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'''John Cowen''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 77]] and a participant in [[Championship of Champions XV]].
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[[File:John Cowen.png|thumb|200px|right|John Cowen in [[Series 77]].]]
 
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'''John Cowen''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 77]] and a participant in [[Championship of Champions XV]]. He is a maths graduate from Morecambe. He joined [[Apterous]] after recording his finals appearances. He also knows some Russian.
 
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==Appearances on the programme==
 
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===Heat games===
 
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Cowen debuted on 19 July 2017 in impressive fashion, scoring the third highest total of the whole series on his debut as well as spotting the 9-letter word {{word|SPREADING}}. He missed out on joining the 800 club by 1 point, but nonetheless achieved four centuries and performed well in the numbers rounds in which he chose 6 small in every pick.
 
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===Finals===
 
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As a result of his preliminary success, Cowen returned for the Series 77 finals in December as #3 seed. In his quarter-final match, he thrashed fellow unbeaten player [[Michael Pfeffer]], picking out the nine {{word|ANTINODES}} to prevail {{score|105|49}}. In the semi-finals, he faced [[Bradley Horrocks]], another player who picked 6 small most of the time (although he instead opted for 3 large there). However, his run came to an end after he had an incorrect solution to his final 6 small selection, meaning a crucial conundrum was avoided and gave the former the win by then.
 
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===Championship of Champions XV===
 
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Cowen returned to Countdown in January 2019 for the [[Championship of Champions XV]] where he played against [[Series 74]] runner-up [[Ann Dibben]] in the second preliminary round of the tournament. He broke away and took the lead after perfectly solving his first 6 small selection. However, Dibben fought back to the point it was enough to force a crucial conundrum. Ultimately, he prevailed by unscrambling {{word|SHYBIRDIE}} in a second. He took on [[Bradley Horrocks]] in the Quarter-finals. The pair played a close run game and eventually Horrocks secured a second victory over Cowen with 99 points to Cowen's 96 points after both players gave incorrect answers to the crucial conundrum.
 
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==Co-events==
 
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Cowen made his [[Co-event]] debut in Leeds in 2018 where he reunited with Horrocks.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 11:49, 13 October 2024

John Cowen was an octochamp in Series 77 and a participant in Championship of Champions XV.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
6626 19/07/2017 P Shabir Alidina 53 – 128 John Cowen Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Chris Packham Susie Dent 136
6627 20/07/2017 P John Cowen 106 – 24 Tom Blessington Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Chris Packham Susie Dent 129
6628 21/07/2017 P John Cowen 79 – 38 Raf Seneviratne Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Chris Packham Susie Dent 136
6629 24/07/2017 P John Cowen 97 – 74 Andrew Alden Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Chris Packham Susie Dent 125
6630 25/07/2017 P John Cowen 103 – 77 David Marsh Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jenny Eclair Susie Dent 141
6631 26/07/2017 P John Cowen 104 – 35 Pete Hall Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jenny Eclair Susie Dent 121
6632 27/07/2017 P John Cowen 88 – 64 Sue Wishart Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jenny Eclair Susie Dent 133
6633 28/07/2017 P John Cowen 94 – 46 Vivek Mathews Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jenny Eclair Susie Dent 121
6732 18/12/2017 QF John Cowen 105 – 49 Michael Pfeffer Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Rufus Hound Susie Dent 123
6735 21/12/2017 SF Bradley Horrocks 95 – 83 John Cowen Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Rufus Hound Susie Dent 134
6981 3/01/2019 CP Ann Dibben 94 – 97 John Cowen Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Kate Humble Susie Dent 129
6989 15/01/2019 CQF John Cowen 96 – 99 Bradley Horrocks Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Dr Linda Papadopoulos Susie Dent 136
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