--- In uk-scrabble@yahoogroups.com, Terry Kirk <terrykirk1@...> wrote:
>
> A great start by Team England - jointly top team with Nigeria.  Keep
> it up chaps, will be eagerly watching the updates tomorrow morning.
>
> Terry
>

After 11 rounds, 8/9ths of Team England in the Top 50.

To play thru some top WSC games, move by move:-

http://www.wscgames.com/games///2009/


For England/Scotland/Wales/N.I./Eire players, to
see their progress click on each player's name at:-

http://live.wscgames.com/2009/team/eng.html

http://live.wscgames.com/2009/team/sco.html

http://live.wscgames.com/2009/team/wal.html

http://live.wscgames.com/2009/team/nir.html

http://live.wscgames.com/2009/team/irl.html


Or click on other teams' names (followed by
each player's name) at

http://live.wscgames.com/2009/team/index.html



Signed,
Paul (Tranmere) Thomson

A great start by Team England - jointly top team with Nigeria.  Keep
it up chaps, will be eagerly watching the updates tomorrow morning.

Terry

Tony writes: 'Maybe David Sutton has a collection of portmanteaus?'

I don't actually have a list, but it's not hard to think of a hundred or so
examples. I know we associate portmanteau words particularly with Lewis
Carroll, who gave us e.g. GALUMPH (gallop + triumph) and CHORTLE (chuckle +
snort) but this technique of combining two existing words, in what linguists
call a blend, has become almost the standard way of creating neologisms.
Since interest has been expressed I thought it might make a good piece for
TLW, so will save the bulk for that, but just to be going on with here's a
few examples:

AFFLUENZA (affluence + influenza)
AVOISION (avoidance + evasion (of taxes))
BEEFALO (beef + buffalo)
BOHUNK (Bohemian + Hungarian)
BRUNCH (breakfast + lunch)
CONTRAIL (condensation trail)
DRICE (dry + ice)
EMOTICON (emotion + icon)
NETIZEN (Net + citizen)
PALIMONY (pal + alimony)
SEXERCISE (do we have a SEXPERT around who can tell us what this actually
involves?)
STAGFLATION (stagnant + inflation)
SMAZE (smoke + haze)
SQUARIAL (square + aerial)
ZEBRINNY (zebra + hinny)

And coming in the next list, courtesy of Chambers, is WHOLPHIN, the
offspring of a whale and dolphin.

-- David Sutton

Hi all,

Having a great time in Malaysia - thank you all so much again for helping me get
here!

Below is a link to an article on BBC Wales website regarding my story.  It's
based on a phonecall from the hotel here and as always happens a few facts got
misheard / misunderstood / lost along the way.  It does gets the point across
though...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8379262.stm

And you can follow my progress at www.twitter.com/innerglee - just off to have
dinner then sitting down for a big update + photos...

Thanks again!

Neil

I see that "The Eagle" has had his feathers ruffled and is not squawking as
much.

--
Geoff

Will add in some proper wildlife shots later, although the yellow birds keep
eluding my camera lens.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/scaly.piscine


Craig

Koyejo Adegbesan wrote:

> I cannot recall a game in the tournament when i did not
> fill my code number and i cannot recall any time when i
> was asked to do so by the tournament director or any
> of the organisers. I take it you have mixed up the names.
> I know the name you meant to write because that is the
> person whose name you had to write on the players list
> that was hung on the wall.

It's possible you can't remember failing to enter your player code on your
score sheets.  It is the case, however, that on four or five occasions you
didn't remember to put in your player code, and I had to look it up.  It's
one of the reasons that every couple of games a reminder went out to
everyone to fill in this information.

The player whose name got written on the fixture list (or possibly standings
list) failed, on one occasion, to write his name, player code, and score.
The TD felt that a not-so-gentle reminder was merited, but that player got
it right most or all of the rest of the time.

