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Series 63
From Countdown
Series 63 was the fourth of six series to be presented by Jeff Stelling, and was won by Jack Hurst. Starting 21 June 2010, it took a two-week break and a further one-week break for racing during the summer and ended on 17 December 2010.
Series 23, 25, 45, 63, 68, 77, 81, and 82 are the only series in which the finals went completely true to the seedings (i.e. the higher seed always beat the lower seed, with no upsets). It was the first 15-round series where this was the case.
Series 63 was a very strong series which featuring six octochamps, most notably Jack Hurst who achieved the then-highest cumulative score ever with 946 points. Five octochamps joined the 800 club during Series 63, the most in any series to date. In addition, during the horse racing breaks in July and August, three special episodes were broadcast, featuring the former contestants Micheal Harris, Lesley Hines, Kai Laddiman, Dinos Sfyris, Charlie Reams and Junaid Mubeen.
The series was the last to broadcast at 3.25pm, at which Countdown had aired since 2007, and also the last to allow contestants under the age of 16 to appear on the show.
Contents |
Seeds
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Hurst | 8 | 946 |
2 | Eoin Monaghan | 8 | 898 |
3 | Daniel Pati | 8 | 840 |
4 | Marcus Hares | 8 | 834 |
5 | Scott Gillies | 8 | 810 |
6 | Tom Rowell | 8 | 774 |
7 | Niall Young | 7 | 726 |
8 | Peter Godwin | 7 | 705 |
Finals progress
Jack Hurst (1) vs Peter Godwin (8) | Jack Hurst (1) vs Marcus Hares (4) | Jack Hurst (1) vs Eoin Monaghan (2) |
Scott Gillies (5) vs Marcus Hares (4) | ||
Daniel Pati (3) vs Tom Rowell (6) | Daniel Pati (3) vs Eoin Monaghan (2) | |
Niall Young (7) vs Eoin Monaghan (2) |
Series finals
Quarter finals
In the first 2 quarters, the top 2 seeds, Jack Hurst and Eoin Monaghan threw down the gauntlet early, by destroying Peter Godwin and Niall Young respectively, and in the process, dropped just 9 points between them. The third quarter looked like going the same way as Daniel Pati produced a perfect first 10 rounds against Tom Rowell, but despite his late comeback, Daniel held on comfortably. The fourth quarter between the 4th and 5th seeds, Marcus Hares and Scott Gillies, would be an altogether much tighter affair. Despite taking the lead from the first round, Scott was not given the chance by Marcus to get enough daylight between the pair, meaning that a crucial conundrum beckoned, and after 10 seconds, Marcus unscrambled the amusing anagram LARGEBAPS to set up a semi-final with Jack.
Semi-finals
The first semi-final between Jack and Marcus, was again a close affair. After Marcus took the lead with AUBADES, Jack took a slender advantage with NARIYALS, as the gap remained at 1 point with 4 rounds to go. But, after Marcus misdeclared UNTITLED as a 7, Jack finished it off with an amazing 4 large solve of 278, and getting the conundrum, BIATHLETE to win 109 – 80. The second semi-final between Eoin and Daniel was again tight, but after Daniel forgot to write down THEORISE, coupled with Eoin spotting OESTRONE and TOMATINE, the game was beyond Daniel. Eoin would win the match 108 – 77, to set up a #1 vs #2 seed match with Jack.
