Craig Beevers - Revision history

Andres Sanchez: Don't think this is needed as Stewart Holden also opted out, thus not making him the solitary champ to do so.

2025-10-30T02:42:19Z

Don't think this is needed as Stewart Holden also opted out, thus not making him the solitary champ to do so.

DaaniyalAli at 18:34, 29 October 2025

2025-10-29T18:34:08Z

TobyMcDonald at 21:24, 29 July 2024

2024-07-29T21:24:15Z

The Doctor: /* Series finals */

2023-12-22T16:47:57Z

‎Series finals

Dicto at 20:54, 9 July 2023

2023-07-09T20:54:39Z

TobyMcDonald at 21:34, 7 May 2022

2022-05-07T21:34:36Z

Mclarenguy22 at 22:29, 7 August 2021

2021-08-07T22:29:07Z

TobyMcDonald at 21:02, 7 August 2021

2021-08-07T21:02:02Z

Mclarenguy22 at 21:33, 18 December 2020

2020-12-18T21:33:14Z

The Doctor at 21:40, 7 October 2020

2020-10-07T21:40:41Z

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	Beevers occasionally played ''[[Countdown]]'' online on [[Apterous]], and for a long time held the number one human position.		Beevers occasionally played ''[[Countdown]]'' online on [[Apterous]], and for a long time held the number one human position.
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−	~~==CoC Absence==~~
−	After [[Championship of Champions XIII]], Beevers stood as the latest solitary champion to not participate for a [[Championship of Champions]] tournament until [[Mike Daysley]] in [[Series 79]] followed him in January 2023 when he became absent for [[Championship of Champions XVI]].

	==''[[Scrabble]]''==		==''[[Scrabble]]''==

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:34, 29 October 2025
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	Beevers occasionally played ''[[Countdown]]'' online on [[Apterous]], and for a long time held the number one human position.		Beevers occasionally played ''[[Countdown]]'' online on [[Apterous]], and for a long time held the number one human position.
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		+	==CoC Absence==
		+	After [[Championship of Champions XIII]], Beevers stood as the latest solitary champion to not participate for a [[Championship of Champions]] tournament until [[Mike Daysley]] in [[Series 79]] followed him in January 2023 when he became absent for [[Championship of Champions XVI]].