As for personal reminders, by the time I get round to entering the details
on any particular score sheet, those responsible for it have usually left
the playing room.  So any warnings have to go out before the start of the
next game, and a general one seemed more appropriate.

--
Steve Thomas  maisnestce@b...

ABSP ratings November 24th.

http://www.absp.org.uk/ratings/ratings.html?ref=1
--
John Grayson
ABSP Ratings Officer

H-B Holidays Harrogate November 20-23 results from John Harrison.
14 rounds.

Division A

PnOld Prf New__________________Wins Spread
1 154 153 155 Laura Finley . . . 9½ +219
2 128 153 133 Samantha Beckwith . 9 +381
3 142 147 142 Neil Broom . . . . 8½ +153
4 137 137 136 Jill Bright . . . . 7 -94

5 139 137 138 Heather Burnet. . . 7 -250
6 132 131 133 Barbara Lukey . . . 6 -79
7 132 124 129 Rhoda Gray. . . . . 5 -37
8 134 116 130 Ginny Dixon . . . . 4 -293

Division B

PnOld Prf New__________________Wins Spread
1 115 138 118 Ann Coleman. . . . 10 +262
2 123 129 125 Carmen Toscano. . . 9 +310
3 111 124 113 Christabel Jackson. 8 -8
4 114 116 114 Juliet Green. . . . 7 +194

5 120 115 118 Janet Southworth. . 7 +15
6 113 116 115 Sue Thompson. . . . 7 -55
7 117 _94 111 Hilary Birdsall . . 4 -228
8 115 _95 111 Anne Darby. . . . . 4 -490

Division C

PnOld Prf New__________________Wins Spread
1 100 123 105 Peter Lindeck. . . 11 +682
2 _92 110 _95 Joy Rowe. . . . . . 9 +239
3 _93 103 _94 Margaret Keeper . . 8 +285
4 _92 103 _93 Yvonne Goodridge. . 8 -174

5 104 _87 100 Paula Docherty. . . 6 +248
6 _99 _88 _97 Ann Toft. . . . . . 6 -152
7 _88 _79 _86 Ruby Flood . . . . 4½ -294
8 _95 _70 _90 Rita Barton. . . . 3½ -834

Division D

Edna Lindeck's spread total includes minus 450 for 6 unplayed games (because of
illness.) Her 3 opponents were each awarded 2 unrated tournament wins and +150
spread points for the pair of unplayed games.

PnOld Prf New__________________Wins Spread
1 _78 _92 _82 Marjorie Lunn . . . 9 +398
2 _86 _90 _86 Anne Atherton . . . 9 +338
3 _83 _91 _83 Dorothy Henry . . . 9 -5
4 _81 _84 _82 Anne Lynas. . . . . 8 +490

5 _67 _73 _68 Joan Murphy . . . . 7 -44 (12 rated games)
6 _85 _62 _80 Jean Hendrick . . . 6 +34 (12 rated games)
7 _77 _55 _73 Helen Nelson. . . . 5 -297 (12 rated games)
8 _62 _70 _63 Edna Lindeck. . . . 3 -914 (8 rated games)
--
John Grayson
ABSP Ratings Officer

Essex League match Nov 22nd. Results from Chris Keeley.
3 rounds - round robin format.

Old Prf New__________________Wins Spread
171 179 172 Chris Keeley  . . . 2 +219
154 185 156 Rachelle Winer. . . 2 -73

170 146 169 Barry Grossman(Exp) 1 -23
164 148 163 Mike Whiteoak . . . 1 -123
--
John Grayson
ABSP Ratings Officer

Once again I adjudicated at the Winter Matchplay.  The stress level was
higher than ever before, since we played 15 games, up from 13 last year and
11 when I was first dragooned into the adjudication business.  Things
started a little late--we didn't get confirmation that all players were
present until five minutes before the scheduled start.  I started printing
out the full fixture lists for the round-robin groups, but the printer
slower than I'd anticipated.  Had I realised this in time I'd have printed a
conventional fixture list for round 1, and printed the detailed sheets once
the games were under way.  We managed to make up most of the time, though,
somehow.

