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Oliver Garner
Oliver Garner was the champion of Series 62.
He made his debut aged 15. He is also part of the 800 club, having made 802 points over his eight heat games.
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Heat games
Garner made his debut in the second heat game of Series 62, defeating the reigning champion Jan Parker on a crucial conundrum CONDOLING. His second, third and fourth games all featured centuries, before he got 99 in his fifth game against Keith Bush. In his sixth game he scored 115, the highest score in any heat game of the series, thanks to the nine-letter word PETITIONS, despite the fact that his opponent solved the conundrum TOOTHCOMB before he did. He won his seventh game comfortably, but came up short in the first few rounds of his eighth heat against Mark Goodliffe, and was down 34 – 13 by the time of the first break. Despite this, he beat Goodliffe with DEBONE, DIATOM and a perfect second numbers game to set up a final crucial conundrum FORTYDIME. After one second, he solved DEFORMITY to win by 6 points and become an octochamp.
Finals
Garner returned as #1 seed for the finals. In his quarter-final, he beat Claudia Tyson, finishing with the series high score of 123 after spotting a niner (MISROUTED) and solving the conundrum SAINTPITA. He played another favourite Craig Chittenden in the semi-final and won 105 – 69 in a game less close than had been expected. Finally, Garner came up against Nicki Sellars in the grand final. He opened an early lead with MAESTRO in round one and held up his lead all the way through, finishing off by getting the conundrum BEDISCLUE to score another century and win the series. Oliver was the second youngest series champion ever, after Conor Travers and the same age as Wayne Summers.
In May 2010, he attended his first unofficial Countdown tournament, Co:Lon 2010, where he finished runner-up to Innis Carson.
Preceded by Chris Davies |
Series winner Series 62 |
Followed by Jack Hurst |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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4955 | 12/01/2010 | P | Jan Parker | 72 – 84 | Oliver Garner | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Brian Capron | Susie Dent | 116 | ||
4956 | 13/01/2010 | P | Oliver Garner | 105 – 22 | Troy Ramsey-Axelsson | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Brian Capron | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
4957 | 14/01/2010 | P | Oliver Garner | 113 – 67 | Andy Hewitt | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Brian Capron | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
4958 | 15/01/2010 | P | Oliver Garner | 114 – 67 | Garry Brough | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Brian Capron | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
4959 | 18/01/2010 | P | Oliver Garner | 99 – 48 | Keith Bush | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | John Stapleton | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
4960 | 19/01/2010 | P | Oliver Garner | 115 – 48 | Wendy Trigg | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | John Stapleton | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
4961 | 20/01/2010 | P | Oliver Garner | 91 – 67 | Daphne Lord | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | John Stapleton | Susie Dent | 112 | ||
4962 | 21/01/2010 | P | Oliver Garner | 81 – 75 | Mark Goodliffe | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | John Stapleton | Susie Dent | 115 | ||
5057 | 10/06/2010 | QF | Claudia Tyson | 75 – 123 | Oliver Garner | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | John Inverdale | Susie Dent | 138 | ||
5061 | 16/06/2010 | SF | Oliver Garner | 105 – 69 | Craig Chittenden | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
5063 | 18/06/2010 | GF | Nicki Sellars | 62 – 107 | Oliver Garner | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 120 |