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to win them with a total spread of 285 points. He duly won games 13 and 14, but narrowly, meaning that he needed to win the final game by 234 points to win the match on spread. It was a forlorn hope, and Richard duly wrapped up the match win by 8.5-6.5. Semi-finals The first semi-final between Phil and Richard was a mirror image of Harshan’s quarter-final against Neil; Phil won 6 of the opening 7 games, but Richard nibbled away at the lead reducing the deficit to 7-5 before Phil won a tight 13 th game. In Game 14 Phil had the chance to wrap up the match, but slipped up in the endgame and a final-move bonus enabled Richard to tie, 438-438, thus keeping the match alive. However a shell-shocked Phil fortuitously picked most of the goodies in Game 15, to close out the match 9.5-5.5. In the second semi-final between Harshan and Femi, the first eight games were shared 4-4, and it looked likely to be a titanic struggle that would go down to the wire. But instead Harshan took control, winning the next three games, and going on to complete a 9-5 victory to set up a final against Phil. BEST Final, 2006 As for the previous two Finals, game-by-game coverage was provided on the Internet Scrabble Club. However on this occasion the coverage wasn’t live; after each game a photo of a scoresheet showing both players’ racks and moves was sent by e-mail to the ISC inputters, Evan Simpson and Paul Allan, who took it in turns to transmit the information on ISC. It seemed to work very well, and by the end of the match over 300 people were watching, and making their views known! Harshan was quick off the blocks, winning the first four games and playing some lovely words in the process, including SUMOTORI, PENSILE, EQUIPAGE, ENSTEEPS and NAPOLEON. At this point his average score per move was an impressive 44.3. But Phil gradually worked his way into the match, with the help of two nine-timers, EMULATES for 122 and PARKIEST for 176. By the end of Day 1, with eleven games completed, Phil led 6-5. Undaunted, Harshan won the first two games on Day 2, the second with a remarkable endgame sequence when the situation looked hopeless. A key moment in the match came in Game 14. With two tiles left in the bag, Phil put ABORTED on the board, with the A in the seventh-position of a nine-timer, a move that would have given him a 117-point lead. But after checking the remaining tiles, and seeing the possibility of a 149-point RESIDUAL for Harshan, he changed ABORTED to BORATED. It was a good choice; Harshan’s rack was RESIDUL, and although RESIDUAL was still playable, it didn’t score enough. Instead of a potentially decisive 8-6 lead, the match was level at 7-7. Phil went on to win the next two games, to move within a game of victory. And it should have come in game 17, but he fell into the trap of attempting, and failing, to prevent Harshan playing out in the endgame, when there were enough points available elsewhere to guarantee the win regardless. A comfortable win for Harshan in Game 18 set up a deciding 19th game. It was unbearably tense, with the initiative going first one way, then the other. But when the dust had settled it was Phil who emerged the winner, to become the first two-time BEST Champion. You’ll find an annotation of the final game on page xx. 21. Harshan and and Phil Phil 12 Elgin 28th October Results from Chris Hawkins Shipley Autumn Matchplay 29th October Report from Robert Pells The day went well. There were a couple of drop outs, but