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| − | '''''ZoomDown''''' is a version of Countdown streamed live using "Zoom" video conferencing software. It was introduced during the COVID-19 lockdown by [[Series 81]] 6-time winner, [[Paul Anderson]], who also acts as the host. It featured [[Callum Todd]] in dictionary corner in the first six episodes. [[Episode ZD7]] onward sees [[James Rowan]] in the DC role, and [[Fiona Titcombe]] operating the technical aspect of production. [[Tom Carey]] alternated with Titcombe from [[Episode ZD12]] onwards, with [[George Armstrong]] joining the team in [[Episode ZD15]]. | + | '''''ZoomDown''''' was a version of ''[[Countdown]]'' streamed live using "{{w|Zoom (software)|Zoom}}" video conferencing software. It was introduced during the COVID-19 lockdown by [[Series 81]] six-time winner, [[Paul Anderson]], who also acts as the host. It has co-starred a plethora of co-hosts, listed at the bottom of this page. |
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| − | The format is similar to a ''Countdown'' series, with the winner staying on for up to four games, at which point they become a ZoomDown tetrachamp. The top 8 then compete in a knockout tournament in a bid to become ZoomDown Series Champion. These finalists are not allowed to play again in Series 2, meaning that series will have 8 new finalists. | + | Two games are played in each episode, with the guesting role in game one taken by the challenger of the second game and the loser of the first game taking the role in game two. They are given their own anecdote, which forms more like a mini-Q&A session, after Round 6, as per the [[15 round format (new)|current 15 round format]]. The format is similar to a ''Countdown'' series, with the winner staying on for up to four games (as per the [[Apterous Simulation of a Series]]), at which point they become a ZoomDown tetrachamp. The top eight then compete in a knockout tournament in a bid to become ZoomDown Series Champion. Finalists are not allowed to play again in consecutive series. |
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| − | The games are shown live on the FOCAL Talk YouTube channel on Mondays and Thursdays at 8:00 pm (Thursday's show originally started at 8:05pm to accommodate the national "clap for carers" campaign). In addition to the series, special episodes are planned; the first of these was a mini-[[Hyper]] tournament between four players shown on Friday 15th May at 8pm, and the second was a numberists special shown over two Saturdays, 13th and 20th June. | + | The games were shown live on the [[FOCAL]] Talk {{w|YouTube}} channel, originally on Mondays and Thursdays at 8:00 pm (Thursday's show originally started at 8:05pm to accommodate the national "clap for carers" campaign). As of [[ZoomDown Series 4|Series 4]], the first game of the week migrated to Tuesday, to avoid clash with the {{w|BBC Two}} quiz shows. In addition to the main series, specials were also played; the first of these was a mini-[[Hypercountdown|Hyper]] tournament between four players shown on Friday 15 May 2020 at 8pm. The second was a "Numberists" special shown over two Saturdays (13-20 June). The third and fourth were a second "Numberists" series and a [[Goatdown]] series, shown in January 2021 on Mondays and Thursdays respectively. |
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| − | A record of the games and standings can be seen below. All games can be watched on YouTube here: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWmQM7wUgtyzmCxOwZrBgMg]
| + | Series 4 introduced graphics designed by [[Graeme Cole]], displaying the scorelines, round scores and the [[letters game|letters]], [[numbers game|numbers]] and [[conundrum]] boards. It also introduced Cole's buzzers, meaning the [[contestant]]s can now buzz in rather than having to say "buzz". |
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| − | ==Series 1==
| + | A record of the games and standings can be seen at the pages listed below. All games can be watched on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWmQM7wUgtyzmCxOwZrBgMg here]. |
| − | ===Final Standings===
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| − | {{Seed table}}
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| − | {{Seed| 1|'''[[Dan McColm]]''' |4|451}}
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| − | {{Seed| 2|'''[[Bradley Horrocks]]''' |4|448}}
