Series LAN4

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Series 4 of Letters and Numbers ran from October 2011 to March 2012. It was won by Sam Gaffney.

Seed table

Rank	Name	Wins	Points
1	Sam Gaffney	6	380*
2	Alan Nash	6	351
3	Kerin White	6	336
4	Toby Baldwin	6	296
5	Shaun Ellis	6	280
6	Daniel Chua	5	248
7	Roman Turkiewicz	4	214
8	Sebastian Ham	4	186

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum
NOTE: Christopher Piggott-McKellar, with four wins and 188 points, had qualified for the finals as #8 seed but was unable to appear, so Sebastian Ham took his place.

Finals progress

• QF1: Sam Gaffney (#1) beat Sebastian Ham (#8)
• QF2: Alan Nash (#2) beat Roman Turkiewicz (#7)
• QF3: Kerin White (#3) lost to Daniel Chua (#6)
• QF4: Toby Baldwin (#4) beat Shaun Ellis (#5)
• SF1: Sam Gaffney (#1) beat Daniel Chua (#6)
• SF2: Alan Nash (#2) beat Toby Baldwin (#4)
• GF: Sam Gaffney (#1) beat Alan Nash (#2)

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
LAN301	24/10/2011	P	Shaun Ellis	38 – 36	Ilona Coote	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN302	25/10/2011	P	Shaun Ellis	59 – 13	Crockett Cooke	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN303	26/10/2011	P	Shaun Ellis	40 – 7	Nathan McKane	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN304	27/10/2011	P	Shaun Ellis	44 – 6	Kate Philip	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN305	28/10/2011	P	Nick Compton	44 – 71	Nick Terry	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN306	31/10/2011	P	Nick Terry	46 – 33	Hannah Marshall	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	99
LAN307	1/11/2011	P	Nick Terry	55 – 45	James Godfrey	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN308	2/11/2011	P	Nick Terry	35 – 42	Alex van der Kooij	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN309	3/11/2011	P	Alex van der Kooij	51 – 38	Adrian Lonigro	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN310	4/11/2011	P	Alex van der Kooij	35 – 12	Sujaya Pabbathi	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN311	7/11/2011	P	Alex van der Kooij	25 – 46	Colin Jones	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN312	8/11/2011	P	Colin Jones	56 – 47	Natasha Podesser	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN313	9/11/2011	P	Colin Jones	19 – 34	Timothy Clarke	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	85
LAN314	10/11/2011	P	Timothy Clarke	25 – 40	Michael Nichols	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	90
LAN315	11/11/2011	P	Michael Nichols	50 – 61	Peter Kropp	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN316	14/11/2011	P	Peter Kropp	60 – 57	Ryan Sutton	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN317	15/11/2011	P	Peter Kropp	31 – 40	David Bradley	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN318	16/11/2011	P	David Bradley	37 – 40	Sushma Garudadwajan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN319	17/11/2011	P	Sushma Garudadwajan	22 – 44	Daniel Chua	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN320	18/11/2011	P	Daniel Chua	59 – 34	Kane Gross	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN321	21/11/2011	P	Daniel Chua	56 – 30	Philip McNally	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN322	22/11/2011	P	Daniel Chua	53 – 45	Sandy Clarke	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN323	23/11/2011	P	Daniel Chua	36 – 33	Mitchell Fly	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN324	24/11/2011	P	Daniel Chua	52 – 53	Karla Treeves	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN325	25/11/2011	P	Karla Treeves	37 – 55	Geoff Bailey	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN326	28/11/2011	P	Geoff Bailey	64 – 51	Tim Clay	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN327	29/11/2011	P	Geoff Bailey	65 – 18	Eddy Hill	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN328	30/11/2011	P	Geoff Bailey	63 – 66	Brett Edwards	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN329	1/12/2011	P	Brett Edwards	24 – 18	Alicia Neilsen	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN330	2/12/2011	P	Brett Edwards	49 – 59	Toby Baldwin	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN331	5/12/2011	P	Toby Baldwin	48 – 13	Tom Museth	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN332	6/12/2011	P	Toby Baldwin	54 – 28	Eleanor Lamb	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN333	7/12/2011	P	Toby Baldwin	43 – 24	George Solomos	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN334	8/12/2011	P	Toby Baldwin	48 – 29	Yasmin Khan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN335	9/12/2011	P	Toby Baldwin	44 – 34	Richard Stevens	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN336	12/12/2011	P	Lainie Mercieca	59 – 33	Duncan Butler	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN337	13/12/2011	P	Lainie Mercieca	40 – 43	Hiep Do	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN338	14/12/2011	P	Hiep Do	32 – 23	Camilla Horn	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN339	15/12/2011	P	Hiep Do	23 – 39	Megan Marks	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN340	16/12/2011	P	Megan Marks	71* – 61	Jimmy Driscoll	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
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
LAN347	27/12/2011	P	James Bell	26 – 48	Ann Vasconcelos	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN348	28/12/2011	P	Ann Vasconcelos	25 – 39	Sebastian Ham	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN349	29/12/2011	P	Sebastian Ham	49 – 32	Susan Cumming	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN350	30/12/2011	P	Sebastian Ham	58 – 41	Nathan Dixon	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN351	2/01/2012	P	Sebastian Ham	40 – 37	Cherie Braude	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	86
