Gareth Williams - Revision history

Mclarenguy22 at 17:58, 20 July 2025

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The Doctor: inconsistency in octotal

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inconsistency in octotal

JAWorsley at 03:14, 27 September 2020

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Mclarenguy22 at 17:03, 31 May 2020

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The Doctor: octo template

2020-05-28T21:23:49Z

octo template

JAWorsley at 18:45, 16 April 2020

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Mclarenguy22 at 09:56, 18 September 2017

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JRTerrier24: Undo revision 91812 by JRTerrier24 (talk) Same Glen Webb

2013-06-05T20:18:35Z

Undo revision 91812 by JRTerrier24 (talk) Same Glen Webb

JRTerrier24 at 19:22, 5 June 2013

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JRTerrier24 at 18:33, 2 October 2011

2011-10-02T18:33:13Z

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 {{octostats|'''Champion'''|1|436|3}}
 [[Image:Gareth Williams.jpg|right|thumb|frame|Gareth Williams in Series 23.]]
-'''Gareth Williams''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[series champion|champion]] of [[Series 23]], and is one of the show's strongest contestants to hail from Wales.
+'''Gareth Williams''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[series champion|champion]] of [[Series 23]], and a participant in the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]]. He is one of the show's strongest contestants to hail from Wales.
-A lecturer at Pontypridd college, he first appeared on [[Countdown]] in March 1992, when he beat [[Rodney Crawshaw]] {{score|57|34}} in his first game. Williams had just enough time left in the series to complete his [[octochamp]] run, amassing an aggregate score of 429 points to become #1 seed. He was also retrospectively awarded a further seven points for an incorrectly disallowed word, making his final octotal 436. The very next day after completing his octochamp run, Williams returned for the series finals, beating [[Glen Webb]] and [[Alan Harston]] on his way to the final against [[Phil Jordan]]. It was a tight game, with Williams leading {{score|68|59}} going into the [[crucial conundrum]]. However, neither contestant was able to unscramble {{word|PEPSICOLA}} in the thirty seconds, meaning Williams became the 23rd series champion.
+A lecturer at Pontypridd college, he first appeared on [[Countdown]] in March 1992, when he beat [[Rodney Crawshaw]] {{score|57|34}} in his first game. Williams had just enough time left in the series to complete his [[octochamp]] run, amassing an aggregate score of 429 points to become No. 1 seed. He was also retrospectively awarded a further seven points for an incorrectly disallowed word, making his final octotal 436. The very next day after completing his octochamp run, Williams returned for the series finals, beating [[Glen Webb]] and [[Alan Harston]] on his way to the final against [[Phil Jordan]]. It was a tight game, with Williams leading {{score|68|59}} going into the [[crucial conundrum]]. However, neither contestant was able to unscramble {{word|PEPSICOLA}} in the thirty seconds, meaning Williams became the 23rd series champion.
 Williams did not return for [[Championship of Champions VI]], but did return in 1994 for a [[episode 1523|special match]] against [[Allan Saldanha]] to celebrate Countdown's 1500th episode. In the game, Williams suffered his first-ever defeat, losing to Saldanha {{score|99|62}}.

