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Best improver for the 1st quarter of the year is Joy Wade, just ahead of Tricia Walker and Helen Harding. Patrick Beatty and Sue Ashwell *would* have been in the running for the prize if they had played just 2 or 3 games more in the quarter.
High-scoring words:
· 99 OARFISH Graham
· 94 WASTERS Evelyn
· 94 CLINGERS Wanda
· 93 BOUNDER Keith
· 93 ZONINGS Deborah
· 93 REQUOTE Helen
· 93 GENTILE Jan
· 91 TAVERNS Maire
· 90 REALIZED Richard
· 89 MULCHES Charles
· 88 MANDATE Wanda
· 88 JACKETS Maire
· 87 JAMMIER Charles
· 86 SAFETIES Helen
· 86 PANTIES Helen
· 86 WHINERS Graham
Also: QUERY 84 Joyce, SPARKIER 78 Maire, TRIFLES 78 Keith, THEREIN 75, ZONED 75 Joy, MUNTJAC 74 Patrick
Many bonuses or high-scoring moves by one player in a game:
· PLAINER 71 CLINGERS 94 TRIUNES 83 HAZED 65 Wanda
· SPINNER 74 REPTILE 64 TOENAIL 74 BAWDIER 77 Richard
· VERITAS 84 GRECIAN 83 RESOLUTE 62 WHINERS 86 Graham
· GLADDENS 64 COUNTERS 70 MANDATE 88 QUEYN 74 Wanda
· TONSURE 78 PANTIES 86 BLENDING 74 Helen
· TUNNELS 73 THIAMINE 76 PRALINE 76 SALTINE 70 Tricia
· OUTSTARE 64 INHALER 79 GARNETS 69 Tricia
· PATELLA 63 DOWNIES 73 TRUSTING 70 Richard
· WITCHED 78 REALIZED 90 RATTLES 75 Richard
· ELOGIST 81 WATERMEN 74 AERADIO 72 Helen
· SUNCREAM 70 LAIRISES 70 INFINITE 72 Helen
· REGENTS 81 GENTOOS 71 PARETIC 82 Richard
· TRUSTED 63 TAILERON 68 AWAITED 77 Richard
· ATINGLE 66 SPEARING 74 TUNABLE 77 Richard
· IRONERS 66 CHEERIOS 67 ZONINGS 93 Deborah
· TROELIES 77 DRAINED 81 BIDENTS 78 Graham
· AGAINST 68 DELICATE 63 TOILETED 59 Hannah
· AIRLINE 64 ANORETIC 83 SAFETIES 86 Helen
Some unusual words:
· PULQUE 42 Patrick
· FOLIC 60 VASTY 56 Helen
· EUOUAE 6 Keith
|
Name |
Old Rating |
New Rating |
Rating Change |
P |
W |
D |
L |
Average |
Highest score |
|
|
Joy Wade |
94 |
108 |
14 |
21 |
10 |
0 |
11 |
329.7 |
440 |
|
|
Tricia Walker |
139 |
153 |
14 |
22 |
17 |
0 |
5 |
407.7 |
514 |
|
|
Helen Harding |
169 |
183 |
14 |
31 |
29 |
0 |
2 |
431.2 |
543 |
|
|
Evelyn Wansbrough |
128 |
141 |
13 |
26 |
17 |
0 |
9 |
373.1 |
516 |
|
|
Martin Stephens |
101 |
112 |
11 |
20 |
9 |
1 |
10 |
331.0 |
403 |
|
|
Hannah Corbett |
112 |
122 |
10 |
23 |
12 |
1 |
10 |
367.9 |
455 |
|
|
Keith Radbourn |
50 |
57 |
7 |
28 |
5 |
0 |
23 |
266.2 |
362 |
|
|
Richard Spencer |
156 |
162 |
6 |
29 |
21 |
1 |
7 |
419.6 |
525 |
|
|
Maire Bennett |
68 |
72 |
4 |
25 |
6 |
0 |
19 |
276.4 |
392 |
|
|
Charles Parker |
98 |
102 |
4 |
19 |
7 |
0 |
12 |
299.6 |
455 |
|
|
Wanda de Poitiers |
174 |
178 |
4 |
31 |
27 |
0 |
4 |
437.6 |
551 |
|
|
Jan Bailey |
135 |
134 |
-1 |
26 |
14 |
0 |
12 |
344.3 |
440 |
|
|
Julie Wise |
120 |
115 |
-5 |
26 |
12 |
0 |
14 |
338.8 |
426 |
|
|
Maureen Barlow |
140 |
133 |
-7 |
31 |
17 |
0 |
14 |
347.8 |
451 |
|
|
Hepzi Rodrigues |
141 |
133 |
-8 |
24 |
13 |
0 |
11 |
359.2 |
508 |
|
|
Graham Harding |
179 |
169 |
-10 |
37 |
27 |
0 |
10 |
419.3 |
562 |
|
|
Deborah Porter |
130 |
118 |
-12 |
19 |
6 |
1 |
12 |
328.5 |
449 |
|
|
Harminder Rahanu |
64 |
51 |
-13 |
29 |
1 |
0 |
28 |
220.6 |
336 |
|
|
Frank Charlesworth |
85 |
68 |
