Adam Dexter

Adam Dexter in Series 69...

...and ten years later in Series 87!

Adam Dexter was a contestant in Series 69 and Series 87. At the time of his second appearance, he was an insurance claims handler from Kidderminster in Worcestershire. He has also been an Apterite since 2008 and has achieved a Top-50 rating on the Apterous Pro-Ranks leaderboard.

Appearances on the programme

Series 69

Debuting up against eventual series champion Callum Todd, Dexter played a good game and remained close to the end, but ultimately lost on a crucial conundrum DOTSTIRED which Todd unscrambled to DISTORTED.

Series 87

As a result of that unfortunate matchup, just under 10 years later and with now a few more years of practice on Apterous behind him, Dexter was allowed to return and made his second debut coincidentally just two shows after Ronan Higginson made his mark. Adam began with a century against one-time winner Shahid Chandna; this guaranteed a Teapot unlike his last appearance. After racking up 11 maxes, and a fourth century in his sixth game against challenger Jenny Schwarz, he was unseated in his seventh game, losing 81 – 71 to Graham Moonie-Dalton, a fellow returnee. However, due to the lack of octochamps in the series, his six wins confirmed his qualification for the series finals.

ZoomDown

He also appeared in ZoomDown Series 4 where despite narrowly missing out on being a tetrachamp to fellow Apterite Martin Thomas, he made it to the finals, winning against Apterite Andres Sanchez but losing against Apterite Ronan Higginson. This performance also allowed him to qualify for the ZoomDown Championship of Champions where he was overpowered by Elliott Mellor, although Dexter got the last word by unscrambling SPARECOCK to ROCKSCAPE after Elliott initially provided an incorrect guess.

Other Tournament Highlights

Outside of Countdown and ZoomDown Series 4, he participated in an online tournament or two before attending COLIN 2010 where he finished in 26th place, he did better when he returned in COLIN 2012 and then appeared at CobliviLon later that year. One of his best unofficial Co-Event finishes was at Brighton 2022, where he finished in the Top 10 and only lost one game all day.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
5780	30/09/2013	P	Callum Todd	83 – 66	Adam Dexter	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Katherine Grainger	Susie Dent	120
8028	30/05/2023	P	Shahid Chandna	63 – 112	Adam Dexter	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Cally Beaton	Susie Dent	158
8029	31/05/2023	P	Adam Dexter	97 – 40	Anne Findlay	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Cally Beaton	Susie Dent	127
8030	01/06/2023	P	Adam Dexter	123 – 41	Kendall Concannon	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Cally Beaton	Susie Dent	137
8031	02/06/2023	P	Adam Dexter	85 – 54	Matt Sole	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	138
8032	05/06/2023	P	Adam Dexter	100 – 40	Balal Anwar	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	134
8033	06/06/2023	P	Adam Dexter	110 – 68	Jenny Schwarz	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	120
8034	07/06/2023	P	Adam Dexter	71 – 81	Graham Moonie-Dalton	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jon Culshaw	Susie Dent	141