Dougie Mackay

Dougie Mackay in Series 78...

...and in Championship of Champions XV.

Dougie Mackay was a semi-finalist in Series 78 and a participant in Championship of Champions XV.

Appearances on the show

Heat games

Mackay started his run by easily defeating Luke O'Neill and obtained his first century.

His journey was not smooth all the time: having to face three crucial conundrums, two of which he survived plus one which was a close shave after Apterite Andy Christley blanked out on MRGOTNINE (Mackay got that one though).

But it all came to an end on the third one in his eighth game when Mac Walker buzzed in on DEFTCREEP in a second, not only ending his preliminary run with a defeat but his chances of becoming an octochamp as well.

But Mackay's 759 points meant that he achieved the highest ever total for a seven-time winner, surpassing Steve Baines' record of 758 in Series 57 as well as the then second-highest total for any non-octochamp after Philip Aston's 760 from seven games.

Finals

Mackay returned in June to take on Chris Thorn in his quarter-final. Here, he proved to be on impressive form by outplaying Thorn in both of his numbers selections of six small and spotting the nine-letter word of DOVETAILS to seal a 97 – 68 victory.

Mackay then faced Apterite Philip Aston in his semi-final; although both players put in strong efforts on both the letters and numbers, Mackay ultimately could not quite match Aston's scoring power in large part due to the latter player's early word spot of MONRADITE and the Apterite prevailed by 98 – 76.

Championship of Champions XV

Mackay returned the show in January 2019 for Championship of Champions XV.

He faced Matthew Tassier in the third preliminary round of the tournament. Tassier broke away on both of his numbers selections and won fairly comfortably, but Mackay had his last word by solving the conundrum.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
6800	6/04/2018	P	Luke O'Neill	73 – 109	Dougie Mackay	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	131
6801	9/04/2018	P	Dougie Mackay	78 – 70	Darren Newton	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Colin Murray	Susie Dent	131
6802	10/04/2018	P	Dougie Mackay	105 – 36	Colin Broome	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jimmy Osmond	Susie Dent	122
6803	11/04/2018	P	Dougie Mackay	102 – 59	Sarah Farley	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jimmy Osmond	Susie Dent	130
6804	12/04/2018	P	Dougie Mackay	78 – 58	Simon Clayton	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jimmy Osmond	Susie Dent	123
6805	13/04/2018	P	Dougie Mackay	95 – 84	Andy Christley	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jimmy Osmond	Susie Dent	133
6806	16/04/2018	P	Dougie Mackay	101 – 53	Gary Tanner	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Jimmy Osmond	Susie Dent	124
6807	17/04/2018	P	Dougie Mackay	91 – 93	Mac Walker	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Pasha Kovalev	Susie Dent	123
6849	18/06/2018	QF	Chris Thorn	68 – 97	Dougie Mackay	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Helen Fospero	Susie Dent	128
6852	21/06/2018	SF	Philip Aston	98 – 76	Dougie Mackay	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	132
6982	4/01/2019	CP	Matthew Tassier	96 – 78	Dougie Mackay	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Kate Humble	Susie Dent	135