Congratulations to Mark Goodliffe for his record-equalling fourth consecutive victory, and congratulations to our Jumbo blogger Simon Hanson (sghanson) for coming second! Sadly I had two mistakes in the preliminary, but an honourable mention should go to James Davis (keriothe), who came 18th in the first preliminary at his first attempt, which gets him a free qualification to next year’s final.
Tony Sever has a full list of finalists on his blog, along with his thoughts on the final. My own will follow when I get time!
I know what you mean though – I came 26th myself a couple of years ago.
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