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Congratulations to the 3 divisional winners of the Winter League - Richard Division A, Fiona Division B, and Martin Division C.

(Sharon had a better average than Fiona in Division B, but hadn't played the minimum number of games (17).

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Over the weekend of the 27-29 January, 6 East Berks Players travelled to Shanklin, Isle of Wight to take part in two 10-game Scrabble tournaments.

There were 44 players taking part from mainly Southern England, but there were players from further afield including Staffordshire and the Isle of Man.

Players were split into 4 all-play-all divisions, with promotion and relegation for the top and bottom two prior to the second tournament.

For the first tournament Richard and Graham played in A, Wanda and Helen played in B. Maureen played in C and Pat in D. The fixture computer had a sense of humour as one point Richard was playing Graham when Wanda was playing Helen. We thank Steve Perry for taking this photo with all 4 players deep in thought!

At the end of the first tournament, prizes were awarded for the top 3 in each division. Helen, despite a poor start, arranged to win 6 games and secure a small monetary prize for third place. Maureen unfortunately had a poor set of results and was relegated joining Pat in Division D for the second set of 10 games.

The movement of players meant everyone had a few different opponents for the second tournament. This didn’t make the games any easier though! Everyone struggled initially, but Helen and Richard put together a winning streak of games late on to bolster their respective positions. Helen just fell short of finishing 3^rd again in Division B, but Richard overcame strong opposition to finish third in Division A. 

Here is Richard receiving his prize from Steve Perry.

All in a good weekend, great food, fine views across the sea… just the Scrabble could have been better for one or two of us.

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Best improver for this part of the year is Martin Stephens, ahead of Keith Radbourn and Joy Wade.

High-scoring words:

• 118 JINGOES Fiona
• 113 SLITTERS Joy
• 107 EGOTIZED Graham
• 104 CARDIES Peter 4-timer
• 101 WHOOPED Graham
• 96 CRIUSES Wanda
• 95 IMPALER Graham
• 94 VISITING Maureen
• 92 FESTOON Graham
• 90 DEAFISH Deborah
• 86 VISITER Keith
• 83 REWRITES Charles
• 82 LEAVERS Maire
• 82 HOOPERS Maureen
• 76 INCITES Peter
• 76 FAILINGS Charles
• 73 LICENSEE Charles
• 71 MARINES Maire
• 70 IRONING Maire
• 69 FANNERS Maire
• 69 TARRIES Maire
• 69 NAILERS Maire
• 68 LINTERS Maire
• 67 SATIRES Maire
• 67 INTENSE Maire
• 67 RATTLES Maire
• 66 TANNIES Maire
• 65 EASTERN Maire
• 62 SWEETER Maire
• 61 RETAINS Maire

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Many bonuses or high-scoring moves by one player in a game:

·       FOAMIER 79 JANTIEST 95 TORRIDER 72 TROUGHS 80 ABROAD 60     Graham

·       INVESTS 84 LEARNERS 66 CYLIX 51 COASTING 78                            Helen

·       MORENDOS 86 SLEUTHS 108 HARPIST 93 NEUSTONS 59                 Wanda

·       FIELDER 78 EMOTION 68 SONLIER 70 DENOTIVE 66                          Richard

·       VEINING 80 BEARINGS 83 BAILERS 91 FOMENTED 76                       Helen

·       ELICITED 62 ARTSIER 75 TOLIDINE 78 BORONIA 71                           Richard

·       REQUINS 86 TINNIES 70 ELATING 69                                                  Richard

·       PUNDITS 85 PEDANTRY 63 EMERGING 92                                          Richard

·       REASONED 77 TONNERS 63 EVIRATE 68                                           Wanda

·       CLEARER 77 ANISOLE 70 TERCIOS 69                                               Helen

·       MERLINS 73 DARGLES 70 RECITING 86                                              Helen

·       FITTERS 78 OUTLAID 78 UNLOOSEN 70                                             Peter

·       SNAKIER 102 NEONATE 70 GIRLISH 72                                              Richard

·       ROTTERS 70 DEVALUES 86 UNITAGES 80                                          Richard

·       DENIALS 70 PETIOLAR 80 INDITES 75                                                 Graham

·       TARGETS 69 BLENDES 79 PASTURES 67                                           Richard

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Also:

·       New personal bests:      Joy Wade 484, Keith Radbourn 418, Pat Llanwarne 485

·       9-letter words:   WHOREDOMS 48 Charles, FIDGETING 30 Fiona, FORMATING 80 Helen

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This year the Milton Keynes tournament returned after a 3 year absence. 2 club members played in the 17 game tournament, Pat and Richard. 

Pat writes

This is a long running tournament but had not been held since 2019. It was over a weekend with 9 games on Saturday and 8 games on Sunday.  The first game was at 11.30 on Saturday, which allowed for easy travel to the venue. I stayed at the hotel on Sunday night too, which made it more relaxed than last time I went, when I had to dash off for a train home.   I played in Division C and won 8 of the 17 games, and was pleased to increase my ABSP rating by one point.

Some of my bonus words were DEEMING for 100 points, REBITTEN which was a gamble but won me the game, and I'm glad I had the bottle to play COJONES.

Richard writes

I had a difficult first day losing 4 of the first 5 games but secured a vital 5 point win in game 6 with 3 bonuses in the last 4 turns. Day two was better with some hard fought wins and I was pleased to come away with 7 wins overall and perform to his rating. 

Best bonuses played were - ULCERATE, MISENTRY, ADMONISH, MELILOT, OLIVINES, FLOREANT and BASILECT.

Well done both!