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 '''Gareth Williams''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[series champion|champion]] of [[Series 23]], and is one of the show's strongest contestants to hail from Wales.
-A lecturer at Pontypridd college, he first appeared on [[Countdown]] in March 1992, when he beat [[Rodney Crawshaw]] {{score|57|34}} in his first game. Williams had just enough time left in the series to complete his [[octochamp]] run, amassing an aggregate score of 439 points to become #1 seed. The very next day after completing his octochamp run, Williams returned for the series finals, beating [[Glen Webb]] and [[Alan Harston]] on his way to the final against [[Phil Jordan]]. It was a tight game, with Williams leading {{score|68|59}} going into the [[crucial conundrum]]. However, neither contestant was able to unscramble {{word|PEPSICOLA}} in the thirty seconds, meaning Williams became the 23rd series champion.
+A lecturer at Pontypridd college, he first appeared on [[Countdown]] in March 1992, when he beat [[Rodney Crawshaw]] {{score|57|34}} in his first game. Williams had just enough time left in the series to complete his [[octochamp]] run, amassing an aggregate score of 429 points to become #1 seed. He was also retrospectively awarded a further seven points for an incorrectly disallowed word, making his final octotal 436. The very next day after completing his octochamp run, Williams returned for the series finals, beating [[Glen Webb]] and [[Alan Harston]] on his way to the final against [[Phil Jordan]]. It was a tight game, with Williams leading {{score|68|59}} going into the [[crucial conundrum]]. However, neither contestant was able to unscramble {{word|PEPSICOLA}} in the thirty seconds, meaning Williams became the 23rd series champion.
 Williams did not return for [[Championship of Champions VI]], but did return in 1994 for a [[episode 1523|special match]] against [[Allan Saldanha]] to celebrate Countdown's 1500th episode. In the game, Williams suffered his first-ever defeat, losing to Saldanha {{score|99|62}}.

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 {{ep | 1249 | 10/03/1992 | P |Gareth Williams| 54 – 42 |[[Arthur Evans]]|Norman Painting|Judy Pearsall|71}}
 {{ep | 1250 | 11/03/1992 | P |Gareth Williams| 49 – 43 |[[Angela Burke]]|Norman Painting|Judy Pearsall|71}}
-{{ep | 1251 | 12/03/1992 | P |Gareth Williams| 42 – 29 |[[Ron Schofield]]|[[Nigel Rees]]|Judy Pearsall|72}}
+{{ep | 1251 | 12/03/1992 | P |Gareth Williams| 42 – 29 |[[Ron Schofield]]|[[Nigel Rees]]|Judy Pearsall|71}}
 {{ep | 1252 | 13/03/1992 | P |Gareth Williams| 57 – 15 |[[Eric Williams]]|Nigel Rees|Judy Pearsall|68}}
-{{ep | 1253 | 16/03/1992 | P |Gareth Williams| 55 – 46 |[[Ole Pedersen]]|Nigel Rees|Judy Pearsall|82}}
+{{ep | 1253 | 16/03/1992 | P |Gareth Williams| 55 – 46 |[[Ole Pedersen]]|Nigel Rees|Judy Pearsall|81}}
 {{ep | 1254 | 17/03/1992 | P |Gareth Williams| 59 – 29 |[[Graeme Thomas]]|Nigel Rees|Judy Pearsall|82}}
 {{ep | 1255 | 18/03/1992 | P |Gareth Williams| 56 – 51 |[[Thomas Carolan]]|Nigel Rees|Judy Pearsall|75}}

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-{{octostats|'''Winner'''|1|436|3}}
+{{octostats|'''Champion'''|1|436|3}}
 [[Image:Gareth Williams.jpg|right|thumb|frame|Gareth Williams in Series 23.]]
 '''Gareth Williams''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[series champion|champion]] of [[Series 23]], and is one of the show's strongest contestants to hail from Wales.

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	[[Image:Gareth Williams.jpg\|right\|thumb\|frame\|Gareth Williams in Series 23.]]		[[Image:Gareth Williams.jpg\|right\|thumb\|frame\|Gareth Williams in Series 23.]]
	'''Gareth Williams''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[series champion\|champion]] of [[Series 23]], and is one of the show's strongest contestants to hail from Wales.		'''Gareth Williams''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[series champion\|champion]] of [[Series 23]], and is one of the show's strongest contestants to hail from Wales.

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 {{ep | 1255 | 18/03/1992 | P |Gareth Williams| 56 – 51 |[[Thomas Carolan]]|Nigel Rees|Judy Pearsall|75}}
 {{ep | 1256 | 19/03/1992 | QF |Gareth Williams| 69 – 36 |[[Glen Webb]]|[[Jan Harvey]]|[[Catherine Clarke]]|74}}
-{{ep | 1260 | 25/03/1992 | SF |[[Alan Harston]]| 35 – 66 |Gareth Williams|Jan Harvey|Catherine Clarke|73}}
+{{ep | 1260 | 25/03/1992 | SF |[[Alan Harston]]| 35 – 66 |Gareth Williams|Jan Harvey|Catherine Clarke|72}}
 {{ep | 1262 | 27/03/1992 | GF |[[Phil Jordan]]| 59 – 68 |Gareth Williams|Jan Harvey, [[Nicholas Day]]|Catherine Clarke|126}}
 {{ep | 1523 | 4/07/1994 | S |Gareth Williams| 62 – 99 |[[Allan Saldanha]]|[[Denis Norden]]|[[Mark Nyman]]|129}}

