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'''Grace Page''' was the runner-up of [[series 48]], losing to [[Julian Fell]] in the final. She won 8 heat games with scores ranging between 90 and 120. In one game she got two [[nine letter word]]s -  {{word|FLAGSTONE}} and {{word|INSPECTED}}. She qualified as #2 seed distantly behin Julian Fell who'd scored over 900 points, but beat [[David Nickeas]] very narrowly in the quarter-final before beating [[Joe Zubaidi]] by 33 points. In the final, the numbers #1 and #2 seeds matched up against each other. Grace made a bad start, missing two nines in the first round and never recovered despite beating Julian with {{word|KNITWEAR}}. Grace appeared in the [[Championship of Champions XI]], losing to [[Rupert Stokoe]] of [[Series 47]] by just 10 points. Since the dawn of the 15-round era, Grace is the only female Octochamp to score 800 points, and the only female Octochamp to qualify for the final of a [[Series]].
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'''Grace Page''' was the runner-up of [[series 48]], losing to [[Julian Fell]] in the final. She won 8 heat games with scores ranging between 90 and 120. In one game she got two [[nine letter word]]s -  {{word|FLAGSTONE}} and {{word|INSPECTED}}. She qualified as #2 seed (some way behind Julian Fell with 915 points), but beat [[David Nickeas]] only narrowly in the quarter final before beating [[Joe Zubaidi]] more convincingly in their semi-final. In the final, the numbers #1 and #2 seeds matched up against each other. Grace made a bad start, missing two nines in the first round and never recovered despite beating Julian with {{word|KNITWEAR}}. Grace appeared in the [[Championship of Champions XI]], losing to [[Rupert Stokoe]] of [[Series 47]] by just 10 points. Grace is the only woman to score over 800 points.
  
 
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==Episodes==

Revision as of 21:20, 21 March 2008

Grace Page was the runner-up of series 48, losing to Julian Fell in the final. She won 8 heat games with scores ranging between 90 and 120. In one game she got two nine letter words - FLAGSTONE and INSPECTED. She qualified as #2 seed (some way behind Julian Fell with 915 points), but beat David Nickeas only narrowly in the quarter final before beating Joe Zubaidi more convincingly in their semi-final. In the final, the numbers #1 and #2 seeds matched up against each other. Grace made a bad start, missing two nines in the first round and never recovered despite beating Julian with KNITWEAR. Grace appeared in the Championship of Champions XI, losing to Rupert Stokoe of Series 47 by just 10 points. Grace is the only woman to score over 800 points.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3281 2/07/2002 P Colin Richards 71 – 108 Grace Page Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Joan Bakewell Richard Samson
3282 3/07/2002 P Grace Page 100 – 74 Margaret Goldsmith Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Joan Bakewell Richard Samson
3283 4/07/2002 P Grace Page 106 – 48 Frazer Melton Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Joan Bakewell Richard Samson
3284 5/07/2002 P Grace Page 93 – 56 Jean Tyler Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Joan Bakewell Richard Samson
3285 8/07/2002 P Grace Page 112 – 72 Fiona Farquharson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Bruce Richard Samson
3286 9/07/2002 P Grace Page 100 – 64 Ralph Manterfield Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Bruce Richard Samson
3287 10/07/2002 P Grace Page 120 – 69 Peter Gillman Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Bruce Richard Samson
3288 11/07/2002 P Grace Page 90 – 71 Judy Ellicott Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Ken Bruce Richard Samson
3384 13/12/2002 QF Grace Page 92 – 88 David Nickeas Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Pam Ayres Richard Samson
3388 19/12/2002 SF Grace Page 104 – 71 Joe Zubaidi Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Richard Samson
3389 20/12/2002 GF Julian Fell 112 – 88 Grace Page Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Richard Samson
3392 8/01/2003 CP Rupert Stokoe 90 – 80 Grace Page Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Martin Jarvis Susie Dent