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Ccaaallleeennndddaaar 97 The bi-monthly magazine of the 7 APRIL 8 APRIL CCAALLEENNDDAARR OOFF EEVVEENNTTSS 7 APRIL APRIL ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH A quick reference to forthcoming competitions SCRABBLE PLAYERS (fuller list and details inside) Date Tournament (No of games) Contact Telephone Feb 5th-6th Nottingham Nomads (16) Clive Spate 0115 920 0208 Feb 6th West Sussex (6) Peter Hall 01903 775396 Feb 13th Hampshire Open (6) Alan Bailey 023 9238 4360 Feb 19th New Malden (6) Shirley Cave 020 8540 8469 Feb 19th-20th Scottish Masters Neil Scott 01224 639291 Feb 26th Leicester (6) Marjorie Smith 0116 255 1176 No 100 February 2005 Mar 4th-7th H-B Holidays - Bingley Viv Beckmann 0191 273 1705 Deadline for next issue 4th March Mar 13th Swindon (6) Steve Perry 01367 244757 Mar 25th-26th Exeter: Isca (6) Ronnie Reid 01256 354604 Mar 26th-28th Easter Matchplay: Exeter (19) Ronnie Reid 01256 354604 Special 100th issue of the ABSP Apr 2nd Southend (6) Evelyn Wallace 01702 302569 Apr 10th Southampton (6) Alan Bailey 023 9238 4360 Magazine with celebratory insert Apr 10th Brentwood (6) Cindy Hollyer 01277 822050 Apr 16th-17th Durham (11) Laura Finley 0191 565 4079 Apr 23rd Newcastle (5) Michael Murray 0191 241 2521 Apr 29th-May 3rd H-B Holidays - Worthing Viv Beckmann 0191 273 1705 May 8th Bourne, Lincolnshire (6) Betty Benton 01778 425234 May 8th Bournemouth (6) Ruth Marsden 01202 707148 May 13th-16th H-B Holidays - Morecambe Viv Beckmann 0191 273 1705 Jun 5th Melton Mowbray (6) Maureen Rayson 01664 563330 Jun 10th-13th H-B Holidays - Bridgend Viv Beckmann 0191 273 1705 Jun 12th Peterlee (5) Samantha Beckwith 0191 5866436 Jun 12th Brighton & Hove (6) Jim Lyes 01273 813006 Jun 24th-27th H-B Holidays - Ayr Viv Beckmann 0191 273 1705 Originally called the APSP Newsletter, then the ABSP Newsletter and finally with issue no.66 (the foremost in the above montage) the name The Last Word was adopted, from a suggestion by Amy Byrne. It started life as a single sheet of A4 and has progressed, through a succession of hard working editors into the popular little magazine it is today. Although, with this issue I shall be completing my term of editorship, I have absolute confidence in my successors that they will continue the magazines progress. Alec The Last Word is printed by Keely Print, Beccles, Suffolk (01502) 713930 SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark of J.W.Spear & Sons Ltd., Maidenhead SL6 4UB Under New Management CCOOMMMMIITTTTEEEE CCOORRNNEERR Please note that Editorial responsibility for The Last Word is changing hands. The new Editors will be Ben Wilson and Wayne Kelly, dealing with alternate issues, both will be assisted by Elisabeth Jardine. All material and letters The most recent meeting was just before Christmas in London - a smaller meeting than should be sent to: usual given the proximity to Christmas and other priorities at that time but nonetheless very Elisabeth Jardine focused. 6 Wentworth Avenue It was good to kick off the meeting with some great news that membership is at an all-time Bournemouth BH5 2ED Email: [email protected] high at 715 (and has risen higher since). In her report as membership secretary Viv Beckmann also advised us that sadly she wishes to step down from the Committee at the 2005 AGM. If anyone is interested in taking over the membership management areas of the ISSUE CONTENTS ABSP then please contact Viv or Allan in the first place. The key points of discussion were around the 2004 National Scrabble Week successes and Committee Corner .......................... 1 Edgeways ........................................ 17 associated learning points, and an announcement by Philip that Mattel are seriously Dictionary Committee Update .... 2 ABSP Titles Update .......................... 25 looking at hosting the 2005 World Championships now that Hasbro have declined, and NSC 2005 .................................. 3 Across The Board ............................ 26 that event is therefore likely to be in London. Objectives Progress Report .......... 4 Xtras ................................................ 35 The Committee also welcomed the news that the Dictionary Committee are making good Tournament Reports ........................ 5 Forthcoming Events.......................... 42 progress with Collins in ensuring all new Collins words comply with existing OSW word Ratings Report.................................. 10 Edgeways Answers .......................... ibc rules and will then be addressing format issues. Ratings ............................................ 