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[[Image:Sandie Simonis.jpg|thumb|right|Sandie Simonis in [[Series 8]]...]]
 
[[Image:Sandie Simonis.jpg|thumb|right|Sandie Simonis in [[Series 8]]...]]
 
[[File:Sandie Simonis.png|thumb|200px|right|...and 27 years later in the [[30th Birthday Championship]]!]]
 
[[File:Sandie Simonis.png|thumb|200px|right|...and 27 years later in the [[30th Birthday Championship]]!]]
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'''Sandie Simonis''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 8]] and the [[30th Birthday Championship]]. She was from Middlesex.
 
'''Sandie Simonis''' was a [[contestant]] in [[Series 8]] and the [[30th Birthday Championship]]. She was from Middlesex.
  
 
Her son, [[Daniel Simonis|Daniel]], was a finalist in [[Series 27]].
 
Her son, [[Daniel Simonis|Daniel]], was a finalist in [[Series 27]].
  
Twenty years later, Simonis returned to the Countdown scene to compete in [[CoBris 2005]] and [[COLIN 2006]].
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Twenty years later, Simonis returned to the ''[[Countdown]]'' scene to compete in the [[Co-event]]s [[CoBris 2005]] and [[COLIN 2006]].
  
She returned to Countdown again in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the [[30th Birthday Championship]]. She received a bye to the first round, but lost her only game to the [[Series 4]] runner-up [[Christine Hunt (Series 4)|Christine Hunt]] by a score of {{score|88|78}}, after her opponent answered two [[conundrums]] correctly.
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She returned to ''Countdown'' again in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. She received a bye to the first round, but lost her only game to the [[Series 4]] runner-up [[Christine Hunt (Series 4)|Christine Hunt]] by a score of {{score|88|78}}, after her opponent answered two [[conundrum]]s correctly.
  
Away from Countdown, she has reached Expert status at [[Scrabble]], and is Secretary of the London Scrabble League.
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Away from ''Countdown'', she has reached Expert status at [[Scrabble]], and is Secretary of the London Scrabble League.
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==

Revision as of 23:14, 7 May 2022

Sandie Simonis in Series 8...
...and 27 years later in the 30th Birthday Championship!

Sandie Simonis was a contestant in Series 8 and the 30th Birthday Championship. She was from Middlesex.

Her son, Daniel, was a finalist in Series 27.

Twenty years later, Simonis returned to the Countdown scene to compete in the Co-events CoBris 2005 and COLIN 2006.

She returned to Countdown again in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. She received a bye to the first round, but lost her only game to the Series 4 runner-up Christine Hunt by a score of 88 – 78, after her opponent answered two conundrums correctly.

Away from Countdown, she has reached Expert status at Scrabble, and is Secretary of the London Scrabble League.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
369 17/02/1986 P Andy Keeble 53 – 53 Sandie Simonis Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Hilary McGlynn 82
370 18/02/1986 P Andy Keeble 60 – 63 Sandie Simonis Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Hilary McGlynn 73
371 19/02/1986 P YT 56 – 46 Sandie Simonis Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Cathy Hytner Gyles Brandreth Hilary McGlynn 73
M23 4/09/1989-8/09/1989 M Gary Franks 90 – 60 Sandie Simonis Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman none Freda Thornton 133
M98 Unreleased M Sandie Simonis 77 – 49 Jane Smith Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman none Catherine Clarke ???
5630 28/01/2013 30B1 Christine Hunt 88* – 78 Sandie Simonis Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Mark Foster Susie Dent 134
* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum