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Paul Howe

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Paul Howe
Octochamp Statistics
Final positionSemi-finalist
Seeding4
Points total815
Conundrums solved5
Paul Howe

Paul Howe was an octochamp in Series 54.

He first appeared on 4 February 2006, only a few days after his games were recorded. He went on to become an octochamp including a score of 113 against Alan Patient, which gave him a total point total over 800 for his eight games. In the quarter-final he beat Keith Maynard in spectacular fashion, leading 50 – 0 after 5 rounds, the biggest ever recorded lead after the first numbers game. This set up a clash with #1 seed Conor Travers. Both players scored the maximum in every letters round, the only time this has ever happened, but both players struggled with two difficult numbers games, which allowed Travers to take a 14-point lead into the conundrum. Travers solved the conundrum and won the game 124 – 100. 100 is the second highest losing score during the finals stages of a seriesNicole Hutchings got 105 against Stewart Holden in Series 51. His score is however the highest losing score in a semi-final.

Howe was invited back to the Championship of Champions XII where he beat John Mayhew in the first round. At the time, Mayhew had never been beaten and Howe remains the only player ever to beat him. In the semi-final he narrowly beat Jack Welsby thanks to words like BURGONET but Howe's winning streak ended against the unbeaten Mark Tournoff. Howe held the Series 52 champion to a crucial conundrum which Tournoff solved to maintain his unbeaten run. Howe only ever lost to two people, both of whom were series champions - Conor Travers and Mark Tournoff.

Before appearing on the show, he had attended the first Countdown tournament, COLIN 2005 and CoBris 2005, then subsequently COLIN 2006, CoBris 2006, COLIN 2007, COLIN 2009, Co:Lon 2010 and Co:Lon 2011. He also achieved the 3rd place result in CoNot 2008 and 2nd place in CoNot 2009 and COLIN 2010. He also won an early Apterous tournament, Aptobash.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
4027 4/02/2006 P Keith Reading 83 – 102 Paul Howe Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 123
4028 6/02/2006 P Paul Howe 109 – 72 Judith Shade Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 133
4029 7/02/2006 P Paul Howe 95 – 77 Darren Wilks Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 127
4030 8/02/2006 P Paul Howe 93 – 56 Alison Campbell Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 131
4031 9/02/2006 P Paul Howe 105 – 49 Terence Reilly Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 118
4032 10/02/2006 P Paul Howe 107 – 61 Michael Jones Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Carol Thatcher Susie Dent 122
4033 11/02/2006 P Paul Howe 113 – 42 Alan Patient Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Carol Thatcher Susie Dent 122
4034 13/02/2006 P Paul Howe 91 – 47 Clare Hughes Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Carol Thatcher Susie Dent 121
4109 23/05/2006 QF Keith Maynard 49 – 118 Paul Howe Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 134
4110 24/05/2006 SF Conor Travers 124 – 100 Paul Howe Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Richard Digance Susie Dent 130
4117 2/06/2006 CP John Mayhew 87 – 117 Paul Howe Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Ron Atkinson Susie Dent 132
4124 13/06/2006 CQF Jack Welsby 72 – 83 Paul Howe Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Kim Woodburn Susie Dent 118
4125 14/06/2006 CSF Paul Howe 88 – 99 Mark Tournoff Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Kim Woodburn Susie Dent 126