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| − | {{Seed| 3|'''[[Jonathan Wynn]]''' |4|439}}
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| − | {{Seed| 4|'''[[Conor Travers]]''' |3|466}}
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| − | {{Seed| 5|'''[[Ian Volante]]''' |3|392}}
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| − | {{Seed| 6|'''[[Steve Anderson]]''' |3|374}}
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| − | {{Seed| 7|'''[[Hazel Drury]]''' |2|318}}
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| − | {{Seed| 8|'''[[Elliott Mellor]]''' |2|316}}
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| − | {{Seed table end}}
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| − | The show follows seeding rules from the modern era of Countdown. Namely, since [[Series 60]], players are sorted by number of wins, then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death [[conundrum]]s are not counted, and players with the same number of wins and points are sorted by the number of conundrums correctly guessed, then highest individual score.</center> | + | The popularity of the series resulted in Anderson being awarded the [[Apterous]] "[https://www.apterous.org/item.php?item=243 Spoon of Awesome]", a very rare accolade that is awarded by public vote. |
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| − | ====Progress chart====
| + | At the end of the fourth series, it was announced that a Champion of Champions tournament will take place in 2022. |
| − | {{CoC8 progress
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| − | | 1 = [[Dan McColm]]
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| − | | 2 = [[Elliott Mellor]] | q1w = 2
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| − | | 3 = [[Conor Travers]]
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| − | | 4 = [[Ian Volante]] | q2w = 3 | s1w = 3
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| − | | 5 = [[Bradley Horrocks]] | q3w = 5 | s2w = 7| fw =
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| − | | 6 = [[Hazel Drury]]
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| − | | 7 = [[Jonathan Wynn]] | q4w = 7
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| − | | 8 = [[Steve Anderson]]
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| − | }}
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| − | ===Series 1 games===
| + | Following the lifting of COVID restrictions, ZoomDown was ultimately shelved following the Champion of Champions tournament. |
| − | {{episode table}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD1 | 6/04/2020 | P |[[George Armstrong]]| 110 - 63 |[[Fiona Titcombe]]|[[Tom Carey]]|[[Callum Todd]]|123}} | + | ==Series== |
| − | {{ep | ZD1 | 6/04/2020 | P |Tom Carey| 118 - 71 |George Armstrong|Fiona Titcombe|Callum Todd|131}}
| + | <center> |
| − | {{ep | ZD2 | 13/04/2020 | P |Tom Carey| 125 - 132 |[[Bradley Horrocks]]|[[James Rowan]]|Callum Todd|143}}
| + | {|class="episode_table" |
| − | {{ep | ZD2 | 13/04/2020 | P |Bradley Horrocks| 99 - 90 |James Rowan|Tom Carey|Callum Todd|133}}
| + | !Year |
| − | {{ep | ZD3 | 16/04/2020 | P |Bradley Horrocks| 107 - 86 |[[Dan Byrom]]|[[James Robinson]]|Callum Todd|123}}
| + | !Series |
| − | {{ep | ZD3 | 16/04/2020 | P |Bradley Horrocks| 110 - 104 |James Robinson|Dan Byrom|Callum Todd|131}}
| + | !Winner |
| − | {{ep | ZD4 | 20/04/2020 | P |[[Elizabeth Beer]]| 86 - 96* |[[Jamie Rawson]]|[[Mark Mills]]|Callum Todd|129}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD4 | 20/04/2020 | P |Jamie Rawson| 82 - 50 |Mark Mills|Elizabeth Beer|Callum Todd|134}}
| + | !rowspan=2|2020 |
| − | {{ep | ZD5 | 23/04/2020 | P |Jamie Rawson| 51 - 112 |[[Jacob Coventry-Peters]]|[[Eoin Jackson]]|Callum Todd|121}}
| + | |[[ZoomDown Series 1|ZD1]] |
| − | {{ep | ZD5 | 23/04/2020 | P |Jacob Coventry-Peters| 70 - 72 |Eoin Jackson|Jamie Rawson|Callum Todd|119}}
| + | |[[Conor Travers]] |
| − | {{ep | ZD6 | 27/04/2020 | P |Eoin Jackson| 63 - 104 |[[Martin May]]|[[Fred Whibley]]|Callum Todd|127}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD6 | 27/04/2020 | P |Martin May| 108 - 110 |Fred Whibley|Eoin Jackson|Callum Todd|144}}
| + | |[[ZoomDown Series 2|ZD2]] |
| − | {{ep | ZD7 | 30/04/2020 | P |Fred Whibley| 94 - 111 |[[Paul Nixon]]|[[Andy Platt]]|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|120}}
