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venue would be in Lower Saxony near Karl’s home. It too is a very beautiful area, although more pastoral. The towns are magnificent with an abundance of superbly preserved timbered buildings. Hopefully, any new venue would be in one such town, and not a mile mountain climb away as with Oberwesel. Karl is also thinking of moving the date of the event to July. Please let Karl know how such changes may influence the likelihood of your entering the event. Karl can be reached through The Last Word or by emailing him directly at cazique7@hotmail.com Scottish Championship Rhein A Elie Dangoor 13 1218 Alec Webb 11 1261 Bob Lynn 8 367 10th-11th May Report from Alan Sinclair The Gannochy Suite at the Dewar’s Centres in Perth is a great room to play in: spacious, with plenty of light and good sized tables. There are lots of windows to gaze out of for those who need to contemplate what to do next to help turn the game their way! So we started on time on the Saturday morning with hopes riding high. The obvious favourites were our two highest-rated players, Paul Allan and Neil Scott, and the winner in the previous two years, Allan Simmons. After the first game I was slightly concerned when a rather highly rated player queried why winners were playing against winners! I put it down to shock and then had to convince myself that they were getting slightly mixed up with a round robin format. Paul beat Neil in the second game, but then became the first major casualty of the tournament when he was beaten by Jim Wilkie from the Lang Toun (Kirkcaldy) in the third game with a spread of 101. Jim was delighted, but it was obviously a bit too much for him, as he went on to lose both of his next two games by exactly the same margin! After the fourth game it was becoming apparent that Simon Gillam was getting back to top form. He had won all his games and had just beaten Allan Simmons. After he beat Paul in the sixth game, Simon was the only player to finish the first day on six wins. Neil and Allan followed on five wins, while Paul and Iain Harley, returning from a spell out of competition, were amongst a group on four wins. Sunday morning saw the squaring of shoulders and Simon being eyed as the man to beat. He continued his winning ways in game seven against Neil, but then hit a losing streak which allowed Paul to catch and then overtake him. After the tenth game Paul was out in front by one win, and he maintained that lead to the finish, having won all his six games on the Sunday, to become Scottish Champion for the first time. Allan was second and Iain, with five wins on the Sunday, edged out Simon for third. Scottish Championship Paul Allan 10 798 Allan Simmons 9 044 Iain Harley 9 405 Simon Gillam 9 250 Neil Scott 8 602 16 Rhein B Sarah Wilks 12 821 Cindy Hollyer 9.5 443 Ron Bucknell 8 174 Bourne 9th May (6 games) Report from Graham Wakefield Bourne Scrabble club held its first rated tournament on Sunday 9th May at the Corn Exchange, near the town centre. Some quick rejigging of the tournament program was needed to get the event on its inaugural path. So 10 minutes behind the official start time, 3 divisions with 22 players in each, got under way, but by the start of round 3, with dinner behind us, the ship was back on course. Bourne A Evan Simpson 6 582 Stewart Holden 5 671 Alec Webb 4 264 Bourne B Greg Kelly 6 719 Carolyn Emery 5 290 Ken Bird 5 – 8 By the end of round 5, Adrian Noller led division C by 1 win, but was well behind on spread to the three players just behind, so couldn't afford to let up at all. Greg Kelly had taken the bull by the horns in division B and could just about coast it in the last game being 5 from 5 and + 303 with Carolyn Emery, Marjorie Smith and Ken Bird all 1 win adrift. Although Ev was undefeated in the A division, he couldn't relax. If he lost to Chris Hawkins and Stewart Holden beat Alison Sadler, then Stewart could win it. If both Ev and Stewart were to lose heavily, then either Chris or Alison would have been in with a chance. So game 6 came and went with all the leaders winning. Well done to all of them. Prizes were awarded to the 1st four in each division and also a ratings prize. The ratings winners were David Darman in C in 5th place. Sarah Wilks in B, who came home in 9th place and in A, it went to Mark lane in 5th spot. Leaving tradition behind, we decided to award a shield for the best performance of the day across all divisions and this went to Greg Kelly with 6 wins and a spread of + 719. congratulations to him on his achievement. Thanks to all who helped on the day with refreshments between every round or did the running or adjudicating. We even had to tell one of our runners to slow down as she thought that a runner had to run! Not bad when all our helpers were over 55 years young, except for Yoke Shin and myself of course! 17 Bourne C Adrian Noller 6 205 Marjorie Gardner 5 219 Kathy Carson 4 507
