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BEST 2002: The Final...They’re simplyTHE BESTMark Nyman(England)vPaul Allan(Scotland)After six months of regional matches, followed by a series of national quarter-finals andsemi-finals, the two finalists in the British Elimination Scrabble Tournament (BEST) are nowknown: Mark Nyman will take on Paul Allan for the title of BEST Champion 2002.In their respective semi-finals, Mark defeated Andy Davis 9.5 - 6.5, after losing the firstthree games, while Paul saw off Terry Kirk 9.5 - 5.5. In contrast to Mark, Paul took the earlyinitiative by winning the first five games, giving Terry too steep a mountain to climb.Earlier in the tournament, unseeded Phil Appleby produced a major upset by knocking outhighly fancied Brett Smitheram in the South-West and Wales region, only to fall to GarethWilliams in the zone final. Other zone winners in addition to the semi-finalists includedDavid Acton (North East), Jared Robinson (East Midlands) and Andy Roughton (WestMidlands).Unlike the previous year’s BEST, ratings prizes were awarded for the best performances byplayers with ratings below 170. Pride of place went to Maureen Chamberlain, whosesplendid win over Steve Perry was the basis of her tournament rating of 178, 35 above herstarting rating of 143.At the time of publication, the date and venue for the final has yet to be decided. Theintention is to provide live move-by-move coverage on the internet. Full details will bepublished on the BEST web site (http://www.scrabble.demon.co.uk/).record smashed at centre:mkAt midday on Sunday 18th August, 12 year old Austin Shin (Milton Keynes) and ChrisHawkins (Peterborough) unofficially set a new world record for the most points scored bytwo players in 24 hours, achieving a total of 162,171 points, surpassing their own officialworld record of 135,758 points set back in December.Both players were thrilled with thefinal score, as they thought150,000 might just be attainablebefore they started the attempt, soto push the record up as high asthey did beyond that mark reallycame as a surprise. They say theywere much more disciplined withtheir break-taking this time roundcompared to last time, and thestandard of play was better too(they averaged nearly 1040 pointsper completed game this time,compared to just under 1000 inDecember).The previous record score was surpassed just after 8.00a.m., following 20 hours of play,and the total number of games played was also well up on last time; time ran out duringthe 157th game, compared to the 136th last time. No very unusual plays occurred this time(unlike the DEMAGNETIZING play from the first attempt), the highest scoring word wasChris’ ABSENTLY for 203, and the word which broke the old record was Austin’s WINY.The big difference between this attempt and the last one was the playing conditions; at onepoint on Saturday afternoon the temperature in centre:mk shopping centre, where theattempt took place, reached 42 degrees Celsius! The event raised £165.48 for charity, theproceeds going to Willen Hospice in Milton Keynes.Chris and Austin would like to publicly thank all the people who helped this attempt bethe success it was: Chris’ wife Jo, Austin’s dad and his sister Evelyn who all did long scorekeepingstints, as did Pippa and Peter Yates, club players from Peterborough, Nick Dellerand Philip Nelkon. They would also like to thank the staff of centre:mk shopping centre forproviding them with a venue for the attempt, and Mike Willis for his very generousdonation on behalf of the Loughton and Linford Scrabble Club to the charity collection.The pair may attempt to break the record again at some point in the future, but Chris is alsothinking about creating a new record category in the Guinness Book of Records, for thefastest single game of Scrabble by two players. During their practice sessions on theInternet Scrabble Club, Austin and Chris managed to completed one game in 3 minutes 23seconds, and although this was ‘virtual’ Scrabble, where drawing and placing tiles isquicker, Chris feels that a similar time (or better) should be possible ‘over the board’. Fornow though, both players are content to keep on entering ABSP tournaments, where thespeed of each game is comparatively leisurely!1213
