We are excited to announce that we’ll be having another Scotland meet-up on Sat 7th Mar, 2026 – everyone is welcome and it will be free to attend!
The details:
PAL NEStris mini-tournament (and maybe some GB action too)
Sat 7th March, 1500 to 2000
We’ll have the venue from 1300, so you’re welcome to arrive then if you want (we’ll be setting up for a couple of hours, and then the actual Tetris will be occurring from 1500 onwards)
A huge thank-you to everyone who attended CTWC UK 2025 last weekend!
Congrats to our champion evesy and runner-up Sam Vaughan!
Thank you to everyone who generously donated to our Matcherino, raising a tremendous $1600.69 for our top 4 players (evesy, Sam Vaughan, Tugi and Hepps )
Congrats also to our 💚 CTUK Game Boy champion Alex H and runner-up Sonic!
Special tech-related thank-yous to: Pascal from Switzerland, who helped us with setting up and also with our CTUK Game Boy side tournament; Muf for stepping up to run our stream single-handedly in the absence of Archina (who very generously allowed us to use so much of his equipment this year – thank you!). Thank you also to Matisyahu from CTEC for his work on Zero Climax, the capture tool we used this year to display the matches (originally written by Jago)!
Thank you to Breandan and all the team for keeping things running smoothly, Alex and all the commentators, Ethan and all the refs, and Hepps for photos!
This year was a particularly challenging and stressful one for us, as we had to deal with the absence of our main tech wizard and also had a number of issues with the venue, but we are really grateful to everyone who attended for their patience with the delays to the schedule, and I think it’s fair to say this has been our biggest and best CTUK event to date! It was great to see so many new faces, and we hope to see you all again next year!
Remember booking is necessary this year if you want to qual for the NES tournament (general entry to the tournament and to take part in our Game Boy tournament will still be free)
£20 per 1 hour qual slot
Please only book 1 slot per person!
Stations 1 to 4 will be on-stage
Stations 5 to 8 will be to the side of the stage
Remember that Qual Slot 5 (1830 – 1930) is probably going to clash with the beginning of our CTUK Game Boy tournament – so don’t book this slot if you want to take part in the Game Boy action!
A big thank-you to everyone who attended our recent Scotland meet-up/mini-tournament in Edinburgh! We were all very impressed with the venue, and we’re hoping to put on another event there sometime soon(ish) – please join our Discord server and keep an eye on the #scotland channel if you’re interested in attending!
Congratulations to our winner Sunny, runner-up Tim and third-place finisher mikatubi!
We now have a provisional schedule for CTWC UK 2024 and CTUK Game Boy!
We now have all 32 qualification slots booked; we’re intending to run the tournament as a maximum 32-player flat bracket, however we are aware that there may be more people wishing to book a qual slot (including people who may just turn up on the day). So, we are considering opening up an extra hour-long slot, if there is demand for it – just be aware that this slot might slightly overlap with the Game Boy tournament. Also, if we do expand the qual slots beyond 32 players, it will mean that anyone who has already booked a qual slot will not necessarily be guaranteed a spot in the 32-bracket tournament.
Just as a reminder, people wishing to come and be part of the audience don’t need to pay any entry fee, and also the Game Boy tournament on Saturday will be completely free to enter – the quals for this will be running at the same time as the NES quals, but you don’t need to book a slot, you can just turn up and have a go! The Game Boy tournament will be run as a 16-player bracket, and will be played on the link cable 2-player mode.
Also on Saturday, we are planning some fun surprise side events after the GB tournament – more info to come soon!
(The times on the schedule are estimates and possibly subject to change; we shall do our best to inform everyone of any changes as and when they might happen!)
P.S. if you’ve already booked a slot but haven’t yet completed your player sign-up form, it would be a great help if you could do so!https://bit.ly/ctwcuk2024-sign-up
Booking a qual slot is necessary this year if you want to qual for the NES tournament (entry to the tournament and to qual for the Game Boy tournament will still be free)
£20 per 1 hour qual slot
Please only book 1 slot per person!
Stations 1 to 4 will be streamed/recorded, and onstage
Stations 5 to 8 will NOT be streamed/recorded, and will be on ground level (although we’ll do our best to create space around these stations to minimise distractions from people walking past, etc.)
If you have a strong preference for the type of station you want to qualify on, then please double-check your selection before finalising your booking
If you need any help, please just contact the team on the CTUK Discord or at: classictetrisuk@gmail.com
Also, don’t forget to fill in the player sign-up form here (thanks everyone who’s already done it!): https://bit.ly/ctwcuk2024-sign-up
We are very excited to anonunce the dates for this year’s Classic Tetris UK tournament – CTWC UK 2024 will be held once again at the fantastic 1UP (Didsbury, Manchester)on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th August!
We will have further details coming soon but for now, stick the dates in your diary and we hope to see you there!