	==''[[Scrabble]]''==		==''[[Scrabble]]''==

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 {{octostats|'''Champion'''|1|907|7}}
-[[Image:Craig Beevers.jpg|thumb|right|Craig Beevers playing [[Scrabble]].]]
+[[Image:Craig Beevers trophy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Beevers holding the [[Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy]] after winning Series 57.]]
-[[Image:Craig_Beevers_trophy.jpg|right|thumb|270px|Craig Beevers winning [[Series 57]].]]
+'''Craig Beevers''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[Series winners|champion]] of [[Series 57]]. He was from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.
-He is only the second [[contestant]] to score [[century|centuries]] in all eight heat games, and also the second to score over 900 points. He scored three further centuries in his three appearances in the finals. He is known for his composed demeanour and incredible consistency, especially in the [[letters game]]s.
+He was the second [[contestant]] to score [[Century#Contestants with eight consecutive prelim centuries|centuries in all eight heat games]], and also the second to score over 900 points. He scored three further centuries in his three appearances in the finals. He is known for his composed demeanour and incredible consistency, especially in the [[letters game]]s.
 ==Appearances on the programme==
 ===Heat games===
-Beevers' appearances began with a crushing victory over [[Baz Hunt]], including impressive finds like {{word|TOEHOLD}} and {{word|EXTREMA}}. He continued to a seven further victories in an octochamp run that never looked in doubt, with further flourishes like {{word|ICEBOATS}}, {{word|TANDOORI}}, {{word|DOPAMINE}} and {{word|RUMINATED}} and a top score of 128. Solid performances on the numbers and seven solved [[conundrum]]s saw Beevers' cruise to eight centuries and approach [[Julian Fell]]'s long-standing points record of 924. However an unfortunate shortage of available nines left a maximum total of 987, one of the lowest ever, and Beevers did well to make 907 – percentage wise, the best octochamp run on record (91.89%) until [[Series 69]].
+Beevers' appearances began with a [[Episode 4465|crushing victory]] over [[Baz Hunt]], including impressive finds like {{word|TOEHOLD}} and {{word|EXTREMA}}. He continued to a seven further victories in an [[octochamp]] run that never looked in doubt, with further flourishes like {{word|ICEBOATS}}, {{word|TANDOORI}}, {{word|DOPAMINE}} and {{word|RUMINATED}} and a top score of [[Episode 4468|128]]. Solid performances on the [[numbers round]]s and seven solved [[conundrum]]s saw Beevers' cruise to eight [[century|centuries]] and approach [[Julian Fell]]'s long-standing points record of 924. However, an unfortunate shortage of available nines left a maximum total of 987, one of the lowest ever, and Beevers did well to make 907 – percentage wise, the best octochamp run on record (91.89%) until [[Series 69]].
 ===Series finals===
-Inevitably, Beevers returned for finals as top seed, beating [[Mikey Lear]] and fellow octochamp [[David Edwards (Series 57)|David Edwards]] without ever looking under serious pressure. The final, against [[Jeffrey Hansford]], was a closer game – {{word|AMMONITE}} and {{word|SNIFTER}} handed Beevers a 15-point advantage going into the first break, and maximums in the next eight rounds left him with an unassailable lead of 23 with two to play. Hansford declared nothing on the final [[numbers game]], but adopted his favoured tactic for the conundrum, buzzing as soon as {{word|RULEAGAIN}} was revealed and answering correctly to leave a final score of {{score|105|82}}. Beevers had dropped just thirteen points in the whole game, taking his all-games total to 1,236 – at that time, the second-highest [[Xicount]] score.
+Inevitably, Beevers returned for the finals as top seed, beating [[Mikey Lear]] and fellow [[octochamp]], [[David Edwards (Series 57)|David Edwards]], without ever looking under serious pressure. The [[Episode 4508|grand final]], against [[Jeffrey Hansford]], was a closer game – {{word|AMMONITE}} and {{word|SNIFTER}} handed Beevers a 15-point advantage going into the first break, and maximums in the next eight rounds left him with an unassailable lead of 23 with two rounds to play. Hansford declared nothing on the final [[numbers game]], but adopted his favoured tactic for the [[conundrum]], buzzing as soon as {{word|RULEAGAIN}} was revealed and answering correctly to leave a final score of {{score|105|82}}. Beevers had dropped just thirteen points in the whole game, taking his all-games total to 1,236 – at that time, the second-highest [[xicount]] score.
 ==CoC XIII and Apterous==
-Beevers opted out of [[Championship of Champions XIII]], just as fellow [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster [[Stewart Holden]] had done for the [[Championship of Champions XII|previous]] [[Championship of Champions]] event.
+Beevers opted out of [[Championship of Champions XIII]], just as fellow ''[[Scrabble]]'' grandmaster, [[Stewart Holden]], had done for the [[Championship of Champions XII|previous]] [[Championship of Champions]] event.
-Beevers occasionally played ''[[Countdown]]'' online on [[Apterous]], and for a long time held the No. 1 human position.
+Beevers occasionally played ''[[Countdown]]'' online on [[Apterous]], and for a long time held the number one human position.
