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− | '''Joyce Cansfield''', a housewife from Otley, was the first ever series champion of Countdown, defeating [[Michael Wylie]] {{score|59|41}} in the grand final, broadcast on 16 December 1982. She later returned for [[Championship of Champions I]], losing to [[Mark Nyman]] in the final. Joyce also appeared on the [[Episode 495|special episode]] to celebrate Countdown's 500th show on 2 February 1987, and competed in the [[Countdown Masters]] in 1989. In 1996 she returned for the [[series 33|Supreme Championship]], beating [[Steve Balment]] and [[Jackie McLeod]] before succumbing to boy wonder [[Allan Saldanha]] in the series quarter-finals. Between 2002 and 2003, she filmed a 15-round game against Series 2 finalist [[Dixie Baird]], but this is yet to be | + | '''Joyce Cansfield''', a housewife from Otley, was the first ever series champion of Countdown, defeating [[Michael Wylie]] {{score|59|41}} in the grand final, broadcast on 16 December 1982. She later returned for [[Championship of Champions I]], losing to [[Mark Nyman]] in the final. Joyce also appeared on the [[Episode 495|special episode]] to celebrate Countdown's 500th show on 2 February 1987, and competed in the [[Countdown Masters]] in 1989. In 1996 she returned for the [[series 33|Supreme Championship]], beating [[Steve Balment]] and [[Jackie McLeod]] before succumbing to boy wonder [[Allan Saldanha]] in the series quarter-finals. Between 2002 and 2003, she filmed a 15-round game against Series 2 finalist [[Dixie Baird]], but this is yet to be broadcast. |
− | She first appeared on the [[Calendar Countdown]] pilot episode in 1981, but this was never | + | She first appeared on the [[Calendar Countdown]] pilot episode in 1981, but this was never broadcast. |
Joyce Cansfield won the the UK National [[Scrabble]] Championship in 1980 and is the first of only two people (the other being [[Craig Beevers]]) to have been both UK [[Scrabble]] champion and Countdown series champion. She is also a long-standing setter of Times crossword puzzles. | Joyce Cansfield won the the UK National [[Scrabble]] Championship in 1980 and is the first of only two people (the other being [[Craig Beevers]]) to have been both UK [[Scrabble]] champion and Countdown series champion. She is also a long-standing setter of Times crossword puzzles. |
Revision as of 00:41, 24 March 2010
Joyce Cansfield, a housewife from Otley, was the first ever series champion of Countdown, defeating Michael Wylie 59 – 41 in the grand final, broadcast on 16 December 1982. She later returned for Championship of Champions I, losing to Mark Nyman in the final. Joyce also appeared on the special episode to celebrate Countdown's 500th show on 2 February 1987, and competed in the Countdown Masters in 1989. In 1996 she returned for the Supreme Championship, beating Steve Balment and Jackie McLeod before succumbing to boy wonder Allan Saldanha in the series quarter-finals. Between 2002 and 2003, she filmed a 15-round game against Series 2 finalist Dixie Baird, but this is yet to be broadcast.
She first appeared on the Calendar Countdown pilot episode in 1981, but this was never broadcast.
Joyce Cansfield won the the UK National Scrabble Championship in 1980 and is the first of only two people (the other being Craig Beevers) to have been both UK Scrabble champion and Countdown series champion. She is also a long-standing setter of Times crossword puzzles.
In 2008, 26 years after she first appeared on the show, Joyce returned again to the Countdown scene for the CoNot event, organized by a fellow series winner.
Series winner Series 1 |
Followed by Ash Haji |
Champion of Champions runner-up Championship of Champions I |
Followed by Peter Evans |