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May's Featured Article Template:FA May 1 More Featured Articles... Did you know... Nominate an article Today in Countdown History edit  2021: Trudy Garbett beat Adam Collett, with the game finishing 84 – 71. 2018: Toby McDonald beat Nilesh Pandya with a score of 109 – 53. 2017: John Robertson beat David Adamson, scoring 93 – 87. 2015: Robert Baxter beat Deirdre Sweetman, by a score of 92 – 66. 2012: Catherine Johnson beat Nick Hall in a game that ended 71 – 69. 2011: Jennifer Strachan beat Joe Jenkinson with final score 69 – 67. 2010: Lee Graham beat Chris Bell in a 82 – 52 game. 2009: Hamish Williamson beat Linda Lofthouse with scores of 88 – 55. 2007: Rob Waters beat Madeleine Hicks with a score of 90 – 53. 2006: Jon Corby beat Carol Parker, scoring 118 – 57. 2005: Sally Bassinder beat Len Cazaly, by a score of 93 – 72. 2004: Del Smith beat Judy Mugleston in a game that ended 79 – 61. 2001: Adrian D'Enrico beat Bill Aspinall with final score 56 – 30. 2000: Mick Dimaline beat Graham Persson with scores of 54 – 52. 1999: John Morrison beat Colin Sinnett in a 51 – 32 game. 1998: Alan Reynolds beat Paul Miller with a score of 57 – 42. 1990: Mark Cooper beat Les Martin in a Countdown Masters game. 1989: Jon Marsh played Steve Williams in the fourth leg of a Countdown Masters game. 1988: Helen Laird beat Peter Pryer, by a score of 46 – 26. 1987: Jon Marsh beat Tony Cook, scoring 61 – 49. 1983: Russell Byers beat Ash Haji in a game that ended 59 – 30.

Popular Articles edit  A brief overview of Countdown and some of its records and terminology. The team: Colin Murray, Rachel Riley, and Susie Dent. The show's institutions: The conundrum, the pencam, and the Teatime Teaser. Harry Savage, the reigning series champion, and his series grand final against Viraj Seelam. The most recent Championship of Champions Final between James Haughton and Ahmed Mohamed. The 30th Birthday Championship final between Conor Travers and Jack Hurst. Richard Whiteley, Des Lynam, Des O'Connor, Carol Vorderman, Jeff Stelling, Nick Hewer and Anne Robinson - the show's former permanent presenters. The highest ever score: 154, achieved by Tom Stevenson in Episode 7860 and Cillian McMulkin in Episode 7943. Editors edit  Everyone can edit the Countdown Wiki, just register and then click the edit link at the top of any page (except this one!) and start editing. Here are some useful links: Learn about this wiki and how to use it. Episode style guide - if you want to help us edit the episode pages, this style guide gives comprehensive help. Suggest a featured article which will in turn be featured on the Main Page. Other Countdown websites edit  Apterous, an online game from the same people that run this site. The Countdown Android App, created by Series 63 champion Jack Hurst. The Countdown Database, detailed statistics and round-by-round details of over 7,800 episodes. FOCAL, regular in-person events that anyone can enter. c4countdown, Countdown's main online forum, populated by many past octochamps. Quantum Tombola, a numbers game solver designed by Series 65 champion Graeme Cole. A mobile version of the above. Greem, a website listing nearly all Co-event scores until early 2020. The Countdown Page, the original site of Countdown stats, by Mike Brown. Upcoming Countdown tournaments edit  The full list of FOCAL tournaments for 2024 is here. The next scheduled event is Countdown in Sheffield on 18 May 2024. Almost all online tournaments are now held on Apterous: the list of ongoing tournaments is here.

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