Knowier after the event Alan Bailey: Here is a short postscript to the article by Tournament Virgin David Sutton (West Berks report, The Last Word 95). As he said, I let him in to play WONKIER by playing UH for UH/HET to score 27, with the H on B6. My other rubbishy letters on that rack included the second W. My move was quite inept, based partly on my ignorance of the fact that HET also takes as front hook the K, which David had got, as well as S. With hindsight I should have changed some tiles. What David did not know about the same game was this. I had earlier left the Q Testing the tiles in Malta Cindy Hollyer: Anxious for respite from the cold, the damp and the Beckhams, six members from Brentwood and Romford Scrabble Clubs headed for the sunshine in Qowra, Malta. I had the foresight to contact Joe Micallef, President of the Malta Scrabble Club and he met us shortly after our arrival. The result was an invitation to club nights at St. Aloysious School in Birkirkara and to their Liberation Day Tournament at the Union Club in Sliema. Their club venue was a little difficult to find even for our taxi driver. However, we met some of their players, played a few games and had an introduction to the informality of club nights. Just as well – Jacqui White was quite taken aback to have one of the members cross over and rearrange the tiles on her rack to make a word. As the word was ‘AUTO’ and she works for Fords, it was L E T T E R S t o t h e e d i t o r 18 floating at C1. A little later I found myself with the rack DEERUS? I spotted ESQUIRED, and firmly told myself to stop making words up, and there was no sense letting David know what I had got by playing a phoney. So I settled for QUEERS for 48, thus saving the blank for later use. Muchly chagrined was I after the game to discover that ESQUIRED now exists. It would have scored me 212 In sum therefore, just two sins in one game, one of omission and one of commission, made me a gross loss of 311 points. I fear this may be a record, the sort I am not proud to have set. like carrying coals etc. He then crossed over and did the same for her opponent! Unfortunately, only Peggy Lavender of Brentwood and myself were able to attend the tournament as we had extended our stay. This venue was very ex-pat and very swish. For 6 liri we had 6 games of Scrabble, copious amounts of coffee and tea, mouthwatering cakes and lunch with waitress service. Excellent value. On the down side, games are not played in sepulchral silence, conversations are not carried out sotto voce nor are mobiles switched off - they are even answered. One elderly lady ex-pat found the noise overwhelming and left. It was only after it was felt that no more competitors were likely to arrive that the tournament commenced - as more arrived more tables were brought out. The standard was very high, the Maltese were using SOWPODS long before we accepted the inevitable. and incorrect challenges invoked a 5 point penalty. What I really enjoyed was the warmth and friendliness of the members. Within a few minutes we felt like lifelong friends. “Come back Cindy” they said, “Bring some more friends and 19 we will arrange a special tournament for you”. I intend taking them up on this anyone interested ? The weather ? It was fair, indifferent and good - but since when has that mattered to Scrabblers. I am not on commission but I do recommend a Scrabble holiday there. In order provide information and encouragement to new tournament organisers, Carol Smith of Norwich Scrabble Club was asked to describe how she went about arranging the forthcoming first Norwich Scrabble Event. Organising the Norwich Scrabble Tournament I had been thinking about a tournament in Norwich for some time, even sounding out various hotels and conference rooms while on courses for my work, but never actually took anything on. Then last year, Mike, my husband reached the grand age of 65 so we had a surprise birthday/retirement party for him at Hethersett Village Hall. Among the guests were experienced tournament organisers, Christina and Dave French who were very quick to point out that the hall was an ideal venue for a Scrabble tournament, just off the A11 London to Norwich road, close to the A47 Midland to East Coast route - easy access for all. (I must add that from the moment that Christina and Dave offered their assistance I decided to go ahead and do it.) First thing, find a suitable date Top priority - do not clash with an Ipswich home game (for clubmates Philip and Jacquie Aldous), or a holiday, or any other Scrabble event within this area (not difficult as this is not a very active Scrabble region). Of course, I also had to ensure the availability of the venue. I contacted Paul Cartman, the ABSP tournament co-ordinator, for a list of tournament dates already booked, had a look at the ABSP website and their Tournament Organisers’ Guidelines and finally settled on September 12th 2004, which would not clash with any other event. Mike and I then spent an afternoon at the home of Christina and Dave where they advised us on all the probable expenses the event would incur. These include hire of hall, tournament director’s fee, ratings levy, prize money, trophies, score sheets, refreshments and rewards for runners. Between us we worked out the budget for the tournament, with me scribbling notes to ensure nothing would be overlooked or forgotten. Christina and I then completed the Application for Ratings Approval for dispatch to Paul together with a draft copy of our entry form. Mike and I then headed home to Norfolk where we are now patiently awaiting entry applications. (At the time of writing this we are about half full). I would like to take this opportunity to thank Christina and Dave for all their assistance. I would recommend anyone planning his or her first tournament to talk to someone who’s done it before, as I found out, it makes the prospect of organising a tournament much less daunting.
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