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− | '''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. 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. | + | '''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. 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 2002-2003, she filmed a 15-round game against Series 2 finalist [[Dixie Baird]], but this is yet to be broadcasted. |
Joyce Cansfield won the the UK National [[Scrabble]] Championship in 1980 and is to date the only person 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 to date the only person 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 10:40, 29 September 2009
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. 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 2002-2003, she filmed a 15-round game against Series 2 finalist Dixie Baird, but this is yet to be broadcasted.
Joyce Cansfield won the the UK National Scrabble Championship in 1980 and is to date the only person 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 |