What Bingo number is sometimes called “Winnie the Pooh”? What “B” is a headscarf tied under the chin and worn by Russian Peasant Women? What is the second largest bird (non-extinct)? Who sang the song “scatterlings of Africa ” ? Other than Roger Federer who was the last man to win the Wimbeldon singles title?
Bring your brain cells, general and specific knowledge, your friends and, of course, a sense of humour and an appetite. Read more…
Posted on September 10th, 2007 by Barry
Filed under: News | No Comments »
Following the submission of more than 20 proposed titles a vote was taken during the Swaziland and the new name for the Scrabble SA’s magazine is THE SCRABBLER. The next issue will be out in November/December.
Posted on September 10th, 2007 by Barry
Filed under: News | No Comments »
The 2007 Collins Cup, one of our premier scrabble tournaments takes place in Cape Town on 20 and 21 October. The venue will be Camps Bay High School which has magnificent views of Camps Bay and the 12 Apostles.
Duncan Keet and his committee in Cape Town are putting the event together and the Cape scrabblers are terrific hosts. This promises to be a really great event. I would urge Gauteng Scrabble Players and those from other promises and of course the Zambian players to travel to Cape Town for this event
Read more…
Posted on September 3rd, 2007 by Barry
Filed under: Announcements, Tournaments | No Comments »
Congratulations to Trevor, Seena and Shelagh for winning their categories. Also, well done to Andrew Goldberg and Ursula Fernandez, who each had the highest ratings improvement in heir categories. They both win vouchers for 2 night stays from Orion Hotels.
Updated ratings here.
Read more…
Posted on August 30th, 2007 by Barry
Filed under: Ratings, Results | 2 Comments »
Each player tries to get rid of the infernal ticking bomb before the time is up. What counts is quick reactions and the right word at the right time. A contestant flips one card and then thinks of a word containing the letters that are printed on the card. Only in this way can the ticking bomb be passed on to the next player. Whoever’s holding the bomb when it goes off has to retain the flipped letter card as a penalty.
All too often the word you think of, as you wait your turn, is used by the preceding player and even those who boast the largest vocabularies, suddenly find their minds go completely blank as the infernal Bomb ticks away. Sounds easy, doesn’t it? Give it a try!
PASS THE BOMB is a tremendous success worldwide and has been translated into 9 different languages: English, French, Danish, Hungarian, Finnish, Czech, Italian, Spanish and Dutch.
In Denmark, the Danish version, CRAZY BOMB, became ‘Game of the Year’ in 1998. Under the name ‘PASS THE BOMB’ it conquered the English speaking market and in 1997, became ‘Game of the Year’ in the UK. In the same year, the French version won a gold medal at the 12th FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DES JEUX in Cannes.
