Jack Welsby

Jack Welsby

Jack Welsby was a contestant in Series 52. He won all 8 of his heats with some excellent performances, and relieved many viewers by beating Jon Stitcher in his first game. He only failed to score 100 points in two games, against Joseph Bolas and Alan Cusack.

Returning for the series finals, he comfortably beat David Thirlwall in the quarter-final before facing Mark Tournoff in the semi. The game started evenly, but Mark built up a resounding lead with the niner VERONICAS. However, Jack fought back with PALMATE and a difficult numbers game, taking it to a crucial conundrum, which Tournoff got.

He was invited back to the Championship of Champions XII and played Jon O'Neill in the first round, narrowly beating him with help from words such as SENARII, TAUTENED and AMOEBAS. However, he came unstuck against Paul Howe in the quarter-final, as Paul spotted the impressive BURGONET to go into the conundrum with a 11 point lead.

Welsby was also joint winner (with David Stedman) of Series 34 on Fifteen-to-One, and was one time a world record holder for visiting all London Underground stations in the fastest time, beating Robert Robinson.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
3746	21/07/2004	P	Jon Stitcher	73 – 110	Jack Welsby	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Peter Baldwin	Susie Dent
3747	27/07/2004	P	Jack Welsby	105 – 51	Mary Parke	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Peter Baldwin	Susie Dent
3748	28/07/2004	P	Jack Welsby	102 – 42	Eddie McNamee	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Peter Baldwin	Susie Dent
3749	3/08/2004	P	Jack Welsby	101 – 55	Carol Kemp	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Alison Heard
3750	4/08/2004	P	Jack Welsby	96 – 86	Joseph Bolas	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Alison Heard
3751	5/08/2004	P	Jack Welsby	112 – 72	Stewart Smeed	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Alison Heard
3752	6/08/2004	P	Jack Welsby	108 – 51	Mandy Combes	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Alison Heard
3753	9/08/2004	P	Jack Welsby	97 – 73	Alan Cusack	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Alison Heard
3835	10/12/2004	QF	David Thirlwall	58 – 93	Jack Welsby	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rick Wakeman	Susie Dent
3839	16/12/2004	SF	Jack Welsby	73 – 88	Mark Tournoff	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent
4116	1/06/2006	CP	Jack Welsby	99 – 94	Jon O'Neill	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Ron Atkinson	Susie Dent
4124	13/06/2006	CQF	Jack Welsby	72 – 83	Paul Howe	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Kim Woodburn	Susie Dent