LAN352	3/01/2012	P	Sebastian Ham	45 – 47	Mark Arnold	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN353	4/01/2012	P	Mark Arnold	40 – 55	Kerin White	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN354	5/01/2012	P	Kerin White	56 – 31	David Armstrong	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	75
LAN355	6/01/2012	P	Kerin White	46 – 42	John Day	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN356	9/01/2012	P	Kerin White	63 – 46	Brian McEvoy	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN357	10/01/2012	P	Kerin White	65 – 38	Richelle Patrick	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN358	11/01/2012	P	Kerin White	51 – 24	Zac Newnham	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	84
LAN359	12/01/2012	P	Trevor Armstrong	53 – 52	Geraldine Yam	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN360	13/01/2012	P	Trevor Armstrong	56 – 33	Cameron Tyeson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN361	16/01/2012	P	Trevor Armstrong	53 – 37	Chris Miller	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	80
LAN362	17/01/2012	P	Trevor Armstrong	16 – 60	Susan Pickett	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN363	18/01/2012	P	Susan Pickett	37 – 45	Maurie Williams	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN364	19/01/2012	P	Maurie Williams	52 – 48	Matt Williams	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	74
LAN365	20/01/2012	P	Maurie Williams	46 – 27	Raluca Dorobantu	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	83
LAN366	23/01/2012	P	Maurie Williams	33 – 34	Paul Merry	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN367	24/01/2012	P	Paul Merry	33 – 43*	Angie Pearce	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN368	25/01/2012	P	Angie Pearce	28 – 41	John O'Connor	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN369	26/01/2012	P	John O'Connor	49 – 41	Nick Mann	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	90
LAN370	27/01/2012	P	John O'Connor	35 – 44	Colin Shnier	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	76
LAN371	30/01/2012	P	Colin Shnier	63 – 37	Colin Mallard	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	97
LAN372	31/01/2012	P	Colin Shnier	37 – 61	Alice Wheeler	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN373	1/02/2012	P	Alice Wheeler	42 – 30	Paul de Boer	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN374	2/02/2012	P	Alice Wheeler	53 – 39	Pam Fichtner	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	99
LAN375	3/02/2012	P	Alice Wheeler	33 – 47	Cem Gurkan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN376	6/02/2012	P	Cem Gurkan	45 – 61	Rhonda Jefferson	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN377	7/02/2012	P	Rhonda Jefferson	39 – 37	Andrew Krein	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN378	8/02/2012	P	Rhonda Jefferson	41 – 60	Alan Nash	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	110
LAN379	9/02/2012	P	Alan Nash	73 – 24	Peter Szantry	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	109
LAN380	10/02/2012	P	Alan Nash	52 – 42	Kathy Male	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN381	13/02/2012	P	Alan Nash	54 – 24	Kim Fielke	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN382	14/02/2012	P	Alan Nash	43 – 30	Sam Cejvan	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN383	15/02/2012	P	Alan Nash	69 – 15	Richard Gadsby	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN384	16/02/2012	P	Christopher Piggott-McKellar	45 – 35	Tiahn Hannaford	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN385	17/02/2012	P	Christopher Piggott-McKellar	36 – 18	Donna McDaid	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	98
LAN386	20/02/2012	P	Christopher Piggott-McKellar	54 – 49	Michael Vnuk	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89
LAN387	21/02/2012	P	Christopher Piggott-McKellar	53 – 31	John Krohn	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	98
LAN388	22/02/2012	P	Christopher Piggott-McKellar	30 – 39	Katie Richer	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN389	23/02/2012	P	Katie Richer	31 – 68	Roman Turkiewicz	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN390	24/02/2012	P	Roman Turkiewicz	44 – 28	Natalie Simmons	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN391	27/02/2012	P	Roman Turkiewicz	57 – 35	Craig Woodward	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	87
LAN392	28/02/2012	P	Roman Turkiewicz	45 – 33	Linda Bennett	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	90
LAN393	29/02/2012	P	Roman Turkiewicz	16 – 67	Norm Do	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	79
LAN394	1/03/2012	QF	Sam Gaffney	70 – 53	Sebastian Ham	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	85
LAN395	2/03/2012	QF	Alan Nash	56 – 37	Roman Turkiewicz	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	98
LAN396	5/03/2012	QF	Kerin White	26 – 32	Daniel Chua	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	77
LAN397	6/03/2012	QF	Toby Baldwin	43 – 39	Shaun Ellis	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	78
LAN398	7/03/2012	SF	Sam Gaffney	72 – 48	Daniel Chua	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	88
LAN399	8/03/2012	SF	Alan Nash	50* – 40	Toby Baldwin	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	72
LAN400	9/03/2012	GF	Sam Gaffney	55 – 51	Alan Nash	Richard Morecroft	Lily Serna						David Astle	89

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum Since no known online word list is available for the Macquarie Dictionary, maximum scores are approximations only.