Final
As to be expected between the top 2 seeds of the series, the final lived upto expectations. Even though Jack grabbed an early advantage with ORGASMED, Eoin kept up the pace up until his first numbers game, which Jack solved. The 2 prodigies kept matching each other, and despite Eoin hoping for a tricky 6 small numbers at the end, it didn't materialise, leaving Jack to solve SMARTIACE, to win the final 113 – 85, dropping just 1 point in the final.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Guest | Lex | Max |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5064 | 21/06/2010 | P | Scott Gillies | 87 – 67 | Kevin Quinn | Aled Jones | Susie Dent | 130 |
5065 | 22/06/2010 | P | Scott Gillies | 122 – 26 | Judith Hunt | Aled Jones | Susie Dent | 133 |
5066 | 23/06/2010 | P | Scott Gillies | 102 – 50 | Helen Ingelbrecht | Aled Jones | Susie Dent | 131 |
5067 | 24/06/2010 | P | Chris Longden | 78 – 68 | Jean Tierney | Aled Jones | Susie Dent | 122 |
5068 | 25/06/2010 | P | Chris Longden | 80 – 82 | Annie Hawes | Aled Jones | Susie Dent | 120 |
5069 | 28/06/2010 | P | Annie Hawes | 75 – 77 | Olive Collis | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 129 |
5070 | 29/06/2010 | P | Olive Collis | 75 – 90 | Ben Cooke | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 130 |
5071 | 30/06/2010 | P | Ben Cooke | 63 – 84 | Ryan Loughborough | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 126 |
5072 | 1/07/2010 | P | Ryan Loughborough | 77 – 74 | Jonathan Wynn | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 132 |
5073 | 2/07/2010 | P | Ryan Loughborough | 97 – 75 | Ali Kelly | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 117 |
5074 | 5/07/2010 | P | Ryan Loughborough | 90 – 52 | Samantha Rhodes | Gino D'Acampo | Susie Dent | 130 |
5075 | 6/07/2010 | P | Ryan Loughborough | 81 – 63 | Lee Prince | Gino D'Acampo | Susie Dent | 117 |
5076 | 7/07/2010 | P | Ryan Loughborough | 75 – 51 | Jill Cartwright | Gino D'Acampo | Susie Dent | 115 |
5077 | 8/07/2010 | P | Ryan Loughborough | 50 – 64 | Doug Elkins | Gino D'Acampo | Susie Dent | 116 |
5078 | 9/07/2010 | P | Doug Elkins | 69 – 83 | Chris Barrow | Gino D'Acampo | Susie Dent | 117 |
5079 | 12/07/2010 | P | Chris Barrow | 103 – 61 | Mark Oliver | Shobna Gulati | Susie Dent | 128 |
5080 | 13/07/2010 | P | Chris Barrow | 72 – 92 | Richard Harris | Shobna Gulati | Susie Dent | 130 |
5081 | 14/07/2010 | P | Richard Harris | 95 – 49 | Chloe Stone | Andrew Castle | Susie Dent | 114 |
5082 | 15/07/2010 | P | Richard Harris | 75 – 44 | Ian Murphy | Andrew Castle | Susie Dent | 121 |
5083 | 16/07/2010 | P | Richard Harris | 91 – 65 | Pete Burrows | Andrew Castle | Susie Dent | 114 |
5084 | 19/07/2010 | P | Richard Harris | 96 – 57 | Sarah Ludgate | Sharron Davies | Susie Dent | 121 |
5085 | 20/07/2010 | P | Richard Harris | 86 – 87 | David O'Flanagan | Sharron Davies | Susie Dent | 129 |
5086 | 21/07/2010 | P | David O'Flanagan | 101 – 86 | Denise Hitchcock | Sharron Davies | Susie Dent | 127 |
5087 | 22/07/2010 | P | David O'Flanagan | 65 – 90 | Tom Rowell | Sharron Davies | Susie Dent | 116 |
5088 | 23/07/2010 | P | Tom Rowell | 97 – 63 | Dave Gawthrope | Sharron Davies | Susie Dent | 120 |
