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Watch this space for the latest news and happenings in the Victorian Scrabble scene. Your social reporter is Marj Miller. Please pass on any news to mjwm@connexus.net.au
Next Tournament:
Xiao-ting Box #2, on July 7th.
Please click on the link to tournaments at left to see all details.
Baby News:
Kate Gullan plans to return to tournament play in a month or two,
following the birth
of lovely Natasha Rose in February. Kate continues to hone
her considerable scrabble skills by playing on the internet,
so should be as sharp as ever when she returns.
30th June, Bangkok: Teenager victorious in the King's Cup.
16 year old Ong Suanne (Malaysia) has defeated Nigel Richards (NZ) in the final, winning the first two playoff games with scores of 589-410 and 387-343. This is an excellent result for one so young, and its wonderful to see a female player fill the top apot.Here are the final standings of our Australian players:
9th Chris May NSW, 17th Alastair Richards NSW, 20th David Eldar Vic, 28th Dianne Ward WA, 31st Bob Jackman NSW, 36th Julian McKail Vic, 58th Karen Richards NSW, 61st Carol Johnsen Vic, 68th Olga Visser Qld, 74th Martin Waterworth Qld, 78th Sunny Wright NSW, 80th John Barker NSW, and 81st Khwanjai Thammaping Vic.
29th June: Today's World Youth Fundraiser Tournament
56 players competed in two sections, with Peter Kougi victorious in Division A, and John Minas taking out Division B, both with 5 wins but better margins than their opponents. Congratulations to all placegetters. It was a rather difficult day with some computer and printer glitches, and I thank all participants for their patience and cooperation under rather difficult circumstances. Also, a big thank you from Natasha for attending, and assisting her with her travel expenses in late November.Greatest rating gain for the year
At the Victorian
Championship, the annual award for the greatest rating gain over the previous 12 months was awarded to Natasha
Podesser (1101+323=1424). She was presented with a portrait of herself executed by Katie Rowe.Some other high rating gains (full year)
Irlande Alfred 500+195= 695 Joan Lawrence 1103+186=1289 Julie Belle 972+179=1151 Lois Binnie 1400+174=1574 Meg Henderson 1268+145=1413 Cheryle Jerram 1293+142=1435 Trevor Halsall 1710+128=1838 Naween Fernando 1850+128=1978 Carmel Doney 1412+127=1539and for some who started later in the year:
Anand Bharadwaj 500+384= 884 (started in December) Bridget Halge 891+188=1079 (started in December) Charmaine Henderson 959+150=1109 (started in September) Jean de Neef 721+103= 824 (started in December)
Victorian Championship on June 7/8/9
Players
We welcome visitors from New South Wales,
South Australia and Queensland to our tournament (Maree Heynan, David More and Arie Holla are pictured).Round 1
A most amazing game by
Anand Bharadwaj and Stephen
Blick, with Anand losing on 454 to Stephen's 460. This was Anand's highest score to date, and he proudly displays
his scoresheet.
Round 3
Katie Rowe reports that in her match against Rene Chelton, Rene did not get any of the Es.Round 4
There are now just three players who have won all their games, David Eldar from Victoria, Carmel Dodd from SA and Michael McKenna from New South Wales.David Eldar has at this stage regained his position as top rated player, with his rating again over 2000. But there are many more games to go.
Round 5
Frank Csarics reports a startling play by his opponent, John Barker. John used his letters AFGIORT to tack onto a K. David Eldar is now the only undefeated player.Round 6
Big smiles all round when Jen offered players
ice creams!Have you ever been plagued with 4 As on your rack? No problem to Andrew Fisher who played ARAARAS (trevally fishes in Maori). He went on to get 5 bingos in that game against Michael Hornung . (ARAARAS, MONAZITE, THIRLED, LOCKETS, ETHANOL).
