Noel McIlvenny - Revision history

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-[[File:Noel McIlvenny.png|thumb|200px|right|Noel McIlvenny in [[Series 77]].]]
+[[File:Noel McIlvenny.png|thumb|200px|right|Noel McIlvenny in [[Series 77]]...]]
 '''Noel McIlvenny''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 77]], the fourth to be crowned in that series in fewer than two months, and a participant in [[Championship of Champions XV]]. He is a Maths teacher from Belfast. He is also an [[Apterite]].

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 {{octostats|Semi-finalist|4|793|4}}
 [[File:Noel McIlvenny.png|thumb|200px|right|Noel McIlvenny in [[Series 77]].]]
-'''Noel McIlvenny''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 77]], the fourth to be crowned in that series in fewer than two months. He is a Maths teacher from Belfast. He is also an [[Apterite]].
+'''Noel McIlvenny''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 77]], the fourth to be crowned in that series in fewer than two months, and a participant in [[Championship of Champions XV]]. He is a Maths teacher from Belfast. He is also an [[Apterite]].
 ==Appearances on the programme==

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 '''Noel McIlvenny''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 77]], the fourth to be crowned in that series in fewer than two months. He is a Maths teacher from Belfast. He is also an [[Apterite]].
-He debuted on 15th August 2017, outrunning [[Sarah Capperauld]] {{score|83|30}}. He achieved a further seven clear victories with an octototal of 793 points and a high score of 120, showing exceptional skill on the [[numbers round]]s, where, when solving his preferred four-large selections, he frequently ascended into intermediate totals in the thousands or tens of thousands before dividing down again. During his heat run he thrashed previous [[Series 26]] semi-finalist [[Chris Feetenby]], winning {{score|96|21}}.
+==Appearances on the programme==
 He eventually returned for the Series 77 finals in December as the #4 Seed. There, he faced by coincidence, another Apterite, Irishman and teacher, [[Eoin Jackson]] who was the #5 Seed. The quarter-final game he played was a very close one, with both of them managing to spot two niners, {{word|LOCALISES}} and {{word|MONRADITE}} in the process. However, it was him who just won by two points with a score of {{score|111|109}} after the crucial conundrum, {{word|SUSIFENNT}} was left unsolved. McIlvenny then appeared in the immediately following game, his semi-final against #1 prospect [[Tom Chafer-Cook]], and while he made a strong score of 83 here, it proved to simply not be enough against Chafer-Cook as the latter achieved the highest score of the series and ultimately came in just one point short of a max game. However, he showed off his numbers skill again on the final numbers round before bowing out in his first defeat.
 McIlvenny returned to Countdown in 2019 for the [[Championship of Champions XV]], where he played fellow Apterite [[Philip Aston]] in the last first round match of the tournament. He was eliminated by a score of {{score|103|89}}, mainly due to Aston pulling away early on with his findings of {{word|TOLUENE}} and {{word|ROTAMER}}. Nonetheless, he maxed all the numbers rounds, including his use of the '937.5 trick' in the final numbers round. Aston praised McIlvenny as "the best 4-large player ever."

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 He eventually returned for the Series 77 finals in December as the #4 Seed. There, he faced by coincidence, another Apterite, Irishman and teacher, [[Eoin Jackson]] who was the #5 Seed. The quarter-final game he played was a very close one, with both of them managing to spot two niners, {{word|LOCALISES}} and {{word|MONRADITE}} in the process. However, it was him who just won by two points with a score of {{score|111|109}} after the crucial conundrum, {{word|SUSIFENNT}} was left unsolved. McIlvenny then appeared in the immediately following game, his semi-final against #1 prospect [[Tom Chafer-Cook]], and while he made a strong score of 83 here, it proved to simply not be enough against Chafer-Cook as the latter achieved the highest score of the series and ultimately came in just one point short of a max game. However, he showed off his numbers skill again on the final numbers round before bowing out in his first defeat.
-McIlvenny returned to Countdown in 2019 for the [[Championship of Champions XV]], where he played fellow Apterite [[Philip Aston]] in the last first round match of the tournament. He was eliminated by a score of 103 - 89, mainly due to Aston pulling away early on with his findings of {{word|TOLUENE}} and {{word|ROTAMER}}. Nonetheless, he maxed all the numbers rounds, including his use of the '937.5 trick' in the final numbers round. Aston praised McIlvenny as "the best 4-large player ever."
+McIlvenny returned to Countdown in 2019 for the [[Championship of Champions XV]], where he played fellow Apterite [[Philip Aston]] in the last first round match of the tournament. He was eliminated by a score of {{score|103|89}}, mainly due to Aston pulling away early on with his findings of {{word|TOLUENE}} and {{word|ROTAMER}}. Nonetheless, he maxed all the numbers rounds, including his use of the '937.5 trick' in the final numbers round. Aston praised McIlvenny as "the best 4-large player ever."
 ==Episodes==

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	[[File:Noel McIlvenny.png\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Noel McIlvenny in [[Series 77]].]]		[[File:Noel McIlvenny.png\|thumb\|200px\|right\|Noel McIlvenny in [[Series 77]].]]
	'''Noel McIlvenny''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 77]], the fourth to be crowned in that series in fewer than two months. He is a Maths teacher from Belfast. He is also an [[Apterite]].		'''Noel McIlvenny''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 77]], the fourth to be crowned in that series in fewer than two months. He is a Maths teacher from Belfast. He is also an [[Apterite]].

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 He eventually returned for the Series 77 finals in December as the #4 Seed. There, he faced by coincidence, another Apterite, Irishman and teacher, [[Eoin Jackson]] who was the #5 Seed. The quarter-final game he played was a very close one, with both of them managing to spot two niners, {{word|LOCALISES}} and {{word|MONRADITE}} in the process. However, it was him who just won by two points with a score of {{score|111|109}} after the crucial conundrum, {{word|SUSIFENNT}} was left unsolved. McIlvenny then appeared in the immediately following game, his semi-final against #1 prospect [[Tom Chafer-Cook]], and while he made a strong score of 83 here, it proved to simply not be enough against Chafer-Cook as the latter achieved the highest score of the series and ultimately came in just one point short of a max game. However, he showed off his numbers skill again on the final numbers round before bowing out in his first defeat.
-McIlvenny returned to Countdown in 2019 for the [[Championship of Champions XV]], where played fellow Apterite [[Philip Aston]] in the last first round match of the tournament. He was eliminated by a score of 103 - 89, mainly due to Aston pulling away early on with his findings of {{word|TOLUENE}} and {{word|ROTAMER}}. Nonetheless, he maxed all the numbers rounds, including his use of the '937.5 trick' in the final numbers round. Aston praised McIlvenny as "the best 4-larger ever."
+McIlvenny returned to Countdown in 2019 for the [[Championship of Champions XV]], where played fellow Apterite [[Philip Aston]] in the last first round match of the tournament. He was eliminated by a score of 103 - 89, mainly due to Aston pulling away early on with his findings of {{word|TOLUENE}} and {{word|ROTAMER}}. Nonetheless, he maxed all the numbers rounds, including his use of the '937.5 trick' in the final numbers round. Aston praised McIlvenny as "the best 4-large player ever."
 ==Episodes==