TLW120 - Nomads Results

Regional results to date
London East: Rachelle Winer 4 David Holmes 3 – Femi Awowade 4 Angela Evans 2
Chris Keeley 4 Phil Kelly 2 – Mike Whiteoak 4 Rachelle Winer 2
Bob Violett 4 Ben Tarlow 3
Femi or Chris plays Mike or Bob in the Regional Final
London West: Ed Martin 4 Jackie McLeod 3 – Sandie Simonis 4 Sanmi Odelana 3
Harshan Lamabadusuriya 4.5 Maurice McParland 0.5;
Di Dennis 4 Bob Berry 0 – Harshan Lamabadusuriya 5 Di Dennis 3
Ed or Sandie plays Harshan in the Regional Final
Midlands: Chris Hawkins 4 Ben Wilson 0 – Nuala O’Rourke 4 Maurice Brown 3
Joanne Hiley 4 Linda Barratt 3 – Stewart Holden 4 Heather Burnet 1
Teresa Hill 4 Chris Hawkins 3 – Mike O’Rourke 4 Nuala O’Rourke 3
Evan Simpson 4.5 Joanne Hiley 2.5 – Evan Simpson 5 Mike O’Rourke 0
Stewart or Teresa plays Evan in the Regional Final
North: Neil Rowley 2 Joyce Cansfield 4 – Andrew Goodwin 4 Russell Smith 1
John Hardie 4 Josef Thompson 3 – Laura Finley 4 Andrea Waddington 3
Lewis Mackay 4 Jason Carney 0 – John Hardie 4 Vicky Nelson 1
Andrew Goodwin 4 Joyce Cansfield 0 – Mikki Nicholson 4 Laura Finley 1
Lewis Mackay 5 John Hardie 1
Andrew or Mikki plays Lewis in the Regional Final
North West: Wayne Kelly 4 Len Moir 0 – Kathy Suddick 4 Donna Stanton 2
Mark Nyman 4 David Steel 0 – Phil Robertshaw 4 Paul Richards 2
Wayne or Kathy plays Mark or Phil in the Regional Final
Oxford & West: Stewart Houten 4 Neil Green 3 – Peter Liggett 4 Jason Goddard 1
Steve Perry 4 Karl Kwiatkowski 2
Stewart plays Peter or Steve in the Regional Final
Scotland: Ray Tate 4.5 Amy Byrne 2.5 – Anne Ramsay 4 Philips Owalabi 3
Helen Gipson 4 Ray Tate 2 – Allan Simmons 4 Colin Nicol 1
Anne Ramsay 4 Tom Wilson 1 – Neil Scott 4 Ross Mackenzie 1
Helen or Allan plays Anne or Neil in the Regional Final
South: Penny Downer 4 Peter Hall 2 – Paul Allan 4 Alan Bailey 1
David Reading 4 Elizabeth Terry 2 – Noel Turner 4 Bob Lynn 0
Penny Downer 4 Ed Rossiter 2
Paul or David plays Noel or Penny in the Regional Final
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Unexpected Meetings
L E T T E R S
On Friday 29th February I was on my way back from a week in Tenerife, where I had enjoyed
relaxation, sun and many games on ISC.
I arrived at the airport in good time so decided to go to the toilet. As I was waiting my turn
a woman came out of a cubicle, walked up to me and said, “I have played you in Scrabble
tournaments.” This was Rosemary Jordan of the Leicester Scrabble Club. In relating this
story to friends, they remarked, “That explains why she wasn’t at the Leicester Tournament.”
On Monday morning of April 7th I was at Oxford Railway Station waiting for a train back to
Newcastle after spending the weekend with my son Tim and his partner Fiona. A woman
called out “Viv!” This was Barbara Goodban on her way to Liz Barber’s Scrabble holiday in
Bournemouth.
As things usually go in threes I am of course waiting for the third unexpected meeting.
Can any Scrabble player top these stories?
If you have anything interesting to say, perhaps even about Scrabble!
please send me a letter, preferably by email to
Little Miss Perfect
ejardine1@btinternet.com
or editor@absp.org.uk
This week Little Miss Perfect had to play against Mr Smelly-Bag.
What could she do? When she arrived at her allocated table he
had already laid out his board, his rack, his bag of tiles and his
score sheet. It wasn’t until she went to select her first seven tiles
that she noticed that the bag had never had the benefit of a wash
and on closer inspection saw the board also had its fair share of
debris. Perhaps he played over dinner, or on the beach or down at the
tip. Keen, wasn’t he? Was she pernickety? No, just everyday hygienic.
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Viv Beckmann
Viv Beckmann