Jack Worsley

Jack Worsley

Jack Worsley was a contestant in Series 65 and the champion of Series 66. He became the first octochamp with Nick Hewer as presenter.

Worsley made his debut on 7 December 2011, in the final heat game of Series 65 and of Jeff Stelling's tenure as host, beating Phyllis Styles 103 – 39 before stepping aside for the finals. He returned in January for the Nick Hewer era and won the first episode of Series 66, along with six more, never facing a crucial conundrum and scoring centuries in all but one of his heats. Worsley is one of a handful of series champions (John Rawnsley, Junaid Mubeen and Kirk Bevins being others) to have debuted in another, previous series.

With an octochamp total of 818 points, Worsley was #2 seed for the series finals behind Jonathan Rawlinson, but the difference in their totals was substantial. After defeating Mark Murphy and Peter Lee (the latter by way of a crucial conundrum, ANONYMISE), he faced a grand final encounter against Rawlinson. He took first blood with SANTERO, but the #1 seed fought back with PITHOI soon after, and both players were in contention to the end. Worsley led 80 – 70 going into the final round of play. However, the crucial conundrum STORYLINE defeated both players, meaning that Worsley became the series champion.

He attended his first CO-event in 2012, when he played at CO:REA, along with his dad, Paul. A week later, he and his dad attended CoLei5. Another two months later, he entered COHUD.

Preceded by Graeme Cole

Series winner Series 66

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
5391	7/12/2011	P	Phyllis Styles	39 – 103	Jack Worsley	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	David Lloyd	Susie Dent	122
5399	9/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	105 – 54	Brian Tuohy	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	127
5400	10/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	110 – 44	Catherine Green	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	150
5401	11/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	103 – 67	Barry Williams	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	140
5402	12/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	100 – 51	Marcia Wells	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	122
5403	13/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	107 – 50	Abi Maher	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	129
5404	16/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	105 – 73	Stewart Macpherson	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Suchet	Susie Dent	120
5405	17/01/2012	P	Jack Worsley	85 – 51	Alan Paterson	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	John Suchet	Susie Dent	120
5512	22/06/2012	QF	Mark Murphy	52 – 75	Jack Worsley	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Penny Smith	Susie Dent	113
5516	28/06/2012	SF	Peter Lee	88 – 91	Jack Worsley	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	119
5517	29/06/2012	GF	Jack Worsley	80 – 70	Jonathan Rawlinson	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Dr Phil Hammond	Susie Dent	117