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SOUTHERN COUNTIES
SCRABBLE LEAGUE
NEWS ISSUE 52
FEBRUARY 2015
Plus the
LEAGUE HANDBOOK
SCRABBLE is the registered trademark of JW Spear & Sons Ltd,
a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel 2012.
Southern Counties Scrabble League Issue 28 February 2009
Southern Counties Scrabble League News Issue 52 February 2015
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Welcome to the 2015 season, the 31st for the League.
IN THIS ISSUE
We will be playing in a single division of nine teams this year.
This will mean that no playoff will be required. We have lost
the Southampton Sinners. Southampton was the only club
fielding two teams last season. IOW Newport has a much Tournament activity
altered team, to be known as the Newport Purples, it will be
Captained by Wendy Tiley.
Club venues
Scrabble news
Later during 2015 a new Scrabble Word List is due to be
published, after it has been officially ratified by the ABSP
teams may use the new list for matches if both agree prior to League handbook
their match, otherwise the League will stay with the existing 2015
2009 fixtures
fixtures --
list for the 2015 season. Team
Team directory
directory --
Match
Match rules
rules --
I hope you all have a good season and that the new format
proves successful.
If any team can make amicable arrangements to play
matches in an earlier session they may do so without
PleasePlease
send your
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news
consulting me. If available players permit, this can be a good
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strategy as it avoids a bottleneck at the end of the season. Ruth
Ruth Marsden
Marsden
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27 Spencer
Spencer Road,
Road, Canford
Canford Cliffs
Cliffs
The Web Site for the Southern Counties Scrabble League - Poole,
Poole, Dorset,
Dorset, BH13
BH13 7ET
7ET
www.southerncountiesscrabbleleague.co.uk tel
tel 01202
01202 707148
707148
is fully accessible. You can download copies of the SCSL email
email rtmrsdn@aol.com
rtmrsdn@aol.com
News on the site. I offer a discount on League entry fees for
those who do not require me to mail them the SCSL News
but will be willing to download.
Ruth Marsden
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Southern Counties Scrabble League Issue 28 February 2009
Southern Counties Scrabble League News Issue 52 February 2015
WESPA LEAGUE
ARBITRATION PANEL
Momentarily we are all awaiting the new word list, the
following announcement has been made:
“The WESPA committee wishes to announce that, based Remember if you have any
on the expected publication date of the new 2015 edition of problems your Arbitration panel
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW15) on 7 May 2015, WESPA is there to help - particularly if
you have any urgent/last minute
tournament rules will adopt CSW15 as the official word list
issue which need a clarification
on 1 September 2015. of the rules.
Cheah SH
Secretary The panel members are:
WESPA”
Alan Bailey 02392 384 360
Ruth Marsden 01202 707148
Southern Counties Scrabble Club News needs George Newman 01273 230356
to hear from you!
Peter Sime 01243 785413
If you would like to share a thought or simply get something
off your chest, write to or email SCSL News editor Ruth
Marsden. The next issue will be published in early June and I
am looking forward to a heavy postbag!
So get your pens or keyboards into action!
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POSTBAG
I received the following email from Alan Bailey,
Captain of the Southampton Sinners Team:
From now on there will be no Sinners in the Southern Counties League. This is not because
Ruth has decided to improve the League’s image. It is, in a word, events.
Mainly it is my personal circumstances, and very sad about it I and my Southampton Club
colleagues are. The thing about League matches is not just a chance to play Scrabble
against opponents you don’t meet every week. I and my fellow-Sinners have equally valued
them as social occasions - which is perhaps just as well, considering the number of these
contests which we have lost.
Seriously though, that has not too much mattered. Win or lose, we have always enjoyed
being with all those of you we have met in other teams. Rivalry while playing may be strong,
but it is in the context of hospitable friendliness. Indeed, in the last 2 years we have had
some difficulty of arranging hosting venues, and have greatly appreciated the several kind
offers of “away” teams to stay at home and host us, supplying extremely good refreshments
into the bargain. These incidents have included Scrabble away-days to the Isle of Wight,
whose teams have enabled us to play 2 separate matches on the same day, rounded off with
2 more games among ourselves during the ferry crossings!