| + | |[[Rob Foster]] |
| − | {{ep | ZD7 | 30/04/2020 | P |Paul Nixon| 94 - 65 |Andy Platt|Fred Whibley|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|120}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD8 | 4/05/2020 | P |Paul Nixon| 102 - 123 |[[Philip Aston]]|[[Hazel Drury]]|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|134}}
| + | !rowspan=2|2021 |
| − | {{ep | ZD8 | 4/05/2020 | P |Philip Aston| 91 - 122 |Hazel Drury|Paul Nixon|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|133}}
| + | |[[ZoomDown Series 3|ZD3]] |
| − | {{ep | ZD9 | 7/05/2020 | P |Hazel Drury| 115 - 104 |[[Cammy Lovatt]]|[[Dinos Sfyris]]|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|133}}
| + | |[[Elliott Mellor]] |
| − | {{ep | ZD9 | 7/05/2020 | P |Hazel Drury| 81 - 108 |Dinos Sfyris|Cammy Lovatt|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|123}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD10 | 11/05/2020 | P |Dinos Sfyris| 101 - 91 |[[Tom Stevenson]]|[[Jonathan Wynn]]|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|117}}
| + | |[[ZoomDown Series 4|ZD4]] |
| − | {{ep | ZD10 | 11/05/2020 | P |Dinos Sfyris| 99 - 113 |Jonathan Wynn|Tom Stevenson|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|130}}
| + | |[[Rachael Montgomery]] |
| − | {{ep | ZD11 | 14/05/2020 | P |Jonathan Wynn| 102 - 73 |[[Robin McKay]]|[[Tracey Mills]]|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|131}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD11 | 14/05/2020 | P |Jonathan Wynn| 122 - 111 |Tracey Mills|Robin McKay|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|135}}
| + | !rowspan=2|2022 |
| − | {{ep | ZD12 | 18/05/2020 | P |Jonathan Wynn| 102 - 99 |[[Anthony Endsor]]|Tom Carey|James Rowan|131}}
| + | |[[ZoomDown Championship of Champions|ZD CoC]] |
| − | {{ep | ZD12 | 18/05/2020 | P |[[Sophie Turner]]| 89 - 80 |[[Nathan Pace]]|Tom Carey|James Rowan|133}}
| + | |[[Conor Travers]] |
| − | {{ep | ZD13 | 21/05/2020 | P |Sophie Turner| 55 - 76 |[[Dave Robjohns]]|[[Rhys Benjamin]]|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|122}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD13 | 21/05/2020 | P |Dave Robjohns| 59 - 101 |Rhys Benjamin|Sophie Turner|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|123}}
| + | </center> |
| − | {{ep | ZD14 | 25/05/2020 | P |Rhys Benjamin| 66 - 69 |[[Ashwin Abinashi]]|[[Dave Ashton]]|James Rowan, Tom Carey|129}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD14 | 25/05/2020 | P |Ashwin Abinashi| 119 - 70 |Dave Ashton|Rhys Benjamin|James Rowan, Tom Carey|123}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD15 | 28/05/2020 | P |Ashwin Abinashi| 71 - 101 |[[Suzy Turner]]|[[Dave Ryan]]|George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe|129}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD15 | 28/05/2020 | P |Suzy Turner| 91 - 92 |Dave Ryan|Ashwin Abinashi|George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe|119}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD16 | 1/06/2020 | P |Dave Ryan| 95 - 105* |[[Jamie Wing]]|[[Zubair Patel]]|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|141}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD16 | 1/06/2020 | P |Jamie Wing| 122 - 130 |Zubair Patel|Dave Ryan|James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe|147}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD17 | 4/06/2020 | P |Zubair Patel| 97 - 81 |[[Stephen Read]]|[[Elliott Mellor]]|George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe|142}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD17 | 4/06/2020 | P |Zubair Patel| 70 - 98 |Elliott Mellor|Stephen Read|George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe|117}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD18 | 8/06/2020 | P |Elliott Mellor| 120 - 113 |[[Edward Byrne]]|[[Dan McColm]]|Tom Carey, James Rowan|131}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD18 | 8/06/2020 | P |Elliott Mellor| 98 - 111 |[[Dan McColm]]|Edward Byrne|Tom Carey, James Rowan|129}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD19 | 12/06/2020 | P |Dan McColm| 124 - 89 |[[James Haughton]]|[[Rob Foster]]|George Armstrong, Tom Carey|133}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD19 | 12/06/2020 | P |Dan McColm| 116 - 105 |Rob Foster|James Haughton|George Armstrong, Tom