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In the first few days in November, Fiona played in 2 scrabble tournaments in Malta - here is her report - thank you Fiona!

 

The Malta Scrabble club hosts an annual tournament which is attended by players from all over the world.  I thought that some November sun, combined with Scrabble sounded much nicer than rain in Blackwater!   There were a number of tournaments – I attended the one day early bird, and the main three day event.  !  I was joined by a countdown friend, Tom, for the early bird – it was Tom’s first tournament and he’d spent the plane journey learning the 2 letter words!   I played people from England, Scotland, Ireland, Malta, Australia and India, and lots of other countries were represented too  – a truly international event

The warmup day didn’t go particularly well Scrabble-wise, but I played some lovely people and won 2 of my 9 games.   The main tournament was 25 games, and I won 10, but many of the games were very close and I finished with a positive spread which I think is a tournament first for me!  I also got my highest tournament score of 549, and averaged 392 points per game so despite the low win rate I was happy enough with how I’d played.  

Over 34 games there were lots of bonuses!   My favourites were SUIVANTE and DEADEYES, and my highest scoring bonus was ADJOINS for 117 points.  Others included DRACONES, MONIKER, TRITONE, SEAMIEST, ROTARIES, BLEMISH, TALENTED, UNREADY, HOARSER, RURALIST (twice!), TILLERS, SALLIES, TERRIES, MEALIER, MENDINGS, CURRANTS, INSOFAR, ROISTER, RUSTLING, SONNETS, SAURIAN, WEDGIES, UNSTAGED, RELISTS, STUNNERS, LISTENER, DETAILS, STOUTLY, AVIATED, IONISING, EGOTISE, SERRATE, ENTITLES, PEASANT, FAIRIES, OUTLIER, ABIDING

There was a 5 point per word penalty for challenges, so a lot of invalid words stayed on the board.  5 points shouldn’t be too much of a deterrent, but I did have one game where my unsuccessful challenge swung the game to my opponent!

 

The hotel was lovely, and there was a small sandy beach nearby which was deserted at sunrise.  The sea was the perfect temperature for a swim!  The Malta Scrabble club had arranged a meal out and a tourist day, and those were a lot of fun too.   I’d definitely recommend it if you fancy some winter sunshine!

 

 

 

One of my games – I didn’t challenge IFFS – I should have, it’s invalid!

 

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These statistics cover the year running from the beginning of October 2022 to the end of September 2023.   Results are overleaf.  Winners were as follows:

Best improver for 2022-2023:     1st Maureen Barlow

2nd Maire Bennett

3rd Keith Radbourn

 

Quarterly improver prizes:          Q1: Martin Stephens

Q2: Maureen Barlow

Q3: Gillian Cranston

Q4: Deborah Porter

 

Winter League:                          Division 1: Richard Spencer

Division 2: Fiona Titcombe

Division 3: Martin Stephens

 

The All-play-All:                         Group A: Graham Harding

Group B: Fiona Titcombe

Group C: Sharon Hewitt

Group D: Charles Parker  

 

Handicap:                                 Graham Harding

 

Highest game scores were:

·       618       Graham Harding

·       598       Graham Harding

·       596       Helen Harding

·       589       Graham Harding

·       588       Graham Harding

·       576       Wanda de Poitiers

·       575       Graham Harding

·       573       Graham Harding

·       571       Richard Spencer

·       569       Wanda de Poitiers

·       565       Graham Harding

·       563       Richard Spencer

·       558       Richard Spencer

·       556       Helen Harding

·       552       Helen Harding

·       551       Fiona Titcombe

Other players scoring over 500 points in a game were: Peter Tart (highest score: 518) and Pat Llanwarne (516).

 

The highest single moves were:

·       131       ASTEROID            Graham

·       118       JINGOES            Fiona

·       116       BITTERS            Helen

·       114       FADEINS            Wanda

·       113       SLITTERS            Joy

·       112       JOLTERS            Fiona

·       110       LAZIEST            Helen

·       109       RETAINS            Maire

·       108       SHOWIER            Pat

·       107       EGOTIZED            Graham

·       106       NOURISH            Gillian

·       104       CARDIES            Peter

·       104       METRICS            Graham

·       103       ZAIRE              Graham

·       101       WHOOPED            Graham

·       100       AMPUTEE            Hepzi

·       100       BARMIER            Helen

 

 