I particularly place on record my admiration and thanks for Ruth, and indeed Peter Sime
before her, for assuming the heavy mantle of organising the League over the past years.
So I take this opportunity to thank all of you players in Southern Counties teams for your
warm friendship, which includes my fellow-Sinners, to wish you a Happy New Year on and off
the Scrabble board, and to hope to see you at least at Southampton Tournament on 26 April
(can’t break the habit of seizing a publicity chance).
Best wishes, Alan (Bailey)
PUZZLES to stimulate the little grey cells!
A puzzle from David Dean of Bournemouth:
Add one letter to the given word, then rearrange the added letters to
spell the word clued:
1 CODES trap lures
2 CATS outer garments
3 BLAZERS offspring of zebra and horses
4 CEREALS people who get rid of stains
5 BONSAI baskets of earth which fortify
Finally what word do the six added letters make?
Answer on page 5.
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Other Hats
A Poem from Ed Breed, reminiscing on the joys of pub lunches at Christmas 2014!!
Bristol Scrabble Club Xmas Meal 2014
Well, we went to this pub – world renowned for its grub;
With revues to dispel any doubts!
But what did they do to the sprouts, the sprouts?
What did they do to the sprouts?
Sue had booked it on line, ( bit expensive the wine!
Though well stocked with lagers and stouts.)
But what did they do to the sprouts, the sprouts?
What did they do to the sprouts?
“Look at this rabble, they say they play Scrabble!
They look more like villains or louts!
Lets give them the fossilised sprouts, the sprouts.
Feed them the fossilised sprouts!”
The burgers came fast – we knew we’d be last.
And nearly sent out a few scouts.
For someone had murdered the sprouts, the sprouts.
Someone had murdered the sprouts!
Arancini? Divine! My Chicken was fine.
But hark to the hoo-hah and shouts.
No-one could cut up the sprouts, the sprouts.
No-one could cut up the sprouts!
The Welsh have their leeks, and there’s feta for Greeks,
And cabbage they feed to the Krauts.
But no-one could manage the sprouts, the sprouts.
No-one could manage the sprouts!
Here’s the chef on his knees, “Have more carrots and peas.”
Good house-keeping practice he flouts’
“Please don’t mention the sprouts, the sprouts.
Don’t mention the terrible sprouts!”
But the damage was done – if we had a big gun –
We’d fire them at forts or redoubts.
That’s what we’d do to the sprouts, the sprouts,
That’s what we’d do to the sprouts!
EB December 2014
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CLUB VENUES
Many clubs welcome visitors from other clubs. It’s a great way to meet new
people, enjoy a friendly game and perhaps get some ideas for your own club. So why not call the
contact, check they are meeting that week and arrange a visit.
Club Memb. Venue Times Contact
Bournemouth 12 Tuckon Social Club, 222 Tucton Saturdays Elizabeth Jardine
Rd, Bournemouth BH6 3AA 13.00-17.00 01202 419708
Brighton and Hove 16 Avenue Bridge Club, Fridays George Newman
15 Third Ave, Hove BN3 2PB 18.30-22.30 01273 230356
East Berks 22 St Sebastian’s Cricket Pavilion, Thursdays Charlotte Ward
St.Sebs Close, Crowthorne 19.30-10.30 01344 484914
Guildford 15 Shalford Village Hall, Shalford, Wednesdays Janet Gibson
Surrey 19.30-23.00 01252 521891
Newport 20 Riverside Centre, Tuesdays Penny Downer
Newport Quay, Isle of Wight 18.45-22.30 01983 716425
Ryde 31 George Street Centre, Mondays Carole Garrett
George Street, Ryde, 19.00-22.00 01983 817973
Isle of Wight
Salisbury 16 Salisbury Cycle Club, Tuesdays Sue Butterworth
Salt Lane, Salisbury 19.00-22.00 01722 327663
Thursdays
14.00-16.00
Southampton 16 Hilldene Centre, West End High Wednesdays Brian Jones
Street, Southampton 19.30-22.30 023 80435911
South Winds 14 27 Spencer Road, Canford Monday
Cliffs, Poole BH13 7ET 12.30-17.00
All clubs welcome visitors.
