Paul Gallen - Revision history

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The Doctor: not true after 30BC

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not true after 30BC

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The Doctor: octo template

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 [[Image:Paul Gallen2.jpg|thumb|right|Paul]]
 [[Image:Paul Gallen.jpg|thumb|right|Gallen]]
-'''Paul Gallen''' is the [[Series 52]] runner-up and the winner of [[Championship of Champions XII]]. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Countdown players of all time.
+'''Paul Gallen''' was an [[octochamp]] in and the runner-up of [[Series 52]] and the winner of [[Championship of Champions XII]]. He is the current editor of the [[Scrabble]] column for Saturday's editions of {{w|The Times}}. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Countdown players of all time.
 He first appeared aged 18 and scored 96 points in his first game, and went on to compile 846 points with a top score of 121 and two scores of 117 in his first eight games. He scored 'only' 92 against [[Rita Willmott]] but came back above [[century|100]] with 108 points against [[John Hunt (Series 52)|John Hunt]]. The final was a tense affair. Gallen beat #3 seed [[Mark Tournoff]] with {{word|FIACRES}} and {{word|MITOGENS}} in the first four rounds, but Gallen failed to score on the first numbers, so the score was {{score|30|25}} in Gallen's favour after 5 rounds. Both players equalled each other in every round from them on, until Tournoff tried {{word|INTERNETS {{x}}}} which was only listed with a capital letter. Gallen had {{word|MIRIAD {{x}}}} disallowed in the next round, and after both players scored on the numbers, it was a crucial conundrum. Gallen buzzed in on three seconds but gave no answer and the rest of the time was allowed to Tournoff. He then saw the right answer, as indicated by reducing himself to dejection. Tournoff duly spotted {{word|PARTRIDGE}} and won the game dramatically {{score|92|89}}.
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 In the final, both players played an impressive game with all maximums for both players all of the first 11 rounds, including the impressive {{word|STARFISH}} in Round 1. It was Gallen that took the lead in rounds 12 and 13 with {{word|TELECOM}} and {{word|DYSPNOEA}}. Again all Gallen had to do was score points on the final numbers game and he would avoid a crucial conundrum, but he got the numbers game wrong and let Tournoff in for a crucial conundrum. This time Gallen made no mistake, and took the conundrum {{word|PEPPERONI}} for himself and took the Championship of Champions title with him too, carding a then-record 14 maximums in the process (a record eventually beaten by [[Kirk Bevins]] in [[Series 60]]).
-Since his appearances on Countdown, Gallen studied Law at Belfast University and has become a keen competitor in the world of [[Scrabble]]. In 2012, he became the first person born outside the British Isles to win the National Scrabble Championship, and won the ABSP Masters in 2013, 2014 and 2019 and the British Elimination Scrabble Tournament in 2013 and 2017. He has been ranked number 1 in the world, holds Grandmaster status and replaced [[Allan Simmons]] as Saturday’s Scrabble columnist for The Times in 2017.
+Since his appearances on Countdown, Gallen studied Law at Belfast University and has become a keen competitor in the world of [[Scrabble]]. In 2012, he became the first person born outside the British Isles to win the National Scrabble Championship, and won the ABSP Masters in 2013, 2014 and 2019 and the British Elimination Scrabble Tournament in 2013 and 2017. He has been ranked number 1 in the world and holds Grandmaster status.
 {{series runner-up|preceded_by=Steve Graston|series=52|followed_by=John Brackstone}}

