Silver Wink

The Silver Wink is played every year between universities.

Wednesday 2^nd June 1999

		The Oxford Team
The Cambridge Team		Oakley Moorhouse		Goodwin Lakin		Weir (solo)		Totals
	Horton Hunt		1*		1		4		15
		6*		6		3
	Sage Thompson		1		1*		1		18
		6		6*		6
	Barrie Wiggins		0*		1*		1*		19
		7*		6*		6*
	Abram Murray		1*		1*		3		16
		6*		6*		4
	Totals								68
		3		4		9		16

The draw

The following write-up first appeared in Winking World, and as such remains copyright The English Tiddlywinks Association.

Round One

Mat A:

Patrick, after some engineering, produced a blue pot-out. The game itself never really developed into a squopping game, but Catherine potted well enough to follow Patrick in.

Mat B:

Rupert and Stew started the game in good humour, with Stew's attempt at a pot-out being foiled and a squopping game developing; the CUTwC players gaining the upper hand. Each colour had a wink potted, and a failed miracle shot left the game at 6-1 to Cambridge.

Mat C:

A pile on top of one of James's reds appeared next to the pot, controlled by yellow and green. The rest of the mat was under red and blue control.
[Peter Weir]
Most winks of both colours were in piles. The game gradually evened out with a huge pile of fourteen winks and a few singletons, with a pair of blues potted. That was enough for a blue victory, but red was sufficiently under that yellow and green out-scored the unpotted winks.

Round Two

Mat A:

Chris, playing blue, attempted a Karnovsky pot with a red holding down a green to keep a safe area near the pot. A near wink from Olivia forced a wild but safe pot attempt, and more greens from Olivia threatened the safety zone. Blue narrowly escaped being squopped (with red failing to neutralise the threat). Yellow belated joined the fray, but a blue pot-off left a single wink as a trivial pot. After being missed by several attacks, blue, by his own admission, was lucky to convert. Yellow potted heroically to follow, with red getting third after several misses under pressure by both James and Olivia.

Mat B:

[Tim Hunt]
[Anthony Horton]
Red and green both attempted potting games, and also ended up controlling a number of piles. Yellow (Anthony) joined the fray, leaving red squopped up but blue attacking well. Two greens went in from Timmy with red squopped, but a free red at the end after the guards were potted let Peter steal the lead.

Mat C:

Patrick ran six winks from long range, pretty much unchallenged by squops. This time Christine followed in, with yellow and green too remote to contend.

Round Three

Mat A:

[Peter Weir]
[Stew Sage]
An impressive start to bringing-in left all parties clustered by the pot. Green squopped blue quickly, who responded by squopping yellow. Yellow knocked off green's squop. Red (Stew) took a look at the pot, and was squopped by yellow. A squopping game ensued, with red and blue gradually gaining control. Yellow and green worked out at the top of some piles, but blue and red remained largely in control.

Mat C: (C4vO1)

[Chris Abram]
[Matt Moorhouse]
Blue (Chris) brought in well, but potted unconvincingly - i.e. didn't - while other colours tried to squop. Eventually five blues were potted, with the last squopped but then freed on a pile. The failed pot-off was squopped, and further attempts failed while green counter-potted. Red got the penultimate green (who then karnovskied), and docked it before blue potted out.

Mat C: (C1vO2)

[Olivia Lakin]
A roll-off on bring-in left blue and red with winks on the baseline, and a lot of flat winks near the pot. Olivia (green) ended with a green on a huge pile, with Anthony (red) trying to free as a result. The pile eventually ended under blue and red control, with mostly single free winks nearby. A pile break left lots of spread winks, with red and blue gradually gained control. Yellow and green worked some free winks, and red started to try to pot; five in was enough for him to win.

Round Four

Mat A:

[Matt Moorhouse]
[Charlie Oakley]
Anthony potted; Timmy followed third after Charlie potted well, leaving yellow fourth.

Mat B:

Patrick (green) brought in well and without threat to run four, and eventually converted.
[Peter Weir]
[Patrick Barrie]
[Christine Wiggins]
Peter followed with blue, then karnovskied, but scrunged with red. Christine narrowly followed for third.

Mat C:

Stew potted out with red in a rushed game, Rupert failing to follow. Catherine took second with yellow, leaving Rupert and Olivia to fight over the last winks - Rupert getting third place at last.
[Catherine Goodwin]
[Catherine Goodwin]

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