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 '''Stu Harkness''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 57]] and an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 84|84]]. He joined [[Apterous]] in 2020. He was a Maths Teacher from Tweedbank. He was also a participant in [[Championship of Champions XVI]].
-Harkness first appeared in 2007, losing his only game to [[Jason Cullen]] who would eventually make his own comeback in [[Series 92]]. On his tremendous return in 2021, he spotted three nine-letter words and scored in every round, helping him break the record for the highest ever score from a challenger against a carry-over champion with 148 points – the third-highest score in ''[[Countdown]]'' history – against five-time winner [[Jack Millard]]. He continued a strong run with seven [[century|centuries]] and one score in the 90s. His eighth game was not broadcast on 3 December 2021 as scheduled due to technical problems; however, it was made available initially on Virgin Media's catch up service before finally airing five days later on 8 December 2021 at 6:10 am.
+Harkness first appeared in 2007, losing his only game to [[Jason Cullen]] who would eventually make his own comeback in [[Series 92]]. But, on Stu's tremendous return in 2021, he spotted three nine-letter words and scored in every round, helping him break the record for the highest ever score from a challenger against a carry-over champion with 148 points – the third-highest score in ''[[Countdown]]'' history – against five-time winner [[Jack Millard]]. He continued a strong run with seven [[century|centuries]] and one score in the 90s. His eighth game was not broadcast on 3 December 2021 as scheduled due to technical problems; however, it was made available initially on Virgin Media's catch up service before finally airing five days later on 8 December 2021 at 6:10 am.
 Entering the finals as the No. 2 seed, Harkness – sporting an exclamation mark on his shirt – returned on 16 December 2021 for the second quarter-final against fellow Scotsman [[Roddie Bell]]. Despite Bell levelling the scoreline in the first [[numbers game]], Harkness won several [[letters game|letters rounds]] to extend his lead – including a spot of {{word|LIONHEART}} for nine – and confirm his place in the semi-final. In the last impossible-to-score numbers game, Harkness pulled off a hilarious gag; making a paper aeroplane out of his sheet with the target 747 written on the side. Harkness then played against [[Florence Cappleman-Lynes]] in the semi-final. After Harkness had {{word|outaged {{x}}}} disallowed in the second letters round, Florence held the lead, although Harkness kept up very closely and reduced the game to a seven point difference in the last letters round. Florence, however, solved a crucial [[conundrum]] to advance to the final, while Harkness bowed out with a second defeat. Harkness amassed an overall score of 1,095 points in his Series 84 run. With his Series 57 appearance, his overall total of points is 1,158 points.

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 '''Stu Harkness''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 57]] and an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 84|84]]. He joined [[Apterous]] in 2020. He was a Maths Teacher from Tweedbank. He was also a participant in [[Championship of Champions XVI]].
-Harkness first appeared in 2007, losing his only game to [[Jason Cullen]]. On his tremendous return in 2021, he spotted three nine-letter words and scored in every round, helping him break the record for the highest ever score from a challenger against a carry-over champion with 148 points – the third-highest score in ''[[Countdown]]'' history – against five-time winner [[Jack Millard]]. He continued a strong run with seven [[century|centuries]] and one score in the 90s. His eighth game was not broadcast on 3 December 2021 as scheduled due to technical problems; however, it was made available initially on Virgin Media's catch up service before finally airing five days later on 8 December 2021 at 6:10 am.
+Harkness first appeared in 2007, losing his only game to [[Jason Cullen]] who would eventually make his own comeback in [[Series 92]]. On his tremendous return in 2021, he spotted three nine-letter words and scored in every round, helping him break the record for the highest ever score from a challenger against a carry-over champion with 148 points – the third-highest score in ''[[Countdown]]'' history – against five-time winner [[Jack Millard]]. He continued a strong run with seven [[century|centuries]] and one score in the 90s. His eighth game was not broadcast on 3 December 2021 as scheduled due to technical problems; however, it was made available initially on Virgin Media's catch up service before finally airing five days later on 8 December 2021 at 6:10 am.
 Entering the finals as the No. 2 seed, Harkness – sporting an exclamation mark on his shirt – returned on 16 December 2021 for the second quarter-final against fellow Scotsman [[Roddie Bell]]. Despite Bell levelling the scoreline in the first [[numbers game]], Harkness won several [[letters game|letters rounds]] to extend his lead – including a spot of {{word|LIONHEART}} for nine – and confirm his place in the semi-final. In the last impossible-to-score numbers game, Harkness pulled off a hilarious gag; making a paper aeroplane out of his sheet with the target 747 written on the side. Harkness then played against [[Florence Cappleman-Lynes]] in the semi-final. After Harkness had {{word|outaged {{x}}}} disallowed in the second letters round, Florence held the lead, although Harkness kept up very closely and reduced the game to a seven point difference in the last letters round. Florence, however, solved a crucial [[conundrum]] to advance to the final, while Harkness bowed out with a second defeat. Harkness amassed an overall score of 1,095 points in his Series 84 run. With his Series 57 appearance, his overall total of points is 1,158 points.

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 [[File:Stu Harkness.png|thumb|200px|right|Stu Harkness in [[Series 57]]...]]
-[[File:Stu Harkness1.png|thumb|200px|right|...and again 14 years later in [[Series 84]]...]]
+[[File:Stu Harkness1.png|thumb|200px|right|...and again 14 years later in [[Series 84]]!]]
-[[File:Stu Harkness2.png|thumb|200px|right|...and again in the [[Championship of Champions XVI]]!]]
+[[File:Stu Harkness2.png|thumb|200px|right|And again in the [[Championship of Champions XVI]].]]
 '''Stu Harkness''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 57]] and an [[octochamp]] in [[Series 84|84]]. He joined [[Apterous]] in 2020. He was a Maths Teacher from Tweedbank. He was also a participant in [[Championship of Champions XVI]].

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 Harkness returned to the programme for the third time in the [[Championship of Champions XVI]] on 5 January 2023, where his opponent was [[Series 81]] champion [[James Haughton]]. Haughton established a good lead in the game by the second commercial break, although Harkness all but wiped it out by spotting {{word|VOCALISES}} for 9 to eventually take the match to a crucial conundrum. Haughton though buzzed in on 3 seconds with {{word|SYLPHLIKE}}, meaning that Harkness lost on a crucial with a score of 97 in consecutive games.
-He is also a competitive [[Scrabble]] player and qualified for the {{w|National Scrabble Championship (UK)|National Scrabble Championship}} Finals in 2016.
+He is also a competitive [[Scrabble]] player and represented Scotland at the 2023 WESPAC in Las Vegas.
 He has also appeared on ''{{w|Pointless}}'' on {{w|BBC One}}.

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 [[Category:Contestants in Series 57]]
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