CALENDAR SCRABBLE PLAYERS Compiled by Steve Perry
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The bi-monthly magazine of the ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH CALENDAR SCRABBLE PLAYERS compiled by Steve Perry A quick reference to forthcoming competitions. (fuller list and details inside) No. 130 February 2010 Deadline for next issue: 5th March 1-2 or 2-1? Pakorn wins WSC Nigel 2nd Nigel wins Causeway Pakorn 2nd Quite a Malaysian feel to this month’s Last Word with reminiscences from the WSC, the Causeway and the WYSC from Allan Elie, Karen, and “The Phenomenon” which I am afraid I had to cut short as he does go on a bit!! cont’d inside TLW 130 52 49 ISSUE CONTENTS COMMITTEE Committee Corner 1 Scrabble for Beginners 27 Events Reports and Results 4 Ratings 30 Youth Matters 14 Edgeways 36 CORNER That Was Then 18 Forthcoming Events 41 Letters 21 Solutions ibc The Committee met on December 13th in Faringdon. WESPA 24 Calendar of Events obc Among the items discussed was the need for a Youth Scrabble Officer, as Karen Richards will be leaving the country in the near future. We hope to form a small team of interested people Throughout this publication, comments by the Editor do not represent the views of who will liaise with a representative from the school clubs already registered with Mattel, the ABSP Committee. Any statements by the Committee are clearly marked as such. as well as encouraging young players and overseeing WYSC qualification. If you would be All other contributions to The Last Word represent only the views of the contributor. interested in being part of this team please contact me or Ross. A sub-committee has been formed which is currently looking into the qualification criteria THE LAST WORD TEAM for both the English WSC places and the Masters Tournament. The criteria for the 2011 WSC The Last Words Team welcomes contributions from readers to their respective areas, will be announced very soon, although it is anticipated that the qualifying period will not either as letters, articles or suggestions. Contact information: start before 1st April 2010. Editor: Updates to the ABSP handbook are now complete and members should have received these Elisabeth Jardine in a separate posting. 6 Wentworth Avenue Forthcoming events: Laura Finley Bournemouth BH5 2ED Steve Perry Secretary 01202 419 708 29 Elm Road [email protected] Faringdon Oxon SN7 7EJ [email protected] Minutes of the Annual General Meeting Sunday 30th August 2009 Words and Puzzles: Yarnfield Park Elisabeth Jardine [email protected] Terry Kirk (Chairman) opened by welcoming all present to the Annual General Meeting and invited Committee members to introduce themselves. 1. To receive the Chairman’s report To join or renew membership of the ABSP Terry then spoke to his Chairman’s report which had been published on UK-Scrabble and handed out at the BMSC and he confirmed his intention to stand down as Chairman with Using the Paypal function on the site http://www.absp.org.uk is very easy and completely immediate effect. No questions being raised from the floor, the Chairman’s Report was safe. More traditionally you can join or renew by sending your details and a cheque for £15 accepted. to Anne Ramsay, membership secretary, made payable to ABSP to: ABSP, 8 Glen Clova Place, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY2 6UL 2. To receive the Treasurer’s report with Auditor’s report and accounts for 2008 If you wish to write to Anne her email address is [email protected] Ross Mackenzie spoke to his report and the accounts. No questions being raised from the or telephone: 01592 640130 floor, the accounts, Auditor’s and Treasurer’s reports were accepted. If you have changed your address, telephone number or email address, please contact Anne as soon as possible with the changes. 3. Election of officers and other members of the Committee Apart from Terry Kirk all current Committee members had agreed to continue. There were TLW 130 1 TLW 130 no other nominations from the floor. The Committee decision that Ross Mackenzie take over For Against Abstain as Chairman was very well received. Those present 80 0 1 Proxy votes 67 3 0 4. To confirm the Auditor for the year 2009 Total 147 3 1 Mervyn Bright was confirmed as Auditor for 2009 The motion was carried and will become effective immediately. 5. To fix the subscription for 2010 Motion 3: “Opponent’s racks to be visible at all times during a game.” The subscription remains at £15 for 2010 and £7.50 for members who are under 18 at the time of joining or renewing. For Against Abstain Those present 78 0 3 6. Motions Proxy votes 61 4 5 Motion 1: “It is proposed that game rules 4.10.1 and 4.10.2 be replaced with the text below, Total 139 4 8 with immediate effect.” The motion was carried and will become effective from 1st January 2010. 