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NEWS


TRANS TASMAN

Nov 17

This is a biennial event between Australia and New Zealand, held every even year
since 1996. It was held in New Zealand this year.

Each player plays 24 games of Scrabble over three days in a double team round
robin i.e. each of the 12 players from each country plays each of the 12 from
the opposing country twice. An intense three days of Scrabble with 288 games in
all.

Congratulations to New Zealand who won the event this time 165 to 123, for the
first time since 2010. The best player overall was Howard Warner who won 18 of
his 24 matches. The top Australian was Russell Honeybun who won 16. A full
breakdown is on the NZ Elixs site.

New Zealand did a superb job of streaming one game each round with commentary by
several international and Australasian commentators. The streams are still there
to watch on Youtube.

 * Friday
 * Saturday
 * Sunday




CSW24

Nov 3 A new edition of Collins Scrabble Words has been published. It has 1816
additions, 847 of them being words of length 3 to 8. There are no new two letter
words. Deletions include ALF (and ALFS).
In Australia we will use it from Jan 1, 2025. In Victoria it will be used for
the Decathon on Dec 29.
OWO and UWU : emoticons for surprise and cuteness.


RESOURCES

 * Word lists here
 * Book [Seventh Edition]
   * Amazon $36.62
   * Harper Collins $45
   Not till late January
 * Computers
   * Zyzzyva MacOS
   * Zyzzyva Windows 64 bit
     
     
 * iOS
   * Zyzzyva
   * ULU
 * Android
   * Zyzzyva
   * Word App Pro


ACT CHAMPIONSHIP

Nov 17 Congratulations to Tony Hunt, winner of the State Championship for 2024.


TASMANIAN CHAMPIONSHIP

Oct 26 Congratulations to Jonathon Ford-King, winner of the State Championship
for 2024.


WORLD SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP

Oct 23 Joanne, Sally … GOAT … Tony Australia was well represented at the World
Seniors Scrabble Tournament in Malaysia. The event was won by Nigel Richards who
is now, believe it or not, regarded as a senior, joining the ranks of the
hallowed Keith Richards, Karen Richards and Paul Richards. Australians earned
places as follows: Sally Martin (3rd), Joanne Craig (5th), Howard Rayner (8th),
Susan Rayner (9th), Tony Hunt (10th), Karrin Henderson (12th), Olga Visser
(14th), Carmel Dodd (18th), Paul Richards (21st), Arnold Appelhopf (27th), Siva
Sivapalasundram (29th) and Karen Richards (30th).


NEW SOUTH WALES CHAMPIONSHIP

Oct 5-7 Rod, Edward, Jane 36 players from NSW and interstate battled it out over
three days. A side event on Sunday attracted a further 11 players. The top
three:
 1. Edward Okulicz: 17+1153
 2. Jane Taylor: 17+567
 3. Rod Talbot: 16+168

Edward successfully defended the title that he had won last year. Jane gained
109 ratings points and young Ryder Lo gained 120. Josh Watt set new records for
2024 (high game and high spread) with his score of 720 to 246. Few players ever
get a score of over 700 and this is the first for several years.


EVENTS


SELECTIVE EVENTS

These events are invitational, based on rating. 2025 Australian Masters
& State Challenge WESPA Championship
Ghana (November) World Teams
Ghana (November World Youth

IMPORTANT: Selection processes will now give priority to Australian players who
have told CASPA that they will attend or might attend. Send an email to
nro@scrabble.org.au with the subject line saying the event, and an indication of
YES, NO or MAYBE.
Any Australian ASPA member may ask to be considered, not just the ones listed as
contenders.


NATIONALS 2025

19-21 April 2025 Join us in Adelaide for the Scrabble National Championships.
You can now easily register and pay. Please go here for all details.


2025 WESPA CHAMPIONSHIP

Nov 12-16 2025 The 2025 WESPA Championship will be held at the Alisa Hotel,
North Ridge, Accra, Ghana.
 * November 11, 2025 - Last Chance Qualifier
 * November 12-15, 2025 - WESPA Championship and Side Events
 * November 16, 2025 - Best of 7 Final

Australia is entitled to send 14 players in addition to David Eldar who
qualifies because he was World Champion. Selection is by ratings over a twelve
month period ending May 31 2025. See full details




WORLD TEAM SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP

 * November 7-10, 2025 - World Team Scrabble Championship and Side Events.
   Sixteen teams of five players will play over three days. See who will play
   for us, applicants so far.
   More details at the World Team Scrabble website

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