Games started at nominal 65 minute intervals, with no breaks at all except
for dinner, bed & breakfast, and lunch..  Some players can finish games in
under 50 minutes, so they got some gaps, but others--Malcolm Davis in
Division D was perhaps the worst offender--usually took well over an hour,
and furthermore seemingly without time penalties ever being imposed.  In
fact, the game before dinner I watched Malcolm for the closing stages of his
game.  He and his opponent's clocks still had about ten minutes left between
them well over an hour after the game had started.  That means the clocks
had been stopped for over 20 minutes.  I am informed that it's not uncommon
for some players to stop the clock while differences in the score are sorted
out, and it struck me that this is a system being abused.

Speaking of abuse, the players need to specify clearly which words they're
challenging, and at the end of the game fill in both players' names, code
numbers , and scores legibly.  Most of the players managed to do this all,
or very nearly all, of the time.  Some did not, despite several reminders.
Adekoyejo Adegbesan and Chrystal Rose were the worst offenders here.

In looking up challenges, there was only one known error.  Nick Deller's
then opponent tried TEACAKE (or was it TEACAKES?) and DANE*.  (This was
obviously wrong--Danish are breakfast pastries.)  Nick challenged, and the
then adjudicator (Mike Willis) entered TEACAKE and DAN, resulting in the
challenge being sent back with a tick.  (To be fair, the keyboards on the
laptops we were using didn't provide good tactile feedback--I'll need this
excuse myself later.)  Nick failed to ask for a recheck, conceding with
typical good grace that this meant that the whole mess was entirely his
fault.

Matters weren't quite as rosy when it came to entering scores.  In her game
against Maureen Chamberlain in round 6, Amy Byrne scored 435 points, entered
as 35 points and converting a win into a recorded loss.  The matter was
brought to my attention after game 8, and corrected as far as possible.  It
did mean that Amy had an easier opponent than she deserved in round 8, and
Maureen a tougher one, but they contrived respectively to lose and win
anyway so there was no great harm done.  In another game, I entered the
spread instead of the loser's score (all those numbers tend to make one
cross-eyed), corrected before the next game started.  And one score sheet
was handed in with clear (for once!) scores of 398-300 and a spread of 8,
and I took the scores at face value without noticing the discrepancy.
(There were quite a few score sheets handed in where the difference in the
stated scores didn't match the claimed spread, but I managed to catch the
rest, I think.)

In the final game of the first day, Mavis and Peter Ernest were drawn
together in every sense of the word.  Very sweet!

As has been recorded elsewhere, Austin Shin, keeping his gentlemanly
instincts well in check, beat Joyce Cansfield 716-228.  (Joyce said
afterwards that she'd had a bonus on her rack at the end, with at least two
places to play it, when Austin went out with a bonus of his own.)  This is,
I think, a new record for the highest score in an ABSP tournament.  The
spread of 488 probably constitutes some form of record for a game in which
both players know what they're doing.

At about 0100 on Sunday, I woke up with a severe cramp in my left calf.  The
pain left me in shock, and I somewhat foolishly tried to make for the
bathroom lest the nausea result in any mess.  I came to on the floor, and
didn't get very much sleep after that.  No great harm done, but it provides
a reason, if not an excuse, for the slip in the standard of data entry for
day 2.

--
Steve Thomas  maisnestce@b...

Congrats to Azu on his victory over a class field.

