Stew Sage, long-time Senior Treasurer to the Club, has recently had a relatively serious accident. It would be appreciated if CUTwC members who know him could provide some relief from boredom in Addenbrooke’s.
There is a Nick Ashley league running for Lent 2026. Please email the President or Finley if you wish to participate.
The (probably) Town Centre pub crawl will be held on Friday 27th of February, starting at The Regal at 7pm.
The NATwA Winter Winks will be hosted by Romy Negrin in New York on Saturday 28th of February.
There will be a Zoom meeting from 7:30pm on Wednesday 4th of March. Please reach out if you would like details to join.
The Varsity Match will be held on Sunday 8th of March in the Barbara White Room of Newnham College (TBC).
Hilary is arranging a “Winks Pilgrimage” walking (in stages) from Christ’s College, Cambridge to Tiddleywink, Wiltshire. The first leg will be held on Saturday 14th of March, travelling from Cambridge to Great Gransden (13.6 miles) carrying a mat, followed by an evening in the pub and some tiddlywinks. Please contact her if you would like to participate.
The ETwA National Handicapped Singles will be held in College Hall, College Cloisters, Cathedral Close, Hereford HR1 2NG on the weekend of the 21st and 22nd of March in Hereford, 10am-for-10:30. Please contact Edward if you need accommodation or parking.
IFTwA World Singles 78 between Patrick Barrie (champion) and Dave Lockwood (challenger) will be held in The Castle Inn from 1pm on Thursday 23rd of April (TBC).
IFTwA World Pairs 52 between Jon Mapley & Matthew Rose (champions) and Dave Lockwood & Maximilian Lockwood (challengers) will be held in The Castle Inn from 1pm on Friday 24th of April (TBC).
The ETwA National Singles will be held from 10:30am in in Downing College in the Howard Assembly Room, upstairs in the Howard Building, on the weekend of the 25th-26th of April 2026.
The Oxford Open was won by Dominic Seymour; the novices’ competition was won by Natasha Garratt (February 21st-22nd).
The Peterhouse Pot was won by Ameena Miah (February 18th).
The Bombardier Joogs was won by Alice Horton and Caie Akinla (February 11th). Alice won the drink-off.
The Golden Squidger was retained by Harley Jones and Patrick Driscoll, 22-13 over Adam Sandhu and Jack Murphy (February 7th).
The NATwA Annapolis January Individual Pairs was won by Alex Petrocelli (January 31st).
The ETwA Jubilee Trophy (National Singles Challenge) was retained by Patrick Driscoll over Adam Sandhu 20-8 (January 28th).
The Cambridge Open was won by Patrick Barrie (January 24th-25th).
The Silver Wink was won by Cambridge, 75½-36½ (January 18th).
The Claygate Invitational was won by Dominic Seymour (January 3rd-4th).
The Somerset Invitation was won twice by Patrick Driscoll (January 3rd-4th). Note that Stew was injured before play; we wish him a speedy recovery.
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.