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John Clarke (Series 11)
John Clarke was the winner of Series 11 and a defeated semi-finalist in Championship of Champions III.
Clarke started his run on 26 March 1987, late in the series, and had time for only five victories before the finals started, including four scores over 60. Under the rules of the time, he was offered the opportunity to compete in the finals rather than continue in the next series, and as he was #1 seed anyway, he opted to enter the finals.
A high-scoring 74-56 victory over Maurice Sobell put him through to the semi-finals, and a comfortable 48-19 defeat of James Wilkie set up an "all star" final with #2 seed David Reid. Impressive finds of MARRIAGE and OUTRIDER gave Clarke a 97-61 victory, with only an unsolved final conundrum LOCALTIES denying him the century.
He returned in June for Championship of Champions, where he drew Series 12 octochamp Jon Marsh. Clarke comfortably emerged the winner with a score of 61 to 29. In the semi-final he faced the legendary Harvey Freeman and delivered a creditable performance in defeat, with Freeman scoring one of the narrowest victories of his unbeaten career.
