https://wiki.apterous.org/index.php?title=Template:FA_September&feed=atom&action=historyTemplate:FA September - Revision history2024-03-28T18:14:36ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.31.5https://wiki.apterous.org/index.php?title=Template:FA_September&diff=158781&oldid=prevThe Doctor at 21:42, 1 February 20232023-02-01T21:42:36Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[FOCAL]]''' is the voluntary organisation responsible for organising the vast majority of unofficial [[Countdown tournament]]s since 2016. The organisation's name is an acronym for ''Finals Of the Co-event Annual League''. Perhaps coincidentally, "focal" also means "word" in the Irish language.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[FOCAL]]''' is the voluntary organisation responsible for organising the vast majority of unofficial [[Countdown tournament]]s since 2016. The organisation's name is an acronym for ''Finals Of the Co-event Annual League''. Perhaps coincidentally, "focal" also means "word" in the Irish language.</div></td></tr>
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</table>The Doctorhttps://wiki.apterous.org/index.php?title=Template:FA_September&diff=158780&oldid=prevThe Doctor at 21:42, 1 February 20232023-02-01T21:42:19Z<p></p>
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</table>The Doctorhttps://wiki.apterous.org/index.php?title=Template:FA_September&diff=142421&oldid=prevThe Doctor: eugh2021-07-27T20:30:59Z<p>eugh</p>
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</table>The Doctorhttps://wiki.apterous.org/index.php?title=Template:FA_September&diff=142420&oldid=prevThe Doctor at 20:30, 27 July 20212021-07-27T20:30:47Z<p></p>
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</table>The Doctorhttps://wiki.apterous.org/index.php?title=Template:FA_September&diff=142419&oldid=prevThe Doctor: restoring FOCAL to September2021-07-27T20:29:59Z<p>restoring FOCAL to September</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Scott Mearns</del>]]''' <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">from Montrose in Scotland was [[champion]] </del>of [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Series 41]] and [[Championship of Champions X</del>]]. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A student at Leeds University when he appeared, Mearns foreshadowed his form on the programme by passing his audition with a 100% score. Famously wanting to "put Montrose on the map", Mearns became </del>an <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">octochamp with an aggregate score of 510, before running out victorious in three relatively tight finals games to win the series. He later returned </del>for the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">five game [[Championship of Champions X]], wherein he was seeded to automatically reach the semi</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">final. He defeated [[Series 39]] octochamp [[Terry Knowles]] and champion [[Kate Ogilvie]] to win the mini-series and claim the title of Countdown</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s tenth Champion of Champions</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Along the way</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mearns demonstrated his prowess with the 6 small selection </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">numbers rounds. He is arguably one of the best players to have not contested the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]] nor </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[30th Birthday Championship]]</del>.</div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He first appeared on Countdown </del>in the [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Episode 2553|very first game</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Series 41</del>]], <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">beating incumbent </del>champion [[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bobby Johnson</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">by 80 points to 12 in </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">phenomenal debut performance that included </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nine letter word {{word|SERRATING}}. Johnson had amassed his 12 points by the end </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">round two and failed to score again throughout </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rest of the contest</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">including having {{word|compense}} {{X}} disallowed. Mearns unravelled </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">conundrum {{word|VIPERWEED}} </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">little more than a second, offering a ''preview'' of what </del>was <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">yet to come. His next five games featured scores </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">50+, peaking at 76 </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">his third heat game against </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sarah Houchin</del>]]. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mearns suffered an uncharacteristically low score in his his penultimate heat game, beating </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">William Brewer</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{score|34|30}}, but he outplayed </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lesley Millar</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{score|61|27}} to become the first </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">octochamp</del>]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of </del>[[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Series 41</del>]]<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, averaging 63.75 points a game</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Having secured </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">third-highest total of the nine round era, Mearns entered </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">series finals as #1 seed. (</del>'''[<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Scott Mearns|More</del>..<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.]</del>]'''<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">)</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Players play </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">events across the British Isles throughout the year, with the top 8 highest ranked players at </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">end of the year receiving free entry into the finals event in Birmingham, held alongside a normal tournament that is open to everyone. 2016's FOCAL Champion was </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Series 66</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">champion </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Jack Worsley</ins>]], <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2017's </ins>champion <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Rob Foster</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, 2018 [[Jonathan Wynn]] and 2019 [[Callum Todd]]. All events are hosted on </ins>a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Saturday, with </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">exception </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'hangover' event</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">held on </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sunday </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Lincoln as secondary events.