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I L SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark of J.W.Spear & Sons Ltd., Maidenhead SL6 4UB Malta. Other nationals are expected to join during 2008. Renewals for 2008 include Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, but can be at an individual level where no domestic organization exists or wishes to join. domestic organization level (eg the UK’s Association of British Scrabble Players is a member) Scrabble Championship as part of this objective. Membership of WESPA is generally at a also committed to development of organized Scrabble and runs an annual World Youth WESPAis owners. trademark the involve that matters in especially globally, players of to make decisions on policy (such as a standard dictionary), and to represent the interests players to coordinate international tournaments, to provide an international rating system, WESPA is a relatively new regulatory body for Scrabble, established and run by competitive and that there is estimated to be over 25,000 tournament players world-wide. WorldScrabble, 2007 the at represented were nations 30 over that fact the in reflected is This Sweden). and Netherlands Japan, Thailand, (eg first-language the not is English where played also is Scrabble English-language Zealand). New and Australia Canada, USA, England, expected the as well as Malaysia, Singapore, India, countries, (African Worldthe around countries English-speaking numerous in English in played is Scrabble Background The ABSP and membership of WESPA ( ABSP to continue its membership of WESPA. I will be available at the ABSP AGM to AGM ABSP the answer questions from members. at available be will I WESPA. of membership its continue to ABSP This statement serves to enlighten ABSP members about WESPA and support the need for WESPA World English-language Scrabble® Players Association ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH o10June 2008 No 120 The bi-monthly magazine of the Deadline for next issue 5th July SCRABBLE PLAYERS continued in Committee Corner ) ISSUE CONTENTS

Committee Corner ...... 1 ABSP Ratings ...... 18 CCOOMMMMIITTTTEEEE CCOORRNNEERR Tournament Reports ...... 3 Edgeways ...... 24 BEST 2008 ...... 14 Personal Profile ...... 33 Letters ...... 15 That Was Then...... 37 Little Miss Perfect ...... 15 Forthcoming Events ...... 38 The Committee met on the 30th March. I am pleased to announce that it was confirmed Record Breaking ...... 16 World Players Championship ...... 44 at the meeting that Laura Finley would take over the role of Secretary to the Committee ABSP All-time Records ...... 17 Calendar of Events ...... obc following the AGM in August. Stewart Holden, Publicity Officer, will be standing down from the Committee following the AGM.

Throughout this publication, comments by the Editor do not represent the views of the The Committee recently reviewed the ‘major’ tournaments and following that review it ABSP Committee. Any statements by the Committee are clearly marked as such. All was decided that NO rated events would clash with one of the ‘major’ tournaments. other contributions to The Last Word represent only the views of the contributor. A new addition to the Game Rules is that it is recommended that Tournament Directors leave a latecomer’s timer running until they are ready to start play. Effectively, the timer THE LAST WORD TEAM will not be neutralised when the player arrives but will continue to run until they sit down The Last Words Team welcomes contributions from readers to their respective areas, ready to play. either as letters, articles or suggestions. Contact information: Tournament Organisers should note that they should have a reserve player to prevent Editor: Forthcoming events: unplanned byes. The only reason for unscheduled byes is if a player drops out after the Elisabeth Jardine Paul Cartman, tournament has started. 6 Wentworth Avenue 9 Chapel Terrace, Bournemouth BH5 2ED Stafford ST16 3AH The next meeting is scheduled to take place on 25th May. Can I remind members that the 01202 419 708 01785 211851 Committee will be discussing possible motions for the AGM at that meeting and prior to [email protected] [email protected] the next issue of the ‘Last Word’. If there is an issue you wish to raise via a motion at the AGM, please let me or any Committee member have the motion as soon as possible so Games and Strategies: Words and Puzzles: that it may be published in the next issue of the ‘Last Word’. and submissions for David Sutton Amy AmyByrne Byrne ABSP SecrSecretaryetary Annotated Games 46 West Chiltern, Moves to be proud of Woodcote, Reading, Berks cont’dom fr front page Wayne Kelly RG8 0SG Continued from front cover [email protected] [email protected] WESPA is formally approved by Mattel, Scrabble trademark owners outside of North America. WESPA’s website is under development at www.wespa.org To join the ABSP ABSP membership of WESPA the easiest way is via the ABSP website: http://www.absp.org.uk The ABSP is currently due to renew its membership of WESPA. The previous membership Using the Paypal function on the site is very easy and completely safe. More traditionally fee was US$300. At the 2007 WESPA AGM it was agreed to reduce membership fees you can join or renew by sending your details and a cheque for £15 to Anne Ramsay, because WESPA currently had minimal overheads and cost. The fee for ABSP to continue membership secretary, made payable to ABSP to: membership of WESPA for 2008 is now reduced to US$150. While most ABSP members ABSP, 8 Glen Clova Place, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY2 6UL will not get any direct benefit from the arrangement, I believe it is of significant mutual If you wish to write to Anne her email address is [email protected] benefit for the ABSP to be a member of WESPA. It is likely that WESPA will shortly be or telephone: 01592 640130 insisting that Committee Members and other significant WESPA posts will need to have If you have changed your address, telephone number or email address, the support of their national association, not least in that association being a paid-up please contact Anne as soon as possible with the changes. member of WESPA. Continuedcont’d over page...over 1 1 SCRABBLE EVENTS Currently the ABSP has several of its officials actively involved with WESPA (myself as SCRABBLE EVENTS Chairman, Amy Byrne as Rules Committee Chair, Darryl Francis as Dictionary Committee SSCCSCRABBLESCRABBLERRAABBBBLLEE EE VEVENTSVEVENTSEENNTTSS Chair, and Kat Wilkes involved with Youth Scrabble). We have a lot of relevant experience RESULTS & REPORTS to offer WESPA and by having people in key positions we have the means to positively RESULTSRESULTS && REPORTSREPORTS influence its development. It is also important to note that WESPA is formally recognized RREERESULTSSSUULLTTSS && & RR REPORTSEEPPOORRTTSS by Mattel, opening the doors for mutual consultation on issues that involve tournament Organisers are encouraged to send a list of prize winners and a brief players throughout the world. tournament report to the TLW editor as soon as possible after the event. Remember I can only publish them if you send them to me! With ABSP as a member of WESPA any global developments can be seen to embrace the ABSP. As a large organization member of WESPA we will be entitled to a significant vote St Anne’s on key issues affecting tournament players world-wide. Smaller organizations and Mar 14th-17th (14 rounds) individuals pay less but have less strength in voting.

I believe the revised membership fee, which represents about 75 pounds per year (or St Anne’s A St Anne’s C about 10p per ABSP member per year) is a very small price to pay to support WESPA and Paul Thomson 9 370 Anne Darby 11 936 Peter Lindeck 8 15 be an active part of the world Scrabble scene. Jill Bright 9 236 Allan Simmons (WESPA Chairma Janet Southworth 9 101 Ann Toft 8 -106 Allan Simmons WESPA Chairman St Anne’s B St Anne’s D Rosalind Wilson 11 754 Dorothy Henry 12 1216 Barbara Hill 9 285 Rita Barton 11 724 Helen Nelson 9.5 117 ADVERTISEMENT Irene Atkinson 8 313

The Nottingham Eight East Sussex Scrabble Tournament Mar 15th (6 rounds) an eight-game, high prize money event Report from Ed Breed Sunday 29th June 2008 Forty-nine players turned up and one didn’t! VENUE: The Millennium Suite, Richard Herrod Leisure Centre, Foxhill Road, Nottingham, NG4 1RL. A modern, spacious playing room with adjacent bar After five rounds, Marie Perry of Canterbury was in a strong position with five wins and a and plenty of room to relax. spread of +237. There were three players on four wins with club-mate Stephen Wintle on ARRIVAL: 9.30a.m. (1st game 10.a.m.) DEPARTURE: 7.00p.m. +269. In the final round there was a combined swing of 231 points which meant that the title went to Ann Golding of Southend by 37 points. COST: £25.00. Add £2 if you are not an ABSP member. Deduct £5 if aged under 18 on day of tournament. In the B Division Amanda Sodhy played well with five wins and a spread of +457. Local lad FORMAT: 3 divisions sorted by ABSP rating. 8 rated games. 25 minutes per Martin Smith excelled in his first tournament with five wins and a spread of -56. Shirley player per game. Angell, an irregular member of the South Downs Club, turned up in her trainers expecting to be a runner. She kindly consented to play and make an even number and proceeded to race PRIZES: 1st place: £150 guaranteed, 2nd place £50, 3rd place £20 in each through the C Division with five wins and a spread of +507. division. Cash spot prizes also on offer. These figures are based on 60 players in 3 divisions; runner-up prizes may change slightly subject to exact numbers. David Paine, South Downs President, presented the prizes and hoped that everyone had ENTRY: Cheques, payable to Ben Wilson (together with SAE or email address enjoyed the day. for confirmation) should be sent to: 7 Perney Crescent, North Hykeham, East Sussex A East Sussex B East Sussex C Lincolnshire, LN6 9RJ Ann Golding 5 208 Amanda Sodhy 5 457 Shirley Angell 5 507 TELEPHONE: 01522 687 077 if you have any queries or would like more Marie Perry 5 171 Martin Smith 5 -56 Renee Paine 5 334 information. Emergency contact number on the day: 07857 519 807. Kevin Synnott 5 116 Len Edwards 4 228 Vera Allen 4 111 Calum Edwards 4 477 Paul Heasman 4 181 Trevor Warwick 4 50

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Mar 15th (6 rounds) Mar 21st - 22nd (6 rounds) Report from Chris Hawkins Isca A Isca B Isca C 32 players entered the third Peterborough 5PP (penalty challenge) event this year, down on the previous two years, suggesting that this variation of the rules is not really what people 5 426 Alec Webb (A3) 6 584 Anthony Pinnell (B13) 5 388 Joyce Jarvis (C14) 4 484 Helen Harding (A11) 5 227 Nick Jenkins (B3) 5 362 Wasinee Beech (C11) want, nevertheless I’m still determined to stage them! 4 446 Phil Robertshaw (A2) 4 157 Patricia Pay (B8) 4 506 Peter Ashurst (C1) Ratings: Amy Byrne Ratings: Eileen Meghen Ratings: Caroline Elliott In Division A, Bob Violett was the first round leader after his 261 point demolition of Graham Wakefield. He held onto the lead for one more round but after losing to Martin Harrison in round 3, Austin Shin took over the lead, with Martin in second place being the only other Exeter Matchplay player on 3 wins. Inevitably they played each other in round 4, and Martin narrowly won by 6 points to become the only unbeaten player out of 14. Martin was paired against Maurice Brown, who pulled off arguably the shock result of the day to win by 10. This meant going Mar 22nd - 24th (19 rounds) into the final round there were four players on 4-1, Nick Deller in fourth, Maurice in third, Exeter A Exeter D Martin in second and seemingly coming from nowhere Alec Webb, who led the field by 72 17 1382 Brett Smitheram (A1) Exeter C 15 366 Stany Arnold (D9) points of spread. The final round saw Alec playing Martin, Nick playing Maurice. In the end 14 1107 Stewart Holden (A6) 14 776 David Shenkin (C9) 13 834 Peter Ashurst (D4) Alec and Nick won fairly comfortably to finish first and second, with Austin pipping Martin 14 766 David Webb (A3) 14 430 Moira Conway (C4) 12.5 706 Dorn Osborne (D7) Exeter B Exeter E and Maurice for third. Maurice won the ratings prize. 12 438 Maureen Reynolds (C8) 14 850 Joseph McGinley (B8) 13 518 Paul Harding (E9) 13.5 794 Frankie Mairey (B13) 13 403 Heather Laird (E7) In division B (12 players), second favourite Jill Parker led for the first four rounds after wins 12.5 588 Amy Byrne (B2) 11 371 Colin Nicol (E5) against Jason Goddard, Pat Friend, Carol Smith, and despite a loss to Ginny Dixon in round 4, led five players all on 3 wins by 99 points of spread. She finally relinquished the lead in round 5 to Neil Broom who beat her by 18 to head the field going into the last round. Neil was drawn against Jason in round 6, who had recovered from his first round loss to Jill to win Lothian his next four games. As it turned out the final game was a one-sided affair, with Neil winning by 132 to take the division B honours. Carol was second and Lorna Rapley snuck up on the Mar 29th (5 rounds) rails to finish third. Jason had to settle for the ratings prize. Lothian B Helen Polhill 5 353 With only 6 players feeling brave enough to try penalty challenge in division C, there was a Lothian A Viv Beckmann 4 352 round robin format here with a King of the Hill final round. Top rated player in the division Neil Scott 4 317 Sylvia Swaney 4 347 and Peterborough club player Jean Mainwaring led for the first four rounds, final losing to Amy Byrne 4 312 Colin Nicol 4 239 Lothian C second rated player Christine Cartman. This set up a KOTH battle between Jean and Clare Marion Keatings 4 242 Violett for first place. As in division B, the final game turned out to be rather one sided, with Simon Gillam 3 246 Gordon Winte 5 311 Robert Peters 4 190 Clare winning by 231 to take the honours. Despite such a heavy loss, Jean still hung on to Ian Whyte 3.5 158 second place, due to some big wins of her own in earlier round. Christine was third. NeilNeil ScottScott Winnie Haston 3.5 131 The results from this event are carried forward to the free challenge event in two weeks time, for players on the day to win not only the 6 game prizes but also the 12 game ‘combined Sutton Coldfield event’ prize and the perpetual trophy. Once again there were about half the number of challenges one would normally get at a free challenge event. Apr 5th (6 rounds)

Sutton Coldfield A Sutton Coldfield B Sutton Coldfield C Peterbo’ 5pt pc A Peterbo’ 5pt pc B Peterbo’ 5pt pc C Steve Perry 5 231 Kay Powick 5 493 Fay Madeley 5 283 Alec Webb 5 351 Neil Broom 5 246 Clare Violett 5 559 Mike O’Rourke 4 360 Donna Stanton 4 433 David Lavender 4 349 Nick Deller 5 92 Carol Smith 4 310 J.Mainwaring 4 140 Paul Richards 4 305 Jay Goddard 4 287 Heather Laird 4 295 Austin Shin 4 332 Lorna Rapley 4 91 Ratings Ash Coldrick Ratings Geoff Goodwin Ratings Philip Lovell Ratings: Maurice Brown (5th) Ratings: Jason Goddard (4th)

