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No 112
February 2007
Deadline for next issue - 5th March
A fund for Graeme
Following Graeme Thomas's untimely death last November, the ABSP have received several
suggestions of what we can do to recognise all that Graeme did for Scrabble and to keep his
memory alive.
Having consulted with Graeme's family, we have decided to take a twofold approach.
First, in recognition of Graeme's welcoming approach to new tournament players, a trophy
will be given to winners of the New Player Events, the first of which was successfully organised
by Stewart Holden last year. We're hoping to run at least a further two events this year, one
is likely to run in parallel with the BMSC, and the winner of each event will be awarded the
Graeme Thomas trophy. This will continue for future years.
Second, Graeme was always keen to encourage new young talent in the pursuit of excellence,
and would no doubt have been impressed with Austin Shin's success at the inaugural World
Youth Scrabble Championships (WYSC) last year. The ABSP Committee recognise that for
future young UK players to travel and take part in these Championships may involve expenses
that they are unable to afford. Therefore, we would like to establish a fund in Graeme's
memory that will enable us to help future prospects to attend the WYSC.
I hope that all of us who knew and respected Graeme will be able to contribute something
towards the fund. Cheques can be sent to Anne Ramsay ABSP, 8 Glen Cova Place, Kirkcaldy,
Fife KY2 6UL or can be made directly through Paypal. Just go to the ABSP website
www.absp.org.uk <http://www.absp.org.uk> .
Thank you
Terry
Kirk, ABSP
Chairman
Terry Kirk
ABSP
Chairman
POLL RESULT
COLLINS
POLL RESULT
398 in favour. See page 18 for fuller details.
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Obituaries
Edgeways
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Throughout this publication, comments by the Editor do not represent the views of the
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THE LAST WORD TEAM
The Last Words Team welcomes contributions from readers to their respective areas,
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If you are reading this then you have probably
renewed your membership....
...but just in case the easiest way to renew is via the ABSP website:
http://www.absp.org.uk
Using the Paypal function on the site is very easy and completely safe. More traditionally
you can join or renew by sending your details and a cheque for £15 to Anne Ramsay,
membership secretary, made payable to ABSP to:
ABSP, 8 Glen Cova Place, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY2 6UL
If you wish to write to Anne her email address is anne.ramsay@blueyonder.co.uk
Anne would like to say Thank You to all those who sent Christmas Cards, notes of
appreciation, emails and best wishes with their renewals.
COMMITTEE CORNER
The Committee met on 10th December in the run up to the festive season. At this
time of year the renewal slips and payment of subscriptions is taking place. In
future the renewal slips are going to go out with the October issue to allow plenty
of time for renewing and to stagger the workload. This also means that members
can take advantage of the discount on entries for any tournament taking place in
January and February. Tournament Organisers of these events will be able to check
the website to ensure an individual is an ABSP member.
Speaking of members can I once again point everyone to their Members Handbook
and the Game Rules and Code of Conduct. If you are not familiar with these please
take the time to read them to avoid conflict during a tournament either with your
opponent or the Tournament Director. Complaints by Tournament Directors about
behaviour are taken very seriously.
With the recent death of Graeme Thomas a suitable memorial for him was discussed.
Graeme’s family will be fully involved in this and you can read the details of what
was agreed either elsewhere in this issue or if too late for this issue it will be in the
next.
The WESPA Dictionary Committee provided a report saying that all was now in
place for the Collins Word List to go to the printers and recommended acceptance
of it for our word adjudication. However, the Committee had promised at the
AGM that members would be balloted and by the time that you receive this issue
the result of that ballot will be known. The deadline for receipt of ballot papers is
15th January 2007. The result may be headline news on the front cover.
One other new development is that the Organiser of the Causeway Challenge in
Singapore, Michael Tang, is hoping to increase the number of teams invited to take
part in 2007. If he does then he has said that the UK will be invited to take part.
The team will be composed of either 5 or 6 players and the Committee would be
interested in hearing from anyone who would be interested in playing at this event
next November.
The Committee is scheduled to meet again on the 25th March and if there is anything
that you wish raised, please write to me or speak to any Committee member who
will raise it on your behalf.
Amy Byrne
Secretary
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ABSP TITLES UPDATE - JANUARY 2007
2006 ABSP AWARDS
This
supplied
courtesy
of John
Grayson,
ABSP ratings ratings
officer officer
This information
information
supplied
courtesy
of John
Grayson,ABSP
Highest Rated Player 2006
Highest Rated Player 2006
Brett
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of 2006 with at least 30 rated games in the year. Adam Logan's ratBrett
receive
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higher
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but
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Brett Smitheram
2007
membership.
Congratulations
to Rael Hayman who, with a superb rise of +26,
receives the ABSP Most Improved Player shield. All those who
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is end-2006
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number:
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an improvement
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164
+26
1408
Rael
Hayman
LSL
138
ABSP membership number; D is their club and E is end of year rat177
+23
1197
Christian Brown
Mapperley
154
ing in 2005.
159
+23
1375
Michael Chappell
LSL
136
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160
Anne StewardD
Lang
138
164 +26
Rael Hayman
138
137
+22 14081136
Jean WilliamsLSL
Cardiff
115
177 +23
Christian
Brown
154
120
+22 11971315
Tanya
RobsonMapperley Southampton
98
159 +23
Michael
Chappell
136
116
+20 13751237
Dorn
OsborneLSL
Weedon
96
160 +22 0589 Anne Steward
Lang Toun
138
137 +22 1136 Jean Williams
Cardiff
115
This players also improved by at least 20 points, but did not meet the criteria:
120 +22 1315 Tanya Robson
Southampton
98
102 +21 1454 Janet Watson Bourne .....too few (28) games end 2005 Rael Hayman
116 +20 1237 Dorn Osborne
Weedon
96
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The winner in 2005 played 259 games. For 2006, the winner is Mike Whiteoak with the
huge
of 410
games.
four were
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in Top
2006
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Mike Whiteoak with the huge
tally of 410 games.
Games
Memb
Top four
410
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295
410
292
295
288
292
288
were:
Mike Whiteoak
1057
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Peter Ashurst
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DavidAshurst
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0476
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Steve Balment
0252
David
Shenkin
0476
Steve Balment
0252
As much as I love statistics, the more useless the better, I would dearly love not to be
doing this job just yet. For as long as I can remember this had been Pete Finley’s domain
and this is just one of the many voids that his passing away created. But ABSP Titles are
to be celebrated, and I am very glad to be the bearer of good news for once - for some
anyway!
In last year’s predictions, only one potential Grand Master was identified for this year, and
whaddya know, we have one GM award to dish out. Stewart Holden needed a 180
unweighted yearly rating., and achieved this exactly. That is called cutting it fine! He
achieved GM status with 5 180+ ratings in 5 years, the first of those 5 being 190.
There were 6 Experts touted last year, and all but one have made it.
Ed Martin only needed 165 in 2006 to get his Expert status, but cruised in with a 193
unweighted rating, to give him a 5 year 175+ average.
Not quite as impressive, but not bad either, was someone called Wayne Kelly’s (who he?)
performance. He needed a 168 rating this year but achieved a 185 rating to give him also
a 175+ average for 5 years and also 5 170+. (It’s bizarre taking about youself in 3rd
person!)
Barry Grossman needed 170 for 5 170+ ratings in 5 years and, like Ed and Wayne,
achieved a personal best with 178.
Austin Shin achieved his Expert status with a 5 year average of 175+, this year putting in a
177 performance, 2 more than he needed.
Craig Beevers, obviously an impatient sort, decided that 5 years was for wimps and
acheived Expert status with 3 180+ in 3 years, with a personal best of 186.
Only Jared Robinson failed according to Pete’s predictions, although with a bit of a push
it’s not impossible in 2007.
Potential candidates for Grand Master status next year are Ed Martin, who would need a
184 rating and Femi Awowade, who needs 180. They have both have achieved this over
the last 3 years so I wouldn’t bet against them attaining their respective targets.
There are 5 wannabe Experts for 2007 who in descending order of target are- David Sutton
(180), Gary Oliver (180), Jared Robinson (178), Theresa Camilleri (178) and Adam
Philpotts, who needs only 148! 198 would actually get him GM status, though that is 10
higher than his personal best.
There was a bumper crop, this year, of players reaching their first 170+ unweighted rating
- the first rung to Expert status. They were, in alphabetical order, John Ashmore, Christian
Brown, Wale Fashina, Gary Fox, Graham Harding, Steve Hilton, Mikki Nicholson, Shane
O'Neill, Philips Owalobi, Paul Richards(Sale), Phil Robertshaw and Ben Tarlow. Wale’s
performance was 195 - one rung on the ladder to GM status!
Well done to all the new title-holders and good luck to everyone in 2007!
Wayne Kelly(Exp) (Couldn’t resist!)
ABSP Titles Registrar
Mike Whiteoak
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SCRABBLE
R E SRESULTS
U L T S & &R EREPORTS
PORTS
Organisers are encouraged to send a list of prize winners and a brief
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!
catastrophic tournament. Four or five wins are a great pick-me-up.
Interesting to note that Diane Pratesi, mum of last year’s outstanding performer, Jessica, has
done the biz this time around. And real congratulations to the only 6-win player, Yvonne
McKeon. Maybe that’s how she forgot her knitting. (See below).
From the list of acceptable words on the challenge sheets, there were many that are everyday
ones carrying a prefix ‘A’ :- RAISES, PER, PAGE, NAN, FEARING, BRIM, NIGH, and NOW.
And two new names for tournament use: WALLY, LAURA.
Left property this year is notable for its variety: Quantity of knitting; busy diary; a rugged
vacuum flask; and a not-cheap weather jacket. The latter two have not been claimed, (Nov
22) even though there was hot coffee in one, and cash in a pocket of the other.
Luton
11th Nov
Report from Adrian Noller
Finally, it was generally felt to be an enjoyable and successful day, finishing just five minutes
late after the first hour of unscheduled impediments.
Once upon a time a Scrabble tournament was arranged. Ninety-six players applied to play,
and all arrived on the day, thirty minutes before start time. The officials were in place and the
computer systems were up and running.
Not so at Luton. Six withdrawals in the past week, including three within the final twelve
hours. The programming computer and printer weren’t talking to each other. And the 91st
remaining player dashed in at start time.
Luton A
George Gruner
5
401
Diane Pratesi
5
365
Jackie Mcleod
5
311
Ratings: Abraham Sosseh
Eventually, after a pause for a minute’s silence for the Fallen and Scrabble’s Graeme Thomas;
and a sacrifice of a place by a heroic local player, Eric Rowland, play started at 10.19.
Because the important service of a feed from computer to printer had failed, Tournament
Director David Wilson had to use his schoolmaster experience, kept his cool, and announced
in his “listen at the back please” voice, the 1st round pairings and tables. During the playing
of that first round, David had time to speed home to pick up some vital paperwork, which
enabled the software to be programmed to perform correctly in time for the 2nd round
results and subsequent pairings. Mauro Pratesi played a vital part in keeping matters on time,
early and late, to the point that many players were unaware of the problems, thinking it a
Luton quirk to present verbal details of the next opponent and where to sit.
Incidentally, we found it very useful and encouraging to receive three or four phone calls
during registration time from players who had been held up by road works or sat/nav
eccentricities. Thank you to those calling under a certain amount of duress. And as a sort of
annex to this part of a Scrabble day, some of us believe it to be an excellent ploy by Organisers
to include the Postcode with venue addresses. Very useful with sat/nav and Streetmap, etc.
Pleas to be placed in a higher division this year resulted in a disproportionately large A
group; if we had agreed to every claim there would have been a 36-player line-up. As it was,
two of the claimants had mediocre performances in a lower group.
In the course of the day’s play, double century spreads were quite common (I suffered one,
which ultimately cost me a trophy place), but one of those does not necessarily indicate a
4
Luton B
Theresa Cole
5
Richard Woodward 5
Nick Jenkins
5
Ratings: Jackie Adams
Luton C
Yvonne McKeon 6
J. Clifford
5
A. Eames
4
Ratings:Helen Sandler
380
297
-30
490
278
272
Luton D
Jacqui White
5
466
Cindy Hollyer
5
326
Anne Corpe
4
284
Ratings:G. Simpson (unrated)
Winter Matchplay
25th - 26th November
Division B was Swiss pairing for the first 9 rounds then King of the Hill for the last 2
rounds.Division C was a Round Robin. Division D was a Round Robin with 11 players and
the fictitious A. Zother. Everyone in the division thus had 10 rated games, but the wins
column includes the tournament win against A.Zother
Milton Keynes A
Craig Beevers
9
Olatunde Oduwole 9
Joyce Cansfield
8
Abiodun Olaleru
7
Milton Keynes B
Teresa Hill
8
Janet Adams
8
Abiodun Adeyemi 8
Peter Hall
7
Milton Keynes C
Janet Bonham
9
Dot Taylor
9
Albert Chong Hon Yen 8
Ginny Dixon
8
Milton Keynes D
Ken Bird
10
Sheila Anderson
8
Andrea Waddington 8
Jenny Harris
8
840
556
192
416
688
240
197
144
5
999
574
96
95
1099
469
392
218
Harrogate HB
24th - 26th November
There were 14 scheduled rounds. Outside of this structure, there were 7 extra individual
games played. These were rated . Two games between May Gray and Edna Lindeck were not
played because of illness. May was awarded 2 tournament wins.
Harrogate 1
Jill Bright
Paul Thomson
Frank Forster
10
10
8
Manchester A
Brown
5
Francis
4
Nicholson
4
Goodwin
4
609
291
289
263
Manchester B
P. Ashurst
6
D. Stanton
5
M. Skinner
4
F. Forster
4
252
112
297
169
Manchester C
B. Hill
6
B. Lukey
5
N. Foulkes
4
I. Atkinson
4
546
250
368
358
Harrogate 3
675
554
159
Anne Darby.
Kathy Suddick
Hazel Parsons
567
252
48
Jonathan Tatlow 11
Tom Beardmore 10
Sonia Cox
9
Harrogate 2
Christabel Jackson 9
Hilary Birdsall
8
Janet Southworth. 8
C.
D.
M.
M.
8
8
7
610
265
49
Harrogate 4
644
635
945
Manchester Open
2nd December
Report from Paul Richards
Christian Brown
Christian Brown
Paul Ashurst
Peter Ashurst
Best performance in last 3 games of the day - Mark Hollingsworth
- 3 wins + 243. Mark was the only player who won the last 3
games, to finish outside the cash prizes. There were cash prizes in each division : 1st - £80,
2nd - £40, 3rd - £20, 4th - £10 and a ratings prize of £10.