5089 | 9/08/2010 | P | Tom Rowell | 91 – 64 | Paddy O'Connor | William Roache | Susie Dent | 119 |
5090 | 10/08/2010 | P | Tom Rowell | 104 – 58 | Margaret Alldritt | William Roache | Susie Dent | 119 |
5091 | 11/08/2010 | P | Tom Rowell | 92 – 88 | Andrew Mossford | William Roache | Susie Dent | 128 |
5092 | 12/08/2010 | P | Tom Rowell | 104 – 52 | Matt Thorpe | William Roache | Susie Dent | 115 |
5093 | 13/08/2010 | P | Tom Rowell | 109 – 57 | Joan Wright | William Roache | Susie Dent | 120 |
5094 | 23/08/2010 | P | Tom Rowell | 87 – 74 | Jean Miles | Gary Wilmot | Susie Dent | 128 |
5095 | 24/08/2010 | P | Matt Cecil | 65 – 86 | Peter Godwin | Gary Wilmot | Susie Dent | 129 |
5096 | 25/08/2010 | P | Peter Godwin | 78 – 73 | Bruce Lambert | Gary Wilmot | Susie Dent | 123 |
5097 | 26/08/2010 | P | Peter Godwin | 94 – 67 | Tom Newman | Gary Wilmot | Susie Dent | 118 |
5098 | 27/08/2010 | P | Peter Godwin | 90 – 54 | David Lewis | Gary Wilmot | Susie Dent | 120 |
5099 | 30/08/2010 | P | Peter Godwin | 98 – 75 | Jen Kain | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 119 |
5100 | 31/08/2010 | P | Peter Godwin | 110 – 43 | David King | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 123 |
5101 | 1/09/2010 | P | Peter Godwin | 102 – 38 | Mick Egan | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 154 |
5102 | 2/09/2010 | P | Peter Godwin | 47 – 63 | Lee Palmer | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 120 |
5103 | 3/09/2010 | P | Lee Palmer | 52 – 112 | Daniel Pati | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 132 |
5104 | 6/09/2010 | P | Daniel Pati | 127 – 59 | Barry Hughes | Penny Smith | Susie Dent | 129 |
5105 | 7/09/2010 | P | Daniel Pati | 95 – 50 | Fran Clark | Penny Smith | Susie Dent | 121 |
5106 | 8/09/2010 | P | Daniel Pati | 98 – 73 | Ben Ponniah | Penny Smith | Susie Dent | 132 |
5107 | 9/09/2010 | P | Daniel Pati | 105 – 42 | Alan Egan | Penny Smith | Susie Dent | 128 |
5108 | 10/09/2010 | P | Daniel Pati | 97 – 60 | Stephen Crawford | Penny Smith | Susie Dent | 124 |
5109 | 13/09/2010 | P | Daniel Pati | 113 – 20 | Brenda Bagust | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 121 |
5110 | 14/09/2010 | P | Daniel Pati | 93 – 62 | George Meixner | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 121 |
5111 | 15/09/2010 | P | David Rayner | 40 – 108 | Eoin Monaghan | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 119 |
5112 | 16/09/2010 | P | Eoin Monaghan | 105 – 66 | John Shaw | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 128 |
5113 | 17/09/2010 | P | Eoin Monaghan | 115 – 44 | Pauline Wedell | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 131 |
5114 | 20/09/2010 | P | Eoin Monaghan | 121 – 35 | Dave Rudd | Dave Spikey | Susie Dent | 130 |
5115 | 21/09/2010 | P | Eoin Monaghan | 100 – 16 | Clive Myers | Dave Spikey | Susie Dent | 125 |
5116 | 22/09/2010 | P | Eoin Monaghan | 120 – 60 | Les Morrell | Dave Spikey | Susie Dent | 129 |
5117 | 23/09/2010 | P | Eoin Monaghan | 116 – 61 | Angela Monk | Dave Spikey | Susie Dent | 133 |
5118 | 24/09/2010 | P | Eoin Monaghan | 113 – 32 | Pete Hawksworth | Dave Spikey | Susie Dent | 136 |
5119 | 27/09/2010 | P | Conor McCaughey | 45 – 61 | Heather Driver | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 118 |
