Toby McDonald - Revision history

TobyMcDonald at 21:37, 29 July 2024

2024-07-29T21:37:02Z

TheWikiMan at 11:09, 21 September 2021

2021-09-21T11:09:32Z

Mclarenguy22 at 22:43, 22 February 2021

2021-02-22T22:43:19Z

Launchballer: rm ws

2020-12-17T21:44:45Z

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The Doctor: Undo revision 134291 by The Doctor (talk) - had a few complaints about the inclusion of this, apoloigies to Toby and Philip

2020-12-08T17:23:15Z

Undo revision 134291 by The Doctor (talk) - had a few complaints about the inclusion of this, apoloigies to Toby and Philip

The Doctor: I love Spoilage. So... it stays.

2020-12-08T16:52:37Z

I love Spoilage. So... it stays.

Ronan Higginson: Don't think this is entirely necessary in fairness, feel free to Re-add if one disagrees.

2020-12-08T16:51:30Z

Don't think this is entirely necessary in fairness, feel free to Re-add if one disagrees.

Mclarenguy22 at 18:06, 9 November 2020

2020-11-09T18:06:14Z

Mclarenguy22 at 23:41, 29 October 2020

2020-10-29T23:41:56Z

Mclarenguy22 at 19:32, 28 October 2020

2020-10-28T19:32:00Z

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-{{Octostats|Quarter-finalist|2|882|6}}[[File:Toby McDonald.png|thumb|200px|right|Toby McDonald in [[Series 78]].]]
+{{Octostats|Quarter-finalist|2|882|6}}
-[[File:Toby McDonald Audience.png|thumb|200px|right|Toby McDonald solving the conundrum in [[Episode 6909|his Mum's second appearance]].]]
+[[File:Toby McDonald.png|thumb|200px|right|Toby McDonald in Series 78.]]
-'''Toby McDonald''', also known as '''Tobe''', was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 78]]. From Chard in Somerset, he was a 6th form college student at the time of recording. He is also an [[Apterite]] and a member of [[c4countdown]].
+[[File:Toby McDonald Audience.png|thumb|200px|right|Toby McDonald solving the conundrum in [[Episode 6909|his mum's second appearance]].]]
-Making his debut on 26 April 2018, aged 17, McDonald prevailed over three-time winner and former professional golfer [[Jason Palmer]] in an extremely close encounter, snatching the game on a crucial [[conundrum]] with both players already over 100 points. McDonald sealed another seven victories, all of which were centuries – including a top score of 121 – and garnered a cumulative score of 882 points. Notably, he declared {{word|BOATIES}} on three occasions. His numbers rounds, particularly, were very strong; of the 320 points available from these in his run, he accumulated a raw score of 308, placing him – at the time – equal second with [[Stephen Read]] on highest cumulative score from 32 numbers rounds in an octochamp run, behind [[Dylan Taylor]]'s 311. He is the first ever octochamp born in the 21st century, having been born in January 2001.
+==On-screen==
-As a result of his success in the heats, McDonald was invited back for the Series 78 finals as the No.2 seed. In his very close quarter-final, however – despite solving all the numbers rounds – he finally suffered his first defeat against six-time winner and fellow Apterite [[Philip Aston]] after an unsolved and very difficult crucial [[conundrum]] eluded both players. Nonetheless, he scored an impressive 97 points to Aston's 104, ensuring a [[List of 15-round joint scores over 200|joint score over 200]] for this highly anticipated episode between two teenagers from the south-west of England.
+As a result of his success in the heats, McDonald was invited back for the [[Series 78]] finals as the number two seed. In his very close [[Episode 6848|quarter-final]], however – despite solving all the numbers rounds – he finally suffered his first defeat against six-time winner and fellow [[Apterous|Apterite]], [[Philip Aston]], after an unsolved and very difficult crucial conundrum eluded both players. Nonetheless, he scored an impressive 97 points to Aston's 104, ensuring a [[List of 15-round joint scores over 200|joint score over 200]] for this highly anticipated episode between two teenagers from the south-west of England.
-Although he was not invited for [[Championship of Champions XV]], McDonald has since made his [[Co-event]] debut at Bournemouth in 2018.
+He is the son of [[Laura McDonald]], who lost to seven-time winner and quarter-finalist, [[Christine Armstrong]], in [[Series 54]] and to octochamp, [[Dave Ashton]], in [[Series 79]]. On her second appearance on [[Episode 6909|13 September 2018]], Toby was the audience member who solved the conundrum {{word|LOADEDCON}}.