HAPPY NAPPY EVENTSCongratulations on the birthsof these beautiful babiesBaby Grudz b. 18-8-2002 (3.5Kg) withfather Steve.Recalculation of ratingsa clarification by Ratings Officer John GraysonRound Robin events held over two days may involve promotion and relegation at the endof the first day (such as at the Nottingham Nomads or Scottish Round Robin) or use largerdivisions which stay unchanged throughout the event. In either case, the event is treatedas one unit for ratings purposes.On the other hand, associated events such as Vectis and Isle of Wight or Ladies and BMSCare separate tournaments. After Vectis or Ladies results have been processed by the ratingsprogram, all ratings are recalculated before processing of the Isle of Wight or BMSC resultsbegins. Thus in many cases the ratings for your opponents shown on the listings displayedat the event will not be the same for the second event.Anyone who keeps a record of their rating performances and wishes to knowthe exact number of ratings points they earned can email me at:absp_ratings@hotmail.comor request the details by post, enclosing a stamped SAE to me at:33 Pinewood Close, Malpas, South Wales, NP20 6WRRating club or league games.If you would like to have an ABSP rating, but cannot play at the various rated events, youmay consider asking your club or league to apply for ABSP rating approval for club orleague matches if the basic rating criteria are followed (such as using clocks and OSWI,and having an independent adjudicator).Contact the Tournament Coordinator Paul Cartman (paul.cartman@btinternet.com or9 Chapel Terrace, Stafford ST16 3AH enclosing a stamped SAE with your request) forfurther details.The rating levy for such games is 10 pence per player per game. If ratings approval is given,the club or league coordinator can then contact me to arrange details such as frequencyand method of sending me the results.14Andy Davis with babyElliot b. 16-6-2002 (9lb213 Mark Nyman (GM)204 David Acton (GM)204 Robert Felt204 Andrew Fisher (GM)199 Paul Allan (Exp)197 Andrew Cook (GM)196 Andrew Davis (GM)195 Brett Smitheram (GM)193 Andrew Perry (GM)191 Phil Appleby (GM)190 Richard Evans (Exp)189 David Webb (GM)188 Terry Kirk (GM)188 HarshanLamabadusuriya188 Clive Spate (GM)187 Di Dennis (GM)187 Allan Saldanha (GM)187 Gareth Williams (GM)186 Allan Simmons (GM)185 Russell Byers (GM)185 Pete Finley (GM)184 Darryl Francis (Exp)184 Helen Gipson (GM)184 Stewart Holden184 Gary Polhill (Exp)183 John Grayson (GM)183 Neil Scott (Exp)182 Femi Awowade182 Joyce Cansfield (Exp)182 Karl Khoshnaw (Exp)181 Nick Ball181 Shanker Menon180 Evan Simpson (Exp)179 Elie Dangoor (Exp)179 Dick Green (Exp)179 Philip Nelkon (GM)179 Alec Webb (Exp)178 Martin Fowkes (Exp)178 Wayne Kelly178 Brian Sugar (GM)176 George Gruner176 Ruth Morgan-Thomas(Exp)175 Gerry Carter175 Jake JacobsR A T I N G S L I S T(GM) Grand Master (Exp) Expert174 Barry Grossman174 Lewis Mackay174 Andrew Roughton173 Catherine Costello173 Cecil Muscat173 Sandie Simonis (Exp)172 Chris Finlay172 Helen Greenaway172 Chris Hawkins172 Robert Richland (Exp)172 Neil Rowley172 Sheila Spate172 Bob Violett (Exp)171 Amy Byrne171 Brendan McDonnell171 Nuala O’Rourke170 Danny Bekhor170 Penny Downer (Exp)170 Tony Killilea170 Marco Post170 Noel Turner (Exp)170 Mike Willis (Exp)169 Nick Deller169 Jackie McLeod (Exp)169 Martin Reed169 Alan Sinclair168 Marion Keatings168 Martin Thomas167 Philip Cohen167 Simon Gillam (Exp)167 John Howell167 Ruth MacInerney167 Steve Perry167 Malcolm Quirie167 Jared Robinson167 Wilma Warwick166 David Brook166 Helen Grayson (Exp)166 Chris Keeley166 Graeme Thomas165 Caroline Atkins165 Bob Berry165 Karen Willis164 Edward Garrett-Jones164 Lee Jones164 Diane Pratesi (Exp)164 Kwaku Sapong164 Waiyapot15Suttawassuntorn162 Rob Dowse162 Graham Harding162 Debbie Heaton162 Christine McKenzie162 Norman Smith162 Raymond Tate161 Steve Balment161 Austin Shin161 Peter Thompson160 David Dawson160 Ed Martin160 Adam Philpotts160 Peter Preston160 Martin Thompson159 Alan Catherall159 Chris Davison159 Angela Evans159 Alan Georgeson159 Timothy Lawrence159 Kate Leckie159 Bob Lynn159 David Nunn159 Ricky Zinger158 John Ashmore158 Adrienne Berger158 Simon Carter158 David Delicata158 Sheila Green158 Elisabeth Jardine158 Frankie Mairey158 David Meadows157 Alan Bailey157 Ken Heaton157 David White156 Tolani Ayo-Awojobi156 Irene Bell156 Peter Dean156 Gary Fox156 Pauline Johnson156 Brian Jones156 Mary Jones156 Donald MacLeod156 Roy Miller156 Chris Quartermaine156 Amy Willcox155 Erica Cruickshank155 Thomas MensahRatings at4-9-2002At least30 games155 Kate Surtees155 Graham Wakefield154 Billy Dott154 Davina Galloway154 Joanne Hiley154 Robert Johnston154 Andrew Kempley-Smith154 David Lawton154 Martin Leverton154 Ross Mackenzie154 Anne Ramsay154 Jean Rappitt154 Pam Titheradge154 Tom Wilson154 Rachelle Winer153 Martin Bloomberg153 Maureen Chamberlain153 Christina French153 Ralph Gibbs153 Peter Liggett153 Abraham Sosseh153 Ivan Swallow152 Alan Childs152 Mike O’Rourke152 Margaret Pritchett152 Carole Rison152 Alec Robertson152 Carol Stanley152 Kevin Synnott151 David Ellis151 Kay McColgan151 Lynne Murphy151 Matthew Pinner151 Donna Stanton151 Lesley Watson150 Oluyemi Adesiyan150 Sue Bowman150 Anne Hidden150 Pat MacBean150 Gwynfor Owen150 Alison Sadler149 Philip Aldous149 Cathy Anderson149 Pat Colling
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