-==Scrabble==
+==''[[Scrabble]]''==
-Away from ''Countdown'', Beevers has worked for the [[Association of British Scrabble Players]] and the {{w|World English-Language Scrabble Players' Association}} (WESPA), and has been Cleveland Scrabble Club champion on multiple occasions. He holds Grandmaster status, and has organised tournaments for a living. He began playing competitive Scrabble in 2003.
+[[Image:Craig Beevers.jpg|thumb|right|Beevers playing ''Scrabble''.]]
-In the preamble chat with [[Des O'Connor]], he stated his intention to be a future {{w|World Scrabble Championship|World Scrabble champion}}. He took his first step toward this on 18 October 2009, when he became the UK National champion, beating fellow former ''Countdown'' contestant [[David Webb]] at the {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|National Scrabble Championship}} final. He later became the {{w|Scrabble Champions Tournament 2014|2014 World Scrabble Champion}} on 23 November, at the Scrabble Champions Tournament in London, when he defeated American Chris Lipe {{score|3|1}} in the final to become only the second Briton to win the title after [[Mark Nyman]] in 1993. He also won his second national title in 2015 at the National Scrabble Championship Finals in Milton Keynes, winning 15 games out of 17 (the best-of-5 final was scrapped in 2014). Since winning the world title, he has written a book about Scrabble entitled ''Word Addict: Secrets of a World Scrabble Champion''.
+In the preamble chat with [[Des O'Connor]], he stated his intention to be a future {{w|World Scrabble Championship|World ''Scrabble'' Champion}}. He took his first step toward this on 18 October 2009, when he became the {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|UK National Champion}}, beating fellow former ''Countdown'' [[contestant]], [[David Webb]], at the National ''Scrabble'' Championship final. He later became the {{w|Scrabble Champions Tournament 2014|2014 World ''Scrabble'' Champion}} on 23 November, at the ''Scrabble'' Champions Tournament in London, when he defeated American Chris Lipe {{score|3|1}} in the final to become only the second Briton to win the title after [[Mark Nyman]] in 1993. He also won his second national title in 2015 at the National ''Scrabble'' Championship finals in Milton Keynes, winning 15 games out of 17 (the best-of-five final was scrapped in 2014). Since winning the world title, he has written a book about ''Scrabble'' entitled ''Word Addict: Secrets of a World Scrabble Champion''.
-{{series winner|preceded_by=Nick Wainwright|series=57|followed_by=David O'Donnell (Series 58){{!!}}David O'Donnell}}
+{{series winner|preceded_by=Nick Wainwright|series=57|followed_by=David O'Donnell (Series 58){{!}}David O'Donnell}}
 ==Episodes==
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 {{ep | 4470 | 30/10/2007 | P |Craig Beevers| 118 - 71 |[[Stuart Hamilton]]|Paul Zenon|Susie Dent|120}}
 {{ep | 4471 | 31/10/2007 | P |Craig Beevers| 120 - 57 |[[Allan Millington]]|Paul Zenon|Susie Dent|121}}
-{{ep | 4472 | 1/11/2007 | P |Craig Beevers| 117 - 40 |[[Shemina Kirby]]|Paul Zenon|Susie Dent|129}}
+{{ep | 4472 | 01/11/2007 | P |Craig Beevers| 117 - 40 |[[Shemina Kirby]]|Paul Zenon|Susie Dent|129}}
 {{ep | 4502 | 13/12/2007 | QF |[[Mikey Lear]]| 69 - 106 |Craig Beevers|[[Henry Blofeld]]|[[Alison Heard]]|118}}
 {{ep | 4506 | 19/12/2007 | SF |[[David Edwards (Series 57)|David Edwards]]| 60 - 118 |Craig Beevers|[[Pam Ayres]]|Alison Heard|131}}
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 [[Category:Finalists]]
 [[Category:Teapot owners]]
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 ===Series finals===
-Inevitably, Beevers returned for finals as top seed, beating [[Mikey Lear]] and fellow octochamp [[David Edwards (Series 57)|David Edwards]] without ever looking under serious pressure. The final, against [[Jeffrey Hansford]], was a closer game – {{word|AMMONITE}} and {{word|SNIFTER}} handed Beevers a 15-point advantage going into the first break, and maximums in the next eight rounds left him with an unassailable lead of 23 with two to play. Hansford declared nothing on the final [[numbers game]], but adopted his favoured tactic for the conundrum, buzzing as soon as {{word|RULEAGAIN}} was revealed and answering correctly to leave a final score of {{score|105|82}}. Beevers had dropped just thirteen points in the whole game, taking his all-games total to 1,236 – still some way short of Julian Fell's 1,307.
+Inevitably, Beevers returned for finals as top seed, beating [[Mikey Lear]] and fellow octochamp [[David Edwards (Series 57)|David Edwards]] without ever looking under serious pressure. The final, against [[Jeffrey Hansford]], was a closer game – {{word|AMMONITE}} and {{word|SNIFTER}} handed Beevers a 15-point advantage going into the first break, and maximums in the next eight rounds left him with an unassailable lead of 23 with two to play. Hansford declared nothing on the final [[numbers game]], but adopted his favoured tactic for the conundrum, buzzing as soon as {{word|RULEAGAIN}} was revealed and answering correctly to leave a final score of {{score|105|82}}. Beevers had dropped just thirteen points in the whole game, taking his all-games total to 1,236 – at that time, the second-highest [[Xicount]] score.
 ==CoC XIII and Apterous==