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Mar 29th (6 rounds) Apr 13th (6 rounds) Report from Chris Hawkins Report from Alan Bailey Two weeks previously 32 players attended the 5-point penalty event in Peterborough. This time Among the would-be entrants who applied too late to be admitted were round 70 players took part (30 of the 32 from before), possibly indicating people’s reluctance to The ABSP’s foremost wordmaster; try the penalty challenge version of the game in this trial period. Next year’s penalty challenge The ABSP’s current chairman; event will have a couple of changes to its format to hopefully attract more players. The reigning British Scrabble champion. Division A Beat that for an exclusive tournament. Martin Harrison led after rounds 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. What counts though is who is leading after the final round, and with Martin losing to Austin Shin in round 6, Ben Wilson snuck through At the other end of the scale, a sharp-eyed (i.e. female) early arrival noted a dearth of toilet on the rails to finish on top. This was his first A division win, making it all the more special. rolls. This was given added piquancy when another contestant reported an internal disorder The game between Austin and Martin also decided who won the Pete Finley Memorial which might necessitate… well, you can complete the sentence for yourselves. Shamefully, Trophy – both players finished on 9 wins (with their results from the 5PP event carrying I as tournament director had not brought spares. Fortunately the Hall Manageress was forward) and Martin lost by a small enough margin to hang on by 13 points of spread! Well contactable and had rectified (?!) the problem before play started. done to Martin. The 96 places, 4 divisions of 24 players, were filled well in advance. Everyone arrived on Division B time. There were no cancellations in the last 4 days. Volunteers readily helped set out, and This division was amazingly similar to division A in that Carolyn Emery led for the first 5 at the end restack, tables and chairs, for which I am very grateful. A slight starting delay was rounds, but losing to Yvonne Eade in the final round meant that Yvonne won the division and my fault in not indicating that I was ready for print-outs. There were no computer hiccoughs Carolyn had to settle for second. Carol Smith won the Combined Event, overcoming Neil and the final 6th game finished well ahead of schedule. Broom’s one game advantage from the 5PP event in the first round and never relinquishing it. Division C Besides the more orthodox prizes we decided to commemorate the unlucky date by giving a This division saw Barbara Barker lead for the first three rounds only for up-and-coming prize to the 13th in each division. Respective winners thereof were youngster Tim Butcher to lead after round 4 as the only unbeaten player. However he lost in Brian Jones in A, Wendy Lindridge in B, Jan Vokes-Taylor in C, Brian Beaumont in D. round 5 to Peterborough club player Jean Mainwaring. Jean was paired against early leader Then at the end of the 1st game Kim Phipps revealed that she had celebrated the 13th by Barbara in a winner-takes-all final round, with Barbara ultimately winning and taking the being player No. 13 on table 13, and losing by 13. That was worth a bottle of Full 15 spoils. Claire Violett won the Combined Event after having led for most of the day. (nearest we could get; vignerons are also superstitious). The day went incredibly smoothly thanks to a huge team of runners and other helpers (too Monica Stockwell, Basingstoke, and Andy Gray, Aylesbury, distinguished themselves as the many to name individually), but also due to the swift co-operation of all the players involved. winners of C and B respectively with 6 wins. 2nd to them on 5 wins were Tanya Robson, Indeed, despite starting 5 minutes late, we managed to finish 15 minutes early! Southampton, and Ros Wilson, Luton. 3rd places went to the 4-game winners with, narrowly, the highest spreads, Mark Smith and Rita Todd, both from Portsmouth and Southsea.

Their compatriot Vivienne Newman took 2nd place in D, splitting 2 more Luton players, Malcolm Davis in 3rd and Georgie Burchell the winner. In D, as in A, the 3 top spots went to the players on 5 wins. Since its inauguration in 1991 the silver trophy for this tournament has had “P. Appleby” engraved on it 6 times. At the end of round 4 Phil looked to be heading for a 7th triumph. Whereupon he lost heavily to Gary Oliver, who took his top Peterb’ A Peterb’ B Peterb’ C spot, but for only 1 game. Ben Wilson 5639 Yvonne Eade 5493 Barbara Barker 5435 Martin Harrison 5619 Carolyn Emery 5394 Audrey Harvey 5254 In the final round Gary also lost, to the eventual winner and Southampton club-mate, subsiding Austin Shin 5473 Dot Taylor 5302 Gill Thompson 4 495 to 4th with Phil one place above him. 2nd came Maureen Chamberlain, after a dynamic Ratings (4th) Paul Bassett Ratings (6th) Andrew Eames Ratings (6th) Malcolm Davis day’s work which earned her the Terry Hollington trophy for performance against rating. Combined Event: Combined Event: Combined Event: Champion for 2008 is CHRIS FINLAY, at exactly the opposite end of the division to where he Martin Harrison* 9 818 Carol Smith 8 293 Claire Violett 8 499 had finished the previous year, and indeed at Andover the previous month. Congratulations * Winner of the Peter Finley Memorial Trophy to them, and to the other players for a pleasant event.

6 7 Southampton A Southampton C Aberdeen Chris Finlay 5 426 Monica Stockwell 6 525 Mau’ Chamberlain 5 314 Tanya Robson 5 249 Apr 19th (6 rounds) Phil Appleby(GM) 5 125 Mark Smith 4 192 Gary Oliver(Exp) 4 313 Maureen Barlow 4 174 Aberdeen A Aberdeen B Aberdeen C Southampton B Southampton D Ross Mackenzie 5 202 Alec Robertson 5 606 Bob Christie 6 513 Andy Gray 6 465 Georgie Burchell 5 348 Amy Byrne 5 25 Margaret Armstrong5 87 Hilbre Jenkins 5 338 Rosalind Wilson 5 67 Vivienne Newman 5 332 Anne Steward 4 235 Rhoda Gray 4 298 Caroline Foy 4 259 Rita Todd 4 229 Malcolm Davis 5 73 Jill Harrison 4 210 Carol Bartlett 4 251 Havering Evergreen Aylesbury Apr 26th (6 rounds) Report from Cindy Hollyer Apr 19th (6 rounds) The Havering Evergreens was held on the best day of the spring but in spite of everything Report from Graham Bonham appearing rosy he gremlins, as usual, had to put in an appearance. A day before the event a cancellation was received because sadly a player’s daughter had taken a turn for the worse. 90 players, ranging in rating from 68 to 186 and including 4 Grand Masters and 5 Experts, A reserve stepped in but while registration was taking place there was news that another gathered at Stoke Mandeville Village Community Centre for the 2008 Aylesbury Scrabble player had taken ill and was confined to bed. At that late stage nothing could be done. Club Charity Tournament. The tournament, organised by Janet Bonham and Andy Gray with However, all others arrived on time and we were on schedule. Towards the end of the the support of other members of Aylesbury Scrabble Club, was resurrected in 2007, having tournament the reserve was in so much pain he was unable to continue and had to drop out. been organized during the 1990s by Edelle Crane RIP. This year’s entrants included 1993 The best laid plans...... !!! winner Bob Violett (Exp), 1995 winner Rob Richland (Exp) and 2007 winner Austin Shin (Exp). Stewart Holden (GM) kindly stepped in to make up numbers after one entrant failed to Havering A Havering B Sandie Simonis 5 627 Brenda Northcott 5 417 turn up. Kevin Synott 5 423 Joan Ellis 5 179 Mike Whiteoak 4 183 Ron Bucknell 4 234 The final results were remarkable in that the winner of each of the 3 divisions was undefeated Ratings: E Wallace Ratings: Joyce Frost - on 6 wins. In Division A, Robert Richland was 2nd at half-way stage, behind Philip Nelkon (Exp), but finished 1st. Graham Bonham (Most Improved Player 2004) finished 2nd with Bourne Paloma Raychbart in 3rd position. The Ratings prize went to Sandie Simonis (Exp). Apr 27th (6 rounds) In Division B, Paul (Hull) Thompson was 3rd at half-way stage, behind Geoff Cooper and Evelyn Wallace, but finished in 1st place. Sarah-Jane Jamison, from Belfast, came 2nd, and Bourne A Bourne B Bourne C Jason Goddard (Most Improved Player 2005) came 3rd. The Ratings prize went to Janet L. Rapley 6 472 S. Wilks 5 455 A. Harvey 5 412 Bonham. In Division C, Adrian Noller was 1st at half-way stage and held on to his lead. N. Deller 5 505 A. Burke 5 249 M. Denby 5 285 J. Hardie 4 260 V. Stokes 5 245 Mabel Choularton came 2nd and Cathy Poacher 3rd. The Ratings prize went to previously K. Bird 5 184 N. O’Rourke 4 242 L. Barratt 4 298 J. Mainwaring 4 237 unrated Sharon Hewitt. 2007 Division B winner, Steven Wintle, got the tuff luck prize.

The Tournament was ably directed by Andy Gray. Thanks are due to David Wilson for so efficiently operating the computer and acting as adjudicator. Including proceeds from the Southsea raffle, the tournament raised a total of £450 for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Additional May 2-5 (20 rounds) funds for the charity were raised by Lou Brundell with her stall of articles for sale.

Aylesbury A Aylesbury B Aylesbury C Southsea A Southsea B Southsea C R Richland 6 605 P (Hull)Thompson 6 494 A Noller 6 466 Moira Conway 14 868 Jan Bailey 15 765 Margaret Emmott 14.5 990 G Bonham 5 248 S.J Jamison 5 371 M Choularton 5 337 Joy Lloyd 13 473 Philippa Morris 12 681 Jan Vokes-Taylor 13 642 P Raychbart 5 - 41 J Goddard 5 313 C Poacher 5 162 Peter Darby 12 396 Barbara Lukey 11 277 Margaret Coleman 13 425 Ratings prize S Simonis Ratings prize J Bonham Ratings prize S Hewitt Leonora Hutton 12 84 Jean Owen 11 -72 Vivienne Newman 12.5 653

8 9 We aim to make this tournament a fixture in the International World of Scrabble and I am Newcastle sure we will have many more than 32 foreign competitors next time! April 26th (6 rounds) We tend to run it on the lines of the BMSC with an open division (entry according to the At the last two tournaments we had no computer, but this year we had two. organizers discretion) and other divisions according to entrants. For enquiries email Bliss! Not only were challenges checked in record time but results were [email protected] . [email protected]. processed extremely quickly too. In spite of a delayed start and the extra 6th game, we still managed to finish the day 15 minutes ahead of the timetable. In Divisions A and B the winners managed to win all 6 games but other Brits: 21.Paul Cartman 10 97 in Division C, 7 players finished on 4 wins. A 4th place was awarded in the Theresa Camilleri 13 1098 9. Bob Violett 11 639 23.Moya Dewar 10 -161 Paloma Raychbart13 855 11.Chris Keeley 11 322 29.George Newman 9 91 larger Division A. Mikki Nicholson Nichols Jared Robinson 13 749 13.Evelyn Wallace 11 -336 36.Claire Violett 8 18 Newcastle A Newcastle B Newcastle C Jojo Delia 12 498 14.Vincent Boyle10.5 468 44.Philip Turner 8 -555 Mikki Nicholson 6 842 John Harrison 6 407 Elisabeth Allen 4 451 Cecil Muscat 12 365 15.Kevin Synott 10.5 365 46.Ellie Dobson 7 -91 Joyce Cansfield 5 448 Joy Hodge 5 392 Barrie Hall 4 234 Mike O’Rourke 12 206 17.Nuala O’Rourke10 347 48.Christ’e Cartman 7 -254 Raymond Tate 4 373 Sam Beckwith 3 191 Gwen Linfoot 4 196 20.Maurice Brown10 17 54.Sim’ Rosenstone 5 -2146 Laura Finley 4 -75 Ratings: Helgmarie Farrow Ratings: Gill Hunter Ratings: Viv Beckman Spring Matchplay Malta Open May 6th (25 rounds) Report from Stewart Holden May 2nd- 4th (18 rounds) Report from Cecil Muscat With the absence of the Durham tournament this year, the ABSP committee decided that a replacement Major event was needed and so the Spring Matchplay took on this title. A Scrabble players from Malta, England, Scotland, Ireland, Romania and Israel took part in the mammoth 25 games over 3 days in the excellent Staverton Park in Daventry attracted one of first Malta Open Tournament which was a big success with many of the participants pledging the strongest fields of recent months. Certain names who have become accustomed to playing to return. The hotel rates were very competitive and if one books early, when the flights are in Div A were surprised to find themselves pushed out by the 20 players rated above 165 in cheap in the winter, the whole package can be quite attractive. Unfortunately the Tournament the top group! Two players from Belfast and four from Ireland were a further welcome addition Director could not make it on the Sunday as he contracted gastric flu and poor Janet Phillips to the usual crowd. had to have a knee operation and retire from the tournament. On the first day Div C was led by Sarah-Jane Jamison and Marjorie Smith. Janet Bonham’s The early front runner was Mario Saliba, a Maltese, who won his first 6 games, to be overtaken MRIDANGS was probably the best word of the division all weekend, tied with Ian Kendall’s by Nuala O’Rourke, then Evan Cohen from Israel, Vincent Boyle and finally for Cecil Muscat GUNMAKER. On the second day perennial lower division winner Peter Ashurst took the to finish in the lead on his own on 9 wins at the end of the second day. lead and didn’t look back. Clearly a stronger player than the rest of the field, he was Gibsonized with four rounds to spare. The final dramatic day saw the favourite Jared Robinson taking the lead for the rest of the tournament, going into round 17 with what looked like an unstoppable 2 game advantage Div B was notable for having seven games with a 1pt spread and two draws, one of which and a spread of 977. However, he was stopped in his tracks by a resurgent Paloma Raychbart came unexpectedly for Anne Hidden when her outplay of EJECTING (104) and 12pts of whose only loss of the day was against Cecil Muscat. Paloma also registered a good win countback suddenly levelled the scores with Graham Bonham. However it was the Aylesbury against the second favourite Theresa Camilleri in round 16. So in the final round Jared was man who had the last laugh as an impressive 17.5-7.5 record won the division, having leading by 13 wins with a spread of 845 followed by Theresa on 12 wins and a spread of beaten Adrienne Berger in the crucial last round battle. 1002. The last fixture was King of the Hill and in a very tense final game Theresa won by The strong field of Div A did not disappoint, with impressive plays and scorelines throughout 96pts. Paloma won against Dan Sandu for second place and Jared finished third. the weekend. Round 7 saw fireworks between Alec Webb and Elie Dangoor whose game Theresa Camilleri was given a rapturous applause during the prize ceremony as was a delighted finished 534-523 in Alec’s favour; Elie took the ABSP record for the highest ever losing score Paloma Raychbart from the strong Israeli contingent. Dan Sandu and Omri Rosenkrantz in a tournament game. Ben Tarlow’s MARTYRED (185) won the high word prize and Terry won the rating prizes. The tournament was ABSP, Maltese and Internationally rated. Small Kirk recovered from recent bad form to claim second place, but the weekend clearly belonged consolation for Jared, he is now provisionally the highest rated player in Malta! with 1898pts, to Martin Harrison who put in a blistering 20-5 record to claim his first Major title. This followed by Paloma with 1889pts and Theresa on 1830pts. We hope to see them battle it out awesome performance put his rating from 185 up to 192 and few would deny he is now one again next year! of the UK’s very best players.

