upcoming Countdown tournaments edit  The full list of FOCAL tournaments for 2022 is here. The next scheduled event is Countdown in Lincoln on 29 January 2022. Almost all online tournaments are now held on Apterous: the list of ongoing tournaments is here.

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