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Craig Beevers
Craig Beevers is champion of Series 57. He is the second contestant ever to score eight centuries in heat games, the first being Julian Fell in Series 48. He scored 907 points, which works out as 113 points a game. He beat Mikey Lear in the quarter-final and David Edwards in the semi-final. The final was a close game, but turned out not to be a classic. Craif beat Jeffrey with AMMONITE and SNIFTER which gave him a 15-point lead after 5 rounds. He only beat Jeffrey in one other letters game, OUTRANGE from ANOGRETPU where Jeffrey only had a seven. In round 14, the final number game Jeffrey declared nothing and Craig took the ten points for himself. Up to this point, Craig had scored 105 from a possible 108 points with all maximums on the letters. The conundrum RULEAGAIN revealed itself but it was Jeffrey who buzzed in straight away to score 10 points, and narrow the winning margin to 105-82. Craig dropped 13 points - three from the first numbers game and ten from the conundrum. His total points score in 11 games was 1236, which works out as 112.4 points per game. This compares with 1307 points for Julian Fell.
Away from Countdown, Craig is a member of the Association of British Scrabble Players, and has been the Cleveland club Scrabble champion on three occasions.
Preceded by Nick Wainwright |
Series winner Series 57 |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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4465 | 23/10/2007 | P | Baz Hunt | 48 – 108 | Craig Beevers | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Barry Norman | Susie Dent | |||
4466 | 24/10/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 109 – 24 | Thomas Baldwin | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Barry Norman | Susie Dent | |||
4467 | 25/10/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 103 – 33 | Chris Bibby | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Barry Norman | Susie Dent | |||
4468 | 26/10/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 128 – 36 | Peter Watts | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Barry Norman | Susie Dent | |||
4469 | 29/10/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 104 – 70 | Martin Larter | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | |||
4470 | 30/10/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 118 – 71 | Stuart Hamilton | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | |||
4471 | 31/10/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 120 – 57 | Allan Millington | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | |||
4472 | 1/11/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 117 – 40 | Shemina Kirby | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | |||
4502 | 13/12/2007 | QF | Mikey Lear | 69 – 106 | Craig Beevers | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Henry Blofeld | Alison Heard | |||
4506 | 19/12/2007 | SF | David Edwards | 60 – 118 | Craig Beevers | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Pam Ayres | Alison Heard | |||
4508 | 21/12/2007 | F | Craig Beevers | 105 – 82 | Jeffrey Hansford | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Pam Ayres | Alison Heard |