10 11 Some of the more interesting words played included DEFASTE, DESALINATE (from AAEELS? through IN-T), English Grand Grand DOGSHIP, FIBRANNE, HAEREDES, INTWIST, May 10th-11th (17 rounds) ISATINIC, JAYVEE, KHANATES, NEUMATIC, ORATORIO, SEXTUORS, TERMINATORS (from English Grand A English Grand B English Grand C TERM), WISEGUY, ZAMANGS. 14 1189 Helen Gipson 12 733 Barbara Brown 14 1090 Wasinee Beech Full live coverage was provided all weekend on the 13 792 Wayne Kelly 12 650 Iain Harley 13 1158 Colin Kendal 12 1223 Femi Awowade 12 253 Ted Lewis 11 439 Geoff Cooper CentreStar website (www.centrestar.co.uk), which 11 487 Stewart Holden 12 152 David Steel 11 371 Colin Nicol contains standings, statistics, photos and a few games 10 769 Di Dennis 11 570 Anthony Pinnell 11 345 Marjorie Smith to play through, including the ABSP record breaking Ratings: Wojtek Usakiewicz Ratings: Sylvia Swaney Ratings: Margaret Marshall game mentioned above. aE Amy presents Martin with the shield Southsea Spring A Spring B Spring C May 2-5 (20 rounds) 20 1267 Martin Harrison 17.5 752 Graham Bonham 19 1312 Peter Ashurst 17.5 903 Terry Kirk 16 566 Adrienne Berger 17 408 Janet Bonham 16 676 Femi Awowade 16 445 Joyce Cansfield 16 141 Mary Doyle Southsea A Southsea B Southsea C Moira Conway 14 868 Jan Bailey 15 765 Margaret Emmott 14.5 990 Joy Lloyd 13 473 Philippa Morris. 12 681 Jan Vokes-Taylor 13 642 Peter Darby 12 396 Barbara Lukey 11 277 Margaret Coleman 13 425 Bournemouth

May 4th (6 rounds) Report from Val Wright Brighton Our 6th Charity Tournament was held on 4 May 2008 in aid of the Bournemouth Society for May 111th1th (6(6 rounds)rounds) the Visually Impaired (BSVI) at their Rooper Hall in Moordown, which has now become a Brighton A Brighton B Brighton C regular venue. The play was in roundish robin format with 8 divisions each playing 6 games, Chris Vicary 5 517 Amanda Sodhy 6 256 Betty Simmonds 5 441 and the results are as below. Doj Graham 5 472 Sally Twine 4 315 Andrea Bailey 5 118 Highest word score during the day was ESCAPISM from Penny Downer for 203. Gary Oliver(Exp) 5 361 Elizabeth Terry 4 308 Peter Bailey. 4 151 Congratulations go to Vera Sime for winning Group F for two years consecutively. Gary Fox 4 182 Pamela Windsor 4 289 Vivienne Newman 4 108 A raffle raised £83 for the BSVI and sales of homemade cakes raised a further £79. We were able to donate £500 from the entry fees, even though entries are declining each year, due to the increasing number and variety of tournaments. Thus, the BSVI benefited by a total of £662. Late arrivals invariably have good excuses – this time it was the SATNAV, which apparently directed it’s driver to Bournemouth Airport! However, they managed to navigate themselves Between rounds.... successfully from there and actually made it on time. at the Spring Matchplay, Bournemouth Scrabble Club and the BSVI express their thanks to all the players for their Irish Scrabbler, Joe support of the event. McGinley entertains an appreciative group of Bournemouth A Bournemouth F G Oliver 6 637 V Sime 5 101 fellow competitors with J Rossite 5 594 Bournemouth D E Bradshaw 4 279 his juggling expertise. B Margereson 5 442 Bournemouth B Bournemouth G C Finlay 5 281 P Sime 5 330 C Cotton 5 441 M Chamberlain 4.5 266 Bournemouth E J Milford 5 290 E Terry 5 143 Bournemouth C Bournemouth H W Lindridge 4 264 T Robson 4 225 E Lawes 6 701 C Stanley 4 192 V Baker 3 - 38

12 13 LLEETTTTEERRSS

Regional results to date Unexpected Meetings London East: Rachelle Winer 4 David Holmes 3 – Femi Awowade 4 Angela Evans 2 Chris Keeley 4 Phil Kelly 2 – Mike Whiteoak 4 Rachelle Winer 2 On Friday 29th February I was on my way back from a week in Tenerife, where I had enjoyed Bob Violett 4 Ben Tarlow 3 relaxation, sun and many games on ISC. Femi or Chris plays Mike or Bob in the Regional Final I arrived at the airport in good time so decided to go to the toilet. As I was waiting my turn London West: Ed Martin 4 Jackie McLeod 3 – Sandie Simonis 4 Sanmi Odelana 3 a woman came out of a cubicle, walked up to me and said, “I have played you in Scrabble Harshan Lamabadusuriya 4.5 Maurice McParland 0.5; tournaments.” This was Rosemary Jordan of the Leicester Scrabble Club. In relating this Di Dennis 4 Bob Berry 0 – Harshan Lamabadusuriya 5 Di Dennis 3 story to friends, they remarked, “That explains why she wasn’t at the Leicester Tournament.” Ed or Sandie plays Harshan in the Regional Final On Monday morning of April 7th I was at Oxford Railway Station waiting for a train back to Newcastle after spending the weekend with my son Tim and his partner Fiona. A woman Midlands: Chris Hawkins 4 Ben Wilson 0 – Nuala O’Rourke 4 Maurice Brown 3 called out “Viv!” This was Barbara Goodban on her way to Liz Barber’s Scrabble holiday in Joanne Hiley 4 Linda Barratt 3 – Stewart Holden 4 Heather Burnet 1 Bournemouth. Teresa Hill 4 Chris Hawkins 3 – Mike O’Rourke 4 Nuala O’Rourke 3 Evan Simpson 4.5 Joanne Hiley 2.5 – Evan Simpson 5 Mike O’Rourke 0 As things usually go in threes I am of course waiting for the third unexpected meeting. Stewart or Teresa plays Evan in the Regional Final North: Neil Rowley 2 Joyce Cansfield 4 – Andrew Goodwin 4 Russell Smith 1 Can any Scrabble player top these stories? VivViv Beckmann Beckmann John Hardie 4 Josef Thompson 3 – Laura Finley 4 Andrea Waddington 3 Lewis Mackay 4 Jason Carney 0 – John Hardie 4 Vicky Nelson 1 Andrew Goodwin 4 Joyce Cansfield 0 – Mikki Nicholson 4 Laura Finley 1 If you have anything interesting to say, perhaps even about Scrabble! Lewis Mackay 5 John Hardie 1 please send me a letter, preferably by email to Andrew or Mikki plays Lewis in the Regional Final North West: Wayne Kelly 4 Len Moir 0 – Kathy Suddick 4 Donna Stanton 2 [email protected] Mark Nyman 4 David Steel 0 – Phil Robertshaw 4 Paul Richards 2 or [email protected] Wayne or Kathy plays Mark or Phil in the Regional Final

Oxford & West:Stewart Houten 4 Neil Green 3 – Peter Liggett 4 Jason Goddard 1 Steve Perry 4 Karl Kwiatkowski 2 Stewart plays Peter or Steve in the Regional Final Little Miss Perfect

Scotland: Ray Tate 4.5 Amy Byrne 2.5 – Anne Ramsay 4 Philips Owalabi 3 This week Little Miss Perfect had to play against Mr Smelly-Bag. Helen Gipson 4 Ray Tate 2 – Allan Simmons 4 Colin Nicol 1 What could she do? When she arrived at her allocated table he Anne Ramsay 4 Tom Wilson 1 – Neil Scott 4 Ross Mackenzie 1 had already laid out his board, his rack, his bag of tiles and his Helen or Allan plays Anne or Neil in the Regional Final score sheet. It wasn’t until she went to select her first seven tiles South: Penny Downer 4 Peter Hall 2 – Paul Allan 4 Alan Bailey 1 that she noticed that the bag had never had the benefit of a wash David Reading 4 Elizabeth Terry 2 – Noel Turner 4 Bob Lynn 0 and on closer inspection saw the board also had its fair share of debris. Perhaps he played over dinner, or on the beach or down at the Penny Downer 4 Ed Rossiter 2 tip. Keen, wasn’t he? Was she pernickety? No, just everyday hygienic. Paul or David plays Noel or Penny in the Regional Final

14 15 Record Breaking At the Spring Matchplay Tournament in May, abcdefghi jklmno ABSPABSP all-timeall-time recordsrecords one of the ABSP all-time records was 1 SMUDG I ER broken, and this time all the game’s details 2 JKUIA I V are available. The record broken was that of 3 QI V E All of the below are achievements which occurred during ABSP-rated matchplay tournaments, Highest Ever Losing Score and was achieved 4 UG T H ET and are believed to be the best there is. If you know of any superior claims for any of the (suffered?) by Elie Dangoor in his game CIFES5 O categories below then email the webmaster.Last updated: 3rd May 2008 against Alec Webb with a score of 523. OWN6 E F T P RO P NO7 N OL EAR I A Game scores CALIENORI8 REZ Highest score 712 D Webb, Peterborough HOX9 T E B NA for one game 24 Hour Tourney 2008 10 YE A D L 11 RY Largest winning spread 543 J McLeod, NSCT Regional 2002 12GHATS 13 WO Highest combined 1085 D Webb (712) vs. R Blakeway (373), 14 UNDAM score for one game Peterborough 24hr Tourney 2008 15 ST I LT ED Highest losing score 523 E Dangoor vs. A Webb (534), Elie and Alec shake hands at the end ABSP Spring Matchplay 2008

Alec: AEILNOR c8a ALIENOR 66 66 Highest score draw 470 N Deller vs. T Camilleri,

Isca 2006 ABSP all-timerecords Elie: BHLOORX a9a HOX 38 38 Move scores Alec: AAEILOR g7a OLEARIA 68 134 Elie: ?BILORYBILORY? k4d hOR(R)IBLY 98 136 Highest score for 230 K Churcher, ‘GLAZIERS’ one single play East Sussex 2003 Alec: CCEFNOZ a5d CONC(H)36170 P Ashurst, ‘QUAYAGES’ BMSC 2007 Elie: EGIMUVY b10a YE 36 172 Alec: AEFNRSZ m8a REZ 38 208 Highest score for 157 F Madeley, ‘QUIZzES’ Elie: EEGIMUV l1d GIVE 22 194 a non-9x bonus Twixmas 2007 Alec: AEFNRST e5d FEN(I)TARS 94 302 Elie: DEIMRSU h1a SMUD(G)IER 158 352 Highest score for 144 M Lane, ‘WOODSHED’ Alec: DEFLTTT f4d TEF 32 334 a non-bonus play Middlesbrough 2004 Elie: AIKNNUU f2a KUIA 24 376 Alec: ADGHLTT a12a GHAT(S)22356 Highest opening move 112 N Scott, ‘OXAZINE’ Crieff 1996 Elie: AADNNOU n9a NA 15 391 Highest outplay (last move) 221 A Davis, ‘EChOIZEd’ BEST QF 2001 Alec: ?DLOSTWDLOSTW? c13a WO 22 378 Elie: ADMNNOU b14a UNDAM 38 429 Tournaments DEILST? Alec: ?DEILST d15a STILtED 86 464 Youngest ever tourney winner 12y 4m A Shin, Melton Mowbray 2002 Elie: BINOQUW b6d WO 28 457 Alec: EOPPTTV j6a P(R)O P 31 495 Oldest ever tournament winner 82 C Budge, Scottish Cham’ships 1992 Elie: BGIINQU c3d QUIN 32 489 Alec: DEESTTV n1d (E)VET 14 509 Most consecutive 27 M Nyman, Oct 2001 - Jul 2002 Elie: ABEGIJ W d2d JIG 39 528 tournament game wins Alec: DESTWWW g5d ST(ON)ED 20 529 Elie’s unplayed tiles: ABE Elie: 528 - 5 = 523; Alec: 529 + 5 = 534 Please note that the records must have occurred during an ABSP-rated matchplay game. Oldest and youngest tournament win claims apply to Division A only.