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 He was invited back to the [[Championship of Champions XII]] where he beat [[Series 50]] runner-up [[Eamonn Timmins]] by 45 points, including two nine-letter words. The quarter-final was against [[John Davies (Series 49)|John Davies]] who was unbeaten with 12 wins out of 12. The [[Series 49]] champion slipped up offering the invalid {{word|gratinees}} in the first round, whilst, Gallen had {{word|STINGAREE}}. The players scored equally in every round until Gallen could only find a five whilst Davies had {{word|CABBIE}}. This wasn't enough to force a crucial conundrum, and Gallen won {{score|118|96}}, in a game closer than the scoreline suggests. The semi-final was against [[Conor Travers]] who was also at the time unbeaten. As in the previous game, the players scored in every round apart from Travers who offered {{word|BOING}} for five when Gallen had a six. This meant another crucial conundrum {{word|PRESCHOOL}} which Gallen solved to beat another previously unbeaten player. In the final, to win the competition, Gallen would have to beat [[Mark Tournoff]] who was both an unbeaten champion and the only player ever to beat Gallen.
-In the final, both players played an impressive game with all maximums for both players all of the first 11 rounds, including the impressive {{word|STARFISH}} in round 1. It was Gallen that took the lead in rounds 12 and 13 with {{word|TELECOM}} and {{word|DYSPNOEA}}. Again all Gallen had to do was score points on the final numbers game and he would avoid a crucial conundrum, but he got the numbers game wrong and let Tournoff in for a crucial conundrum. This time Gallen made no mistake, and took the conundrum {{word|PEPPERONI}} for himself and took the Championship of Champions title with him too, carding a then-record 14 maximums in the process (a record eventually beaten by [[Kirk Bevins]] in [[Series 60]]).
+In the final, both players played an impressive game with all maximums for both players all of the first 11 rounds, including the impressive {{word|STARFISH}} in Round 1. It was Gallen that took the lead in rounds 12 and 13 with {{word|TELECOM}} and {{word|DYSPNOEA}}. Again all Gallen had to do was score points on the final numbers game and he would avoid a crucial conundrum, but he got the numbers game wrong and let Tournoff in for a crucial conundrum. This time Gallen made no mistake, and took the conundrum {{word|PEPPERONI}} for himself and took the Championship of Champions title with him too, carding a then-record 14 maximums in the process (a record eventually beaten by [[Kirk Bevins]] in [[Series 60]]).
 Since his appearances on Countdown, Gallen studied Law at Belfast University and has become a keen competitor in the world of [[Scrabble]]. In 2012, he became the first person born outside the British Isles to win the National Scrabble Championship, and won the ABSP Masters in 2013, 2014 and 2019 and the British Elimination Scrabble Tournament in 2013 and 2017. He has been ranked number 1 in the world, holds Grandmaster status and replaced [[Allan Simmons]] as Saturday’s Scrabble columnist for The Times in 2017.