nothing I couldn’t handle. I had to make changes to the groups just before the first game which meant a couple of players went into a higher group. My software also ran successfully, which I’m delighted to say. The first game started just a few minutes late. Everyone turned up just in time. The fire alarm went off after just 10 minutes after the start of the first game. Someone burnt the toast. But it only caused a minor delay. We finished the day well ahead of time. No rated player finished on 5 wins. The highest win tally was 4 wins. The only player on 5 wins was in the unrated section. The groups were mostly very tight right up to the end. In addition, there was a highest word score prize for the rated section which went to Mark Goodwin who got 131 for ENATIONS. The highest word score in the unrated section when to Joyce Beck who got 105 for DITCHER. I would like to thank Cyndy with helping to organise today’s event and also David Wilson, all the runners and other helpers. I hope everyone enjoyed the day, I know I did. I look forward to seeing you all again next year. Shipley A Lee Hartley 4 245 Phil Robertshaw 4 31 Shipley B Neil Rowley 4 363 Mark Goodwin 3 198 Shipley C Jason Carney 4 260 John Hardie 3 350 Luton 11th November Luton A George Gruner 5 401 Diane Pratesi 5 365 Jackie Mcleod 5 311 Ratings: Abraham Sosseh Elgin A Amy Byrne 4 306 Marion Keatings 4 303 Ray Tate 4 107 Shipley D Rosalind Wilson 4 266 Carol Sienkiewicz 3.5 99 Shipley E Geoff Goodwin 4 248 Barbara Hill 4 118 Shipley F Irene Atkinson 4 189 Barbara Lukey 4 132 Luton B Theresa Cole 5 380 Richard Woodward 5 297 Nick Jenkins 5 -30 Ratings: Jackie Adams Luton C Yvonne McKeon 6 490 J. Clifford 5 278 A. Eames 4 272 Ratings:Helen Sandler 13 Elgin B Michael Harley 4 373 Margaret Harkness 4 350 Isla Wilkie 4 273 Shipley G Betty Bates 4 345 Remie Salazar 3 166 Shipley H Joy Hodge 4 326 A. Widdington 3 73 Shipley unrated group winners Brenda Baxter Val Richardson Luton D Jacqui White 5 466 Cindy Hollyer 5 326 Anne Corpe 4 284 Ratings:G. Simpson (unrated)
Eastbourne Extravaganza Nov 17th - 19th Results from Phil Robertshaw Eastbourne A David Shenkin 12.5 330 Rael Hayman 12 963 John Ashmore 12 348 Ratings prize: Evelyn Wallace 11 769 Mike thoroughly enjoyed the weekend and highly recommends the venue, predicting a high turnout next year. Congratulations to David and Peter (who led all the way) on their wins, and thanks to Mike O’Rourke for the numerous reports. Lincoln Round Robin Lincoln A Gareth Williams 7 523 Mark Lane 6 464 Wayne Kelly 5 385 Andrew Goodwin 5 206 Ratings prize: John Hardie 5 343 An Appeal from Damian Eadie 14 Eastbourne B Peter Ashurst 13 1190 Peter Hall 13 1052 Ann Golding 12 806 Ratings prize: Margaret Seabrook 10 -268 Lincoln B Jill Parker 6 581 Carolyn Emery 5 369 Angela Burke 5 297 Betty Benton 5 06 Ratings prize: Pat Friend 5 91 Dear Elisabeth, Where have all the Scrabblers gone from Countdown? I don't think anyone has taken part on the show since Stewart Holden a few years ago. If possible, and if you find it relevant, could you mention something in your newsletter to see if anyone is willing to take part? We've had a great supply of good contestants from ASP down the years - but alas it's dried up. A mention would be brilliant and greatly appreciated. Many thanks to you, Damian Eadie, Series Producer, Countdown Tel 0113 2228453 Mobile 07713 885284 Fax 0113 222 7155 Never one to exclude a letter from our publication, not only has it been mentioned, I have included the whole letter. So