Posted on August 29th, 2007 by Barry
Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
| NATIONAL RANKING |
NAME |
# GAMES |
RATING |
LAST PLAYED |
GAUTENG |
CAPE TOWN |
| 1 |
Yusuf Oyekunle |
537 |
2022 |
20070429 |
|
1 |
| 2 |
Trevor Hovelmeier |
1039 |
1891 |
20070715 |
1 |
|
| 3 |
Dylan Early |
903 |
1836 |
20070429 |
2 |
|
| 4 |
Steven Gruzd |
901 |
1813 |
20070715 |
3 |
|
|
Paul Kalumba |
112 |
1805 |
20070429 |
ZAMBIA |
| 5 |
Larry Benjamin |
251 |
1671 |
20070715 |
4 |
|
| 6 |
Ross Finn |
1232 |
1616 |
20070715 |
5 |
|
| 7 |
Gwen Rea |
672 |
1615 |
20070714 |
|
2 |
| 8 |
Diana Mason |
934 |
1589 |
20070715 |
6 |
|
| 9 |
Duncan Keet |
705 |
1585 |
20070812 |
|
3 |
| 10 |
Llewellin Jegels |
1076 |
1584 |
20070227 |
|
4 |
| 11 |
Anita Kassel |
1558 |
1580 |
20070812 |
|
5 |
|
Mwenya Munkonge |
96 |
1580 |
20060618 |
ZAMBIA |
| 12 |
Gerald Davids |
1100 |
1565 |
20070812 |
|
6 |
| 13 |
Ike Obidike |
392 |
1555 |
20070429 |
7 |
|
| 14 |
Pearl Seitz |
1536 |
1530 |
20070812 |
|
7 |
| 15 |
Debbe Hossy |
1533 |
1512 |
20070217 |
|
8 |
| 16 |
De Wet Du Preez |
973 |
1512 |
20070715 |
8 |
|
| 17 |
Lynn Roff |
1029 |
1500 |
20070624 |
9 |
|
| 18 |
Jarrod Page |
258 |
1500 |
20070812 |
|
9 |
| 19 |
Carol Parker |
1229 |
1499 |
20070812 |
|
10 |
| 20 |
Leah Fitzpatrick |
426 |
1495 |
20070715 |
10 |
|
|
Roger Ntumba |
106 |
1495 |
20050918 |
DRC |
| 21 |
Esme Kopelowitz |
891 |
1492 |
20070715 |
11 |
|
| 22 |
Urwin Savage-Reid |
633 |
1484 |
20070715 |
12 |
|
| 23 |
Arlene Fine |
949 |
1481 |
20070715 |
13 |
|
| 24 |
Trevor Duke |
660 |
1477 |
20070715 |
14 |
|
| 25 |
Tammy Davids |
991 |
1463 |
20070812 |
|
11 |
| 26 |
Pam Field |
1118 |
1452 |
20070812 |
|
12 |
| 27 |
Greg Decerff |
166 |
1448 |
20070520 |
|
13 |
| 28 |
Gerry Moore |
1035 |
1438 |
20070715 |
15 |
|
| 29 |
Denise Lebron |
1350 |
1432 |
20070812 |
|
14 |
| 30 |
Zubeida Brey |
1172 |
1423 |
20070714 |
|
15 |
| 31 |
Edward Moolman |
57 |
1419 |
20070521 |
|
16 |
| 32 |
Fern Wheelwright |
474 |
1415 |
200700715 |
16 |
|
| 33 |
Moses Kibet |
128 |
1406 |
20070715 |
17 |
|
| 34 |
Aurora Levy |
729 |
1405 |
20070624 |
18 |
|
| 35 |
Angela Cohen |
1225 |
1390 |
20070812 |
|
17 |
| 36 |
Paul Rabenowitz |
58 |
1388 |
20070502 |
19 |
|
| 37 |
Kathy Cameron |
924 |
1386 |
20070624 |
20 |
|
| 38 |
Barbara Joffe |
676 |
1376 |
20070225 |
21 |
|
| 39 |
Michael Leuw |
166 |
1375 |
20070812 |
|
18 |
| 40 |
Evelyn Terblanche |
231 |
1373 |
20070714 |
|
19 |
| 41 |
Marion Miller |
434 |
1370 |
20070331 |
22 |
|
| 42 |
David Gad |
280 |
1370 |
20070812 |
|
20 |
| 43 |
Anita Butler |
303 |
1368 |
20070715 |
23 |
|
| 44 |
Joy Palm |
1049 |
1364 |
20070812 |
|
21 |
| 45 |
Mary Botha |
