Scrabble SA - South Australia

10/05/2026

One of the anticipated events on the Scrabble SA "radar" is not even related to Scrabble. Every 4years Neal runs his World Cup Sweep for followers of the beautiful game we call Football. Tickets for this even run out quicker than a high probability BONUS being placed on the board.

Neal's famous World Cup Sweep is up and running, thanks to all participants. Amongst the Scrabble community there is going to be some very interesting matchups during the group stage.

Mexico/Susan meets Czech Republic/Jane in group A.

There's a whole party in group B with Canada/Baheej, Bosnia/Judy, Qatar/Dieter and Switzerland/Antony battling it out.

Group C will see Brazil/Helen, Morocco/Baheej and Scotland/Francoise meet.

In group D Paraguay/Rachel will need to wait for possible knockout stages action.

Ivory Coast/Paula meets Ecuador/Adam Kauschke in group E.

Group F sees Japan/Adam Kauschke vs Sweden/Tracey.

Group G has Iran/Louisa vs New Zealand/Emanuel.

Group H has Cape Verde/Julie vs Uruguay/Adam Kauschke.

Group I sees France/Paula vs Iraq/Francoise.

In group J Jordan/Pat Hudson will be waiting also.

In group K Portugal/Wendy, Congo/Judy and Uzbekistan/Adam Kretschmer will battle it out.

Group L's Ghana/Helen will be waiting for possible knockout stages.

Australia is in Group D - a non Scrabble person will have this team.

Prize Money is;
1st $120
Runner Up (or first loser) $70
3rd $40
Worst record after Group Stage $10

Good luck to all.

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10/05/2026

Adam Kretschmer kindly did all the hard work and supplied the following run down.

We had a great day at the inaugural Sleepy Cat 4-4-4. There were 28 players altogether, with the Arvo session one away from selling out. It was especially exciting to have 5 players returning after more than 1 year away from tournaments (Heidi's last tourney was 2011)! We had 18 different prizewinners across the day, see below for the breakdown.

Prizes (max 1 of each type per player)

Overall:
A
1st Adam Kretschmer 12 +1050
2nd Michael Cameron 9 +925
3rd Jane Taylor 8 +501
B
1st Jane Li 6 -19
2nd Baheej Al Kassem (despite only playing 8 games!) 5 -162
3rd Paula Brown 5 -408

Session 1 (Morno*):
A
1st Adam Kretschmer
HG Adam Kretschmer 547
HW Antonios Syrigos EATERIES 131
B
1st Tracey Kneebone
HG Louisa Atsas 454
HW Louisa Atsas CARELESS 89

Session 2 (Arvo):
A
1st Jane Taylor
HG Angie Pearse 490
HW Adam Kretschmer WAVERING 98
B
1st Julie Robins
HG Victora Gates 541
HW Fiona Braendler FRANKING 110

C
1st Rachel Telfer
HG Karyn Crease 501
HW Baheej Al Kassem YACHTED 105

Session 3 (Evo)
A
1st Michael Cameron
HG Antony Kimber 552
HW Adam Kauschke QUOITED 107
B
1st Jane Li
HG Rowena Vnuk 487
HW Jane Li WAITERS 101

Please feel free to add any stories from the day.

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20/04/2026

Results from the Scrabble SA Tournament held 19th April

A
6 games
W M Old Chg New
1 6 +490 Jane Taylor 1545 +55 1600
2 5 +222 Adam Kretschmer 1674 +23 1697
3 4 +399 Daniel Piechnick 1719 -8 1711
4 3 +256 Tony Miller 1648 -22 1626
5 3 +23 Michael Vnuk 1391 +13 1404

5 games
1 2 -82 Antony Kimber 1388 +1 1389
2 2 -161 Francoise Finlayson 1296 -4 1292
3 2 -257 Ian Tsoi Yin (1318) +7 1325
4 2 -308 Angie Pearse 1315 -5 1310
5 1 -226 Judy Mansfield 1254 -23 1231
6 0 -356 Marc Hudson 1233 -36 1197
High game Adam Kretschmer 505
High word Michael Vnuk TASKBARS 104
Ian Tsoi Yin is no longer provisional (51 games)
B
6 games
W M Old Chg New
1 4 +397 Tim Guidera 1017 +24 1041
2 4 +357 Baheej Al Kassem 1016 +19 1035
3 4 +242 Julie Robins 1084 +16 1100
4 4 +62 Dieter Jedamski 1166 +3 1169
5 4 -138 Rachel Telfer 817 +46 863
6 3 +333 Nathan Bennett 1113 -20 1093
7 3 +163 Susan Roberts 1179 -25 1154
8 3 +71 Tracey Kneebone 1194 -19 1175
9 3 -529 Emanuel Atsas 748 +29 777
10 2 -218 Pat Hudson 1142 -31 1111
11 2 -284 Paula Brown 799 -2 797
12 0 -456 Louisa Atsas 895 -40 855
High word Paula Brown SCOOPED 102

Special note for High Game of 599 for Nathan.

Novelty prizes
Heinies 79 Antony Kimber
Outgive 80 Baheej Al Kassem
Rattles 80 Julie Robins
Merriest 83 Susan Roberts
Unshared 89 Michael Vnuk
Zerks 76 Jane Taylor

Next tournament; Sleepy Cat 4-4-4. Saturday May 2nd. 3 sessions of 4 games starting 8:30am.

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20/04/2026

Australian Championships - wrap up
Huge thank you to Merkel Marmaduke for putting this together.

In the Plate Division we had 5 South Australians competing.
Victoria, 1st, Winning 18 of the 24 games with a rating gain of 88 points.
Tei Ngatai, 7th
Francoise, 9th
Judy, 12th
Paula won 9 games and picked up a couple of novelty prizes.