16 17 158 Christine McKenzie 151 Alan Georgeson 144 1115 Nick Jenkins Ratings at 158 Roy Miller 151 1051 Elizabeth Hull 144 0713 Trish Johnson AABBSSPP RRaattiinnggss 158 1170 Paloma Raychbart 151 0719 Kate Surtees 144 0268 Donna Stanton 23-1-2008 158 Angela Swain 151 0094 Rachelle Winer 144 1459 Ronan Webb (GM) Grand Master (Exp) Expert 158 0229 Graham Wakefield 151 1053 Stephen Wintle 143 1412 Melanie Beaumont ABSP membership number for members At least 30 games 157 Gboye Balogun 150 Eddy Breed 143 0089 Margaret Bright is shown before name and at least 157 1210 Graham Bonham 150 0852 Maureen Chamberlain 143 Jean Bromley 1 since 24-1-2006 157 1120 Anand Buddhdev 150 0024 Angela Evans 143 1242 John Garcia 210 Nigel Richards 175 0005 Brian Sugar(GM) 157 0079 Chris Finlay 150 0121 Debbie Heaton 143 0084 Pauline Johnson 199 0764 Lewis Mackay(Exp) 175 1163 David Sutton 157 0154 Mike O Rourke 150 0655 Mary Jones 143 0458 Eileen Meghen 198 Wale Fashina 174 Christian Brown 157 0408 Nuala O Rourke 150 1019 Lynne Murphy 143 1270 Len Moir 198 0774 Brett Smitheram(GM) 174 0368 Chris Hawkins(Exp) 157 1097 Ronnie Reid 150 Abraham Sosseh 143 Lesley Watson 197 Andrew Fisher(GM) 174 0224 Gary Polhill(Exp) 157 1279 Ben Wilson 149 0789 Alan Bailey 142 0330 Viv Beckmann 164 Neil Green 194 0497 Andrew Davis(GM) 174 0482 Neil Scott(GM) 156 0978 Andy Becher 149 Tony Bearn 142 William Coleman 164 0199 Graham Harding 193 Chris May 173 Adekoyejo Adegbesan 156 Andrew Goodwin 149 1573 Owen Bondin 142 0395 Pat Colling 164 0463 Helen Harding 193 1626 Olatunde Oduwole 173 Steve Hilton 156 1243 Doj Graham 149 0732 Wanda De Poitiers 142 1005 Verity Cross 164 Mark Hollingsworth 193 0338 David Webb(GM) 173 Richard Kennedy 156 1419 John Hardie 149 0406 Moya Dewar 142 Patricia Fenn 164 0165 Cecil Muscat 156 0105 Elisabeth Jardine 149 0232 Iain Harley 142 1067 Gavin Holmes 192 0751 Paul Allan(GM) 173 0021 Evan Simpson(GM) 164 1663 Mihai Pantis 156 0488 Marion Keatings 149 Frankie Mairey 142 0875 Jim Lyes 192 0280 Andrew Perry(GM) 172 Fidelis Olotu 164 Jin_Chor Tan 156 1164 Karl Kwiatkowski 149 0790 Margaret Staunton 142 0537 Carol Malkin 191 0880 Femi Awowade(GM) 172 0281 Steve Perry 163 0837 Peter Liggett 156 Dave Nunn 148 0080 Mary Allen 142 Matthew Pinner 191 1368 Phil Robertshaw 172 1469 James Rossiter 163 0213 Neil Rowley 156 0760 Sanmi Odelana 148 0228 Adrienne Berger 142 0690 Maureen Reynolds 190 0015 Phil Appleby(GM) 171 Richard Evans(Exp) 163 Kevin Synnott 148 0254 Ian Burn 142 0422 Carol Stanley 189 0147 Helen Gipson(GM) 171 Peter Igweke 162 0045 Barry Grossman(Exp) 156 0555 Raymond Tate 148 1202 Jason Carney 142 0636 David Williams 189 0823 Wayne Kelly(Exp) 171 0004 Philip Nelkon(GM) 162 0986 Robert Pells 156 0292 Wilma Warwick 148 Simon Carter 141 0252 Steve Balment 189 0745 Harshan 171 0049 Bob Violett(Exp) 162 0919 Peter Thomas 156 0018 Karen Willis Lamabadsuriya(GM) 148 Alan Catherall 141 Michael Baxendale 170 Mark Goodwin 161 1116 Paul Bassett 155 1440 Tim Charlton 188 0777 Adam Philpotts(Exp) 148 1322 Frank Forster 141 Martyn Colebrook 170 0999 Kay McColgan 161 0103 Danny Bekhor 155 Chris Cummins 187 1355 Craig Beevers(Exp) 148 0793 Joanne Hiley 141 James Crooks 170 0795 Chris Quartermaine 161 0343 Amy Byrne 155 Brian Jones 187 Shanker Menon 148 Theo Kumi 141 0544 Marjory Flight 170 0172 Daniel Simonis 161 0766 Christo Davison 155 0093 Ruth MacInerney 185 Andrew Cook(GM) 148 0267 Graham Maker 141 0035 Lois McLeod 170 Chris Vicary 161 0202 Penny Downer(Exp) 154 0838 Theresa Cole 185 0057 Mark Nyman(GM) 148 Chrystal Rose 141 Huw Morgan 169 1016 John Ashmore 161 0573 Gary Fox 154 Ralph Gibbs 185 0814 Jared Robinson(Exp) 147 1301 Richard Blakeway 141 1380 Anthony Pinnell 169 0058 Russell Byers(GM) 161 1429 Stewart Houten 154 0688 Lorraine Gordon 147 0042 Barbara Brown 141 Kay Powick 185 0846 Austin Shin(Exp) 169 0012 Ruth Morgan- 161 Jeff Ngeze 153 0081 Joyce Cansfield(Exp) 184 0158 Ed Martin(GM) Thomas(Exp) 161 0020 Janet Phillips 153 Billy Dott 147 Alan Buckley 141 0996 Kenneth Ross 184 1427 Mikki Nicholson 169 Shane O Neill 161 Malcolm Quirie 153 Christina French 147 Pinaach Kolte 140 Brenda Baxter 183 1000 Stewart Holden(GM) 169 1102 Paul{Sale} Richards 161 0226 Alan Sinclair 153 Helen Grayson(Exp) 147 0100 David Lawton 140 Tim Hebbes 182 0734 Nick Deller 169 Ben Tarlow 160 1145 Peter Darby 153 Timothy Lawrence 147 1645 Jay Osborn 140 1025 Marion Kirk 181 1570 Adrian Tamas 169 0123 Noel Turner(Exp) 160 0836 Chris Fenwick 153 1619 Joseph McGinley 147 0802 Patricia Pay 140 0523 Kate Leckie 180 1220 Theresa Camilleri 169 1057 Mike Whiteoak 160 1362 Graham Haigh 153 1198 Maurice McParland 147 0476 David Shenkin 140 1136 Ted Lewis 180 0478 Elie Dangoor(Exp) 168 0241 Bob Berry 160 1404 Chris Harrison 153 0480 Anne Ramsay 147 0637 Val Wright 140 Wendy Lindridge 180 Dick Green(Exp) 168 1375 Michael Chappell 160 1129 Lee Hartley 153 1294 Christine Strawbridge 146 0635 Philip Aldous 140 0150 David Longley 179 0530 George Gruner(Exp) 168 0006 Darryl Francis(Exp) 160 1228 Mark Lane 153 0272 Ivan Swallow 146 John Balloch 140 0120 Kate McNulty 179 1428 Martin Harrison 168 0059 Simon Gillam(Exp) 160 Ricky Zinger 153 0116 Martin Thompson 146 0822 Jill Bright 140 Gerry Pearce 179 0362 Gary Oliver(Exp) 168 0888 Chris Keeley 159 0534 Caroline Atkins 153 1389 Paul{Tranmere} 146 1092 Heather Burnet 140 0161 Margaret Pritchett 179 1488 Edward Rossiter 168 0428 Kwaku Sapong 159 1221 JOjo Delia Thomson 146 Alan Childs 140 Jean Rappitt 179 0162 Alec Webb(Exp) 167 Philip Cohen 159 1423 Calum Edwards 152 0835 Maurice Brown 146 1486 Ashley Coldrick 140 0016 Maureen Rayson 178 0072 John Grayson(GM) 167 1408 Rael Hayman 159 Ed Garrett-Jones 152 0069 Moira Conway 146 0003 Laura Finley 140 0876 Evelyn Wallace 178 0770 Jake Jacobs 167 0101 Robert Richland(Exp) 159 Ken Heaton 152 0997 Phil Kelly 146 0576 Carole Rison 140 0775 Pat Wheeler 178 1497 Azu Ogbogu 167 0017 Mike Willis(Exp) 159 1203 Greg Kelly 152 0631 Alison Sadler 146 Lesley Trotter 139 0096 Diana Beasley 178 Biyi Oyadiran 166 1460 Paul Burton 159 Paul Nind 151 0051 Cathy Anderson 145 0899 Jake Berliner 139 0066 Sue Bowman 177 0060 Terry Kirk(GM) 166 0115 Diane Pratesi(Exp) 159 1363 Stephen Pearce 151 1046 Paul Ashworth 145 1269 Richard Moody 139 Jean Bridge 177 0007 Allan Simmons(GM) 166 0479 Andrew Roughton(Exp) 159 0088 Sandie Simonis(Exp) 151 0399 Louise Brundell 145 Bryn Packer 139 0061 Lorraine Crouch 176 Omar_Malleh Jah 165 0914 Vincent Boyle 159 Frances Ure 151 0469 Tony Davis 145 Russell Smith 139 0124 Ivy Dixon-Baird 176 Philips Owolabi 165 0019 David Brook 159 0810 Linda Vickers 151 1466 Suzanne Dundas 145 1287 Stuart Solomons 139 0776 Peter Hall 176 0041 Gareth Williams(GM) 165 0609 Bob Lynn 159 0489 Tom Wilson 151 0967 Gerard Fox 145 0589 Anne Steward 139 0471 Anne Hidden 175 Gerry Carter 165 1006 Ross Mackenzie 158 1211 Ian Coventry 151 0331 Davina Galloway 144 0369 Brian Bull 139 0923 Teresa Hill 175 0014 Di Dennis(GM) 165 0038 Jackie McLeod(Exp)

