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'''Steve Williams''' was a finalist in [[Series 16]].
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'''Steve Williams''' was a semi-finalist from [[series 16]] in 1988. He beat [[Frederick Sellers]] in his first appearance, and won seven more games to become an [[octochamp]] and #1 seed for the final rounds. He beat [[Gareth Hughes]] in the quarter-final, but was beaten in the semi-final by [[Roger Wales]]. Steve returned for [[Championship of Champions IV]], and beat [[Hilary Hopper]] in the first round before losing to [[Tony Vick]] in the semi-final by way of a [[sudden-death conundrum]]. Steve's losing score of 70 remains to this day the joint-highest losing score of the [[9 round game]].  
  
 
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Revision as of 16:47, 14 January 2009

Steve Williams was a semi-finalist from series 16 in 1988. He beat Frederick Sellers in his first appearance, and won seven more games to become an octochamp and #1 seed for the final rounds. He beat Gareth Hughes in the quarter-final, but was beaten in the semi-final by Roger Wales. Steve returned for Championship of Champions IV, and beat Hilary Hopper in the first round before losing to Tony Vick in the semi-final by way of a sudden-death conundrum. Steve's losing score of 70 remains to this day the joint-highest losing score of the 9 round game.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
772 8/07/1988 P Frederick Sellers 36 – 52 Steve Williams Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Brian Johnston Della Thompson
773 11/07/1988 P Steve Williams 51 – 30 Roy Anderson Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Barbara Taylor Bradford Catherine Clarke
774 12/07/1988 P Steve Williams 51 – 46 Norman Armitage Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Barbara Taylor Bradford Catherine Clarke
775 13/07/1988 P Steve Williams 53 – 29 Beryl Owen Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Barbara Taylor Bradford Catherine Clarke
776 14/07/1988 P Steve Williams 59 – 36 Derek Baxter Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Barbara Taylor Bradford Catherine Clarke
777 15/07/1988 P Steve Williams 45 – 25 Margaret Baker Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Barbara Taylor Bradford Catherine Clarke
778 18/07/1988 P Steve Williams 53 – 16 Paul Taylor Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Sylvia Syms Catherine Clarke
779 19/07/1988 P Steve Williams 48 – 36 Steve Maginn Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Sylvia Syms Catherine Clarke
806 25/08/1988 QF Steve Williams 52 – 44 Gareth Hughes Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Bill Tidy Della Thompson
810 31/08/1988 SF Steve Williams 52 – 55 Roger Wales Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Karen Loughlin Carol Thatcher Della Thompson
816 5/01/1989 CQF Hilary Hopper 41 – 56 Steve Williams Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lucy Summers Tim Rice Catherine Clarke
817 06/01/1989 CSF Tony Vick 80 – 70 Steve Williams Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lucy Summers Tim Rice Catherine Clarke