Division B - Richard Moody (9th)
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Hockley Scrabble Club held its first ever tournament at the Eastwood Church of the Latter
Day Saints, Leigh-on-Sea, an imposing and spacious modern venue, kindly loaned us by
Bishop Watling of the Christian Mormon Church. The playing area in the main hall alone
can easily accommodate up to 100 players, with almost luxurious rest areas and large grounds,
plus the added advantage of masses of parking spaces.
Our small band of helpers, runners, adjudicators and tea servers, helped run things like
clockwork. Most of the competitors were from Essex clubs and 12 from our own Hockley
Club, with our neighbours from Romford and Brentford being well represented. Others
travelled from London, Kent, Beds and Sussex.
We also helsd a ‘Highest word score’ in each division. In “A” Div Diane Pratesi played a
magnificent nine-timer, ‘ENSNARED’ for 140. In the “B” Div Carole Wheatley did well with
‘CROQUET’ for 110 and in “C” Div Joan Everitt produced ‘QUOTERS’ for 110
Everyone seemed to enjoy the day in a friendly atmosphere. Bishop Watling attended the
prize-giving and offered the premises for a future tournament, which will be on September
29th. We also managed to make a small profit which will be offered to the church or a
charity of their choice
The ratings winners were:
Division A - Mark Lane (9th) - a tough A division today, only two of
the players eligible for the ratings prize finished in the top half and
they were the two highest rated.
Division C - Eileen Hume (5th) - Sale SC’s own super-sub octogenarian
who did not know she was playing in her first rated tournament (not
even as a reserve) until 55 minutes before the start. She tells me I’m a
very nice bully.
2nd December
Report from Les Costin
Due to a few late cancellations our final entry number was reduced to 50. One player who
failed to arrive and didn’t let us know in time, caused problems in ‘A’ division. As the player
is usually reliable he was included in round one and his clock started. When he still failed to
arrive it was too late for the computer to adjust the division. A further 5 players had to have
a bye because of this. Lots of praise here to our excellent TD Dave French who is completely
unflappable. He did a really terrific job of arranging and rearranging games. From then on it
was a ‘walk in the park’.
Best theme word (the theme was travel) - BOXCAR by Anne
Hidden
Mileage competition - we asked people
to guess the combined total number of
miles all the competitors would have
had to have travelled from their home
address to the venue -3867 miles Martin Harrison was the closest with 3866.
Hockley
Barbara Hill
Barbara Hill
Hockley
George Gruner
Kevin Synnott
Phil Kelly
Priscilla Encarnacion
A
6
4
4
4
291
287
249
135
Hockley B
Marc Meakin
5.5
Jake Berliner
5
Ann Golding
4.5
Margaret White
4
7
526
173
324
214
Hockley
Moira Metcalf
Mark Reeves
Cindy Hollyer
Michael Double
C
5
4
4
4
133
260
147
125
Stoke Rochford
Home International
16th-17th December
2nd-3rd December
Report from Linda Vickers.
In 2006, it was Wales' privilege to host this annual event for the first time. The Tournament
was held at The Hill Conference Centre, Abergavenny, on the 2/3 December, when sixteen
of the top-rated Scrabble players from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales played almost
one hundred games of Scrabble between them.
The competition to become the 2006 Home International Champions was fierce, but
sportsmanlike conduct, humour, camaraderie and co-operation prevailed. It was a pleasure
to be part of this event, which embodied the community spirit of Scrabble and brought
together sixteen of the finest ambassadors for our beloved game.
*The victorious England Team
Adam Philpotts (England) and Kay McColgan (Ireland) received
the prizes for winning the highest number of games and Neil
Green (Wales) was presented with The Cupboardy Award for
his wonderfully creative phoney
TONSILIER, which was voted
favourite of the tourney by his
fellow competitors. Other good
words played (but allowed)
included
BOOHING
GEODESIC APATITE PURFLING
POLYPITES and SUPERMAN.
Congratulations to Team England on their victory and well
done to all the players for making the event a success. Special
thanks to Mary Allen, Tournament Organiser extraordinaire!
1. England
29 wins +1288 spread
Adam Philpotts
9
Brett Smitheram
8
Wayne Kelly
7
Craig Beevers
5
2. Scotland
23 wins +422 spread
Allan Simmons
7
Neil Scott
7
Wilma Warwick 5
Simon Gillam
4
413
-72
202
121
203
-36
-30
-714
504
88
-882
-843
*1 Brett Smitheram -The reigning Easter matchplay and BMSC champion - the latter he has won 3 out of the last 4
years, a previous winner of the Masters and National Championship and is currently England's No 1 rated player. 2.
Craig Beevers - a formidable opponent clocking up two notches to becoming a Grandmaster, never mind an Expert.
He won his first major within that last week at Milton Keynes, so is definitely the man in form. He is currently ranked
14th and is vying for a place at next years WSC. 3. Adam Philpotts - in the game for quite a few years, finally making
his mark in 2003. In 2004 he clinched his first major by winning the Durham event, and has performed consistently
in the ratings. He is currently 23rd. 4. Wayne Kelly - Won first major, also at Durham, earlier this year. Currently
ranked 29th but has been as high as 13th
Ed’
t
8
Stoke Rochford B
Pete Ashurst
11
382
Len Moir
9
466
Gerard Fox
8
767
Ratings: Marion Kirk (4th)
Stoke Rochford C
Ginny Dixon
9
459
Joseph Doku
8
287
Marjorie Smith
8
266
Ratings: Jenny Harris (4th)
South Essex Round Robin
7th Jan
Report from Phil Kelly
In Group A, Paloma Raychbart did very well as the lowest rated player in that group. She
won it with 5 wins and a superior spread to win a very tight round robin of 7 games. Her last
game against Robert Richland was still going on whilst everyone else had finished and was
taking an interest in her progress. She held her nerve to win the game and take the £100
prize money.
In Group B, it looked like Christina French was going to win (as the adjudicator’s wife how
could she lose?) as she was unbeaten after 6 games. But unluckily for her she couldn’t win
her last game, and lost the Group on spread to Rachelle Winer who also finished on 6 wins,
and who also went home with £100 prize money. This was a reversal of fortune for Rachelle
since the last round robins at this venue of Hockley Old Fire station in July 2006 when
Rachelle had been unlucky to come second on spread despite winning 6 games.
South Essex A
Paloma Raychbart 5
Cecil Muscat
5
Mike Whiteoak
4
Neil Green receives his trophy
3. Wales
23 wins -577 spread
John Grayson
7
Shane O’Neill
7
Gareth Williams 6
Neil Green
3
4. Ireland
21 wins -1133 spread
Kay McColgan.
9
Kevin McMahon 6
Eileen Meghen
4
Ademola Ajayi
2
626
518
77
67
Stoke Rochford A
Wayne Kelly
12
789
Elie Dangoor
8
670
Nick Deller
8
591
Ratings: Cecil Muscat (7th)
South Essex B
Rachelle Winer
6
Christina French 6
Jim Lyes
5
411
265
65
432
265
-89
I.O.W
I.O.W. A
Stewart Holden
Gary Oliver
Elie Dangoor
Noel Turner
I.O.W. B
Maureen Reynolds
Louise Brundell
Peter Thomas
James Rossiter
I.O.W. C
Barbara Allen
Marjorie Smith
Ian Caws
Rita Todd
12 1571
12 1341
12 557
9 307
11
10
10
9
11
403
-5
802
12
11
11
10
429
862
312
439
I.O.W. D
Margaret Mitchell
11
Jean Shaw
10
Anne Darby
9
Margaret Firmston
9
I.O.W. E
Susan Thorne
12
Betty Simmonds
11
Jean(Ryde) Williams 10
Brian Beaumont
10
360
293
483
20
701
309
624
371
Stewart Holden, the ABSP’s
newest Grand Master collects
the A Division Trophy
9
9
Stewart - the newest G.M.
collects his trophy
David 2: AC AEIOT
(-18)
A poor pick-up for David, but he finds the perfect solution. The only other move that bears
comparison with COAITA is CIAO at H5a for 31, leaving the highly promising ATE on David’s
rack. But the board is very tight, so it’s undoubtedly better to take the extra points.
COAITA
by PHIL APPLEBY
The main feature of this issue’s Across the Board is an annotated game from the World Youth
Scrabble Championship, featuring the two finalists. It’s not one of the games from the Final,
all of which turned out to be a little one-sided. Instead I’ve featured game 17 of the main
event, which turned out to be an absolute cracker.
I also have the usual array of moves to be proud of – do keep them coming in!
Annotated Game: Austin Shin v David Eldar (World Youth Scrabble Championship)
Those of us who followed the World Youth Scrabble Championship (WYSC) on the internet
enjoyed a thrilling event, and a terrific performance by the only UK representative, Austin
Shin. Austin was always there or thereabouts, and won his final three games in the main
event to qualify for the Final, against the formidable Australian youngster, David Eldar, who
finished 11th in the 2005 World Championship.
Austin probably won’t thank me for including this particular game. I’m quite sure he played
far better in many others. But this was a splendidly exciting tussle with an extraordinary
endgame; well worth examining in detail!
Austin 3: AG? AERV
F6a
35
62
(-17)
At last Austin gets his bonus. The choice is between RAVAGEs at A9a for 68, or sAVAGER at
M6d for 66. A question that I’m sure crossed Austin’s mind: can SAVAGER be a noun (one
who savages)? If so, it could give a lot of points away; if not, then it’s worthwhile sacrificing
a couple of points to avoid opening the nine-timer. As it happens, SAVAGER doesn’t take an S,
and for this reason it simulates a few points better than RAVAGES. That said, it’s worth noting
that the chance of David having a nine-timer, having played six tiles, is less than if he’d
played off a couple, suggesting a bonus-friendly rack.
RAVAGEs
David 3: E AEFLU?
A9a
68
113
(-51)
Again, faultless play. EAsEFUL is available at M4d for 65, but David spots the only 8-letter
word through the R. Note that if you don’t spot FUnEREAL, FUELER at A4d for 39 actually
simulates significantly better than EAsEFUL; it’s worthwhile sacrificing 26 points to retain the
blank, when it takes off the only major hot-spot on the board.
FUnEREAL
A5d
83
145
The analysis of the game was done using the excellent Quackle program, downloadable for
free from the Web at http://www.quackle.org
Austin 4: AAEIKTY
Austin 1: EILMUX?
The awkward tiles are the K and Y, and Austin’s play successfully gets rid of both. It would
have been nice if he could have played off another vowel, but the only possibilities are
words such as LEAKY at A12a, which score less and burn the E.
Unfortunately Austin misses the bonus play on his opening rack. Can you see it? (See page
xx) The 96 points would have put him in a very strong position in the game. His move of
18.
MUX is next best.
MUX
G8a
David 1: ABCDEOO
24
24
(-24)
David has picked ABCDE – how many 7-letter words can you see that contain those five
tiles? (See page xx) Unfortunately for David they don’t include his rack. BOOED is best,
with COOED close behind. Moves that retain the E, such as OBO or ADOBO at I7a, don’t
score enough and give too much away.
BOOED
F7a
Austin 2: EIL? AGU
27
27
(- 3)
I guess Austin must have been feeling the pressure at this stage, because he again misses a
bonus play – this time LInGUAE or LIGUlAE at I6a for 76. If you don’t know, or don’t spot, the
bonus moves, what should you play? Austin opts for LIEU at I6a for 21, leaving ?AG on his rack.
I rather like LEU in the same spot for 1 point less. With a good pick-up there’s the delicious
possibility of a double-double 7-letter –ING word from E5, also forming ILEX, NED and GU.
LIEU
KAY
David 4: EEJLMPT
I6a
21
10
45
(-32)
K4a
27
140
(+ 5)
David maximises his score with a word that many players wouldn’t know. If you want to
play off AELMP you’ve got AMPLE and MAPLE – who needs more? Well, if you want to score
36 points on this move you also need to know PELMA. In fact the optimal move according to
Quackle is LAPJE at D8d for 30, leaving MET. It seems that the scoring potential of the J is
outweighed by the flexibility of the M.
PELMA
Austin 5: AEIT GOS
H1d
36
181
(-41)
Austin misses another chance to put the pressure on David: LATIGOES plays at A12a for 70.
Do you know the unplayable anagram? (See page xx.) Having failed to spot the bonus,
Austin finds a neat play. GO opens up column D for 7-letter words, and the 3-vowel 2consonant leave is unlikely to be a problem, given that there are several vowel-heavy words
on the board.
GO
E6a
11
14
154
David 5: EJT DINZ
David 8: ST DIRST
(+27)
Excellent play by David. Most players would settle for ZANTE for 48, or possibly JEEZ at G2a
for 40, but ZANIED is undoubtedly best, if you know it. Having moved into a 79-point lead,
David is happy to keep back the J for its scoring potential.
ZANIED
Austin 6: AEIST IO
D8d
52
233
(-79)
Unlucky pick-up. The game appears to be slipping away from Austin. He really needs a
bonus, and fast. Keeping back AEIST last move didn’t pay off, but he decides to give it
another go. Although the C12 position scores less than M2 or N3/N4, it is safer, and leaves
the N bonus lane open. The only play that simulates better is VITAE at C9d for 28, but I’m
with Austin – a bonus is needed, and playing off OI maximizes the chances.
OI
C12d
12
166
David comes up with an imaginative play, but I can’t believe it’s the best one. He was no
doubt considering the S-TIED hook, an opening that Austin might not spot. But with an everdwindling supply of vowels (now 9 out of 28 unseen tiles), keeping four consonants is unlikely
to lead to a bonus next move. He would probably need to pick two vowels, and that’s a very
low probability. I think STED in the same spot is better, keeping IRST. Okay, the board’s not
great, but there are a few bonus lanes: the B, L, and M columns, and across from D11.
TIED
a
1
2
3
4
5
(+67)
L8a
Austin 9: EGIORTW
6
David 6: JT ELNST
(-74)
7
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P E T
J E E L
L
M
C O A I T
GO
L I
JEEL
Austin 7: AEIST NU
F2a
27
260
(-94)
That’s more like it! Austin finds the optimal play. SINUATE is also playable in several places,
but for significantly fewer points, Game on!
PETUNIAS
David 7: NSTT IQR
H1a
85
251
(+ 9)
Unusually, there is absolutely nowhere on the board to play QI or QIS. No doubt David was
eyeing up QIS/KAYOS for 36, prior to Austin’s PETUNIAS! It has to be a change, but what?