18 19 139 0608 Sandra Hoffland 134 Nola Marrow 129 0634 Edith Smith 124 0759 John Harrison 119 Jill Burgess 114 Marie English 139 Robert Johnston 134 1050 Yvonne McKeon 129 0152 Marjorie Smith 124 David Hoyle 119 0402 Sally Fiszman 114 0736 Molly Lane 139 Gwynfor Owen 134 0029 Marlene Skinner 129 1468 Kathy Suddick 124 Medina Hull 119 1479 Bob Jarvie 114 0798 Peter Lindeck 139 Colin Parker 134 1189 Martin Taylor 129 Wendy Tiley 124 1146 Leonora Hutton 119 0833 Judy Monger 114 Rose Spencer 139 0632 Carol{Norwich} Smith 134 Carole Thomas 129 Sheila Wall 124 1533 Colin Kendall 119 Mark Murray 114 Julie Tate 139 Carol{Ryde} Smith 133 0238 Margaret Burdon 128 Gail Allen 124 May Macdonald 119 1655 Maria Treadwell 114 1434 Kat Wilkes 139 1206 Sarah Wilks 133 1331 Carol Grant 128 1262 Ginny Dixon 124 Miri Purse 119 0248 Jean{Cardiff} Williams 114 Rosemary Wood 139 1273 Peter Winnick 133 1035 Andy Gray 128 0920 Eleanor Dobson 123 Elizabeth{IW} Allen 118 0518 Eileen Basham 113 Rhian Lewis 138 Janet Adams 133 Terry Jones 128 0868 Christine Gillespie 123 0427 Peter Ashurst 118 Bobbie Bennett 113 1183 Priscilla Munday 138 Oluyemi Adesiyan 133 Malcolm Roberts 128 Janet Southworth 123 0110 Liz Barber 118 0257 Syd Berger 113 Barbara Solomon 138 0856 Minu Anderson 133 0423 Alec Robertson 127 0943 Carol Arthurton 123 Beverley Calder 118 Doreen Blake 113 1478 Vivienne Stokes 138 Chris Downer 133 Carol Sienkiewicz 127 1513 Linda Bird 123 0725 Paul Cartman 118 Carmen Dolan 113 Sally Twine 138 1519 George Downing 133 0470 Norman Smith 127 Rose Calder 123 0107 Joan Caws 118 Eileen Douglas 113 Cyndy Walker-Firth 138 Heather Frankland 133 0264 Evan Terrett 127 Barbara Dein 123 0915 Shirley Chidwick 118 Marian Hamer 113 1521 John Wilcox 138 1282 Barbara Goodban 133 1320 Rita Todd 127 1305 Jason Goddard 123 0948 Eileen Foster 118 0626 Martha Mitchell 112 1259 Sheila{Rmfrd} 138 0242 Sheila Green 133 Wojtek Usakiewicz 127 Paul Heasman 123 Pamela Kikumu 118 1666 Brid Ni Bhriain Anderson 138 Andrew Hart 132 0992 Geoff Cooper 127 0263 Sheila Jolliffe 123 1535 Marc Meakin 118 Ken Quarshie 112 Joyce Ashmore 138 David Meadows 132 0092 Priscilla Encarnacion 127 0886 Ruth Marsden 123 0236 Hazel Parker 118 Maureen Underdown 112 Irene Catherall 138 0960 Mary Siggers 132 1265 Joy Fox 127 0938 Helen Polhill 123 0616 Gertie Roberts 118 0356 Pamela Windsor 112 Eve Dwyer 138 0291 Sylvia Swaney 132 0840 Rhoda Gray 127 0036 Dot Taylor 123 Heather Roberts 117 1391 Jan Bailey 112 1298 Helgamarie Farrow 138 0177 Henry Walton 132 0032 Ron Hendra 127 0136 Jan Turner 123 0532 Kathy Rush 117 0854 Joseph Doku 112 Marjorie Gardner 137 Nick Baker 132 0505 Gordon Procter 126 0512 Etta Alexander 122 Alistair Baker 117 0737 Margaret Harkness 112 Wilf Gibbons 137 0924 Linda{Lincoln} Barratt 131 0922 Barbara Allen 126 0735 Hilary Birdsall 122 1456 Andrew Eames 117 Sue Ison 112 1113 Christabel Jackson 137 Alan Guy 131 Sheila{Perth} Anderson 126 1020 Derek Bower 122 1027 Margaret Firmston 117 1634 David Lavender 112 1080 Margaret Mitchell 137 Alastair Ives 131 0557 Janice Bease 126 Janet Braund 122 1212 Marjorie Gillott 117 Ann McDonnell 112 Norman Partridge 137 Victoria Kingham 131 Mick Beasley 126 0748 Jean Crowder 122 Jayanthi Kannan 117 Ralph Obemeasor 112 0692 Margaret Seabrook 137 0077 Joy Lloyd 131 1559 Joe Bridal 126 1238 Juliet Green 122 0320 Fay Madeley 117 1649 Paul{Hull} Thompson 112 0917 Nicola Staunton 137 0829 Kim Phipps 131 0442 Agnes Gunn 126 0975 Jill Harrison 122 1215 Mary Morgan 116 Shirley Angell 112 0826 Elizabeth Terry 137 0099 Josef Thompson 131 1607 Annie Hawes 126 1257 Mary Hopwood 122 0397 Norma Nicholson 116 1602 Kim Hands 112 1523 Kath Williams 137 1149 Jim Wilkie 131 Helen Jones 126 0625 John Mitchell 122 0952 Jean Owen 116 Joanne Hawkins 112 June Wilson 137 Richard Woodward 131 Brenda Margereson 126 1066 Barbara Morris 122 Christina Pace 116 1169 Yvonne Holland 111 0761 Mary Adams 136 Alasdair Dowling 131 Mary Oram 126 Julie Nelkon 122 0864 Margaret White 116 0477 Malcolm Shaw 111 1063 Irene Atkinson 136 Dan Harris 131 Gilli Simmons 126 0904 George Newman 122 Judy Young 116 0452 Peter Sime 111 0953 Peter Bailey 136 Sheila Hinett 131 Amanda Sodhy 126 Brenda Rodwell 121 Sue Ball 116 0052 Martin Summers 111 1158 Wasinee Beech 136 0456 Margaret Keegan 131 Jenny Woodroffe 126 0972 Denise Saxton 121 0682 Janet Bonham 116 Jo Tebbutt 111 0709 Betty Benton 136 Esther Kumi 130 0511 Samantha Beckwith 126 1593 Tom Sharp 121 Pat Broderick 116 Jane Weston 111 Joyce Gershon 136 Tess McCarthy 130 Kathy Bullen 125 0639 Esther Bacon 121 0982 Ron Bucknell 116 Carole Wheatley 111 Kathy Gibbons 136 0932 Jill Parker 130 1182 David Carrod 125 John Ball 121 1207 Hannah Corbett 115 1532 Lyn Allcock 111 Joy Reason 136 0911 Marie Perry 130 Jean Dymock 125 1455 Angela Burke 121 Terry Corps 115 Linda Beard 111 Jeanne Rossiter 136 0028 Lorna Rapley 130 June Edwards 125 0106 Ian Caws 121 0668 Ceridwen Davies 115 0603 Linda Bradford 111 Monica Stockwell 135 0738 Margaret Armstrong 130 Phyllis Fernandez 125 Jennifer Clifford 121 Kathleen Higgins 115 Maisie Culpin 111 Kathleen Ward 135 0565 Ann Coleman 130 0475 Jill Fisher 125 0163 Yvonne Eade 121 0715 Barbara Hill 115 Dorothy Dean 110 Doreen Acton 135 1217 Carolyn Emery 130 Mick Healy 125 0572 Val Hoskings 121 1007 Margaret Irons 115 Ann Fiddler 110 1503 Maureen Barlow 135 Peter Hunt 130 1199 Richard Hitchcock 125 0211 Philippa Morris 121 1159 Vivienne Plewes 115 Peter Kelly 110 Fran Burling 135 Sally Lewis 130 Norma Howarth 125 Hari Nanayakkara 121 Helen Rees 115 1054 Barbara Lukey 110 1489 Anne Cheesman 135 Roger Ordish 130 0414 Jill Jones 125 1237 Dorn Osborne 121 0169 Sue Thompson 115 Willie Scott 110 1555 Bob Christie 135 0443 Ann Pitblado 130 Jo Ramjane 125 Mauro Pratesi 120 Jim Blackler 115 Marjorie Struggles 110 Ann Croll 135 1510 Jessica Pratesi 130 Annette Tinning 125 1175 Rosalind Wilson 120 0579 Sheila Booth-Millard 115 Michael-John Turp 110 Marie Davie 135 Fred Rankin 129 Noel Barnes 124 1373 Stany Arnold 120 Georgina Cook 115 Sandra Walton 110 1064 June Johnstone 135 1231 David Steel 129 Jean Carter 124 0390 Betty Balding 120 Val Couzens 115 Martin Waterworth 110 1452 Ivo Kiddle 134 Liz{Leicester} Allen 129 0718 Pat Friend 124 0493 Kate Boutinot 120 1667 Mary Doyle 115 1003 Sheena Wilson 110 1315 Tanya Robson 134 Gillian Ashworth 129 Maureen Greening- 124 1473 Neil Broom 120 1424 Len Edwards 114 Maureen Austin 110 1171 Susan Thorne 134 Joe Caruana Steer 124 Jean Gallacher 120 1383 Sarah-Jane Jamison 114 1263 Barbara Barker 110 0844 Jan Vokes-Taylor 134 0933 Ann Golding 129 0401 Sharon Landau 124 1484 Karen Game 120 Angela Mort 114 1049 Ken Bird 110 1520 Paul Walford 134 0663 Linda Hillard 129 David Reading 124 1413 Geoff Goodwin 119 1544 Anne Atherton 114 1002 Margaret Boyd 109 1029 Tricia Cooper 134 1608 David Holmes 129 Martin Sheehan 124 0381 Michael Harley 119 Harry Beckett 114 Jane Comer 109 1439 James Couch

20 21 109 Noel Foulkes 105 0564 Jean Stevens 100 Mollie Moran 94 Jean Masterson 87 Joan Garlick 76 1548 Viv Bishop 109 Lena Glass 105 0671 Chris Wide 100 1554 Vicky Nelson-Owen 94 Isabelle McLean 87 Marcia Hall 76 1586 Sheila Cresswell 109 Doug Hill 104 Madelaine Baker 100 1560 June Peck 94 1633 Robert Peters 87 Matthew Hall 76 Dorothy Double 109 Mary Orr 104 Bridget Busk 100 0083 Pat Rockley 94 Sonja Wyld 87 0998 Jean Hendrick 76 Mary Harris 109 Jean Robinson 104 1222 Bronagh Kenny 100 Josie Rogers 93 1385 Mark Bradley 87 1392 Chris Leathem 76 Margaret Jaggs 109 1276 Evelyn Wansbrough 104 Barbara McLaren 100 Heather Stevens 93 0030 Ruby Flood 87 Pat MacLellan 76 1541 Marjorie Lunn 108 1038 Jacquie Aldous 104 Sheila Reeve 100 Derek Turner 93 1616 Iris Grover 87 Nicholas Robertson 76 1334 Catherine McMillan 108 Beryl Browner 104 1118 Remie Salazar 100 1253 Philip Turner 93 1487 Sally Hanson 87 Jill Russell 76 Joan Murphy 108 Gill Carr 104 0357 Jean Shaw 99 Marie Anderson 93 Patrick Kelleher 87 1252 Ruth Turner 76 Jude Pettigrew 108 Joan Ellis 104 0376 Claire Violett 99 Jack Baker 93 Esme Norris 87 1084 Rod Winfield 76 Jean Ross 108 1073 Jenny Harris 104 1504 Andrea Waddington 99 0405 Peter Ernest 93 Irene Swan 86 0359 Vera Allen 75 1135 Sylvia Oates 108 0934 Joyce Jarvis 104 1441 Jean{Ryde} Williams 99 0415 Marjorie Garrett 92 1104 Hazel Brannan 86 Florence Connell 75 Audrey Paley 108 Margaret Johnson 103 Elisabeth{Clvlnd} Allen 99 Renee Paine 92 1558 Maxine Brookes 86 Judith Puttick 75 Olive Smith 108 0184 Celia Osborn 103 Sylvia Baldock 99 Jean Turner 92 Prue Buckingham 86 1390 Maria Raffaelli 75 Patrick Teague 108 0851 Sheila Smith 103 Martin Byrne 99 Jacqui White 92 Joan Johns 86 1448 Joy Rowe 74 1316 Veronica Baker 108 0134 Isla Wilkie 103 1540 Rowan Callaghan 98 Gilly Batten 92 Sheila Johnston 86 Reg Wiseman 74 Marie Cross 108 1271 Claudia Wiseman 103 Gwyneth Cox 98 1168 Brian Beaumont 92 1654 Ian Kendall 85 1235 Rita Barton 74 1086 Margaret Webb 107 Nora Bain 103 1200 Caroline Elliott 98 Jean Buckley 92 1176 Gordon Lamb 85 1465 Doreen Clayton 73 0908 Ted Anderson 107 Jenny Burgess 103 0640 Daphne Fletcher 98 0758 Kathy Carson 92 1648 Irene Lawes 85 Michelle Minnaar 73 0541 Pamela Brown 107 0827 Ann Clark 103 1052 Barbara Haggett 98 Anne Connolly 92 Rose Lawson 85 John Wilman 73 1485 Winnie Haston 107 1340 Paula Docherty 103 0298 Mavis Harding 98 David Darman 92 Monica Marden 84 Frank Goodier 73 Keith Woodruff 107 1112 Peter Johnson 103 0927 Audrey Medhurst 98 0783 Barrie Hall 92 Hepzi Rodrigues 84 Lionel Howard 73 Nancy Yorkston 107 Barbara Kent 103 0931 Janet Milford 98 John MacLellan 92 Rena Waddell 84 Eileen Hunter 72 Pat Carr 107 Jean Mainwaring 103 1511 Colin Nicol 98 1304 Linda Moir 92 0900 Amabel Winter 84 Margaret{Edbgh} 72 Eileen Johnson 107 James Mutton 103 1085 Betty Simmonds 98 Vivienne Newman 92 1332 Sheila Wyatt McGhee 72 Muriel Mortimer 107 Joan Rees 102 Eileen{Rdng} Anderson 97 Jenny Corps 91 Betty Hallett 84 1405 Elizabeth McNab 72 Maria Moseley 107 1009 Jenny Sakamoto 102 0985 Carmen Borg 97 Steve Davie 91 Dorothy Henry 84 1546 Grace Peel 72 George Sinclair 107 Helen Sandler 102 Sue Bullock 97 Peter Dittert 91 1480 Doreen Jarvie 84 Alison Peters 72 Millie Ward 107 Shirley Scoberg 102 Dorothy Churcher 97 Douglas Emmott 91 Charles Tollit 84 1629 Maggie Shutt 71 Michael Double 107 0451 Vera Sime 102 1289 Kerry Constant 97 Alan Everitt 90 Bernard Bruno 84 Alison Stilwell 71 Connie Hardacre 107 1341 Pamela Sparkes 102 Cecilia Cotton 97 0799 Cindy Hollyer 90 Paul Carter 83 Hazel Boddy 71 Jane Thomas 83 1039 Dorothy Edwards 107 1506 Gill{Norwich} 102 Barbara Etheridge 97 Pete Ison 90 Paul Grimshaw 70 Nora Bown Thompson 102 Rona Falconer 97 1134 Dorothy Kemlicz 90 Mary Keevy 83 Jan Hudson 70 Christine Hall 107 Carmen Toscano 102 1008 Yvonne Goodridge 97 1492 Peggy Moore 90 Gwen Linfoot 82 1524 Malcolm Davis 69 1581 Mollie Allam 107 1450 Christine Tudge 102 Paul Harding 97 Graham Pace 90 1147 Brenda Lock 82 June Lovett 69 Doreen Coleman 107 Sheila Tutt 102 1509 Heather Laird 97 0578 Susan Richardson 90 John Macdonald 82 1574 Ken McGinness 69 Margaret Scott 107 Irene Woolley 102 June Lindridge 97 1454 Janet Watson 90 Olive Matthew 82 Michael Murray 68 Peggy Lavender 106 0951 Bill Anderson 102 Sandy MacLeod 96 Anna Blakey 90 1587 Irene Newberry 82 1399 Carol Russell 68 Michael Slow 106 Betty Bates 102 Dieter Turk 96 0563 Fred Burford 90 Winifred Stitt 81 Chris Baker 67 1474 Carol Mouncey 106 0474 Eileen Bradshaw 102 1442 Gordon Winter 96 0877 Shirley Cave 90 Richard Tempest 81 1588 Angela Rigley 66 Shelagh Howes 106 0928 Iris Cornish 101 1625 Georgie Burchell 96 1525 Caroline Foy 90 0935 Ian Whyte 81 Trevor Warwick 65 Jessie Chisholm 106 Marlene Diskin 101 1248 Margaret Coleman 96 1496 Margaret Keeper 89 1148 Renee Gilbert 80 Alice Bennell 65 Glenys Jones 106 Matthew Edwards 101 Les Costin 96 Susan Paton 89 Anne Lawton 80 0410 Myra Copleston 65 Helen Tegg 106 Marjorie Lefley 101 Joan Everitt 96 Doreen Searles 89 0132 Lorna Llewellyn 80 Ena Harding 63 0949 Barbara Horlock 106 1398 Jill Warren 101 0941 Audrey Harvey 95 Keith Churcher 89 0828 Moira Metcalf 80 1531 Lydia Sharkey 63 0153 Mary Lindsay 105 Miles Daniels 101 1261 Jo Holland 95 Terry Masterson 89 1068 Lionel Millmore 79 Helen Thompson 61 Bill Croft 105 1119 Anne Darby 101 0970 Sheila Miller 95 1030 Derek Neath 89 Patricia Parton 78 Hilda Bristow 61 Kath Harrison 105 0513 Florence Davies 101 1502 Cathy Poacher 95 Hazel Parsons 89 0119 Mary Ralfs 78 Ann Gregson 61 1247 Edna Lindeck 105 1306 Margaret Emmott 101 Gwen Roberts 95 Moreen Shillitoe 89 Beryl Trace 78 Teresa Haycock 60 1284 Margaret Hallin 105 1458 June Faulkner 101 Beryl Shoesmith 95 0818 Rose Wall 89 1174 Peter Trembath 78 Connie Hudson 59 Zandra Begg 105 Fay Goble 100 Alex Beckmann 95 Henry Woodward 88 0726 Christine Cartman 78 Jacqueline King 59 1386 Betty Meazey 105 0374 Joy Hodge 100 0384 Mabel Choularton 94 Mary Connell 88 Jan Gibson 78 Peter Munt 57 1615 Barbara Yeaman 105 Rosemary Jordan 100 Len Choules 94 1453 Anne Corpe 88 Olive Martin 78 1545 Helen Nelson 56 Maureen Knox 105 0976 Adrian Noller 100 Maggie Fleming 94 Josephine Croasdale 88 1267 Margot Montgomery 78 1527 Brian Rowell 53 Simon Rosenstone 105 David Paine 100 Joyce Frost 94 Patricia Holmes 87 0517 Peter Basham 77 1290 Mary Kennedy 105 0782 Richard Pajak 100 Hilbre Jenkins 94 Rosemarie Howis 87 0683 Mavis Ernest 77 Iris Semus

