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Brett Smitheram
Brett Smitheram was a quarter-finalist in Series 37. He was a 19-year-old Law Student from Exeter.
He debuted on 21th October
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.
In 2003, he was invited back to Countdown for a special episode against fellow Scrabble great Harshan Lamabadusuriya, losing 87 – 101.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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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 | 3/09/2003 | S | Brett Smitheram | 87 – 101 | Harshan Lamabadusuriya | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Richard Stilgoe | Damian Eadie | 118 |