-17 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
293.3 |
348 |
|
|
Michael Spencer |
98 |
77 |
-21 |
23 |
2 |
0 |
21 |
270.1 |
327 |
|
|
Sharon Hewitt |
168 |
146 |
-22 |
16 |
9 |
0 |
7 |
364.2 |
430 |
|
|
Insufficient games – a previous quarter’s results, or 13 games this quarter, needed to qualify |
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Sue Ashwell |
50 |
69 |
19 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
283.3 |
321 |
|
|
Patrick Beatty |
98 |
113 |
15 |
11 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
346.5 |
423 |
|
|
Joyce Charlesworth |
65 |
71 |
6 |
10 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
291.8 |
380 |
|
|
Stephen McDonald |
50 |
44 |
-6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
112.6 |
186 |
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Or rather a few weeks ago celebrated its 70th birthday!
This film helping with the celebration is now on the BBC Rewind section !
Cut and past the link below to see the film!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06vl7cq
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Congratulations to Charles Parker, who wins the best improver award for 2017-2018. Results are below in rating change order. The quarterly improver prizes went to Maureen Barlow, Charles Parker, Maureen Barlow again, and Tricia Walker.
League Division 1 was won by Helen Harding, and Division 2 by Maureen Barlow. The All-play-All was won by Graham Harding and the Handicap was won by Richard Spencer.
Highest game scores of the year were 585 and 557 from Graham Harding, 572, 564, and 561 from Helen Harding, and 554 from Hepzi Rodrigues. The highest single moves were OVERSOWN (185) from Graham Harding, FEEBLING (167) from Hannah Corbett, TZARINA (132) from Patrick Beatty, TRANQUIL (128) and QUAKERS (123) from Hannah Corbett, ENQUIRY (123) from Charles Parker, LESSENED (122) from Richard Spencer, and DUPLEXES (116) from Wanda de Poitiers.
|
Name |
Old Rating |
New Rating |
Rating Change |
P |
W |
D |
L |
Average |
Highest score |
|
Charles Parker |
68 |
98 |
30 |
92 |
33 |
0 |
59 |
312.4 |
509 |
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Maire Bennett |
56 |
68 |
12 |
109 |
20 |
0 |
89 |
261.0 |
381 |
|
Graham Harding |
168 |
179 |
11 |
148 |
127 |
0 |
21 |
418.2 |
585 |
|
Maureen Barlow |
131 |
140 |
9 |
137 |
90 |
0 |
47 |
365.1 |
528 |
|
Helen Harding |
160 |
169 |
9 |
144 |
115 |
0 |
29 |
418.3 |
572 |
|
Martin Stephens |
95 |
101 |
6 |
101 |
34 |
2 |
65 |
322.6 |
437 |
|
Tricia Walker |
135 |
139 |
4 |
112 |
53 |
1 |
58 |
363.0 |
471 |
|
Julie Wise |
118 |
120 |
2 |
88 |
36 |
0 |
52 |
338.0 |
478 |
|
Wanda de Poitiers |
172 |
174 |
2 |
128 |
98 |
0 |
30 |
410.4 |
539 |
|
Richard Spencer |
156 |
156 |
0 |
123 |
81 |
0 |
42 |
399.8 |
545 |
|
Hepzi Rodrigues |
142 |
141 |
-1 |
109 |
64 |
0 |
45 |
371.6 |
554 |
|
Deborah Porter |
133 |
130 |
-3 |
100 |
50 |
1 |
49 |
360.9 |
492 |
|
Evelyn Wansbrough |
134 |
128 |
-6 |
113 |
67 |
0 |
46 |
367.6 |
490 |
|
Jan Bailey |
144 |
135 |
-9 |
104 |
61 |
0 |
43 |
368.7 |
530 |
|
Frank Charlesworth |
98 |
85 |
-13 |
82 |
21 |