22 23 gamelan an orchestra of SE Asia consisting of percussion, wind instruments and stringed geneva a spirit distilled from grain and flavoured with juniper berries godown a Malayan warehouse jaggery, jaggary, jagra, jagger, jagghery a coarse dark sugar made from palm sap lahar a mudflow composed chiefly of pyroclastic material on the flanks of a volcano maund a measure of weight in Asia; also an obsolete verb meaning to beg Compiled by David Sutton neroli a fragrant oil distilled from orange flowers (Puzzle solutions on inside back cover) picul, pikul a unit of weight used in China and SE Asia, equal to about 100 CATTIES EDGEWAYS prahu, prau, proa, prao a Malay sailing boat quintal an old unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms Author! Author! rutter a book of sailing directions

I have been reading Krakatoa! by sambal any of various foods served with curries in Simon Winchester, a fascinating Malaysia and Indonesia, e.g. peppers, pickles, account of the best-known salt fish, coconut, etc. volcanic eruption of historic times solfatara a volcanic vent emitting only gases (though actually only the fifth tamarind a large tropical tree, or its fruit largest), that took place in 1883 tephra ash and debris ejected by a volcano when the Indonesian island of touraco, turaco, turacou any of various brightly- Krakatoa was destroyed. It is full of touraco local colour and cultural coloured tropical birds physeter background, and in addition to Simon Winchester terms from vulcanology contains many words particularly associated with that The Five-Minute Anagram Challenge exotic part of the world: Below are four sets of anagrams, presented in ascending order of difficulty. Each anagram has a unique solution. It is suggested that full marks in set A corresponds to a ABSP rating alang, lalang a coarse grass of the Malay peninsula of around 125; in set B to 150; in set C to 175; and in set D to 200, though of course arak, arrack a strong alcoholic drink made in Asian people differ in their vocabularies and anagramming skills so any such categorisation can countries from toddy, or the fermented juice of the only be loose and intuitive. Give yourself five minutes for the chosen set. Of course, by coco and other palms barbet all means try the harder sets, but donít be discouraged if the going gets tough! atap, attap a kind of palm tree, aka NIPA The observant will note that as a slight twist all the words in this challenge contain the barbet a tropical bird letter J. bergamot a citrus tree, bearing fruit similar to an orange, A. AGJO IJOST ADIJNO AEGJLNR AEGJLTS from the rind of which a fragrant essence is prepared BEJO GIJNO EIJNNO CEEIJOR EIJNPRU bulbul a tropical bird, famous for its song caldera a large crater formed by the collapse of the B. EIJMO AIJORS AEIJLNW AEJMRST IJLNOQSU central part of a volcano after eruption AAJRT AEFIJO ADEEJIT ACEHIJKR CJNOORRU campong, kampong a Malay village C. AJLOU ABEJNT AEIJNRS AEEJNRST AEEJOPRT cattie, catty, kati, katti a unit of measure used in SE Asia AAGJN AIJMOR ACEJNOT AEIJORST AEIJLOSU dengue a tropical fever fumarole, fumerole a hole emitting gases in a volcano D. ABEIJNS AAAACJRR ABDJMOOR BEEIJORT AGHIJNRT or volcanic region fumarole AAEJOPR AEGHIJR ABEHJORS ACEJNNOO AAEJMNRY

24 25 Watch Your Language: 9. Chinese langshan a small black Chinese hen. [From a place near Shanghai] Continuing our series in which we take a look at some of the more exotic languages that laogai+ a Chinese forced labour camp have contributed to the Scrabble playerís lexicon. Those wishing to pursue a particular leechee, lichee, lichi, litchi, lychee a Chinese fruit language more fully might care to look at the Words page on the ABSP web site. lapsang a variety of SOUCHONG tea with a smoky Here is a selection of shorter words that have come to us from Chinese; words that have flavour come in new with Collins are marked with a +. li a Chinese unit of distance amban a Chinese resident official in a dependency liang a Chinese weight: 37.24 grams kylin bohea an inferior kind of black tea. [From the Wu-i hills likin formerly, a Chinese transit duty in China] lomein a Chinese dish of noodles, meat and vegetables catsup, catchup, ketchup a yukky red stuff used for loquat a Chinese and Japanese tree or its small, yellow, spoiling the taste of food. [Cantonese k'e chap, edible fruit tomato juice] longan, lungan a pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and cheongsam an oriental dress with a slit skirt and a produced by an evergreen East Indian tree. mandarin collar; from Chinese, literally, long gown [Chinese lung-yen, dragon's eye] chiao a Chinese monetary unit, one tenth of a YUAN. No mahjong, mahjongg an old Chinese table game -S! (But the Korean equivalent JIAO does take an mee+ noodles or a dish containing noodles ñS) menshen+ a Chinese door god. No -S mahjong cochin a large variety of the domestic fowl, originally moutan the Chinese tree peony, a shrub with large from Cochin China flowers of various colors congo, congou a kind of black Chinese tea cheongsam nankin, nankeen a durable buff-coloured cotton. [From cumquat, kumquat a kind of fruit Nanking in China] cumshaw (in Orient) a present, gratuity; a bribe oolong, oulong a kind of tea. [Chinese wu-lung, black fum fung a fabulous Chinese bird dragon] garoupa+ the grouper fish, as used in Chinese cuisine packfong, pakfong, paktong, pakthong+ a Chinese alloy genseng, ginseng a plant of the genus Aralia, the root of of nickel, zinc, and copper, resembling German which is highly valued as a medicine among the silver Chinese pakapoo a Chinese version of lotto guanxi+ a Chinese social concept based on the exchange peke a breed of small dog. [From Peking] of favours pekin a fine soft silk. [From Peking] menshen hoisin+ a sweet spicy reddish-brown sauce, made from pekoe a kind of tea. [Chinese pek-ho, white down] soy beans pela white wax from a scale insect. [Chinese peh-la, white wax] cochin honan a PONGEE fabric of even color made originally by petsai Chinese cabbage silkworms from Honan province, China petuntse, petuntze a feldspathic rock used in making Chinese hyson a fine sort of green tea porcelain joss a Chinese figure of a god, an idol pinyin a system for romanizing Chinese ideograms kang a Chinese sleeping platform pongee a thin, soft silk from China, naturally coloured beige or kaoliang sorghum grain of several varieties; an alcoholic tan drink made from it. [Chinese 'tall grain'] putonghua+ the Chinese language, standard Mandarin kaolin, kaoline a very pure white clay used to form the qi chi the physical life-force postulated by certain Chinese paste of porcelain, aka China clay philosophers kotow, kowtow the prostration made by mandarins and qigong a system of Chinese meditational exercises others to their superiors, either as homage or qinghaosu a crystalline compound obtained from artemisia worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground renminbi a Chinese coin kylin a fabulous animal figured in the decoration of saimin a Hawaiian noodle soup. [Chinese sai minh, fine noodles] Chinese pottery kotow samfoo, samfu an outfit worn by Chinese women samfoo

26 27 sampan, sanpan a flat-bottomed Chinese skiff usually Cryptogram propelled by two short oars samshoo, samshu a spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled 16 7 3 12 1 13 13 15 18 7 22 15 18 7 rice has fermented under pressure sancai in Chinese ceramics, a three-colour glaze 8 4207131138 916813 sang a Chinese organ played by mouth: worth noting because it means SANGS is valid 25 11 13 24 1 20 22 17 7 20 24 1 6 13 shanghai to force aboard a ship for service. [Shanghai in China] sampan 2676241778720 shantung a plain rough cloth of wild silk. [Shantung province in China] 1 66220221 3122810113 shwanpan, swanpan a Chinese abacus souchong, soochong a fine sort of black China tea. [hsiao, small, + chung, sort] 117 101922 2271 1 141 6 24 subgum a Chinese dish of mixed vegetables and diced meat sycee lumps of pure silver bearing the stamp of a banker or assayer and formerly used as 13 25 1 22 1 6 11 6 19 13 24 6 1 13 money in China taipan a foreigner living in China and head of a foreign business there. (Also, from an unrelated Native Australian root, a large venomous Australian snake) 21 3 1 23 1 23 tanka, tankia the boat-dwelling population of China tao a path of virtuous conduct in Chinese philosophy 231937611 487620132 tatsoi+ a variety of Chinese cabbage towkay+ sir, master 121 8 221 2272 3 1 22201 tuchun a Chinese military governor tuina a Chinese therapeutic massage system 1 24 1 13 20 7 22 7 23 7 15 7 22 7 tung a Chinese tree twankay, twanky a variety of green tea; (sl.) gin. [After 13 24 5 7 22 22 20 22 6 Tong-ke in China] typhoon a violent cyclonic storm of the China Sea. [T'ai 13 7 20 6 20 22 3 3 20 22 26 3 8 13 fung, big wind] wampee a tree of the Orange family, growing in China and 8 141111 176 132761 the East Indies; also, its fruit, which is about the size of a large grape, and has a hard rind and a peculiar 6 1 13 1 15 7 13 7 6 24 20 13 24 13 flavor. [Chinese huang, yellow, + pi, skin] whangee a kind of grass related to the bamboo; a cane wuxia made from the stem of this. [Chinese huang, yellow, + li, bamboo] wock wok a pan used in Chinese cookery. [Cantonese wohk, pan] ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ wonton in Chinese cuisine, a spicy dumpling containing minced pork, esp. served in soup wushu the Chinese martial arts wuxia+ a genre of Chinese fiction involving the adventures of sword-wielding heroes. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 yamen, yamun the offices and residence of a mandarin yang one of the two opposing principles of Chinese philosophy yen a Chinese currency yin one of the two opposing principles of Chinese philosophy 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 yu a precious jade yuan a Chinese monetary unit X yulan a kind of magnolia, producing large white flowers

28 29 Curio Corner affect him or take place in his locality: 'Not In My Back Yard' nox Nitrogen OXide. I am indebted to S.H.Cheah for contributing the following collection of acronyms, or oflag OFfiziersLAGer: a German prisoner-of-war camp for officers words formed from the initial letters of phrases. omov One Man, One Vote: a voting system alnico(s) ALuminium, NIckel and CObalt: an alloy of iron, nickel, aluminium, cobalt and perfin PERForated INitials: a stamp perforated with the initials of firms, to prevent theft copper by employees. amu Atomic Mass Unit. pomo POst-MOdernism arpa Address and Routing Parameter Area: an Internet top-level domain used quango QUasi-Autonomous Non-GOvernmental organisation exclusively for Internet-infrastructure purposes. It originates from Arpanet, radar RADio detection And Ranging originally developed by the US Advanced Research Projects Agency. rato Rocket Assisted Take-Off asdic Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee: an early sonar rurp Realized Ultimate Reality Piton: a very small hooklike piton used in aspro in Australian slang, an ASsociate PROfessor mountaineering awol Absent WithOut Leave scuba Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus bambi a Born Again Middle-aged BIker. shoran SHOrt RANge navigation: a short range radar system buppy, buppie Black Urban Professional: a black yuppie. sial, sialic the lighter upper part of the earth's continental crust composed of rocks rich in codec COde and DECode: apparatus for coding and decoding signals SIlica and ALumina conelrad CONtrol of ELectromagnetic RADiation: a US emergency warning broadcast sialon various ceramic materials consisting of SIlicon, ALuminium, Oxygen and system in the event of attack Nitrogen elint ELectronic INTelligence: intelligence gathered by electronic means; snafu Situation Normal: All F--ked Up: confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state eniac Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator: an early American electronic sonar SOund Navigation And Ranging: an underwater communication and position computer: finding device eprom Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory spif Stamp Perforated with the Initials of Firms, to prevent theft by employees. fedex FEDeral EXpress: to air freight spim SPam Instant Messaging: unsolicited commercial communications received on a figjam F--k I'm Good, Just Ask Me: (Australian slang) a very conceited person computer via an instant messaging system fubar, foobar F--ked Up Beyond All Recognition stalag STAmm LAGer: a base camp (for prisoners of war) gestapo GEheime STAatsPOlizei: Secret State Police taser Thomas A Swift's Electric Rifle: a small gun-like device which fires electrified gox Gaseous OXygen barbs, used to stun. gulag the system of political prisons and forced labour camps in the Soviet Union; twoccer, twoccing, twocker, twocking Taking Without Owner's Consent: a technical name camp for the detention of political prisoners: an acronym of the body for the offence of stealing a car administering the system: Glavnoe Upravlenie ispravitelnotrudovykh LAGerei. vatable, vatman Value-Added Tax jafa Just Another F---ing Aucklander waac member of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps jato Jet-Assisted Take-Off wof Waste Of Flesh: (Australian slang) fool, idiot kreep potassium (Kalium), Rare Earth Elements, and Phosphorus: a basaltic lunar rock. wysiwyg What You See (on the screen) Is What You Get (on the printout) laser Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission of Radiation ufo Unidentified Flying Object, such as a flying saucer loran LOng RANge navigation: a radio navigation system operating over long distances yaba Yet Another Bloody Acronym. Yes, that is really what it means. magnox MAGnesium No OXidation: a type of container for nuclear reactors yag Yttrium Aluminium Garnet: an artificial garnet mips Million Instructions Per Second: a measure of a computer's processing speed yuppy, yuppie Young Urban (or Upwardly-mobile) Professional mirv Multiple Independently-targeted Reentry Vehicle, as in nuclear warheads modem MOdulate DEModulate: a device which converts digital data into analogue signals which can be sent over a telephone system. Also a verb nairu Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment navarho NAVigation Aid RHo (a navigation symbol for distance): a low-frequency long- range navigational system for aircraft nicad a battery, usually rechargeable, with NIckel anode and CADmium cathode nife NIckel FErrum (iron): the supposed material of Earth's core. nimbyism from Nimby, a person willing to have something occur so long as it does not

