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Information on the Society and the game.
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The Harvard Tiddlywinks Society  To be added to our mailing list or for any other inquiries regarding the Society contact: htws@hcs.harvard.edu or Chancellor Frank Edward Pacheco VII 101 Adams Mail Center Cambridge, MA 02138 617 493 2035 pacheco@fas.harvard.edu...
http://hcs.harvard.edu/~htws/

Forthcoming Tiddlywinks tournaments; the latest ratings and newsletter; previous winners of major tournaments; and links to ETwA council members and back issues of Winking World.
http://www.etwa.org/

The BBC's (slightly fictionalized) guide to the game and its players.
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BBC h2g2 Tiddlywinks A178634  There are tens of thousands of h2g2 Guide Entries, written by our Researchers. If you want to be able to add your own opinions to the Guide, simply become a member as an h2g2 Researcher. Tell me More!Entry DataEntry ID:...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/A178634

Article from the Evening Standard hailing the fact that "the humble game of tiddlywinks is staging a comeback this Christmas".
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Tiddlywinks is a Christmas cracker This is London  Home Join Homes Money Hotels Flights Quick links News Sport Showbiz London Cuts Films Theatre Restaurants Pubs bars Music Have your say Buy tickets! Dating Shopping Downloads Games Jobs Homes property Holidays Money Loot News Homes property Holidays Money Loot...
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/business/articles/883043

The BBC's report on the 24th World Pairs.
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CBBC Newsround SCI TECH Britain's top at tiddlywinks  Home TV Radio Talk WhereILive A-ZIndex Games Chat Vote Win Quiz Club Homepage UK World Sport Music a onMouseOver rollOver tvfilm_light.gif TV/Film href cbbcnews/hi/t...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/h..._tech/newsid_2373000/2373683.stm

Includes a summary of the role of the His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh and the Goons in the creation of the Silver Wink.
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Buckingham Palace press releases 50 facts about The Duke of Edinburgh  This list is intended to be used as a source of information, and does not aim to emphasise any particular aspects of Prince Philip's work. The facts were taken from records held at Buckingham Palace.1. The Duke of Edinburgh was...
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page913.asp

A list of matters, however trivial, which have been raised concerning the rules of tiddlywinks. Maintained by Matt Fayers.
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Matt Fayers  London and taken my web site with me It’s at http www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~mf/rulesproblems.html Please update your links....
http://www.cus.cam.ac.uk/~mf205/rulesproblems.html

Ordering information for cufflinks in CUTwC colours, in Quarter-Blue colours, and for the 1955-2005 Anniversary edition links.
http://www.jdawiseman.com/papers/trivia/cufflinks.html

The belated recognition of the name of a Wiltshire hamlet leads to thoughts on beer houses and games.
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Topical Words: Tiddlywinks  C regional television weather forecast map for the south-west of England last Friday marked the usual cities such as Bristol and Exeter, but also added Tiddleywink in Wiltshire, an obscure hamlet ignored by gazetteers and all maps except those of...
http://www.worldwidewords.org/topicalwords/tw-tid1.htm

A short guide to tournament tiddlywinks from the many-times World Champion.
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Larry's Home Page  I had the good sense to tell my parents to get me out of there, so we moved to Miami (home of the Dolphins After graduating high school, like all good nerdlings, I went to MIT. While there, I recovered...
http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/1285/index.html

Bulletin Board that claims to be "everything about the classic game of tiddlywinks, from the 1890s parlor game to the competitive tournament game".
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tiddlywinks

Report of Qu.C.Tw.C. to the college magazine.
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Queens College Record 1998 Tiddlywinks  Club has unfortunately had another quiet year with few activities just the usual cuppers win (Queens A: David Clarkson, Andrew Dominey, Stewart Sage and Rupert Thompson and poor undergraduate recruitment. Members again seem to be focusing their efforts more on...
http://www.quns.cam.ac.uk/Queens...cord/1998/Sport/tiddlywinks.html

Qu.C.Tw.C.'s contribution to the 1997 College Record.
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The Sporting Record Tiddlywinks  University club than organising activities in the College. The club did manage, however, to organise a very successful bop in early May. The profits from this have enabled us to purchase an enviable collection of equipment. Qu.Tw.C. has had a...
http://www.quns.cam.ac.uk/Queens/Record/1997/Sport/Tiddly.html

Contact and budget details for the club.
http://www.union.ic.ac.uk/silwood/union/clubs+socs/tiddlywinks/

Infrequently updated tiddlywinks ratings.
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Tim Hedger on the Web  Tiddlywinks ratings are available on this site. The ratings vary from the unofficial but traditional (originally developed by Nick Inglis) to the unofficial and untraditional. If ratings really get you going, you can find further ratings variants in Winking World,...
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hedger/

The Sydney Morning Herald's obituary of the 4th Earl of Kimberley, the most-married man in the peerage and a former player of the game.
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A life of sex, booze and tiddlywinks smh.com.au  Kimberley was a jovial extrovert whose interests included shark fishing, UFOs and winter sports for much of the 1950s he was a member of Britain's international bobsleigh team. There was a serious side to him, too: he played championship tiddlywinks,...
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/31/1022569831791.html

The Cambridge University student newspaper reports on a CUTwC meeting.
http://www.varsity.cam.ac.uk/Var...Sport/Stories/131198_school.html

Doccy T's unofficial CUTwC bulletin board, with the rules and commentary on the Club's preferred drinking games.
http://www.cutwc.net/

Charles Relle's brief, readable introduction to tournament tiddlywinks, with a summary of the rules.
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GettingStarted  For a shorter introduction to Tiddlywinks, click here This pamphlet has been written by Charles Relle. Much of the letterpress, and all the diagrams, are taken from 145;An Introduction to Tiddlywinks’ by Andy Purvis, Charles Relle and Jon Mapley. This...
http://www.charlesrelle.org.uk/gettingstarted.html

Cambridge Evening News reports on the Purvis-Khan match.
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 Andy crowned world tiddlywinks champ Print page Andy crowned world tiddlywinks champ BRITAIN has taken the world title in singles tiddlywinks.Brit Andy Purvis went head to head against American Larry Khan who was defending his world title.Andy won by 30...
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/...-27e6-4420-aafc-584c23a57c47.lpf

Cambridge Evening News reports on the 2004 National Singles.
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 S champions will squidge off in an attempt to score the most tiddlies in Cambridge this weekend.Game on: World champ Larry KahnThe city responsible for bringing the game out of the nursery and turning it into a serious sport will...
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/...-86c7-4e5f-a691-e9452427c7e3.lpf

Cambridge Evenings News reports on the England-USA match held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of tiddlywinks.
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 O teams battled it out in Cambridge to celebrate the 50th anniversary of tiddlywinks.England took on the United States at Queens College, Cambridge, yesterday in a match involving some of the world's top players.And the home team emerged as the...
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/...-4702-42bd-90cd-7324eedb5a31.lpf