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 He was invited back to the [[Championship of Champions XII]] where he beat [[Series 50]] runner-up [[Eamonn Timmins]] by 45 points, including two nine-letter words. The quarter-final was against [[John Davies (Series 49)|John Davies]] who was unbeaten with 12 wins out of 12. The [[Series 49]] champion slipped up offering the invalid {{word|gratinees}} in the first round, whilst, Gallen had {{word|STINGAREE}}. The players scored equally in every round until Gallen could only find a five whilst Davies had {{word|CABBIE}}. This wasn't enough to force a crucial conundrum, and Gallen won {{score|118|96}}, in a game closer than the scoreline suggests. The semi-final was against [[Conor Travers]] who was also at the time unbeaten. As in the previous game, the players scored in every round apart from Travers who offered {{word|BOING}} for five when Gallen had a six. This meant another crucial conundrum {{word|PRESCHOOL}} which Gallen solved to beat another previously unbeaten player. In the final, to win the competition, Gallen would have to beat [[Mark Tournoff]] who was both an unbeaten champion and the only player ever to beat Gallen.
-In the final, both players played an impressive game with all maximums for both players all of the first 11 rounds, including the impressive {{word|STARFISH}} in round 1. It was Gallen that took the lead in rounds 12 and 13 with {{word|TELECOM}} and {{word|DYSPNOEA}}. Again all Gallen had to do was score points on the final numbers game and he would avoid a crucial conundrum, but he got the numbers game wrong and let Tournoff in for a crucial conundrum. This time Gallen made no mistake, and took the conundrum {{word|PEPPERONI}} for himself and took the Championship of Champions title with him too, carding a then-record 14 maximums in the process (a record eventually beaten by [[Kirk Bevins]] in [[Series 60]]). Both players have 14 wins from 15 games, their only defeats being against each other.
+In the final, both players played an impressive game with all maximums for both players all of the first 11 rounds, including the impressive {{word|STARFISH}} in round 1. It was Gallen that took the lead in rounds 12 and 13 with {{word|TELECOM}} and {{word|DYSPNOEA}}. Again all Gallen had to do was score points on the final numbers game and he would avoid a crucial conundrum, but he got the numbers game wrong and let Tournoff in for a crucial conundrum. This time Gallen made no mistake, and took the conundrum {{word|PEPPERONI}} for himself and took the Championship of Champions title with him too, carding a then-record 14 maximums in the process (a record eventually beaten by [[Kirk Bevins]] in [[Series 60]]).
 Since his appearances on Countdown, Gallen studied Law at Belfast University and has become a keen competitor in the world of [[Scrabble]]. In 2012, he became the first person born outside the British Isles to win the National Scrabble Championship, and won the ABSP Masters in 2013, 2014 and 2019 and the British Elimination Scrabble Tournament in 2013 and 2017. He has been ranked number 1 in the world, holds Grandmaster status and replaced [[Allan Simmons]] as Saturday’s Scrabble columnist for The Times in 2017.
 {{series runner-up|preceded_by=Steve Graston|series=52|followed_by=John Brackstone}}
 {{Champion of Champions|preceded_by=Graham Nash|coc=XII|followed_by=Steve Briers}}

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 He was invited back to the [[Championship of Champions XII]] where he beat [[Series 50]] runner-up [[Eamonn Timmins]] by 45 points, including two nine-letter words. The quarter-final was against [[John Davies (Series 49)|John Davies]] who was unbeaten with 12 wins out of 12. The [[Series 49]] champion slipped up offering the invalid {{word|gratinees}} in the first round, whilst, Gallen had {{word|STINGAREE}}. The players scored equally in every round until Gallen could only find a five whilst Davies had {{word|CABBIE}}. This wasn't enough to force a crucial conundrum, and Gallen won {{score|118|96}}, in a game closer than the scoreline suggests. The semi-final was against [[Conor Travers]] who was also at the time unbeaten. As in the previous game, the players scored in every round apart from Travers who offered {{word|BOING}} for five when Gallen had a six. This meant another crucial conundrum {{word|PRESCHOOL}} which Gallen solved to beat another previously unbeaten player. In the final, to win the competition, Gallen would have to beat [[Mark Tournoff]] who was both an unbeaten champion and the only player ever to beat Gallen.
-In the final, both players played an impressive game with all maximums for both players all of the first 11 rounds, including the impressive {{word|STARFISH}} in round 1. It was Gallen that took the lead in rounds 12 and 13 with {{word|TELECOM}} and {{word|DYSPNOEA}}. Again all Gallen had to do was score points on the final numbers game and he would avoid a crucial conundrum, but he got the numbers game wrong and let Tournoff in for a crucial conundrum. This time Gallen made no mistake, and took the conundrum {{word|PEPPERONI}} for himself and took the Championship of Champions title with him too, carding a then-record 14 maximums in the process (a record finally beaten by [[Kirn Bevins]] in [[Series 60]]). Both players have 14 wins from 15 games, their only defeats being against each other.
+In the final, both players played an impressive game with all maximums for both players all of the first 11 rounds, including the impressive {{word|STARFISH}} in round 1. It was Gallen that took the lead in rounds 12 and 13 with {{word|TELECOM}} and {{word|DYSPNOEA}}. Again all Gallen had to do was score points on the final numbers game and he would avoid a crucial conundrum, but he got the numbers game wrong and let Tournoff in for a crucial conundrum. This time Gallen made no mistake, and took the conundrum {{word|PEPPERONI}} for himself and took the Championship of Champions title with him too, carding a then-record 14 maximums in the process (a record eventually beaten by [[Kirk Bevins]] in [[Series 60]]). Both players have 14 wins from 15 games, their only defeats being against each other.
 Since his appearances on Countdown, Gallen studied Law at Belfast University and has become a keen competitor in the world of [[Scrabble]]. In 2012, he became the first person born outside the British Isles to win the National Scrabble Championship, and won the ABSP Masters in 2013, 2014 and 2019 and the British Elimination Scrabble Tournament in 2013 and 2017. He has been ranked number 1 in the world, holds Grandmaster status and replaced [[Allan Simmons]] as Saturday’s Scrabble columnist for The Times in 2017.