Round 7
Some amusement when Jeff Chelton unsuccessfully tried *UNSTARTS as a reply to Natasha Podesser's RESTART.Round 8
I may have done it, said Geoff Wright as he handed in his score sheet. He was evidently aiming for the dubious distinction of the lowest winning score (329). "A win's a win", Geoff always says. And Andrew Fisher's earlier feat of five bingos was equalled by Trevor Halsall playing against Andrew. Trevor got DICTATE, REEFING, RUTILANT, AVENGED, INFERIAE.Round 9
A bad start. Three players were late arriving (clocks started) and one did not show at all. Michael McKenna played BEZOAR, described in a Harry Potter book as a calcified furball of a goat used as an antidote against poison. More yucky details at WikipediaRound 10
David Eldar's streak of wins has only just been broken by Karen RichardsRound 13
The reset policy for this tournament is at round 12 and round 20. So David Eldar played current second placed Alastair Richards. David missed the triple triple vIGNETTES and lost, so his lead is now reduced to 1 game ahead of the pack. Norma Fisher sets a new high game score of 600.Round 14
David Eldar
states before his match against Trevor Halsall that he'll get a bingo in the first rack. He often does so
against Trevor, he claims. Sure enough Trevor's first play of SQUAB allows David to play STEAMIEr.End of day 2
After 16 rounds there are many players still fresh as a daisy. Rating changes have been displayed periodically, which is arousing much interest. Sharon Sorensen has been doing exceptionally well, as also has Gillian Renwick.Round 16
David Eldar loses the first two games of the day, to Michael Hornung and Andrew Fisher. He is still in the lead on 14 games, with Michael Hornung on 13. Several very tense finishes, with a very odd game between Michael Hornung and Karen Richards. Karen dumped one letter S to make DOS (from a rack SQUANE?), Michael passed, fearing a Q pickup, Karen played UNEQUAL onto DOS(E) for 90, but then Michael played out with MY for 40 and won by 4 points. The game between Joanne Craig and Trevor Halsall was a nailbiter with Joanne winning by 1 point.Round 17
The game between David Eldar and Gwen Lampre rockets off spectacularly with Gwen's EXHAUST being immediately followed by David's JETPORTS. And later in the game, David got AIRLINER.The B and C sections have started (one day event). Matte Dunn was frustrated at having a GEODUCK on his rack, but nowhere to put it.
Round 18
A new high game score of 611 by Joanne Craig. It augured well from the very first move of SIAMEZE.Round 19
Sal Costanzo has been eager to play MANOAOS for years, and at last got his chance. Geoff Wright chickened out of DAYBOYS.Round 21
Gillian Renwick played SINNERS, and Sal Costanzo immediately played REPENTER. David Eldar's knack of getting a bingo first up when playing Trevor Halsall was further established by his QUaSHeD. Trevor fought back but later in the game David got FLAPERON (an aircraft flap which acts as an aileron) as a triple triple (he'd also played the same word in an earlier game). David's final score was 675.
Final results
Prizes were awarded as follows:
Section A (3 days)
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 David Eldar 20 2103
2 Joanne Craig 16 1446
3 Carmel Dodd 16 772
4 Michael Hornung 16 384
5 Trevor Halsall 15 1057
HIGH GAME: David Eldar 675
HIGH WORD: David Eldar 176 "FLAPERON"
Greatest rating gain for a player initially rated below 1400
Michael McKenna 1167 + 156 = 1323
Section B (1 day)
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Ann Hagley 6 308
2 Matte Dunn 4 365
3 Patricia Mitchell 4 287
HIGH GAME: Matte Dunn 563
HIGH WORD: Rob Hutchinson 131"SANTEROS"
Section C (1 day)
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Bridget Halge 5 512
2 Carole Eden 5 265
3 Ruth Fewings 4 430
HIGH GAME: Dorothy Rice 519
HIGH WORD: Carole Eden 122 "REQUIRES"
Full results at the
archive at www.scrabble.org.auPhotos by Khwanjai at Photos and more photos and Day 3 and Queen's Birthday Suit
The 2008 Matchplay Semifinalists:
David Eldar, Michael Hornung, Andrew Fisher, Julian McKail
Matchplay Standings June 28 08
Click on the diagram to show the course of playoffs to date. The following is a
report of the first semifinal, posted by Andrew Fisher to Ozscrabble. "Having completed four games in an
earlier leg, Julian McKail and I wrapped up our Vic Matchplay semifinal last night. Naween was present for the
first session, running our racks and moves through Quackle to see what we missed (apparently nothing too
glaring) while we simultaneously ingested pizza and beer. It was an exciting match which went down to the wire
- the first four were blowouts which we shared two apiece, then I won game five by 9 points, Julian came back
to snatch game six by 8 points, and the finale went my way with the assistance of a couple of well-spaced
blanks. One standout play was Julian's six-tile front extension of LED to make a vital SURVEILED for 51;
another point of interest was after his opener in game three which gave me a G in the centre of the board while
I held EFIILRU. I trepidly played UGLIFIER dangling over the triple word square, Julian was unable to
capitalise, and I luckily followed up with the immediate BILLIES/UGLIFIERS for 119. The knife-edge game five
saw me (about 50 in arrears) smash things open with OBTEND/SO leaving the D in seventh position for a
nine-timer in column O and retaining C on my rack; my draw of EHII?? suggested APHICIDE (and also HOMICIDE,
which I didn't see at the time) for 185, but when he blocked the D, I had to settle for CEILIDH/SOH instead and
a mere 95. The bingos were as follows: Julian CORNETS, SLINKIER, OFFICERS, ROTUNDAS, STOCKED, ODORISES,
TENDERS, NEONATE, BLANKETS and AIRSIDE; me CAVEATED, FOREARMS, TOURNEY, PATRONNE, SUDARIA, DECLAWED, UGLIFIER,
BILLIES, VENDING, TENTORIA, CEILIDH, EXCRETA, NITRILES, LOCUTION, SYMITAR and OVERLAID."
The final will take place in due course when the other semifinal between Michael Hornung and David Eldar has concluded.