Solutions to Puzzle on page 3
DECOYS
COATS
ZEBRULAS
CLEANERS
GABIONS
The word from the added letters YOUNG
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TOURNAMENT ACTIVITY
Get out and about over the weeks to come and participate in these Southern
Counties tournaments. If you have a fixture you would like included in the next
edition, let Ruth Marsden have the details – contact info on page one.
IOW Weekend 18 games Contact Noel Turner 01983 614426
Venue Trouville Hotel, Sandown Bay
Friday 14 – Sunday 17 Cost Reservation £50, costs vary depending on no.
February sharing and length of stay. Details from Noel.
First game Friday 7.30pm Finish Sunday 5pm
Note: Limited space, book early.
Southampton 7 games Contact Alan Bailey 02392 384360
Venue Hedge End Village Hall, SO30 4AF
Sunday 26 April Cost M £13.50 / NM £15.50
Registration 09.10
First game 10.00 Finish 17.15
Refreshments Tea and coffee provided
Bournemouth Spring RR 7 games Contact Ruth Marsden 01202 707148
Venue Roper Hall, 5 Victoria Park Road, Moordown,
Bournemouth
Sunday 10 May Cost M £13.50 / NM £15.50
Registration 09.30
First game 10.10 Finish 18.10
Refreshments Tea and coffee provided
Brighton & Hove RR 9 games Contact George Newman 01273 230356
rd
Venue Avenue Bridge Club, 15 3 Ave, Hove BN3 2PB
Sunday 8 June Cost M £21.00 / NM £23.00
Registration 09.30
First game 10.15 Finish 18.00
Refreshments Tea and Coffee provided
Bournemouth Autumn 7 games Contact Ruth Marsden 01202 707148
Venue Roper Hall, 5 Victoria Park Road, Moordown,
Bournemouth
Sunday October 11 Cost M £13.50 / NM £15.50
Registration 09.30
First game 10.10 Finish 17.00
Refreshments Tea and coffee provided
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SOUTHERN COUNTIES
SCRABBLE LEAGUE
2015 LEAGUE HANDBOOK
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SOUTHERN COUNTIES SCRABBLE LEAGUE 2015
Nine teams playing in one division:
Bournemouth Magpies
Brighton & Hove Regents
East Berks Smarties
Guildford
Newport Purple
Ryde Hornets
Salisbury
Southampton Saints
South Winds Phoenix
SOUTHERN COUNTIES SCRABBLE LEAGUE
Champions Board
1985 Croydon Red 1995 East Berks Z 2005 Southampton Saints
1986 Croydon Red 1996 Richmond 2006 Southampton Saints
1987 Reading 1997 East Berks Z 2007 Southampton Saints
1988 East Berks Z 1998 East Berks Z 2008 Southampton Saints
1989 Oxford 1999 Richmond 2009 Southampton Saints
1990 Oxford 2000 East Berks Z 2010 Southampton Saints
1991 Oxford 2001 East Berks Z 2011 Southampton Saints
1992 Oxford 2002 Brighton and Hove Regents 2012 South Winds Phoenix
1993 East Berks Z 2003 East Berks Z 2013 Brighton and Hove Regents
1994 Croydon Red 2004 Brighton and Hove Regents 2014 Southampton Saints
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FIXTURES FOR THE 2015 SEASON
Group one matches 1 March to 31 May
Southampton Saints V Bournemouth Magpies
Phoenix V Salisbury
Bournemouth Magpies V Newport Purple
Ryde Hornets V Salisbury
Phoenix V Ryde Hornets
Southampton Saints V East Berks Smarties
Southampton Saints V Salisbury
