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Bournemouth 1st October On Sunday 1st October 2006, 82 players gathered for the 11th annual October tournament held in aid of the Bournemouth Society for the Visually Impaired (BSVI). After one initial hitch when the keys to the hall could not be found, all the players arrived and it started on time. The format was Swiss pairing with four divisions and six games. These tournaments now run on very well oiled wheels and the principal changes are the prizewinners and the various sums taken from the raffle and sales of cakes and marmalade to aid the BSVI. Gary Oliver won the highest word score with CAJOLERS for 203. The raffle raised £123 and the sales of homemade cakes and marmalade made £70. The sum of £500 will be donated from entry fees, making an overall total of £693. Bournemouth Scrabble Club would like to thank all the players for their participation and support for the BSVI, and also Ruth Marsden, our in-house computer wiz, who stage-managed the day. Left in the hall after the event were a maroon cold bag, an embroidered blue bag with two lunch boxes and a raffle prize. After a previous event a very nice green folding umbrella was found. Owners can claim from Val Wright on 01202 314047. Edinburgh 7th October Bournemouth A Bob Lynn 5 460 Penny Downer 5 349 Mike Whiteoak 5 151 Bournemouth B Ed Rossiter 6 404 Margaret Staunton 5 145 Margaret Bright 4 264 Division A Wilma Warwick 4 419 Philips Owolabi 4 340 Neil Scott(GM) 4 279 Kate Surtees 3 -57 Garvald 8th October Garvald A Marion Keatings 5 396 Anne Steward 4 105 Melanie Beaumont 4 5 Division B Marion Keatings 5 669 Melanie Beaumont 4 499 Moya Dewar 4 305 Iain Harley 4 203 8 Bournemouth C Elaine Anderson 5 323 Monica Stockwell 5 249 TanyaRobson 5 231 Bournemouth D Betty Simmonds 5 563 Jill Warren 5 447 Margaret Emmott 4 391 Division C Lena Glass 5 361 Colin Nicol 4 416 Gordon Winter 4 235 Dieter Turk 4 84 Garvald B Margaret Armstrong 5 186 Carol Grant 4 462 Colin Nicol 4 239 Cardiff 7th - 8th October Anglesey Di Dennis 6 506 Steve Perry 5 258 Elie Dangoor(Exp)5 182 Bardsey Linda Vickers 5 133 Peter Liggett 4.5 19 Rael Hayman 4 597 Caernarvon Di Dennis 6 368 Martin Harrison 5 141 Elie Dangoor 4 135 Caerphilly Margaret Pritchett 5 -6 Chris Finlay 4 324 Chris Fenwick 4 54 Jersey HB 14th-21st October Jersey 1 Janet Phillips 16 1184 M. Armstrong 15 425 M. Chamberlain 14 625 Yarnfield Park Jersey 2 Rhoda Gray 16 625 Ann Golding 15 780 Joy Fox 15 475 9 Jersey 3 Paula Docherty 15 463 Margaret Emmott 14 952 Brian Beaumont 14 494 14th - 15th October Report from Paul Cartman The Yarnfield Conference Centre played host to the annual Stafford tournament. There were 46 entrants placed in three divisions, a smaller number than I envisaged, but enough to avoid a player playing the same opponent twice The event was unique in that we had three playing TD’s, Wayne Kelly, Paul Richards and Lois McCleod, each nominating themselves as TD on a round by round basis. There was a good spirit of cooperation from both players and non-players, the only potentially serious incident was when Christine nearly locked David Shenkin in the playing room Saturday lunchtime. Yarnfield 1 Wayne Kelly 10 674 Gary Fox 9 341 Saturday Caldey Chris Fenwick 6 512 Maureen Rayson 5 150 Russell Smith 5 119 Flatholm Maurice McParland 5 193 Peter Sime 5 33 Jean Williams 4 128 Sunday Cardiff Janet Phillips 6 364 Peter Darby 5.5 340 Jean Williams 5 -34 Conway Geoff Cooper 5 139 Minu Anderson 4 212 John Ball 4 146 Yarnfield 2 Sheila Green 9 347 Caroline Emery 8 434 Ramsey Geoff Cooper 5 313 John Ball 5 156 Leonora Hutton 4 103 Steepholm Philip Turner 7 267 Bill Anderson 6 393 Marjorie Garrett 5 284 Harlech Viv Beckmann 6 689 Peter Ashurst 5 287 Marjorie Garrett 5 -6 Pembroke Edith Smith 7 578 Lorna Llewellyn 7 554 Shirley Cave 6 627 Yarnfield 3 Dorn Osborne 10 326 E. Wansborough 9 528
Salisbury 15th October Director’s Cut from Bob Lynn With 72 players, this was the first major Salisbury tourney since around 1990. The venue, a modern village hall, was light and airy, though,on such a beautiful autumn day, many people went outside to enjoy their lunch . More time available would have given players the chance to try a local beer in the pub nearby, or walk up to the Iron age site of Figsbury Rings, and see Salisbury from a distance. Through no fault of their own a few players arrived late, so we started some twenty minutes later than scheduled. There were nine groups of eight players, in which all played all in their section except one. I favour this format as it gives lower rated players a fair chance of a prize, and encourages newcomers to attend tournaments. In fact, we had a couple of first timers. It also avoids that tedious job of moving your board and clock around the hall, and jostling to see who you are playing next. However, it does make life difficult if there are ‘no shows’ and requires loads of organising. Apart from salvers and cash prizes for the winner of each section, the