Callum Ridley - Revision history

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 {{octostats|Quarter-finalist|6|784|4}}
 [[File:Callum Ridley.png|thumb|200px|right|Callum Ridley in Series 93.]]
-'''Callum Ridley''' was an [[octochamp]] and quarter-finalist in [[Series 93]]. He was from {{w|Witham, Essex}} and noted to be a passionate {{w|Witham Town F.C.}} supporter. He joined [[Apterous]] after all of his heat game appearances were filmed.
+'''Callum Ridley''' was an [[octochamp]] and quarter-finalist in [[Series 93]]. He was from {{w|Witham, Essex}} and noted to be a passionate {{w|Witham Town F.C.}} supporter. He joined [[Apterous]] after all of his appearances were filmed.
 ====Heat games====

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 {{octostats|Quarter-finalist|6|784|4}}
 [[File:Callum Ridley.png|thumb|200px|right|Callum Ridley in Series 93.]]
-'''Callum Ridley''' was an [[octochamp]] and quarter-finalist in [[Series 93]]. He was from Witham, Essex and noted to be a passionate {{w|Witham Town F.C.}} supporter. He has now qualified for the end-of-series finals, and joined [[Apterous]] after filming all of his heat game appearances.
+'''Callum Ridley''' was an [[octochamp]] and quarter-finalist in [[Series 93]]. He was from {{w|Witham, Essex}} and noted to be a passionate {{w|Witham Town F.C.}} supporter. He joined [[Apterous]] after all of his heat game appearances were filmed.
 ====Heat games====
-Making his debut two days after [[Daniel Face]] secured octochampdom, he had a very tough proposition with Nigel Marchington. It took a misdeclaration on a final six-small [[numbers]] round from Nigel for Callum to officially pull clear, and he topped it off by spotting {{word|RUBBISHED}} from {{word|HIDEBURBS}} to earn a [[teapot]] as well as a [[century]]. He followed that up with seven further victories including two more centuries. Of particular note, he spotted six [[nine-letter word]]s throughout his heats: {{word|UNGODLIER}} twice within consecutive games, {{word|UNWAISTED}}, {{word|EQUATIONS}}, {{word|CUSTODIAL}} and {{word|PRESUMING}}.
+He finished with 784 points to just sneak ahead of [[Megel Barker]], while also being the third octochamp of the [[series]] within five weeks. He was then anointed as "'''The Talent"''' (a short-form version of "'''The Talented Mr. Ridley"''') by {{w|Rachel Riley}}, for one final acknowledgement of his achievements during his octorun. Ridley became the first octochamp since [[Joe Dobinson]] in November 2022 to win eight consecutive games with more than one [[presenter]], as well as the second after [[Quinn Bartlett]] in August 2022 to win eight consecutive games with editions presented by {{w|Colin Murray}} and {{w|Les Dennis}}.
 ====Finals====
+.5 months later, he returned as the sixth seed against No. 3 seed "'''008'''" Luke Selway. He fell behind early on, when Selway cracked the first numbers round and then spotted {{word|WASPIES}} in Round 7. Despite nicking some points later with {{word|RAGOUT}} in Round 10, Luke then spotted {{word|INCOMERS}} and {{word|LINEMEN}} to establish a 26-point lead. After both players spotted the [[darrenic]] of {{word|PALPATES}} in the last letters round, it was game over for Callum before an easy final three-large numbers round. With neither player spotting the [[conundrum]] of {{word|SIGNALMEN}} and his unbeaten record broken, Ridley officially bowed out of Series 93 with his joint-lowest score to date of 76 and an aggregate total of 860 points from nine appearances.
 ==Episodes==