-He is the son of [[Laura McDonald]], who lost to seven-time winner and finalist [[Christine Armstrong]] in [[Series 54]] and to octochamp [[Dave Ashton]] in [[Series 79]]. On her second appearance on [[Episode 6909|13 September 2018]], Toby was the audience member who solved the conundrum {{word|LOADEDCON}}.
+==Off-screen==
-Away from Countdown, McDonald is a keen Nintendo video gamer and has a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming and Countdown. He also has an A* in GCSE German.
+Away from ''[[Countdown]]'', McDonald is a keen {{w|Nintendo}} video gamer and has a {{w|YouTube}} channel dedicated to gaming and ''Countdown''. He also has an A* in GCSE German.
 ==Episodes==
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 {{ep | 6814 | 26/04/2018 | P |[[Jason Palmer]]| 104 - 115 |Toby McDonald|[[Chris Packham]]|[[Susie Dent]]|135}}
 {{ep | 6815 | 30/04/2018 | P |Toby McDonald| 108 - 68 |[[Maxim Hall]]|Chris Packham|Susie Dent|123}}
-{{ep | 6816 | 1/05/2018 | P |Toby McDonald| 121 - 32 |[[Colin Beckwith]]|Chris Packham|Susie Dent|126}}
+{{ep | 6816 | 01/05/2018 | P |Toby McDonald| 121 - 32 |[[Colin Beckwith]]|Chris Packham|Susie Dent|126}}
-{{ep | 6817 | 2/05/2018 | P |Toby McDonald| 110 - 38 |[[Terry Monaghan]]|[[Dr Phil Hammond]]|Susie Dent|134}}
+{{ep | 6817 | 02/05/2018 | P |Toby McDonald| 110 - 38 |[[Terry Monaghan]]|[[Dr Phil Hammond]]|Susie Dent|134}}
-{{ep | 6818 | 3/05/2018 | P |Toby McDonald| 111 - 10 |[[Alyssa Critchley]]|Dr Phil Hammond|Susie Dent|125}}
+{{ep | 6818 | 03/05/2018 | P |Toby McDonald| 111 - 10 |[[Alyssa Critchley]]|Dr Phil Hammond|Susie Dent|125}}
-{{ep | 6819 | 4/05/2018 | P |Toby McDonald| 109 - 53 |[[Nilesh Pandya]]|Dr Phil Hammond|Susie Dent|124}}
+{{ep | 6819 | 04/05/2018 | P |Toby McDonald| 109 - 53 |[[Nilesh Pandya]]|Dr Phil Hammond|Susie Dent|124}}
-{{ep | 6820 | 7/05/2018 | P |Toby McDonald| 104 - 71 |[[Simon Cluskey]]|Dr Phil Hammond|Susie Dent|146}}
+{{ep | 6820 | 07/05/2018 | P |Toby McDonald| 104 - 71 |[[Simon Cluskey]]|Dr Phil Hammond|Susie Dent|146}}
-{{ep | 6821 | 8/05/2018 | P |Toby McDonald| 104 - 46 |[[Lee Padovani]]|Dr Phil Hammond|Susie Dent|128}}
+{{ep | 6821 | 08/05/2018 | P |Toby McDonald| 104 - 46 |[[Lee Padovani]]|Dr Phil Hammond|Susie Dent|128}}
 {{ep | 6848 | 15/06/2018 | QF |Toby McDonald| 97 - 104 |[[Philip Aston]]|[[Helen Fospero]]|Susie Dent|123}}
 {{episode table end}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:McDonald, Toby}}
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 {{Octostats|Quarter-finalist|2|882|6}}[[File:Toby McDonald.png|thumb|200px|right|Toby McDonald in [[Series 78]].]]
 [[File:Toby McDonald Audience.png|thumb|200px|right|Toby McDonald solving the conundrum in [[Episode 6909|his Mum's second appearance]].]]
-'''Toby McDonald''', also known as '''Tobe''', was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 78]]. He was a 6th form college student from Chard in Somerset at the time of filming, and is now a Maths & Stats student at the University of Plymouth. He is also an [[Apterite]] and a member of [[c4countdown]].
+'''Toby McDonald''', also known as '''Tobe''', was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 78]]. From Chard in Somerset, he was a 6th form college student at the time of recording. He is also an [[Apterite]] and a member of [[c4countdown]].
 Making his debut on 26 April 2018, aged 17, McDonald prevailed over three-time winner and former professional golfer [[Jason Palmer]] in an extremely close encounter, snatching the game on a crucial [[conundrum]] with both players already over 100 points. McDonald sealed another seven victories, all of which were centuries – including a top score of 121 – and garnered a cumulative score of 882 points. Notably, he declared {{word|BOATIES}} on three occasions. His numbers rounds, particularly, were very strong; of the 320 points available from these in his run, he accumulated a raw score of 308, placing him – at the time – equal second with [[Stephen Read]] on highest cumulative score from 32 numbers rounds in an octochamp run, behind [[Dylan Taylor]]'s 311. He is the first ever octochamp born in the 21st century, having been born in January 2001.

