CUTwC and tiddlywinks news
Latest notices
Stew Sage, former Senior Treasurer and President, had a heavy fall at the start of January; he is now (finally) back in Selwyn if anyone wishes to visit; we all wish him the best for his rehabilitation.
The meeting of Wednesday 28th of October will be the final of the Nick Leaton (Novices’ Trophy), held in the Barbara White Room of Newnham College from 7:30pm. The rest of the evening will be practice.
There will be a Nick Ashley ladder this term — please reach out to Agnes Jardin for details.
The Oxford Open will be held on the weekend of the 21st-22nd of November in the the Vernon Harcourt Room (1st floor, South Building) of St Hilda’s College, Oxford, OX4 1DY, from 10:30am. Please note the Oxford Traffic Filters (notably on St Clement’s Street) and Zero Emission Zone (if you’re careless) if driving.
NATwA has announced a schedule for 2026:
- Saturday, November 14th
- Columbia, MD
- Saturday, December 12th
- Holiday tournament, Florham June, NJ
The Cambridge Open will be held in the Grace Howard Room (ground floor of the Howard Theatre, off the West Lodge Garden and behind our usual E-staircase location) of Downing College on the weekend of 23rd-24th of January 2027. The Club Dinner has been booked in Girton College on the Saturday.
The ETwA National Singles will be held on the weekend of the 3rd-4th of April in the Howard Assembly Room on the first floor (Americans, that means upstairs) of the Howard Building in Downing College, Cambridge. Expect a 10:15-for-10:30am start time.
Latest results
The ETwA National Pairs was won by Harley Jones & Tim Hunt (2026-10-25). The Plate was won by Paul Moss & Marie Moss.
Jon Mapley and Matthew Rose retained the IFTwA World Pairs (78) over David Lockwood and Maximilan Lockwood, 31-4 (October 23rd).
Patrick Barrie retained the IFTwA World Singles (78) over David Lockwood, 26-23 (October 22nd).
The Manchester Open was won by Ben Fairbairn (September 12th).
The ETwA Golden Squidger (Pairs challenge trophy) was won by Jack Murphy and Tim Hunt from Harley Jones and Patrick Driscoll, 20-15 (August 27th).
The Wessex Trophy (ETwA Teams competition) was won by Hilary’s Team over Toby’s Team, 95½-93½ (August 8th-9th).
The Deep Somerset Invitation was won by Harley Jones (August 1st).
The Jubilee Trophy (ETwA singles challenge) was retained by Patrick Driscoll over Dominic Seymour (July 24th).
The Letchworth Garden City Invitational was won by Dominic Seymour (July 11th-12th).
The Relle was won by Adam Sandhu (June 17th).
The AGM happened and Finley Walsh is the new President; see the awards, Committee and Constitution for updates.
The Jubilee Trophy (ETwA singles challenge) was retained by Patrick Driscoll over Jack Murphy (May 11th).
The ETwA National Singles was won by Tim Hunt; the Plate was won by Finley Walsh and the Geoff Thorpe Trophy was won by Dominic Seymour (April 25th-26th).
The NATwA Singles was won by Prabhas Pokharel (April 11th).
The Jubilee Trophy (ETwA singles challenge) was retained by Patrick Driscoll over Edward Brown (April 11th).
The National Handicapped Singles was won by Finley Walsh (March 21st-22nd).
The Nick Ashley of Lent 2026 was won by Finley Walsh (March 20th).
The Relle was won by Tara Doherty (March 18th).
The NATwA Annapolis Springy Individual Pairs was won by Rick Tucker (March 14th).
The Varsity Match was won by Oxford, 59½-52½ (March 8th).
Nick Ashley League
Latest updates:
There will be a Nick Ashley league in Lent 2026.
Please reach out to Agnes Jardin for details.
The Nick Ashley of Lent 2026 was won by Finley Walsh.
Cuppers
Cuppers 2025 was won by Tiddlen Tepid.
Links
World Singles 78 has been covered by The Daily Mail, BBC News and Rayo.
Tom Scott’s visit to CUTwC is now online for Nebula subscribers, and released on YouTube.
There is a YouTube video on World Singles 77.
British Comedy Guide has a piece on the Goons match.
Emmy, our President, was on Radio 5 Live (from ~1:56:30) on Tuesday January 14th re. the Club’s 70th birthday.
There is a PA Media article on the start of modern tiddlywinks, featuring the founders and the current President. It has been picked up by the Telegraph and the BBC. The PA Media article has been replicated to the Sun, Mirror, Express, iPaper, Daily Star and Telegraph, and the online Independent, Evening Standard, Mail Online. It’s now hosted on the web sites of Christ’s and Cambridge. The founders were on the BBC Today Programme (2:56:10 in).
Vernon Kay’s radio 2 show played an archive clip of Southampton University playing MIT in 1972 (starting at 45 minutes).
An introductory video has been posted by Ex-Prezzy B.
There is now a CUTwC YouTube channel.
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