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Aylesbury Southampton A Chris Finlay 5 426 Mau’ Chamberlain 5 314 Phil Appleby(GM) 5 125 Gary Oliver(Exp) 4 313 Southampton B Andy Gray 6 465 Rosalind Wilson 5 67 Rita Todd 4 229 Jill Harrison 4 210 Apr 19th (6 rounds) Report from Graham Bonham 90 players, ranging in rating from 68 to 186 and including 4 Grand Masters and 5 Experts, gathered at Stoke Mandeville Village Community Centre for the 2008 Aylesbury Scrabble Club Charity Tournament. The tournament, organised by Janet Bonham and Andy Gray with the support of other members of Aylesbury Scrabble Club, was resurrected in 2007, having been organized during the 1990s by Edelle Crane RIP. This year’s entrants included 1993 winner Bob Violett (Exp), 1995 winner Rob Richland (Exp) and 2007 winner Austin Shin (Exp). Stewart Holden (GM) kindly stepped in to make up numbers after one entrant failed to turn up. The final results were remarkable in that the winner of each of the 3 divisions was undefeated - on 6 wins. In Division A, Robert Richland was 2nd at half-way stage, behind Philip Nelkon (Exp), but finished 1st. Graham Bonham (Most Improved Player 2004) finished 2nd with Paloma Raychbart in 3rd position. The Ratings prize went to Sandie Simonis (Exp). In Division B, Paul (Hull) Thompson was 3rd at half-way stage, behind Geoff Cooper and Evelyn Wallace, but finished in 1st place. Sarah-Jane Jamison, from Belfast, came 2nd, and Jason Goddard (Most Improved Player 2005) came 3rd. The Ratings prize went to Janet Bonham. In Division C, Adrian Noller was 1st at half-way stage and held on to his lead. Mabel Choularton came 2nd and Cathy Poacher 3rd. The Ratings prize went to previously unrated Sharon Hewitt. 2007 Division B winner, Steven Wintle, got the tuff luck prize. The Tournament was ably directed by Andy Gray. Thanks are due to David Wilson for so efficiently operating the computer and acting as adjudicator. Including proceeds from the raffle, the tournament raised a total of £450 for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People. Additional funds for the charity were raised by Lou Brundell with her stall of articles for sale. Aylesbury A R Richland 6 605 G Bonham 5 248 P Raychbart 5 - 41 Ratings prize S Simonis Aylesbury B P (Hull)Thompson 6 494 S.J Jamison 5 371 J Goddard 5 313 Ratings prize J Bonham 8 Southampton C Monica Stockwell 6 525 Tanya Robson 5 249 Mark Smith 4 192 Maureen Barlow 4 174 Southampton D Georgie Burchell 5 348 Vivienne Newman 5 332 Malcolm Davis 5 73 Carol Bartlett 4 251 Aylesbury C A Noller 6 466 M Choularton 5 337 C Poacher 5 162 Ratings prize S Hewitt Aberdeen Apr 19th (6 rounds) Aberdeen A Ross Mackenzie 5 202 Amy Byrne 5 25 Anne Steward 4 235 Havering Evergreen Apr 26th (6 rounds) Report from Cindy Hollyer Bourne Havering A Sandie Simonis 5 627 Kevin Synott 5 423 Mike Whiteoak 4 183 Ratings: E Wallace Apr 27th (6 rounds) Bourne A L. Rapley 6 472 N. Deller 5 505 J. Hardie 4 260 N. O’Rourke 4 242 Southsea May 2-5 (20 rounds) Southsea A Moira Conway 14 868 Joy Lloyd 13 473 Peter Darby 12 396 Leonora Hutton 12 84 Aberdeen B Alec Robertson 5 606 Margaret Armstrong5 87 Rhoda Gray 4 298 The Havering Evergreens was held on the best day of the spring but in spite of everything appearing rosy he gremlins, as usual, had to put in an appearance. A day before the event a cancellation was received because sadly a player’s daughter had taken a turn for the worse. A reserve stepped in but while registration was taking place there was news that another player had taken ill and was confined to bed. At that late stage nothing could be done. However, all others arrived on time and we were on schedule. Towards the end of the tournament the reserve was in so much pain he was unable to continue and had to drop out. The best laid plans......!!! Bourne B S. Wilks 5 455 A. Burke 5 249 K. Bird 5 184 L. Barratt 4 298 Southsea B Jan Bailey 15 765 Philippa Morris 12 681 Barbara Lukey 11 277 Jean Owen 11 -72 9 Aberdeen C Bob Christie 6 513 Hilbre Jenkins 5 338 Caroline Foy 4 259 Havering B Brenda Northcott 5 417 Joan Ellis 5 179 Ron Bucknell 4 234 Ratings: Joyce Frost Bourne C A. Harvey 5 412 M. Denby 5 285 V. Stokes 5 245 J. Mainwaring 4 237 Southsea C Margaret Emmott 14.5 990 Jan Vokes-Taylor 13 642 Margaret Coleman 13 425 Vivienne Newman 12.5 653
