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On 24th September, Helen and Graham travelled north to play in the Leicester one-day tournament.
Helen used to be a member of Leicester Scrabble Club and several of her previous clubmates were playing at the tournament.
It was one of the largest one-day tournaments since lockdown with 72 players spread across four divisions. Players came from Liverpool, Sheffield, Norwich and London.
Both Helen and Graham played in Division B. (This Division also featured more of Helen's former clubmates, so more opportunities for a catch-up chat.)
Both Graham and Helen did well in B, with Helen coming 6th winning 5 games and losing 2. One of those losses was to Graham who won all 7 games in the Division, and won a great cash prize.
Definitely worth the 2 hour drive to play !!!
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The following review of Summer Scrabble Tournaments has been provided by Richard - thanks.
3 East Berks players competed in a number of tournaments over the summer. Fiona and Richard played in the Mind Sports Olympiad which is held annually in London at the Jewish Centre. The Olympiad features many interesting competitions (including some world championships) across a variety of board games, card games and mentally challenging events including favourites such as Monopoly, Rummikub, Poker and some unusual events such as underwater chess!
Fiona did best winning 3 out of 7 in the one division competition to finish 23 above rating with two very good wins against highly rated players. Richard was involved in some high scoring games including a 484-480 score in game one but finished on the wrong end of the results finishing with two wins.
Richard, Wanda and Fiona played in the 7 game Southampton tournament in September. Richard and Wanda played in a tough A division with 2 Grand Masters. Richard finished with 3 wins while Wanda won two. Fiona won 3 games in Division B.
Richard also played at further tournaments in Milton Keynes (BMSC Warm Up) and Ilford. His best performance came at Ilford in September where he won second prize in B Division with 5 wins from 8 games.
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The 2022 all-play-all competition sees a change to previous years.
Every club member had to play at least half of the other members in the all-play-all by July 31st to qualify for the second phase.
Below are the 17 players who will be going forward to the second phase.
The top 4 will play one game each other before September 30th to determine the all-play-all winner.
Those in places 5-8 will play each other similarly for a minor trophy.
The same applies to those placed 9-12 and 13-17.
Good luck in the next phase everybody!
Played | Won | Win % | Pos | |
Helen | 16 | 14 | 87.5 | 1 |
Graham | 17 | 13 | 76.47 | 2 |
Richard | 16 | 12 | 75 | 3 |
Fiona | 16 | 12 | 75 | 3 |
Wanda | 17 | 12 | 70.58 | 5 |
Hepzi | 16 | 11 | 68.75 | 6 |
Peter | 14 | 8 | 57.15 | 7 |
Deborah | 13 | 7.5 | 57.69 | 8 |
Maureen | 15 | 8 | 53.33 | 9 |
Pat | 14 | 7.5 | 53.57 | 10 |
Joy | 14 | 6 | 42.85 | 11 |
Charles | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 12 |
Michael | 17 | 6 | 35.29 | 13 |
Martin | 17 | 4 | 23.5 | 14 |
Mary | 12 | 2 | 16.66 | 15 |
Maire | 16 | 2 | 12.5 | 16 |
Keith | 16 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
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Best improver for this part of the year is Joy Wade, ahead of Hepzi Rodrigues and last quarter’s winner Charles Parker. Welcome to new member Peter Tart.