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 ===Series finals===
-Inevitably, Beevers returned for finals as top seed, beating [[Mikey Lear]] and fellow octochamp [[David Edwards]] without ever looking under serious pressure. The final, against [[Jeffrey Hansford]], was a closer game – {{word|AMMONITE}} and {{word|SNIFTER}} handed Beevers a 15-point advantage going into the first break, and maximums in the next eight rounds left him with an unassailable lead of 23 with two to play. Hansford declared nothing on the final [[numbers game]], but adopted his favoured tactic for the conundrum, buzzing as soon as {{word|RULEAGAIN}} was revealed and answering correctly to leave a final score of {{score|105|82}}. Beevers had dropped just thirteen points in the whole game, taking his all-games total to 1,236 – still some way short of Julian Fell's 1,307.
+Inevitably, Beevers returned for finals as top seed, beating [[Mikey Lear]] and fellow octochamp [[David Edwards (Series 57)|David Edwards]] without ever looking under serious pressure. The final, against [[Jeffrey Hansford]], was a closer game – {{word|AMMONITE}} and {{word|SNIFTER}} handed Beevers a 15-point advantage going into the first break, and maximums in the next eight rounds left him with an unassailable lead of 23 with two to play. Hansford declared nothing on the final [[numbers game]], but adopted his favoured tactic for the conundrum, buzzing as soon as {{word|RULEAGAIN}} was revealed and answering correctly to leave a final score of {{score|105|82}}. Beevers had dropped just thirteen points in the whole game, taking his all-games total to 1,236 – still some way short of Julian Fell's 1,307.
 ==CoC XIII and Apterous==
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 {{ep | 4472 | 1/11/2007 | P |Craig Beevers| 117 - 40 |[[Shemina Kirby]]|Paul Zenon|Susie Dent|129}}
 {{ep | 4502 | 13/12/2007 | QF |[[Mikey Lear]]| 69 - 106 |Craig Beevers|[[Henry Blofeld]]|[[Alison Heard]]|118}}
-{{ep | 4506 | 19/12/2007 | SF |[[David Edwards]]| 60 - 118 |Craig Beevers|[[Pam Ayres]]|Alison Heard|131}}
+{{ep | 4506 | 19/12/2007 | SF |[[David Edwards (Series 57)|David Edwards]]| 60 - 118 |Craig Beevers|[[Pam Ayres]]|Alison Heard|131}}
 {{ep | 4508 | 21/12/2007 | GF |Craig Beevers| 105 - 82 |[[Jeffrey Hansford]]|Pam Ayres|Alison Heard|118}}
 {{episode table end}}

