CUTwC and tiddlywinks news

Latest notices

The President now has Club (poly) ties and (silk) bowties in his possession; if you requested one last term, please collect one off him once you have proof you’ve paid £15 or £30 respectively to CUTwC’s account.


The Chesterton Road Pub Crawl will be held on Friday 3rd of May, apparently starting at The Carpenters Arms at 6:30pm. Please note that this is the reverse of the previously-advertised order and it has been hard to get any confirmation about whether the inverted direction was deliberate, so if you can’t find anyone, try the other end of the crawl.


There will be a Zoom meeting from 7:30pm on Wednesday 8th of May; please see the mailing list for details.


The AGM will be held on the evening of Wednesday May 15th.


The ETwA National Pairs will be held on the weekend of 26th and 27th of October in Downing College (room TBC). ETwA Congress will be held on the Saturday evening.


The Club Dinner celebrating the 70th birthday of CUTwC will be held on Saturday 25th of January 2025, likely in Selwyn, as in 2024. The Cambridge Open will be held that weekend.

Latest results

The ETwA National Singles was won by Patrick Barrie; the Geoff Thorpe Trophy (ETwA National Novices’ Singles) and ETwA National Singles Plate were won by Jack Murphy (April 20th-21st).

In IFTwA World Singles 75, Mathew Rose retained the title over Patrick Barrie, 27½-21½ (April 6th).

The Charles Relle Trophy was won by team Zach, Patrick and Aless (March 13th).

Cuppers 2024 was won by Carnovsky Cats (...March 6th).

The 2024 Varsity Match was a draw: Cambridge 56-56 Oxford (February 17th); apparently, well potted, Francis. Rantings have been updated and photos are online.

The Sarah Knight Memorial Doodah only comprised two rounds (January 24th), with eight “winners”.

The Cambridge Open was won by Alan Dean (January 20th..21st).

Nick Ashley League

Cuppers 2024 was won by Carnovsky Cats.

The Nick Ashley league for Easter Term 2024 is now running.

Jack Murphy has challenged Francis Kelly.

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