Ray

--- In uk-scrabble@yahoogroups.com, "john_a_grayson" <JohnAGrayson@...> wrote:
>
> Winter Matchplay, Milton Keynes, November 21-22 results from David Wilson.
> 15 rounds.
>
> Division A
>
> Pn Old Prf New:games________________Wins Spread
> .1 183 206 187 Azu Ogbogu . . . . . . 13 +1126
> .2 184 192 185 Austin Shin(Exp) . . . 11 +1276
> .3 177 193 179 Wayne Kelly(Exp) . . . 11 +776
> .4 174 190 177 Calum Edwards. . . . . 11 +366
> .5 178 178 178 Biyi Oyadiran . . . . . 9 +566
>
> .6 164 180 167 Paloma Raychbart. . . . 9 +380
> .7 179 175 179 Femi Awowade(GM). . . . 9 +136
> .8 165 181 170:47 Clement Ikolo. . . . 9 -44
> .9 159 175 161 Amy Byrne . . . . . . . 8 +395
> 10 188 169 180:38 Abiodun Olaleru. . . 8 +344
>
> 11 172 170 171 Alec Webb(Exp). . . . . 8 +248
> 12 178 163 174 John Ashmore. . . . . . 8 +104
> 13 167 169 168 Robert Richland(Exp). . 8 -216
> 14 153 173 158 Ian Coventry. . . . . . 8 -341
> 15 173 164 172 Nick Deller. . . . . . 7½ +668
>
> 16 170 160 167 Bob Violett(Exp)  . . . 7 +180
> 17 153 162 155 Graham Bonham . . . . . 7 +4
> 18 156 160 158 Matthew Pinner. . . . . 7 -30
> 19 148 166 152 Andrew Eames. . . . . . 7 -339
> 20 164 160 163 Cecil Muscat. . . . . . 7 -472
>
> 21 158 165 160 Maureen Chamberlain . . 7 -613
> 22 164 159 164 Sandie Simonis(Exp). . 6½ -126
> 23 170 157 168 Paul{England} Richards. 6 -362
> 24 157 153 156 Peter Thomas. . . . . . 6 -462
> 25 173 146 167 Adekoyejo Adegbesan . . 5 +82
>
> 26 167 147 162 Steve Perry . . . . . . 5 -212
> 27 149 148 148 Joyce Cansfield(Exp). . 5 -896
> 28 153 145 152 Phil Kelly. . . . . . . 5 -901
> 29 152 141 149 Chrystal Rose . . . . . 4 -615
> 30 148 131 144 Teresa Hill . . . . . . 3 -1022
>
> Division B
>
> Everyone in this division played 14 rated games.
> The figures include one tournament win and +75 points spread for each player
for the bye.
>
> Pn Old Prf New______________________Wins Spread
> .1 142 169 148 Nick Jenkins . . . . . 12 +295
> .2 147 161 150 Moira Conway . . . . . 11 +807
> .3 140 162 144 Ann Golding. . . . . . 11 +764
> .4 144 162 148 David Shenkin. . . . . 11 +679
> .5 145 154 149 Alan Childs. . . . . . 10 +80
>
> .6 139 148 142 Kathy Suddick . . . . . 9 +538
> .7 134 148 136 Rosalind Wilson . . . . 9 +484
> .8 137 148 138 Yvonne Eade . . . . . . 9 +379
> .9 146 147 147 Anne Hidden . . . . . . 9 -157
> 10 141 126 138 Graham Maker. . . . . . 6 -516
>
> 11 141 126 140 Stephen Wintle. . . . . 6 -518
> 12 143 119 139 Richard Moody . . . . . 5 -268
> 13 134 120 131 Carol Arthurton . . . . 5 -366
> 14 140 112 135 Joy Lloyd . . . . . . . 4 -453
> 15 134 105 127 Marlene Skinner . . . . 3 -623
>
> Division C
>
> Pn Old Prf New:games________________Wins Spread
> .1 133 156 139 Janet Bonham . . . . . 12 +591
> .2 133 142 135 Len Edwards. . . . . . 10 +521
> .3 130 136 131 Jim Lyes. . . . . . . . 9 +532
> .4 131 136 132 Linda{Lincoln} Barratt. 9 +272
> .5 132 135 132 Heather Laird . . . . . 9 -4
>
> .6 __0 134 134 Teresa Schaeffer. . . . 9 -289
> .7 122 130 122 Dorn Osborne. . . . . . 8 +31
> .8 120 129 122 Nicky Huitson . . . . . 8 +15
> .9 118 116 118 Denise Saxton . . . . . 6 +45
> 10 121 115 119:47 Cody McCormick . . . 6 -298
>
> 11 121 108 119 Margaret Seabrook . . . 5 -227
> 12 __0 110 110 Rachel Bingham. . . . . 5 -403
> 13 120 109 118 Philippa Morris . . . . 5 -413
> 14 130 100 122 Steve Balment . . . . . 4 -373
>
> Division D
>
> Everyone in this division played 14 rated games.
> The figures include one tournament win and +75 points spread for each player
for the bye.
>
> Pn Old Prf New______________________Wins Spread
> .1 _98 131 105 Cathy Poacher. . . . . 12 +445
> .2 105 124 108 Ron Bucknell . . . . . 11 +827
> .3 115 124 118 Reeyaaz Goolamhossen . 11 +586
> .4 111 110 110 Margaret Emmott . . . . 9 +520
> .5 114 110 113 Georgie Burchell. . . . 9 +232
>
> .6 116 102 113 Stany Arnold. . . . . . 8 +396
> .7 112 102 112 Margaret Marshall . . . 8 +317
> .8 111 102 111 Adrian Noller . . . . . 8 +134
> .9 _96 103 _98 Claire Violett. . . . . 8 -103
> 10 107 _99 105 Peter Ernest . . . . . 7½ -16
>
> 11 117 _95 112 Marjorie Gillott. . . . 7 +23
> 12 _95 _96 _95 Malcolm Davis . . . . . 7 +11
> 13 _88 _93 _89 Mavis Ernest . . . . . 6½ -439
> 14 _90 _75 _86 Joyce Hoffbrand . . . . 4 -665
> 15 _61 _70 _62 Pamela Brown. . . . . . 4 -1143
> --
> John Grayson
> ABSP Ratings Officer
>

