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Journal of the New Zealand Association of Scrabble® Players No. 128 Spring 2017 quamash IPOMOEA boronia viburnum alyssum Words spring eternal in the Scrabbler's heart Also in this issue: An easy way to remember Word famous in New Zealand: hyphenated two-word phrases Malcolm Graham Harshan and the great Scrabble The four-letter E hook challenge comeback In the Scrabbler's garden River: a poem of progressive deletions Cellphone Scrabble apps replacing Zarf and Zyzzyva Page 2 NZASP Executive Table of contents President Paul Lister Editorial ..................................................... 3 128 Birdwood Avenue President’s report ...................................... 5 Beckenham Christchurch 8023 Word famous in New Zealand: Phone 03 337 6005 Malcolm Graham .................................. 6 Email [email protected] Feeling GLUMe because you don’t KNOWe enough words? .......................................... 9 Twenty years ago in Forwords ................. 12 Vice President Glenda Foster Club news ................................................ 13 1 Walters Street A garden for the Scrabbler ....................... 18 Avalon Lower Hutt 5011 Cellphone Scrabble Apps: so long Zarf and thanks Phone 04 567 1590 for all the words ....................................... 22 Email Hall of fame ............................................. 24 glendafoster535 @gmail.com River ........................................................ 26 Mailbox .................................................... 28 Secretary Ruth Groffman The great return: the story of a scrabble 4 Wycolla Ave comeback ................................................ 30 St. Clair Dunedin 9012 Website refresh: update ........................... 32 Phone 03 455 1777 Email An easy-peasy guide to hyphenated [email protected] compounds .............................................. 34 The executive trivia quiz - answers .......... 36 Treasurer Dianne Cole-Baker Strewth! Scrabble gets a makeover 9/435 Parnell Rd Down Under as Australia gets first Parnell slang edition .......................................... 38 Auckland 1052 Phone 09 309 5865 Tournament results .................................. 40 Email [email protected] Tournament calendar ............................... 43 Rankings list as at 22 October 2017 ........ 44 Web Master Clare Wall Club contacts .......................................... 48 Phone 021 0228 7122 Email [email protected] Scrabble is a registered trademark of JW Spear & Sons, England, under licence in New Zealand to Mattel (NZ) Ltd. Forwords Spring 2017 Page 3 Editorial A couple of issues ago, our president While I understand the view that Paul Lister, in his president's report, politics should be left to itself, raised the question of whether or not particularly where sport is concerned, the NZASP should take a stand on the I am fully of the belief that our actions issue of participating in major and activities as a community cannot Scrabble tournaments being held in be so neatly compartmentalised. As countries with poor human rights individuals, we cannot (or at least records. Paul had been alerted to the should not) outwardly eschew issue by an open letter sent to homophobia or racism or sexism or Scrabble associations in which the any other kind of ism, but then turn writer advocated for the Scrabble around and, say, financially sponsor world to take a stand by boycotting an organisation that aims to major tournaments to be held in recriminalise homosexuality or fund Kenya and Qatar in late 2017. We eugenics programs or lobby for the also published this open letter in the disenfranchisement of women. While Autumn issue. We invited readers to there is nothing directly in our write in with their own opinions. As we constitution about this, I assume that received no response to this invitation, the NZASP is an organisation that I thought I'd take this opportunity to air welcomes all members and players my own (and please note that these regardless of their sexual orientation, are my personal opinions only) views ethnicity and so forth. Similarly then, on the matter. should we really turn around and implicitly or otherwise support an New Zealand has a well-known organisation or regime that actively history of controversy when it comes mistreats certain categories of to mixing sport with politics. In 1976, humans? I am, of course, referencing New Zealand Olympic athletes found the fielding of a NZ team in the World themselves in the middle of an Champs to be held in Kenya this year. international furore when 20 African Kenya is a country that not only does nations boycotted the Montreal not allow rights to LGBT people, but Olympics because New Zealand was actively criminalises homosexual allowed to field competitors. Earlier activity. that year, the All Blacks had gone ahead with a scheduled tour of South At this point, let me set out several Africa despite a United Nations scenarios to highlight my argument. decision embargoing all sports contests with the apartheid regime. 