Name

Old Rating

New Rating

Rating Change

P

W

D

L

Average

Highest score

Highest ever

Maureen Barlow

121

137

16

121

69

0

52

352.4

476

528

Maire Bennett

73

84

11

124

27

0

97

288.5

390

448

Keith Radbourn

74

85

11

125

29

1

95

283.7

418

418

Graham Harding

169

178

9

159

132

0

27

432.6

618

661

Helen Harding

171

178

7

150

127

0

23

426.1

596

597

Michael Spencer

93

95

2

131

39

1

91

312.6

413

502

Fiona Titcombe

136

138

2

81

44

1

36

386.6

551

551

Wanda de Poitiers

156

156

0

131

89

0

42

414.7

576

592

Pat Llanwarne

149

148

-1

59

36

2

21

361.4

516

516

Charles Parker

111

107

-4

120

47

0

73

325.5

477

509

Richard Spencer

176

171

-5

130

101

1

28

436.1

571

625

Martin Stephens

103

97

-6

80

30

0

50

330.0

464

477

Joy Wade

121

109

-12

93

46

1

46

346.9

484

484

Hepzi Rodrigues

150

137

-13

79

44

0

35

366.7

499

554
                     

People with insufficient games (52, or an average of 1 per week) to qualify for best improver

Mary Twomey

96

99

3

4

1

0

3

285.3

316

316

Sharon Hewitt

143

141

-2

44

25

0

19

354.3

456

548

Peter Tart

136

127

-9

14

5

0

9

366.7

518

518

Deborah Porter

138

107

-31

38

13

0

25

340.2

441

542
                     

New members without a previous year's playing record

Gillian Cranston

  

101

  

50

17

0

33

346.6

448

448

Amanda Lowe

  

79

  

80

15

0

65

282.9

376

376

Jen Brennan

  

72

  

29

7

0

22

302.3

436

436

Paul Stanger

  

67

  

19

3

0

16

263.9

357

357

Ann Shaw

  

56

  

30

0

1

29

229.4

317

317
                     

Guests

                    

Jim Macey

  

141

  

3

2

0

1

360.7

388

388

Kate Lester

 

101

 

6

1

0

5

303.2

363

363

Gill Cheetham

  

86

  

5

1

0

4

254.8

340

340

 

 

 

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Best improver for this part of the year is Deborah, ahead of Pat and Fiona.   Welcome to Jim Macey, who played at the club many years ago.

 

High-scoring words:

·       112       JOLTERS/SHALLOW    Fiona

·       99        INJURER                      Graham

·       92        FESTIER                      Graham

·       97        SNOOZED                    Graham

·       90        WHARFAGE                 Helen

·       89        PRISONS                     Graham

·       88        QOPH                          Graham

·       87        BUSTIER                      Maire

·       86        RENAILED                    Graham

·       82        CRUSADED                  Helen

·       81        ROISTER                     Maire

·       78        LINKERS                      Maire

·       78        SAIDEST                      Maire

·       76        AUNTIES                      Maire

·       74        TRUDGED                    Maire

·       72        REWARDS                   Keith

·       72        STROBES                    Keith

·       71        REMATES                    Maire

·       70        NASTIER                      Maire

·       70        WRESTLER                  Maire

Other words: WASTERS 68 Maire, RETINAS 65 Maire, LINTERS 63 Maire, RENTERS 64 Maire, TRANCES 64 Maire, RATTLER 63 Maire, FIELDERS 62 Maire, SENORAS 62 Maire, LINTERS 61 Maire NEARSIDE 58 Keith, TRAITOR 58 Keith

 

Many bonuses or high-scoring moves by one player in a game:

·       PINNION 70 (invalid!) TRUSTING 63 ACCORDED 74 BARONET 76 REALISTS 70   Graham