David chooses to change QINRT, keeping ST. With only 11 vowels unseen out of 35 tiles, I’d
definitely have retained the I. My instinct, with lots of N’s and R’s in the bag, would be to
keep IST, but I’d have been wrong. According to Quackle, best, by some distance, is to
change only QT. I’m still not convinced; a two-consonant pick-up (quite likely, given the
unseen tiles) would leave another difficult rack. But INRST does combine well with A, E, and
O, which I suspect is why changing QT simulates so well.
Ch INQRT
Austin 8: CEENRSY
0
260
l m n
o
U N I A S
Austin
K A Y S
A
C
E U
E
Unseen:
AAIIOO
BDFHHNNNPQRRRSSTTVW
N4d
Score:
Austin:
David:
11
12
83
12
334
334
278
13
14
15
It’s decision time for Austin. Should he look to score well, ignoring the potential danger
spots? Or should he try to make it as difficult as possible for David to play a bonus,
regardless of what the blocking move scores? An additional consideration is rack balance.
From Austin’s perspective, there are 6 vowels and 19 consonants unseen, so it’s important
to retain vowels. It’s a tough call. An ideal move would block the K, L and M columns, and
the possible double-double from D11, whilst scoring well. But that’s not an option.
In this kind of situation my inclination is to keep the score ticking over. I’d also be keen to
retain the E, the last one unplayed. The obvious moves are TWO or OWT at M2a for 26. It
extends Austin’s lead to 82, and leaves a nice balanced EIGR. The worst possible scenario
is for David to get a bonus from D11. A bonus down the K, L, or M columns might well lead
to a bonus response from Austin. Austin decides to block. GREY is good in many ways. It
blocks STIED, and all playable bonuses from D11. (For practice, see if you can work out the
four 8-letter words that start with I and end in O, and the one 8-letter word that starts and
ends in I, answers on page 18.) Also, it uses only one vowel. On the down side, it scores
only 8 points, uses the E, and creates on opening for high-scoring plays such as SOVRAN
at O10d for 48. Computer simulation suggests that TWO is slightly better, winning 93.8%
of all games, but GREY isn’t far behind, with a winning percentage of 91.1%.
David 9: RSST AOQ
What a turn-round! Within two moves, Austin has transformed a 94-point deficit into a 74point lead. SCENERY is an everyday word, but an easy one to miss. Excellent stuff from Austin.
SCENERY
9
10
GREY
(- 9)
278
(+56)
k
8
Tricky. With only 16 vowels unseen out of 45 tiles, and with Austin showing all the symptoms
of a vowel-heavy rack, it would be nice to retain the E, but there is no good way of doing so. JET
at G2a scores only 10, and LANT at B8d for 14 is little better. David’s play relies on a good pickup. With no S’s played, I’d have gone for JEST at N2d for 33. True, it opens the O column, but
with a 100-point lead I think it’s worthwhile playing off the S and using an extra tile.
18
K10a
8
342
(-64)
Picking two vowels was lucky, but picking the Q wasn’t. There’s not a lot to think about
here. QAT at B4d is the only place to play the Q, so down it goes....
QAT
B4d
23
13
301
Austin 10: IOTW BPW
(+41)
Another tricky decision for Austin. It’s very tempting to take advantage of QI with a move
such as WIT or TIP, both for 29, but he is obviously fearful of David scoring heavily with QIS.
The alternative, which Austin chooses, is the play he might have made on the previous
move, OWT at M2a for 26.
Simulation puts WIT on top, just ahead of OWT, but again there’s not a lot in it. I guess the
danger of leaving the QI spot is that David will score well there next move using one of the
two unseen i’s and score even more heavily the following move with QIS.
OWT
M2a
David 10: ORSS ANV
26
368
(-67)
A dream pick-up for David! He can play SOVRAN/GREYS, and get himself right back into
the game. Oddly, the WYSC website shows a score of 42 for the move, whereas it should
have been 48. I find it surprising that both players could have mis-scored the move, so I’ve
scored it as 48.
SOVRANS
O10d
48
349
Austin 11: IBPW DNR (+19)
With three tiles in the bag, the unseen tiles are: IIO FHHNRST. There is little point in leaving
a tile in the bag. If he can score reasonably well, Austin’s lead should be sufficient to see off
a two-move play-off by David. The QI opening is the main scoring opportunity, and this time
Austin can play there without the prospect of a high-scoring response from David. Because
there are no E’s unseen, DRIP or DRIB from C2d mean that the worst that can happen is QIS
for 24. Austin chooses DRIB, holding back the P for C11. For some reason DRIP simulates
slightly better, and I can’t work out why. If you have any ideas, let me know!
DRIB
C2d
David 11: S HHINOT
a
b
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Q
F A
U T
N
E
R A
E
A
L
c
d
e
f
g h
i
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P E T
D
J E E L
R
L
I
M
B
COA I T
GO
L I
BOO E D
Z
MU X
V AG E S
N
I
O E
I D
k
33
401
As it turns out, David can guarantee a win – but in order to do so he must get this move right.
And he does, with NAH at B8d for 29. If he plays elsewhere, for example NOH at D10a for
30 or QIS at B4a for 24, Austin could play FAR at B8d, taking off the hotspot. HAH in the
same spot also guarantees a win, but by fewer points.
NAH
Austin 12: INW FPR
29
378
(+23)
I have no idea how much time Austin had left; I suspect not a lot. There is much to think
about. Perhaps the key thought is what to do with the W. It turns out that there is just one
place to play it: WINN at L15a. So Austin must either play it now, or keep back WIN so that
it’s available next move. There is also the NOH danger. PIRN at C11a would block it, but
would stick Austin with the W. EF is another possibility, but it doesn’t score enough, and with
David able to play out in two WINN wouldn’t do Austin any good anyway.
However, I’ve already given away the denouement – Austin is destined to lose whatever he
does. His best play is PIR, but after that the optimal sequence of moves is as follows:
Austin PIR
C11a 15
416 David QIS
B4a
24
402
Austin WINN L15a 11
427 David THIO H11a 20
422
With F left on his rack, Austin loses, 423-426.
In the game, Austin plays FIN at B13d for 19, condemning himself to be stuck with the W,
and making David’s life a little bit easier.
FIN
B13d
David 12: HIOST
19
420
(-42)
David slips up by playing NOH straight away. There is nothing Austin can do to block it, and
he gives Austin an extra 8 points for PIR next move. Best is QIS.
NOH
(-52)
B8d
Austin 13: PRW
D10a
30
408
(+12)
Austin takes the 23 points on offer, but must now wait while David plays out.
l m n o
U N I A S
OWT
PIR
David 13: IST
David
K A Y S
A
C
E U
E
N
T I E D
R
GR E Y S
O
V
R
A
N
I H H NO T S
QIS
Austin 14: W
C11a
David 14: IT
349
401
TI
443
24
432
0
443
14
446
(-35)
B4a
(+11)
Pass
Score:
David
Austin
23
(-11)
A14d
Final score:
Austin:
439
David
450
Things look hopeless for David, but with the two H’s on his rack, there is still hope, especially
as there are two hotspots available, at B10 and F10. Austin’s final rack (FINPRW) is extremely
awkward, and there is no way for him to play out in two, so David is ensured of at least three
moves.
Summary: A remarkable game. Austin missed some chances early on, but played very well
from move 6 onwards, and looked to have the game won after his back-to-back bonuses.
But in the end he was thwarted by an excellent player who got a little bit lucky with his pickups on moves 10 and 11.
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15
Can you win this endgame?
2a. Played by Chris Hawkins, Peterborough SC, December 2006.
My thanks to Ronnie Reid for submitting this endgame, which occurred when he was playing
Maven (which would no doubt explain the presence of ECO on the board!). Ronnie needed
to play out to win, but didn’t see (or know) the winning play. Can you do any better? See over
for tiles and board.
This was the penultimate league game of the
year, and Chris needed to win this game
against Nick Deller in order
O to win the league
by the narrowest of margins.
a b c d e
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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DOU T
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H E I D
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F O L I AG
Q I
A N N U I T
R
T H E N A R S
RO I L
G
G EM D A L L Y
WE B
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V O X
J EW
P
Chris:
l m n o
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A I D S
M T
E S O
R
Y
S
Ronnie:
B
U KO
P A N T
O E
E
NO S E
AG L N S T U
Score:
Chris: 357
Nick: 368
A N U
P
2b. Played by Chris Hawkins, Peterborough SC, December 2006. O
Maven: EEIRT
Chris:
Moves To Be Proud of...
Score:
Chris
Nick
An honourable mention to Jackie McLeod, who played the splendid PISTOLEERS around
OLE on the board in a London League match in November. Unfortunately I don’t have the
full board position, but a wonderful play nevertheless. Here are some more....
I
a b c d e
1
1. Played by Stewart Holden,
Durham Grand event, September 2006
2
3
4
Stewart:
A C I F N R Y
Score:
Unknown
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W H
V
K B A R
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3. Played by Bob Violett in January 2007, at Hockley.
Bob:
Opponent: EIST
Score:
Bob:
Opponent:
16
371
433
17
E E G L V
446
379
Solutions
Across
The Board Solutions
No. 30
ABSP Ratings
by Phil Appleby
•
The move 1 bonus for Austin is MILIEUX.
•
There are no fewer than 20 7-letter words containing ABCDE: ABDUCED,
ABDUCES, BATCHED, BEACHED, BELACED, BLACKED, BRACTED,
BROCADE, CABINED, CARBIDE, CODABLE, CRABBED, CUDBEAR,
DEBACLE, DEBAUCH, DECARBS, DIEBACK, PEDICAB, REDBACK, SCABBED.
•
The anagram of LATIGOES is OTALGIES.
•
The four 8-letter words starting with I and ending in O are IMPETIGO, INNUENDO,
INTAGLIO and INTONACO. The 8-letter word starting and ending with I is
IGNORAMI.
Can you win this endgame?
1. Stewart played ACIDIFY at I10a for 55.
2a. Chris played YGLAUNST at H15a for 89.
2b. Chris played INVEIGLE at D7d for 13.
3. Bob played aTTRIBUTE at O15d for 83.
Poll Result
I’m pleased to be able to announce the result of the poll on the move to adopt
Collins Scrabble Words.
There were 488 votes cast. Of these:
398 are in favour (of which 108 were cast at the Chair’s discretion)
82 are against
8 spoiled ballots
So, 82% of votes are in favour of the change. We are waiting for Collins to confirm
a publication date and adjudication tool agreement before determining an
implementation timescale. Allan Simmons and I will continue our discussions
with Collins tomorrow.
Many thanks to everyone who took the trouble to vote.
Terry Kirk ABSP Chairman
18
21-1-2007
(GM) Grand Master (Exp) Expert
ABSP membership number for members
is shown before name
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Ronnie’s winning play is AUTOMEN at d8d for 10.
