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Best improver for the 1^st quarter of the year is Joy Wade, just ahead of Tricia Walker and Helen Harding.  Patrick Beatty and Sue Ashwell *would* have been in the running for the prize if they had played just 2 or 3 games more in the quarter. 

High-scoring words:

·         99         OARFISH                      Graham

·         94         WASTERS                    Evelyn

·         94         CLINGERS                    Wanda

·         93         BOUNDER                    Keith

·         93         ZONINGS                      Deborah

·         93         REQUOTE                    Helen

·         93         GENTILE                       Jan

·         91         TAVERNS                     Maire

·         90         REALIZED                    Richard

·         89         MULCHES                    Charles

·         88         MANDATE                    Wanda

·         88         JACKETS                     Maire   

·         87         JAMMIER                     Charles

·         86         SAFETIES                    Helen

·         86         PANTIES                      Helen

·         86         WHINERS                     Graham

Also:    QUERY 84 Joyce, SPARKIER 78 Maire, TRIFLES 78 Keith, THEREIN 75, ZONED 75 Joy, MUNTJAC 74 Patrick

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

·         PLAINER 71 CLINGERS 94 TRIUNES 83 HAZED 65                  Wanda

·         SPINNER 74 REPTILE 64 TOENAIL 74 BAWDIER 77                 Richard

·         VERITAS 84 GRECIAN 83 RESOLUTE 62 WHINERS 86            Graham

·         GLADDENS 64 COUNTERS 70 MANDATE 88 QUEYN 74          Wanda

·         TONSURE 78 PANTIES 86 BLENDING 74                                 Helen

·         TUNNELS 73 THIAMINE 76 PRALINE 76 SALTINE 70               Tricia

·         OUTSTARE 64 INHALER 79 GARNETS 69                                Tricia

·         PATELLA 63 DOWNIES 73 TRUSTING 70                                 Richard

·         WITCHED 78 REALIZED 90 RATTLES 75                                  Richard

·         ELOGIST 81 WATERMEN 74 AERADIO 72                                Helen

·         SUNCREAM 70 LAIRISES 70 INFINITE 72                                 Helen

·         REGENTS 81 GENTOOS 71 PARETIC 82                                 Richard

·         TRUSTED 63 TAILERON 68 AWAITED 77                                 Richard

·         ATINGLE 66 SPEARING 74 TUNABLE 77                                  Richard

·         IRONERS 66 CHEERIOS 67 ZONINGS 93                                 Deborah

·         TROELIES 77 DRAINED 81 BIDENTS 78                                   Graham

·         AGAINST 68 DELICATE 63 TOILETED 59                                 Hannah

·         AIRLINE 64 ANORETIC 83 SAFETIES 86                                  Helen

Some unusual words:

·         PULQUE 42                                                                              Patrick

·         FOLIC 60 VASTY 56                                                                 Helen

·         EUOUAE 6                                                                               Keith 

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Published: 16 December 2018

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Or rather a few weeks ago celebrated its 70th birthday! 

This film helping with the celebration is now on the BBC Rewind section ! 

 Cut and past the link below to see the film!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06vl7cq

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Congratulations to Charles Parker, who wins the best improver award for 2017-2018.  Results are below in rating change order.  The quarterly improver prizes went to Maureen Barlow, Charles Parker, Maureen Barlow again, and Tricia Walker. 

 League Division 1 was won by Helen Harding, and Division 2 by Maureen Barlow.  The All-play-All was won by Graham Harding and the Handicap was won by Richard Spencer.

 Highest game scores of the year were 585 and 557 from Graham Harding, 572, 564, and 561 from Helen Harding, and 554 from Hepzi Rodrigues.  The highest single moves were OVERSOWN (185) from Graham Harding, FEEBLING (167) from Hannah Corbett, TZARINA (132) from Patrick Beatty, TRANQUIL (128) and QUAKERS (123) from Hannah Corbett, ENQUIRY (123) from Charles Parker, LESSENED (122) from Richard Spencer, and DUPLEXES (116) from Wanda de Poitiers.

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On a wet Saturday in early October, club member Graham Harding travelled to London, near Paddington station, to take part in the finals of the National Scrabble Championships.  He’d qualified for the finals a few weeks before, at the Swindon tournament in mid-September.  In a field of 52, including several previous winners, Graham was 37^th in order of rating (standard).  He finished 30^th, winning eight games out of 16. 

His most exciting game was against Phil Robertshaw, one of the 10 highest rated players in the tournament.  Graham just scraped a win in an incredibly high scoring game, where the final scores were 503-501.