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{{ep | 4466 | 24/10/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 109 - 24 | [[Thomas Baldwin]] | Barry Norman | Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4466 | 24/10/2007 | P |Craig Beevers| 109 - 24 |[[Thomas Baldwin]]|Barry Norman|Susie Dent|121}}
{{ep | 4467 | 25/10/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 103 - 33 | [[Chris Bibby]] | Barry Norman | Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4467 | 25/10/2007 | P |Craig Beevers| 103 - 33 |[[Chris Bibby]]|Barry Norman|Susie Dent|120}}
{{ep | 4468 | 26/10/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 128 - 36 | [[Peter Watts]] | Barry Norman | Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4468 | 26/10/2007 | P |Craig Beevers| 128 - 36 |[[Peter Watts]]|Barry Norman|Susie Dent|134}}
{{ep | 4469 | 29/10/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 104 - 70 | [[Martin Larter]] | [[Paul Zenon]] | Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4469 | 29/10/2007 | P |Craig Beevers| 104 - 70 |[[Martin Larter]]|[[Paul Zenon]]|Susie Dent|121}}
{{ep | 4470 | 30/10/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 118 - 71 | [[Stuart Hamilton]] | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4470 | 30/10/2007 | P |Craig Beevers| 118 - 71 |[[Stuart Hamilton]]|Paul Zenon|Susie Dent|120}}
{{ep | 4471 | 31/10/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 120 - 57 | [[Allan Millington]] | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4471 | 31/10/2007 | P |Craig Beevers| 120 - 57 |[[Allan Millington]]|Paul Zenon|Susie Dent|121}}
{{ep | 4472 | 1/11/2007 | P | Craig Beevers | 117 - 40 | [[Shemina Kirby]] | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent}}
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{{ep | 4472 | 1/11/2007 | P |Craig Beevers| 117 - 40 |[[Shemina Kirby]]|Paul Zenon|Susie Dent|129}}
{{ep | 4502 | 13/12/2007 | QF | [[Mikey Lear]] | 69 - 106 | Craig Beevers | [[Henry Blofeld]] | [[Alison Heard]]}}
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{{ep | 4502 | 13/12/2007 | QF |[[Mikey Lear]]| 69 - 106 |Craig Beevers|[[Henry Blofeld]]|[[Alison Heard]]118}}
{{ep | 4506 | 19/12/2007 | SF | [[David Edwards]] | 60 - 118 | Craig Beevers | [[Pam Ayres]] | Alison Heard}}
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{{ep | 4506 | 19/12/2007 | SF |[[David Edwards]]| 60 - 118 |Craig Beevers|[[Pam Ayres]]|Alison Heard|131}}
{{ep | 4508 | 21/12/2007 | GF | Craig Beevers | 105 - 82 | [[Jeffrey Hansford]] | Pam Ayres | Alison Heard}}
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{{ep | 4508 | 21/12/2007 | GF |Craig Beevers| 105 - 82 |[[Jeffrey Hansford]]|Pam Ayres|Alison Heard|118}}
 
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Revision as of 19:04, 16 August 2011

Craig Beevers playing Scrabble.
Craig Beevers winning Series 57.

Craig Beevers is the champion of Series 57. He is only the second contestant to score centuries in all eight heat games, and also the second to score over 900 points. He scored three further centuries in his three appearances in the finals. He is known for his composed demeanour and incredible consistency, especially in the letters rounds.

Beevers' appearances began with a crushing victory over Baz Hunt, including impressive finds like TOEHOLD and EXTREMA. He continued to a seven further victories in an octochamp run that never looked in doubt, with further flourishes like ICEBOATS, TANDOORI, DOPAMINE and RUMINATED and a top score of 128. Solid performances on the numbers and seven solved conundrums saw Beevers' cruise to eight centuries and approach Julian Fell's long-standing points record of 924. However an unfortunate shortage of available nines left a maximum total of 985, one of the lowest ever, and Beevers did well to make 907 – percentage wise, the best octochamp run on record. Craig has the fourth highest octochamp total achieved to date.

Inevitably, Beevers returned for finals as top seed, beating Mikey Lear and fellow octochamp David Edwards without ever looking under serious pressure. The final, against Jeffrey Hansford, was a closer game – AMMONITE and SNIFTER handed Beevers a 15-point advantage going into the first break, and maximums in the next eight rounds left him with an unassailable lead of 23 with two to play. Hansford declared nothing on the final numbers game, but adopted his favoured tactic for the conundrum, buzzing as soon as RULEAGAIN was revealed and answering correctly to leave a final score of 105 – 82. Beevers had dropped just thirteen points in the whole game, taking his all-games total to 1236 – still some way short of Julian Fell's 1307.

Beevers opted out of Championship of Champions XIII, just as fellow Scrabble Grandmaster Stewart Holden had done for the previous Championship of Champions event.

Craig occasionally plays Countdown online on Apterous, and for a long time held the #1 human position.

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. In the preamble chat with Des O'Connor, he stated his intention to be a future World Scrabble champion. He took his first step toward this on 21st October 2009, when he became the British champion, beating fellow former Countdown contestant David Webb.

Preceded by
Nick Wainwright
Series winner
Series 57
Followed by
David O'Donnell

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
4465 23/10/2007 P Baz Hunt 48 – 108 Craig Beevers Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Barry Norman Susie Dent 121
4466 24/10/2007 P Craig Beevers 109 – 24 Thomas Baldwin Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Barry Norman Susie Dent 121
4467 25/10/2007 P Craig Beevers 103 – 33 Chris Bibby Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Barry Norman Susie Dent 120
4468 26/10/2007 P Craig Beevers 128 – 36 Peter Watts Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Barry Norman Susie Dent 134
4469 29/10/2007 P Craig Beevers 104 – 70 Martin Larter Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Paul Zenon Susie Dent 121
4470 30/10/2007 P Craig Beevers 118 – 71 Stuart Hamilton Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Paul Zenon Susie Dent 120
4471 31/10/2007 P Craig Beevers 120 – 57 Allan Millington Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Paul Zenon Susie Dent 121
4472 1/11/2007 P Craig Beevers 117 – 40 Shemina Kirby Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Paul Zenon Susie Dent 129
4502 13/12/2007 QF Mikey Lear 69 – 106 Craig Beevers Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Henry Blofeld Alison Heard118
4506 19/12/2007 SF David Edwards 60 – 118 Craig Beevers Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Alison Heard 131
4508 21/12/2007 GF Craig Beevers 105 – 82 Jeffrey Hansford Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Alison Heard 118

External Link

Craig's Countdown Experience on his personal website