5120 | 28/09/2010 | P | Heather Driver | 93 – 80 | Emma Looney | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 131 |
5121 | 29/09/2010 | P | Heather Driver | 70 – 64 | Nik Mackintosh | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 121 |
5122 | 30/09/2010 | P | Heather Driver | 77 – 49 | Martha Stevenson | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 124 |
5123 | 1/10/2010 | P | Heather Driver | 60 – 89 | Michael Chadwick | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 122 |
5124 | 4/10/2010 | P | Michael Chadwick | 93 – 74 | Phill Thorne | Matt Le Tissier | Susie Dent | 129 |
5125 | 5/10/2010 | P | Michael Chadwick | 87 – 68 | Ben Warth | Matt Le Tissier | Susie Dent | 140 |
5126 | 6/10/2010 | P | Michael Chadwick | 111 – 75 | Jude Bell | Matt Le Tissier | Susie Dent | 132 |
5127 | 7/10/2010 | P | Michael Chadwick | 78 – 59 | Elle Chilton-Knight | Matt Le Tissier | Susie Dent | 143 |
5128 | 8/10/2010 | P | Michael Chadwick | 116 – 59 | Sandra Lehane | Matt Le Tissier | Susie Dent | 143 |
5129 | 11/10/2010 | P | Michael Chadwick | 88 – 49 | Alan Byers | David Lloyd | Susie Dent | 115 |
5130 | 12/10/2010 | P | Michael Chadwick | 44 – 47 | Andrew Greenway | David Lloyd | Susie Dent | 131 |
5131 | 13/10/2010 | P | Andrew Greenway | 66 – 114 | Jack Hurst | David Lloyd | Susie Dent | 124 |
5132 | 14/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 120 – 57 | Ailsa Jensen | David Lloyd | Susie Dent | 136 |
5133 | 15/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 112 – 46 | David Smith | David Lloyd | Susie Dent | 115 |
5134 | 18/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 122 – 44 | Charlie Clarke | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 141 |
5135 | 19/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 120 – 56 | Phil Bishop | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 131 |
5136 | 20/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 115 – 29 | Joseph Bartram | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 119 |
5137 | 21/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 133 – 65 | Alex Curran | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 134 |
5138 | 22/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 110 – 49 | Jonathan Welti | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | 131 |
5139 | 25/10/2010 | P | Jane Bates | 80 – 84 | Claire Casey | Rory McGrath | Susie Dent | 131 |
5140 | 26/10/2010 | P | Claire Casey | 73 – 82 | Stevie Field | Rory McGrath | Susie Dent | 141 |
5141 | 27/10/2010 | P | Stevie Field | 91 – 80 | Julian Joss | Rory McGrath | Susie Dent | 130 |
5142 | 28/10/2010 | P | Stevie Field | 75 – 96 | Steve Turvey | Rory McGrath | Susie Dent | 123 |
5143 | 29/10/2010 | P | Steve Turvey | 100 – 58 | Stephen Troop | Rory McGrath | Susie Dent | 134 |
5144 | 1/11/2010 | P | Steve Turvey | 62 – 87 | Marcus Hares | John Parrott | Susie Dent | 128 |
5145 | 2/11/2010 | P | Marcus Hares | 116 – 40 | James Bradley | John Parrott | Susie Dent | 131 |
5146 | 3/11/2010 | P | Marcus Hares | 97 – 45 | Aron Brown | John Parrott | Susie Dent | 120 |
5147 | 4/11/2010 | P | Marcus Hares | 103 – 60 | David Hilton | John Parrott | Susie Dent | 117 |