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 He is only the second [[contestant]] to score [[century|centuries]] in all eight heat games, and also the second to score over 900 points. He scored three further centuries in his three appearances in the finals. He is known for his composed demeanour and incredible consistency, especially in the [[letters game]]s.
-Beevers' appearances began with a crushing victory over [[Baz Hunt]], including impressive finds like {{word|TOEHOLD}} and {{word|EXTREMA}}. He continued to a seven further victories in an octochamp run that never looked in doubt, with further flourishes like {{word|ICEBOATS}}, {{word|TANDOORI}}, {{word|DOPAMINE}} and {{word|RUMINATED}} and a top score of 128. Solid performances on the numbers and seven solved [[conundrum]]s saw Beevers' cruise to eight centuries and approach [[Julian Fell]]'s long-standing points record of 924. However an unfortunate shortage of available nines left a maximum total of 987, one of the lowest ever, and Beevers did well to make 907 &mdash; percentage wise, the best octochamp run on record (91.89%) until [[Series 69]].
+==Appearances on the programme==
-Inevitably, Beevers returned for finals as top seed, beating [[Mikey Lear]] and fellow octochamp [[David Edwards]] without ever looking under serious pressure. The final, against [[Jeffrey Hansford]], was a closer game &mdash; {{word|AMMONITE}} and {{word|SNIFTER}} handed Beevers a 15-point advantage going into the first break, and maximums in the next eight rounds left him with an unassailable lead of 23 with two to play. Hansford declared nothing on the final [[numbers game]], but adopted his favoured tactic for the conundrum, buzzing as soon as {{word|RULEAGAIN}} was revealed and answering correctly to leave a final score of {{score|105|82}}. Beevers had dropped just thirteen points in the whole game, taking his all-games total to 1,236 &mdash; still some way short of Julian Fell's 1,307.
+===Series finals===
 Beevers opted out of [[Championship of Champions XIII]], just as fellow [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster [[Stewart Holden]] had done for the [[Championship of Champions XII|previous]] [[Championship of Champions]] event.
 Beevers occasionally played ''[[Countdown]]'' online on [[Apterous]], and for a long time held the No. 1 human position.
-Away from ''Countdown'', Beevers has worked for the [[Association of British Scrabble Players]] and the World English-Language Scrabble Players' Association, and has been Cleveland club Scrabble champion on multiple occasions. He holds Grandmaster status, and has organised tournaments  for a living. He began playing competitive Scrabble in 2003.
+==Scrabble==
-In the preamble chat with [[Des O'Connor]], he stated his intention to be a future World Scrabble champion. He took his first step toward this on 21 October 2009, when he became the UK National champion, beating fellow former ''Countdown'' contestant [[David Webb]] at the National Scrabble Championship final. He later became the 2014 World Scrabble Champion on 23 November, at the Scrabble Champions Tournament in London, when he defeated American Chris Lipe {{score|3|1}} in the final to become only the second Briton to win the title after [[Mark Nyman]] in 1993. He also won his second national title in 2015 at the National Scrabble Championship Finals in Milton Keynes, winning 15 games out of 17 (the best-of-5 final was scrapped in 2014). Since winning the world title, he has written a book about Scrabble entitled ''Word Addict: Secrets of a World Scrabble Champion''.
+In the preamble chat with [[Des O'Connor]], he stated his intention to be a future {{w|World Scrabble Championship|World Scrabble champion}}. He took his first step toward this on 18 October 2009, when he became the UK National champion, beating fellow former ''Countdown'' contestant [[David Webb]] at the {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|National Scrabble Championship}} final. He later became the {{w|Scrabble Champions Tournament 2014|2014 World Scrabble Champion}} on 23 November, at the Scrabble Champions Tournament in London, when he defeated American Chris Lipe {{score|3|1}} in the final to become only the second Briton to win the title after [[Mark Nyman]] in 1993. He also won his second national title in 2015 at the National Scrabble Championship Finals in Milton Keynes, winning 15 games out of 17 (the best-of-5 final was scrapped in 2014). Since winning the world title, he has written a book about Scrabble entitled ''Word Addict: Secrets of a World Scrabble Champion''.
 {{series winner|preceded_by=Nick Wainwright|series=57|followed_by=David O'Donnell (Series 58){{!!}}David O'Donnell}}
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 ==External Links==
 {{WP}}
-*[http://craigbeevers.me.uk/audition.html Craig's Countdown Experience on his personal website]
+*[http://craigbeevers.me.uk/audition.html Beevers' ''Countdown'' experience on his personal website]
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Beevers, Craig}}