In the Championship Division the winner was Adam Logan from Canada with David Eldar second.

The best of the South Australians was Adam Kretschmer who came 20th and won the Chris May award for the highest rating gain in the Championship Division. Adam picked up 75 rating points which we hope he will share other South Australians.
Max Mason came 21st.
Jane Taylor 26th.
Angie Pearse won 9 games and Tracey Kneebone won 8 games.
In total the South Australians gained a net 189 rating points for the State.

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16/04/2026

We have a Scrabble tournament next Sunday 19 April at the SA Bridge Association 243 Young St, Unley. There will be six games in divisions if there sufficient players. The cost will be $20 for members and $25 for non-members. Registration is 10:00-10:30am.

We would like a spare so we have an even number of players and can avoid byes. The spare needs to be at the venue for the start of the day. If you are spare and play you get free entry. If you don’t play you can leave once the first game starts and you get $20 for your effort to turn up. If you would like to be spare then let me know.

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06/04/2026

CONGRATULATIONS TO VICTORIA GATES - PLATE CHAMPION 2026

Results from round 24
1 Victoria Gates 18 +996
2 Ryder Lo 16.5 +750
3 Olga Visser 15.5 +554
4 Margaret Neal 15 +996
5 Harry Hubber 15 +948
6 Margaret Griggs 15 +725
7 Tei Ngatai 15 +281
8 Sharon Sorensen 14 +997
9 Francoise Finlayson 14 +749
10 Margaret Bishop 14 +452
11 Ruth Jones 14 +374
12 Judy Mansfield 14 +333
13 Yvette Copley 13(+1) +59(+1)
14 Jan Hill 14 -20
15 Keri Heart 13(+0) +589(+0)
16 Lexia Smallwood 13 +439
17 John Rider 13 +293
18 John Minas 13 +128
19 Caroline Scowcroft 13 +60
20 Lynne Jarvis 13 -134
21 Maheu Papau T-Pole 13 -255
22 Jithuni Vidana 12(+1) -311(+1)
23 Lexie Neale 12.5 +438
24 Joanna Moss 12 +135
25 Greg Hopson 12 +129
26 Terry Horan 12 +83
27 Kathryn Tiffen 12 +22
28 Natalie Tadday 12 -5
29 Katie Rowe 12 -78
30 Dorothy Fields 12 -269
31 Cori Lodder 12 -363
32 Sam Pizzano 12 -363
33 Jill Paterson 11(+0) +315(+0)
34 Owen Randall 11 +69
35 Michael Smitheram 11 -128
36 Tracey Michel 11 -200
37 Elize Plaganyi @32 11 -527
38 Danira De Silva 11 -804
39 Megan Marks 10.5 -125
40 Kerri Friend 10 +52
41 Vincent Nguyen 10 +10
42 Janet Kirk 10 -295
43 Paula Messer @40 10 -468
44 Arlene Williams 10 -645
45 Liz Jackman 8(+1) +391(+1)
46 Paula Brown 9 +212
47 Hugh Boveington 8 -2062
48 Jeff Danaher 7 -1050
49 Carolyn Miller 5 -1453
50 Celina Liu 3 -2024

Bye treatment explained in brackets
High game: Margaret Griggs 600
High word: Vincent Nguyen STASHING 149

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05/04/2026

Australian Champs results update; End of Day 2.
CHAMPIONSHIP
8th Adam Kretschmer 11 wins +326
14th Max Mason 10 wins +61
33rd Jane Taylor 8 wins -24
45th Angie Pearse 7 wins -690
54th Tracey Kneebone 4 wins -875

High Game Cameron Farlow 652,
High word Ayorinde Saidu PSILOTIC 15

PLATE
2nd Victoria Gates 12 wins +450 (1st is 1.5 games ahead)
7th Judy Mansfield 11 wins +365
8th Tei Ngatai 11 wins +345
11th Francoise Finlayson 10 wins +707
46th Paula Brown 6 wins +198

High Game Margaret Griggs 600
High Word Vincent Nguyen STASHING 149

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04/04/2026

Update on the Australian Championship - end of day 1 (round 8 )
Champ
13th Jane Taylor 5 wins +185 spread
17th Max Mason 5 wins -25
18th Adam Kretschmer 5 wins -191
45th Angie Pearse 3 wins -495
54th Tracey Kneebone 1 win -714

Plate
9th Tei Ngatai 5 wins +362 spread
13th Victoria Gates 5 wins +203
15th Judy Mansfield 5 wins +81
34th Francoise Finlayson 3 wins +61
38th Paula Brown 3 wins -60

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04/04/2026

The Australian Championship and Plate is happening in Canberra over Easter. South Australia has a number of competitors that have made the trek to compete.

They are;
Championship
Max Mason
Adam Kretschmer
Jane Taylor
Tracey Kneebone
Angie Pearse

Plate
Francoise Finlayson
Judy Mansfield
Victoria Gates
Tei Ngatai
Paula Brown

We wish them all good luck and Happy Scrabbling.

This Championship is also being attended by current World Scrabble Champion, Adam Logan from Canada.v

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29/03/2026

Today's results. Congratulations to Adam Kretschmer on his "triple". 1st, High game and High word. Augers well for Nationals next weekend in Canberra (will post on that in the next couple of days)

OPEN
Results from round 4
1 Adam Kretschmer 3 +572
2 Francoise Finlayson 3 +271
3 Baheej Al Kassem 3 -93
4 Antony Kimber 2 +261
5 Jane Li 2 +120
6 Neal Whibley 1(+1) -10(+0)
7 Susan Roberts 0(+1) -493(+1)
8 James Dinh 0(+1) -628(+1)
Bye treatment explained in brackets

High game: Adam Kretschmer 625
High word: Adam Krestschmer QUOPS 105