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 He was invited back to the [[Championship of Champions XII]] where he beat [[Series 50]] runner-up [[Eamonn Timmins]] by 45 points, including two nine-letter words. The quarter-final was against [[John Davies (Series 49)|John Davies]] who was unbeaten with 12 wins out of 12. The [[Series 49]] champion slipped up offering the invalid {{word|gratinees}} in the first round, whilst, Gallen had {{word|STINGAREE}}. The players scored equally in every round until Gallen could only find a five whilst Davies had {{word|CABBIE}}. This wasn't enough to force a crucial conundrum, and Gallen won {{score|118|96}}, in a game closer than the scoreline suggests. The semi-final was against [[Conor Travers]] who was also at the time unbeaten. As in the previous game, the players scored in every round apart from Travers who offered {{word|BOING}} for five when Gallen had a six. This meant another crucial conundrum {{word|PRESCHOOL}} which Gallen solved to beat another previously unbeaten player. In the final, to win the competition, Gallen would have to beat [[Mark Tournoff]] who was both an unbeaten champion and the only player ever to beat Gallen.
-In the final, both players played an impressive game with all maximums for both players all of the first 11 rounds, including the impressive {{word|STARFISH}} in round 1. It was Gallen that took the lead in rounds 12 and 13 with {{word|TELECOM}} and {{word|DYSPNOEA}}. Again all Gallen had to do was score points on the final numbers game and he would avoid a crucial conundrum, but he duly got the numbers game wrong and let Tournoff in for a crucial conundrum. This time Gallen made no mistake, and took the conundrum {{word|PEPPERONI}} for himself and took the Championship of Champions title with him too. Both players have 14 wins from 15 games, their only defeats being against each other.
+In the final, both players played an impressive game with all maximums for both players all of the first 11 rounds, including the impressive {{word|STARFISH}} in round 1. It was Gallen that took the lead in rounds 12 and 13 with {{word|TELECOM}} and {{word|DYSPNOEA}}. Again all Gallen had to do was score points on the final numbers game and he would avoid a crucial conundrum, but he got the numbers game wrong and let Tournoff in for a crucial conundrum. This time Gallen made no mistake, and took the conundrum {{word|PEPPERONI}} for himself and took the Championship of Champions title with him too, carding a then-record 14 maximums in the process (a record finally beaten by [[Kirn Bevins]] in [[Series 60]]). Both players have 14 wins from 15 games, their only defeats being against each other.
 Since his appearances on Countdown, Gallen studied Law at Belfast University and has become a keen competitor in the world of [[Scrabble]]. In 2012, he became the first person born outside the British Isles to win the National Scrabble Championship, and won the ABSP Masters in 2013, 2014 and 2019 and the British Elimination Scrabble Tournament in 2013 and 2017. He has been ranked number 1 in the world, holds Grandmaster status and replaced [[Allan Simmons]] as Saturday’s Scrabble columnist for The Times in 2017.

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