Events marked 'am' were from 10.00am-2.00pm; 'pm' from 4.00pm-8.00pm; day' from 10.00am-2.00pm and 4.00pm-8.00pm. Finally, 'eve' was 6.30pm-9.30pm.

Regarding fees: the first figure was the adult entry fee, the latter was the junior. All fees are in UK pounds.

Information on 1998's Pub Quiz

1998's Puzzle Tournaments

See below for notes (N).

Notes

Backgammon for Beginners

You could have paid £25 (juniors £10) and competed in the Championship as well. To have been eligible for the Beginners' tournament a player must NOT have won any tournament organized by the British Isles Backgammon Association or by the National Backgammon Players Society.

Backgammon Championship

Had opportunities for players to re-enter a second time (for £15, juniors £6) and a third time (for £5, juniors £2).

Bridge

Entry fees for Bridge were per player.

Bridge (Mini-Bridge)

In addition to the regular Bridge tournaments we also organized four sessions of Mini-Bridge (also known as "Taste Bridge"). These sessions ran from 10am-2pm each day, Tuesday August 25 - Friday August 28. The first few minutes of each session were a teach-in, ran by the English Bridge Union, FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER. You could have learned to play Mini-Bridge immediately and within a few minutes you would have been sitting down to play your first few hands!! All participants in each of these Mini-Bridge sessions played in a tournament as soon as their teach-in is finished, it was as easy as that! Entry fees for Mini-Bridge were per player per session. Each session of Mini-Bridge began with a short teach-in for absolute beginners which was followed by a tournament.

Crossword Puzzles

The Times Crossword Puzzle Championship was by qualification only. The qualifying puzzle was published in The Times. Two heats were held on August 29 with the finals on August 30.

Hexdame

HexDame is becoming popular in Holland and some other countries. For details see HexDame's excellent web site.

Pentamind World Championship

To compete for the Pentamind medals, you had to enter tournaments for 5 or more different games or mental skills. AT LEAST ONE OF THESE MUST HAVE BEEN 3 OR MORE SESSIONS. You scored Pentamind points according to where you finished in each tournament. The players with the highest total Pentamind scores won the medals. First prize included a Round-the-World air ticket donated by British Airways!! You were able to enter as many tournaments as you wish for a maximum entry fee of £50 (juniors £20). If you wished to enter multiple tournaments this was by far the cheapest way of doing so and it qualified you for extra medal opportunities.

Poker World Amateur Championship (played without money)

Was played in five sessions: 5-card draw (Monday); 7-card stud (Tuesday); 6-card lowball (Wednesday); Omaha (Thursday); Texas Hold-Em (Friday. Medals were awarded in each tournament. To have been eligible for the World Amateur Poker Championship a player must have entered at least 3 tournaments - the title was awarded to the player with the highest aggregate score over their 3 best tournaments. The entry fee was £15 per session with a maximum of £45.

War Games

One game was played on each day: Hannibal (24), We the People (25) and one of the games from GMT's 'Great Battles of History' series (26). The War Games champion was the player with the best aggregate score over all three games.