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Florence is the 50th member of the [[800 club]] entirely under the [[15 round format (new)|"new" 15 round format]], having attained 860 points across her run, and is the first woman, as well as the twelfth person ever, to solve all eight [[conundrums]] in their preliminary matches on the show. With 22 letters, she has the joint-longest name of any octochamp to date (the other being the late [[Michael Macdonald-Cooper]]). | Florence is the 50th member of the [[800 club]] entirely under the [[15 round format (new)|"new" 15 round format]], having attained 860 points across her run, and is the first woman, as well as the twelfth person ever, to solve all eight [[conundrums]] in their preliminary matches on the show. With 22 letters, she has the joint-longest name of any octochamp to date (the other being the late [[Michael Macdonald-Cooper]]). | ||
− | Florence returned for the finals as the No. 3 seed on 17 December 2021 against 7-game winner and No. 6-ranked [[Jasamrit Rahala]]. Florence continued her dominant play as she ran clear to win with a total of 121 points out of a possible 122 and qualified for the semi-finals, where she faced [[Stu Harkness]]. In | + | Florence returned for the finals as the No. 3 seed on 17 December 2021 against 7-game winner and No. 6-ranked [[Jasamrit Rahala]]. Florence continued her dominant play as she ran clear to win with a total of 121 points out of a possible 122 and qualified for the semi-finals, where she faced [[Stu Harkness]]. In an excellent game, Florence took an initial 14-point lead after Harkness had "Outaged" disallowed and she declared "Uniform" in comparison to Stu's "Fumier" in R5. But Stu closed the gap with a declaration of "Vapours" in R13, which led to a crucial conundrum. Florence though spotted "SEPTENNIA" just under 17 seconds to defeat Harkness, solve her 10th consecutive Conundrum, and advance to the Grand Final, where she will play [[Ahmed Mohamed]]. |
Florence later appeared on [[ZoomDown Series 4]]. | Florence later appeared on [[ZoomDown Series 4]]. |
Revision as of 15:23, 22 December 2021
Florence Cappleman-Lynes octochamp statistics | |
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Final position | — |
Seeding | 3 |
Points total | 860 |
Conundrums solved | 8 |
Florence Cappleman-Lynes was an octochamp in Series 84, the first under Anne Robinson. She is also an Apterite. She lives in Rochdale and is married to Series 82 runner-up, and fellow Apterite, Sam Cappleman-Lynes. Florence started her Countdown journey in the 12th heat of the series on 13 July 2021, emerging victorious with the first century under Robinson. After a run of two wins with scores in the 90's, Florence wrapped up her unbeaten run with another five more, all with scores above 101. She solved a crucial conundrum in her sixth match against Jonathan Walne and concluded with a personal best score of 124 points.
Florence is the 50th member of the 800 club entirely under the "new" 15 round format, having attained 860 points across her run, and is the first woman, as well as the twelfth person ever, to solve all eight conundrums in their preliminary matches on the show. With 22 letters, she has the joint-longest name of any octochamp to date (the other being the late Michael Macdonald-Cooper).
Florence returned for the finals as the No. 3 seed on 17 December 2021 against 7-game winner and No. 6-ranked Jasamrit Rahala. Florence continued her dominant play as she ran clear to win with a total of 121 points out of a possible 122 and qualified for the semi-finals, where she faced Stu Harkness. In an excellent game, Florence took an initial 14-point lead after Harkness had "Outaged" disallowed and she declared "Uniform" in comparison to Stu's "Fumier" in R5. But Stu closed the gap with a declaration of "Vapours" in R13, which led to a crucial conundrum. Florence though spotted "SEPTENNIA" just under 17 seconds to defeat Harkness, solve her 10th consecutive Conundrum, and advance to the Grand Final, where she will play Ahmed Mohamed.
Florence later appeared on ZoomDown Series 4.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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7550 | 13/07/2021 | P | Juliet Hedge | 78 – 105 | Florence Cappleman-Lynes | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Philippa Perry | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
7551 | 14/07/2021 | P | Florence Cappleman-Lynes | 98 – 46 | Charlie Higgins | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Philippa Perry | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
7552 | 15/07/2021 | P | Florence Cappleman-Lynes | 93 – 64 | Asad Riaz | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Philippa Perry | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
7553 | 19/07/2021 | P | Florence Cappleman-Lynes | 117 – 56 | Sue Sursham | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Rachel Parris | 135 | |||
7554 | 20/07/2021 | P | Florence Cappleman-Lynes | 116 – 57 | Sarah Hobhouse | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Rachel Parris | 124 | |||
7555 | 21/07/2021 | P | Florence Cappleman-Lynes | 102 – 88 | Jonathan Walne | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Rachel Parris | 134 | |||
7556 | 22/07/2021 | P | Florence Cappleman-Lynes | 105 – 54 | Richard Waudby | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Rachel Parris | 121 | |||
7557 | 23/07/2021 | P | Florence Cappleman-Lynes | 124 – 73 | Matt Horn | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Rachel Parris | 136 | |||
7662 | 17/12/2021 | QF | Florence Cappleman-Lynes | 121 – 62 | Jasamrit Rahala | Anne Robinson | Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon | Adrian Chiles | 122 | |||
7665 | 22/12/2021 | SF | Stu Harkness | 97 – 114 | Florence Cappleman-Lynes | Anne Robinson | Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon | Richard Coles | Susie Dent | 122 |