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'''Philip Aston''' is a regular [[Apterite]] who made his online tournament debut in the sixth edition of [[AptoSOS]] against the event's organiser [[Matt Morrison]], losing his only game by four points. He will appear on the show in [[Series 78]]. | '''Philip Aston''' is a regular [[Apterite]] who made his online tournament debut in the sixth edition of [[AptoSOS]] against the event's organiser [[Matt Morrison]], losing his only game by four points. He will appear on the show in [[Series 78]]. | ||
| − | + | Prior to appearing on the show, Aston made his tournament [[Scrabble]] debut at the 2016 Rotary Open Scrabble Championship of Wiltshire, for a chance to qualify for the National Scrabble Championship finals. He was 2nd in Division B after three games, but crashed to 17th (second to last!) four games later. This was followed by Nailsea, where he finished 6th out of 20 competitors and won a “ratings prize”, having gained more ratings points than anyone else in his division. He uploads “Word of the Week” videos on the Mind Sports Academy website.[https://www.mindsportsacademy.com/Content/Author?name=Philip%20Aston] | |
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| + | Aston also participates in quizzes on Apterous. In 2017, he won [[Andy Platt]]’s Pointless quiz, and was one of four winners of [[Sam Prouse]]’s Christmas Pub Quiz. | ||
His father, Simon, won £8,000 on ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' in 2005. | His father, Simon, won £8,000 on ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' in 2005. | ||
Revision as of 04:03, 18 December 2017
Philip Aston is a regular Apterite who made his online tournament debut in the sixth edition of AptoSOS against the event's organiser Matt Morrison, losing his only game by four points. He will appear on the show in Series 78.
Prior to appearing on the show, Aston made his tournament Scrabble debut at the 2016 Rotary Open Scrabble Championship of Wiltshire, for a chance to qualify for the National Scrabble Championship finals. He was 2nd in Division B after three games, but crashed to 17th (second to last!) four games later. This was followed by Nailsea, where he finished 6th out of 20 competitors and won a “ratings prize”, having gained more ratings points than anyone else in his division. He uploads “Word of the Week” videos on the Mind Sports Academy website.[1]
Aston also participates in quizzes on Apterous. In 2017, he won Andy Platt’s Pointless quiz, and was one of four winners of Sam Prouse’s Christmas Pub Quiz.
His father, Simon, won £8,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2005.