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 [[Image:Craig Beevers.jpg|thumb|right|Craig Beevers playing [[Scrabble]].]]
 [[Image:Craig_Beevers_trophy.jpg|right|thumb|270px|Craig Beevers winning [[Series 57]].]]
-'''Craig Beevers''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the champion of [[Series 57]].
+'''Craig Beevers''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[Series Winners|champion]] of [[Series 57]].
-He is only the second contestant to score centuries in all eight heat games, and also the second to score over 900 points. He scored three further centuries in his three appearances in the finals. He is known for his composed demeanour and incredible consistency, especially in the [[letters round]]s.
+He is only the second [[contestant]] to score [[century|centuries]] in all eight heat games, and also the second to score over 900 points. He scored three further centuries in his three appearances in the finals. He is known for his composed demeanour and incredible consistency, especially in the [[letters game]]s.
-Beevers' appearances began with a crushing victory over [[Baz Hunt]], including impressive finds like {{word|TOEHOLD}} and {{word|EXTREMA}}. He continued to a seven further victories in an [[octochamp]] run that never looked in doubt, with further flourishes like {{word|ICEBOATS}}, {{word|TANDOORI}}, {{word|DOPAMINE}} and {{word|RUMINATED}} and a top score of 128. Solid performances on the numbers and seven solved conundrums saw Beevers' cruise to eight centuries and approach [[Julian Fell]]'s long-standing points record of 924. However an unfortunate shortage of available nines left a maximum total of 987, one of the lowest ever, and Beevers did well to make 907 – percentage wise, the best octochamp run on record (91.89%) until [[Series 69]].
+Beevers' appearances began with a crushing victory over [[Baz Hunt]], including impressive finds like {{word|TOEHOLD}} and {{word|EXTREMA}}. He continued to a seven further victories in an octochamp run that never looked in doubt, with further flourishes like {{word|ICEBOATS}}, {{word|TANDOORI}}, {{word|DOPAMINE}} and {{word|RUMINATED}} and a top score of 128. Solid performances on the numbers and seven solved [[conundrum]]s saw Beevers' cruise to eight centuries and approach [[Julian Fell]]'s long-standing points record of 924. However an unfortunate shortage of available nines left a maximum total of 987, one of the lowest ever, and Beevers did well to make 907 &mdash; percentage wise, the best octochamp run on record (91.89%) until [[Series 69]].
-Inevitably, Beevers returned for finals as top seed, beating [[Mikey Lear]] and fellow octochamp [[David Edwards]] without ever looking under serious pressure. The final, against [[Jeffrey Hansford]], was a closer game – {{word|AMMONITE}} and {{word|SNIFTER}} handed Beevers a 15-point advantage going into the first break, and maximums in the next eight rounds left him with an unassailable lead of 23 with two to play. Hansford declared nothing on the final numbers game, but adopted his favoured tactic for the [[conundrum]], buzzing as soon as {{word|RULEAGAIN}} was revealed and answering correctly to leave a final score of {{score|105|82}}. Beevers had dropped just thirteen points in the whole game, taking his all-games total to 1,236 – still some way short of Julian Fell's 1,307.
+Inevitably, Beevers returned for finals as top seed, beating [[Mikey Lear]] and fellow octochamp [[David Edwards]] without ever looking under serious pressure. The final, against [[Jeffrey Hansford]], was a closer game &mdash; {{word|AMMONITE}} and {{word|SNIFTER}} handed Beevers a 15-point advantage going into the first break, and maximums in the next eight rounds left him with an unassailable lead of 23 with two to play. Hansford declared nothing on the final [[numbers game]], but adopted his favoured tactic for the conundrum, buzzing as soon as {{word|RULEAGAIN}} was revealed and answering correctly to leave a final score of {{score|105|82}}. Beevers had dropped just thirteen points in the whole game, taking his all-games total to 1,236 &mdash; still some way short of Julian Fell's 1,307.