30 31 Anagrid: Personal Profile: Andrew Fisher 1a b c d e f g hijklmno This is a series in which well-known players are encouraged to reflect on the game and reveal the secrets of their success. For this 2 issue I am pleased to welcome Andrew Fisher. Andrew is a player of vast experience and legendary word-power: for many years a 3 top player in the UK he emigrated to Australia in 2002 and it is perhaps no coincidence that Australia’s rise to a world power in 4 Scrabble dates from about that time. 5 Andrew, can you start by saying a little about how you got into Scrabble, and your progress in

6 the game? I have always enjoyed the game, and started up a lunchtime club at school which attracted 7 a few members. I remember one of my fellow pupils impressing me with AMBROSIA to which I responded with DUSTBIN, so we were no slouches. I eventually realised that there 8 was a competitive scene and joined a local club near Manchester, and this was my entry- point to tournaments; I was also a keen club-goer while at university, and learned a lot from 9 John Place and Barrie Knox. Consequently I have been enjoying competitive scrabble for well over twenty years. I think I first came to people’s notice with a second place in the 10 Winter Matchplay, held in Cambridge in 1988 as I recall, and this was particularly sweet (in an oedipal way) as it involved a late-round defeat of John himself. My first major win 11 was at Durham in 1992 which pushed me into the 190’s for the first time, and since then I

12 have had a few victories including the UK and Australian NSC, BMSC, UK Masters and BEST. My final tournament before emigrating in April 2002 was the Exeter event of that 13 year, which happily for me also finished as a win. I was one of the SOWPODS pioneers in the UK (consequently winning some ‘SOWPODS’ divisions of major events which are not 14 recorded as title wins), and internationally have notched up second-place results in Singapore and Bangkok as well as being placed fifth in two WSC’s. 15 How many rated games do you reckon to play per year? HORIZONTAL CLUES: VERTICAL CLUES: I usually play around 100 games, but Australian events tend to have more games than the 1. BIROMUIC a. SAUTEJAG UK (e.g. our Nationals has 24 games, and our Masters 19). This does not include 2. SOUSASAQ b. MOVSICAL international events, so my tally of competitive games would be 25-50 higher depending 3. NOSHDETZ c. ANISBEAK on the year (in fact this coming November/December I expect to play 24 games against 4. TRAUMAGE d. SCUMTEED New Zealand and 45 games at the Causeway Challenge). 5. URRENCES e. ZERODIXI 6. LINNERIC f. WHIPSANG Approximately how many hours per day, on average, do you devote to the play and/or study of 7. ORALFAWD g. DEETLYEE the game, and what form does your study take? 8. DINGASOME h. ACCEDNUA I haven’t played on ISC for a while, and my only face-to-face games outside tournaments 9. ERASEST i. AEREMOSIS tend to be at the regular club nights most Thursdays (three or four games). I do some form of 10. UNREISED j. PIELEAK studying virtually every day, whether just the Jumbletime daily challenges, more focused list- 11. HISJADE k. ROSSDIVEE reviewing or analysis of my own games using Quackle, but I cannot quantify an average. 12. SEATBIAS l. RESCART I have always had a retentive memory, and early on I absorbed a huge Scrabble vocabulary 13. CREENII m. RENDETION simply by repeatedly reading through OSW on bus trips and underlining interesting words. 14. LEANDEEM n. EEFIRRI Memory helps, but there’s no doubt that you have to put in the hours to get a solid 15. GESSERY o. FIRMGASTS

32 33 grounding. I then started to focus on combinations (6+1, 7+1, 6+2) for bingo study. This Do you attempt to ‘peak’ for certain events (i.e. intensify your study)? was helpful at the time, but since the advent of LeXpert and Zyzzyva with their ability to I try to keep at a consistent level generally, but the advent of a major international produce word lists in probability order, I now study anagrams and hooks virtually tournament tends to inspire me to increase the rate somewhat. exclusively in this manner, mainly onscreen but sometimes using printouts. I use Jumbletime to test my knowledge and train my speed of recall, rather than as a word- To what extent do you find that once you have learnt words you tend to remember them and to learning tool. I examine many of my tournament games using Quackle simulations, and what extent do you find that your word knowledge suffers from ‘fade’ and requires constant quite often play through libraries of other games online (including TWL games from US websites which tend to be more voluminously supplied). I am also a fan of tough cryptic reinforcement? crosswords, so have spent many hours trawling through dictionaries. They generally stay put, but some are difficult to master (e.g. the Maori words and their hooks). If I stopped studying completely, there might be a degree of fade but I think the Can you say roughly what proportion of your study time you spend on each of the word lengths words stay fresh because I am constantly reviewing something. from 4 to 8? How interested are you in the meanings of the words, on a scale of 1 to 10? I probably concentrate too much on bingo sets overall (including a bit of work on nines). 8-9. I can recall words without knowing their meanings, but I am always interested, and Recently I have been reviewing the fours, and will start revision of the fives before long. I tend to store this information away as well (without guaranteeing accuracy). have been through all the sixes at one time or another, but these would be the weakest part of my armoury. I have no set proportion of study time devoted to word lengths, but just plan Would you describe your attitude towards significant extensions to the Scrabble lexicon (such things in accordance with what I wish to focus on over a period. as happened with the change to OSWI and last year to Collins) as apprehension, excitement or I study in probability order, but aim to cover all words. something between? Do you use any mnemonic techniques, e.g. anamonics, associative phoneys, or the kind of more I sometimes find them daunting, and some of the fatuous inventions foisted on us by Collins elaborate techniques described in ‘How To Win at Scrabble’? were highly annoying, but I enjoy studying words. On a scale of 1 to 10 with excitement at the top, I would say 9. Not consciously or extensively. There are always some patterns that can be detected in word study – I mean words that the mind tends to group together, like Do you feel that as far as individual tournaments go, being ‘in form’ plays a significant role PAILLARD/PALLIARD/GAILLARD/GALLIARD – and using these is a form of mnemonic in Scrabble success, or that any such factor is swamped by the luck of the tiles? technique. Anamonics have the drawback that they often need to be updated when the Assuming you are relatively fit (i.e. not ill, jetlagged or unduly drunk), and if you keep the wordlist changes. desired equable temperament, then it’s just a matter of the tiles you draw, and the result of When you analyse your own games, do you find that when you miss the optimum move, this is the previous game should have no bearing on the next one. most often a) because you simply don’t know the word, b) because you know the word but don’t How much do you think success at Scrabble depends on a natural ability which, perhaps like find it or c) because you know the word and find it but fail to recognise that it is the optimum musical ability, one tends to have or not have and how much do you think it is overwhelmingly move? a matter of application? Many of my misses are simply through doziness, e.g. missing front hooks, or not noticing Some people study quite extensively but never seem to progress much. That suggests to me multiple overlap plays; sometimes I am guilty of not looking in all areas of the board (so that a certain level of innate ability is needed as a starting-point. that I might miss XENIC, for example, from an initial X); and sometimes I miss words that have not embedded themselves sufficiently strongly in my mind (e.g. a recent miss of Do you feel that you yourself have pretty much got as far as you’re going to in the game, or BRUXED, which theoretically I ‘know’ perfectly well but which did not suggest itself during do you feel that you have the potential to get (even) better? the game). I have a fairly good sense of what will simulate well, but this sometimes leads I don’t think I will get significantly better unless I am able to retire while still compos me into rash decisions such as opening up TWS files when I have the game sewn up: one mentis, and devote even more time to the game. There are faults in my game which I must remember that the ‘best’ move is not always the winningest move. recognise but which are still hard to eliminate, and I don’t think word knowledge is a Can you give a rough idea of what proportion of the current SOWPODS lexicon up to and weakness (in other words my faults are probably character- or temperament-driven). including 8 letter words you would claim that you do know, in the sense of being able to state Do you think that you would study more and take the game more seriously if the material confidently that any given word from it is valid or not? rewards were greater, e.g. serious prize money in tournaments? Nearly all. That is a plausible scenario.

34 35 TH Do you think the standard of play has improved over the years, with consequent hardening of AATT W EN ‘ratings’? TTHH AS With the availability of free word-learning or analysis software (not just the samizdat Maven which keen players used to have to beg or borrow) and a number of excellent books on the subject of Scrabble, standards have improved a great deal since I started attending Collated by Robert Richland tournaments. I’m not sure if the bar is continuing to be raised. 10 years ago: 5 years ago: Do you have any reflections on differences in the Scrabble scene between Britain and APSP Newsletter, issue 60, TLW, issue 90, June 2003, Australia? For example, it seems that Australia tends to punch above its weight on the world June 1998, editor Phil Appleby editor Alec Webb scene, considering its relatively small population and the distances people must have to travel The ongoing “will it-won’t it” saga with Amy Byrne explained all you needed to to get to tournaments. Do you have any thoughts as to why this should be? the 1998 NSC was finally ended . . . it know about the Scottish Scrabble League Naween Fernando and I both happened to emigrate to Melbourne in 2001/2002, and the was to go ahead . . . at the Britannia (ABSP rated since 1995). arrival of two experienced internationals seems to have had a beneficial effect on certain Hotel in Wolverhampton in October. aspirational players, particularly in that city (which is the home of David Eldar, for Raymond Tate (under the heading “What example). There are some very strong players here, but probably not as much strength in A Hasbro CD computer program won 6 should I play at K9?”) boned up on depth as might be seen in the UK. I would also say that a lot of the very good players in the games to 3 against the combined brains breeds of dog that were allowed (and UK seem to have stopped playing regularly enough to qualify for international events, and of the then WSC champion Joel Sherman disallowed) in OSWI. He also added their absence from the upper echelons is having a weakening effect. Travel is viewed in a and runner-up Matt Graham. some crossbreeds which should be different light here – people think nothing of driving for three hours to get to a picnic site allowable . . for example “Collie + Lhasa and then back again, and jetting between the capitals is a fairly normal part of life. There “Club Corner” focused on Bournemouth Apso = Collapso, a dog that folds up for is also a good spirit of team camaraderie among the top Australian players, which probably Scrabble Club, soon to celebrate its 10th easy transport”!!! helps us get by. anniversary later in 1998. Margaret Bright filled in the rest of the club’s details. Femi Awowade (2003 Easter Matchplay Thank you very much, Andrew, and long may you continue to inspire the rising generation! champ) was the ABSP member Nick Deller (under the heading interviewed this issue. He said he “Leomania”) gave us a list of useful 5- started wearing a face [baseball] cap vowelled eights (LEOMANIA* not being ever since he started playing competitive one of them!) Scrabble. Many of us would struggle to Recent tourney wins included: recognise him without one!!! Peter Preston (Durham) Phil Appleby (Southampton and Exeter) Recent tourney wins included: Ian Gucklhorn (Romford) Ross Mackenzie (Lothian) Terry Kirk (Exeter ISCA) Alec Webb (Melton Mowbray and Kate Leckie (Aberdeen Bon Accord) Romford) Mary Grylls (Melton Mowbray) Nick Ball (Southampton) Brett Smitheram (Gwent) Allan Simmons (Durham) Neil Scott (Scottish Championship) Stewart Holden (ISCA) Ken Matthews (Cleveland) Femi Awowade (Easter Matchplay) Sandie Simonis (Romford high-score) Neil Rowley (Newcastle) Andrew Perry (Romford duplicate) Adam Philpotts (MSO Cambridge)

Top 3 in the ratings (May 20th 1998) Top 3 in the ratings (May 19th 2003) 1 Allan Saldanha 199 1= David Acton 204 2 Phil Appleby 197 1= Paul Allan 204 3 Mark Nyman 196 1= Andrew Fisher 204

36 37 NSC(T) Regional-London/S.E. (7games) Sunday July 5th Romford (6 games) Contact Philip Nelkon Saturday 19 th July
FFOORRTTHHCCOOMMIINNGG EEVVEENNTTSS 01628 500283 N.B. Change of Venue Contact Cindy Hollyer Compiled by Steve Perry Cardiff Weekend
01277 822050 Saturday 5th – Sunday 6 th July Registration 09:20 Emergency number on the day Three Counties Hotel, Hereford Contact Mary Allen
07712 960642 First game 10:00 Departure 17.40
0191-273-1705 6th – 9th June 4 divisional tournament. Venue St John’s Hall, Church Road, Contact Viv Beckmann Tea/Coffee and squash available at points Mountnessing, Brentwood,
Middlesbrough Open (6 games) 0191 272 2420 during the day but lunch is not provided. Essex CM15 0TH or John Harrison Entry costs: £13.00 for ABSP member Sunday 6th July 2008 Division according to entries
01661 854336 £15.00 for non-ABSP member Contact Samantha Beckwith Registration 9.15
Cheques payable to Luton Scrabble Club 01915-866436 First game 10.00 Departure 18.00 and sent to Adrian Noller, 1 Wendover Venue Linthorpe Community Tea/Coffee and biscuits available before the Edinburgh Festival (19 games) Centre, Linthorpe Road, start and between games th th Way, Luton LU2 7LS Saturday 7 – 8 June Middlesbrough Entry costs: £12.50 For ABSP members Contact Amy Byrne Divisions/prizes according to entries £14.50 for non-ABSP member
0131 661 3869 NSC(T) Regional-Scotland, (7 games) Registration 9.45 Deduct 50p if you are able to bring and Sunday June 22nd First game 10.15 Departure 17.30 lend a timer. Cheques payable to Romford NSC(T) Regional - North, (7 games) Contact Philip Nelkon Tea/Coffee and biscuits available before the Scrabble Club c/o Cindy Hollyer, 78 Sunday June 15th
01628 500283 start and between games Peartree Lane, Doddinghurst, Brentwood, Contact Philip Nelkon Entry costs: £12.50 For ABSP members Essex, CM15 0RH
01628 500283 £14.50 for non-ABSP member Deduct 50p if you are able to bring and Premier Scrabble Event NSC(T) Regional - S.West, (7 games) Nottingham 8 (8 games) lend a timer. Cheques payable to Cleveland Friday 25th – Sunday 27 th July Scrabble Club and sent to Samantha Venue Aston Court Hotel, Coventry Sunday June 15th Sunday 29st June Beckwith, 91 Hatfield Place, Peterlee, Co (For players rated above 130 on 31 st March) Contact Philip Nelkon Contact Ben Wilson

