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'''Richard Heald''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 53]].
 
'''Richard Heald''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 53]].
  
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Richard opened his account with a convincing victory over [[Amy McMaster]] on 2 June 2005, completing his run with 4 centuries. Despite scoring 795 points in total, this was only good enough to be #4 seed in the series finals. A nailbiter of a quarter final saw Richard and [[Ross Allatt]] level on 90 points apiece going into the conundrum, which Richard unscrambled on 16 seconds to take a hard-earned semifinal place. Here he faced #1 seed [[John Brackstone]] in a match that again went to a crucial conundrum. This time Richard lost out after John took 10 seconds to unscramble {{word|RIPEROOTS}}.
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Heald opened his account with a convincing victory over [[Amy McMaster]] on 2 June 2005, completing his run with 4 centuries. Despite scoring 795 points in total, this was only good enough to be #4 seed in the series finals. A nailbiter of a quarter-final saw Heald and [[Ross Allatt]] level on 90 points apiece going into the conundrum, which Heald unscrambled on 16 seconds to take a hard-earned semi-final place. Here he faced #1 seed [[John Brackstone]] in a match that again went to a crucial conundrum. This time Heald lost out after Brackstone took 10 seconds to unscramble {{word|RIPEROOTS}}.
  
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Richard may have been the reserve contestant for [[Championship of Champions XII]] as a nameplate with his name on was seen on the monitor next to the tile-shuffling table to the side of the audience, but this is unconfirmed.
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Heald may have been the reserve contestant for [[Championship of Champions XII]] as a nameplate with his name on was seen on the monitor next to the tile-shuffling table to the side of the audience, but this is unconfirmed.
  
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Richard was the last octochamp to be crowned with [[Richard Whiteley]] as the presenter.
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Heald was the last octochamp to be crowned with [[Richard Whiteley]] as the presenter.
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==

Revision as of 23:07, 11 November 2011

Richard in his quarter-final.

Richard Heald was an octochamp in Series 53.

Heald opened his account with a convincing victory over Amy McMaster on 2 June 2005, completing his run with 4 centuries. Despite scoring 795 points in total, this was only good enough to be #4 seed in the series finals. A nailbiter of a quarter-final saw Heald and Ross Allatt level on 90 points apiece going into the conundrum, which Heald unscrambled on 16 seconds to take a hard-earned semi-final place. Here he faced #1 seed John Brackstone in a match that again went to a crucial conundrum. This time Heald lost out after Brackstone took 10 seconds to unscramble RIPEROOTS.

Heald may have been the reserve contestant for Championship of Champions XII as a nameplate with his name on was seen on the monitor next to the tile-shuffling table to the side of the audience, but this is unconfirmed.

Heald was the last octochamp to be crowned with Richard Whiteley as the presenter.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3938 2/06/2005 P Amy McMaster 58 – 92 Richard Heald Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Peter Baldwin Susie Dent 125
3939 3/06/2005 P Richard Heald 115 – 36 Michael Chidwick Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Peter Baldwin Susie Dent 136
3940 6/06/2005 P Richard Heald 93 – 58 Anne Hardy Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Peter Baldwin Susie Dent 116
3941 7/06/2005 P Richard Heald 104 – 58 Ross Gibson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Peter Baldwin Susie Dent 117
3942 8/06/2005 P Richard Heald 89 – 73 Beryl Lawford Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Peter Baldwin Susie Dent 120
3943 9/06/2005 P Richard Heald 104 – 57 Karen Pearson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Barry Norman Susie Dent 118
3944 10/06/2005 P Richard Heald 102 – 57 Alan Hicks Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Barry Norman Susie Dent 117
3945 13/06/2005 P Richard Heald 96 – 84 Paul Lyne Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Barry Norman Susie Dent 116
3956 29/06/2005 QF Richard Heald 100 – 90 Ross Allatt Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Susie Dent 117
3957 30/06/2005 SF Richard Heald 75 – 89 John Brackstone Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Susie Dent 119
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