5148 | 5/11/2010 | P | Marcus Hares | 113 – 80 | Oliver Moore | John Parrott | Susie Dent | 131 |
5149 | 8/11/2010 | P | Marcus Hares | 103 – 16 | Ryan Curtis | Colin Jackson | Susie Dent | 120 |
5150 | 9/11/2010 | P | Marcus Hares | 111 – 62 | Graeme Manning | Colin Jackson | Susie Dent | 139 |
5151 | 10/11/2010 | P | Marcus Hares | 104 – 48 | Jamie Ashington | Colin Jackson | Susie Dent | 131 |
5152 | 11/11/2010 | P | Nicky Miller | 89 – 43 | Bernice Mitchell | Colin Jackson | Susie Dent | 142 |
5153 | 12/11/2010 | P | Nicky Miller | 95 – 38 | Margaret Regan | Colin Jackson | Susie Dent | 130 |
5154 | 15/11/2010 | P | Nicky Miller | 74 – 67 | Rebekah Larner | Dave Spikey | Susie Dent | 142 |
5155 | 16/11/2010 | P | Nicky Miller | 65 – 98 | Niall Young | Dave Spikey | Susie Dent | 130 |
5156 | 17/11/2010 | P | Niall Young | 79 – 47 | Mary Green | Dave Spikey | Susie Dent | 119 |
5157 | 18/11/2010 | P | Niall Young | 90 – 60 | Katy Fairlamb | Dave Spikey | Susie Dent | 141 |
5158 | 19/11/2010 | P | Niall Young | 89 – 49 | Janet Dodsworth | Dave Spikey | Susie Dent | 116 |
5159 | 22/11/2010 | P | Niall Young | 87 – 73 | Stuart Smith | Gino D'Acampo | Susie Dent | 121 |
5160 | 23/11/2010 | P | Niall Young | 98 – 71 | Rochelle Watkins | Gino D'Acampo | Susie Dent | 128 |
5161 | 24/11/2010 | P | Niall Young | 97 – 83 | Mark Bannister | Gino D'Acampo | Susie Dent | 128 |
5162 | 25/11/2010 | P | Niall Young | 88 – 92 | Greg Hayhurst | Gino D'Acampo | Susie Dent | 120 |
5163 | 26/11/2010 | P | Greg Hayhurst | 85 – 77 | Kate Spencer | Gino D'Acampo | Susie Dent | 140 |
5164 | 29/11/2010 | P | Greg Hayhurst | 96 – 44 | Damian Colton | John Suchet | Susie Dent | 118 |
5165 | 30/11/2010 | P | Greg Hayhurst | 88 – 64 | Alasdair Redmond | John Suchet | Susie Dent | 114 |
5166 | 1/12/2010 | P | Greg Hayhurst | 108 – 32 | Pam Garrod | John Suchet | Susie Dent | 119 |
5167 | 2/12/2010 | P | Greg Hayhurst | 71 – 87 | Denise Smith | John Suchet | Susie Dent | 120 |
5168 | 3/12/2010 | P | Denise Smith | 54 – 46 | Adam Bevan | John Suchet | Susie Dent | 111 |
5169 | 6/12/2010 | P | Denise Smith | 89* – 79 | Stephen Parnell | Amanda Lamb | Susie Dent | 114 |
5170 | 7/12/2010 | P | Denise Smith | 76 – 86* | Mike Pickering | Amanda Lamb | Susie Dent | 128 |
5171 | 8/12/2010 | P | Mike Pickering | 95 – 87 | Katy Hadfield | Amanda Lamb | Susie Dent | 132 |
5172 | 9/12/2010 | QF | Jack Hurst | 108 – 40 | Peter Godwin | Amanda Lamb | Susie Dent | 114 |
5173 | 10/12/2010 | QF | Eoin Monaghan | 127 – 45 | Niall Young | Amanda Lamb | Susie Dent | 130 |
5174 | 13/12/2010 | QF | Daniel Pati | 92 – 67 | Tom Rowell | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 123 |
5175 | 14/12/2010 | QF | Scott Gillies | 90 – 92 | Marcus Hares | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 114 |
5176 | 15/12/2010 | SF | Marcus Hares | 80 – 109 | Jack Hurst | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 118 |
5177 | 16/12/2010 | SF | Eoin Monaghan | 108 – 77 | Daniel Pati | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 122 |
5178 | 17/12/2010 | GF | Jack Hurst | 113 – 85 | Eoin Monaghan | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 114 |