Caroline McManus

Caroline McManus Octochamp Statistics
Final position	Quarter-finalist
Seeding	6
Points total	668
Conundrums solved	2

Caroline McManus in Series 88.

Caroline McManus was an octochamp and finalist in Series 88. She was a retired Maths Teacher from Guernsey.

In 2016, McManus appeared on Only Connect as part of the Channel Islanders.

Appearances

Heat games

McManus debuted on 25 October 2023 against Lor Brookfield, winning by 7 points with a score of 78 to Brookfield's 71 points. From here, McManus continued her gameplay, with a personal best of 101 in her fifth game. She ultimately secured her octochampdon with a total of 668 points, with her last game also seeing her spot the only nine of her run ORDINATES to become the first female octochamp since Florence Cappleman-Lynes in Series 84, at the time as the fifth seed for the end-of-series-finals.

Finals

McManus ultimately returned for a quarter-final against fellow mathematics teacher Ben Bazzard; the two remained evenly matched early on and both surprisingly missed relatively easy numbers round targets, but Bazzard eventually roared off into the distance to wrap up victory before the conundrum, which he solved to add to Caroline's defeat and end her unbeaten record. She ultimately finished with 61 points, and a final points tally of 729 from nine appearances.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
8134	25/10/2023	P	Lor Brookfield	71 – 78	Caroline McManus	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Watson	Susie Dent	133
8135	26/10/2023	P	Caroline McManus	73 – 68	Gary McDonald	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Watson	Susie Dent	136
8136	27/10/2023	P	Caroline McManus	97 – 67	Luke Billington	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Watson	Susie Dent	133
8137	30/10/2023	P	Caroline McManus	74 – 35	Anne Hughes	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Ben Hanlin	Susie Dent	137
8138	31/10/2023	P	Caroline McManus	101 – 37	Mark Roberts	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Ben Hanlin	Susie Dent	125
8139	01/11/2023	P	Caroline McManus	87 – 60	Andrew Newman	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Ben Hanlin	Susie Dent	127
8140	02/11/2023	P	Caroline McManus	67 – 63	Dean Whearty	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Ben Hanlin	Susie Dent	135
8141	03/11/2023	P	Caroline McManus	91 – 71	Heather Telfer	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Ben Hanlin	Susie Dent	139
8172	18/12/2023	QF	Ben Bazzard	124 – 61	Caroline McManus	Colin Murray	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Christopher Biggins	Susie Dent	143