01522 687 077 Durham SR8 5SU Contact Viv Beckmann 01628 500283
Venue Richard Herrod Leisure 0191 272 2420 Centre, Foxhill Raod, New Place, Southampton (15 games) or John Harrison
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Emergency no on day only Contact Amy Byrne Contact Viv Beckmann 07857 519 807
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0191 272 2420 Registration 09:30 Saturday 2nd– Sunday 3rd August or John Harrison First game 10:00 Departure 19.00 Carrington House Hotel, Bournemouth Contact Clive Spate
01661 854336 3 divisional tournament. Tea/Coffee and
th st 01159200208 squash available at points during the day Friday 18 – Monday 21 July but lunch is not provided. Contact Viv Beckmann
Luton (6 games) Entry costs: £25.00 for ABSP member 0191 272 2420 or John Harrison Saturday 21st June £27.00 for non-ABSP member English Open
01661 854336 Contact Adrian Noller Deduct £5 if under 18 on day of event Aston Court Hotel, Coventry th th
01582 656234 Cheques payable to Ben Wilson and sent Friday 8 – Sunday 10 August Venue Whitefield Junior School, to: 7 Perney Crescent, North Hykeham, Carlisle (15 games) Contact Len Moir
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38 39 Scottish Round Robin Registration 09:15 Parking limited at church. Nearby parking Cock of the North (Coventry) 20 Games Saturday 9 th – Sunday 10 th August First game 10:00 Departure 18:00 £3 per day, £1 of which will be refunded. Aston Court Hotel, Coventry Contact Marion Keating Tea/Coffee available at points during the day Sharing a car recommended. Deduct 50p if Friday 3rd October – Sunday 5th October
01592-265524 but lunch is not provided. bringing a timer which you are prepared to Entry costs: £12.50 for ABSP member lend. Cheques payable to ‘Stafford Contact Len Moir
£14.50 for non-ABSP member Scrabble Club’ c/o Christine Cartman, 9 0151 6061112 Littlehampton Round Robin Deduct 50p if bringing clock which you are Chapel Terrace, Stafford, ST16 3AH prepared to lend. Cheques payable to Sunday 17 August 2008 Havering Scrabble Club and sent to Cindy Contact Peter Hall Mediterranean Cruise Lothersdale Hotel, Morecambe Hollyer, 78 Peartree Lane, Doddinghurst, th th
01903-775396 Sunday 14 – Sunday 28 September Brentwood, Essex, CM15 0RH Friday 10th Oct– Monday 13th Oct Emergency number on day only Contact Viv Beckmann Contact Viv Beckmann

07724-545641 Norwich (6 games) 0191 272 2420
0191 274 2420 Venue United Services Club, or John Harrison or John Harrison Sunday 7th September
Maltravers Road, 01661 854336
01661-853135 Littlehampton, West Sussex, Venue Hethersett Village Hall, BN17 5DA Hethersett, Norwich, Norfolk Registration 09.30 Wychwood Park, Crewe (15 games) Registration 9:00 Saturday 20th – Sunday 21st September First game 10:00 Departure 17.45 First game 10:15 Departure 18.00 2 or 3 divisional tournament depending on Contact Amy Byrne Hockley (6 games) Tea/Coffee available throughout the day
0131 661 3869 th Entry costs: £13.00 for ABSP member entries. Tea/Coffee provided (but not lunch) Saturday 4 October £15.00 for Non-ABSP member Entry costs: £11.00 to ABSP members Contact Les Costin
Cheques payable to Rustington Scrabble £13.00 to non-ABSP players NSC(T) Final Bradford (7games) 01702 523589 Club and sent to Peter Hall, 34 Lawrence No further discounts. Cheques payable to Saturday Sept 27th Emergency Number on day
Ave, Rustington, West Sussex, BH16 3HX Carol Smith, 31Christine Road, Spixworth, Contact Philip Nelkon 07891 143691 Norwich, NR10 3PH Sae for directions
01628 500283 Venue Church of Jesus Christ of Latter BMSC Day Saints, 98 Grovewood Friday 23rd Aug – Monday 26 Aug NSC Semi- Final (14 games) Avenue, Leigh-on-Sea, Venue Yarnfield Conference Centre, Saturday 13th September - 14th Sept Shipley (6 games) Essex, SS9 5EG Yarnfield, Stone, Nr Stafford Contact Philip Nelkon Registration 09.15 First game 10:00 Sunday 28th September Contact Sarah Wilkes
01628 500283 Depart 17.45 Contact Robert Pells Email [email protected] 3/4 divisional tournament. Tea/Coffee
01274-510313 available on arrival and between games. Royal Clifton Hotel, Southport Stafford (7 games) Emergency no on day Entry costs: £12.50 for ABSP member
0798 1884537 £14.50 for non-ABSP member Friday 5th – Monday 8th September Saturday 13th September Venue The Anchorage Association, Deduct 50p if bringing clock Contact Viv Beckmann Contact Paul/Christine Cartman 47 Westcliffe Road, Shipley, Cheques payable to Les Costin, 60
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07792591089 First game 09:45 Departure 17.15 Venue Stafford Elim Christian Tea/Coffee available at points during the Centre, St Patricks Street, day but lunch is not provided. NSC Final -London (5games) Havering (6 games) Stafford, ST16 2PL Entry costs: £12.50 for ABSP member Sunday October 5th Saturday 6 th September Registration 09.00 – 09.50 £14.50 for non-ABSP member Contact Philip Nelkon
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40 41 First game 09.30 Departure 18:40 Weston-Super-Mare (6 games) Luton (7 games) Refreshments available betwen rounds Bournemouth (6 games) Saturday 18th October 2008 Saturday 8 November Entry costs: £17.50 for ABSP member Sunday 5th October Contact Jason Goddard Contact Adrian Noller £19.50 for non-ABSP members Contact Ruth Marsden
01934 516757
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07881 956520
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07720 949 825 Venue Cleeve Village Hall, Main Venue Whitefield Junior School, Hykeham, Lincoln, LN6 9RJ. Closing date Venue Rooper Hall, 5 Victoria Park Road, Cleeve, BS49 4PH Stockholm Wy, Luton LU33SS for entry is October 31st. Entries after this Road, Moordown, Divisions/prizes according to entries Registration 09:20 First game 10:10 date will only be considered if a round Bournemouth Registration 9.15 Time of departure 18.00 robin division needs filling. Registration 09:30 First game 10.00 Departure 18.30 Tea/Coffee available throughout the day First game 10:10 Departure 17.30 Tea/coffee and biscuits through the day Entry costs: £13.00 for ABSP member 3 / 4 Divisional tournament Entry costs: £13.00 For ABSP members £15.00 for Non-ABSP member Cairn Hotel, Harrogate Tea/Coffee available throughout the day and WSM club members Cheques payable to Luton Scrabble Club Friday 28th Nov – Monday 1st December Entry costs: £12.50 for ABSP member £15.00 for all others and sent to Adrian Noller, 1 Wendover Contact Viv Beckmann
£14.50 for Non-ABSP member Deduct 50p if you are able to bring and Way, Luton LU2 7LS 0191 274 2420 lend a timer. Cheques payable to Jason or John Harrison
Goddard and sent to 84 Appletree Court, East Yorkshire (6 games) 01661-853135 Tuition and Competitive Scrabble Worle, We’-super-Mare, Somerset, BS226BA, Sunday 9 November Contact Andrew Goodwin Twixmas weekend (5 games) Three Counties Hotel, Hereford
01482 872405 Sunday 28th Dec – Monday 29th Dec (The course will be run by Allan Simmons) Venue Staverton Park, Staverton, Friday 24th – Monday 27th October Emergency number on the day Friday 10th Oct - Sunday 12th Oct
Daventry, Northamptonshire, Contact Viv Beckmann 07912539560 Contact Farncome Estate Centre NN11 6JT
0191 274 2420 Venue Beverley War Memorial Hall. Worcester Contact Amy Byrne or John Harrison Lairgate. Beverley. HU17 8HN
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Entry costs: £10.00 For ABSP members 01722-325623 games) Contact Noel Turner and Hull club members Emergency Number Saturday 1st Nov– Sunday 2nd Nov
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0771-818-9630 Contact Amy Byrne £12.00 for all others Venue Winterbourne Glebe Hall,
0131 661 3869 Deduct £1 if you are able to bring and lend Winterbourne Earls, a timer. Cheques payable to Andrew UK Open (38 games) Salisbury, SP4 6HA Goodwin, and sent to 105 Mintfields Rd Monday 5 January – Friday 9 January Registration 09:00 Beverley E Yorks. HU17 0QZ Venue Aston Court Hotel, Coventry First game 10:00 Departure 17.30 Isle of Wight (Vectis) (5 games) Contact Len Moir Round Robin of 8 players Friday 7th– Saturday 8th Nov Lincoln 10 player Round Robin (9games)
0151 6061112 Tea, coffee and biscuits available between Contact Noel Turner 20 minutes per game games. Lunch is not provided
01983 614426 Saturday 15th November Tuition and Competitive Scrabble Entry costs: £14.00 for ABSP member Contact Ben Wilson
£16.00 for non-ABSP member 01522 687 077 weekend (5 games) Deduct 50p if willing to lend a timer Emergency number (The course will be run by Allan Simmons) Isle of Wight (Main) (11 games)
Cheques payable to Robert Lynn Scrabble 07857 519 87 Friday 23rd Jan - Monday 25 Jan 2009 Account, and addressed to Bob Lynn, Saturday 8th– Sunday 9th Nov Venue New Life House, 22 Newland, Contact Thorpness Hotel, Thorpness, 4 George Street, Salisbury, SP2 7BA Contact Noel Turner Lincoln, LN1 1XD Suffolk
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42 43 West Sussex (6 games) Registration 10:00 Edgeways Solutions Sunday 25 January 2009 First game 10:20 Departure 17.45 Contact Peter Hall Tea/Coffee available throughout the day The Five-Minute Anagram Challenge
01903-775396 Entry costs: £12.00 for ABSP member A. GAJO JOIST ADJOIN JANGLER JETLAGS Emergency number on day only £14.00 for non-ABSP member
07724-545641 Deduct 50p if bringing a clock. Cheques JOBE JINGO ENJOIN REJOICE JUNIPER Venue The Woodland Centre, payable to Rustington Scrabble Club and B. OJIME RIOJAS JAWLINE RAMJETS JONQUILS Woodlands Ave, Rustington, sent to Peter Hall, 34 Lawrence Ave, West Sussex, BN16 3HB Rustington, West Sussex, BH16 3HX JARTA FEIJOA JADEITE HIJACKER CONJUROR C. JOUAL BEJANT INJERAS SERJEANT PEJORATE Chester (17 games) Contact Kathy Rush Friday 30 Jan – Sunday 1 February 2009
01928 733565 GANJA ROMAJI JACONET JAROSITE JALOUSIE D. BASENJI JARARACA DOORJAMB BOERTJIE NIGHTJAR 2008 World Players Championship APAREJO JAGHIRE JOBSHARE JONCANOE MARYJANE Anagrid Cryptogram American Scrabble player Chris Cree has announced that he is organising a 2008 World Players Championship to be held November 14-16 in Dallas, Texas, USA. The VTPCIBORIUM 1=E, 2=H, 3=G, 4=B, 5=F, 6=R, 7=A, tournament will be played to Collins Scrabble Words OQUASSAS V N I 8=O, 9=Z, 10=M, 11=Y, 12=L, 13=S, CMHDOZENTHS 14=X, 15=D, 16=J, 17=W, 18=V, 19=U, ChrisChampionship writes, “As and many Mattel of you has know, been Hasbrograciously has doing decided so againston a biannual sponsoring basis. a WorldMany AGERATUM R E G 20=I, 21=Q, 22=N, 23=P, 24=T, 25=C, wish to have an annual major event. This WPC is to serve as a world class event to give L S W CENSURER 26=K. our game’s globe trotters a chance to come back to North America, to induce our top INCLINER I N A North American players back into the world scene and to afford to anyone who has SENAARDWOLF AM I DOGENS E D T wished to play in, but in prior years could not qualify for a major international event JKXYEASTERS the opportunity to compete with the very best in the world“ UREDINES P R E . TBDLJEHADIS The particulars have yet to be finally determined, but the following decisions/ ABAT I SES L C F parameters have been made/set: G N Z T EIRENIC ENAMELED K R E 1.) Thursday evening - November 13, 2008 - Reception/Dinner/Meet The Players. SSRDGEYSERS 2.) Friday through Sunday - 21-24 games. 3.) Entry Fee - $250 (£126) including opening dinner. This will afford the opportunity to have a top prize of $10,000 (£5046) and a generous prize pool predicated upon 100 entrants. 4.) Qualifications - The event is OPEN to anyone who has played in a sanctioned event in their home country and is a member of their national game association. 5.) Hotel - The Crowne Plaza Suites Dallas Park Central has newly remodeled suites and will offer players the incredible rate of $89.00 (£45) per night. 6.) 2007 WSC rules in effect. Interest has already been shown by Current World Champion, Nigel Richards; former World Champions, Brian Cappelletto, Joel Wapnick, David Boys and Mark Nyman plus other representatives from Nigeria, Thailand, England, Australia and New Zealand. A website will be created at the end of May with finalized details, registration forms and registration deadline. Email [email protected] for latest details.

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