Best improver for the 3rd quarter of the year is Graham Harding, ahead of Kathy Smith, Deborah Porter and Maureen Barlow.  Welcome to new member Laura Sheridan.  

 

 

High-scoring words:

·         131       SQUARES                    Laura (her highest single move score ever)

·         131       SENATORS                  Graham (nine-timer)

·         125       HUNKERS                    Maire

·         122       RESONATE                  Helen (nine-timer)

·         113       CHUGGER                    Helen

·         110       QUERIES                      Wanda

·         109       PACKETS                     Wanda

·         108       JILTING                         Michael

·         107       MAJESTY                     Helen

·         105       EXARATE                     Richard

·         102       FRAGMENT                  Graham

·         98         RANKLES                     Tricia

·         98         WOODHEN                   Graham

·         95         DELAYING                    Jan

·         95         OVERSEAS                  Graham

Also:    TARNISH 94 Helen, REPLIES 91 Helen, OTARINE 91 Joy, LEADIEST 91 Jan, SWOONED 91 Helen, FAVOURS 83 Keith, MONSTERS 83 Maire, DERAILS 83 Keith, UNVEILS 82 Maire, WAITERS 80 Keith, ENTRAIN 80 Maire, TEENIES 80 Maire, ARISING 73 Kathy, FESTOON 73 Charles, LITTERS 66 Harminder, COARSEN Sharon, ROZETS 30 Keith

 

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

·         AERADIOS 60 OTARIES 75 ETESIANS 68 DIDDIER 87             Wanda

·         GORIEST 75 THINNERS 72 RELINED 74 OLESTRA 78             Richard

·         MUCILAGE 76 SKITTED 73 BORROWED 72 SWOONED 91      Helen

·         SENORAS 70 MANSION 74 STEALING 70 DETAINS 80            Wanda

·         TURNCOAT 70 GODLIER 79 TREEING 67 BANNERED 70        Graham

·         GRAKLES 79 STARRING 74 PRIMATES 76 JIVED 70                Helen

·         COTERIE 66 LEANEST 77 DESIRES 84                                    Deborah

·         ENSUING 66 HAIRLINE 80 RAGWEED 81                                 Helen

·         STEERED 86 ISOLATE 79 TINNIES 62                                      Richard

·         EXARATE 105 STEADILY 84 NURTURE 61                               Richard

·         ROMANTIC 83 ARGALIS 65 DOCTORS 66                                Richard

·         STRIATE 66 AILERON 75 DRANTING 62                                   Tricia

·         RANKLES 98 NEGATION 61 VATTERS 76                                Tricia

·         GNASHES 78 NORTENAS 62 DISARMED 64                            Helen

·         ANTLIAE 69 ONEROUS 68 UNFETTER 86                                Helen

·         EARRINGS 82 SENTRIES 66 SNOWIER 72                               Helen

·         PALLIDER 80 RUINATES 82 FONDLES 71                                Richard

·         DASYURE 77 ANTHERS 72 SATANIC 78                                  Richard

·         IODINES 74 STEELED 65 MARKING 67                                    Charles

·         DUNITES 72 OARIEST 77 VASTIER 82                                     Richard

 

Other things:

·         REINTERRED - 10-letter word                                                   Helen

·         PARTNERED - 9-letter word                                                      Helen

·         TOKENISMS - 9-letter word                                                       Helen v Wanda

·         ELECTIONS 41 - 9-letter word                                                   Joyce

·         7 bonuses in one evening                                                          Deborah

 