Carey|133}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD20 | 15/06/2020 | P |Dan McColm| 100 - 64 |[[Toby McDonald]]|Tom Carey|James Rowan|118}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD20 | 15/06/2020 | P |[[Steve Anderson]]| 96 - 68 |[[Stephen Holford]]|[[Adam Dexter]]|James Rowan, Tom Carey|119}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD21 | 18/06/2020 | P |Steve Anderson| 85 - 74 |[[Ben Leyburn]]|[[Sam Prouse]]|George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe|133}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD21 | 18/06/2020 | P |Steve Anderson| 96 - 94 |Sam Prouse|George Armstrong|Fiona Titcombe|126}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD22 | 22/06/2020 | P |Steve Anderson| 96 - 101 |[[Phil Hannan]]|James Rowan|Fiona Titcombe|154}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD22 | 22/06/2020 | P |Phil Hannan| 73 - 91 |[[Ian Volante]]|James Rowan|Fiona Titcombe|121}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD23 | 25/06/2020 | P |Ian Volante| 128 - 64 |[[Martyn Simpson]]|[[Adam Dexter]]|George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe|131}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD23 | 25/06/2020 | P |Ian Volante| 94 - 80 |Adam Dexter|Martyn Simpson|George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe|125}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD24 | 29/06/2020 | P |Ian Volante| 79 - 117 |[[Graeme Cole]]|[[Conor Travers]]|Fiona Titcombe, James Rowan|121}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD24 | 29/06/2020 | P |Graeme Cole| 70 - 109 |Conor Travers|Ian Volante|Tom Carey, James Rowan|120}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD25 | 02/07/2020 | P |Conor Travers| 116 - 89 |[[Jack Hurst]]|[[Tom Chafer-Cook]]|George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe|128}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD25 | 02/07/2020 | P |Conor Travers| 120 - 83 |Tom Chafer-Cook|Jack Hurst|George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe|124}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD26 | 06/07/2020 | P |Conor Travers| 121 - 125 |[[Callum Todd]]|[[Jon O'Neill]]|Fiona Titcombe, James Rowan|131}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD26 | 06/07/2020 | P |Callum Todd| 89 - 99 |[[Jon O'Neill]]|Conor Travers|Fiona Titcombe, James Rowan|133}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD27 | 09/07/2020 | P |Jon O'Neill| 110 - 96 |[[Tom Cappleman]]|[[Jack Worsley]]|George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe|131}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD27 | 09/07/2020 | P |Jon O'Neill| 99 - 114 |Jack Worsley|Tom Cappleman|George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe|146}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD28 | 13/07/2020 | QF |Dan McColm| 105 - 123 |Elliott Mellor|Conor Travers, Ian Volante|Tom Carey, James Rowan|135}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD28 | 13/07/2020 | QF |Conor Travers| 120 - 88 |Ian Volante|Dan McColm, Elliott Mellor|Tom Carey, James Rowan|122}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD29 | 16/07/2020 | QF |Bradley Horrocks| 123 - 84 |Hazel Drury||George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe|134}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD29 | 16/07/2020 | QF |Jonathan Wynn| 120 - 87 |Steve Anderson||George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe|132}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD30 | 20/07/2020 | SF |Elliott Mellor| 113 - 123*|Conor Travers||Tom Carey, James Rowan|124}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD30 | 20/07/2020 | SF |Bradley Horrocks|124 - 134*|Jonathan Wynn||Tom Carey, James Rowan|153}}
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| − | {{ep | ZD31 | 23/07/2020 | GF |Conor Travers| - |Jonathan Wynn|[[Allan Saldanha]],[[Stephen Read]]|Fiona Titcombe, James Rowan, George Armstrong, Tom Carey|}}
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| − | {{episode table end}}
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| − | <center>* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum</center>
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| | ==Specials== | | ==Specials== |
| − | ===Hypercountdown special=== | + | <center> |
| − | The first special was played on Friday 15 May 2020, as a special [[Hypercountdown]] tournament.