Moves to be proud of
Ratings at
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Adam Logan
Brett Smitheram(GM)
Andrew Davis(GM)
Wale Fashina
Paul Allan(GM)
Andrew Perry(GM)
David Webb(GM)
Helen Gipson(GM)
Ed Martin(Exp)
Phil Appleby(GM)
Andrew Cook(GM)
Harshan
Lamabadusuriya(GM)
Allan Simmons(GM)
Di Dennis(GM)
Wayne Kelly(Exp)
Terry Kirk(GM)
Shanker Menon
Gareth Williams(GM)
Craig Beevers(Exp)
Theresa Camilleri
Adam Philpotts
Mark Nyman(GM)
Neil Scott(GM)
Femi Awowade(Exp)
Stewart Holden(GM)
Gary Oliver
David Sutton
Elie Dangoor(Exp)
George Gruner(Exp)
Bob Violett(Exp)
Lewis Mackay(Exp)
Brian Sugar(GM)
Barry Grossman(Exp)
Austin Shin(Exp)
Mikki Nicholson
Christian Brown
John Grayson(GM)
Fidelis Olotu
Biyi Oyadiran
Jake Jacobs
Omar_Malleh Jah
Philip Nelkon(GM)
Shane O’Neill
Philips Owolabi
Adekoyejo Adegbesan
Gerry Carter
Phil Robertshaw
Wilma Warwick
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Nick Deller
Richard Evans(Exp)
Gary Polhill(Exp)
Joyce Cansfield(Exp)
Steve Hilton
Chris Vicary
Russell Byers(GM)
Graham Harding
Jackie McLeod(Exp)
Peter Igweke
Penny Downer(Exp)
Gary Fox
Darryl Francis(Exp)
Chris Keeley
Kay McColgan
Bob Berry
Paul Chadwick
Brendan McDonnell
Ruth MorganThomas(Exp)
Diane Pratesi(Exp)
Jared Robinson
Kwaku Sapong
Ben Tarlow
Paul Bassett
David Brook
Catherine Costello
Alastair Richards
Daniel Simonis
Bob Lynn
Paul(Sale) Richards
Sandie Simonis(Exp)
Noel Turner(Exp)
Alec Webb(Exp)
Mike Willis(Exp)
Helen Harding
Mark Hollingsworth
Evan Simpson(GM)
Neil Green
Lee Hartley
Dianne Ward
Chris Davison
Simon Gillam(Exp)
Mark Goodwin
Chris Hawkins(Exp)
Rael Hayman
Ross Mackenzie
Cecil Muscat
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Martin Harrison
Mark Lane
Frankie Mairey
Nuala O’Rourke
Michael Chappell
Chris Finlay
Mike O’Rourke
Paloma Raychbart
Ken Heaton
Elisabeth Jardine
Roy Miller
Jeff Ngeze
Paul Nind
Neil Rowley
Maureen Chamberlain
Robert Pells
Malcolm Quirie
Alison Sadler
Anne Steward
Mike Whiteoak
Caroline Atkins
Vincent Boyle
Amy Byrne
Chris Cummins
JOjo Delia
Ed Garrett-Jones
Peter Liggett
Sanmi Odelana
Stephen Pearce
Robert Richland(Exp)
Kate Surtees
Lorraine Gordon
Martin Reed
Karen Richards
Margaret Rogers
Edward Rossiter
Abraham Sosseh
Angela Swain
Raymond Tate
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Greg Kelly
Christine McKenzie
Margaret Pritchett
David Shenkin
Martin Thompson
Moira Conway
Alan Georgeson
Helen Grayson(Exp)
Dave Nunn
Frances Ure
Linda Vickers
Ben Wilson
Ricky Zinger
Danny Bekhor
Tim Charlton
Ian Coventry
Marion Keatings
Ruth MacInerney
Janet Phillips
Alan Sinclair
Ralph Gibbs
Andrew Goodwin
Chris Quartermaine
Anne Ramsay
Rachelle Winer
Adrienne Berger
Richard Blakeway
Peter Darby
Chris Fenwick
Brian Jones
Timothy Lawrence
Donna Stanton
Ivan Swallow
Tom Wilson
Christina French
John Hardie
Debbie Heaton
Eileen Meghen
Simon Carter
Alan Catherall
Ivy Dixon-Baird
Davina Galloway
Phil Kelly
James Rossiter
Graham Wakefield
Eddy Breed
Maurice Brown
Billy Dott
Doj Graham
Graham Maker
Lynne Murphy
Bryn Packer
Peter Thomas
Theresa Cole
Wanda De Poitiers
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Frank Forster
Graham Haigh
Joanne Hiley
Pauline Johnson
David Lawton
Matthew Pinner
Cathy Anderson
Andy Becher
Angela Evans
Gerard Fox
Anne Hidden
Chrystal Rose
Margaret Staunton
Alan Bailey
Alan Buckley
Anand Buddhdev
Ian Burn
Tony Davis
Chris Harrison
Nick Jenkins
Kate Leckie
Kevin Synnott
Pam Titheradge
Amy Willcox
Tony Bearn
Melanie Beaumont
Loz Crouch
Iain Harley
Trish Johnson
Karl Kwiatkowski
Maureen Rayson
Kenneth Ross
Evelyn Wallace
Oluyemi Adesiyan
Paul Ashworth
Louise Brundell
Kathryn Henry
Elizabeth Hull
Danny McMullan
Alec Robertson
John Balloch
Brian Bull
Alan Childs
David Meadows
Len Moir
Kay Powick
Carole Rison
David Williams
Jill Bright
Jean Bromley
William Coleman
Pat Colling
Debbie Holloway
Robert Johnston
Patricia Pay
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Joyce Squire
Carol Stanley
Pat Wheeler
Stephen Wintle
Val Wright
Mary Allen
Ann Coleman
Teresa Hill
Wendy Lindridge
Carol Malkin
Kate McNulty
Huw Morgan
Russell Smith
Maria Thomson
Heather Burnet
Jason Carney
James Crooks
Patricia Fenn
Gavin Holmes
Pinaach Kolte
Gwynfor Owen
Maureen Reynolds
Lesley Trotter
Margaret Armstrong
Peter Ashurst
Sheila Green
Tim Hebbes
Sheila Hinett
Terry Jones
David Longley
Gerry Pearce
Jean Rappitt
Janet Adams
Jean Bridge
Margaret Bright
Mary Jones
Colin Parker
Carol(Norwich) Smith
Carol(Ryde) Smith
Stuart Solomons
Sylvia Swaney
Josef Thompson
Henry Walton
Michael Baxendale
Diana Beasley
Carolyn Emery
Heather Frankland
Alan Guy
Andrew Hart
Jill Parker
Marlene Skinner
Sue Bowman
Verity Cross
Moya Dewar
Chris Downer
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1294
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1035
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0975
0401
0829
1175
Priscilla Encarnacion
Daniel Harris
Alastair Ives
Victoria Kingham
Maurice McParland
Helen Mitchell
Mary Oram
Mary Siggers
Brian Watson
Jean(Cardiff) Williams
Viv Beckmann
Eleanor Dobson
Alasdair Dowling
Calum Edwards
Marjory Flight
Barbara Goodban
Sandra Hoffland
Sally Lewis
Tess McCarthy
Lois McLeod
Lorna Rapley
Martin Sheehan
Richard Woodward
Philip Aldous
Liz Allen
Minu Anderson
Samantha Beckwith
Margaret Burdon
Ann Golding
Kathy Greaves
Helen Jones
Roger Ordish
Sarah Wilks
Graham Bonham
Joe Caruana
Ron Hendra
Jim Lyes
Richard Moody
Carol Sienkiewicz
Christine Strawbridge
Carole Thomas
Annette Tinning
Barbara Allen
Brenda Baxter
Janice Bease
Andy Gray
Rhoda Gray
Maureen GreeningSteer
Jill Harrison
Sharon Landau
Kim Phipps
Malcolm Roberts
Wojtek Usakiewicz
Rosalind Wilson
Gillian Ashworth
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0943
1158
0682
0475
0868
0077
0452
Nick Baker
Steve Balment
Kate Barratt
Suzanne Dundas
Yvonne Eade
Margaret Irons
Ted Lewis
Jo Ramjane
Becky Samuel
Mick Beasley
Jake Berliner
Jean Dymock
Phyllis Fernandez
Paul Heasman
Marion Kirk
Marie Perry
Ann Pitblado
Marjorie Smith
Evan Terrett
Jim Wilkie
Sheena Wilson
Jenny Woodroffe
Sheila(Perth) Anderson
Eryl Barker
Derek Bower
June Edwards
Pam Fairless
Jean Gallacher
John Garcia
Agnes Gunn
Nola Marrow
David Reading
Norman Smith
Kathy Bullen
Garry Clark
Jason Goddard
Carol Grant
Peter Hall
Val Hoskings
Brenda Margereson
Yvonne McKeon
Janet Southworth
Sheila Wall
Peter Winnick
Gail Allen
Stany Arnold
Carol Arthurton
Wasinee Beech
Janet Bonham
Barbara Dein
Jill Fisher
Christine Gillespie
Joy Lloyd
Heather Roberts
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Peter Sime
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0347
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0634
0898
0849
0106
0668
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0735
0493
Rita Todd
Margaret White
Liz Barber
Linda Barratt
Joan Caws
Norma Howarth
Ruth Marsden
Barbara Morris
Mary Shaw
Martin Taylor
Jan Turner
Noel Barnes
Syd Berger
Linda Bird
Janet Braund
Winnie Buik
David Carrod
Sylvia Carroll
Geoff Cooper
Joy Fox
Norma Galley
Michael Harley
Linda Hillard
Sheila Jolliffe
George Newman
Helen Polhill
Denise Saxton
Amanda Sodhy
Gill(Taunton)
Thompson
Etta Alexander
Pat Broderick
Sally Fiszman
Geoff Goodwin
John Harrison
Kathleen Higgins
May Macdonald
Hari Nanayakkara
Mauro Pratesi
Miri Purse
Edith Smith
Alistair Baker
John Ball
Jill Burgess
Ian Caws
Ceridwen Davies
Lynn Giles
Barbara Hill
Medina Hull
Christabel Jackson
Jill Jones
Dot Taylor
Elizabeth Allen
Harry Beckett
Hilary Birdsall
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Georgina Cook
Ginny Dixon
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Graham
Leonora Hutton
Sheila Jeffery
Angie Jones
Gertie Roberts
Betty Balding
Jennifer Clifford
Eileen Douglas
Eileen Foster
Marjorie Gillott
Mary Hopwood
Bob Jarvie
Pamela Kikumu
Jane Lowndes
Marc Meakin
Christina Pace
Hazel Parker
Angela Burke
Carmen Dolan
Helen Rees
Sue Ball
Jim Blackler
Heather Cruickshank
Sue Ison
Stuart May
Philippa Morris
Angela Mort
Tanya Robson
David Steel
Beverley Calder
David Hoyle
Jayanthi Kannan
Mark Redhead
Rose Spencer
Eileen Basham
Linda Beard
Bobbie Bennett
Doreen Blake
Simon Francis
Joyce Gershon
Margaret Harkness
Miriam Moss
Ken Quarshie
Julie Tate
Rose Calder
Hannah Corbett
Peter Ernest
Doug Hill
Barbara Lukey
John Mitchell
Mary Morgan
Anthony Pinnell
Doris Street
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0357
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1027
0298
0477
1071
0982
Pamela Windsor
Shirley Angell
Nora Bain
Marie English
Joanne Hawkins
Richard Hitchcock
Peter Kelly
Molly Lane
Peter Lindeck
Fay Madeley
Judy Monger
Dorn Osborne
Martin Summers
Elizabeth Terry
Betty Benton
Linda Bradford
Dorothy Dean
Joseph Doku
Andrew Eames
Ann Fiddler
Vera Flood
Lorna Franks
Pat Friend
Joan Lawrence
Jessica Pratesi
Jo Tebbutt
Michael-John Turp
Maureen Underdown
Lee Walker
Teena Walls
Evelyn Wansbrough
Isla Wilkie
June Wilson
Maureen Austin
Anne Backley
Jan Bailey
Jessie Brown
Philippa CroslandTaylor
Maisie Culpin
Paul Moorefield
Mark Murray
Adrian Noller
Vivienne Plewes
Jean Shaw
Monica Stockwell
Sally Twine
Cyndy Walker-Firth
Rosemary Wood
Margaret Bigg
Len Edwards
Margaret Firmston
Mavis Harding
Margaret Herbert
Malcolm Shaw
Barbara Solomon
Ron Bucknell
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1002
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1089
Jane Comer
Eunice Conibear
Marlene Diskin
Juliet Green
Roma Hollingworth
Ann McDonnell
Margaret Mitchell
Martha Mitchell
Jean Owen
Norman Partridge
Yvonne Templeton
Wendy Tiley
Carole Wheatley
Eileen(Reading)
Anderson
Irene Atkinson
Mary Brodbin
Beryl Browner
Martin Byrne
Anne Darby
Eve Dwyer
Daphne Fletcher
Marjorie Gardner
Marian Hamer
Priscilla Munday
Joy Reason
Sheila Tutt
Jan Vokes-Taylor
Kathleen Ward
Judy Young
Doreen Acton
Mary Adams
Ken Bird
Bridget Busk
Paul Cartman
Owen Clarke
Ann Croll
Jill Dyer
Joan Ellis
Helgamarie Farrow
Noel Foulkes
Lena Glass
James Mutton
Stuart Ross
Pamela Sparkes
Edith Tempest
Jacquie Aldous
Don Beavis
Margaret Boyd
Fran Burling
Marie Davie
Florence Davies
Margaret Johnson
Marjorie Lefley
Jean Mainwaring
Robin McDougall
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1263
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0827
1052
1222
0946
0771
Mary Orr
Joan Rees
Margaret Seabrook
Nicola Staunton
Sue Thompson
Claire Violett
Jane Weston
Sheila Booth-Millard
Gill Carr
Irene Catherall
June Faulkner
Barbara Kent
Janet Milford
Celia Osborn
Dorothy Pearson
Jenny Sakamoto
Isobel Smith
Sheila Smith
Kathy Suddick
Claudia Wiseman
Jenny Burgess
Myra Copleston
Joyce Jarvis
Rosemary Jordan
Gwen Roberts
Helen Sandler
Shirley Scoberg
Sheila Szzvanowski
Irene Woolley
Peter Bailey
Tricia Cooper
June Lindridge
Sarah-Jane Taylor
Gordon Winter
Madelaine Baker
Anne Cheesman
Dorothy Churcher
Gwyneth Cox
Paula Docherty
Jenny Harris
Jean Robinson
Willie Scott
Betty Simmonds
Jean Stevens
Marjorie Struggles
Ian Whyte
Barbara Barker
Maureen Barlow
Ann Clark
Joyce Frost
Barbara Haggett
Bronagh Kenny
Sandy McLeod
David Paine
Sheila Reeve
Sylvia Baldock
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1441
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0526
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0783
1304
Eileen Bradshaw
Len Choules
Caroline Elliott
Margaret Emmott
Barbara Etheridge
Marjorie Hislop
Jo Holland
Hilbre Jenkins
Peter Johnson
Dorothy Kemlicz
Audrey Medhurst
Heather Stevens
Kat Wilkes
Bill Anderson
Carmen Borg
Jean Buckley
Pat Burgess
Cecilia Cotton
Elsie Edwards
Margaret Macdonald
Marina Mehta
Richard Pajak
Pat Rockley
Remie Salazar
Janet Watson
Chris Wide
Philip Bowden
Iris Cornish
Mavis Ernest
Cindy Hollyer
June Johnstone
Sheila Miller
Hazel Parsons
Christine Pullen
Josie Rogers
Gill(Norwich)
Thompson
Jill Warren
Elisabeth Williams
Helen Aley
Les Costin
Joan Everitt
Fay Goble
Joy Hodge
Olive Holroyd
Vera Sime
Philip Turner
Jacqui White
Jean(Ryde) Williams
Jack Baker
Christine Cartman
Keith Churcher
Marjorie Garrett
Barrie Hall
Rose Lawson
Linda Moir
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Alice Tozeland
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Sheila(Romford)
Anderson
Gilly Batten
Margaret Coleman
Jean Fothergill
Margaret Keeper
Patrice McCarry
Moreen Shillitoe
Susan Thorne
Brian Beaumont
Steve Davie
Peter Dittert
Yvonne Goodridge
Paul Harding
Esme Norris
Graham Pace
Connie Riach
Su Williams
Alex Beckmann
Anna Blakey
Mabel Choularton
Pete Ison
Jean Jacobs
Mollie Moran
Renee Paine
Susan Paton
Cathy Poacher
Christine Tudge
Shirley Cave
Alan Everitt
Terry Masterson
Moira Metcalf
Hepzi Rodrigues
Peter Trembath
Christine Watkins
Anne Wilkins
Amabel Winter
Mary Connell
Kerry Constant
Ruby Flood
Audrey Harvey
Lyndon Johnson
Sheila Johnston
Lorna Llewellyn
John MacLellan
Jean Masterson
Isabelle McLean
June Peck
Sonja Wyld
Judy Beales
Maggie Fleming
Patricia Holmes
Joan Johns
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Barbara McLaren
Peggy Moore
Derek Neath
Rose Wall
Marianne Ward
Henry Woodward
Peter Beales
Ruth Binding
Prue Buckingham
Michael Murray
Irene Newberry
Les Searle
Olive Matthew
Vivian Mifsud
Doreen Searles
Dorothy Edwards
Iris Grover
Rosemarie Howis
John Macdonald
Mary Ralfs
Winifred Stitt
Richard Tempest
Sheila Wyatt
Vera Allen
Rita Barton
Bernard Bruno
Agnes Gray
Lionel Howard
Gordon Lamb
Anne Lawton
Gwen Linfoot
Monica Marden
Lionel Millmore
Christine Nicholson
Patricia Parton
Peter Shuttlewood
Beryl Trace
Hazel Brannan
Jan Gibson
Betty Hallett
Olive Martin
Rena Waddell
Rod Winfield
Peter Basham
Fred Burford
Marcia Hall
Sally Hanson
Dorothy Henry
Evelyn Mankelow
Maria Raffaelli
Nicholas Robertson
Jo Calvert-Mindell
Anne Corpe
Josephine Croasdale
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Reg Wiseman
Hilda Bristow
Doreen Clayton
Joan Garlick
Zoe Marlowe
Barbara Pinto
Roy Smith
Mary Craddock
Renee Gilbert
May Gray
Jean Hendrick
Eileen Hunter
Audrey Jackson
Joy Rowe
Jill Russell
Ruth Turner
Anna Churchouse
Connie Hudson
Jan Hudson
Patrick Kelleher
Margot Montgomery
Betty Nichols
Kitty Reid
Kalpana Thakker
Kathy Carson
Brenda Lock
June Lovett
Angela Rigley
Carol Russell
Chris Baker
Sylvia Colledge
Paul Grimshaw
Lydia Sharkey
Alice Bennell
Ann Gregson
Doreen Jarvie
Edna Lindeck
Joan Murphy
Rita Robinson
Helen Thompson
Frank Goodier
Ena Harding
Eileen Johnson
Jacqueline King
Marjorie Lunn
Peter Munt
Ted Anderson
Vivienne Bishop
Winnie Haston
Teresa Haycock
Catherine McMillan
Maris Bradley
Mary Harris
Margaret Jaggs
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Olive Smith
Audrey Paley
Iris Semus
Patrick Teague
Millie Ward
Keith Woodruff
Marie Cross
Dorothy Double
Mary Lindsay
Pamela Brown
Sylvia Oates
Norah Thompson
Margaret Webb
Nancy Yorkston
Michael Double
Muriel Mortimer
Maria Moseley
George Sinclair
Veronica Baker
Connie Hardacre
Doreen Coleman
Christine Hall
Doreen Throssell
Alec West
Marcia Davies
Julie Rees
Margaret Scott
Jane Thomas
Alan Fothergill
Shelagh Howes
Carl Szzvanowski
Michael Slow
Zandra Begg
Jessie Chisholm
Peggy Lavender
Betty Meazey
Margaret Hallin
Kath Harrison
Barbara Horlock
Helen Tegg
Maureen Knox
WESPA BULLETIN
A useful Scrabble handbook is set to be published by the Association of British Scrabble
Players (ABSP) at the end of the month, as a handy reference to introduce players to
the most useful new words in Collins Scrabble Words (CSW) book. ABSP members
will get the CSW Initiation Kit booklet free, and this is what WESPA has issued to the
wider global Scrabble community.
