--- In gevincountdown@..., "zefcountdown"
<zefcountdown@y...> wrote:

> Despite not winning either a Series or a C-Of-C,
> I'd be tempted to include David Williams of
> Series 43 as a 3rd person in Joint 10th place,
> due to the v. high standard of his performances.
>
> While playing at home against him during his
> octochamp run, I found him to be one of *the*
> hardest-to-beat players of the whole 9 rounds era.
> Since then (2000), during all of the subsequent
> octochamp runs, the ONLY person whom I've
> actually found to be *tougher* to try to beat
> during their octochamp run has been Julian Fell.
>
> DW's so-called 'lack of success' may have been
> caused by an iffy looking DC decision going
> against him in his Series 43 Semi Final, plus
> a 1st round draw from hell against Chris Wills
> in his C-Of-C, where he only lost by 2 pts.
>
Flattering, but your memory has let you down a little, Zef. There
was no iffy decision in the semi. I missed an easy numbers game,
failed to risk a couple of words that were OK, and lost by a
distance.

My top three from recent years would be Julian Fell, Chris Wills and
Graham Nash.

David