High-scoring words:
· 149 CHERRIES Charles (a 9-timer)
· 149 RETWISTS Charles (also a 9-timer)
· 131 STIRRING Joy
· 107 REMAKING Charles
· 103 SHEARED Wanda
· 102 QUID/DIRK Joy
· 101 QUERIES Michael
· 99 STEALINGS Maire
· 98 RAUNCHES Helen
· 96 FARTING Peter
· 93 STAINED Graham
· 92 MEANIES Helen
· 92 SPECIAL Charles
· 91 DEFINES Charles
· 91 MAULING Michael
· 91 PENISES Graham
· 90 EMAILED Peter
· 90 POISONER Peter (a 4-timer)
· 90 TORSIVE Graham
Also: GAOLERS 88 Michael, PLAITED 88 Maureen, SECONDI 87 Helen, REALIZES 86 Peter, CORRIDOR 83 Helen, FESTOON 83 Joy, BATTIER 82 Hepzi, NEUTRON 82 Peter, FISHERS 81 Maire, TEARING 81 Keith, ESCAPED 80 Keith, 80SHOUTED 80 Charles, SAINTED 79 Peter, SNEAKER 78 Maire, OUTNAME 77 Peter, SEATING 77 Maire, TENPINS 77 Hepzi, ADONISE 76 Keith, BEGETTER 76 Charles, FALTERS 76 Maire, FEZ 76 Maire, TEASERS 76 Maire, ORDAINS 76 Maire, PRIESTLY 76 Peter, REPAIRS 76 Keith, LANDERS 75 Hepzi, MINDERS 74 Maire, PLAINER 74 Keith, STOOLING 74 Peter, LAVVIES 73 Hepzi, LISTERS 72 Maire, POTTLES 72 Maire, SLASHER 72 Maire, URINATE 72 Charles, AIRMAIL 71 Maire, STRANGE 71 Charles, BARRIERS 70 Maire, DUBBERS 70 Maire, SOFTIES 70 Maire, STEAMER 70 Maureen, WAISTER 70 Maire, VARIETY 68 Keith, BLASTER 67 Maire, GILLETS 65 Keith, STUNNERS 63 Maire, FEMINISM 61 Charles
Many bonuses or high-scoring moves by one player in a game:
· FESTOONS 74 INTENDS 63 AUDITOR 60 Charles
· DARNING 71 UNEVENLY 80 TOENAILS 61 Fiona
· INDOLING 64 BEELINE 78 WARTIEST 86 Graham
· EXTERNS 82 TUNIEST 71 TORSIVE 74 Graham
· RETRAIN 72 ALTERING 72 ERODENTS 80 Graham
· OFFSIDE 81 ELATION 68 GAOLERS 72 Graham
· SOLATED 67 DISRATE 81 RANSELS 74 Graham
· ORDINATE 72 FLOUNCES 74 DIVERTS 67 Graham
· RENEGADE 58 TUNICATE 74 FORESTS 80 Helen
· THIEVER 80 TENDERED 70 CURTAIL 76 Helen
· DETAINEE 62 ORGANIC 69 ZAGS 72 Helen
· AERATION 66 DITHERS 65 TRUDGES 63 Helen
· ATEBRIN 67 RESTYLED 98 UNPAIRED 83 Helen
· PERVADE 56 4-timer OBTAINED 70 NOSIEST 81 Helen
· BRASSED 90 CANTERS 70 ANISOLE 64 Hepzi
· ETERNAL 86 GITANOS 73 BRAEHEID SALTERN 74 Richard
· DEEPENS 71 BONSELA 71 ALTHORN 76 AMIRATE 73 +WINK 54 Richard
· ESCORTED 80 IRIDEAL 69 WINGBEAT 97 Richard
Also:
· New personal bests: Joy Wade 452, Pat Llanwarne 458, Mary Twomey 413
· 9-letter words: TETCHIEST 73, HELMETING 45 Helen, REINCITES Richard
Name |
Old rating |
New rating |
Rating change |
P |
W |
D |
L |
Average |
Highest score |
Highest ever |
Joy Wade |
105 |
123 |
18 |
23 |
14 |
0 |
9 |
350.0 |
452 |
452 |
Hepzi Rodrigues |
136 |
148 |
12 |
21 |
15 |
0 |
6 |
389.3 |
502 |
554 |
Charles Parker |
106 |
112 |
6 |
32 |
13 |
0 |
19 |
339.3 |
479 |
509 |
Keith Radbourn |
60 |
64 |
4 |
32 |
4 |
0 |
28 |
279.3 |
360 |
377 |
Maire Bennett |
69 |
72 |
3 |
30 |
5 |
0 |
25 |
294.8 |
430 |
448 |
Helen Harding |
166 |
169 |
3 |
35 |
27 |
0 |
8 |
420.3 |
513 |
597 |
Martin Stephens |
103 |
105 |
2 |
27 |
12 |
0 |
15 |
338.8 |
461 |
477 |
Mary Twomey |
79 |
80 |
1 |
15 |
3 |
0 |
12 |
340.7 |
413 |
413 |
Wanda de Poitiers |
167 |
167 |
0 |
27 |
20 |
0 |
7 |
414.1 |
502 |
592 |
Michael Spencer |
82 |
80 |
-2 |
35 |
8 |
0 |
27 |
313.0 |
403 |
502 |
Richard Spencer |
169 |
165 |
-4 |
31 |
22 |
0 |
9 |
430.5 |
558 |
625 |
Fiona Titcombe |
156 |
151 |
-5 |
14 |
9 |
0 |
5 |
389.7 |
498 |
535 |
Graham Harding |
181 |
169 |
-12 |
37 |
27 |
0 |
10 |
424.2 |
573 |
661 |