0 |
61 |
291.5 |
447 |
|
Guests, new members without a previous year’s playing record, and people playing less than 52 games |
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|
Sharon Hewitt |
141 |
168 |
27 |
23 |
19 |
0 |
4 |
394.7 |
499 |
|
Patrick Beatty |
84 |
98 |
14 |
37 |
14 |
1 |
22 |
319.4 |
459 |
|
Hannah Corbett |
109 |
112 |
3 |
58 |
24 |
0 |
34 |
346.1 |
454 |
|
Tricia Cooper |
181 |
178 |
-3 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
371.3 |
437 |
|
Richard Porter |
167 |
152 |
-15 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
312.0 |
392 |
|
Joy Wade |
|
94 |
|
62 |
22 |
1 |
39 |
309.9 |
448 |
|
June Spencer |
|
78 |
|
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
286.3 |
345 |
|
Angie Plumer |
|
59 |
|
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
273.8 |
330 |
|
Stephen McDonald |
|
47 |
|
19 |
1 |
0 |
18 |
238.2 |
300 |
|
Sue Ashwell |
|
47 |
|
60 |
6 |
1 |
53 |
264.1 |
339 |
|
Nina Thornhill |
|
80 |
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
349.0 |
358 |
|
Keith Radbourn |
|
49 |
|
106 |
9 |
0 |
97 |
250.8 |
371 |
|
Alan Nicolaou |
|
45 |
|
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
250.8 |
306 |
|
Harminder Rahanu |
|
64 |
|
12 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
253.7 |
334 |
|
Bex Smith |
|
50 |
|
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
272.0 |
307 |
|
Joyce Charlesworth |
|
65 |
|
30 |
6 |
1 |
23 |
278.7 |
358 |
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On a wet Saturday in early October, club member Graham Harding travelled to London, near Paddington station, to take part in the finals of the National Scrabble Championships. He’d qualified for the finals a few weeks before, at the Swindon tournament in mid-September. In a field of 52, including several previous winners, Graham was 37th in order of rating (standard). He finished 30th, winning eight games out of 16.
His most exciting game was against Phil Robertshaw, one of the 10 highest rated players in the tournament. Graham just scraped a win in an incredibly high scoring game, where the final scores were 503-501.
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Best improver for the 4th quarter of the year is Tricia Walker, with Wanda de Poitiers in second place. Welcome to Nina Thornhill and new member Harminder Rahanu, and welcome back to Tricia Cooper.
High-scoring words:
· 106 ZEMSTVO Wanda
· 100 UNWRITE Helen
· 98 WORSHIP Martin
· 98 REQUITES Wanda
· 96 EQUINES Deborah
· 94 HEROINES Deborah
· 94 EXACTER Charles
· 93 SEALERS Hepzi
· 93 MINTIER Maire
· 93 VISIONS Hepzi
· 92 SOLVATES Helen
· 90 CREASED Jan
Also TREETOPS 83 Charles, FAIREST 84 Maire, ENTRAIN 75 Maire, KANJI 72 Graham, RETAINS 71 Keith, OINKING 67 Jan, FORESEES 61 Frank, LASAGNES 59 Charles, FUZE 36 Stephen, JIVE 28 Stepehen, AMBIENT Keith
Many bonuses by one player, or high-scoring consecutive moves:
· TRAINEE 61 OTARINE 77 INDEBTED 80 ANTSIER 71 Richard
· ORBITED 71 FLUORINE 74 CAGOULES 83 JOTTER 52 Helen
· NASTIER 84 TITANIUM 67 GATHERER 64 FINESSE 78 Graham
· VAINEST 67 DISPORT 74 ELOINER 63 ZA 68 Helen