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-[[Image:Gareth Williams.jpg|right|thumb|frame|Gareth Williams]]
+[[Image:Gareth Williams.jpg|right|thumb|frame|Gareth Williams in Series 23.]]
-'''Gareth Williams''' was the [[Series 23]] champion.
+'''Gareth Williams''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the [[series champion|champion]] of [[Series 23]], and is one of the show's strongest contestants to hail from Wales.
 A lecturer at Pontypridd college, he first appeared on [[Countdown]] in March 1992, when he beat [[Rodney Crawshaw]] {{score|57|34}} in his first game. Williams had just enough time left in the series to complete his [[octochamp]] run, amassing an aggregate score of 439 points to become #1 seed. The very next day after completing his octochamp run, Williams returned for the series finals, beating [[Glen Webb]] and [[Alan Harston]] on his way to the final against [[Phil Jordan]]. It was a tight game, with Williams leading {{score|68|59}} going into the [[crucial conundrum]]. However, neither contestant was able to unscramble {{word|PEPSICOLA}} in the thirty seconds, meaning Williams became the 23rd series champion.
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 Two years later, Williams returned to Countdown one last time for the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]], beating [[Wayne Kelly]] in the first round before losing to [[Tony Vick]] in the group semi-finals. Here he delivered a decent performance but was held to a crucial conundrum, and it was Vick who turned {{word|VILESTILE}} into {{word|LIVELIEST}} to beat Williams {{score|41|51}}.
-Away from Countdown, Williams is the only Countdown [[Series]] winner to have represented Wales at the World [[Scrabble]] Championship, although various other series winners have represented England and Scotland.
+Away from Countdown, Williams is currently the only Countdown [[Series]] winner to have represented Wales at the World [[Scrabble]] Championship, although various other series winners have represented England and Scotland.
 [[Image:Gareth Williams2.jpg|right|thumb|Gareth Williams a few years on.]]

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 [[Image:Gareth Williams.jpg|right|thumb|frame|Gareth Williams]]
-'''Gareth Williams''', a lecturer at Pontypridd college, first appeared on [[Countdown]] in [[Series 23]], beating [[Rodney Crawshaw]] {{score|57|34}} in his first game on 9 March 1992. Williams had just enough time left in the series to complete his [[octochamp]] run, amassing an aggregate score of 439 points to become #1 seed. The very next day after completing his octochamp run, Williams returned for the series finals, beating [[Glen Webb]] and [[Alan Harston]] on his way to the final against [[Phil Jordan]]. It was a tight game, with Williams leading {{score|68|59}} going into the [[crucial conundrum]]. However, neither contestant was able to unscramble {{word|PEPSICOLA}} in the thirty seconds, meaning Williams became the 23rd series champion.
+'''Gareth Williams''' was the [[Series 23]] champion.
 Williams did not return for [[Championship of Champions VI]], but did return in 1994 for a [[episode 1523|special match]] against [[Allan Saldanha]] to celebrate Countdown's 1500th episode. In the game, Williams suffered his first-ever defeat, losing to Saldanha {{score|99|62}}.
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 Away from Countdown, Williams is the only Countdown [[Series]] winner to have represented Wales at the World [[Scrabble]] Championship, although various other series winners have represented England and Scotland.
-[[Image:Gareth Williams2.jpg|right|thumb| Gareth Williams a few years on]]
+[[Image:Gareth Williams2.jpg|right|thumb|Gareth Williams a few years on.]]
 {{series winner|preceded_by=Chris Waddington|series=23|followed_by=Wayne Summers}}
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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Gareth}}
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