Newcastle April 26th (6 rounds) At the last two tournaments we had no computer, but this year we had two. Bliss! Not only were challenges checked in record time but results were processed extremely quickly too. In spite of a delayed start and the extra 6th game, we still managed to finish the day 15 minutes ahead of the timetable. In Divisions A and B the winners managed to win all 6 games but in Division C, 7 players finished on 4 wins. A 4th place was awarded in the larger Division A. Mikki Nicholson Nichols Newcastle A Mikki Nicholson 6 842 Joyce Cansfield 5 448 Raymond Tate 4 373 Laura Finley 4 -75 Ratings: Viv Beckman Malta Open May 2nd- 4th (18 rounds) Report from Cecil Muscat Newcastle B John Harrison 6 407 Joy Hodge 5 392 Sam Beckwith 3 191 Ratings: Helgmarie Farrow Scrabble players from Malta, England, Scotland, Ireland, Romania and Israel took part in the first Malta Open Tournament which was a big success with many of the participants pledging to return. The hotel rates were very competitive and if one books early, when the flights are cheap in the winter, the whole package can be quite attractive. Unfortunately the Tournament Director could not make it on the Sunday as he contracted gastric flu and poor Janet Phillips had to have a knee operation and retire from the tournament. The early front runner was Mario Saliba, a Maltese, who won his first 6 games, to be overtaken by Nuala O’Rourke, then Evan Cohen from Israel, Vincent Boyle and finally for Cecil Muscat to finish in the lead on his own on 9 wins at the end of the second day. The final dramatic day saw the favourite Jared Robinson taking the lead for the rest of the tournament, going into round 17 with what looked like an unstoppable 2 game advantage and a spread of 977. However, he was stopped in his tracks by a resurgent Paloma Raychbart whose only loss of the day was against Cecil Muscat. Paloma also registered a good win against the second favourite Theresa Camilleri in round 16. So in the final round Jared was leading by 13 wins with a spread of 845 followed by Theresa on 12 wins and a spread of 1002. The last fixture was King of the Hill and in a very tense final game Theresa won by 96pts. Paloma won against Dan Sandu for second place and Jared finished third. Theresa Camilleri was given a rapturous applause during the prize ceremony as was a delighted Paloma Raychbart from the strong Israeli contingent. Dan Sandu and Omri Rosenkrantz won the rating prizes. The tournament was ABSP, Maltese and Internationally rated. Small consolation for Jared, he is now provisionally the highest rated player in Malta! with 1898pts, followed by Paloma with 1889pts and Theresa on 1830pts. We hope to see them battle it out again next year! 10 Newcastle C Elisabeth Allen 4 451 Barrie Hall 4 234 Gwen Linfoot 4 196 Ratings: Gill Hunter We aim to make this tournament a fixture in the International World of Scrabble and I am sure we will have many more than 32 foreign competitors next time! We tend to run it on the lines of the BMSC with an open division (entry according to the organizers discretion) and other divisions according to entrants. For enquiries email cmuscat@blueyonder.co.uk . Cecil@onvol.net. Theresa Camilleri 13 1098 Paloma Raychbart13 855 Jared Robinson 13 749 Jojo Delia 12 498 Cecil Muscat 12 365 Mike O’Rourke 12 206 Spring Matchplay May 6th (25 rounds) Report from Stewart Holden other Brits: 9. Bob Violett 11 639 11.Chris Keeley 11 322 13.Evelyn Wallace 11 -336 14.Vincent Boyle10.5 468 15.Kevin Synott 10.5 365 17.Nuala O’Rourke10 347 20.Maurice Brown10 17 With the absence of the Durham tournament this year, the ABSP committee decided that a replacement Major event was needed and so the Spring Matchplay took on this title. A mammoth 25 games over 3 days in the excellent Staverton Park in Daventry attracted one of the strongest fields of recent months. Certain names who have become accustomed to playing in Div A were surprised to find themselves pushed out by the 20 players rated above 165 in the top group! Two players from Belfast and four from Ireland were a further welcome addition to the usual crowd. On the first day Div C was led by Sarah-Jane Jamison and Marjorie Smith. Janet Bonham’s MRIDANGS was probably the best word of the division all weekend, tied with Ian Kendall’s GUNMAKER. On the second day perennial lower division winner Peter Ashurst took the lead and didn’t look back. Clearly a stronger player than the rest of the field, he was Gibsonized with four rounds to spare. Div B was notable for having seven games with a 1pt spread and two draws, one of which came unexpectedly for Anne Hidden when her outplay of EJECTING (104) and 12pts of countback suddenly levelled the scores with Graham Bonham. However it was the Aylesbury man who had the last laugh as an impressive 17.5-7.5 record won the division, having beaten Adrienne Berger in the crucial last round battle. The strong field of Div A did not disappoint, with impressive plays and scorelines throughout the weekend. Round 7 saw fireworks between Alec Webb and Elie Dangoor whose game finished 534-523 in Alec’s favour; Elie took the ABSP record for the highest ever losing score in a tournament game. Ben Tarlow’s MARTYRED (185) won the high word prize and Terry Kirk recovered from recent bad form to claim second place, but the weekend clearly belonged to Martin Harrison who put in a blistering 20-5 record to claim his first Major title. This awesome performance put his rating from 185 up to 192 and few would deny he is now one of the UK’s very best players. 11 21.Paul Cartman 10 97 23.Moya Dewar 10 -161 29.George Newman 9 91 36.Claire Violett 8 18 44.Philip Turner 8 -555 46.Ellie Dobson 7 -91 48.Christ’e Cartman 7 -254 54.Sim’ Rosenstone 5 -2146
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