Maureen Barlow |
144 |
123 |
-21 |
33 |
14 |
0 |
19 |
364.3 |
435 |
528 |
Insufficient games – a previous quarter’s results, or 13 games in a quarter, needed to qualify |
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Peter Tart |
|
139 |
14 |
18 |
11 |
0 |
7 |
382.3 |
501 |
501 |
Pat Llanwarne |
127 |
135 |
8 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
368.8 |
458 |
458 |
Deborah Porter |
129 |
133 |
4 |
10 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
364.5 |
465 |
542 |
Patrick Beatty |
132 |
132 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
352.0 |
352 |
459 |
Sharon Hewitt |
141 |
135 |
-6 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
386.5 |
409 |
548 |
Nina Thornhill |
124 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
376 |
Jan Bailey |
131 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
568 |
Tricia Walker |
132 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
512 |
Anne Connolly |
172 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
478 |
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Richard Spencer, one of our members, played at the National Scrabble Championship over the weekend of June 11th-12th. Here is his report about how he got on.
I play competitive scrabble as a hobby and played at the UK scrabble championship on the weekend of 11-12th June. I have been a member of the East Berks Scrabble Club for 6 years and have played in regular tournaments across the UK but this was my first experience of playing in the biggest tournament in the UK calendar.
The tournament was held in a Bristol hotel with 16 games played over 2 days with a field of 80 players. Each player has 25 minutes on the clock to make all their moves. The standard was high with a World Champion, US champion and several UK champions playing and the Sunday Times were covering the event.
I played the defending champion in game 2 and lost but it was a good learning experience and I managed to win 7 games in all to finish mid table. The former world champion had a bad start losing 3 of his first 5 but won the tournament by winning his last 11 games to finish on 13 wins.
One highlight was playing against a blind girl who used an abacus to record all her scores and used braille tiles which were arranged in a tray. As well as laying her own tiles by touch she had to move her hands across the board to work out where I had played. She was also spot on with calculating all the scores for each of her moves and used less than half her time to complete her game–truly inspirational.
Included above is a photo of one of the boards of one of the more interesting games against a stronger opponent.
When you play all your tiles you get a bonus of 50 points to add to your score for that word. In this game I played three bonus words of SORDINI, DIVAGATE and REDOLENT while the opponent played BEETLED and AUTOGIRO.
I lost the game by 7 points as the opponent scored a few more points with some of his other words and played out first with SORTAL so had an extra turn than me. He pointed out that if I had blocked that move, he could have still gone out with TOLARS bottom right also making EWT.
All in all it was a challenging but very enjoyable experience meeting a lot of interesting and friendly people.
Richard Spencer
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