4.10.1 Once Player A has indicated the end of his/her turn by pressing the timer, Player B may challenge the play by announcing “Challenge” and neutralising the timer. Player B then legibly writes on the provided slip of paper which word(s) are being challenged and 7. Discussion items: Committee objectives: confirms them with Player A. If self-adjudication is being used for the game, both players To be discussed and reviewed at the next Committee meeting should take the action necessary to protect their tiles from the view of their opponent and Membership: Allan Simmons outlined plans to produce an introductory pack aimed at ‘home make their way to the self-adjudication station. Player B, who is making the challenge, enters players’ which would be advertised nationally. There were several suggestions and offers of the word(s) on the challenge slip into the computer. Player A then presses the appropriate help from the floor which Allan will take on board when progressing this initiative. button to make the adjudication, the slip is marked appropriately and both players resume National Scrabble Championships: Philip Nelkon had provided a discussion sheet regarding their game. If self-adjudication is not being used for the game, player B should call for a rules governing regional events and a show of hands was taken. “runner”. 12 wished to keep current rule, 35 wanted the rule relaxed and 16 abstained. 4.10.2 Once the challenge has been confirmed by both players and the challenge slip has left the table, neither the decision to challenge nor the word(s) challenged may be altered. 8. AOB That is, the challenge cannot be withdrawn and no additional words can be challenged for There was a vote of thanks for the Committee, with special mention of the excellent work that turn. done by John Grayson, Ratings Officer and thanks to Terry Kirk for his input as Chairman. Terry Kirk closed the meeting by thanking all those present for attending. For Against Abstain Those present 78 0 3 Proxy votes 65 2 3 Total 143 2 6 The motion was carried and will become effective immediately. Motion 2: “It is proposed that game rule 4.10.2 be replaced with the text below, with immediate effect.” 4.10.2 Once the challenger has neutralised the timer, the decision to challenge cannot be altered unless both players agree that the challenge may be withdrawn. The challenger should immediately write the word(s) being challenged on the challenge slip. Once the challenge has been confirmed by both players and the challenge has left the table, the word(s) being challenged may not be altered or added to. TLW 130 2 3 TLW 130 only pipping her by 13 points of spread. Irene Lawes was the only surprise package in the D division. Phil Appleby decided to warm-up for next week’s World Championships, by joining us for the Main Scrabble Events Event, despite awful whether in the Solent. The other player to have, virtually, to swim to the Island on the second day was former 2 times winner Danny Bekhor. They finished on 8 wins apiece, with only 75 Results and Reports points of spread between them. Frankie Mairey ran wild in the spread department (helped by a 9-timer against me - see my spread, too!) to finish 3rd on 7. Good luck to Phil, next week. Organisers are encouraged to send a list of prize winners and a brief Top-rated Nick Jenkins will be sick of the sight of David Reading, after watching him claim his 4th B tournament report to the TLW editor as soon as possible after the event. Division trophy in 2 events. The good news for Nick is that David’s rating has probably been lagging Remember I can only publish them if you send them to me! behind his ability for some time, now, due to his small number of tournament appearances. Probably this year’s results will finally have propelled him into the A group for the future. Isle of Wight My thanks are to my wife, Ellen, and daughter Frankie, for running this year’s tournament, and enabling me to play. Some (unidentified) players have even told my wife that they enjoy her running the event Vectis Nov 13th- 14th (6 rounds) - she does so, so much better than I do! Main Event Nov 14th- 15th (11 rounds) The main highlights of this year’s Isle of Wight Event were the weather, and an unwelcome discovery Vectis A Vectis C on Saturday night. J. Rossiter 4 689 M. Emmott 4 174 B. Lynn 4 337 M. Lane 4 161 Most people arrived before the appalling weather hit its peak on Saturday morning.