1. If, at a tournament, a player loudly And who could forget the Springbok stated that they would forfeit all Tour of 1981 when our normally games with anyone who was openly peaceful nation was almost ripped in gay, how do you think the tournament two by widespread protests and riots, director should deal with the situation again over rugby and race. and, ultimately, would this be a matter that should be looked at by the NZASP's executive and membership generally? Forwords Spring 2017 Page 4 2. If a club advertised a tournament comes to our collective view on LGBT but stated on their tournament entry rights, and our endorsement (or form that anybody who was known to otherwise) of organisations and be lesbian, gay, bisexual, or trans- regimes that are known to treat gender need not apply, would you as certain groups *suboptimally? Or an individual attend the tournament should we stay quiet in our safe little yourself because, after all, it's just corner of the Scrabble globe Scrabble? And how would you want because, after all, what impact could the NZASP to respond? our views possibly have on the world stage anyway? 3. And finally, if the NZASP membership decided to ban all players who fell into the category of Olivia Godfrey LGBT, would you as an individual wish to continue your association with the NZASP by paying subscriptions to it and attending its events? By this stage, I am certain that no-one is left with any doubt as to where I stand on the matter of mixing Scrabble with politics. I will make it clear, however, that I do not intend in any way for this editorial to be taken as expressing disapproval towards those individuals who have decided to participate in the Kenyan and Qatari tournaments. I wish only to highlight the importance of the question that Paul asked in his president's report: Should we, as an Association, declare any kind of position when it New Zealand team for the WESPA Championship 2017 in Nairobi, Kenya. Nigel Richards Howard Warner Joanne Craig Forwords Spring 2017 Page 5 President’s report Exciting times - organising possible transport for present and ahead! players from the motel to the playing venue and back. At the time of writing, We have had we have 87 competitors including a excellent presence from Australia, England, tournaments France, Japan, Nigeria, Pakistan, The hosted by Kiwi Philippines, Wales, The United Arab Club, Tauranga, Emirates, and USA. It is exciting to be and Mt. Albert. hosting so many international visitors. Paul Lister Dunedin Club members have selflessly canceled the We wish the best to all of our NZASP club's annual November tournament members playing in the side due to a clash of dates with the World tournaments or the main event of the Scrabble Championships due to take World Championships happening in place in Nairobi at that time, and to Nairobi in early November. I'm make way for and support the World assured that tournament organiser, Seniors Scrabble festival taking place Daniel Machanje, will keep a close on 18-23 November in Christchurch. eye on all competitors' wellbeing, and Thank you to Dunedin Club for there will be no incarcerations for making that decision, and thank you, plastic bag use, car jackings, holdups, too, to those who had expressed etc. Our World Champs team of Nigel interest in attending Dunedin's Richards, Joanne Craig, Howard November tournament for putting up Warner, Anderina McLean, Val Mills, with the inconvenience. Murray Rogers, and Lawson Sue are well-experienced travelers and they're We are putting the finishing touches streetwise - oh, and they're all brilliant on the Christchurch international Scrabble players as well... tournament now. Included amongst these touches are: a banner, a ...bring it on! welcoming ceremony which will involve a powhiri from a local Kapa Haka group, goody bags, and Lawson Sue Anderina McLean Val Mills Murray Rogers Forwords Spring 2017 Page 6 Word famous in New Zealand Malcolm Graham wife. I also lost my leg in a motorcycle accident - which incidentally didn't help the marriage any. In 1988 Honda took over from Motor Corp everything to do with Honda in NZ. The new company only needed half of Motor Corp's staff, and I was one of the first redundancies. Luckily, I had something to fall back on because during the entire time that I was employed by Motor Corp, I was also running my own small business My full name is Malcolm David printing T-shirts. After my redundancy, Graham. Born in Christchurch on I worked that business up from a little 26-10-1957, I'm the first son of Alistair enterprise taking up a corner of my Nelson Graham and Peggy Graham bedroom, moving to taking over the (nee Were). I have an older sister garage, and eventually growing it into (Barbara) and two younger brothers a decent-sized business that needed (Christopher and Stephen). The a small warehouse in central "Nelson" in dad's name (and his two Christchurch. brothers' names) comes from their mother who was a Nelson, During the 1990s printed T-shirts were understood to be descended from becoming passé, so I sold out to one Lord Nelson's family.

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