The Nick Ashley Trophy, Michaelmas Term 2024

In other terms, we have played a Cuppers (inter-colleagiate team) tournament. Previous Nick Ashley tournaments were held in Michaelmas 2020, Easter 2021 and Easter 2024. The end point of the 2024 Michaelmas competition was Friday 6th of December.

This competition was open to current members of Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club. Note that the initial ladder order was the active players in inverse of the end state of the previous tournament.

Tournament Organiser: Jack Murphy.

Ladder

Win:loss record shown in superscript.

  1. Zach Bond6:0
    No outstanding challenges
  2. Agnes Jardin4:2
    No outstanding challenges
  3. Ameena Miah2:4
    No outstanding challenges
  4. Jack Murphy5:1
    No outstanding challenges
  5. Hilary Bexfield0:6
    No outstanding challenges
  6. Alex Yu0:2
    No outstanding challenges
  7. Tara Doherty1:2
    No outstanding challenges
  8. Francis Kelly1:1
    No outstanding challenges
  9. Emmy Charalambous0:1
    No outstanding challenges
  10. Nat Riches0:2
    No outstanding challenges
  11. Sam Dernie0:0
    No outstanding challenges

Please note: Challenges listed above are informative; the Tournament Organiser is the authoritative maintainer of the challenge list.

If you do not know the email address for someone you wish to challenge, please check with the Tournament Organiser.

Match results

WinnerScore(s)Date
Zach Bond7-7Jack Murphy5/12
Agnes Jardin9½-4½Ameena Miah5/12
Agnes Jardin7-7Hilary Bexfield5/12
Zach Bond8-6Ameena Miah5/12
Agnes Jardin10-4Tara Doherty4/12
Jack Murphy10-4Hilary Bexfield3/12
Zach Bond10-4Hilary Bexfield3/12
Ameena Miah8-6Tara Doherty30/11
Jack Murphy13-1Hilary Bexfield29/11
Jack Murphy11-3Francis Kelly28/11
Francis Kelly10½-3½Agnes Jardin27/11
Jack Murphy11-3Nat Riches26/11
Zach Bond10-4Hilary Bexfield25/11
Zach BondWalkoverAlex Yu18/11
Agnes Jardin7-7Nat Riches13/11
Tara DohertyWalkoverAlex Yu13/11
Ameena Miah12-2Hilary Bexfield12/11
Jack Murphy11-3Agnes Jardin12/11
Zach Bond7-7Ameena Miah10/11
Zach Bond12-2Emmy Charalambous3/11
Tara Doherty8-6Ameena Miah1/11
Key:
New entry
Challenger won
Challenger lost
Walkover (conceded)

Rules

  1. A ladder will be set up of players who wish to compete at the start of term. Late entrants to the ladder enter at the bottom. The current ladder will be displayed on the CUTwC website.
  2. Players can challenge anyone up to 3 players above them on the ladder, provided that (a) this is not the last person they played a match against, and (b) this is not the last person that they challenged. The organiser should be e-mailed details of the challenge.
  3. The higher player is only allowed to refuse a challenge if they already have a ladder challenge to play (also see point 8).
  4. Match results are decided by points gained from 2 games, though players are free to agree alternative numbers of games for the match (e.g. just a single game, or a marathon 5 game match). In the event of a tie, decide the result by a pot-out competition. The organiser should be e-mailed details of the match result.
  5. If the higher player wins the match, there is no change in ladder position.
  6. If the lower player wins the match, they take the ladder position of the higher player, and the higher player drops one place in the ladder.
  7. Matches must be played outside Wednesday meetings within 7 days of the challenge being made. If not played within 7 days, the organiser will either demote both players one place in the ladder, or demote the player deemed most responsible for the delay one place in the ladder.
  8. Players may optionally accept a second challenge and play it before the first challenge should this be convenient. The prior challenge should still be played (even if a change in ladder position has occurred that would normally make it invalid).
  9. Whoever is top of the ladder at a particular time should proudly display the trophy in their room.

Players may ask to borrow equipment from the Club if necessary (ask Emmy) — but must promise to return equipment at the following CUTwC meeting. Matches do not need to be played on full-size tables — but can take place in student rooms, College bars, wherever convenient. Players should sportingly decide umpiring decisions themselves, or toss a coin to adjudicate if it really is too close to decide. Players should note that 2 games of singles can be played in 1 hour.

Michaelmas Term 2024: Jack Murphy is the organiser of the Ladder competition for this term; please reach out to him if you need to know email addresses.