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Peter Burke
Peter Burke was a contestant in Series 86 and 87. He was originally from County Donegal but now lives in London. He is also an Apterite.
Burke first appeared on 8 December 2022, winning his first game with 86 points over 6 game winner Rick Singh. He then won with two consecutive centuries, including a personal best of 112. Following his fifth win in the last preliminary of the series, he was placed aside for the series finals. He returned to the programme on 23 January 2023 to continue his run in the first preliminary of Series 87, following the Championship of Champions XVI. He won a further two matches, but was unseated by Cillian McMulkin in his eighth game, missing out on becoming the first octochamp in the series. With 705 points across his eight games, Burke's 7 wins were sufficient to see him qualify for the series finals in June.
Burke returned for the series finals as the No.3 seed, starting out against No.6 seed Greg Pearce. Both players started level, before Pearce took a brief lead after the first numbers round. However, Burke slowly clawed his way back, and managed to obtain a century after the conundrum, to set up a semi final rematch against Cillian McMulkin.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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7910 | 08/12/2022 | P | Rick Singh | 78 – 86 | Peter Burke | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Rufus Hound | 136 | |||
7911 | 09/12/2022 | P | Peter Burke | 108 – 40 | Sam Manojlovic | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Rufus Hound | 126 | |||
7912 | 12/12/2022 | P | Peter Burke | 112 – 56 | Chris Diamond | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Vick Hope | 136 | |||
7913 | 13/12/2022 | P | Peter Burke | 82 – 64 | Ruth Agnew | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Vick Hope | Susie Dent | 153 | ||
7914 | 14/12/2022 | P | Peter Burke | 84 – 52 | Jon Crooks | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Vick Hope | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
7937 | 23/01/2023 | P | Peter Burke | 74 – 64 | Marc Meakin | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Stephen K. Amos | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7938 | 24/01/2023 | P | Peter Burke | 93 – 67 | Rog Airey | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Stephen K. Amos | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
7939 | 25/01/2023 | P | Peter Burke | 66 – 107 | Cillian McMulkin | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Stephen K. Amos | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
8046 | 23/06/2023 | QF | Peter Burke | 107 – 64 | Greg Pearce | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Susie Dent | 135 |