The UK Open Memory Championships this year will be incorporated into a new international competition, the Pan European Memory Championships. With a prize fund of £2,000 (and other prizes) it is being sponsored by Brian Clivaz at the prestigious Devonshire Club, a new private members club close to London’s Liverpool Street Station. Brian has long been a supporter of the sport, initially for the WMC in Simpsons-on-the-Strand, and then as the host of the UK Open for the past few years at the L’Escargot Restaurant in Soho.
Competition Timetable 2017
DAY ONE – 16th August
08:50 Arrival
09:00 Registration and Coffee
09:25 Welcome
09:30 Names and Faces memorisation (15 Mins)
09:45 Recall (30 Mins)
10:30 Binary Digits memorisation (30 Mins)
11:00 Recall (1 hour)
12:10 LUNCH
13:10 Announcement of Results
13:15 Abstract Images (15 Mins)
13:30 Recall (30 Mins)
14:10 Speed Numbers (Trial One) (5 Mins)
14:15 Recall (15 Mins)
14:45 Results of Trial One
14:55 Speed Numbers (Trial Two) (5 Mins)
15:00 Recall (15 Mins)
15:30 Numbers (30 Mins)
16:00 Recall (1 hour)
17:00 Close
DAY TWO – 17th August
08:50 Arrival
09:00 Coffee
09:15 Results from Day One
09:30 Random Words (15 Mins)
09:45 Recall (30 Mins)
10:30 Cards (30 Mins)
11:00 Recall (1 hour)
12:10 LUNCH
13:10 Announcement of Results
13:15 Historic Dates (5 Mins)
13:20 Recall (15 Mins)
13:40 Setup for Spoken Numbers – Test sound
13:55 Spoken Numbers 100 digits
14:00 Recall (5 Mins)
14:15 Announcement of results trial one
14:20 Spoken Numbers 400 digits
14:30 Recall (15 Mins)
15.00 Announcement of Results
15.10 Speed Cards Trial One (5 Mins)
15:15 Recall (5 Mins)
15:30 Announcement of Results
15:35 Speed Cards Trial Two (5 Mins)
15:45 Recall (5 Mins)
16:00 End of Competition
17:30 Awards Ceremony
18:30 Close and Celebrations
The Pan European will give competitors throughout Europe a new trophy to compete for and a new opportunity to increase their World Rankings in advance of the 26th World Memory Championships in Shenzhen, China in early December. There is a rumour going round that a certain very highly ranked competitor might be making a comeback and prove that age has nothing to do with memory. Watch this space!
