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Every Easter there are two tournaments run by the Association of British Scrabble Players.
The first is a 10 game tournament starting on Good Friday, and finishing Saturday lunchtime. There is then a larger event consisting of 23 games, starting on Saturday afternoon and continuing until late Bank Holiday Monday afternoon.
This year, three East Berks Scrabble players attended the warm-up event playing in Division A. It should have been a 10 player round-robin for 9 rounds (followed by one duplicate pairing). However the numbers attending were not divisible by 10 and Division A consisted of 18 players.
Richard, Helen and Graham finished midway in the Division, with Richard and Helen winning 5 out of 10 games, and Graham 4. Surprisingly there was only one round when EBSC players played against each other, and here is a photo of Richard and Helen and their completed board.
Richard started well winning 4 of his first 5 games (scoring over 500 in two of those games) but then had to play the top 3 players which halted his progress to the prizes.
Helen’s highlight occurred in game 2 when she played the runner-up in last year’s world championships and won with a score of 496!
Graham started off the tournament with several high scoring losses, but as the tournament progressed, his scores improved and managed a 9-timer dRAISENE for 122 in his penultimate game.
Some of the more unusual words laid in EBSC member games included :
COONTIE. CANTARS, ELINT, WINDAGE, TITMOUSE, VELARISE,RANZEL, JEELIE, YNAMBU, MANTOES.
A very enjoyable tournament!
PS : If you want to know what an YNAMBU is.... here is a picture!
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The Winter League reached its conclusion in early February. Here are the divisional tables - well done to Richard, Deborah and Charles for winning their respective divisions. (Minimum of 17 games).
2023-2024 WINTER LEAGUE
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Played Won Lost Draw Win-Bon AvgBon Total AVERAGE Division A
Division B
Division C
During the season (up to the end of January, subject to bad weather etc), every player will have fixtures rearranged, broadly a range of different players each week. You may play some people more than once. A WIN is worth 10 points, a DRAW 5 points. Sadly nothing for a LOSS.
If you beat a player one Division above you, you get a 10 point bonus (WIN-BON). If you have beat a player 2 divisions above you get a 20 point bonus.
If anyone, winner or loser, in any division, exceeds their average score they will accrue a 5 point bonus. (AVG-BON). It doesn’t matter if you can’t play every week, as the total scores are averaged by the number of games played to see who won the league.
Promotion / relegation for those that play more 17+ games. |
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The 2024 Isle of Wight tournament took place between Friday 26th January and Sunday 28th.
There were 2 separate tournaments of 10 games each, with promotion and relegation.
Pat played in Division C and won 4 games out of 10 in the first tournament, didn't quite promoted and stayed in C for the second tournament where she won 6, narrowly missing out on spread for third place.
Richard, Helen and Graham played in Division A, and all won 5 games out of the first set of 10. Thus ensured they safely stayed in A for the second tournament, where Helen won 5 again, but Richard and Graham only won 5 between them.
Here is Helen playing Richard, and their completed board.
Over the weekend there were lots of high scoring and unusual words played by EBSC members here are a few :
Pat : BLOWIEST (77), OVERDONE(64)
Richard : BANSHEES (158), GLUTAEI (67), ILLATION (66)
Helen : 2 bonuses containing 2 Us - ARDUOUS (77), VULTURES (58) as well as ZOEA (90)
Graham : QUIETEST (106), STOCKILY (107)
Postscript : After the tournaments there was a 3 game unrated tournament between 18 players staying overnight Sunday into Monday. This was won by Helen who won £15. A great end to a great weekend.
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Deborah Porter retains her Best Improver title, ahead of Richard Spencer and Amanda Lowe. This is the first time ever that a past winner has retained their title!
High-scoring words:
· 114 REQUINS Richard
· 113 WORKABLE Joy
· 99 JALOUSE Richard
· 97 WINLESS Graham
· 93 SERIATE Wanda
· 90 CANISTER Graham
· 90 TIGGERS Maire
· 86 DESTAIN Maire
· 86 FALLERS Michael
· 86 RADIOMAN Graham
· 86 SPLENDOR Helen
· 83 BOWSPRIT Charles
· 82 JUSTICES Joy
· 80 DETRAIN Charles
· 77 TRAINED Maire
· 76 GANNETS Maire
· 76 GNATWREN Richard
· 76 STAINED Maire
· 74 OUTLIES Maire
· 73 MASSIVE Joy
· 72 PISSERS Maire
· 70 BOATLOAD Charles
Other words: DIGESTS 69 Maire, ENTRAIL 69 Maire, GRANITE 69 Maire, PRAIRIES 68 Joy, RINGERS 68 Maire, APPARELS 65 Charles, LEASING 65 Joy, MINARET 65 Maire, ENABLES 63 Maire, EJECTA 62 Helen
Many bonuses or high-scoring moves by one player in a game:
· ABSENTEE 88 NESTLES 73 NEONATAL 65 REQUINS 114 Richard
· CREASIER 83 SOLATES 66 EGOTISE 77 GENITOR 78 Graham
· ESTRONE 73 ERASION 75 LOADING 61 REPTILES 74 Graham
· REPLIERS 80 RETUNDS 66 RATIONAL 58 EX 52 Helen
· RUSTIER 76 ADORNERS 61 GARNETS 81 DETANGLE 80 Wanda
· ZA 66 SATIETY 74 BESTOWED 59 TETANIC 86 Helen
· CUTESIE 80 MILORDS 72 LECANORA 74 Richard
· DAUNTERS 79 AQUATINT 86 SLAVING 85 Graham
· ICONISE 69 FORELEG 82 ENTOILED 65 Richard
