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[[Image:Conor Travers 2.jpg|thumb|left|100px|'''[[Conor Travers]]''' showing off the [[Richard Whiteley]] memorial trophy.]] | [[Image:Conor Travers 2.jpg|thumb|left|100px|'''[[Conor Travers]]''' showing off the [[Richard Whiteley]] memorial trophy.]] | ||
| − | '''[[Conor Travers]]''' became the youngest ever series champion by winning [[Series 54]] in 2005. He won his first game with a score of 99, followed by 111 against [[John Archer]] and 99 against [[Geoff Alderman]]. His remaining 5 games were all [[century|centuries]], with a top score of 124 and a low score of 111. Out of the 8 games of his [[octochamp]] run, only two were less than 110. 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 returned for [[Championship of Champions|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, he lost 118 - 102 to the eventual winner [[Paul Gallen]] in the [[Episode 4126|semi-final]]. In 14 games, Conor's lowest score was 98 and his average was 110.4 points per game. | + | '''[[Conor Travers]]''' became the youngest ever series champion by winning [[Series 54]] in 2005. He won his first game with a score of 99, followed by 111 against [[John Archer]] and 99 against [[Geoff Alderman]]. His remaining 5 games were all [[century|centuries]], with a top score of 124 and a low score of 111. Out of the 8 games of his [[octochamp]] run, only two were less than 110. 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 returned for [[Championship of Champions XII|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, he lost 118 - 102 to the eventual winner [[Paul Gallen]] in the [[Episode 4126|semi-final]]. In 14 games, Conor's lowest score was 98 and his average was 110.4 points per game. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 19:51, 15 June 2008
A featured article is of one the Countdownwiki's finest articles. These are selected by the editors of the Countdownwiki on this very page. A featured article could be a player, a game or a piece of terminology. The article should be of a certain length and preferably contain images and external links to make the article more readable.
Contents
List of featured articles
- Championship of Champions XI, chosen by User:Mglovesfun
- Championship of Champions XII, chosen by User:Reams
- Countdown, chosen by User:Reams
- Des chiffres et des lettres, chosen by User:Mglovesfun
- Jon O'Neill, chosen by User:Reams
- Conor Travers, chosen by User:Mglovesfun
Proposed featured articles
- If we need more articles for the main page, let's think of a bunch of them. I'd go for Julian Fell, Ben Wilson, Martin Gardner (vanity!), Conor Travers, Harvey Freeman etc. Mglovesfun 21:26, 8 April 2008 (BST)
- Yeah, maybe we should have a Project of the Week and try to bring some of those articles up to full strength for future FAs. We'd have to pick the more recent players I suspect, because for a lot of the older one we don't have any more than the scores. Soo 22:31, 8 April 2008 (BST)
- Yes I could start that project right now, we need to decide how often to change the featured article. One thing I noticed is that the <ref></ref> doesn't seem to work on here, or doesn't that matter? As for players with games, there's me, Ben and Conor that all have round details. I will think more about which players have round details as well, and of course series and CofCs are another good source of FA's. Mglovesfun 13:35, 9 April 2008 (BST)
- Yeah, maybe we should have a Project of the Week and try to bring some of those articles up to full strength for future FAs. We'd have to pick the more recent players I suspect, because for a lot of the older one we don't have any more than the scores. Soo 22:31, 8 April 2008 (BST)
- Graham Nash - there's now a photo and the articles a lot longer with more detail. Mglovesfun 17:25, 29 April 2008 (BST)
- Mark Tournoff is another possible one, although we nearly have enough for a year already. My next project will be to get the Paul Gallen article up to the same standard. Mglovesfun 15:35, 3 May 2008 (BST)
How to make a now proposal
Follow this edit link, or the one at the top of the page, and add your own suggestion. The name of the article should be placd between two square brackets to make a blue link (example: [[Jon O'Neill]]).
Future featured articles
When an article is featured, it is given a short write-up on the front page. This is not editable by ordinary users (the risk of vandalism to the front page is too high.) But we will post a draft here well in advance, so please feel free to edit that and who knows -- your words may appear on the front page!
Previous featured articles
June 2008
The Championship of Champions XI was a Championship of Champions tournament held in 2003. It featured contestants from Series 42 to Series 48, including 7 series champions although Stuart Wood was unable to make the recordings, and John Rainsden the Series 44 runner-up took his place. The tournament featured some excellent scores, most notably David Williams' losing score of 111 as Chris Wills beat him 113-111, the highest ever losing score at the time. Also of note were episodes 3400 and 3401, Ben Wilson vs. Tom Hargreaves and Julian Fell vs. Graham Nash. In both episodes the total of the two players' scores was 229, the highest ever joint total at the time. The final between Wills and Nash was a close affair, and matters weren't helped by two impossible numbers games. Wills beat Nash with GAMBADE but Nash struck back with PENSIVE and METALS. After round 14, a numbers game where it was impossible to get within ten, the scene was set for a crucial conundrum. The conundrum was OVERSPADE and neither player could find EAVESDROP during the thirty seconds. Nash punched the air and shouted "yes!" - he'd won the tournament unbeaten with a final score of 79-73.
July 2008
Conor Travers became the youngest ever series champion by winning Series 54 in 2005. He won his first game with a score of 99, 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. Out of the 8 games of his octochamp run, only two were less than 110. 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 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, he lost 118 - 102 to the eventual winner Paul Gallen in the semi-final. In 14 games, Conor's lowest score was 98 and his average was 110.4 points per game.