A publication date for CSW is expected to be announced imminently, after which
national associations around the globe will plan to implement a changeover later in
2007.
The 44-page booklet, titled Collins Scrabble Words Initiation Kit, lists all the new twothree- and four-letter words with definitions, along with their hooks, plus new words
with the power tiles (J,Q,X,Z), new vowel-heavy words, and concludes with new high
probability seven- and eight-letter bonus words. All in all, about 1000 of the 8000
new words in CSW are covered by the booklet.
With the changeover, some words allowed in the previous authority (Chambers Scrabble
Words International) are no longer valid, so to complete the kit there is a short ist of 29 letters words to unlearn, including the two-letter word PH.
The word lists have been assembled by David Sutton for the ABSP, in consultation
with the WESPA Dictionary Committee representative, Darryl Francis, and WESPA
chairman, Allan Simmons. The booklet will be available outside the ABSP at £1.50
per copy plus postage via the Scrabble accessories outlet at www.tilefish.co.uk
There may be discounts for bulk orders – enquiries should be via the tilefish website.
Allan adds: “I am hoping to agree with the ABSP that an electronic version of the
booklet can be emailed to WESPA member association contacts free.” Announcements
are also expected shortly regarding the availability of an ABSP adjudication tool
incorporating the new Collins Scrabble Word list (under special agreement with
HarperCollins). The software tool will work on a variety of platforms and will be made
available for all tournament organisers, most likely via the WESPA website.
Allan Simmons WESPA Chairman
Attention: E-mail addresses please -The ABSP are updating their list of e-mail addresses,
as it is cheaper and quicker to use. Please could all members who are happy to be
contacted by e-mail, send an e-mail to membership@absp.org.uk with their e-mail
address and membership number, if known.Those who have recently confirmed already,
need not do so again.
Scrabble gives
more to Charity
Mary Allen presenting a cheque for £1,000
to Myra Copleston of Cardiff Scrabble Club
who represents the Penarth Branch of
Cancer Research Fund Raising committee,
the result of activities held at the Cardiff
Weekend Scrabble Competition at
Abergavenny.
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A few words from Austin..
I flew to Sydney the day after I competed in the Milton Keynes Winter Matchplay. It was a
perfect warm up for the World Youth Scrabble Championship (WYSC) as I hadn’t competed
in a couple of months and was lacking match practise. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to
retain the trophy, but I remained optimistic about my chances in Australia.
After winning the first two games, I was placed third overall. The third game against
Singaporean Toh Weibin was my first game on table 1, and also the first time I had ever had
my game annotated. Fortunately, I was eased into it with three bonuses in the first four
moves, AGNATION, FATTENED and RESPITES, together with consistent scoring and another
bonus at the end, BLINDEST, sealed a lucky 545-398 win. In the fourth round, I was losing
against another Singaporean, Liew Kian Boon by 90 points, but managed to salvage the win
by playing DAWTIES (80) and VERLIGTE (89) in two moves to take the lead in the tournament.
I won the next three games to keep my 100% record, including a one point win over Benjamin
Chow, in a very tight endgame. My final game of the day was against David Eldar who was
third at the time. Although he won by 21, I remained the leader after day one on spread.
Following a near-perfect first day, I lost two of the next three games and dropped to third
place. Thankfully, I strung together a four-game winning streak with wins of 224, 15, 138
and 144 before losing the last one of the day by 8, to consolidate second position after day
two. This was important to make the best of five final.
The first game of day three saw me take on Eldar. I agonisingly lost 439-444 despite a lead of
58 points entering the final stages of the game. At this point, I had won 12/17 and the
chasing pack had the same number of wins. Eldar was ahead on 14/17 with three games
remaining and had almost sealed his place in the final. The 18th game against Thailand’s
Tanasak Supaphibunk, I went out with OBDURES (77) to take a very scrappy 326-295 win.
I won the last two to finish on 15/20 earning a place in the final against Eldar.
During lunch, all the Singaporeans wished me the best of luck. I was whisked away to a
room upstairs where we would play the final while the rest of the competitors observed
every move via a live internet broadcast in the main playing hall. The first game was very
one-sided as I won 619-341. I played
9-timer REMOTIoN for 131 points (extra
5 points was added on because of the
5-point penalty challenge). In the
second game, squandered chances to
win proved costly as I could have made
it 2-0 but nevertheless the score was 11. Unfortunately, my run of good luck
ended with two further losses resulting
in a 3-1 defeat.
When we returned to the main hall, we
were greeted with generous applause.
I was told that we both had our own set
of supporters among the watching
Austin (seated far right) joins a group of Singaporean,
Thai and Malaysian players
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competitors. I received A$800 (£400) and a trophy. One of the Australian national newspapers,
The Mercury, featured a small article on the tournament with a picture of us playing in the
final.
A week later, I participated in the Causeway Scrabble Challenge 2006 in Malaysia. 20 games
were played over three days. This time, I came top of the open division with 18/20 wins,
finishing four games ahead of the second placed competitor. I won RM2,500 (about £350)
and I was interviewed by a journalist from the national Malaysian newspaper, The Star.
I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. I made many friends that I would not have
Austin Shin
normally have had the opportunity in meeting over two weeks.
And a mystery explained
“If this bloke wants to talk into his mobile why does
he have to stand in front of the noticeboard?”
I understand that at scrabble tournaments some players cannot
understand why anyone would want to spend time, after each
couple of rounds or so, reading the results into a mobile phone.
I will endeavour to explain the mystery.
There must be many Scrabble players who compete in tournaments but do not have a
computer at home which is connected to the Internet. If you are amongst these then all
your news concerning coming tournaments, results of past tournaments and how your
rating stands can only be gleaned from the pages of ”The Last Word”.
The ABSP has an extensive website where computer users can see the whole scrabble
tournament calendar and the up to date ratings list. In addition to this there is an email
group called uk-scrabble where every email sent is received by everyone else. At the end
of a tournament you probably collect a result printout for your division from the computer
operator. The complete results of all divisions are usually sent by email to the uk-scrabble
group so, very often, all members of the group will have read them before you get home.
You might think that everyone would be happy with this arrangement but it has been
taken a stage further. Updates to the masses during the tournaments.
One player, usually the one in your way when you are trying to read where you stand
after the last round and who you will be playing in the next one, phones a colleague who
is at home by his/her computer. Information about the current leaders is passed on, an
email sent and the news appears instantly on the screens of the rest of the group. A bit like
Sky News really. We do try to phone our reports through during coffee and meal breaks
so I hope we don’t get in your way too much.
My part in all this? Unpaid unelected press-ganged co-ordinator of who does the phoning
and who sends the emails. However, at the time of writing I am basking in the sunshine in
Benidorm and letting our band of volunteers get on with it!
Geoff Cooper
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Graeme Thomas
In June of last year we all mourned the sudden,
tragic loss of Pete Finley. Few people were
more shocked than Graeme Thomas, who
bravely stood in front of the assembled crowd
at the funeral and delivered a moving eulogy
to a fellow past ABSP chairman and a close
friend. Nobody could have imagined that less
than six months later someone else would be
doing the same for Graeme himself. In his
tribute to Pete, Graeme concluded by saying
that anyone attempting to fill the void left by
his departure would certainly fail; it is a void
which now feels like a chasm.
In the UK Scrabble community, Graeme
Thomas was seen as a treasure trove of knowledge on every subject you could imagine.
Anyone who spent even one day sitting next to him adjudicating at a Scrabble tournament
will testify that he would define every valid word that came up and was invariably ‘spot on’.
Admittedly, by the end of those days we would quite often know a lot of information we
never particularly wanted to know, but you could never fail to be impressed by the breadth
of his knowledge or his passion for sharing it with others.
Graeme’s only brush with television was a sadly short-lived appearance on Countdown in
1983 (he had the misfortune to come up against Gareth Williams in his first match). However
if Graeme had ever been allowed as a guest on “QI”, they could have made a two-hour
special before anyone else had had a chance to speak.
Some familiar scenes from Scrabble tournaments over the past 30 years:
mocking anonymous email writers or anyone connected with Mattel or Collins, his sharpest
derision was always saved for members of the British press when reporting on anything to
do with Scrabble. To use his own words from a very recent email to the Scrabble mailing list,
“I’ve had major difficulties lately judging issues by the criterion of “surely no journalist
could be stupid enough to make that up”, only to find that they could”. Nonetheless,
Graeme conducted numerous interviews for newspaper and radio and was a leading
ambassador for the game both during his long stint as ABSP Chairman and in the years that
followed.
In the days after first learning of Graeme’s tragic death, Scrabble players in the UK who
thought they knew him well were amazed at the number of international tributes that came
in from every corner of the world. Players from Nigeria to New Zealand have been taking
the time to write and tell the members of their communities what Graeme meant to them.
Even in North America, so often isolated from the rest of the Scrabble world, dozens of
emails appeared from people who had only met Graeme once or twice, or in some cases
never at all, but who had appreciated his dry wit and his keenness to build bridges across
that Great Divide. To quote just one of those messages, from a player in California:
“Of all the thousands of Scrabble players there have been over the years, Graeme Thomas
stood out as the one who GENUINELY loved words and word origins. The man could talk
for hours about common and esoteric words without losing my interest. He once traveled
all the way to America just to support a small tournament our friend was conducting.
He helped me on many occasions in my business and personal relationships, in particular
these two invaluable pieces of Graeme’s wit and wisdom:
1. Never ascribe evil intentions to someone’s actions that hurt you. That person might just
be incompetent or clueless.
2. Never argue with an idiot in public. An observer might not be able to tell which one is
the idiot.”
Another person wrote:
“My event is three days away and my Tournament Director has dropped out”
“Ask Graeme Thomas, he’ll be happy to help”
“I’m having trouble with the ABSP’s computer program”
“Ask Graeme, he wrote it, he’ll be happy to help”
Graeme, thank you for enriching my life and outlooks in so many ways. It is an honour to
have had you as a friend.
Those are sentiments which were echoed by dozens more.
“That’s an interesting and obscure word you’ve just played, I wonder what it means...” you
wouldn’t even need to ask Graeme, he’d be there! He would define it, decline it, chastise
you for not knowing it and give you the seven alternative spellings before you’d got back to
your seat.
Discussion soon began of ways in which Graeme’s enormous contribution to the world of
Scrabble would be commemorated. One of those suggestions came from another North
American friend, John Chew, who said that “graeme” could become an eponym. The only
question is what it ought to mean to graeme, or to be a graeme. Most of the comments that
followed implied that it would have to include all of the following... a hugely respected
ambassador for Scrabble across the world.... a man who knows so much about so much....
a prolific organiser, director and computer operator... a man for whom nothing is too much
trouble... and a great friend who would give you the shirt off his own back. The only
problem with Scrabble players giving that definition to “graeme” is that it will be such a
long time before anyone else is worthy of holding the title.
Graeme was not known to suffer fools gladly and while he took great delight in gently
Adapted from the eulogy given by Stewart at Graeme’s funeral.
“I’m new and I don’t really know what I’m doing”
“Ask Graeme, he’ll be happy to help”
and heaven forbid....
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Ed
Michael was the founder of the Southern Counties Scrabble League and for 17 years he
was the inspiration behind it’s growth and popularity. His League gave pleasure and
fulfilment to hundreds of local scrabble players and he was greatly missed when he decided
to retire at the end of the 2001 season.
Michael was also involved in the founding of several Scrabble Clubs including Croydon
and Carshalton and his Croydon Red team was regularly one of the top teams in the
Southern Counties League. Some of you will no doubt remember that back in the early
80’s players competed in their own clubs with only an occasional visit to one of the rare
tournaments to get a chance to play other players. It was a friendly game between Croydon
and Southampton Scrabble Club in September 1984 which sparked off the idea of forming
a League. Michael developed the idea, persuaded people to support him and started the
League in February 1985 with just nine Clubs. When he retired there were over 40 teams
playing in the League.