| + | {|class="episode_table" |
| − | ====Progress chart====
| + | !Year |
| − | {| class="progress"
| + | !Special type |
| − | | class="cocsf" | '''[[Callum Todd]]''' vs [[Damian Eadie]] | + | !Winner |
| − | | rowspan="2" class="cocf" | '''[[Callum Todd]]''' vs [[Innis Carson]] | + | |- |
| | + | !rowspan=2|2020 |
| | + | |[[ZoomDown specials#Hypercountdown|H1]] |
| | + | |[[Callum Todd]] |
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| | + | |[[ZoomDown specials#Numberists 1|N1]] |
| | + | |[[Elliott Mellor]] |
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| | + | !rowspan="3"|2021 |
| | + | |[[ZoomDown specials#Numberists 2|N2]] |
| | + | |[[Elliott Mellor]] |
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| | + | |[[ZoomDown specials#GoatZDown|G1]] |
| | + | |[[Callum Todd]] |
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| | + | |[[ZoomDown specials#Miscellaneous_specials|M]] |
| | + | |Miscellaneous |
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| − | | class="cocsf" | [[Stephen Read]] vs '''[[Innis Carson]]'''
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| | |} | | |} |
| | + | </center> |
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| − | ====Hypercountdown special games==== | + | ==Credits== |
| − | {{episode table}}
| + | *Presented by: [[Paul Anderson]] (2020-2022) |
| − | {{ep | ZDS1 | 15/05/2020 | HSF |[[Callum Todd]]| 65 - 45 |[[Damian Eadie]]|[[Stephen Read]],<br />[[Innis Carson]]|James Rowan<br />Fiona Titcombe|86}}
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| − | {{ep | ZDS1 | 15/05/2020 | HSF |[[Stephen Read]]| 60 - 70 |[[Innis Carson]]|Callum Todd,<br/>Damian Eadie|James Rowan<br />Fiona Titcombe|85}}
| + | ::*[[George Armstrong]] (2020-2022) |
| − | {{ep | ZDS1 | 15/05/2020 | HGF |Callum Todd| 122 - 98 |Innis Carson|Stephen Read,<br />Damian Eadie|James Rowan<br />Fiona Titcombe|146}}
| + | ::*[[Tom Carey]] (2020-2022) |
| − | {{episode table end}}
| + | ::*[[Bradley Horrocks]] (2021) |
| − | | + | ::*[[Fiona Titcombe]] (2020-2021) |
| − | | + | ::*[[Callum Todd]] (2020) |
| − | ===Numberists specials===
| + | ::*[[Graeme Cole]] (2021-2022) |
| − | The second special was played over two Saturdays on 13th and 20th June 2020, as a special Numberists tournament, featuring the different number formats available on [[Apterous]].
| + | ::*[[Stephen Read]] (2021-2022) |
| − | ====Progress chart====
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| − | {{CoC8 progress
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| − | | 1 = [[Noel McIlvenny]]
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| − | | 2 = [[Matthew Tassier]] | q1w = 2
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| − | | 3 = [[Ed McCullagh]]
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| − | | 4 = [[Tim Down]] | q2w = 4 | s1w = 4
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| − | | 5 = [[Elliott Mellor]] | q3w = 5 | s2w = 5 | fw = 5
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| − | | 6 = [[Bradley Horrocks]]
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| − | | 7 = [[Tom Cappleman]] | q4w = 7
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| − | | 8 = [[Chris Butler]]
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| − | ====Numberists special games====
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| − | {{episode table}}
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| − | {{ep | ZDS2 | 13/06/2020 | NQF |[[Noel McIlvenny]]| 57 - 64 |[[Matthew Tassier]]|James Rowan|Fiona Titcombe|90}}
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| − | {{ep | ZDS2 | 13/06/2020 | NQF |[[Ed McCullagh]]| 70 - 80 |[[Tim Down]]|James Rowan|Fiona Titcombe|90}}
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| − | {{ep | ZDS2 | 13/06/2020 | NQF |[[Elliott Mellor]]| 71 - 34 |[[Bradley Horrocks]]|James Rowan|Fiona Titcombe|87}}
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| − | {{ep | ZDS2 | 13/06/2020 | NQF |[[Tom Cappleman]]| 67 - 60 |[[Chris Butler]]|James Rowan|Fiona Titcombe|87}}
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| − | {{ep | ZDS3 | 20/06/2020 | NSF |Matthew Tassier| 57 - 67 |Tim Down|James Rowan|Fiona Titcombe|87}}
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| − | {{ep | ZDS3 | 20/06/2020 | NSF |'''Elliott Mellor'''| '''90''' - 50 |Tom Cappleman|James Rowan|Fiona Titcombe|'''90'''}}
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| − | {{ep | ZDS3 | 20/06/2020 | NGF |Elliott Mellor| 144 - 97 |Tim Down|James Rowan|Fiona Titcombe|150}}
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| − | {{episode table end}}
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