User:JohnnyCanuck/Letters and Numbers/Contestants/Sam Gaffney

Sam Gaffney was a viscount in and the champion of Series 4 of Letters and Numbers. He is also the champion of Masters Series.

Gaffney began his run on 19 December 2011, deposing two-time champion Megan Marks and in his next game he found the nine-letter word ABDUCTION. He amassed six wins and 370 points (excluding 10 points from a tie-break conundrum in his fourth game) to become the #1 seed of Series 4; true to the formbook, he returned for the finals and defeated Sebastian Ham, Daniel Chua and Alan Nash to emerge as the fourth winner of the show's grand prize.

Several months later Gaffney returned for the show's Masters Series (equivalent to Championship of Champions). He won the series by defeating the runner-up of Series 3 Jeremy Schiftan in the quarter-final, the runner-up of Series 1 Naween Fernando in the semi-final and the runner-up of Series 3 Matthew Thomason in the final. The Masters Series final become the last episode of Letters and Numbers making Gaffney the ultimate champion of the Australian adaptation of Countdown.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
LAN341	19/12/2011	P	Megan Marks	23 – 51	Sam Gaffney	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN342	20/12/2011	P	Sam Gaffney	81 – 25	Tina Stevens	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	94
LAN343	21/12/2011	P	Sam Gaffney	62 – 21	Lewis Robinson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN344	22/12/2011	P	Sam Gaffney	67* – 57	Leanne Cox	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN345	23/12/2011	P	Sam Gaffney	64 – 20	Andy Welland	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	72
LAN346	26/12/2011	P	Sam Gaffney	55 – 15	Cameron Profitt	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN394	1/03/2012	QF	Sam Gaffney	70 – 53	Sebastian Ham	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	85
LAN398	7/03/2012	SF	Sam Gaffney	72 – 48	Daniel Chua	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN400	9/03/2012	GF	Sam Gaffney	55 – 51	Alan Nash	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN445	20/06/2012	CQF	Sam Gaffney	62 – 35	Jeremy Schiftan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN449	26/06/2012	CSF	Sam Gaffney	54 – 39	Naween Fernando	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN450	27/06/2012	CGF	Matthew Thomason	43 – 46	Sam Gaffney	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum