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He returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the [[30th Birthday Championship]]. He won his first match against [[Series 46]] champion [[Ben Wilson]], then beat [[Series 52]] champion [[Mark Tournoff]], just missing one maximum in the whole game. His next match saw him go one better, as he scored a perfect 119 against [[Series 28]] quarter-finalist and [[Scrabble]] expert [[Chris Hawkins]]. He then defeated the [[Series 60]] champion [[Kirk Bevins]] in the quarter-final, again scoring a perfect 119 points. He then took on the [[Series 53]] semi-finalist [[Jon O'Neill]] in the semi-final, being held in place for all the game, before eventually breaking clear by solving the conundrum {{word|INFIGHTER}} to achieve a 3rd consecutive perfect game, this time with 120 points. | He returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the [[30th Birthday Championship]]. He won his first match against [[Series 46]] champion [[Ben Wilson]], then beat [[Series 52]] champion [[Mark Tournoff]], just missing one maximum in the whole game. His next match saw him go one better, as he scored a perfect 119 against [[Series 28]] quarter-finalist and [[Scrabble]] expert [[Chris Hawkins]]. He then defeated the [[Series 60]] champion [[Kirk Bevins]] in the quarter-final, again scoring a perfect 119 points. He then took on the [[Series 53]] semi-finalist [[Jon O'Neill]] in the semi-final, being held in place for all the game, before eventually breaking clear by solving the conundrum {{word|INFIGHTER}} to achieve a 3rd consecutive perfect game, this time with 120 points. | ||
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The [[Episode 5654|grand final]] of the championships took place on 1 March, when Travers played the [[Series 63]] champion [[Jack Hurst]]. Travers took an early lead in round 3, when he spotted the [[niner]] {{word|PONYTAILS}}, and the only points he dropped from thereon were the 3 for not reaching the target in the first numbers game. Hurst's challenge ended when he missed {{word|POMADES}} in round 13, leaving Travers to max the final 2 rounds to equal the highest ever score in the show's history with 146, a feat achieved by [[Julian Fell]] over 10 years earlier in the [[Series 48]] [[Episode 3387|semi-final]]. | The [[Episode 5654|grand final]] of the championships took place on 1 March, when Travers played the [[Series 63]] champion [[Jack Hurst]]. Travers took an early lead in round 3, when he spotted the [[niner]] {{word|PONYTAILS}}, and the only points he dropped from thereon were the 3 for not reaching the target in the first numbers game. Hurst's challenge ended when he missed {{word|POMADES}} in round 13, leaving Travers to max the final 2 rounds to equal the highest ever score in the show's history with 146, a feat achieved by [[Julian Fell]] over 10 years earlier in the [[Series 48]] [[Episode 3387|semi-final]]. |
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Conor Travers was an octochamp in and the champion of Series 54, a semi-finalist in Championship of Champions XII and the champion of the 30th Birthday Championship. He is the youngest ever series champion, having won at the age of 14, and is one of the most popular and talented contestants in the show's history.
Travers was originally planned to make his début in the first episode of Series 54, but due to illness his appearance was pushed back by several days and he instead began his run on 23 November 2005 against Ray Oakley. He won his first game with a score of 99 after solving the conundrum in half a second, followed by 111 against John Archer and 99 against Geoff Alderman. His remaining 5 games were all centuries, with a top score of 124 and a low score of 111. During his run he beat Series 73 finalist Judy Bursford. His octochamp total was 890.
He returned to Countdown in May 2006 as number 1 seed. He beat Daniel Peake by 69 points in the quarter-final, Paul Howe by 24 points in the semi-final before meeting Matthew Shore in the series final. There he won narrowly 98 – 83 to become the youngest ever series champion, at 14 years old. He also holds the record for winning the longest series, as the series started the previous year due to the death of Richard Whiteley, which delayed the start of the series being filmed. In total, 153 episodes were filmed, the most ever for one series. Travers was the first to be crowned with Des Lynam as a presenter.
One week later, he returned for CofC XII beating John Hunt and John Brackstone in the first two rounds. Considered one of the favourites after his 890 aggregate as an octochamp (the sixth highest ever), he lost 118 – 102 to the eventual winner Paul Gallen in the semi-final (on a crucial conundrum). In 14 games, Travers' lowest score was 98 and his average was 110.4 points per game.
Since losing to Paul Gallen, he appeared on Countdown's 25th anniversary special against Chris Wills and won the game 69 – 58. He then started playing Countdown online again and spent some time in the #1 position on Apterous, and until recently had the highest ever score of 161.
He returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. He won his first match against Series 46 champion Ben Wilson, then beat Series 52 champion Mark Tournoff, just missing one maximum in the whole game. His next match saw him go one better, as he scored a perfect 119 against Series 28 quarter-finalist and Scrabble expert Chris Hawkins. He then defeated the Series 60 champion Kirk Bevins in the quarter-final, again scoring a perfect 119 points. He then took on the Series 53 semi-finalist Jon O'Neill in the semi-final, being held in place for all the game, before eventually breaking clear by solving the conundrum INFIGHTER to achieve a 3rd consecutive perfect game, this time with 120 points.
The grand final of the championships took place on 1 March, when Travers played the Series 63 champion Jack Hurst. Travers took an early lead in round 3, when he spotted the niner PONYTAILS, and the only points he dropped from thereon were the 3 for not reaching the target in the first numbers game. Hurst's challenge ended when he missed POMADES in round 13, leaving Travers to max the final 2 rounds to equal the highest ever score in the show's history with 146, a feat achieved by Julian Fell over 10 years earlier in the Series 48 semi-final.
Travers is still interested in Countdown, and regularly participates in unofficial Countdown tournaments. His first was COLIN 2005, followed by COLIN 2006, CoBris 2006 and CoLei3. He won COLIN 2008 and CoBris 2005, and came 2nd in CoBris 2007. He finished runner-up in COLIN 2017 where he was beaten in a crucial conundrum by fellow Apterite Dylan Taylor.
Travers has the record for highest total score in any number of appearances, having scored 2,279 cumulative points in 20 appearances. However, Jon Richardson claims to have broken this record over several series of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, following a game where he scored 890 due to a conundrum worth 834 points.
Preceded by John Mayhew |
Series winner Series 54 |
Followed by Richard Brittain |
Preceded by Paul James |
Series winner 30th Birthday Championship |
Followed by Giles Hutchings |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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3977 | 23/11/2005 | P | Ray Oakley | 58 – 99 | Conor Travers | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Jan Ravens | Susie Dent | 114 | ||
3978 | 24/11/2005 | P | Conor Travers | 111 – 35 | John Archer | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Jan Ravens | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
3979 | 25/11/2005 | P | Conor Travers | 99 – 58 | Geoff Alderman | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Jan Ravens | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
3980 | 28/11/2005 | P | Conor Travers | 114 – 57 | Jane Capie | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Jan Ravens | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
3981 | 29/11/2005 | P | Conor Travers | 111 – 53 | Steven Whitaker | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Rick Wakeman | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
3982 | 30/11/2005 | P | Conor Travers | 124 – 69 | Andrew Christley | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Rick Wakeman | Susie Dent | 139 | ||
3983 | 1/12/2005 | P | Conor Travers | 115 – 53 | Judy Bursford | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Rick Wakeman | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
3984 | 2/12/2005 | P | Conor Travers | 117 – 61 | Vicky Prime | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Rick Wakeman | Susie Dent | 128 | ||
4106 | 18/05/2006 | QF | Daniel Peake | 38 – 107 | Conor Travers | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
4110 | 24/05/2006 | SF | Conor Travers | 124 – 100 | Paul Howe | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
4112 | 26/05/2006 | GF | Conor Travers | 98 – 83 | Matthew Shore | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
4115 | 31/05/2006 | CP | Conor Travers | 124 – 91 | John Hunt | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Ron Atkinson | Susie Dent | 138 | ||
4123 | 12/06/2006 | CQF | Conor Travers | 101 – 80 | John Brackstone | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Kim Woodburn | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
4126 | 15/06/2006 | CSF | Paul Gallen | 118 – 102 | Conor Travers | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Kim Woodburn | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
4473 | 2/11/2007 | S | Chris Wills | 58 – 69 | Conor Travers | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | none | Alison Heard | 110 | ||
5618 | 10/01/2013 | 30BP | Ben Wilson | 91 – 117 | Conor Travers | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dave Myers | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
5637 | 6/02/2013 | 30B1 | Conor Travers | 112 – 62 | Mark Tournoff | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Kate Adie | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
5642 | 13/02/2013 | 30B2 | Chris Hawkins | 85 – 119 | Conor Travers | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Ken Bruce | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
5650 | 25/02/2013 | 30BQF | Conor Travers | 119 – 94 | Kirk Bevins | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
5653 | 28/02/2013 | 30BSF | Jon O'Neill | 102 – 120 | Conor Travers | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
5654 | 1/03/2013 | 30BGF | Jack Hurst | 111 – 146 | Conor Travers | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 149 |