Champion skweeki (ENG) Rob Morton ITM* |
The 7th British Open was being held at City University in central London over the weekend of 5-6 April 2008.
This year's event consisted of a single all-play-all tournament played over both days and it was won by Knaresborough's Rob Morton ITM TTM, who became the first player ever to have won three table tournament Open titles! Mauro Lazzara of Angola was the first African representative ever to win a table Tantrix medal, finishing 2nd, while Ben Polman ITM from the Netherlands finished 3rd.
The Rising Stars competition was won by Petra Wark from the Netherlands, with Barbara Kocsis from Hungary 2nd and Igor Wilk from Poland 3rd.
A full report (with pictures) on an exciting weekend's play can be found here. 70+ additional pics from Barbara Kocsis can be seen here.
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