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November 6, 2026

Michael's Friday of Awesome - Cambridge professor lifts world tiddlywinks crown

Cambridge University professor is world tiddlywinks champion

Prof Patrick Barrie has home advantage as he beats Dave "The Dragon" Lockwood of the US in a pub.


What is even more remarkable than this article, which has revealed to the world that the “World Singles Tiddlywinks Championships” is even a thing, is that upon further research there are these absolute gems of websites (and associations!).

https://etwa.org/ - “The English Tiddlywinks Association”

https://tiddlywinks.org/ - “North American Tiddlywinks Association”

https://cutwc.org/ - “Cambridge University Tiddlywinks Club”

Spending any time browsing these sites is a surreal experience and brings forth joy #awesome


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