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 meeting of Wednesday 28th of January will be a practice session, from 7:30pm in the Barbara White Room of Newnham College.
There will be a Zoom meeting from 7:30pm on Wednesday 28th of January. Please reach out if you would like details to join.
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 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.
The NATwA “Jingle Bell Squop” was won by Prabhas Pokharel (December 13th).
The Charles Relle Trophy (University Drunken Mixed Singles) was won by Patrick Driscoll (December 3rd).
The ETwA Jubilee Trophy (National Singles Challenge) was retained by Patrick Driscoll over Ameena Miah 18-3 (November 30th).
The Peterhouse Pot (University Potting Contest) was won by Patrick Barrie (November 26th).
The ETwA National Teams of Four was won by team “Jack” (November 23rd).
The ETwA National Handicapped Individual Pairs was won by Alice Horton (November 22nd).
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.