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Saturday, March 19, 2005

De La Salle Apri Mini

De La Salle Mini

Money Back tournament (Entry Fee - Cost = Prize Pool)

Date : 10th April 2005 (Sunday)
Venue : De La Salle Institute
Time : 9am (Registration closes at 8.45 am)

Rounds: 7-9 rounds (depending on divisions and participant turnout)
Format:



  1. Divisions of 8 players (or less), 1 full round robin + KOTH with repeat for remainder)
  2. Divisions of 9 players (or more), KOTH no repeat until last round.
Dictionary: SOWPODS
Challenge: WSC 5-point challenge

Entry Fee:
RM20 for adults
RM10 for students
RM5 surcharge for entries received after 5th April 2005.


Remarks:
  • Walk-ins are welcomed on a first come first serve basis
  • Please bring your own equipment (boards, racks, tiles & clock)
  • Scoresheets and scorecards will be provided by the organisers
  • Lunch will not be provided. Players will have one hour for lunch.

Interested participants please email your entry to Yeo Kien Hung at rhyen518@yahoo.co.uk or sms your name and age to 012-688 1236

Friday, March 18, 2005

7th Penang YMCA Scrabble Tournament

Once again the Penang YMCA Scrabble Club is happy to announce the 7th
Penang YMCA Scrabble Tournament.
There will be 2 Categories
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School Category
1 day tournament , 6 Games
Sunday 17 April 2005
Entry Fee Before 10 April is RM 15 and after that RM 20
Players are to bring their own sets and clocks.
Trophies and certificates will be given to winners
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Open Category
2 day Tournament 15 Games
Saturday and Sunday
16 and 17 April 2005
Entry Fee before 9th April RM 50 , thereafter RM 60
There will be 2 sections in this Open Category
a) Ratings Below 1350*
b) Ratings 1350* and above
* Subject to change
Cash prizes will be allocated to winners from the entrry fees collected
after deduction of expenses.
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Contact persons
John Lam 012-4943950
Dr Salahudin 012-4527650
Chuah Sim Swee 016-4981130
Jackie Cheah 012-5591178
Dr Adele Tan 019-4486534
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ACCOMODATION
For players needing accomodation
there are cheap and good rooms provided by Penang YMCA
Please contact Rahela at 04-2288211

Monday, March 07, 2005

OSW-I wordlist on the net

Here are some premade/prefabricated wordlists on the Internet.

http://www.scrabble.org.au/words/index.htm

Of particular importance to beginners are the 2 letter words, 3 letter words, Q without U, and 4 letter words.

I will post other wordlist here whereever possible.