Tony Vick

Tony Vick was a contestant in series 16 who made his debut on 20 July 1988, the day following octochamp Steve Williams's final heat. Tony defeated Mick Rann 56-27, and won two more games before falling to Maxine Keegan 58-53. However, Tony's 3 wins were enough to see him return for the quarter finals as #7 seed. Tony beat Jenny Haldane and John Widdowson in the quarter- and semi-finals respectively, and comfortably beat Roger Wales in the final by 100 points to 69 to become champion of series 16. Tony returned for Championship of Champions IV, and after beating Dick Green in the first round, faced Steve Williams- the man he had missed by a day in the series 16 heats- in the semi-final. In a classic encounter, Tony found himself 70-60 down going into the crucial conundrum, which he unscrambled in one second to take the scores to 70-all. In the sudden death conundrum, it took Tony 26 seconds to unscramble IMPOUNDED, but that was enough for him to run out the 80-70 winner- the highest aggregate score in the history of the 9 round game. In the final, however, Tony met his match in Nic Brown, and lost the game 78-68. Tony returned in 1996 for the supreme championship, beating Robert Teuton and Gareth Williams before succumbing to Tim Morrissey in the group final stage.

Preceded by Dick Green

Series winner Series 16

Followed by Lawrence Pearse

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
780	20/07/1988	P	Tony Vick	56 – 27	Mick Rann	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Sylvia Syms	Catherine Clarke
781	21/07/1988	P	Tony Vick	58 – 31	Lynda Mackenzie	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Sylvia Syms	Catherine Clarke
782	22/07/1988	P	Tony Vick	44 – 41	Brian Phillips	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Sylvia Syms	Catherine Clarke
783	25/07/1988	P	Tony Vick	53 – 58	Maxine Keegan	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Sylvia Syms	Catherine Clarke
807	26/08/1988	QF	Tony Vick	57 – 45	Jenny Haldane	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Bill Tidy	Della Thompson
811	1/09/1988	SF	John Widdowson	58 – 61	Tony Vick	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Carol Thatcher	Della Thompson
812	02/09/1988	GF	Roger Wales	69 – 100	Tony Vick	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Karen Loughlin	Bill Tidy, Carol Thatcher	Della Thompson
813	2/01/1989	CQF	Dick Green	43 – 51	Tony Vick	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
819	10/01/1989	CGF	Tony Vick	68 – 78	Nic Brown	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Lucy Summers	Tim Rice	Catherine Clarke
1897	6/12/1996	gQF	Tony Vick	63 – 30	Robert Teuton	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jenny Hanley	Susie Dent
1899	10/12/1996	gSF	Gareth Williams	41 – 51	Tony Vick	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jenny Hanley	Susie Dent
1900	11/12/1996	gF	Tim Morrissey	73 – 41	Tony Vick	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jenny Hanley	Susie Dent