A set of twenty single-solution sevens and eights, structured as follows:

Words 1-6 Definitely everyday words that any literate person should know.
These may or may not be from the top 10000.
Words 7-12 Words which may not be everyday but have a fair chance of being
familiar to a well-educated person with a wide reading range. These will
usually be mid to lowish probability
Words 13-18 Words which are definitely not everyday but which are from the
top 10000 (alphagrams) by probability
Words 19-20 Two definitely obscure lower probability words.

Suggested total time allowance remains at 10 minutes, but of course take as
long as you like.

My (tentative) equation of score with ABSP rating:

6 correct 120
8 correct 140
12 correct 160
14 correct 180
19 correct 200


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AEINTXY
AEMORSST
ACELRTY
ACEINPTT
ADEEKNST
AEHLMNOS
EELOSSS
DEIILPSS
CEIOPSSU
AFLRSTUY
AACHLSU
AEMMOSTU
AGILMOS
BEHINST
AEEILMSV
EEIKRSTU
ACELMNOU
EHIMNOSU
AADOPSUY
CEHLMNOU


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AEINTXY  ANXIETY
AEMORSST  MAESTROS
ACELRTY  TREACLY
ACEINPTT  PITTANCE
ADEEKNST  NAKEDEST
AEHLMNOS  MANHOLES
EELOSSS  LOESSES
DEIILPSS  SIDESLIP
CEIOPSSU  SPECIOUS
AFLRSTUY  TRAYFULS
AACHLSU  ACUSHLA
AEMMOSTU  MOUSEMAT
AGILMOS  GLIOMAS
BEHINST  HENBITS
AEEILMSV  MALVESIE
EEIKRSTU  KEIRETSU
ACELMNOU  COLUMNEA
EHIMNOSU  HEMIONUS
AADOPSUY  PADUASOY
CEHLMNOU  HOMUNCLE

