Verity Joubert

Verity Joubert

Verity Joubert was the champion of Series 30, and a participant in the Supreme Championship and the Ladies' Championship. She was an accountant from Wimbledon.

Joubert first appeared on Countdown on 26 July 1995, beating Andrew Bull 50 – 46 in the 18th heat game of Series 30. Joubert won 3 more games before losing to Chris Williams 69 – 33. Her four wins were enough to see her into the final rounds as No. 7 seed, where she beat Andrew Bull a second time in the quarter-final before beating Sue Renwick in the semi-final. In the final against Chris Colsmann, a very rare No. 7 vs No. 8 seed encounter, Joubert entered a consistently good performance whilst Colsmann had multiple words disallowed. In the end, Verity ran out the 86 – 65 winner, and became the thirtieth champion of Countdown in the process.

Joubert did not participate in Championship of Champions VIII as she was unable to make it to the Countdown studios on the days required, but was instead entered directly into the Supreme Championship two months later. She was drawn into Group G, and lost to Kevin Nelson in the first round on the unsolved crucial conundrum SPOORINGS.

Joubert's Countdown adventure was not over, however, as she would return to the studios in 2003 to record a special three-day 'Ladies' championship' against other female series champions. However, she lost to Kate Ogilvie 47 – 39 in the first round.

Preceded by Darren Shacklady

Series winner Series 30

Followed by David Acton

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1670	26/07/1995	P	Andrew Bull	46 – 50	Verity Joubert	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Richard Samson	74
1671	27/07/1995	P	Warren Read	32 – 43	Verity Joubert	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Richard Samson	72
1672	28/07/1995	P	Paul Horswill	31 – 58	Verity Joubert	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Richard Samson	72
1673	31/07/1995	P	Edna King	30 – 56	Verity Joubert	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Richard Samson	74
1674	1/08/1995	P	Chris Williams	69 – 33	Verity Joubert	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Richard Samson	73
1712	22/09/1995	QF	Andrew Bull	45 – 52	Verity Joubert	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	David Jacobs	Susie Dent	72
1716	28/09/1995	SF	Sue Renwick	31 – 52	Verity Joubert	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	David Jacobs	Susie Dent	73
1717	29/09/1995	GF	Chris Colsmann	65 – 86	Verity Joubert	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	David Jacobs, Jon Pertwee	Susie Dent	127
1895	4/12/1996	gQF	Verity Joubert	35 – 43	Kevin Nelson	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	David Swarbrick	72
3437	12/03/2003	LSF	Kate Ogilvie	47 – 39	Verity Joubert	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rick Wakeman	Alison Heard	74