320 |
1362 |
20070502 |
KZN |
|
| 46 |
Eleanor Forbes |
1131 |
1358 |
20070812 |
|
22 |
| 47 |
Viv Ridyard |
215 |
1358 |
20070429 |
24 |
|
| 48 |
Barbara Giloi |
1078 |
1356 |
20070812 |
|
23 |
| 49 |
Linda Leshetz |
1181 |
1355 |
20070714 |
|
24 |
| 50 |
Howard Rayner |
104 |
1353 |
20070624 |
25 |
|
| 51 |
Rajen Pillay |
84 |
1348 |
20070715 |
26 |
|
| 52 |
Leanne Sabath |
92 |
1328 |
20070812 |
|
25 |
| 53 |
Diane Wilson |
251 |
1327 |
20070812 |
|
26 |
| 54 |
Blanda Townsend |
459 |
1322 |
20070318 |
|
27 |
| 55 |
Seena Yacoob |
167 |
1306 |
20070527 |
27 |
|
| 56 |
Ralph Sultanie |
441 |
1305 |
20070714 |
|
28 |
| 57 |
Roscoe Palm |
334 |
1291 |
20070617 |
|
29 |
| 58 |
Tannith E’Silva |
128 |
1272 |
20070527 |
28 |
|
| 59 |
Charles Silverstone |
558 |
1260 |
20070715 |
29 |
|
| 60 |
Julia Cox |
168 |
1260 |
20070303 |
|
30 |
| 61 |
Vanita Salida |
406 |
1253 |
20070303 |
|
31 |
| 62 |
Jan Van Wyk |
59 |
1243 |
20070624 |
30 |
|
| 63 |
Carola Cullum |
56 |
1238 |
20070527 |
31 |
|
| 64 |
Estelle Marney |
173 |
1236 |
20070714 |
|
32 |
| 65 |
Tina Debaveye |
143 |
1218 |
20070502 |
32 |
|
| 66 |
Herta Foxcroft |
427 |
1215 |
20070715 |
33 |
|
| 67 |
Betty Rubin |
63 |
1214 |
20070331 |
34 |
|
| 68 |
Mxolise Mavuso |
64 |
1209 |
20070227 |
35 |
|
| 69 |
Elaine Lizzi |
147 |
1194 |
20070812 |
|
33 |
| 70 |
Helen Sevell |
500 |
1179 |
20070715 |
36 |
|
| 71 |
Joe Roff |
747 |
1173 |
20070624 |
37 |
|
| 72 |
Jackie Nortier |
281 |
1173 |
20070715 |
38 |
|
| 73 |
Noreen Schneider |
896 |
1172 |
20070812 |
|
34 |
| 74 |
Jeanette Van Wyk |
59 |
1168 |
20070624 |
39 |
|
| 75 |
Ursula Fernandes |
794 |
1165 |
20070624 |
40 |
|
| 76 |
Will Steenkamp |
158 |
1163 |
20070303 |
|
35 |
| 77 |
Edie Stellenboom |
203 |
1144 |
20070221 |
|
36 |
| 78 |
Colleen Moore |
134 |
1143 |
20070715 |
41 |
|
| 79 |
Beryl Armitage |
277 |
1129 |
20070715 |
42 |
|
| 80 |
Ella Edelstein |
262 |
1124 |
20070715 |
43 |
|
| 81 |
Margaret Lewis |
92 |
1107 |
20070527 |
44 |
|
| 82 |
Hymie Jocum |
461 |
1095 |
20070715 |
45 |
|
| 83 |
Elvira Brand |
223 |
1093 |
20070303 |
|
37 |
| 84 |
Venus Feldman |
860 |
1090 |
20070513 |
46 |
|
| 85 |
David Berning |
57 |
1081 |
20070616 |
|
38 |
| 86 |
Annalie Van Rensburg |
160 |
1077 |
20070714 |
|
39 |
| 87 |
Helene De Wet |
412 |
1070 |
20070317 |
|
40 |
| 88 |
Swannie Swanepoel |
70 |
1069 |
20070225 |
|
41 |
| 89 |
Ruschda O’Shea |
270 |
1065 |
20070520 |
47 |
|
| 90 |
Jean Verster |
605 |
1061 |
20070714 |
|
42 |
| 91 |
Bevin Meyer |
80 |
1048 |
20070325 |
48 |
|
| 92 |
Anastasia Demertzis |
453 |
1037 |
20070527 |
49 |
|
| 93 |
Pat Storm |
58 |
1021 |
20070715 |
50 |
|
| 94 |
Barry Wheelwright |
69 |
1014 |
20070225 |
51 |
|
| 95 |
Barbara Montgomery |
146 |
994 |
20070714 |
|
43 |
| 96 |
Gillian Petersen |
72 |
960 |
20070429 |
|
44 |
| 97 |
Adrian Abrahams |
134 |