Definitions:

ANXIETY Painful or apprehensive uneasiness of mind.
MAESTROS (Pl.) MAESTRO, a master performer.
TREACLY Like treacle: TREACLIER, TREACLIEST.
PITTANCE An (esp. meagre) allowance of money, wages, etc., as a means of
livelihood.
NAKEDEST (Superl.) NAKED, being without clothing or covering.
MANHOLES (Pl.) MANHOLE, a hole providing entrance to an underground or
enclosed structure.
LOESSES (Pl.) LOESS, a fine-grained wind deposit of clay, sand, and silt.
SIDESLIP (Verb) to slip sideways.
SPECIOUS Apparently good but not actually so; superficially plausible:
SPECIOUSLY.
TRAYFULS (Pl.) TRAYFUL, as much as a tray will hold.
ACUSHLA an Irish term of address, darling.
MOUSEMAT A piece of material on which a computer mouse is moved.
GLIOMAS (Pl.) GLIOMA, a tumour of the NEUROGLIA in the brain.
HENBITS (Pl.) HENBIT, a kind of plant.
MALVESIE A strong sweet wine. Also MALMSEY, MALVOISIE.
KEIRETSU (Japanese) in Japan: a hierarchy of suppliers, subcontractors,
etc., owned or part-owned by a parent company which they serve: KEIRETSUS.
COLUMNEA A bushy tropical plant.
HEMIONUS (Greek) an Asiatic wild ass, aka KIANG or DZIGGETAI: HEMIONUSES.
Also HEMIONE.
PADUASOY (Fr.) corded silk; a garment of this.
HOMUNCLE A little man; a manikin. Also HOMUNCULE, HOMUNCULUS.

Winter Matchplay, Milton Keynes, November 21-22 results from David Wilson.
15 rounds.

Division A

Pn Old Prf New:games________________Wins Spread
.1 183 206 187 Azu Ogbogu . . . . . . 13 +1126
.2 184 192 185 Austin Shin(Exp) . . . 11 +1276
.3 177 193 179 Wayne Kelly(Exp) . . . 11 +776
.4 174 190 177 Calum Edwards. . . . . 11 +366
.5 178 178 178 Biyi Oyadiran . . . . . 9 +566

.6 164 180 167 Paloma Raychbart. . . . 9 +380
.7 179 175 179 Femi Awowade(GM). . . . 9 +136
.8 165 181 170:47 Clement Ikolo. . . . 9 -44
.9 159 175 161 Amy Byrne . . . . . . . 8 +395
10 188 169 180:38 Abiodun Olaleru. . . 8 +344

11 172 170 171 Alec Webb(Exp). . . . . 8 +248
12 178 163 174 John Ashmore. . . . . . 8 +104
13 167 169 168 Robert Richland(Exp). . 8 -216
14 153 173 158 Ian Coventry. . . . . . 8 -341
15 173 164 172 Nick Deller. . . . . . 7½ +668

16 170 160 167 Bob Violett(Exp)  . . . 7 +180
17 153 162 155 Graham Bonham . . . . . 7 +4
18 156 160 158 Matthew Pinner. . . . . 7 -30
19 148 166 152 Andrew Eames. . . . . . 7 -339
20 164 160 163 Cecil Muscat. . . . . . 7 -472

21 158 165 160 Maureen Chamberlain . . 7 -613
22 164 159 164 Sandie Simonis(Exp). . 6½ -126
23 170 157 168 Paul{England} Richards. 6 -362
24 157 153 156 Peter Thomas. . . . . . 6 -462
25 173 146 167 Adekoyejo Adegbesan . . 5 +82

26 167 147 162 Steve Perry . . . . . . 5 -212
27 149 148 148 Joyce Cansfield(Exp). . 5 -896
28 153 145 152 Phil Kelly. . . . . . . 5 -901
29 152 141 149 Chrystal Rose . . . . . 4 -615
30 148 131 144 Teresa Hill . . . . . . 3 -1022

Division B

Everyone in this division played 14 rated games.
The figures include one tournament win and +75 points spread for each player for
the bye.

