User:Mglovesfun

Martin Richard Gardner
Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
19/09/1983

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• Right handed, left handed and cross-dominance
• Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pride FC
  

• January 10 : Did my first maths exam. Didn't do that well, probably a C or a B at best, I intend to resit it in may.

• January 15 : Just played my first two games back at my local Scrabble club. Two wins, over 440 in both games. Not too bad for someone who plays in English as a second language!

• January 17 : Have now got confirmation of my application to University. I've applied to the University of Leeds and Leeds Met. I hope to do French. I'll be able to do units in other subjects, and I'd love to do Spanish upto A-level standard.

• January 29 : Two wins at Morley Scrabble club.

• January 31 : Received a letter saying I've been turned down for French at Leeds. The good news is I still have five other courses for the universities to consider.

• February 2 : Accepted for French and politics at Leeds University.

• February 5 : One win, one loss at Morley Scrabble club. Also set a new high score for SOWPODS (595). This is also my highest score in a real-life game (all languages). I've also been accepted for French and philosophy at Leeds uni, but refused for French and maths.

• February 17 : Going to Cannes in France to play Scrabble. Will also have the chance to stay with my girlfriend for a week.

• February 24 : Back from Cannes with 552 PP4 (Scrabble rating points) and a lot of good memories.

• February 26 : My half-brother's first birthday! He was born on February 26, 2006.

• March 10 : Result of my maths exam: B (73%) in the first unit.
  

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, Greg Maddux, 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
  

• Fan of combat 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.
  

• 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
• Currently studying maths A-level
  

Currently a member of the Fédération Internationale de Scrabble Francophone. I also play at Leeds Scrabble club and have played ABSP tournaments in the past.

My Scrabble heros are Michel Duguet, Antonin Michel and Franck Maniquant. Let's not forget Mark Nyman who used to live just a couple of miles away from me... but now lives in Manchester.

My next tournaments:

• (English) Middleton: April 2007

• (French) Leeds: September 2007

• (English) Manchester: December 2007
  

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'

At the festival de Cannes de Scrabble

• 26th out of 467 at the coupe de la Méditerrannée
• 195th ouf of 904 at the coupe de la fédération
• 10th out of 32 at the coupe de Cannes de Scrabble classique

In English

• Division C winner at the Swindon ABSP event
• 24 wins and 10 defeats at my club
  

In French

• For one word: BISEXUE O7 149 points (World Championship, 2006)
• For a non-bingo: OXYDEE N9 92 points (Cannes, 2007)
• For one game: 545 points (Cannes, 2007)
• For a duplicate game: 93.27% (Cannes, 2007)

In English

• For one word: ARIETTES 1H 131 points (ABSP Swindon, 2005)
• For a non-bingo: AZURE 8K 74 points (ABSP Swindon, 2005)
• For one game: 595 points (Morley Scrabble club, 2007)

Countdown

• For one game: 107 points
• Longest word: 8 letters (several times)

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
  

• Scope - The British charity shop
• Childline - The British child-protection charity.