About Us
The World Memory Championships were founded by Tony Buzan and Raymond Keene OBE in 1991 and have been run annually ever since (with the exception of 1992).
World Memory Championships Ltd is the promoter of the event and owns the rights and intellectual property.
The Global Media and PR Director is Raymond Keene OBE Email address: RDKOBE@aol.com
General Enquiries email: secretary@worldmemorychampionships.com
The World Memory Sports Council is the independent governing body of the mind sport of memory and regulates competitions worldwide. It is a not-for-profit organisation. Tony Buzan is honourary President of the Council.
The WMSC is responsible for
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Compiling the official world rankings of the sport
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Setting the Millennium Standards
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Setting the disciplines and rules
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Maintaining a consistent standard of competition
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Training and licensing official arbiters
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Maintaining the integrity and ethics of the sport
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Approving and licensing National Memory Sports Councils
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Licensing official competitions and accepting the results
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Providing the communications platform for the sport
The Chief Arbiter of the WMSC is Mr Phil Chambers
Email address: phil@worldmemorychampionships.com
The Statistics Database is being managed by Level Three Arbiter, Jennifer Goddard. All competition results and statistics should be sent to her by email: jennifer@mindwerx.com
The Honorary General Secretary is Mr Chris Day
Postal address:
The World Memory Sports Council
14, Croydon Road, Waddon, Croydon, Surrey CR0 4PA
Tel: +44(0)208 688 2598
Fax: +44(0)870 116 3530
Email address: info@worldmemorysportscouncil.com
Enquiries for Mr Tony Buzan should be addressed to his Personal Secretary Anne Reynolds
email: rhian.connell@buzanworld.com
Please note: The 10 Memory Disicplines were conceived and developed by the founders of the sport, Mr Tony Buzan and Mr Raymond Keene OBE and the intellectual property is owned by them. All the material on this site is copyright "(c) The World Memory Sports Council" who administer the sport on behalf of the founders.
World Memory Sports Council
Members
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Role |
Name |
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President |
Tony Buzan |
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Head of Ethics Committee |
Dominic O'Brien |
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Global Media Director |
Raymond Keene OBE |
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General Secretary |
Christopher Day |
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Chief Arbiter |
Phil Chambers |
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Deputy Chief Arbiter |
Jennifer Goddard |
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Member |
Dr. Sue Whiting |
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Member / National Competitor representatives |
Simon
Reinhard Mr
Lin Chusu,
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sml_reinhard@yahoo.de
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National Memory Sports Councils
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Country |
Format |
Language |
Contact details |
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AUSTRALIA |
National Events
Open Competition
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English - Australian Spelling Other languages available on request with one month's notice |
Jennifer Goddard
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FRANCE |
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French |
Francoise
Thuillier |
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GERMANY |
International Events 10 Disciplines Open Competition
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German and English |
Klaus
Kolb - German National Competition. GGK / Kolb <info@ggk.de>
Telephone: 0049 (0) 7562 91008
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North German |
Regional Event Open Event |
German |
MemoryXL Jurgen Petersen Email: ackern@t-online.de Website: www.memoryxl.de |
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South German |
Regional Event Open Event |
German |
MemoryXL Johannes Mallow Email: j.mallow@memoryxl.de Website: www.memoryxl.de |
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HONG KONG |
National Event Open Competition |
Traditional & Simplified Chinese and English, |
Andy Tsz Kit Fong, President, Hong Kong Memory Sports Council and Level 2 Arbiter Telephone: +852 9872 7651
Website: Email: atkfong@gmail.com Angel Yuen Man Lai, Vice-President, Hong Kong Memory Sports Council and Level 2 Arbiter Telephone: +852 6890 6310 Email: aymlai@gmail.com
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INDIA |
National Event |
English |
Squadron Leader
Jayasimha |
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ITALY |
National Event |
Italian and English Other languages available on request with one month's notice. |
Matteo Salvo President, Italian National Memory Sports Council Email: matteo.salvo@matteosalvo.com |
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LITHUANIA |
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Algirdas Karalius Email: karalius2013@gmail.com |
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MEXICO |
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Spanish - Latin American |
Jorge O. Castaneda
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P.R. CHINA |
National Event |
Mandarin |
Mr Lin Chusu Email:gotop1@126.com |
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SWEDEN |
National Event Open Competition |
English, Swedish and all other languages available on request with one month's notice |
Idriz Zogaj Telephone +46 (0)
734 32 00 10 Website: www.zogaj.se |
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THAILAND |
National Event Junior Event |
Thai Other languages available on request with one month's notice. |
Thongchai Rojkangsadan Email: thongnet@gmail.com Juraiporn Wisuttikulpanich Email: juliewisut@gmail.com |
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UNITED KINGDOM
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International
Event Open Competition
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English Other languages available on request with one month's notice. |
President is eight times World Memory Champion Dominic O'Brien. Christopher Day,
General Secretary |
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Cambridge
(Friendly) National Event Open Competition |
English |
Ben Pridmore Email: zoom_zoom_ben@yahoo.co.uk |
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USA |
National Event
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English - USA spelling |
USA Memory Championships Tony Dottino Email: ADottino@aol.com karenpinson@verizon.net |
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WALES |
National Event Open Competition |
English Other languages available on request with one month's notice |
Dai Griffiths 130 Tredegar Road Email: daigriffiths1982@googlemail.com Telephone: +44 (0)7967 719 657 |