David Webb - Revision history

Launchballer: just in case she appears here

2024-09-03T15:54:31Z

just in case she appears here

Mclarenguy22 at 11:11, 11 December 2023

2023-12-11T11:11:00Z

TobyMcDonald at 01:17, 23 January 2023

2023-01-23T01:17:53Z

Andres Sanchez: Decided to start putting up old pics of debut games and stuff like that, revert if not wanted.

2022-11-07T05:41:35Z

Decided to start putting up old pics of debut games and stuff like that, revert if not wanted.

Mclarenguy22 at 23:06, 15 May 2022

2022-05-15T23:06:38Z

TobyMcDonald at 19:19, 7 May 2022

2022-05-07T19:19:33Z

Mclarenguy22: His 100% episode https://youtu.be/9PJmiVIhhYk

2021-10-07T15:33:47Z

His 100% episode https://youtu.be/9PJmiVIhhYk

Mclarenguy22 at 18:11, 12 May 2020

2020-05-12T18:11:58Z

RLSJ1997: Shame the 1991 Episodes were deleted from YouTube due to copyright reasons...

2020-05-12T17:59:15Z

Shame the 1991 Episodes were deleted from YouTube due to copyright reasons...

Mclarenguy22 at 21:25, 28 April 2019

2019-04-28T21:25:26Z

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 Webb is known as "Dweebovision" on {{w|YouTube}} [https://youtube.com/c/zapateo99dweebovision] and regularly uploads videos of himself playing the game on {{w|Internet Scrabble Club}} and in face-to-face tournaments in the UK and around the world. More recently, his channel has also included a weekly solve of {{w|The Times}} Crossword, and occasionally The Mephisto Crossword in {{w|The Sunday Times}}.
-Webb has contested The Times Crossword Championship multiple times. He achieved a personal best of 3rd place in 2023 edition of the Championships (the first since COVID-19). He has also appeared on numerous game shows: he won a house on ITV's short-lived show ''{{w|Raise the Roof (game show)|Raise the Roof}}'', and impressively won 30 times straight on Channel 5's ''{{w|100% (game show)|100%}}''.
+Webb has contested The Times Crossword Championship multiple times. He achieved a personal best of 3rd place in 2023 edition of the Championships (the first since COVID-19). He has also appeared on numerous game shows: he won a house on ITV's short-lived show ''{{w|Raise the Roof (game show)|Raise the Roof}}'', and impressively won 30 times straight on Channel 5's ''{{w|100% (game show)|100%}}''. On 3 September 2024, he appeared on ''{{w|Lingo}}'' with Sumbul Siddiqui, who he had met at a Scrabble tournament.
 ==Episodes==

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 Webb returned to ''Countdown'' in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. He lost his only match against [[Series 6]] champion [[Darryl Francis]] by a score of {{score|86|68}}.
-Webb is also a [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster, and finished runner-up in the {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|National Scrabble Championship}} on 18 October 2009, beaten by ''[[Countdown]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Series 57]] champion [[Craig Beevers]]. He is known as "Dweebovision" on {{w|YouTube}} [https://youtube.com/c/zapateo99dweebovision] and regularly uploads videos of himself playing the game on {{w|Internet Scrabble Club}} and in face-to-face tournaments in the UK and around the world. In 2019, he and fellow Scrabbler [[Robert Violett|Bob Violett]] set a new record for the highest combined score in a tournament game: 1,213 points. [https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/sports/othersports/94617/geropiga_for_88_points_players_score_world_scrabble_record_in_malta_open#.XMYZhozTWhA]
+Webb is also a [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster, and finished runner-up in the {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|National Scrabble Championship}} on 18 October 2009, beaten by ''[[Countdown]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Series 57]] champion [[Craig Beevers]]. In 2019, he and fellow Scrabbler [[Robert Violett|Bob Violett]] set a new record for the highest combined score in a tournament game: 1,213 points. [https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/sports/othersports/94617/geropiga_for_88_points_players_score_world_scrabble_record_in_malta_open#.XMYZhozTWhA]
-Webb is also a crossword buff, having contested The Times Crossword Championship in 2019. He has appeared on numerous game shows; he won a house on ITV's ''{{w|Raise the Roof (game show)|Raise the Roof}}'', and won an impressive 30 times on ''{{w|100% (game show)|100%}}''.
+Webb is known as "Dweebovision" on {{w|YouTube}} [https://youtube.com/c/zapateo99dweebovision] and regularly uploads videos of himself playing the game on {{w|Internet Scrabble Club}} and in face-to-face tournaments in the UK and around the world. More recently, his channel has also included a weekly solve of {{w|The Times}} Crossword, and occasionally The Mephisto Crossword in {{w|The Sunday Times}}.
 ==Episodes==

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 [[Category:Contestants in Series 22]]
-[[Category:Contestants in 30th Birthday Championship]]
+[[Category:Contestants in the 30th Birthday Championship]]
 [[Category:Finalists]]
 [[Category:Contestants on other game shows]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 05:41, 7 November 2022
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−	[[File:David Webb.png\|thumb\|200px\|right\|~~David Webb~~ in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].]]	+	[[File:WebbDebut.png\|\|thumb\|200px\|right\|David Webb in his [[Episode 1149\|debut game]]...]]
		+	[[File:David Webb.png\|thumb\|200px\|right\|...and 21 years later in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].]]
	'''David Webb''' was a finalist in [[Series 22]] and a [[contestant]] in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].		'''David Webb''' was a finalist in [[Series 22]] and a [[contestant]] in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].

