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Jack Worsley
Jack Worsley was a contestant in Series 65 and the champion of Series 66. He became the first octochamp with Nick Hewer as presenter.
Worsley made his debut on 7 December 2011, in the final heat game of Series 65 and of Jeff Stelling's tenure as host, beating Phyllis Styles 103 – 39 before stepping aside for the finals. He returned in January for the Nick Hewer era and won the first episode of Series 66, along with six more, never facing a crucial conundrum and scoring centuries in all but one of his heats. Worsley is one of a handful of series champions (John Rawnsley, Junaid Mubeen and Kirk Bevins being others) to have debuted in another, previous series.
With an octochamp total of 818 points, Worsley was #2 seed for the series finals behind Jonathan Rawlinson, but the difference in their totals was substantial. After defeating Mark Murphy and Peter Lee (the latter by way of a crucial conundrum, ANONYMISE), he faced a grand final encounter against Rawlinson. The #1 seed took first blood with PITHOI and both players were in contention to the end, but Worsley led 80 – 70 going into the final round of play. However, the crucial conundrum STORYLINE defeated both players, meaning that Worsley became the series champion.
He attended his first CO-event in 2012, when he played at CO:REA, along with his dad, Paul. A week later, he and his dad attended CoLei5. Another two months later, he entered COHUD.
Preceded by Graeme Cole |
Series winner Series 66 |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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5391 | 7/12/2011 | P | Phyllis Styles | 39 – 103 | Jack Worsley | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | David Lloyd | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
5399 | 9/01/2012 | P | Jack Worsley | 105 – 54 | Brian Tuohy | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
5400 | 10/01/2012 | P | Jack Worsley | 110 – 44 | Catherine Green | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 150 | ||
5401 | 11/01/2012 | P | Jack Worsley | 103 – 67 | Barry Williams | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 140 | ||
5402 | 12/01/2012 | P | Jack Worsley | 100 – 51 | Marcia Wells | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
5403 | 13/01/2012 | P | Jack Worsley | 107 – 50 | Abi Maher | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
5404 | 16/01/2012 | P | Jack Worsley | 105 – 73 | Stewart Macpherson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | John Suchet | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
5405 | 17/01/2012 | P | Jack Worsley | 85 – 51 | Alan Paterson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | John Suchet | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
5512 | 22/06/2012 | QF | Mark Murphy | 52 – 75 | Jack Worsley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Penny Smith | Susie Dent | 113 | ||
5516 | 28/06/2012 | SF | Peter Lee | 88 – 91 | Jack Worsley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
5517 | 29/06/2012 | GF | Jack Worsley | 80 – 70 | Jonathan Rawlinson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 117 |