Brighton and Hove Regents V East Berks Smarties
Salisbury V Brighton and Hove Regents
Brighton and Hove Regents V Phoenix
Guildford V Ryde Hornets
Newport Purple V Guildford
Group two matches 1 June to 31 August
Salisbury V East Berks Smarties
Ryde Hornets V Bournemouth Magpies
Bournemouth Magpies V Phoenix
East Berks Smarties V Phoenix
Ryde Hornets V Newport Purple
East Berks Smarties V Bournemouth Magpies
Salisbury V Bournemouth Magpies
Newport Purple V Southampton Saints
Bournemouth Magpies V Brighton and Hove Regents
Newport Purple V Brighton and Hove Regents
Phoenix V Guildford
Guildford V Southampton Saints
Brighton and Hove Regents V Guildford
Group three matches 1 September to 30 November
Phoenix V Southampton Saints
Phoenix V Newport Purple
Ryde Hornets V Southampton Saints
East Berks Smarties V Newport Purple
Salisbury V Newport Purple
Ryde Hornets V East Berks Smarties
Guildford V East Berks Smarties
Brighton and Hove Regents V Southampton Saints
Guildford V Salisbury
Bournemouth Magpies V Guildford
Brighton and Hove Regents V Ryde Hornets
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TEAM DIRECTORY
Bournemouth Margaret Staunton 01202 428988 34 Dalmeny Road, Margaret@mstaunton.pl
Magpies Southbourne, Bournemouth us.com
BH6 4BW
alt Elisabeth Jardine 01202 428708 Ejardine1@btinternet.co
m
Brighton and Hove George Newman 01273 230356 21 The Drive, Southwick, George.newman37@yah
Regents West Sussex, BH42 4RR oo.com
alt Verity Cross 01273 553615
East Berks Hepzi Rodrigues 01183 758969 52 Valley Crescent, zhipe_lady@yahoo.co.uk
Smarties Wokingham
RG41 1NP
alt Maureen Barlow 01344 454669 maureenb.barlow@yaho
o.co.uk
Guildford Tim Charlton 01483 568846 1 Saint Omer Ridge, East charlton@manson.demo
Berks Rack Pack, Surrey, n.co.uk
GU1 2DD
alt David Lawton 01483 715756 d_lawton@btinternet.co
m
Newport Purple Wendy Tiley 01983 526181 27 West Street, Newport,
IOW PO30 1PR
alt Noel Turner 01983 614426
Ryde Hornets Stanley Wilkinson 01983 563739 Preston Manor, 28 Great stanleykwilkinson@gmail
Preston Rd, Ryde, IOW, .com
PO33 1EE
alt Peter Neeves 07925 179182
Salisbury Bob Lynn 01722 711452 4 The Sandringhams, bobblin@zoho.com
Waddon, Salisbury SP5
3SP
alt David Holt 01722 327557
Southampton Saints Chris Finlay 023 8055 8013 1 Litchfield Crescent,
Midanbury, Southampton,
SO18 2BJ
alt Brenda Margereson 023 8047 3601
South Winds Ruth Marsden 01202 707148 27 Spencer Road. Canford RtMrsdn@aol.com
Phoenix Cliffs, Poole BH13 7ET
alt Val Wright O1202 314047
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MATCH ARRANGEMENT, SCORING AND TEAM RULES 2015
Season and session dates
The main season will run from 1 March to 10 November and will be divided into three sessions
1 March to 31 May 1 June to 31 August 1 September to 30 November.
In general a team will play either two or three matches in each session. Any variation must be agreed by both
teams and the League. (Comment Matches may be played earlier or later if both teams and the League
agree but all fixtures must be completed by 10 November.)