Name

Old Rating

New

Rating

Rating Change

P

W

D

L

Average

Highest score

Graham Harding

168

181

13

42

39

0

3

431.0

537

Kathy Smith

85

94

9

15

7

0

8

291.1

359

Deborah Porter

135

142

7

17

9

0

8

354.4

430

Maureen Barlow

138

145

7

38

25

0

13

361.5

528

Harminder Rahanu

50

56

6

18

4

0

14

271.4

346

Evelyn Wansbrough

136

139

3

23

14

0

9

365.7

416

Joy Wade

105

107

2

26

10

0

16

311.0

415

Hannah Corbett

136

138

2

18

9

0

9

340.5

430

Charles Parker

96

97

1

24

7

0

17

304.2

432

Richard Spencer

168

169

1

42

33

0

9

428.7

556

Helen Harding

175

176

1

40

34

0

6

438.3

597

Keith Radbourn

67

67

0

35

7

0

28

277.7

370

Frank Charlesworth

96

96

0

16

7

0

9

334.9

431

Wanda de Poitiers

166

165

-1

34

25

0

9

424.9

539

Michael Spencer

64

62

-2

33

5

0

28

274.6

351

Martin Stephens

112

110

-2

33

13

0

20

327.9

424

Sharon Hewitt

136

133

-3

24

11

0

13

352.9

440

Jan Bailey

143

139

-4

24

11

0

13

358.4

435

Julie Wise

123

116

-7

27

9

0

18

348.4

446

Maire Bennett

78

68

-10

33

7

0

26

271.1

428

Tricia Walker

158

145

-13

29

16

0

13

370.3

515

Insufficient games – a previous quarter’s results, or 13 games this quarter, needed to qualify

 

Patrick Beatty

106

112

6

2

1

0

1

334.0

344

 

Hepzi Rodrigues

139

144

5

11

7

0

4

393.2

486

 

Joyce Charlesworth

50

54

4

12

2

0

10

282.6

371

 

Laura Sheridan

 

78

 

14

4

0

10

299.8

371

 

Sue Ashwell

77

72

-5

2

0

0

2

257.0

274

                     

 

As from July 1, the UK Scrabble movement, and East Berks Scrabble Club have adopted Collins Scrabble Words 2019 (CSW 19) as the definitive word adjudication word list.

 

Some of the new words include :

EW

OK

ZE

BAE

BAO

DOX

UME

VAX

ZEN

 

Please note that articles written before July 1 relate to Collins Scrabble words 2015 unless otherwise stated.

 

 

 

Five East Berks Scrabble recently attended the Luton Round Robin Tournament. There were 5 divisions of 8 players (a round robin of 7, plus one game ‘king of the hill’.). There was also a sixth division with 14 players who played a normal ‘wins-paired’ set of fixtures.

 

 

 

Many of the round robins were close affairs, in Wanda’s division (D) only 2 games separated bottom and top!

 

East Berks had two division winners. Richard won Division E with 7 wins and a spread of +537 and Tricia won the elongated Division F with 7 wins and a spread of +427.

 

 

 

Well done to both!

 

 

Every 4-5 years the Scrabble World Word List gets updated to incorporate recent new words and expressions.

On May 2 2019 Collins Scrabble Words 2019 (CSW19) was published. The number of changes from CSW15 was relatively minor and a helpful initiation kit has been put online here :

 

https://www.wespa.org/csw19ik.pdf?fbclid=IwAR20HacSjG9raFuZoBej02OhCcWMiW1td3uirIdmQpeKQ_Z3z8T6BFwrQ7Q

 

 

 

The fun for East Berks Scrabble started at 6pm on May 1st, the day before the new word list was published.

 

 

 

We received a phone call from Channel 5 asking to film us around midday on the 2nd to talk about the new list.

 

We had just a few hours to make sure out meeting room was free, and to assemble a number of members for filming.

Sadly when we chatted to Channel 5 mid-morning on the 2nd, we were no longer required as they had two UK/World Scrabble Champions coming to their studios!

 

 

Fingers crossed they remember us in 4 years time… when the next word book is due out!

 

 

 

Two East Berks players competed in the 10 game Easter Warmup Tournament recently held in Leicester.

Helen used to be a member of the Leicester Scrabble Club, so it was a good chance for her to catch up with old friends!

As for the Scrabble, Graham played in Division A, had a bad start, but won the last 4 games to finish 5:5. He came 7th out of a Division of 14, far above his initial start position.

 

Helen was the top listed player in B, and was in contention for top prize for most of the tournament. The last round pitted her against one of the two players who had previously beaten her...and sadly she lost again. However 2nd place was no mean feat as there were only 8 rating points between top and bottom in her division.