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− | '''Tom Hargreaves''' was an [[octochamp]] and runner up in [[Series 47]]. | + | '''Tom Hargreaves''' was an [[octochamp]] and runner up in [[Series 47]]. At 16 years old, he was one of the youngest Octochamps in the game's history, and the first one under the [[15 round format]]. He ran off the first eight heat games of the series with a then record score of 850 — 106.25 points per game. It included a crucial conundrum 103 – 92 against [[Elfie Winterton]]. Unfortunately Elfie needed to write the conundrums down before she could solve them, and Tom got it in just a few seconds, before she had written it down. In the quarter-final he faced [[Mike Pullin]] who held him to a crucial conundrum, mainly thanks to the word {{word|HUNKIEST}}, but it was Tom that solved {{word|SIDSDIMES}} first. In the semi-final he faced [[Kevin Thurlow]] and Tom beat Kevin as Tom scored maximums in every round but two, although he couldn't solve the conundrum {{word|OUTERSUNS}} he was in the final with a score over 100. |
There he faced #1 seed [[Chris Wills]] and the final turned out not to be a classic as Tom missed a numbers of words and was not able to beat Chris on the conundrum. Wills took the game with a score of [[episode 3279|110]]. Tom was invited back a year later to take part in the [[Championship of Champions XI]] where he beat [[John Rainsden]] and the unbeaten [[Ben Wilson]] to qualify for the semi-finals against [[Graham Nash]]. Tom looked off-par against Graham with three disallowed words, including {{word|RESCALING}} when Graham had the only valid 9, {{word|CLEARINGS}}. This ended Tom's run as he finished with 12 wins out of 14, his only two defeats were against two [[Series]] champions, Chris Wills and Graham Nash. His own record of his experience on the show can be read on [[The Countdown Page]] [http://www.thecountdownpage.com/exp-tom-hargreaves.htm here.] | There he faced #1 seed [[Chris Wills]] and the final turned out not to be a classic as Tom missed a numbers of words and was not able to beat Chris on the conundrum. Wills took the game with a score of [[episode 3279|110]]. Tom was invited back a year later to take part in the [[Championship of Champions XI]] where he beat [[John Rainsden]] and the unbeaten [[Ben Wilson]] to qualify for the semi-finals against [[Graham Nash]]. Tom looked off-par against Graham with three disallowed words, including {{word|RESCALING}} when Graham had the only valid 9, {{word|CLEARINGS}}. This ended Tom's run as he finished with 12 wins out of 14, his only two defeats were against two [[Series]] champions, Chris Wills and Graham Nash. His own record of his experience on the show can be read on [[The Countdown Page]] [http://www.thecountdownpage.com/exp-tom-hargreaves.htm here.] |
Revision as of 09:38, 4 January 2011
Tom Hargreaves was an octochamp and runner up in Series 47. At 16 years old, he was one of the youngest Octochamps in the game's history, and the first one under the 15 round format. He ran off the first eight heat games of the series with a then record score of 850 — 106.25 points per game. It included a crucial conundrum 103 – 92 against Elfie Winterton. Unfortunately Elfie needed to write the conundrums down before she could solve them, and Tom got it in just a few seconds, before she had written it down. In the quarter-final he faced Mike Pullin who held him to a crucial conundrum, mainly thanks to the word HUNKIEST, but it was Tom that solved SIDSDIMES first. In the semi-final he faced Kevin Thurlow and Tom beat Kevin as Tom scored maximums in every round but two, although he couldn't solve the conundrum OUTERSUNS he was in the final with a score over 100.
There he faced #1 seed Chris Wills and the final turned out not to be a classic as Tom missed a numbers of words and was not able to beat Chris on the conundrum. Wills took the game with a score of 110. Tom was invited back a year later to take part in the Championship of Champions XI where he beat John Rainsden and the unbeaten Ben Wilson to qualify for the semi-finals against Graham Nash. Tom looked off-par against Graham with three disallowed words, including RESCALING when Graham had the only valid 9, CLEARINGS. This ended Tom's run as he finished with 12 wins out of 14, his only two defeats were against two Series champions, Chris Wills and Graham Nash. His own record of his experience on the show can be read on The Countdown Page here.
Tom also appeared at the first Countdown tournament COLIN 2005.
Preceded by Steve Sandalls |
Series runner-up Series 47 |
Followed by Grace Page |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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3153 | 26/12/2001 | P | Terance Carey | 67 – 110 | Tom Hargreaves | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Geoffrey Durham | Clare Pemberton | |||
3154 | 27/12/2001 | P | Tom Hargreaves | 111 – 73 | Terry McHugh | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Geoffrey Durham | Clare Pemberton | |||
3155 | 28/12/2001 | P | Tom Hargreaves | 110 – 64 | Alan Wright | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Geoffrey Durham | Clare Pemberton | |||
3156 | 31/12/2001 | P | Tom Hargreaves | 106 – 83 | Lindy Moffat | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Joan Bakewell | Richard Samson | |||
3157 | 1/01/2002 | P | Tom Hargreaves | 103 – 92 | Elfie Winterton | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Joan Bakewell | Richard Samson | |||
3158 | 2/01/2002 | P | Tom Hargreaves | 101 – 44 | Terry Thomas | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Joan Bakewell | Richard Samson | |||
3159 | 3/01/2002 | P | Tom Hargreaves | 111 – 82 | Carol Merchant | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Joan Bakewell | Richard Samson | |||
3160 | 4/01/2002 | P | Tom Hargreaves | 98 – 50 | Janet Bernstein | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Joan Bakewell | Richard Samson | |||
3274 | 21/06/2002 | QF | Mike Pullin | 89 – 106 | Tom Hargreaves | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Geoffrey Durham | Susie Dent | |||
3278 | 27/06/2002 | SF | Kevin Thurlow | 93 – 109 | Tom Hargreaves | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Digance | Damian Eadie | |||
3279 | 28/06/2002 | GF | Tom Hargreaves | 67 – 110 | Chris Wills | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Digance | Damian Eadie | |||
3395 | 13/01/2003 | CP | John Rainsden | 65 – 117 | Tom Hargreaves | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Tim Rice | Susie Dent | |||
3400 | 20/01/2003 | CQF | Tom Hargreaves | 131 – 98 | Ben Wilson | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eric Knowles | Susie Dent | |||
3403 | 23/01/2003 | CSF | Tom Hargreaves | 83 – 104 | Graham Nash | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Eric Knowles | Susie Dent |