959 |
20070611 |
|
45 |
| 98 |
Marge Strauss |
303 |
951 |
20070520 |
|
46 |
| 99 |
Glenda Charles |
219 |
950 |
20070303 |
|
47 |
| 100 |
Eleanor Duncan |
761 |
941 |
20070714 |
|
48 |
| 101 |
Stephen Peter |
55 |
930 |
20070715 |
|
49 |
| 102 |
Gill Nomis |
64 |
926 |
20070715 |
52 |
|
| 103 |
Merina Botha |
61 |
873 |
20070715 |
53 |
|
| 104 |
Gareth Duncan |
171 |
868 |
20070220 |
|
50 |
| 105 |
Marian Thornton |
95 |
836 |
20070527 |
54 |
|
| 106 |
Elize Plaganyi |
138 |
835 |
20070812 |
|
51 |
| 107 |
Sydney Natas |
84 |
829 |
20070715 |
55 |
|
| 108 |
Roger Long |
59 |
801 |
20070527 |
56 |
|
| 109 |
Stanley Harker |
87 |
766 |
20070611 |
|
52 |
| 110 |
Freda Malgarte |
117 |
763 |
20070714 |
|
53 |
| 111 |
Alper Tetik |
52 |
763 |
20070715 |
57 |
|
| 112 |
Joan Isaacs |
90 |
692 |
20070714 |
|
54 |
| 113 |
Sarah Marshall |
93 |
688 |
20070303 |
|
55 |
| 114 |
Doreen Botha |
132 |
642 |
20070303 |
|
56 |
| 115 |
Graham Ashkettle |
201 |
475 |
20070624 |
58 |
|
Provisional Ratings
| PROVISIONAL RATINGS UNDER 50 GAMES |
| NAME |
# GAMES |
RATING |
LAST PLAYED |
|
| Kelvin Sikazwe |
32 |
1715 |
20030201 |
ZAMBIA |
| Isaac Mwape |
32 |
1624 |
20050619 |
ZAMBIA |
| Patrick Mpundu |
48 |
1574 |
20040418 |
ZAMBIA |
| Brian Hossy |
16 |
1545 |
20070203 |
|
| Frank Chitambala |
48 |
1514 |
20070429 |
ZAMBIA |
| Sydney Kalema |
24 |
1465 |
20060225 |
ZAMBIA |
| Andrew Goldberg |
34 |
1461 |
20070715 |
|
| Merle Baillie |
36 |
1439 |
20070227 |
|
| Joe Nkhoma |
16 |
1400 |
20040418 |
ZAMBIA |
| Connie Spencer |
14 |
1395 |
20070612 |
|
| Wilma Whiteford |
22 |
1324 |
20070227 |
|
| Merle Brascher |
3 |
1285 |
20070429 |
|
| Edie Des Fountain |
22 |
1284 |
20070227 |
|
| Colleen Thrupp |
8 |
1247 |
20070331 |
|
| Gwen Heiman |
10 |
1219 |
20070225 |
|
| Pat Talbot |
22 |
1216 |
20070227 |
|
| Diane Bloch |
16 |
1209 |
20070611 |
|
| Margie Nobbs |
31 |
1185 |
20070203 |
|
| Joanne Bullen |
38 |
1181 |
20070318 |
|
| Rochelle Pillay |
32 |
1170 |
20070227 |
|
| Colleen Hall |
7 |
1162 |
20070612 |
|
| Gerrie Durrheim |
41 |
1126 |
20070225 |
|
| Sasha Page |
8 |
1104 |
20070217 |
|
| Karin Clarke |
22 |
1103 |
20070430 |
|
| Barry Hiles |
16 |
1070 |
20070203 |
|
| Leon Prinsloo |
37 |
1062 |
20070219 |
|
| Irene Lindy |
3 |
1055 |
20070429 |
|
| Daniel Velayutham |
48 |
1052 |
20070227 |
|
| Shirley McTaggart |
47 |
1052 |
20070527 |
|
| Niri Naidoo |
12 |
1034 |
20070318 |
|
| Viv Geraty |
15 |
1021 |
20070227 |
|
| Isabel Cooke |
6 |
1021 |
20070527 |
|
| Joy Kleve |
47 |
1008 |
20070430 |
|
| Rosalie Wallach |
24 |
1004 |
20070611 |
|
| Solomon Lephoto |
13 |
1001 |
20070616 |
|
| Patsy Vergeer |
45 |
998 |
20070502 |
|
| Mona Schofield |
31 |
998 |
20070513 |
|
| Larraine Kassel |
40 |
982 |
20070616 |
|
| Fay Milun |
12 |
974 |
20070715 |
|
| Sheba Bagg |
18 |
932 |
20070225 |
|