winner of section A also took home a small cup. There were spot prizes of a bottle of Zinfandel for the longest Z word, a bottle of rioja for the longest ‘J’ word and boxes of goodies for the longest ‘X’ and ‘Q’ words. Ruth Marsden kindly brought her laptops for word checks. Round by round results were entered manually. Helpers, runners, tea ladies, word checkers and results processor, worked hard throughout the day. The helpers were largely drawn from the diminishing ranks of Salisbury Scrabble Club, with Alan Bailey’s wife, my partner Anna and a friend of one of the local competitors helping too. No major upsets, occasional mislaid results, and one mis-allocated prize, all put right in good spirit. Very ‘well behaved’ group of players! Post tournament, it makes fascinating reading to scan through the challenge sheets. Significantly more challenges were made in group A than in other groups. Anyone like to postulate why, or is this the norm? About £60 was left for donation to a local charitable cause. Feed back privately to RLynn71911@aol.com would be welcomed. Salisbury Amesbury Chris Finlay 4 173 David Sutton 4 164 Steve Perry 4 109 Salisbury Bulford Helen Harding 5 332 Mike Whiteoak 4 219 Frankie Mairey 4 - 88 Salisbury Chippenham Edward Rossiter 5 560 Stewart Houten 4 302 Phil Kelly 4 59 Salisbury Durrington Patricia Pay 5 212 Val Wright 5 73 Wendy Lindridge 4 189 Salisbury Erlestoke Jenny Woodroffe 5 65 Rita Todd 4 375 Andy Gray 4 114 Salisbury Figheldean Molly Lane 4 275 Mavis Harding 4 158 Tanya Robson 3.5 298 10 Salisbury Great Wishford Rose Calder 6 734 Irene Woolley 4 25 Eileen Bradshaw 3 - 31 Salisbury Homington Jean Robinson 5 405 Cecilia Cotton 5 162 Peter Johnson 4 314 Salisbury Idmiston Eileen Johnson 5 484 Betty Hallett 5 375 Joy Rowe 4 62 Best Grand Final 21st - 22nd October Report from Phil Appleby Unfortunately the BEST Champion from 2004 was unable to defend his title – Adam Logan has now left the UK; his last Scrabble act in this country was to take home the World Championship in November 2005. Indeed only one former BEST Champion took part in the 2005 event – Phil Appleby, victor in 2003. Nevertheless there were plenty of strong players in the draw, including the UK’s top-rated player in 2005, Harshan Lamabadusuriya. Zonal competitions People tend to assume that, in a best-of-7 match, there is little scope for shock results. Try telling that to Stewart Holden, who lost to Mike O’Rourke in the East Midland zone, or Gareth Williams, the UK’s top performer in the last World Championship, who succumbed to Mike Whiteoak in the South-West and Wales zone. In the same zone Phil Appleby almost joined Gareth in the “better luck next time” brigade, falling 4-2 behind against Steve Perry in the zone quarter-final, before recovering to win 5-4. But there were four zones where the two seeded players reached the finals. In London North Femi Awowade edged home against David Webb, 6-5, with Harshan defeating Wayne Kelly by the same score in the West Midland zone. In Scotland, in the absence of 2002 Champion Paul Allan, Neil Scott got the better of Allan Simmons 6-3. The fourth zone where the two seeded players reached the Final was the North-East, but by the time Craig Beevers had secured his place, his projected opponent Pete Finley had tragically lost his life. The only zone final to be contested by two unseeded players was the East Midlands, where Greg Kelly followed up his win against second seed Chris Hawkins with a 6-3 win against Mike O’Rourke. The most dramatic comeback came in the London East zone. Bob Violett lost the first four games against top seed Terry Kirk, but fought back to win 6-5. As for the final two zones, after his narrow win against Steve Perry, Phil had all the luck against Karl Khoshnaw, unfortunately now also gone, winning 6-0. Meanwhile in London South and South-East, Richard Evans beat Di Dennis 6-4, having defeated top seed Ed Martin in the previous round. Quarter-finals All four quarter-finals were hard-fought battles. Phil’s 8-4 win against Bob was the most convincing score-line, but Bob led 4-3 after the first session, and with six of the games being decided on the final racks the match could easily have gone either way. Harshan’s 8-5 victory against Neil was very different, with Harshan storming into a 6-1 lead only to be pegged back to 7-5, before finally getting the all-important eighth win. In the third quarterfinal Femi took the early initiative to open up a 5-1 lead, but four successive wins by Craig levelled the match at 5-5. The next two games were shared before Femi won games 13 and 14 for an 8-6 victory, with the help of some nice bonus plays including SUPERCAR and TAPADERO. The closest match, and the only one to go all the way featured Richard Evans and Greg Kelly. Richard was always ahead, but Greg battled all the way. After 12 games Richard led 7.5–4.5, meaning that Greg had to win the last three games; moreover, he needed 11
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