JD wrote:
ATAXI driver from Manchester has beaten doctors and professors to scoop a top-three finish in a national crossword competition.
I can't believe a Manchester cabbie has hours and hours of spare time.
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| Author: | JD [ Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Top 3 finish for Manchester cabbie buts its a puzzze |
Manchester Evening News October 11, 2006 Wednesday HEADLINE: 1 across - He's top rank BYLINE: mike keegan ATAXI driver from Manchester has beaten doctors and professors to scoop a top-three finish in a national crossword competition. Phil Jordan completed three puzzles in a cryptic crusade of just 32 minutes and 29 seconds to take third place in The Times National Crossword Championship. He finished behind a mathematics tutor and the winner, a plant scientist, in Cheltenham on Sunday. Phil, from Baguley, Wythenshawe, said he was staggered by his achievement. "I did the crossword on Saturday and couldn't finish it," he said. "I thought to myself 'you've got no chance tomorrow' but it seemed to come together on the day." The 58-year-old puts his prowess down to reading the papers and never missing an episode of Countdown - a show in which he was once a finalist. The former IT worker added that the threat of Alzheimer's disease was also a motivation to keep his brain active. "I'll do anything to keep my mind ticking over." The M.E.N. can claim a helping hand in his success. Phil, who left Altrincham Grammar School aged 16, said: "My dad would bring the Manchester Evening News home from work every night and after supper we'd settle down and both get to grips with the crossword - that's where it all started," he said. Now he says his taxi-driving colleagues are also starting to do crosswords, so he may have some new rivals. .......................................................... |
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| Author: | captain cab [ Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:38 pm ] |
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Trafford Cabbie surely CC |
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| Author: | Sussex [ Thu Oct 12, 2006 8:41 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Top 3 finish for Manchester cabbie buts its a puzzze |
JD wrote: ATAXI driver from Manchester has beaten doctors and professors to scoop a top-three finish in a national crossword competition.
I can't believe a Manchester cabbie has hours and hours of spare time.
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