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 '''David Webb''' was a finalist in [[Series 22]] and a [[contestant]] in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].
-He is also a [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster, and finished runner-up in the {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|National Scrabble Championship}} on 18 October 2009, beaten by ''[[Countdown]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Series 57]] champion [[Craig Beevers]]. He is known as "Dweebovision" on {{w|YouTube}} [https://youtube.com/c/zapateo99dweebovision] and regularly uploads videos of himself playing the game on {{w|Internet Scrabble Club}} and in face-to-face tournaments in the UK and around the world. In 2019, he and fellow Scrabbler [[Robert Violett|Bob Violett]] set a new record for the highest combined score in a tournament game: 1,213. [https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/sports/othersports/94617/geropiga_for_88_points_players_score_world_scrabble_record_in_malta_open#.XMYZhozTWhA]
+Webb notched up a run of 5 wins in the heats before losing his 6th game to eventual runner-up [[Robert Teuton]]. Webb qualified for the finals as No. 4 seed, dispatching No. 5-ranked [[Una Szewc]] before losing to [[octochamp]] and eventual series champion [[Chris Waddington]].
-Webb is also a keen crossworder and has been on many game shows including ''{{w|Raise the Roof (game show)|Raise the Roof}}'', and ''{{w|100% (game show)|100%}}'' thirty-one times.
+Webb returned to ''Countdown'' in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. He lost his only match against [[Series 6]] champion [[Darryl Francis]] by a score of {{score|86|68}}.
-He returned to ''Countdown'' in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. He lost his only match against the [[Series 6]] champion [[Darryl Francis]] by a score of {{score|86|68}}.
+Webb is also a [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster, and finished runner-up in the {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|National Scrabble Championship}} on 18 October 2009, beaten by ''[[Countdown]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Series 57]] champion [[Craig Beevers]]. He is known as "Dweebovision" on {{w|YouTube}} [https://youtube.com/c/zapateo99dweebovision] and regularly uploads videos of himself playing the game on {{w|Internet Scrabble Club}} and in face-to-face tournaments in the UK and around the world. In 2019, he and fellow Scrabbler [[Robert Violett|Bob Violett]] set a new record for the highest combined score in a tournament game: 1,213 points. [https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/sports/othersports/94617/geropiga_for_88_points_players_score_world_scrabble_record_in_malta_open#.XMYZhozTWhA]
 ==Episodes==

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 '''David Webb''' was a finalist in [[Series 22]] and a [[contestant]] in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].
-He is also a [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster, and finished runner up in the National Scrabble Championship on 21 October 2009, beaten by [[Countdown]]'s [[Series 57]] winner [[Craig Beevers]]. He is known as "Dweebovision" on YouTube and regularly uploads videos of himself playing the game on Internet Scrabble Club and in face-to-face tournaments in the UK and around the world. In 2019, he and fellow Scrabbler [[Bob Violett]] set a new record for the highest combined score in a tournament game: 1,213.[https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/sports/othersports/94617/geropiga_for_88_points_players_score_world_scrabble_record_in_malta_open#.XMYZhozTWhA] Webb is also a keen crossworder.
+He is also a [[Scrabble]] Grandmaster, and finished runner up in the National Scrabble Championship on 21 October 2009, beaten by [[Countdown]]'s [[Series 57]] winner [[Craig Beevers]]. He is known as "Dweebovision" on YouTube and regularly uploads videos of himself playing the game on Internet Scrabble Club and in face-to-face tournaments in the UK and around the world. In 2019, he and fellow Scrabbler [[Bob Violett]] set a new record for the highest combined score in a tournament game: 1,213.[https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/sports/othersports/94617/geropiga_for_88_points_players_score_world_scrabble_record_in_malta_open#.XMYZhozTWhA]
 He returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the [[30th Birthday Championship]]. He lost his only match against the [[Series 6]] champion [[Darryl Francis]] by a score of {{score|86|68}}.

← Older revision		Revision as of 17:59, 12 May 2020
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−	[[~~Image~~:David Webb.~~jpg~~\|right~~\|thumb~~\|David Webb]]	+	[[File:David Webb.png\|thumb\|200px\|right\|David Webb in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].]]
	'''David Webb''' was a finalist in [[Series 22]] and a [[contestant]] in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].		'''David Webb''' was a finalist in [[Series 22]] and a [[contestant]] in the [[30th Birthday Championship]].