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'''Brett Smitheram''' was a quarter-finalist in [[Series 37]]. He was a 19-year-old Law Student from Exeter.
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'''Brett Smitheram''' was a quarter-finalist in [[Series 37]]. He was a law student from Exeter. He is also a competitive ''[[Scrabble]]'' player.
  
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He debuted on 21 October 1997 with victory over [[Scrabble]] player [[Kate Surtees]] who, despite losing her 8th game, held her position as #1 seed. All his wins were half-centuries. After losing his 7th game by one point, he returned to the quarter-finals in December as #3 seed but lost on a tie-break conundrum to Ruth Collier.
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Smitheram debuted on [[Episode 2119|21 October 1997]] with victory over fellow ''Scrabble'' player [[Kate Surtees]] who, despite losing her eighth game, held her position as number one seed. All his wins were half-[[century|centuries]]. After losing his seventh game by one point, he returned for the quarter-finals in December as number three seed, but lost on a tiebreak [[conundrum]] to [[Ruth Collier]].
  
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He is also a Scrabble Grandmaster and is the 2016 World Scrabble Champion, as well as the 2000 National Scrabble Champion and a four-time winner of the British Matchplay Scrabble Championship, one of the UK's biggest Scrabble tournaments. He beat [[Mark Nyman]] 3 games to 0 in the final of the MSI World Championships, held in Lille, France. His second win came from 176 points behind, similar to one of Nyman's fight backs in the 1993 World Scrabble Championship final. He has been ranked number one in the UK and the world. He is an ambassador for Mind Sports Academy and has launched a petition to reclassify Scrabble, Chess and Go as recognised sports in the UK.
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In 2003, he was invited back to ''[[Countdown]]'' for a [[special episode]] against fellow ''Scrabble'' great [[Harshan Lamabadusuriya]], losing {{score|87|101}}, but should have been {{score|95|101}} due to the wrongful disallowal of {{word|MUSTERER}}.
  
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In 2003, he was invited back to Countdown for a [[special episode]] against fellow Scrabble great [[Harshan Lamabadusuriya]], losing {{score|87|101}}.
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Smitheram is one of the world's most successful ''Scrabble'' grandmasters, and has been playing competitive ''Scrabble'' since 1996. A former UK and world number one, he is the {{w|World Scrabble Championship 2016|2016 MSI World ''Scrabble'' Champion}}, beating [[Mark Nyman]] {{score|3|0}} in the final. His second win came from 176 points behind, similar to one of Nyman's fightbacks in the {{w|World Scrabble Championship 1993|1993 World ''Scrabble'' Championship}} final. Coincidentally, Nyman was the [[lexicographer]] at the time of Smitheram's [[Episode 2158|quarter-final]] appearance as well as the show's producer. Smitheram is also the 2000 and 2022 {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|National ''Scrabble'' Champion}}, a four-time winner of the British Matchplay ''Scrabble'' Championship, and a semi-finalist in the {{w|World Scrabble Championship 2018|2018 World ''Scrabble'' Championship}}, losing to the eventual winner {{w|Nigel Richards (Scrabble player)|Nigel Richards}}. In 2020, Smitheram won the British Elimination ''Scrabble'' Tournament.
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In 2017, Smitheram appeared on the {{w|Micky Flanagan}} show ''Thinking Aloud'' on {{w|Sky One}}.
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==
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{{ep | 2125 | 29/10/1997 | P |Brett Smitheram| 44 – 45 |[[Alan Cameron]]|Angela Rippon|Anna Eaton|77}}
 
{{ep | 2125 | 29/10/1997 | P |Brett Smitheram| 44 – 45 |[[Alan Cameron]]|Angela Rippon|Anna Eaton|77}}
 
{{ep | 2158 | 15/12/1997 | QF |Brett Smitheram| 44 – 54* |[[Ruth Collier]]|[[Gyles Brandreth]]|[[Mark Nyman]]|84}}
 
{{ep | 2158 | 15/12/1997 | QF |Brett Smitheram| 44 – 54* |[[Ruth Collier]]|[[Gyles Brandreth]]|[[Mark Nyman]]|84}}
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{{ep | S7 | 3/09/2003 | S |Brett Smitheram| 87 – 101 |[[Harshan Lamabadusuriya]]|[[Richard Stilgoe]]|[[Damian Eadie]]|118}}
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{{ep | S7 | 03/09/2003 | S |Brett Smitheram| 87 – 101 |[[Harshan Lamabadusuriya]]|[[Richard Stilgoe]]|[[Damian Eadie]]|119}}
 
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<center>* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum</center>
 
<center>* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum</center>
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Latest revision as of 17:47, 3 July 2023

Brett Smitheram

Brett Smitheram was a quarter-finalist in Series 37. He was a law student from Exeter. He is also a competitive Scrabble player.

Smitheram debuted on 21 October 1997 with victory over fellow Scrabble player Kate Surtees who, despite losing her eighth game, held her position as number one seed. All his wins were half-centuries. After losing his seventh game by one point, he returned for the quarter-finals in December as number three seed, but lost on a tiebreak conundrum to Ruth Collier.

In 2003, he was invited back to Countdown for a special episode against fellow Scrabble great Harshan Lamabadusuriya, losing 87 – 101, but should have been 95 – 101 due to the wrongful disallowal of MUSTERER.

Smitheram is one of the world's most successful Scrabble grandmasters, and has been playing competitive Scrabble since 1996. A former UK and world number one, he is the 2016 MSI World Scrabble Champion, beating Mark Nyman 3 – 0 in the final. His second win came from 176 points behind, similar to one of Nyman's fightbacks in the 1993 World Scrabble Championship final. Coincidentally, Nyman was the lexicographer at the time of Smitheram's quarter-final appearance as well as the show's producer. Smitheram is also the 2000 and 2022 National Scrabble Champion, a four-time winner of the British Matchplay Scrabble Championship, and a semi-finalist in the 2018 World Scrabble Championship, losing to the eventual winner Nigel Richards. In 2020, Smitheram won the British Elimination Scrabble Tournament.

In 2017, Smitheram appeared on the Micky Flanagan show Thinking Aloud on Sky One.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
2119 21/10/1997 P Kate Surtees 44 – 59 Brett Smitheram Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Anna Eaton 81
2120 22/10/1997 P Brett Smitheram 50 – 28 Sylvia Bell Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Anna Eaton 73
2121 23/10/1997 P Brett Smitheram 52 – 45 Colin Harwood Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Angela Rippon Anna Eaton 67
2122 24/10/1997 P Brett Smitheram 55 – 29 Betty Cunningham Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Angela Rippon Anna Eaton 85
2123 27/10/1997 P Brett Smitheram 53 – 31 Jonathan Goldstone Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Angela Rippon Anna Eaton 70
2124 28/10/1997 P Brett Smitheram 59 – 52 Jeff Schwartz Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Angela Rippon Anna Eaton 71
2125 29/10/1997 P Brett Smitheram 44 – 45 Alan Cameron Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Angela Rippon Anna Eaton 77
2158 15/12/1997 QF Brett Smitheram 44 – 54* Ruth Collier Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Gyles Brandreth Mark Nyman 84
S7 03/09/2003 S Brett Smitheram 87 – 101 Harshan Lamabadusuriya Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Richard Stilgoe Damian Eadie 119
* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum

External Links

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