The Times National Su Doku Championships, 2005

Well, I didn't win, but I didn't expect to. Some nerds won... I think I did quite well actually, but I'll never know exactly where I came, but I know I beat the large majority. I know I didn't come in the top three, but meh. It was a good day out at Cheltenham, and we got a bunch of free stuff.

I got a really nice The Times pen, and an average The Times pencil:




Then after the competition we were all given a "goodies bag":



And in this almighty bag was a copy of The Times Su Doku Book 2, of which we already own two copies, a revision guide order booklet, a little atlas, an extract from some book and I think there was another, crappy, pen in there somewhere. Oh yeah, and a balloon!! I think I'll inflate it on my birthday for a laugh. It says on it exactly what the bag says.



The day out was good fun and well worth it in the end, I think. Here are some photos of me holding the precious bag outside the Cheltenham Ladies' College in which the competition was held:



RJ