User:Mglovesfun
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Martin Richard Gardner
Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
19/09/1983
See my talk page
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[edit] What I work on
- Portal:Baseball
- Category:Scrabble
- Right handed, left handed and cross-dominance
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
[edit] Interests
[edit] Scrabble
Currently a member of the Fédération Internationale de Scrabble Francophone. Former member of the ABSP and the Leeds Scrabble club.
At the French World Scrabble Championship:
- 228th out of 274 in the 'elite' division
- 176th out of 298 in the pairs event
- 33rd out of 54 in the 'Matchplay Scrabble World Cup'
In English
[edit] Win-Loss Ratio
- 5/12 wins in French
- 19/26 wins in English (club and tournament play)
- 9/10 wins on the British game show Countdown
- 3/4 and 4/6 wins in two amateur Countdown competitions
See also User:Mglovesfun/List of all words I got in tournaments
[edit] Personal Bests
In French:
- For one word: BISEXUE O7 149 points (World Championship, 2006)
- For one game: 510 points (Matchplay Scrabble World Cup, 2006)
In English
- For one word: ARIETTES 1H 131 points (ABSP Swindon, 2005)
- For one game: 552 points (ABSP Swindon, 2005)
Other notable achievements
- Scoring over 500 points in an English game, and a French game
- Making a 100-point word in an English and a French game
- Making a triple-triple in an English and a French game
- Beating Hervé Bohbot the 2005 French national champion, who also plays in English and French.
[edit] Sport
My favourite teams, players and athletes are
- Swindon Town Football Club
- New York Mets Baseball club
- Montreal Canadiens Hockey Club
- Leeds Rhinos Rugby club
- Ronnie O'Sullivan The snooker player
- Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal, Charles Barkley and Dennis Rodman the basketball players
- Pete Sampras, Andy Murray and Tim Henman the tennis players
- Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds, Hank Aaron and Albert Pujols the baseball players.
- Professional athletes such as Paula Radcliffe, Colin Jackson, Linford Christie, Michael Johnson, Dwain Chambers and Steve Backley
[edit] Combat Sports
- Fan of combats sports, including boxing, judo, karate, jujutsu, kick boxing, sumo wrestling, wrestling and mixed martial arts in general.
- Fan of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, in particular the competitors Royce Gracie, Emmanuel Yarborough, Don Frye, Mark Coleman and Oleg Taktarov
- Also a fan of WWE wrestling
[edit] Literature
Some writers who have influenced me:
- Sheila O'Flanagan My current favourite author
- René Descartes The father of modern philosophy
- Martin Gardner The New York Times writer of the same name
- John Cleese who co-authored two books with Robin Skynner
- Terry Pratchet A favourite childhood author
- Roald Dahl Another favourite childhood author
[edit] Qualifications
- 10 GCSEs including French A*, German A, English Literature A, Mathematics A
- Three A-levels; English B, French B, Psychology D
- One AS-level; Biology C