11 Calendar of Events ..........................obc Some time was also spent discussing the possibilities of venues for the 2005 BMSC. Several venues are being considered and it may well be that we have to go more upmarket to satisfy all the requirements. Sarah Wilks is doing a great job in addressing this area for us Throughout this publication, comments by the Editor do not represent the views of the and we expect to have reached a conclusion by early February. ABSP Committee. Any statements by the Committee are clearly marked as such. All other contributions to The Last Word represent only the views of the contributor. On page 4 you will see a report of the Committee’s progress against its objectives set two years ago. At our next meeting in March we will be agreeing revised objectives for the next two years. THE LAST WORD TEAM Finally, the Committee would like to wish all members a successful 2005 and thank you The Last Words Team welcomes contributions from readers to their respective areas, all for your support during 2004, especially tournament organisers. either as letters, articles or suggestions. Contact information: Allan Simmons Editors: Games and Strategies: Words and Puzzles: Chairman Wayne Kelly Phil Appleby, David Sutton Ben Wilson Thorns Cottage, 46 West Chiltern, Mount Pleasant Lane, Woodcote, The Committee welcomes these new members for 2005: Editorial Contact: Lymington, Reading, Berks Elisabeth Jardine Hants SO41 8LS RG8 0SG Mem. No. Mem. No. Mem. No. 6 Wentworth Avenue [email protected] [email protected] Bournemouth Daniel Pratt 1366 Stany Arnold 1373 Anthony Pinnell 1380 BH5 2ED Forthcoming events: Features: Anthony Reeves 1367 Colin Blackburn 1374 Chris Ballinger 1381 Tel 01202 419708 Paul Cartman, Christina French Phil Robertshaw 1368 Michael Chappell 1375 Gwyneth Berry 1382 [email protected] 9 Chapel Terrace, 57 Cranham Road, Ben Tarlow 1369 Robert Millar 1376 Sarah-Jane Taylor 1383 Stafford ST16 3AH Hornchurh, 01785 211851 Essex RM11 2AB Jan Hynd 1370 Maria Moseley 1377 Charlie Towlson 1384 [email protected] 07736 686092 Mark Keane 1371 Karin Houkes 1378 Mark Bradley 1385 [email protected] R M Foord 1372 Marion Palles-Clark 1379 Betty Meazey 1386 1 Unfortunately the timing of NSW, both in 2003 and 2004, made it impossible to meet Dictionary Committee Update deadlines for the then imminent issue of The Last Word. In 2005 we hope to adjust the Allan Simmons and I have now completed the task of assessing all the words from publication schedule slightly in order to get my report to you rather more promptly. Collins English Dictionary that weren’t already in Chambers OSWI. Collins fed us all the non-Chambers words,asking us to assess them for validity, inflected forms, correct A warm welcome to the following 15 first-time members who took up the special plurals, and so on. We started on the A’s back in November last year,and used this letter ABSP subscription offer during National Scrabble Week: to iron out any issues between Collins and ourselves. Having resolved the problems, we then launched into the remainder of the alphabet, completing the Z’s during the first few days of January. Adekoyejo Adegbasan Graham Haigh Daniel Pratt We have initiated some exploratory discussions with the WESPA Dictionary Committee Gboye Balogun Peggy Hollingsworth Phil Robertshaw about the possibility of allowing a limited number of words which only appear in Craig Beevers George McAulay Ellen Singer phrases. We’re not talking about words from foreign phrases (such as DEJA VU), but Jim Byrne Fidelis Olotu Doris Street items like FOLIC (from FOLIC ACID) and BASMATI (from BASMATI RICE). WE have yet Paul Chadwick Christina Pace-Sigge Ben Tarlow to conclude the discussion, or come to any clear cut decision. We are about to restart the discussions with Collins regarding format of their word list - layout, typography, definitions, separation of the2-9 letter words from the 10-15 letter Jackie McLeod words, and so on. ABSP Publicity Officer We are also about to restart our discussions regarding the interchangeability of words ending in -ISE and -IZE, and their inflections. We are still waiting - with bated breath - for news of the new American words. As yet, there is no definite news. National Scrabble Championships 2005 At a meeting between myself and the ABSP National Championships sub-committee, the Darryl Francis following changes were agreed for 2005. At the Regional stage next year, there will only be 1 division, as opposed to 3 this year, National Scrabble Week 2004 but those players also playing in the National Scrabble Club Tournament (NSCT) will be The second National Scrabble Week took place from 13-21 November, opening with the prevented by the tournament programme from playing their teammates. premier showing of “Lost for Words” at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival, There will be 60 qualifiers for the semi-final next year + NSC Champion, with a and concluding with the Grand Final of the National Scrabble Championship in London. minimum of 6 per Regional, the extra 24 places allocated on a formula calculated by Media coverage during the week included a section in an article on spelling in The taking into account the overall average rating of the players at each regional . Qualifiers Guardian, a Beachcomber article in the Daily Express, and live interviews on BBC Radio 2 who drop out from the semi-final will not be replaced. (the Dermot O’Leary Show) - and Radio 5 Live (Richard Bacon).
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