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Jim Bentley
From Countdown
Jim Bentley Octochamp Statistics | |
Final position | Quarter-finalist |
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Seeding | 4 |
Points total | 756 |
Conundrums solved | 5 |
Jim Bentley was an octochamp in Series 50.
He overcame the sitting champion Brian McKeon by just 9 points before going on to win 7 more games, including a score of 112 against Richard Francis, winning by 50 points. He went into the finals as #4 seed and faced #5 seed Adam Laws. In a very close game, they went into the conundrum NIPPERAID with 78 points each, but it was Laws that solved DRAINPIPE in 11 seconds to go onto the semi-final against #1 seed Chris Cummins.
Since appearing on Countdown, Bentley has appeared at Countdown in Lincoln in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012, and is a moderator on the C4countdown forum. He's well known for posting the first ever recap on both the original C4countdown mailing list and the forum, and for compiling a comprehensive dictionary for online gaming known as "JimDic".
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Guest | Lex | Max |
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3542 | 28/08/2003 | P | Brian McKeon | 70 – 79 | Jim Bentley | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 116 |
3543 | 29/08/2003 | P | Jim Bentley | 101 – 51 | Alison Ross | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 125 |
3544 | 1/09/2003 | P | Jim Bentley | 90 – 89 | Stuart Lightfoot | Pam Ayres | Susie Dent | 120 |
3545 | 15/09/2003 | P | Jim Bentley | 112 – 62 | Richard Francis | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 125 |
3546 | 16/09/2003 | P | Jim Bentley | 82 – 66 | Diana Smith | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 131 |
3547 | 17/09/2003 | P | Jim Bentley | 83 – 79 | David Moore | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 120 |
3548 | 18/09/2003 | P | Jim Bentley | 96 – 51 | Ruth Edmonds | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 122 |
3549 | 19/09/2003 | P | Jim Bentley | 113 – 51 | Irvine Henderson | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 119 |
3611 | 16/12/2003 | QF | Jim Bentley | 78 – 88 | Adam Laws | Richard Digance | Susie Dent | 118 |