Michael was closely supported in the League’s administrative tasks by Pam Titherage his
partner for over 20 years and they were familiar figures together at Tournaments all over
the UK. They always had a kindly word for Southern League players wherever they met
them. Pam and Michael married quite recently and our thoughts and heartfelt good wishes
go out to Pam in her time of great loss.
EDGEWAYS
MICHAEL PARTNER RIP
It is with great sadness that I report that Michael died on Friday 24th November 2006
following a short but severe illness with inoperable cancer. The reason for his feeling ill
was diagnosed in June and over the next five months things got rapidly worse and, towards
the end, he was in the Marie Curie Hospice in Caterham where his wife Pam says he was
well looked after but it was very harrowing and awfully difficult to minimise the extreme
pain and discomfort as his end drew nigh.
The Five-Minute Anagram Challenge
Below are four sets of anagrams, presented in ascending order of difficulty based partly on
the likely familiarity of the words and partly on the nature of their ‘pattern’. Each anagram
has a unique solution. It is suggested that full marks in set A corresponds to an ABSP rating
of around 125; in set B to 150; in set C to 175; and in set D to 200, though of course people
differ in their vocabularies and anagramming skills so any such categorisation can only be
loose and intuitive. Give yourself five minutes for the chosen set. Of course, by all means
try the harder sets, but don’t be discouraged if the going gets tough!
A.
B.
C.
D.
Michael was always a kind and considerate man, a very keen scrabble enthusiast with a
love for the game and a great desire to see it kept alive and available for all players of
every level, even those with modest aspirations. His going is yet another big loss to the
World of Scrabble.
Peter Sime
Compiled by David Sutton
(Puzzle solutions on inside back cover)
ROUGEAC
SAWDORN
BREVIAT
RERHINO
BEATNIC
LARKINE
RETROFIN
IRONYARD
SAFETEND
FEARBOOT
SETBALL
GILTAID
ANTHEME
AQUOIES
TRINTED
ARAGONS
CANOLIS
REMANGE
SHEATED
AIRMADE
DIMNILE
HITPETE
HARDGIS
ADORANT
DRIPROC
UNBODICE
LAYMOAN
ANYMOAT
BUGRIFE
NICEGUES
SEEKBELL
LOBEMYN
OMBOLES
SONGROT
IMPOURT
HAVELUIS
KATAISTS
MADLINIE
ALLSPYS
IHEAROUT
You Can Put An X On That?!
Most –X hooks are plurals and so fairly obvious, like EAU/EAUX, but here are a few that
are not and can easily be overlooked.
APE
A message from UK Games Expo 2007
We are just notifying you that there is a new
Boardgame and other games convention in
Birmingham next summer whose aim is to
promote and encourage the playing of
games of all sorts. As you are enthusiastic
scrabble players you might find some of
the abstract and word puzzles and other
boardgames of interest.
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UK GAMES EXPO 2007
Everything about games
2nd to 3rd June 2007
The Clarendon Suites
2 Stirling Road, Edgbaston,
Birmingham B16 9SB
http://www.UKGamesExpo.co.uk
BORA
CARE
CODE
CRU
FLU
GALA
HOA
JIN
LATE
LIMA
MINIMA
MIRE
PRE
REDO
SILE
SIMPLE
SORE
VIBE
VITE
Multipack Monsters
GANEF is a Yiddish word for a thief. It has the following variants:
GANEF
GANEV
GANOF
GONIF
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GONIFF
GONOF
GONOPH
Author! Author!
Sir Walter Scott
This will probably get me lynched if I ever venture north of the
Border, but I have to confess that I have never really got on with the
novels of Sir Walter Scott. This is puzzling, as I feel it ought to be just
the kind of stuff I like, but somehow that ornate style gets in the way:
I find myself exclaiming “Oh, get on with it, man, we haven’t got all
day”. But of course, Scott’s original readers did have all day, and
maybe that’s what he deserves; I must have another go some time.
Meanwhile, here are some of the now rather strange words that he
resurrected or coined.
astucious having keen perception; of astute and penetrating discernment.
bartisan, bartizan a small overhanging turret projecting from an angle on the top of a tower.
beetmister Scott’s spelling of BEETMASTER, a help in need.
beflum to befool, cajole.
birlieman a BYRLAW-MAN, an arbiter, oddsman or umpire in matters of local law.
breaskit Scott’s spelling of BRISKET, the breast of an animal, viewed as meat.
brouze Scott’s spelling of BROOSE, a race at a wedding.
canceleer, cancelier the turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her
aim in the stoop; (verb) to make such a turn.
condiddle to steal.
dargle a dell.
eatche an adze.
empacket to pack up.
fanfarona a gold chain.
frampal Scott’s spelling of FRAMPOLD, peevish, intractable.
frampler a brawler.
galopin an errand boy, kitchen boy.
gamash, gramash Scott’s spelling of GRAMOCHE, a kind of legging.
magg to steal.
massymore a subterranean prison.
misarray disarray.
monotroch a wheelbarrow.
noop a knob, the tip of the elbow.
penneech, penneeck an old card-game with a new trump for every trick.
phrenesiac hypochondriac.
pictarnie a tern.
rabatine a low collar.
railly a jacket.
ranshackle, ranshakle to search, ransack.
rascaille a form of RASCAL, rabble.
raun Scott’s spelling of RAWN, fish-roe.
reckan racked.
scrae scree, loose rock debris.
sibb a blood relation, a kinsman.
steery a commotion.
tedy tedious: TEDIER, TEDIEST.
tertia Scott’s spelling of TERCIO, an infantry
regiment, originally Spanish.
toustie irascible: TOUSTIER, TOUSTIEST.
tozie a shawl made from a goat's inner coat.
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trankum a trinket.
tuptowing Scott’s present participle of TYPTO, to work at Greek conjugation.
unbrizzed Scott’s spelling of UNBRUISED. (A slightly worse effort, one notes, than that of
Shakespeare who at least managed UNBRUSED).
unhalsed unsaluted.
vassail, vessail a vessel.
verquire Scott’s spelling of VERQUERE, an obsolete form of backgammon.
villagio Scott’s spelling of Shakespearean VILIACO, VILLIAGO or VILIAGO, a coward. Pl.
VILLAGIOES or VILLAGIOS.
viretot rush, dash, gad.
wampish to brandish, flourish.
yarto Scott’s spelling of JARTA or YARTA, heart, used as term of endearment in the
Shetlands. [ON hjarta, heart].
yealdon Scott’s spelling of ELDIN, fuel.
Curio Corner
The word TORQUE, in the sense of a neck ornament with variant
TORC, has mysteriously acquired an –S in American usage and
gone on to develop its own plural, thus giving us an unusual
‘double plural’ situation: TORQUE/TORQUES/TORQUESES.
Another example is KUDO/KUDOS/KUDOSES, though here the
‘correct’ singular is KUDOS and it is KUDO that has been formed
by an erroneous back-formation. Can you think of any other examples? – no reward offered, but plenty of KUDOS or possibly KUDOSES.
Match The Benjamins
A Benjamin is a 3-letter extension of a five-letter word, especially relevant to the second move in a game where knowing a Benjamin for your opponent’s word played may
allow you to reach a triple-letter square.
Here are ten ‘front benjamins’, where three letters are to be prefixed to a five letter word to
create a valid new word, and ten ‘back benjamins’, where three letters are to be suffixed.
Your task is to match the correct prefixes and suffixes to their respective five-letter words.
Be warned that some of the resulting eight-letter words are fairly unusual.
Front Benjamins
CAR
ABAND
AWH
ABOUT
THR
ADORE
TOM
ALIAS
CAL
ALLEY
PAL
AMITY
MAT
AMINO
GAD
APACE
SAR
APING
VED
APPLE
Back Benjamins
ABOMA
POD
AGENE
SAL
AGGRI
YPY
ALAMO
TIC
ALLOT
ROM
AMBER
ICA
AMPLE
EVE
ANGEL
DES
ANGLE
INA
ANGST
XUS
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hule, ule a Central American rubber tree.
Watch Your Language: 4. Nahuatl
Continuing our series in which we take a look at some of the more exotic languages that have
contributed to the Scrabble player’s lexicon. Those wishing to pursue a particular language more
fully might care to look at the Words page on the ABSP web site.
Nahuatl, also called Aztec, is an American Indian language of the
Uto-Aztecan family, spoken in central and western Mexico.
Classical Nahuatl was the language of the Aztec and Toltec
civilizations of Mexico. A large body of literature in Nahuatl,
produced by the Aztecs, survives from the 16th century, recorded
in an orthography that was introduced by Spanish priests and
based on that of Spanish.
jacal a hut built of erect stakes filled in with wattle and mud, common in Mexico and the southwestern US; an adobe house. Also, the material or method used in building such a hut. Pl.
JACALS or JACALES. [Nahuatl xacalli contr. of xamitl calli adobe house.]
jicama an edible starchy tuberous root of a leguminous tropical American vine.
mescal, mezcal a distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave.
mesquit, mesquite, mezquit, mezquite, muskit a name for two trees of the southwestern part of
North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite.
metate in Mexico etc., a stone with a concave surface used in conjunction with a MANO for
grinding maize.
achiote the seeds of the ANNATTO tree; also, the colouring
matter, ANNATTO.
nopal a Central American cactus plant, on which the cochineal insect feeds, and from which it
is collected. [Nahuatl nopalli, cactus].
aguacate an avocado pear.
ocelot a kind of cat.
atlatl a Native American throwing-stick.
ocotillo a cactus-like Mexican tree.
avocado a rough-skinned pear-shaped edible fruit. [Sp. from
Nahuatl ahuacatl]. Pl. AVOCADOS or AVOCADOES.
axolotl
istle, ixtle a fibre obtained from the agave.
peyote, peyotl a Mexican intoxicant made from cactus tops.
axolotl (left) any of a number of Central
American salamanders of the genus Ambystoma,
which live in lakes and retain many larval
characters. [Nahuatl, f. atl water + xolotl servant.]
pulque a Mexican fermented drink made from agave. [Nahuatl
puli˙hki, decomposed.]
cacao a small evergreen tree of South America
and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible
pulp, enclosing seeds about the size of an
almond, from which cocoa and chocolate are
prepared.
sacahuista, sacahuiste a kind of grass that may cause poisoning
in livestock.
cacomistle, cacomixl
a North American
carnivore, about the size of a cat, related to the
raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and
California.
tacamahac, tacmahack, takamaka
various tropical trees.
chayote a tropical American cucurbitaceous plant, aka CHOKO or CHOCHO. [Nahuatl
chayotli.]
chicle the coagulated latex of the SAPODILLA, and several related trees, which forms the basis
of chewing- gum. [Nahuatl tzictli.]
chilli the (dried) red pod of a Capsicum pepper used in sauces, relishes,
etc., and made into a hot cayenne. Pl. CHILLIS or CHILLIES. [Nahuatl
chilli.]
quetzal, quezal a golden-green bird of Central America. Pl.
QUETZALES or QUETZALS, QUEZALS or QUEZALES.
sotol any of several desert plants of the genus Dasylirion, of the
agave family, native to south-western N. America; the fibre from
the leaves of this plant; an alcoholic drink made from its sap.
a gum resin yielded by
tamal, tamale a highlyseasoned Mexican dish of
fruit.
teocalli a temple, usually
of pyramidal form, such
as were built by the
aborigines of Mexico,
Yucatan, etc. [Nahuatl
teotl, god + calli, house].
teopan a TEOCALLI, an
Aztec pyramid temple.
chinampa (far right) a floating garden of earth piled on rafts of twigs.
copal a hard resin got from tropical trees. [Nahuatl copalli incense.]
tule a large American
bulrush. [Nahuatl tollin,
tullin].
guacamole a kind of dip. [Nahuatl ahuacamoli, avocado sauce].
guayule a silver-leaved shrub of the daisy family.
hoactzin, hoatzin a South American bird; the young have clawed wings.
Pl. HOACTZINES or HOACTZINS, HOATZINES or HOATZINS.
zopilote
the American
black vulture, aka URUBU.
[Nahuatl pilotl].
huisache a thorny, scrubby acacia.
chinampa
hoatzin
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quetzal
The following story was written by Alan Childs and is intended to help
you remember some of those NON- words that along with RE- and
OUT- and UN- can be among the most troublesome in the Scrabble
player’s repertoire. NON is acceptable before all words printed in
capitals.
SUGAR WHITE’S MOVING STORY
SUGAR WHITE, a BLACK MAN AGED 19, had a CASUAL STYLE but SUCH ENERGY! A FAN
of heavy METAL MUSIC, he loved to PARTY and join in EXOTIC DANCE. His SOCIAL group
of friends were a mixed bunch: an ARTIST who was also a DRUG ADDICT, an actor and a
NEWS WRITER. So the FOCAL POINT for a chat tended to be ART, ACTING in PLAYS, NEWS
topics like TIDAL waves, when they got into PRINT, or MORAL ISSUES like LIVES lost in the
WAR in Iraq. They were SMOKERS but not alcoholic; their favourite LIQUID was COLA. A
VIRGIN with RANDOM SEXUAL feelings, he wondered if he was GAY since most of his pals
were male, but EROTIC with MEN never! His COLOR, PLUS ETHNIC background, made
SUGAR a TARGET for VERBAL and RACIAL abuse from a few MEMBERS of the PUBLIC.
In TRUTH, HOME was POOR lodgings in an URBAN area, but a BASIC SELF BELIEF that
things would improve prevailed. He was a dreamer who could almost SENSE LIVING in a
LEAFY GREEN RURAL COUNTY. A DAIRY FARMER perhaps with acres of ARABLE land
where he would be a HUNTER and win a MAJOR EVENT with his ANIMAL, meet the ROYAL
FAMILY and gain a TITLE maybe. ENTRY into the ELITE CLASS! GAME for anything, he
might try a CAREER as GOLFER, SKATER, SKIER or DANCER? One night he dreamed vividly
of BEING in the LEGAL SYSTEM AS A LAWYER and making a VOCA L summing up SPEECH
to the JURY.
railings. SUGAR thought himself IMMUNE to INJURY having had his fair QUOTA of rough
tumbles, but this was different; he managed to CLING on and make an URGENT call for help
on his MOBILE before FADING into unconsciousness.
“Oh”, he thought, when he awoke, “It wasn’t FATAL,” and then he saw the most beautiful
sight in the world, his nurse, a WHITE girl called Lemona BLACK. They BONDED instantly
like an ATOMIC reaction. The DOCTOR told him he had suffered only mild concussion. The
POLICE had a WORD about the accident but the RULING was a FORMAL warning, a
DEGREE lenient; no ACTION taken on his CRIME of driving without road TAX because no
other PERSON was involved.
