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The Western
Scrabble Network was borne out of the Blue Mountains Scrabble Club
after it was decided to break up the original club into one that
had a tournament-style focus and another that had a more social
focus. This meeting occurred on 2nd September 2003. BENEFITS OF HOSTING MEETINGS
You will find tools to assist you in running home meetings available through WSN. For example, score sheets - these are downloadable from the Forms section in the Members' Only section of the website. We can also assist with the provision of clocks, subject to certtain conditions being met. |
Chronology of Club History
October 2004
The Western Scrabble Network matchplay tournament # 3 is completed.
September 2004
The Western Scrabble Network commence round robin tournament # 5 with games set at 7 minutes a side.
September 2004
The Western Scrabble Network commence round robin tournament # 4 with games set at 25 minutes a side.
September 2004
The Western Scrabble Network round robin tournament # 2 is completed.
2nd May 2004
The Western Scrabble Network web site notches up 20000 page views.
18th April 2004
We commenced our second Internet Round Robin Tournament with 20 players participating in a full round robin of 19 rounds.
15th April 2004
WSN has it's first international member join, Tan Jin Chor from Malaysia. Welcome Jin Chor!
April 10-12 2004
At the annual Australian Championships held in Canberra, the Western Scrabble Network was represented by 11 players, some of whom joined during the course of the event. Click here to read an account of the tournament as written by Tony Hunt.
27th March 2004
Western Scrabble Network held it inaugural tournament on March 27th 2004 at Springwood NSW. Click here to read a report.
20th March 2004
The first round robin tournament is completed. After 9 rounds with 27 grueling matches Mark Smith is the eventual winner by just 1 game.
Some interesting facts (as reported by Tony Hunt):
- Of the 10 players
in the comp, 2 were from WA and the 3 hrs time
difference had to be accounted for. No difficulties were reported.
- After 27 games,
Colleen McCormick ended with a margin of exactly zero.
- Colleen's high
game score of 637 was nearly 100 points greater than the
next highest score - well done Colleen. This is also a record high score for
a WSN member since the club began.
- The high word for
the tourney was played in the very last game by my
sweetheart, Melinda, TACKLERS for 107 points, edging out Pat Schuberg and
Phil Burdge who were tied on 104 with SQUINTER and SEALINE respectively.
- Sheela Sree Kumar
went on a one month holiday during the comp, but this
did not affect her ability to compete as the games were played in advance,
by agreement with the other players concerned.
9th February 2004
The Western Scrabble Network web site notches up 10000 page views.
18th December 2003
A small group of WSN members decided to play a game of "Clabbers". Click here to view the game board.
13th December 2003
Tony Hunt is interviewed by Narelle Pfeiffer on 2 BLU FM radio station. If you think you may like to use community radio to promote Scrabble, click here for some suggestions.
5th December 2003
The WSN extended the scope of our activities within schools by conducting a meeting with a small but enthusiastic group of Year 7 children from the Mt Druitt Campus of Chifley College. Click here for more information.
22nd November 2003
Tony Hunt is interview by Brenden Leggett on 2 SWR FM radio station. If you think you may like to use community radio to promote Scrabble, click here for some suggestions.
20st November 2003
A club meeting with a difference
Last night the Western Scrabble Network held a meeting at Blaxland with 9 attendees. What made this meeting a little different from the usual, was that one of the attendees, Phillip Burdge, was sitting at home 4,000 kilometres away, linked up to us by internet.
During the course of the evening (or late afternoon from Phil’s perspective as he is 3 hours behind), members took turns at playing each other and playing Phil on ISC, using the club’s communal handle, mooi. Phil managed to get 6 games in variously with Jean, Pam, 2 games with Tony, one with Tony & Mark combined as a team, and one with Mark.
The chat facility on the right hand site of the ISC screen meant that we could include Phil in our conversations, and discuss aspects of the game.
Being in suburban
Perth, Phil has ready access to a number of great scrabble clubs, but
the point that I believe we ably demonstrated last night, is that ‘where
you live’ need not necessarily be a barrier to active involvement
in the scrabble community. We would encourage any of you who know people
who have access to the internet, who like Scrabble, and who live in an
area where there are no existing Scrabble clubs to explore the possibilities
of linking with such people in a similar manner.
8th November 2003
WSN has it's first interstate member join, Phil Burdge from Western Australia. Welcome Phil!
3rd November 2003
Tony Hunt and Mark Smith attend a regular games evening held at the Orient Hotel at Springwood with a view to promote the game within our local area.
31st October 2003
Tony Hunt and Mark Smith attend Blaxland High School to give a demonstration game and provide support for the creation of a club and round robin style tournament. Click here to read an account of our visit.
10th October 2003
The Western Scrabble Network website is completed and released to the public and the CASPA list.
2nd September 2003
The Western Scrabble Network was borne out of the Blue Mountains Scrabble Club.
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