· FAUTING 82 SHORTER 83 ROSINER 74 Richard
· FIERIER 78 REFLATES 70 PASTERNS 68 Helen
· GIMPIER 78 LEASING 76 CLOUDING 78 Deborah
· MILNEBS 78 STASHIE 73 RELEGATED 86 Richard
· PANOPLY 89 UNDERACT 76 CARBINE 81 Graham
· PLANTER 74 DINGIER 74 MUSTIER 77 Helen
· REMINTS 82 ANTIQUES 67 DEPLANE 73 Helen
· SINCERE 67 SERIATE 93 LIMITERS 63 Wanda
· SMITTEN 66 SALUTING 66 KINDEST 80 Keith
· SOAPIER 73 COATING 66 RAPINES 77 Graham
· TRENDING 68 POUNDERS 89 DELATORS 63 Fiona
· WARPING 75 EXPORTS 90 ATEBRINS 74 Wanda
Other things:
· New personal bests: Amanda 392, Jim 445
· 9-letter words: GRAVESIDE 28 Fiona RELEGATED 86 Richard
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Name |
Old rating |
New rating |
Rating change |
P |
W |
D |
L |
Average |
Highest score |
Highest ever |
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Deborah Porter |
107 |
133 |
26 |
24 |
14 |
0 |
10 |
368.8 |
456 |
542 |
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Richard Spencer |
171 |
186 |
15 |
28 |
24 |
0 |
4 |
431.3 |
599 |
625 |
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Amanda Lowe |
79 |
92 |
13 |
14 |
5 |
0 |
9 |
315.1 |
392 |
392 |
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Joy Wade |
109 |
120 |
11 |
13 |
6 |
0 |
7 |
310.0 |
444 |
484 |
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Helen Harding |
178 |
188 |
10 |
27 |
23 |
0 |
4 |
435.2 |
539 |
597 |
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Keith Radbourn |
85 |
91 |
6 |
24 |
7 |
0 |
17 |
282.1 |
348 |
418 |
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Martin Stephens |
97 |
101 |
4 |
22 |
7 |
0 |
15 |
322.8 |
371 |
477 |
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Wanda de Poitiers |
156 |
156 |
0 |
24 |
17 |
0 |
7 |
418.3 |
557 |
592 |
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Graham Harding |
178 |
175 |
-3 |
36 |
27 |
0 |
9 |
440.1 |
578 |
661 |
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Hepzi Rodrigues |
137 |
133 |
-4 |
18 |
12 |
0 |
6 |
373.9 |
549 |
554 |
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Fiona Titcombe |
138 |
134 |
-4 |
16 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
376.1 |
482 |
551 |
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Charles Parker |
107 |
98 |
-9 |
19 |
4 |
0 |
15 |
313.5 |
408 |
509 |
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Maire Bennett |
84 |
74 |
-10 |
25 |
3 |
0 |
22 |
270.0 |
371 |
448 |
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Pat Llanwarne |
148 |
134 |
-14 |
17 |
8 |
0 |
9 |
345.3 |
435 |
516 |
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Michael Spencer |
95 |
77 |
-18 |
29 |
4 |
0 |
25 |
295.1 |
386 |
502 |
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Insufficient games – a previous quarter’s results, or 13 games in a quarter, needed to qualify |
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Sharon Hewitt |
141 |
137 |
-4 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
347.2 |
416 |
548 |
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Maureen Barlow |
137 |
122 |
-15 |
11 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
351.4 |
411 |
528 |
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Jim Macey |
141 |
124 |
-17 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
346.2 |
445 |
445 |
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Jen Brennan |
72 |
45 |
-27 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
333.0 |
333 |
436 |
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Ann Shaw |
56 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
317 |
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Mary Twomey |
99 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
430 |
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Kate Lester |
101 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
363 |
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Gillian Cranston |
101 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
448 |
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Three East Berks players travelled to Staverton Park, near Daventry for a 15 game tournament between Christmas and New Year.
There were 4 round-robin groups of 16, and one small group of 14 (a round robin followed by 2 'king-of-the-hill' rounds).
Fiona played in the smaller E division and won 9.5 games out of 15. Some of her wins were by quite large margins including +198, +157 and +134. The draw was also a high scoring encounter 403 points each. Well played Fiona!
Graham played in Division C, and after a slow start managed to win 8 out of 15 games. His biggest win was by 140 points, but his worst loss was by a staggering 263 points! Ouch !
Helen was the lowest rated player in Division B and a late flurry of wins, gave her a total of 7 out of 15. An excellent performance given she started bottom of the division. Her biggest win was by 100 points.
The venue was very good, with an excellent break-out area nearby where tea and coffee was on tap (sadly no biscuits!). There was even a communal 500 piece jigsaw puzzle and pool table for those wanting a different activity between Scrabble games.
There were lots of good words played over the weekend - the three that Fiona, Graham and Helen were most proud of were DOURINE (a disease of horses), NETSUKE (Japanese clothes fastener) and JOOK (Scottish word to dodge).
Above are a couple of Helen's boards!
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