come on Scrabblers, take up his request and see if you can do better than Stewart! (EJ) A B S P R a t i n g s Ratings at (GM) Grand Master (Exp) Expert ABSP membership number for members is shown before name 211 Adam Logan 203 0774 Brett Smitheram(GM) 198 0497 Andrew Davis(GM) 196 1422 Wale Fashina 194 0751 Paul Allan(GM) 194 0280 Andrew Perry(GM) 194 0338 David Webb(GM) 193 0147 Helen Gipson(GM) 193 0158 Ed Martin 191 0621 Andrew Cook(GM) 190 0015 Phil Appleby(GM) 190 0745 Harshan Lamabadusuriya(GM) 190 0007 Allan Simmons(GM) 189 1355 Craig Beevers 189 0060 Terry Kirk(GM) 189 0041 Gareth Williams(GM) 188 0014 Di Dennis(GM) 187 0750 Shanker Menon 186 1220 Theresa Camilleri 185 0057 Mark Nyman(GM) 185 0482 Neil Scott(GM) 184 0880 Femi Awowade(Exp) 183 0777 Adam Philpotts 182 1163 David Sutton 182 0049 Bob Violett(Exp) 181 1000 Stewart Holden(Exp) 181 0764 Lewis Mackay(Exp) 181 0362 Gary Oliver 180 0823 Wayne Kelly 180 0005 Brian Sugar(GM) 179 0045 Barry Grossman 179 0530 George Gruner(Exp) 179 0846 Austin Shin 178 0004 Philip Nelkon(GM) 177 1016 John Ashmore 177 1427 Mikki Nicholson 177 1349 Fidelis Olotu 177 Biyi Oyadiran 176 Jake Jacobs 176 Omar Malleh Jah 176 Philips Owolabi 176 0292 Wilma Warwick 175 Adekoyejo Adegbesan 175 Gerry Carter 175 0478 Elie Dangoor(Exp) 175 0072 John Grayson(GM) 174 1197 Christian Brown 174 0025 Richard Evans(Exp) 174 0224 Gary Polhill(Exp) 173 1443 Steve Hilton 173 1368 Phil Robertshaw 173 Chris Vicary 172 0058 Russell Byers(GM) 172 0081 Joyce Cansfield(Exp) 172 0038 Jackie McLeod(Exp) 172 1295 Shane O’Neill 172 0115 Diane Pratesi(Exp) 171 0734 Nick Deller 171 0199 Graham Harding 171 Peter Igweke 170 0573 Gary Fox 170 0888 Chris Keeley 170 1102 Paul(Sale) Richards 170 0088 Sandie Simonis(Exp) 169 Paul Chadwick 169 0202 Penny Downer(Exp) 169 0006 Darryl Francis(Exp) 169 Brendan McDonnell 169 0012 Ruth Morgan- Thomas(Exp) 169 0814 Jared Robinson 169 0428 Kwaku Sapong 169 1369 Ben Tarlow 168 1116 Paul Bassett 168 0019 David Brook 168 Catherine Costello 168 Alastair Richards 168 0172 Daniel Simonis 167 1129 Lee Hartley 167 0162 Alec Webb(Exp) 167 0017 Mike Willis(Exp) 166 Neil Green 166 1428 Martin Harrison 166 0609 Bob Lynn 166 0281 Steve Perry 166 0021 Evan Simpson(GM) 165 0463 Helen Harding 165 0476 David Shenkin 165 Dianne Ward 164 0241 Bob Berry 164 Chris Davison 164 0059 Simon Gillam(Exp) 164 0368 Chris Hawkins(Exp) 164 1408 Rael Hayman 164 Mark Hollingsworth 164 1006 Ross Mackenzie 164 0154 Mike O’Rourke 15 27-11-2006 At least 30 games and at least 1 since 28-11-2004 164 0479 Andrew Roughton(Exp) 164 Jin_Chor Tan 164 0123 Noel Turner(Exp) 163 0086 Frankie Mairey 163 0999 Kay McColgan 163 0408 Nuala O’Rourke 162 0079 Chris Finlay 162 Mark Goodwin 162 Ken Heaton 162 1228 Mark Lane 162 0101 Robert Richland(Exp) 161 0093 Ruth MacInerney 161 0984 Roy Miller 161 Jeff Ngeze 161 Paul Nind 161 0213 Neil Rowley 161 1268 Abraham Sosseh 160 0105 Elisabeth Jardine 160 0986 Robert Pells 160 Malcolm Quirie 160 0589 Anne Steward 159 0534 Caroline Atkins 159 0343 Amy Byrne 159 Chris Cummins 159 1221 JOjo Delia 159 Ed Garrett-Jones 159 0837 Peter Liggett 159 0760 Sanmi Odelana 159 1363 Stephen Pearce 159 1170 Paloma Raychbart 159 0719 Kate Surtees 158 0914 Vincent Boyle 158 1375 Michael Chappell 158 0688 Lorraine Gordon 158 1203 Greg Kelly 158 Timothy Lawrence 158 0165 Cecil Muscat 158 0235 Martin Reed 158 Karen Richards 158 Margaret Rogers 158 1488 Edward Rossiter 158 0631 Alison Sadler 158 Angela Swain
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