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The organisation </ins>was <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the brainchild </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Series 78]] champion and former [[Countdown </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Milton Keynes|.co.mk]] organiser </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Zarte Siempre</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in mid-2015</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The incumbent FOCAL chairman is </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Series 69</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">champion </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Callum Todd</ins>]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The previous chairmen were Siempre in early 2016 and 2017, </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mark Murray</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in late 2016 and </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Jeff Clayton</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">from 2016 to 2021</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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</table>The Doctorhttps://wiki.apterous.org/index.php?title=Template:FA_September&diff=130142&oldid=prevThe Doctor at 16:59, 17 September 20202020-09-17T16:59:16Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Scott Mearns''' from Montrose in Scotland was [[champion]] of [[Series 41]] and [[Championship of Champions X]]. A student at Leeds University when he appeared, Mearns foreshadowed his form on the programme by passing his audition with a 100% score. Famously wanting to "put Montrose on the map", Mearns became an octochamp with an aggregate score of 510, before running out victorious in three relatively tight finals games to win the series. He later returned for the five game [[Championship of Champions X]], wherein he was seeded to automatically reach the semi-final. He defeated [[Series 39]] octochamp [[Terry Knowles]] and champion [[Kate Ogilvie]] to win the mini-series and claim the title of Countdown's tenth Champion of Champions. Along the way, Mearns demonstrated his prowess with the 6 small selection in numbers rounds. He is arguably one of the best players to have not contested the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]] nor the [[30th Birthday Championship]].</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Scott Mearns''' from Montrose in Scotland was [[champion]] of [[Series 41]] and [[Championship of Champions X]]. A student at Leeds University when he appeared, Mearns foreshadowed his form on the programme by passing his audition with a 100% score. Famously wanting to "put Montrose on the map", Mearns became an octochamp with an aggregate score of 510, before running out victorious in three relatively tight finals games to win the series. He later returned for the five game [[Championship of Champions X]], wherein he was seeded to automatically reach the semi-final. He defeated [[Series 39]] octochamp [[Terry Knowles]] and champion [[Kate Ogilvie]] to win the mini-series and claim the title of Countdown's tenth Champion of Champions. Along the way, Mearns demonstrated his prowess with the 6 small selection in numbers rounds. He is arguably one of the best players to have not contested the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]] nor the [[30th Birthday Championship]].</div></td></tr>
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</table>The Doctorhttps://wiki.apterous.org/index.php?title=Template:FA_September&diff=129015&oldid=prevThe Doctor: given lack of tournaments at the moment for obvious reasons, not sure it's appropriate to have FOCAL on the current front page. Will change back for 2021.2020-09-01T16:02:24Z<p>given lack of tournaments at the moment for obvious reasons, not sure it's appropriate to have FOCAL on the current front page. Will change back for 2021.</p>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''Scott Mearns</ins>''' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">from Montrose in Scotland was </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">champion</ins>]] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of [[Series 41]] and </ins>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Championship of Champions X</ins>]]. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A student at Leeds University when he appeared, Mearns foreshadowed his form on the programme by passing his audition with a 100% score. Famously wanting to "put Montrose on the map", Mearns became an octochamp with </ins>an <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">aggregate score of 510, before running out victorious in three relatively tight finals games to win the series. He later returned </ins>for the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">five game [[Championship of Champions X]], wherein he was seeded to automatically reach the semi-final. He defeated [[Series 39]] octochamp [[Terry Knowles]] and champion [[Kate Ogilvie]] to win the mini</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">series and claim the title of Countdown</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s tenth Champion of Champions</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Along the way, Mearns demonstrated his prowess with the 6 small selection </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">numbers rounds. He is arguably one of the best players to have not contested the [[Series 33|Supreme Championship]] nor the [[30th Birthday Championship]].</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Players play </del>in <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">events across </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">British Isles </del>throughout the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">year</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">All events are open to everyone</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">regardless </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">experience, level </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">play or age</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and can be set up anywhere and by anyone</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Events typically lasts between 6 and 8 hours</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">followed by a trip </del>to the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">pub</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Tournament entrance costs between £10 and £16 dependent on event</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">At </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">end </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">year</del>, the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">eight highest-ranked players receive free entry into a final event to crown the annual champion, which runs alongside a normal tournament open to everyone</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">He first appeared on Countdown in the [[Episode 2553|very first game]] of [[Series 41]], beating incumbent champion [[Bobby Johnson]] by 80 points to 12 </ins>in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a phenomenal debut performance that included </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nine letter word {{word|SERRATING}}. Johnson had amassed his 12 points by the end of round two and failed to score again </ins>throughout the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">rest of the contest, including having {{word|compense}} {{X}} disallowed</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mearns unravelled the conundrum {{word|VIPERWEED}} in little more than a second</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">offering a ''preview'' </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">what was yet to come. His next five games featured scores </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">50+</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">peaking at 76 in his third heat game against [[Sarah Houchin]]</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mearns suffered an uncharacteristically low score in his his penultimate heat game, beating [[William Brewer]] {{score|34|30}}</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">but he outplayed [[Lesley Millar]] {{score|61|27}} </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">become </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">first [[octochamp]] of [[Series 41]], averaging 63</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">75 points a game</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Having secured </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">third-highest total </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nine round era</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mearns entered </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">series finals as #1 seed. ('''[[Scott Mearns|More..</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]''')</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>The Doctorhttps://wiki.apterous.org/index.php?title=Template:FA_September&diff=126718&oldid=prevThe Doctor: remove outdated references to 20162020-05-28T00:55:13Z<p>remove outdated references to 2016</p>
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