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Jack Worsley

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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, 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, followed by CoChest2 in October and COEDI in November.

Preceded by
Graeme Cole
Series winner
Series 66
Followed by
Paul James

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