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-{{octostats|TBC|6|784|4}}
+{{octostats|Quarter-finalist|6|784|4}}
 [[File:Callum Ridley.png|thumb|200px|right|Callum Ridley in Series 93.]]
-'''Callum Ridley''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 93]]. He was from Witham, Essex and noted to be a passionate {{w|Witham Town F.C.}} supporter. He has now qualified for the end-of-series finals, and joined [[Apterous]] after filming all of his heat game appearances.
+'''Callum Ridley''' was an [[octochamp]] and quarter-finalist in [[Series 93]]. He was from Witham, Essex and noted to be a passionate {{w|Witham Town F.C.}} supporter. He has now qualified for the end-of-series finals, and joined [[Apterous]] after filming all of his heat game appearances.
 ====Heat games====
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 He finished with 784 points to sneak ahead of [[Megel Barker]], while also being the third octochamp of the series within five weeks. He was then anointed as "'''The Talent"''' (a short-form version of "'''The Talented Mr. Ridley"''') by {{w|Rachel Riley}}, for one final acknowledgement of his achievements to date. Ridley became the first octochamp since [[Joe Dobinson]] in November 2022 to win eight consecutive games with more than one [[presenter]], as well as the second after [[Quinn Bartlett]] in August 2022 to win eight consecutive games with editions presented by {{w|Colin Murray}} and {{w|Les Dennis}}.
 ==Episodes==
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 {{ep | 8697 | 05/02/2026 | P |Callum Ridley|76 – 26|[[Ammar Estwani]]|Dr Ranj Singh|Susie Dent|120}}
 {{ep | 8698 | 06/02/2026 | P |Callum Ridley|117 – 51|[[Kirsty Gamage]]|Dr Ranj Singh|Susie Dent|134}}
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 [[Category:Contestants in Series 93]]
 [[Category:Teapot owners]]
 [[Category:Octochamps of the 15 round era]]
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-{{octostats|TBC|TBC|784|4}}
+{{octostats|TBC|6|784|4}}
 [[File:Callum Ridley.png|thumb|200px|right|Callum Ridley in Series 93.]]
 '''Callum Ridley''' was an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 93]]. He was from Witham, Essex and noted to be a passionate {{w|Witham Town F.C.}} supporter. He has now qualified for the end-of-series finals, and joined [[Apterous]] after filming all of his heat game appearances.

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 ====Heat games====
-Making his debut two days after [[Daniel Face]] secured octochampdom, he had a very tough proposition with Nigel Marchington. It took a misdeclaration on a final six-small [[numbers]] round from Nigel for Callum to officially pull clear, and he topped it off by spotting {{word|RUBBISHED}} from {{word|HIDEBURBS}} to earn a [[teapot]] as well as a [[century]]. He followed that up with seven further victories including two more centuries. Of particular note, he spotted six [[nine-letter-word]]s throughout his heats: {{word|UNGODLIER}} twice within consecutive games, {{word|UNWAISTED}}, {{word|EQUATIONS}}, {{word|CUSTODIAL}} and {{word|PRESUMING}}.
+Making his debut two days after [[Daniel Face]] secured octochampdom, he had a very tough proposition with Nigel Marchington. It took a misdeclaration on a final six-small [[numbers]] round from Nigel for Callum to officially pull clear, and he topped it off by spotting {{word|RUBBISHED}} from {{word|HIDEBURBS}} to earn a [[teapot]] as well as a [[century]]. He followed that up with seven further victories including two more centuries. Of particular note, he spotted six [[nine-letter word]]s throughout his heats: {{word|UNGODLIER}} twice within consecutive games, {{word|UNWAISTED}}, {{word|EQUATIONS}}, {{word|CUSTODIAL}} and {{word|PRESUMING}}.
 He finished with 784 points to sneak ahead of [[Megel Barker]], while also being the third octochamp of the series within five weeks. He was then anointed as "'''The Talent"''' (a short-form version of "'''The Talented Mr. Ridley"''') by {{w|Rachel Riley}}, for one final acknowledgement of his achievements to date. Ridley became the first octochamp since [[Joe Dobinson]] in November 2022 to win eight consecutive games with more than one [[presenter]], as well as the second after [[Quinn Bartlett]] in August 2022 to win eight consecutive games with editions presented by {{w|Colin Murray}} and {{w|Les Dennis}}.

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