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The '''800 club''' is inhabited by those [[octochamp]]s who amass a total score of at least eight hundred in their heat games. This is significant because it implies an average score of over a [[century]]. Currently there are 34 members of the club; they are:-
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The '''800 club''' is inhabited by those [[octochamp]]s who amass a total score of at least eight hundred in their heat games. This is significant because it implies an average score of over a [[century]]. Currently there are 35 members of the club; they are:-
  
 
* '''[[Jack Hurst]]''' (946, 118.25, Series 63)
 
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* [[Daniel Pati]] (840, 105, Series 63)
 
* [[Daniel Pati]] (840, 105, Series 63)
 
* [[James Hurrell]] (838, 104.75, Series 57)
 
* [[James Hurrell]] (838, 104.75, Series 57)
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* [[Marcus Hares]] (834, 104.25, Series 63)
 
* [[Jack Welsby]] (831, 103.875, Series 52)   
 
* [[Jack Welsby]] (831, 103.875, Series 52)   
 
* [[Grace Page]] (829, 103.625, Series 48)
 
* [[Grace Page]] (829, 103.625, Series 48)

Revision as of 16:18, 10 November 2010

The 800 club is inhabited by those octochamps who amass a total score of at least eight hundred in their heat games. This is significant because it implies an average score of over a century. Currently there are 35 members of the club; they are:-

(Aggregate score over 8 games, average score over 8 games, series in which octochamp run was completed)

Those in bold are also members of the 850 club, a more elite subdivision of the 800 club. When Tom Hargreaves set his octochamp total of 850 at the start of 2002, Damian Eadie remarked that it would "stand for many moons". It didn't, but any player to reach that benchmark can certainly consider themselves among the all-time greats. Amongst these players, Andrew Hulme is the highest ranked not to have won his Series.

Evolution of the highest-scoring 15-round octochamp

See also

480 club, the equivalent under the 9 round format.

External links