-Beevers opted out of [[Championship of Champions XIII]], just as fellow Scrabble Grandmaster [[Stewart Holden]] had done for the previous [[Championship of Champions XII|Championship of Champions]] event.
+Beevers opted out of [[Championship of Champions XIII]], just as fellow [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster [[Stewart Holden]] had done for the [[Championship of Champions XII|previous]] [[Championship of Champions]] event.
-Beevers occasionally played Countdown online on [[Apterous]], and for a long time held the #1 human position.
+Beevers occasionally played ''[[Countdown]]'' online on [[Apterous]], and for a long time held the #1 human position.
-Away from Countdown, Beevers has worked for the [[Association of British Scrabble Players]] and the World English-Language Scrabble Players' Association, and has been Cleveland club [[Scrabble]] champion on multiple occasions. He holds Grandmaster status and organises tournaments on weekends for a living. He has been playing competitive [[Scrabble]] since 2003.
+Away from ''Countdown'', Beevers has worked for the [[Association of British Scrabble Players]] and the World English-Language Scrabble Players' Association, and has been Cleveland club Scrabble champion on multiple occasions. He holds Grandmaster status and organises tournaments on weekends for a living. He has been playing competitive Scrabble since 2003.
-In the preamble chat with [[Des O'Connor]], he stated his intention to be a future World Scrabble champion. He took his first step toward this on 21 October 2009, when he became the UK National champion, beating fellow former Countdown contestant [[David Webb]] at the National Scrabble Championship final. He later became the 2014 World Scrabble Champion on 23 November, at the Scrabble Champions Tournament in London, when he defeated American Chris Lipe {{score|3|1}} in the final to become only the second Briton to win the title after [[Mark Nyman]] in 1993. He also won his second national title in 2015 at the National Scrabble Championship Finals in Milton Keynes, winning 15 games out of 17 (the best of 5 final was scrapped in 2014). However, he failed to finish in the top half of the the field in the 2016 MSI World Championships in Lille, winning just 10 games out of 24. Since winning the world title, he has written a book about Scrabble entitled ''Word Addict: Secrets of a World Scrabble Champion''.
+In the preamble chat with [[Des O'Connor]], he stated his intention to be a future World Scrabble champion. He took his first step toward this on 21 October 2009, when he became the UK National champion, beating fellow former ''Countdown'' contestant [[David Webb]] at the National Scrabble Championship final. He later became the 2014 World Scrabble Champion on 23 November, at the Scrabble Champions Tournament in London, when he defeated American Chris Lipe {{score|3|1}} in the final to become only the second Briton to win the title after [[Mark Nyman]] in 1993. He also won his second national title in 2015 at the National Scrabble Championship Finals in Milton Keynes, winning 15 games out of 17 (the best of 5 final was scrapped in 2014). However, he failed to finish in the top half of the the field in the 2016 MSI World Championships in Lille, winning just 10 games out of 24. Since winning the world title, he has written a book about Scrabble entitled ''Word Addict: Secrets of a World Scrabble Champion''.
 {{series winner|preceded_by=Nick Wainwright|series=57|followed_by=David O'Donnell (Series 58){{!!}}David O'Donnell}}
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 {{episode table end}}
-==External Link==
+==External Links==
-[http://craigbeevers.me.uk/audition.html Craig's Countdown Experience on his personal website]
+{{WP}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Beevers, Craig}}