Patrick Barrie
British tiddlywinks player
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Patrick Barrie is a British tiddlywinks player. He has won eleven World Singles matches, most recently in March 2025 by defeating defending champion Matthew Rose.[1] He has won eight World Pairs matches (most recently partnering Harley Jones), but lost the World Pairs title in April 2022 to Larry Kahn and Jon Mapley.[1]
Patrick Barrie | |
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| Occupation | Tiddlywinks player |
Barrie started playing tiddlywinks in 1984 as an undergraduate at Cambridge University,[2][3] where he is a senior lecturer in chemical engineering.[4] He has a long rivalry with American player Larry Kahn,[2][3] with the Los Angeles Times describing them as "the Nadal and Djokovic of their game".[5] The pair have played 11 World Singles matches, with Barrie winning three, and eight World Pairs matches (with various partners) with four wins apiece.[1]
He has also won the English Tiddlywinks Association (ETwA) Singles (English national championship) twelve times and the ETwA Pairs nine times.[1] His tiddlywinks exploits have seen him sponsored by a whisky distillery, with his image appearing on some of their bottles.[2][6]
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