A SELF-confessed competition addict from Yelverton is about to tuck into his latest prize ? a year?s supply of cheese flavoured crisps.

David Hopwood, 32, recorded the highest score on an internet computer game called ?Snack Attack? at a website owned by the Red Mill Snack Foods company.

His deft touch, navigating a spacecraft through a series of obstacles, earned him the 12-month supply of Red Mill?s ?Transform-a-Snack?, as well as a VIP day out at the firm?s factory in the West Midlands.

David took his mother with him on the all expenses paid day, which included lunch and a tour of the factory.

He said: ?It was really enjoyable and we had a great day. Thankfully, my year?s supply of Transform-a-snack is being sent to us in quarterly consignments so we won?t be eating them all at once!

?I?ve given a box to each of my parents and one to my neighbour and I?m sure a few of my friends are set to benefit from my luck too.?

David estimates that he has won in the region of 200 prizes since he started entering internet competitions three years ago. His most cherished prize is a personal computer, and other spoils include a weekend break, a DVD player, numerous cash prizes and a scanner he won in a caption competition.

He said: ?On average I probably enter about 20 competitions a day.

?I?m not employed at the moment so I have quite a bit of time on my hands.

?There?s a website I go to which lists all the sites with competitions. The type of competition varies enormously. It can be general knowledge questions, captions or some form of computer game.

?When I first started I used to win at least once a week, but I?m not as prolific now because I?m much more selective about what I enter. For example, I don?t really bother with competitions to win tickets for events a long way from home.?

David admits that, although he enjoys the challenge of a competition, the prize is his main motivation: ?If they took away the prizes I wouldn?t do it any more. I do it for fun, but it?s always nice to win something.?