· FUSTIER 83 TROLLING 82 HOTTIES 69 ANSATED 65 Graham
· NORTENA 72 READERS 75 SOLVATES 92 IMPLY 63 Helen
· STINTER 71 VIBRATES 62 TUNICLES 86 Richard
· SPOUTED 73 RETAINED 70 OVERUSE 66 Richard
· AMOTION 72 STIBINE 69 SEMINAL 66 Richard
· MINORED 71 ABASHED 72 RATIONS 75 Graham
· FONDLES 74 HAROSET 87 VINTAGED 89 Helen
· HEROINS 81 ETESIAN 64 KANTELES 72 Richard
· GINNERS 72 SHERRIES 61 NATTIER 69 Tricia W
· UPBRAID 72 AGRISED 68 TURTLING 74 Helen
· ADORING 76 NEARSIDE 87 ATONIES 68 Tricia W
· DILATES 63 LEARNING 68 TIRADES 79 Frank
Others:
· 10-letter word: MISCOLORED 45 Martin
· 9-letter words: DESTAINED 86 Wanda, BLATHERED Helen
TITANIUMS, TROLLINGS Graham
· Keith won 2 consecutive games for the first time
|
Name |
Old Rating |
New Rating |
Rating Change |
P |
W |
D |
L |
Average |
Highest score |
|
|
Tricia Walker |
121 |
139 |
18 |
28 |
15 |
0 |
13 |
354.9 |
452 |
|
|
Wanda de Poitiers |
161 |
174 |
13 |
38 |
33 |
0 |
5 |
409.3 |
499 |
|
|
Joy Wade |
83 |
94 |
11 |
22 |
7 |
0 |
15 |
304.5 |
378 |
|
|
Sharon Hewitt |
157 |
168 |
11 |
14 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
407.6 |
499 |
|
|
Julie Wise |
114 |
120 |
6 |
21 |
11 |
0 |
10 |
347.2 |
446 |
|
|
Maire Bennett |
63 |
68 |
5 |
26 |
6 |
0 |
20 |
270.2 |
381 |
|
|
Frank Charlesworth |
81 |
85 |
4 |
20 |
6 |
0 |
14 |
299.8 |
447 |
|
|
Richard Spencer |
155 |
156 |
1 |
33 |
22 |
0 |
11 |
408.9 |
521 |
|
|
Charles Parker |
98 |
98 |
0 |
23 |
9 |
0 |
14 |
322.8 |
418 |
|
|
Hepzi Rodrigues |
141 |
141 |
0 |
33 |
20 |
0 |
13 |
370.3 |
476 |
|
|
Keith Radbourn |
50 |
49 |
-1 |
35 |
3 |
0 |
32 |
245.9 |
309 |
|
|
Graham Harding |
181 |
179 |
-2 |
35 |
29 |
0 |
6 |
414.7 |
531 |
|
|
Evelyn Wansbrough |
131 |
128 |
-3 |
23 |
14 |
0 |
9 |
372.8 |
440 |
|
|
Helen Harding |
172 |
169 |
-3 |
39 |
29 |
0 |
10 |
418.0 |
572 |
|
|
Martin Stephens |
105 |
101 |
-4 |
27 |
8 |
1 |
18 |
331.3 |
426 |
|
|
Maureen Barlow |
145 |
140 |
-5 |
35 |
22 |
0 |
13 |
358.5 |
439 |
|
|
Deborah Porter |
137 |
130 |
-7 |
27 |
11 |
0 |
16 |
360.1 |
469 |
|
|
Hannah Corbett |
123 |
112 |
-11 |
15 |
7 |
0 |
8 |
341.1 |
454 |
|
|
Jan Bailey |
146 |
135 |
-11 |
21 |
10 |
0 |
11 |
353.1 |
464 |
|
|
Insufficient games – a previous quarter’s results, or 13 games this quarter, needed to qualify |
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|
|
Patrick Beatty |
90 |
98 |
8 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
324.6 |
401 |
|
|
Stephen McDonald |
50 |
47 |
-3 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
8 |
242.0 |
294 |
|
|
Tricia Cooper |
181 |
178 |
-3 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
381.7 |
430 |
|
|
Joyce Charlesworth |
70 |
65 |
-5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
265.8 |
307 |
|
|
Sue Ashwell |
54 |
47 |
-7 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
254.7 |
294 |
|
|
Nina Thornhill |
|
80 |
|
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
349.0 |
358 |
|
|
Harminder Rahanu |
|
64 |
|
12 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
253.7 |
334 |
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