The happy couple were joined in UNION at the LOCAL CHURCH six months later, all
CREDIT to him he looked nice in his new SUIT and she? million DOLLAR! In the FINAL
ENDING their children were RATED by some people as Chinese looking; probably the mix of
sweet and sour, SUGAR and Lemona.
Birds of a Feather
One of Graham Wakefield’s ‘letter logic’ specials. This is a crossword with no actual clues
but the numbers in the squares represent the value of the letter in Scrabble (so, for example,
8 must be X or J), and as a further aid all the solutions have an ornithological flavour.
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All this dreaming made him restless and he decided to take ACTION before he was PAYING
the cost with a MENTAL breakdown; the ANSWER would be MOVING.
He bought a car from a former SCHOOL chum who needed the CASH. What he was
BUYING was not antique but definitely UNIQUE. He liked its SOLID SECURE look; it
seemed IDEAL and SUITED him and would improve his IMAGE to a VIEWER. Little RUBBER
on the tyres and no road TAX but at least he had a VALID licence. The car ran on FUEL
GRADED as LEADED and he guessed it was EMPTY, yes the gauge read ZERO. He left
WORK, got PAID his MONEY, said goodbye to MANUAL LABOUR at the MEAT MARKET and
set off the very next morning.
Which way should he ELECT to go? Since it was PEAK traffic time USING the back road
would PROFIT him by BEING less busy; the one PAST the college CAMPUS and the BRAND
new block of flats. There were few VIABLE alternatives. The flats site had raised a GLARE of
publicity when they demolished the NAVAL block and discovered masses of TOXIC waste.
He took that route and was soon FLYING along at a STEADY 60 mph. Much later, when it
got dark and colder, he realised that he had no firm plans, but he never worried too much,
was EQUAL to any occasion. He began to dream of when he would be a famous AUTHOR
writing NOVELS like his HERO Thomas HARDY. SUGAR was an avid READER of BOOKS.
Now suddenly he was fully awake! A CRISIS! An INSECT BITING his BODY! It obviously
regarded an ADULT HUMAN BEING AS EDIBLE FOOD. Squirming and trying to COMBAT
this menace SUGAR felt a slight SLIP, he was an EXPERT DRIVER but mistakenly thought the
road was GREASY whereas it was in FACT FROZEN. Now he went into a SKID, rolled down
a steep BANK through WOODY GROWTH and came to a STOP on IMPACT with IRON
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Personal Profile: George Gruner
Continuing our series profiling various well-known players and
attempting to explore their approach to the game. My guest on this
occasion is George Gruner. With a current ABSP rating of 179 and
a best ever of 187, George has been a force on the tournament
scene for several years now, and is renowned for his extensive word
knowledge.
George, can you say a little about your progress through the Scrabble
ranks.
I start playing competitive Scrabble in 1994. My rating for that year
was 126. It took me till 1998 to get to 156, but then I improved
fairly steadily to reach 170 in 2000, 175 in 2001 and my peak rating
of 187 at the end of February 2004.
When you analyse your own games, do you find that when you miss the optimum move, this is most
often a) because you simply don’t know the word, b) because you know the word but don’t find it
or c) because you know the word and find it but fail to recognise that it is the optimum move.
Very much b). I reckon to know pretty well all the words in SOWPODS up to and including eight
letters, in the sense of recognising them as valid if presented with them. I learn words by visual
recognition, so I need to shuffle the letters until the word springs out at me. Many of the words
I have learnt I cannot recall without this visual nudge. For example, yesterday I has the rack
AAGINST. The obvious AGAINST wouldn’t fit. I shuffled and produced ANTIGAS*, which didn’t
feel right, and then suddenly saw ANTISAG, which immediately rang a ‘Yes’ bell in my mind.
Do you attempt to ‘peak’ for certain events (i.e. intensify your study) or do you tend to keep at a
consistent level throughout?
I aim at a consistent level throughout.
Approximately how many hours per day, on average, do you devote to the play and/or study of the
game?
To what extent do you find that once you have learnt words you tend to remember them and to what
extent do you find that your word knowledge suffers from ‘fade’ and requires constant reinforcement?
I study for one to two hours per day. I reckon to play between 70 and 100 rated games per year.
Fade is a definite problem, hence the need to constantly revise.
Can you describe what forms your study takes, in order of importance to you.
How interested are you in the meanings of the words?
Mainly general word familiarisation, from OSWI or the dictionary. After that, the study of hooks,
which I actually consider of paramount importance. I no longer spend much time testing myself
on anagrams, although I have done a lot of this in the past. To my mind this is a skill which can
be learnt and which, once learnt, tends not to be forgotten, though that’s not to say that a spot
of revision in this department wouldn’t be useful. The rest of my study consists of play against
the computer and human opponents. I don’t analyse my games. The games against the computer
I treat as a learning exercise e.g. I use the computer’s kibitz function.
My interest in the meanings is at best marginal.
Can you say roughly what proportion of your study time you spend on each of the word lengths from
4 to 8?
How much do you think success at Scrabble depends on a natural ability which, perhaps like musical ability, one tends to have or not have and how much do you think it is overwhelmingly a matter of application?
About equal for all lengths.
In the case of seven- and eight-letter words, can you roughly quantify the way in which you weight
your study, if you do, towards higher probability words.
I aim to study all the words but spend considerably more time on the more probable.
Do you spend any time on the study of words of nine letters or more?
No.
Do you study bonus stems?
Would you describe your attitude towards significant extensions to the Scrabble lexicon (such as
happened with OSWI and may happen with Collins) as apprehension, excitement or something
between?
I am quite excited.
I think that there is definitely a natural ability to solve anagrams. I have had to work long and
hard to develop this skill, which did not (and still does not) come naturally to me.
Do you feel that you have pretty much got as far as you’re going to in the game, or do you feel
that you have the potential to get significantly better?
I’m afraid I’ve got about as far as I’m going to. If you ask me what my limiting factors are, I can
only say I wish I knew! But I find it interesting that I appear to have been more or less on a
plateau since 2002, although I have learnt many new words since 2002. I suspect that I may be
guilty of weak strategies in real games, which offsets the increased vocabulary.
Yes.
Any other hints for our readers?
Do you use any mnemonic techniques, e.g. anamonics, associative phoneys, or the kind of more elaborate techniques described in ‘How To Win at Scrabble’?
If you have, say, an hour for study during the day, I find it is far better to use this time in short
bursts of 5-15 mins, rather than in a single slog.
I use quite a few associative phoneys.
Thank you, George, and hang in there: it could still be that the best is yet to come!
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FA N TA S Y S C R A B B L E L E A G U E 2 0 0 7
Last year the FSL was won by Barry Grossman, with me and Peter Thomas in
second and third. Due to the tragic events of last year, I had decided not to
publish updates in TLW, and to donate all but the winner's £10 to the Pete Finley
Fund. This year I hope will be less traumatic so I will run the competition again.
Peter Thomas and I will have free entry.
THE RULES
The top 30 players as at 31 December 2006 have been broken down into three
groups - A, B and C and valued accordingly between 50p and 10p. Everybody
else is in category D and worth 5p. You must pick at least one player from each
group, but can choose as many as you like from each providing your team is
worth no more than £1.30. (Given the fact that Adam Logan is miles ahead of the
field, and will probably disappear from the rating by April, he will be ineligible
for Fantasy Scrabble purposes.)
In addition to this, you must choose 2 players in Group E (providing they had a
full rating (30 games) as at 31 Dec 2006) who you think will improve during the
year. They will cost 10p each. Therefore cost of entry is £1.50.
SCORING
Players in groups A to D will score points based on their position in the ratings list
as at 31 Dec 2007. The player rated top will receive 30 points, the player in
second place will earn 29, and so on down to the player in 30th place who will
receive 1 point. Ties will share the relevant points. Also players will receive
points if the win any major competitions (in the highest Division at each event)
through the year based on the following sliding scale.
BMSC & MASTERS
EASTER MATCHPLAY & NSC
DURHAM, SUMMER MATCHPLAY & WINTER MATCHPLAY
10 points
8 points
5 points
Players chosen in group E will receive points based on the number of points they
have improved their rating over the year. This does mean, of course, that your
two choices may actually lose you points if their rating goes down! Check the
ratings elsewhere in the magazine to see standings at time of going to press. For
up to date ratings check out www.absp.org.uk and browse the ratings pages. You
can also see the 31 December 2006 ratings and compare them to the current
position.
(Note - players in Group E will not receive points for being in the top 30 or
winning major tournaments so it is possible to pick a player in E that you have in
one of the other sections.)
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199
198
196
194
194
194
193
193
191
GROUP A
Brett Smitheram(GM)
Olatunde Odulwole*
Andrew Davis(GM)
Wale Fashina
Andrew Perry(GM)
David Webb(GM)
Paul Allan(GM)
Helen Gipson(GM)
Ed Martin(Exp)
Andrew Cook(GM)
50p
45p
45p
45p
40p
40p
40p
35p
35p
35p
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185
184
182
182
181
181
181
180
180
GROUP C
Mark Nyman(GM)
Neil Scott(GM)
Femi Awowade(Exp)
David Sutton
Bob Violett(Exp)
George Gruner(Exp)
Stewart Holden(GM)
Gary Oliver
Lewis Mackay(Exp)
Brian Sugar(GM)
15p
15p
15p
15p
15p
10p
10p
10p
10p
10p
GROUP B
H L’suriya(GM)
30p
Phil Appleby(GM)
30p
Allan Simmons(GM)
30p
Terry Kirk(GM)
30p
Di Dennis(GM)
25p
Wayne Kelly(Exp)
25p
Shanker Menon
25p
G Williams(GM)
25p
Craig Beevers(Exp)
20p
Theresa Camilleri
20p
Adam Philpotts
20p
GROUP D
Any playerGROUP
not listed
D above is worth
5p (Not
Adam
though!)
Any
player
not Logan
listed above
is worth
5p (Not Adam Logan though!)
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190
190
189
188
187
187
187
186
186
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GROUP E
Choose any two players that you think
will improve their rating the most over
the course of the year.
*Note- Although Olatunde Oduwole didn't have a full rating as at 31/12/06, to not give him a value
in thelist would be asking for trouble!
TO ENTER
Send your choices, plus £1.50 entry fee, to Wayne Kelly, 17 Cossack Avenue,
Orford, Warrington, WA2 9PB. Cheques should be made payable to Wayne
Kelly.
Alternatively you can email your selection to me at
waynekelly74@aol.com and pass the cash on when you next see me.
Remember you must choose at least one player from each group A to D and two
players in section E. Please indicate which group each player is in, their full name
and value. If possible please give their rating/club, in case of players with
namesakes!
Also include your name, address, phone number and email address if you have
one, in case there are any problems with your selection or, of course, if you win!
The closing date for entries is 31st March 2007 and you must have paid before
Exeter- April 7th (or if you are attending Exeter on the first day of the event to me
in person.)
The winner will receive 50% of the total takings and there will be second and
third prizes given with a 30% - 20% split.
Good luck everybody!
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Leicester (6 games)
Perth (7 games)
Registration 09.15
First game
09.45
Number of divisions to be decided,
depending upon entries
Soup and sandwiches will be provided, meals
can be purchased
Saturday 3rd February
Contact
Amy Byrne
0131 661 3869
Venue
Gannochy Suite, Dewars
Centre, Glover Street, Perth,
PH2 0TH
Nottingham Nomads (16 games)
Contact
Saturday 3rd - Sunday 4th February
Wirral
Open
Clive Spate
0115-920-0208
Or
10th - 11th February
Contact
Len Moir
0151-6061112
John Harrison
0798 6768056
First game
Entry Cost
10:10 Departure by 18.00
£17 for ABSP members
£19 for non-ABSP members
playing in the competitive section
£10 for the recreational section
Deduct 50p if bringing a timer and are
prepared to lend it. Hot lunch will be provided
as will Tea/Coffee in breaks
Cheques payable to Andover and District
Scrabble Club, C/o Alan Bailey, 84 East Lodge
Park, Farlington, Portsmouth, P06 1AQ
Andover (6 games)
7th Grand Hampshire Open
Incorporating 7th Annual Test Valley
Sunday 18th February
Contact
Alan Bailey
023 9238 4360
In emergency on the day
07763 894738
Venue
John Hanson School, Floral
Way, Andover. SP10 3PB
Registration 09:15
3 Divisional tournament
Tea/Coffee available on arrival and after the
Saturday 3rd March
fourth game.
Contact
Marjorie Smith
Entry costs:
£10.50 to ABSP member
01162 551176
£12.50 to non-ABSP member
Venue
The Church of the Blessed
Sacrament, Gooding Avenue, Deduct 50p if willing to bring and loan a timer
Cheques payable to Leicester West End
Leicester
Registration 9:30
Firstgame
10:15 Scrabble Club MP event and sent to Marjorie
Smith, 9 Brazil Street, Leicester, LE2 7JA
Departure
17:30
Swindon (6
games)
Sunday 11th March
Contact
Steve Perry
01367-244757
Emergency on day
07969-294062 or
07811-481949
Venue
University of Bath in Swindon,
Oakfield Campus, Marlowe Ave,
Walcot, Swindon, SN3 3JR
Charity event for Macmillan Cancer Relief
Saturday 17th March 2007
Contact
Ed Breed
01424 219 334
Venue
Hailsham Community Hall,
Vicarage Lane, Hailsham,
BN27 2AE
Registration 09:00
Entries not accepted after 09.45
Departure time
17.45
2/3 divisional tournament.
Tea/Coffee available at points during the day
but lunch is not provided.
Entry costs:
£12.50 for ABSP member
£14.50 for non-ABSP member
Deduct 50p if bringing timer. Cheques
payable to East Sussex Scrabble Tournament
and sent to Ed Breed, 19 Magdalen Road,
Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex. TN40 1SB
Clifton Park Hotel, (Near Lytham)
Contact
Viv Beckmann
0191 273 1705
Contact
Chris Hawkins
01733 223202
07879 885158 (mobile)
East Sussex (6 games)
16th - 19th March
New Malden (6 games)
Peterborough Free Challenge Event
Saturday 24th February
Contact
Shirley Cave
020 8540 8469
Venue
Christ Church Centre, Coombe
Road, New Malden , KT3 4RE
Registration 9.15
First game 1 0 : 0 0
Departure
17.45 4 Divisions
Entry costs:
Peterborough 5pp Challenge Event
Contact
Saturday 24th February
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£12.50 for ABSP member
£14.50 for non-ABSP member
Deduct 50p if bringing a clock which you are
willing to lend.