Pn Old Prf New______________________Wins Spread
.1 142 169 148 Nick Jenkins . . . . . 12 +295
.2 147 161 150 Moira Conway . . . . . 11 +807
.3 140 162 144 Ann Golding. . . . . . 11 +764
.4 144 162 148 David Shenkin. . . . . 11 +679
.5 145 154 149 Alan Childs. . . . . . 10 +80

.6 139 148 142 Kathy Suddick . . . . . 9 +538
.7 134 148 136 Rosalind Wilson . . . . 9 +484
.8 137 148 138 Yvonne Eade . . . . . . 9 +379
.9 146 147 147 Anne Hidden . . . . . . 9 -157
10 141 126 138 Graham Maker. . . . . . 6 -516

11 141 126 140 Stephen Wintle. . . . . 6 -518
12 143 119 139 Richard Moody . . . . . 5 -268
13 134 120 131 Carol Arthurton . . . . 5 -366
14 140 112 135 Joy Lloyd . . . . . . . 4 -453
15 134 105 127 Marlene Skinner . . . . 3 -623

Division C

Pn Old Prf New:games________________Wins Spread
.1 133 156 139 Janet Bonham . . . . . 12 +591
.2 133 142 135 Len Edwards. . . . . . 10 +521
.3 130 136 131 Jim Lyes. . . . . . . . 9 +532
.4 131 136 132 Linda{Lincoln} Barratt. 9 +272
.5 132 135 132 Heather Laird . . . . . 9 -4

.6 __0 134 134 Teresa Schaeffer. . . . 9 -289
.7 122 130 122 Dorn Osborne. . . . . . 8 +31
.8 120 129 122 Nicky Huitson . . . . . 8 +15
.9 118 116 118 Denise Saxton . . . . . 6 +45
10 121 115 119:47 Cody McCormick . . . 6 -298

11 121 108 119 Margaret Seabrook . . . 5 -227
12 __0 110 110 Rachel Bingham. . . . . 5 -403
13 120 109 118 Philippa Morris . . . . 5 -413
14 130 100 122 Steve Balment . . . . . 4 -373

Division D

Everyone in this division played 14 rated games.
The figures include one tournament win and +75 points spread for each player for
the bye.

Pn Old Prf New______________________Wins Spread
.1 _98 131 105 Cathy Poacher. . . . . 12 +445
.2 105 124 108 Ron Bucknell . . . . . 11 +827
.3 115 124 118 Reeyaaz Goolamhossen . 11 +586
.4 111 110 110 Margaret Emmott . . . . 9 +520
.5 114 110 113 Georgie Burchell. . . . 9 +232

.6 116 102 113 Stany Arnold. . . . . . 8 +396
.7 112 102 112 Margaret Marshall . . . 8 +317
.8 111 102 111 Adrian Noller . . . . . 8 +134
.9 _96 103 _98 Claire Violett. . . . . 8 -103
10 107 _99 105 Peter Ernest . . . . . 7½ -16

11 117 _95 112 Marjorie Gillott. . . . 7 +23
12 _95 _96 _95 Malcolm Davis . . . . . 7 +11
13 _88 _93 _89 Mavis Ernest . . . . . 6½ -439
14 _90 _75 _86 Joyce Hoffbrand . . . . 4 -665
15 _61 _70 _62 Pamela Brown. . . . . . 4 -1143
--
John Grayson
ABSP Ratings Officer

Eleven games from this year's BEST final between Paul Allan and David Webb
are now available to download or play through at:
http://www.centrestar.co.uk/best/2009/BESTFinalGames.htm

Thanks to Jared for assistance getting the games posted.

Ed