Arranging matches
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The home captain should contact the away team by the 15 day of each session offering three or more
dates for matches due to be played. These should include Saturdays and Sundays and cover a reasonable
spread of time. Midweek matches are allowable if mutually agreeable. The away team then has ten days in
which to select one of these dates otherwise the home captain will select one of them which will be deemed
binding. If the home team does not offer dates by the required time they may loose their home advantage.
The away team may choose a date and venue to suit themselves and inform the home team. The league will
arbitrate if contacts seem unreasonably delayed or withheld. (Comment this rule is rarely invoked as most
teams manage to mutually agree dates in a friendly manner within the spirit of the League.)
Team players and transfers
In a League match each team will consist of four players and a substitute may not be played once a match
has commenced. A club team’s players must be bona fide members of that club. Each player will be allocated
a number (one to four indicating ability) for the match by their team captain and will play three games to a
prearranged pattern. Thus twelve games constitute a match and the result depends on the number of games
won. Six games each is deemed a draw regardless of the number of points scored by the two teams.
A team may use as many players as it wishes throughout a season but once a player has played one League
match they are deemed ‘registered’ to that team for the season. Transfer of a player’s team registration
during the season might be considered by the League in special circumstances. (Comment to ensure that a
fixture is played the League may agree some latitude here.)
A player may play once for another team provided they are a bona fides member of the club, this provision
should only be used if no alternative is possible.
Venue arrangement and necessary provisions
At the venue the home team shall provide four Scrabble sets of Tournament standard plus copies of the
COLLINS SCRABBLE WORD LIST for challenges. A clearly written challenge shall be adjudicated by a
player of each team at an adjacent table. Unlimited challenges are allowed without penalty.
COLLINS SCRABBLE WORD LIST – 2011 edition – is the Currently Approved authority for all League
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matches. When later in the year the ABSP approve a new list ( September 1 is the expected date) this
may be used providing BOTH teams agree before the match. (Comment, the complete book of words
from two to fifteen letters should be available). Hand held electronic devices maybe used for checking if both
team captains agree. Otherwise National Scrabble Club Rules and ABSP Games Rules apply.
The game ends when one player plays the final tile on their rack or if both players pass three times in
succession, a successfully challenged word counting as a pass. The four games shall be played in one
room or two in each of two rooms. Tables should be adequate size and height. Coffee tables are generally
not suitable. The away team may choose where they sit for each game. The official score sheet should be
completed at the end of the match, signed by both captains and posted promptly by the home team to the
address shown.
Use of clocks
Clocks may be used in League matches if the away team makes the request at least two weeks before the
match is due to be played. The requesting team must then provide four clocks of approved standard.
When clocks are not used the correct time to challenge is after your opponent has declared and written
down their score but before you write down that score. (Comment the writing down of the score was
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chosen as the end of the turn as this represents clear evidence of each player’s intentions whereas a spoken
score might later be suggested to have only been an interim computation whilst seeking the best play.)
Match scoring
The match should commence reasonably close to the agreed time unless both captains agree on a justifiable
delay. If a team player is short for a part or all of a match that player’s games will be credited as a win to the
nominated opponents for the purpose of the match and League records. A score of 375 an/or a spread of 75
may be used as appropriate. The match is deemed to have been won by the team which wins the most
games.
The League points scoring is based on the match result
Three points to the winning team
One point to each team in a drawn match
No points to the loosing team
A team having a walk-over will be awarded three League points and between 6.5 and 12 game wins on their
record depending on the League’s view of the circumstances. Teams who cancel fixtures could have points
deducted should the League decide the reason was unsound.
At the end of the season where teams are equal on points the team with the most game wins will gain the
higher position in the League table. Total points scored or highest game scores may then be used should
game wins be equal.
Final League positions
The Winner of the League will be decided by a playoff between the three winners of the Eastern, Central and
Western Divisions.
Complaints, disputes and transgressions
All complaints, disputes and transgressions will be considered by the League Arbitration Panel and their ruling
will be final.
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