THE FIRST TWENTY PEOPLE TO BOOK AND PAY WILL RECEIVE A FREE COPY OF THE NEW OFFICIAL COLLINS SCRABBLE WORD BOOK (TO BE PUBLISHED IN JULY)

See attached brochure of Piggs Peak Hotel (visit website)- This promises to be the scrabble highlight of the year- Book early as there are only 40 rooms reserved.
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Posted on June 12th, 2007 by Barry
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THIS IS A CHARITY EVENT FOR PRETORIA EAST ROTARY

ALL ENQUIRIES PLEASE TO ANASTASIA (SEE CONTACT DETAILS BELOW)

VENUE: St Wilfrids’s Anglican Church
96 Duxbury Street
Hillcrest
Pretoria

DATE: SATURDAY 23 June 2007
TIME: 08:800 for 08:20
COST: R110 including a light finger lunch
ADVANCED, INTERMEDIATE (7 GAMES) AND SOCIAL SECTIONS (5-6 GAMES)- THIS IS A RATED COMPETITION
PLEASE BOOK WITH ANASTASIA BY NO LATER THAN 18TH JUNE- SHE WILL THEN EMAIL A MAP TO YOU

Anastasia Demertzis
Tel: (w) 012 367 6106
(h) 012 440 5011 OR 082 818 0726
Fax: (012) 440 5011
email: anastasia.demertzis@weathersa.co.za

Posted on June 3rd, 2007 by Barry
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By Lynn Roff
We were in the SPAZA shop. “SIES, JONG, these tomatoes are VROT.” said my OUMA who was cutting them on a KIAAT board, making BREDIES.
“ISIT, VROU?” asked my OUPA, rolling his r because he has a BREI (or BREY). He stood there with his KAAL BOEP sticking out of his too small shirt, making SOSATIES for the TANNIES to buy for their Saturday BRAAI – they are the best BRAAIED.
“EISH, but there are a lot of new scrabble words for OUS to learn. It will be especially EINA if they’re a bit of a JAAP like me,” I complained as I took a SKYF (smoke) on my ZOL.
“You’re not DOF, though it would help if you cut down on the dagga,” ouma said to me, giving a KLAP to the BRAK who was trying to steal some meat. “So many words are in the TAAL.”
“NOOIT!” I said.
“JA, BOERTJIE, it’s not KAK. You can have a JOL using them.”
Just then Piet stopped by. He’s a POEP when he’s drunk and could easily MOER someone then, but he was sober now.
“Hey, BOET, ” I said and told him what ouma had said.
“SJOE! JIRRE! JINNE!” He was surprised.
“BRU,” I said, suddenly full of VOEMA. “WENA (you) and I should start learning now.”
“YEBO!” he agreed. “KIFF (excellent)!”

Posted on June 3rd, 2007 by Barry
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The Pretoria Zoo Scrabble Tournament was a huge success and with 54 people (51 Players) we had a bumper turn-out at the fabulous Waterhole conference centre.

As Eland and Sable, and a myriad of birds provided a stunning backdrop, erstwhile scrabble players enjoyed 6 games of scrabble, a tasty lunch and even had time to walk round the zoo rated in the top 5 in the world. Most people I spoke to said they had a real great day and scrabble events of this kind seem to be hugely popular. We were also very pleased to host Monica Schaller and four of her top scrabble players from General Smuts School (Vereeniging). Read more…

Posted on June 1st, 2007 by Barry
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Two weeks to go to this highly anticipated, rated event. Six games for advanced and intermediate, five games for social players. The cost is R135 for SANSPA members, which includes secure parking, entrance to the zoo and a two course lunch!

Places are limited and filling up quickly, to book your place please give Lynn Roff a call on (011) 728 1688. Entry fees to be paid a week in advance, late entry fee is R160.

Venue: Pretoria Zoo

Date: 27th May, 8am.

Posted on May 10th, 2007 by Barry
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Jason Katz-Brown has been described as having a “certain MIT feel about him.” This could refer to the fact that he wears cargo shorts in the dead of winter or the fact that he has a large pink seesaw in his dorm room. Or maybe it’s because he has memorized every word in the Scrabble dictionary that he always carries in the pocket of those shorts.

A 20-year-old junior at MIT, Katz-Brown is a star in the quirky world of competitive Scrabble. Last April, after just three years of playing, he was ranked number one* in North American Scrabble after he won the Boston Area Scrabble Tournament. (He will try to defend that title in Westford on Friday.) But what’s really got the Scrabble world buzzing about Katz-Brown is his role in creating Quackle , an artificial intelligence program that defeated a former world champion in the finals of a human vs. computer tournament in Toronto in November.

Read more about Jason Katz Brown, the creator of quackle, at boston.com.

* Cross-tables has Katz-Brown ranked tenth in North America.

Posted on April 10th, 2007 by Barry
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