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	Away from Countdown, McDonald is a keen Nintendo video gamer and has a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming and Countdown. He also has an A* in GCSE German.		Away from Countdown, McDonald is a keen Nintendo video gamer and has a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming and Countdown. He also has an A* in GCSE German.
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	==Episodes==		==Episodes==

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	He is the son of [[Laura McDonald]], who lost to seven-time winner and finalist [[Christine Armstrong]] in [[Series 54]] and to octochamp [[Dave Ashton]] in [[Series 79]]. On her second appearance on [[Episode 6909\|13 September 2018]], Toby was the audience member who solved the conundrum {{word\|LOADEDCON}}.		He is the son of [[Laura McDonald]], who lost to seven-time winner and finalist [[Christine Armstrong]] in [[Series 54]] and to octochamp [[Dave Ashton]] in [[Series 79]]. On her second appearance on [[Episode 6909\|13 September 2018]], Toby was the audience member who solved the conundrum {{word\|LOADEDCON}}.
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−	On [[Apterous]], he and Philip Aston accumulated the highest combined raw score in a game of [[Spoilage]] Letters Attack with 984 points, breaking a record that stood for more than 9 years. [https://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=2648871]

	Away from Countdown, McDonald is a keen Nintendo video gamer and has a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming and Countdown. He also has an A* in GCSE German.		Away from Countdown, McDonald is a keen Nintendo video gamer and has a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming and Countdown. He also has an A* in GCSE German.

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	He is the son of [[Laura McDonald]], who lost to seven-time winner and finalist [[Christine Armstrong]] in [[Series 54]] and to octochamp [[Dave Ashton]] in [[Series 79]]. On her second appearance on [[Episode 6909\|13 September 2018]], Toby was the audience member who solved the conundrum {{word\|LOADEDCON}}.		He is the son of [[Laura McDonald]], who lost to seven-time winner and finalist [[Christine Armstrong]] in [[Series 54]] and to octochamp [[Dave Ashton]] in [[Series 79]]. On her second appearance on [[Episode 6909\|13 September 2018]], Toby was the audience member who solved the conundrum {{word\|LOADEDCON}}.
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		+	On [[Apterous]], he and Philip Aston accumulated the highest combined raw score in a game of [[Spoilage]] Letters Attack with 984 points, breaking a record that stood for more than 9 years. [https://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=2648871]

	Away from Countdown, McDonald is a keen Nintendo video gamer and has a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming and Countdown. He also has an A* in GCSE German.		Away from Countdown, McDonald is a keen Nintendo video gamer and has a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming and Countdown. He also has an A* in GCSE German.

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	He is the son of [[Laura McDonald]], who lost to seven-time winner and finalist [[Christine Armstrong]] in [[Series 54]] and to octochamp [[Dave Ashton]] in [[Series 79]]. On her second appearance on [[Episode 6909\|13 September 2018]], Toby was the audience member who solved the conundrum {{word\|LOADEDCON}}.		He is the son of [[Laura McDonald]], who lost to seven-time winner and finalist [[Christine Armstrong]] in [[Series 54]] and to octochamp [[Dave Ashton]] in [[Series 79]]. On her second appearance on [[Episode 6909\|13 September 2018]], Toby was the audience member who solved the conundrum {{word\|LOADEDCON}}.
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−	On [[Apterous]], he and Philip Aston accumulated the highest combined raw score in a game of Spoilage Letters Attack with 984 points, breaking a record that stood for more than 9 years. [https://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=2648871]

	Away from Countdown, McDonald is a keen Nintendo video gamer and has a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming and Countdown. He also has an A* in GCSE German.		Away from Countdown, McDonald is a keen Nintendo video gamer and has a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming and Countdown. He also has an A* in GCSE German.

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 He is the son of [[Laura McDonald]], who lost to seven-time winner and finalist [[Christine Armstrong]] in [[Series 54]] and to octochamp [[Dave Ashton]] in [[Series 79]]. On her second appearance on [[Episode 6909|13 September 2018]], Toby was the audience member who solved the conundrum {{word|LOADEDCON}}.
-On [[Apterous]], he and Philip Aston accumulated the highest combined raw score in a game of Spoilage Letters Attack with 984 points, a record that stood for more than 9 years. [https://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=2648871]
+On [[Apterous]], he and Philip Aston accumulated the highest combined raw score in a game of Spoilage Letters Attack with 984 points, breaking a record that stood for more than 9 years. [https://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=2648871]
 Away from Countdown, McDonald is a keen Nintendo video gamer and has a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming and Countdown. He also has an A* in GCSE German.

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	He is the son of [[Laura McDonald]], who lost to seven-time winner and finalist [[Christine Armstrong]] in [[Series 54]] and to octochamp [[Dave Ashton]] in [[Series 79]]. On her second appearance on [[Episode 6909\|13 September 2018]], Toby was the audience member who solved the conundrum {{word\|LOADEDCON}}.		He is the son of [[Laura McDonald]], who lost to seven-time winner and finalist [[Christine Armstrong]] in [[Series 54]] and to octochamp [[Dave Ashton]] in [[Series 79]]. On her second appearance on [[Episode 6909\|13 September 2018]], Toby was the audience member who solved the conundrum {{word\|LOADEDCON}}.
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		+	On [[Apterous]], he and Philip Aston accumulated the highest combined raw score in a game of Spoilage Letters Attack with 984 points, a record that stood for more than 9 years. [https://www.apterous.org/viewgame.php?game=2648871]

	Away from Countdown, McDonald is a keen Nintendo video gamer and has a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming and Countdown. He also has an A* in GCSE German.		Away from Countdown, McDonald is a keen Nintendo video gamer and has a YouTube channel dedicated to gaming and Countdown. He also has an A* in GCSE German.