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Oliver Garner: A 15 year old prodigy.
Oliver Garner holding the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy.

Oliver Garner was the champion of Series 62. He made his debut aged 15. He is also part of the 800 club and has the lowest qualification score in it (802).

Heat games

Oliver made his debut in the second heat game of Series 62, defeating the reigning champion Jan Parker on a crucial conundrum CONDOLING. His second, third and fourth games all featured centuries before he got 99 in his fifth game against Keith Bush. In his sixth game he scored 115, the highest score in any heat game of the series, thanks to the nine-letter word PETITIONS despite the fact that his opponent solved the conundrum TOOTHCOMB before he did. He won his seventh game comfortably but came up short in the first few rounds of his eighth heat against Mark Goodliffe, and was down 34 – 13 by the time of the first break. Despite this, he beat Mark with DEBONE, DIATOM and a perfect second numbers game to set up a final crucial conundrum FORTYDIME. After one second he solved DEFORMITY to win by 6 points and become an octochamp.

Finals

Oliver returned as #1 seed for the finals. In his quarter-final he beat Claudia Tyson, finishing with the series high score of 123 after spotting a niner (MISROUTED) and solving the conundrum SAINTPITA. He played another favourite Craig Chittenden in the semi-final and won 105 – 69 in a game less close than had been expected. Finally, Oliver came up against Nicki Sellars in the grand final. He opened an early lead with MAESTRO in round one and held up his lead all the way through, finishing off by getting the conundrum BEDISCLUE to score another century and win the series. Oliver was the second youngest series champion ever, after Conor Travers.

In May 2010, he attended his first unofficial Countdown tournament, Co:Lon, where he finished runner up.

Preceded by
Chris Davies
Series winner
Series 62

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
4955 12/01/2010 P Jan Parker 72 – 84 Oliver Garner Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Brian Capron Susie Dent
4956 13/01/2010 P Oliver Garner 105 – 22 Troy Ramsey-Axelsson Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Brian Capron Susie Dent
4957 14/01/2010 P Oliver Garner 113 – 67 Andy Hewitt Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Brian Capron Susie Dent
4958 15/01/2010 P Oliver Garner 114 – 67 Garry Brough Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Brian Capron Susie Dent
4959 18/01/2010 P Oliver Garner 99 – 48 Keith Bush Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley John Stapleton Susie Dent
4960 19/01/2010 P Oliver Garner 115 – 48 Wendy Trigg Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley John Stapleton Susie Dent
4961 20/01/2010 P Oliver Garner 91 – 67 Daphne Lord Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley John Stapleton Susie Dent
4962 21/01/2010 P Oliver Garner 81 – 75 Mark Goodliffe Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley John Stapleton Susie Dent
5057 10/06/2010 QF Claudia Tyson 75 – 123 Oliver Garner Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley John Inverdale Susie Dent
5061 16/06/2010 SF Oliver Garner 105 – 69 Craig Chittenden Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Paul Zenon Susie Dent
5063 18/06/2010 GF Nicki Sellars 62 – 107 Oliver Garner Jeff Stelling Rachel Riley Paul Zenon Susie Dent

See also: User:Oli2