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Top 10 greatest Countdowners of the Richard Whiteley era   Message List  
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Re: [gevincountdown] Re: Top 10 greatest Whiteley era Countdowners

i think the current champion connor 14 from luton is brilliant i really li9ke
him i think he'll be an octavian and could win the series he rules love angie
xxx

david_wi11ams <william5@...> wrote: --- 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




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It would be interesting to see people's lists. Here's mine. With me greatness is a combination of talent and success, not just one or the other. I've excluded...
gevinchapwell
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Nov 5, 2005
3:33 pm

An interesting list, Gev. Here's mine, though i've not been watching as long as you evidently ;o) In no particular order. And as much for entertainment value ...
jude
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Nov 5, 2005
10:00 pm

... A very good list Gevin. Fairly near to being spot-on in terms of trying to include all 10 best players within a list of just over 10 names. My all-time...
zefcountdown
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Nov 12, 2005
11:14 pm

... 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...
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Nov 25, 2005
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i think the current champion connor 14 from luton is brilliant i really li9ke him i think he'll be an octavian and could win the series he rules love angie xxx...
angie mary
jamfordel
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Nov 26, 2005
1:52 pm

... To any Top 10 list of "entertainment value" players from the Richard Whiteley era surely *must* be added the name of GINO CORR. In recent years (since 15...
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Nov 12, 2005
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