Tea, Coffee and biscuits will be provided
Cheques payable to S I Cave, 14 Linden Gate,
9 Church Walk, Raynes Park, London, SW20 9DL
Chris Hawkins
01733 223202
07879 885158 (mobile)
Registration Not Before 09.15
First game
10:15
Clocks will be started at 10.15
4 Divisional tournament.
Tea, coffee, fruit juices and biscuits available
throughout the day, lunch NOT provided
Entry costs:
£13.50 to ABSP members
£15.50 to non-ABSP members
Deduct 50p if bringing timer and willing to
lend it. Cheques payable to Steve Perry and
sent to Steve Perry, 29 Elm Road, Faringdon,
Oxfordshire, SN7 7EJ
Saturday 24th March
Southampton (6 games)
Sunday 25th March
Contact
Alan Bailey
023 9238 4360
Venue
Hedge End Village Hall (close
to M27)
Emergency no on day
07763 894738
Registration 09:05 - 09.45
First game
10:00 Departure 17:50
4 Divisional tournament A-D
Tea and coffee will be available during some
breaks and before start
Entry costs:
£12.50 for ABSP member
£14.50 for non-ABSP member
Deduct 50p if bringing timer and prepared
to lend it
Cheques payable to Southampton Scrabble
Club, C/o Alan Bailey, 84 East Lodge Park,
Farlington, Portsmouth, P06 1AQ
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Exeter ISCA
Friday 6th – 7th April
Contact
Exeter Main event
Ronnie Reid
01256-354604
Saturday 7th – Monday 9th April
Contact
Laura Finley
0191 5654079
Entry form on the ABSP website
20th Durham Tournament
14 - 15th April 2007
Sutton Coldfield (5 UNRATED games)
Saturday 29th
28th April
April
Saturday
Contact
Rick Blakeway
0121 249 0892
Venue
Stonnall Village Hall, Main St
Stonnall, Staffs, WS9 9DY
Registration 10.15
First game
10.00 Departure 17.30
2/3 divisions. Tea/coffee served on arrival and
throughout the day. Pub nearby
Entry Cost
£7.00
Cheques payable to Mrs. S. V. Green and sent
to Rick Blakeway, 1 Hill Crest Road, Moseley,
Birmingham, B13 8EX
Bourne (6 games)
Tea/Coffee available all day
Entry costs: £12.00 for ABSP member
£14.00 for non ABSP member
Deduct 50p if bringing a timer
Cheques payable to Bourne and district
Scrabble Club and sent to Betty Benton,
Walnut Farm, Twenty, Bourne, Lincs, PE10 0BH
Closing Date for entries 21st April 2007
Sunday 29th April
Contact
Betty Benton
01778 425234
Venue
Bourne Corn Exchange
Registration 09.15
First game
10:00 Departure 18.00
3 divisional tournament of up to 96 players
Tea/Coffee available during the day. Can bring
packed own packed lunch but are not to
Sunday 29th April
permitted to bring drinks. Lunch snacks and
Contact
Sandie Simonis
drinks can be purchased from the bar
020 8428 3397
Entry costs: £17.00 for ABSP member
Emergency no on day
£19.00 for non-ABSP member
0771 259 0585
Deduct 50p if bringing a clock which you are
Venue
Eastman Hall, Kodak Sports
prepared to lend
Ground, Harrow View, North Closing date: 15th April
Harrow, HA2 6QQ
Cheques payable to London Scrabble League
Registration 09:30
c/o Sandie Simonis, 90 Woodhall Gate,
(Draw to be made 10.05)
Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 4TZ
First game
10:15 Departure 18:00
Harrow (6 games)
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Lothersdale Hotel, Morecambe
Lothersdale Hotel, Morecambe
11th -14th May
11th
-14th May
Lothersdale
Hotel, Morecambe
Cairn
Hotel,
Harrogate
11th
-14th
May
Best
Western,
Worthing
Cairn Hotel, Harrogate
Entry forms up to Bournemouth are available
8th4th
- 11th
June
8th
May
8th
11th
June
now. Entry forms for Newcastle onwards will
Cairn Hotel, Harrogate
be issued late January 2007
Lothersdale
Hotel,
Morecambe
Carrington
House Hotel, Bournemouth
8th
- 11th June
Carrington
House Hotel, Bournemouth
11th
-14th
May
20th -23rd July
Draft Timetable for holidays
20th
-23rd July
Carrington
House
Hotel, Bournemouth
Friday: Arrive from 3pm, Dinner at 6pm,
Cairn
Hotel,
Harrogate
Caledonian
Hotel, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
20th
July
games start 7:30pm
Caledonian
Hotel, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
8th-23rd
- 11th
June
27th - 30th July
Saturday: Games from 9:15am to 1:30pm,
27th
- 30th July
Carrington
House
Hotel,
Caledonian
Hotel,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Dinner at 6pm, games start 7:30pm
Best
Bournemouth
27th
-Western,
30th July Worthing
Sunday: Games from 1:00pm to 5:00pm,
Best
Western,
Worthing
14th
- 15th
September
20th
-23rd
July
Dinner at 6pm, games start 7:30pm
14th
- 15th
September
Best Western, Worthing
Monday: Depart
Caledonian
Hotel,
Lothersdale
Hotel
Morecambe
14th
- 15th September
Lothersdale
Hotel
Morecambe
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
This timetable applies to all holidays except
12th-15th
October
12th-15th
October
27th
30th
July
Worthing in May when the timetable for
Lothersdale Hotel Morecambe
Monday will be as Saturday and we will
Three
Counties
Hotel,
HEREFORD
12th-15th
October
BestCounties
Western,
Worthing
Three
Hotel,
HEREFORD depart on Tuesday and St Annes on Sea when
26th
-29th
October
14th
- 15th
September
26th
-29th
October
Three
Counties
Hotel, HEREFORD we will be playing on Saturday afternoon.
Lothersdale
Hotel
Morecambe Contact
Cairn
Hotel,
HARROGATE
26th
-29th
October
Viv Beckmann
Cairn
Hotel,
HARROGATE
12th-15th
October
23rd-26th
November
0191-273-1705
23rd-26th
November
Cairn
Hotel,
HARROGATE
Three Counties Hotel, Hereford
John Harrison
23rd-26th
November
26th - 29th
October
01661 854336
H-B Holidays
0798 6768056
Cairn Hotel, Harrogate
hbhnewcastle@hotmail.com
23rd - 26th November
Bournemouth (6 games)
Sunday 13th May
01202 707148
Contact
Ruth Marsden
Venue
Rooper Hall, 5 Victoria Park Rd,
01202 707148
Moordown, Bournemouth
Venue
Rooper Hall, 5 Victoria Park Rd,
Moordown, Bournemouth
Registration 09:30
First game
10:10
Tea/Coffee available throughout the day
Time of departure
17.30
Entry costs:
£12.50 for ABSP member
Tea/Coffee available throughout the day
£14.50 for non-members
Entry costs:
£12.50 for ABSP member
£14.50 for non-members
Scottish Round Robin
Contact
12th-13th May
Marion Keatings
01592-265524
Details of tournaments come from Paul Cartman
<paul.cartman@btinternet.com>.
If you have any other submissions for inclusion in TLW please send them to
Elisabeth Jardine at elisabeth.jardine@virgin.net
Deadline for the next edition 113, is March 5th and for 114, May 5th
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Essex £9.99 Extraordinaire (6 games)
Warrington (6 games)
Saturday 19th May
Contact Wayne Kelly
01925 483530 (home)
07896 273063 (MOB)
Venue
Appleton Parish Hall, Dudlow
Green Road, Appleton,
Warrington, WA4 5EQ
Registration 09.15 First game 10.15
3 Divisional tournament
Tea Coffee and biscuits available during the
day – no lunch provided.
Entry costs: £14.00 for ABSP member
£16.00 for nonABSP member
Deduct 50p if bringing and willing to lend a
timer Cheques payable to Wayne Kelly, 17
Cossack Avenue, Orford, Warrington, WA2 9PB
Stoke Rochford (19 games)
Contact
Saturday 26th - 28th May
Havering Evergreen Tournament (6games)
Saturday 2nd June
Contact
Cindy Hollyer
01277-822050
Venue
St John's Hall, Church Road,
Mountnessing, Brentwood,
Essex, CM15 0TH
2 Divisional tournament
Registration 09:30
First game
10:00 Departure 18:00
Christina French
01708-701578
Tea/Coffee available at points during the day
but lunch is not provided.
Entry costs: £12.50 for ABSP member
£14.50 for non-ABSP member
Deduct 50p if bringing and willing to lend
clock.
Cheques payable to Havering Scrabble Club
and sent to Cindy Hollyer, 78 Peartree Lane,
Doddinghurst, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 0RH
Melton Mowbray (6 games)
Closing date for entries 21st May 2007
Sunday 3rd June
Tea/Coffee available on arrival and after game 4.
Contact
Maureen Rayson
Food will not be provided
01664 563330
Entry costs: £11.50 for ABSP member
Venue
Council Offices, Nottingham
£13.50 for non-ABSP member
Road, Melton Mowbray, Leics. Deduct 50p if bringing clock which you are
LE13 0UL
prepared to lend
Charity event in support of the Mayor's appeal Cheques payable to 'Melton Mowbray
Registration 10:00 First game
10:30
Scrabble Club', and sent to Maureen Rayson,
Departure
18.00
57 Highfield Avenue, Melton Mowbray, Leics.
3 divisional tournament.
LE13 0NQ
Edinburgh Weekend (12 games)
9th – 10th June
Contact
Amy Byrne
0131 661 3869
Sunday 24th June
Contact
Phil Kelly
01702 202168
Emergency Number on day
07810218640
Venue
Hockley Community Centre,
Westminster Drive, Hockley,
Essex SS5 4BD
Pairings will be finalised at 09.50 only
including non-arrivals if they have phoned
First game
10.10 Depart 18.00
3/4 divisional tournament.
Tea/Coffee free on arrival only, free squash
between games, coffee snacks etc available
at the bar.
Entry costs:
£9.99 for ABSP member
£11.99 for non-ABSP member
Add £1 if you do not have a timer to share
Cheques payable to Phil Kelly, 10 Sunny
Road, Hockley, SS5 4NZ
New Malden (6 games)
4/5 Divisions
Entry costs:
£12.50 for ABSP member
£14.50 for non-ABSP member
Deduct 50p if bringing a clock which you
are willing to lend
Tea, Coffee and biscuits will be provided
Cheques payable to Mrs. S.I. Cave. Send to
Maggie Fleming, 10 Manor Way, Worcester
Park, Surrey, KT4 7PH
Saturday 30th June
Contact
Maggie Fleming
020 8337 8111
Venue
Christ Church Centre, Coombe
Road, New Malden , KT3 4RE
Registration 9.15
First game
10:00 Departure 17.45
Nottingham Nomads (16 games)
4th – 5th August
Contact
BMSC Yarnfield Park
Awaiting details
Havering Autumn Scrabble
Tournament (6 games)
Registration 09:15
First game
10:00 Departure 18:00
Tea/Coffee available at points during the day
but lunch is not provided.
Entry costs:
£12.50 for ABSP member
£14.50 for non-ABSP member
Deduct 50p if bringing clock which you are
prepared to lend
Saturday 1st September
Contact
Cindy Hollyer
01277-822050
Venue
Kelvedon Hatch Village Hall,
Kelvedon Hatch, Brentwood,
Essex
Norwich (6 games)
Sunday 16th September
Contact
Carol Smith
01603 898791
Venue
Hethersett Village Hall,
Hethersett, Norwich, Norfolk
Registration 09.30 First game 10:15
Departure 18.00
2 or 3 divisional tournament depending on
entries Tea/Coffee and homemade cakes
provided (but not lunch)
Entry costs:
£11.00 to ABSP members
£13.00 to non-ABSP members
No further discounts
Cheques payable to Carol Smith, 31 Christine
Road, Spixworth, Norwich, NR10 3PH
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Clive Spate
0115-920-0208
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The Durham ‘Grand’ Weekend
Last game Saturday ends
approx
9.40pm.
First game Sunday 8.45am, prizegiving
5.00pm, depart approx 5.20pm.
Contact
Laura Finley
206 Cleveland Road,
Sunderland, SR4 7QR
0191 5654079
22nd – 23rd September 2007
Venue:
Trevelyan College, Elvet Hill
Road, Durham, England
0191 334 7001 or 7011
Arrive by
12 noon Saturday.
First game
12.30pm.
Bournemouth (6 games)
Contact
Sunday 7th October
Ruth Marsden
01202 707148
Salisbury (6 games)
Sunday 14th October
Contact
Bob Lynn
01722-325623
Emergency Number
0771-818-9630
Venue
Winterbourne Glebe Hall,
Winterbourne Earls, Salisbury,
SP4 6HA
£13.00 for ABSP member
£15.00 for nonABSP member
Deduct 50p if willing to lend a timer
Cheques payable to Robert Lynn Scrabble
Account, and addressed to Robert Lynn,
4 George Street, Salisbury, SP2 7BA
Answers to Edgeways
The 5-Minute Anagram Test
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COURAGE
LANKIER
ONWARDS
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ORDINARY
HORNIER
FASTENED
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BALLETS
ANGORAS
DIGITAL
OILCANS
METHANE
GERMANE
SEQUOIA
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ANOMALY
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I'm pleased to announce details of the 2007 ABSP Masters. It will take place at the Stone
House Hotel in Stafford (the same venue as last year) over the weekend of June 30th/July 1st.
The word authority will be whatever is current for ABSP-rated events at the start of the
event. There will not be a changeover mid-tournament.
The Masters qualification date is March 31st. The top 16 players in the ABSP ratings on that
date will be invited to take part in the event. To qualify, a player must have played at least 30
rated games since April 1st 2006.
This year the Masters will use a 5-point penalty challenge, as agreed by the ABSP Committee.
Surveys over the past two years have indicated that the majority of Masters qualifiers would
prefer to play with penalty challenges, and since this is a World Championship year, the
event will provide excellent practice for those Masters qualifiers who are also planning to
play in the WSC.
Phil Appleby
If you move or if any of your details change, please let
Membership Secretary Anne Ramsay know at:-
ABSP, 8 Glen Cova Place, Kirkcaldy, Fife KY2 6UL
anne.ramsay@blueyonder.co.uk
or telephone: 01592 640130
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