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We're back from the weekend, and now it's Week 2 of CoC XIV.

It also happens to be someone's 30th birthday today....., I wonder who that might be

5 players have booked their places in the quarter-finals, and the winner of today's match has a return trip here next Monday to face-off with Jen Steadman in the quarters.

Today's matchup sees the Series 69 champion Callum Todd take on Series 70 semi-finalist Samir Pilica.

Statistics Corner:

Firstly, Series 69 Champion Callum "The Tingley Tearaway" Todd - 11 Games, 10 Wins, 1 Draw, 1,088 Points. (Average: 98.91)
Highest Score: 126 vs. Dylan Taylor (Grand Final)
Lowest Score: 70 vs. Ritch Greenwood (1st Game)
9's Achieved: 4/8
Total Points/Max/%: 1088/1417 (77%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 651/886 (73%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 357/421 (85%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 80/110 (73%)

Secondly, Series 70 Semi-Finalist Samir "The Bosnian Basher" Pilica - 10 Games, 9 Wins, 999 Points. (Average: 99.9)
Highest Score: 120 vs. Simon Gillam (4th Game)
Lowest Score: 78 vs. Steve Parrett (7th Game)
9's Achieved: 5/8
Total Points/Max/%: 999/1301 (77%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 670/810 (83%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 269/391 (69%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 60/100 (60%)

John Inverdale enters Dictionary Corner once again.

Join Andy for the recap later.

James Robinson wrote: Highest Score: 126 vs. Dylan Taylor (Grand Final)
Lowest Score: 70 vs. Ritch Greenwood (1st Game)

Class.

10 Wins 1 Draw? WTF?

Jon Corby wrote:10 Wins 1 Draw? WTF?

The defeat was immoral.

James Robinson wrote:the winner of today's match has a return trip here next Monday to face-off with Jen Steadman in the semis.

It's for the quarter finals! I'm not sure whether to read anything into the fact that you keep associating me with semis...

QUERIDA r2

Well played, chaps, good game. Excellent standard as ever

FECKER was there as an alternative Callum beater (though not the max) in round 10.

Gavin Chipper wrote:FECKER was there as an alternative Callum beater (though not the max) in round 10.

Or HEIFER, or even CHIEFER (if there's still a one syllable rule).

Jennifer Steadman wrote:

James Robinson wrote:the winner of today's match has a return trip here next Monday to face-off with Jen Steadman in the semis.

It's for the quarter finals! I'm not sure whether to read anything into the fact that you keep associating me with semis...

Haha, sorry yet again. It must be that tiara of yours I was wearing during this tournament, it clearly likes to mess with my mind

Anyone else notice Nick said today's match is the last before the quarter-finals?!

Philip Wilson wrote:Anyone else notice Nick said today's match is the last before the quarter-finals?!

A few of us noticed at the time of filming, didn't think it would make it to air though!

Brilliant episode. Well done Callum I didn't see the easy way for the last numbers round either lol.

I said...
3*50=150
7-2=5
150-5=145
145*4=580

The VD comment from Rachel at the first round was funny too.

Peter Clarke wrote:The VD comment from Rachel at the first round was funny too.

It was indeed. I wasn't aware that that abbreviation was still in common usage; the most recent use of it that I can remember is in a Friends episode from the first series.

Johnny Canuck wrote:

Peter Clarke wrote:The VD comment from Rachel at the first round was funny too.

It was indeed. I wasn't aware that that abbreviation was still in common usage; the most recent use of it that I can remember is in a Friends episode from the first series.

To be honest, I didn't know what it meant until I googled it as soon as I saw it At first, I just guessed that it was sex related or something lol.

Some of you have never heard of VD? You geeks need to get out more!

I bet some do-gooders complained about Rachel.

Dave Preece wrote:Some of you have never heard of VD? You geeks need to get out more!

It's an age thing, Dave. VD as a term hasn't really been around since the 1980s. Don't you remember? STD became the preferred term then (rightly so), as it encompassed all sexually transmitted diseases, not just those contracted by women.

At about the same time touch-tone telephones were coming out and I'm sure they also used something called STD (Standard Tone Dialling); I'm sure there was a joke in A Very Peculiar Practice about it, which reminds me, I should watch that again.