Sandie Simonis

Sandie Simonis in Series 8...

...and 27 years later in the 30th Birthday Championship!

Sandie Simonis was a contestant in Series 8 and the 30th Birthday Championship. She was from Pinner, Greater London.

Her son, Daniel, was a semi-finalist in Series 27.

Twenty years after her original appearances, Simonis returned to the Countdown scene to compete in the Co-events CoBris 2005 and COLIN 2006.

She returned to Countdown again in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. She received a bye to the first round, but lost her only game to the Series 4 runner-up Christine Hunt by a score of 88 – 78, after her opponent answered two conundrums correctly.

Away from Countdown, she has reached expert status at Scrabble, and is secretary of the London Scrabble League.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
369	17/02/1986	P	Andy Keeble	53 – 53	Sandie Simonis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Hilary McGlynn	83
370	18/02/1986	P	Andy Keeble	60 – 63	Sandie Simonis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Hilary McGlynn	73
371	19/02/1986	P	Y.T. (Paul White)	56 – 46	Sandie Simonis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Hilary McGlynn	73
M23	04/09/1989–08/09/1989	M	Gary Franks	90 – 60	Sandie Simonis	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	133
M98	Unreleased	M	Sandie Simonis	77 – 49	Jane Smith	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	???
5630	28/01/2013	30B1	Christine Hunt	88* – 78	Sandie Simonis	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Mark Foster	Susie Dent	134

* includes 10 points from a tiebreak conundrum