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Between Friday 3rd and Sunday 5th March, six members of the club took the ferry to the Isle of Wight to take part in the annual tournament there.  The venue was the Trouville Hotel, right on the seafront at Sandown.  The format of the competition was a 10-game league, with promotion and relegation at 'half-time', followed by another 10-game league.  All quite intensive!

Three of the six club members did rather well:

Maureen Barlow came third in Division C in the first part of the tournament, and was promoted to Division B.
Wanda de Poitiers came third in Division B in the second part of the tournament.
And Graham Harding came second in Division A in the second part of the tournament.

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The Winter League Season has just finished, and congratulations to Andy and Deborah for winning their respective divisions.

(Tricia Cooper played insufficient games to win Division B)  

Points were awarded as follows:

10 points for a win, an extra 10 points if a Division B player beat an A player. 5 point bonus if a player scored more than their average.

                                               FINAL STANDINGS - 26 JANUARY 2017

        Played      Won        Lost         Draw   Win-Bon  AvgBon     Total     AVG

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Best improver for the 1^st quarter of the year is Richard Porter, with Jan Bailey and Tricia Walker in second and third places.  Welcome to Patrick Beatty, and welcome back to Tricia Cooper, and former member Lynn Giles.  

High-scoring words:

• 127 EQUATES         Maureen
• 114 OXIDISER        Wanda
• 113 TONELESS       Deborah           a 9-timer
• 104 DEPENDS        Richard
• 102 BELDAMES      Andy 
• 98   PIMENTOS       Catriona
• 97   NAIVETE          Helen 
• 95   HUMANITIES     Richard             a 10-letter word
• Also           AMOROUS 87 Deborah, STEALER 85 Richard, AVIARIES 83 Charles, REFECTORY 80 Wanda, RALLIES 78 Maire, DEBONAIRE 68 Wanda, SLEEPING 64 Maire, GUTSIEST 62 Charles

Many high-scoring words in a game by one player:

·         4 bonuses:        BLUNTING REMEADS FATTIES YIELDING                                 Andy
                                  ATTIRING 80 ATINGLE 81 EELIEST 84 COVERED 81               Graham
                                  HEADLINES 62 VAULTER 72 SADIRON 77 REACTIVE 67         Graham
                                  SLASHED 80 CHAISES 68 ENTRAINS 64 POLLINGS 60           Maire
·         3 bonuses:        AMULETS 67 SCOLDING 98 REPLANS 83                                Tricia W
                                  ANEROID ROUTINE RESTAGE                                                  Catriona

 Other things of note:

·         In a game between Hepzi and Richard, they ran out of places to play with 8 tiles still left!
·         In the game between Graham and Richard, HEADLINE was extended to HEADLINER, then HEADLINERS
·         9-letter word from Graham: RATIONALE 27
·         Unusual words from Charles: GUTTLE 18 CRUFTS 13

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Congratulations to Tricia Walker, who wins the best improver award for 2015-2016.  Results are below in rating change order. 

The quarterly improver prizes went to Catriona Jones, Jan Bailey, Wanda de Poitiers, and Maureen Barlow. 

 League Division 1 was won by Wanda de Poitiers, and Division 2 by Maureen Barlow. 

The All-play-All was won by Helen Harding and the Handicap was won by Deborah Porter. 

Highest game scores of the year were 625 and 601 from Andy Becher, 592 from Wanda de Poitiers, 588 from Helen Harding and 574 from Graham Harding. 

The highest single moves were FRIGHTEN (212) from Andy Becher, SQUARES (146) from Helen Harding, LASERING (140) from Andy Becher, and QUARTOS (132) from Evelyn Wansbrough.