A MOTHER-OF-TWO from Bracknell has won a rather obscure competition, as she was named the winner of the UK National Rummikub Championship Tournament.

Liz Rumble, an executive assistant at a Maidenhead IT company, has won a trip to Jerusalem in November to compete in the 2018 Rummikub World Championship.

Rummikub is a family-friendly board game, during which each player must place their tiles from their rack onto the table as part of a 'run' or 'group'.

After you've cleared your tiles, you must shout "Rummikub", and you're declared the winner.

Ms Rumble was awarded the trophy after winning 15 games in one day.

Mrs Rumble said: “I still can’t believe I won! I’ve been playing Rummikub since I was a child and only registered for the tournament as something fun to do – I didn’t think for a second that I would win. I think my husband secretly wanted me to be knocked out early rather than later so he wouldn’t have to hang around all day but when I started to get through more and more rounds he became quite excited too!

"I was shocked when I was announced as the winner – what was simply meant to be a bit of fun will now see me compete in Israel! I’m determined now to get in as much practice as possible and make the most of such a great opportunity. My friends and family have been really supportive and now keep coming over to play and I’ve also started teaching my two girls. I’m going to really go for it and hopefully do the UK proud this November!”

Ms Rumble will now compete against the individual winners from Belgium, France, Czech Republic, Italy and Holland, as well as a winner from America.