| Ilana Abratt |
7 |
922 |
20070520 |
|
| Joan Bennett |
48 |
908 |
20070602 |
|
| Karen Merrey |
6 |
904 |
20070527 |
|
| Diane Morrison |
7 |
902 |
20070624 |
|
| Virgilio Reyes |
21 |
890 |
20070715 |
|
| Sharon Danti |
20 |
878 |
20070715 |
|
| Raquel Lightley |
13 |
855 |
20070715 |
|
| Merle Wainer |
8 |
881 |
20070203 |
|
| Peter Farlam |
40 |
879 |
20070318 |
|
| Sheena Scott |
40 |
876 |
20070602 |
|
| Babalo Ngxolwana |
6 |
865 |
20070527 |
|
| Margaret Bennett |
40 |
860 |
20070602 |
|
| Eileen Kyffin |
47 |
855 |
20070624 |
|
| Emanuel Abaka |
12 |
834 |
20070318 |
|
| Kassy Cunningham |
8 |
832 |
20070217 |
|
| Nicky Sanders |
3 |
810 |
20070527 |
|
| Audrey Gird |
10 |
803 |
20070429 |
|
| Shelagh Bouwer |
43 |
797 |
20070527 |
|
| Linda Quaroni |
30 |
793 |
20070715 |
|
| Ronald Remmers |
12 |
791 |
20070715 |
|
| Anthony Pearce |
8 |
789 |
20070604 |
|
| Margaret Wild |
10 |
773 |
20070429 |
|
| Margaret Lowe |
8 |
758 |
20070602 |
|
| Tshepo Diale |
24 |
755 |
20070227 |
|
| Simone Woods |
12 |
751 |
20070227 |
|
| Sue Malcolm |
10 |
751 |
20070429 |
|
| Jackie Pearce |
38 |
750 |
20070527 |
|
| George McTaggart |
18 |
739 |
20070225 |
|
| Danny Danti |
12 |
734 |
20070715 |
|
| Jenny Zincke |
45 |
722 |
20070303 |
|
| Kunle Ogunade |
12 |
717 |
20070318 |
|
| Joalyn Adams |
39 |
710 |
20070303 |
|
| Michael Said |
3 |
700 |
20070429 |
|
| Mac McTaggart |
11 |
682 |
20070227 |
|
| Cara Bouwer |
21 |
649 |
20070527 |
|
| Pretty Machaba |
4 |
646 |
20070513 |
|
| Pat Kitts |
8 |
637 |
20070513 |
|
| Rosemary Tod |
15 |
632 |
20070624 |
|
| Nomonde Gwebu |
6 |
629 |
20070527 |
|
| Renata Scammell |
23 |
573 |
20070303 |
|
| Tsolofelo Raboclhale |
7 |
538 |
20070513 |
|
| Tidimalo Mmusi |
6 |
526 |
20070527 |
|
| Kelly Kalumba |
14 |
516 |
20070520 |
|
| Thabang Mokoena |
8 |
511 |
20070624 |
|
| Gloria Mather |
8 |
499 |
20070513 |
|
| Winnie Sepeng |
6 |
493 |
20070527 |
|
| Phillipa Koen |
11 |
490 |
20070429 |
|
| Beulah Lewis |
15 |
489 |
20070414 |
|
| Magui Rayner |
26 |
484 |
20070225 |
|
| Monica Shaller |
6 |
482 |
20070527 |
|
| Bella Bergman |
3 |
480 |
20070429 |
|
| Lebo Disheko |
4 |
461 |
20070513 |
|
| Lisa Allen |
8 |
450 |
20070303 |
|
| Malusi Mbulwana |
6 |
445 |
20070312 |
|
| Reneilwe Manota |
4 |
444 |
20070513 |
|
| Cynthia Melville |
8 |
442 |
20070602 |
|
| Refiloe Mokoena |
4 |
426 |
20070513 |
|
| Val Barlett |
7 |
421 |
20070624 |
|
| Luyanda Hoboshe |
12 |
400 |
20070312 |
|
| Bolekwa Mtusi |
7 |
399 |
20070513 |
|
| Gavin Styane |
21 |
377 |
20070604 |
|
| Coralee Snell |
21 |
372 |
20070430 |
|
| Elaine Bennett |
8 |
366 |
20070227 |
|
| Keitumetse Modise |
4 |
351 |
20070513 |
|
| Richard Simmonds |
8 |
350 |
20070604 |
|
| Thando Dyantyi |
6 |
300 |
20070312 |
|
Posted on August 21st, 2007 by Barry
Filed under: Uncategorized | No Comments »