·       BAITING 97 OCEANIC SOONEST WHELPING                                                  Graham

·       ENRAGES 90 ATELIERS 69 TENTAGE 77 SHARABLE 80                                 Graham

·       EQUABLY 93 TWINGED 82 BRISANT 93 GREENEST 61                                   Graham

·       ERECTING 74 TENAILLE 70 DIABETIC 70 VEALIEST 76                                   Richard

·       GOATIES 70 SCARRING 74 SEINING 87 FRO 52                                              Helen

·       MOSAICS 109 ENTITLES 66 DEPUTED 66 AWA 50                                          Helen

·       NEARING 74 TRAWLED 83 PAINTED 80 STUDIOS 68                                      Graham

·       SCARRED 77 FINAGLES 80 CONKERS 76 SOREX 52                                      Wanda

·       SPINIER 73 ROUNDER 74 HORNIEST 61 ABETTING 86                                   Fiona

·       TREATING 80 STRAINS 66 CODETTA 73 OLDSTER 73                                    Richard

·       AIRHEAD 66 OUTRACES 63 DEACONS 70                                                       Fiona

·       ENTRANTS 70 UNRIVETS 62 SATIRISE 61                                                      Helen

·       FANFARES 68 TRIDENT 69 STOUTER 67                                                        Helen

·       HUSTLER 78 RUNLETS 73 RIDGIEST 72                                                          Helen

·       REVEALS 75 CAROUSES 70 TARTLETS 77                                                     Wanda

·       SUNNIER 71 HERBIEST 86 ANEURIN 63                                                          Wanda

·       TAJINES 112 NOSHING 98 ASSIGNER 113                                                      Helen

·       TONIEST 75 DERANGE 86 NATTERY 83                                                          Helen

·       TRIOLITE 59 OUTRANCE 74 LARDIEST 66                                                      Richard

·       TWINKLY 83 TAENITE 80 OPERATES 63                                                         Helen

·       VARIETY 83 TENDERS 85 ISOLATE 70                                                Helen

 

Other things:

·       New personal bests:      Amanda 376, Fiona 551

·       9-letter words:               QUEENLIER 54 Graham DERANGERS 39 Helen

 

 

Name

Old rating

New rating

Rating change

P

W

D

L

Average

Highest score

Highest ever

Deborah Porter

87

107

20

28

11

0

17

345.5

441

542

Pat Llanwarne

136

148

12

17

11

2

4

370.8

437

516

Fiona Titcombe

128

138

10

29

19

1

9

405.2

551

551

Sharon Hewitt

131

141

10

14

9

0

5

357.7

435

548

Helen Harding

169

178

9

43

37

0

6

432.5

556

597

Maureen Barlow

129

137

8

34

20

0

14

357.8

424

528

Graham Harding

172

178

6

45

37

0

8

441.0

618

661

Richard Spencer

168

171

3

37

27

1

9

418.1

540

625

Wanda de Poitiers

155

156

1

26

17

0

9

410.3

525

592

Charles Parker

111

107

-4

30

10

0

20

310.0

435

509

Hepzi Rodrigues

141

137

-4

18

10

0

8

358.2

462

554

Michael Spencer

101

95

-6

36

9

1

26

312.1

388

502

Joy Wade

116

109

-7

16

7

0

9

330.8

420

484

Keith Radbourn

94

85

-9

36

5

1

30

282.1

343

418

Maire Bennett

94

84

-10

27

5

0

22

282.8

387

448

Amanda Lowe

90

79

-11

28

5

0

23

287.9

376

376

Martin Stephens

113

97

-16

24

6

0

18

318.9

387

477

Insufficient games – a previous quarter’s results, or 13 games in a quarter, needed to qualify

Gillian Cranston

115

101

-14

11

2

0

9

329.7

407

448

Jen Brennan

91

72

-19

2

0

0

2

257.5

280

436

Jim Macey

 

141

2

3

2

0

1

360.7

388

388

Ann Shaw

56

 

0

0

0

0

0

 

 

317

Mary Twomey

99

 

0

0

0

0

0

 

 

430

Kate Lester

101

 

0

0

0

0

0

 

 

363

 

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A big thank you to everyone who helped at the Bracknell Wellness Day today (Wanda, Deborah, Hepzi, Joy, Amanda) .

Lots going on, yoga, tai chi, silent discos, Scottish Dancing, glass painting.

Here are a couple of photos we took including the 'star' of the day, assistance dog Ned - who said 'hello' to everyone there!

 

 

 

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Four members from East Berks took part in a a three-division one day event in Oxford.

Pat played in Division C, and finished mid-table. The division included 6 new tournament players, and many of them were very good indeed. Also in that division, former club member Ann Connolly won the rating prize.

 

Helen played in Division B – where there was a wide geographical range of players (from the Isle of Wight to Stafford).  Helen was second or third in her division throughout the whole tournament, and managed to win her last game, and gain top spot when it mattered ! Well done Helen. Also in that division, former club member Ann Connolly won the rating prize.

 

 

In Division A, Graham got off to a bad start losing his first two games, but after winning 4 consecutive games, he was vying for third place with Richard. Richard had a truly amazing game partway through the day. His opponent started with FOUR bonuses, but Richard had FOUR bonuses himself during the game and came out the victor 523-505. A copy of this board is provided below.

 

The final round saw Richard and Graham playing each other, and a late bonus from Richard (VINTNERS) secured a win which gave him third place.  Graham’s loss was still enough to secure a rating prize.

 

So we had 4 club members taking part and three went home with a monetary prize. Well done ! Roll on next year !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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