Cornelia Guest | 1 Apr 2012 15:17
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Still another hotel option for New York City Tournament 9/1-3

Here's another recommended option on W. 94 St., a nice walk across the
park from the tournament venue.

Days Inn Hotel
215 W. 94th St. at Broadway

http://www.daysinn.com/hotels/new-york/new-york/days-inn-hotel-new-york-city-broadway/hotel-overview

Rooms around $209 plus tax.

Cornelia Guest

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Cornelia Guest | 1 Apr 2012 19:49
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Inexpensive Youth Hostel in NYC

I've just heard of an inexpensive lodging option for those interested
in staying at a hostel during the New York City Tournament 9/1-3.

This hostel, Hosteling International New York, is at Amsterdam Ave.
and 103rd St.  Below is a link to the website. There seem to be a lot
of options for price, starting at $29/night for a bed in a shared dorm
room.  In the video tour, the place looks clean and inviting.  Good
location!

youth hostel convenient to tournament venue

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Craig Beevers | 2 Apr 2012 23:21
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Re: WESPA website


The latest Word of the Week from David Sutton is up, featuring the word CHINAMPA. You can find that here: 

http://www.wespa.org/features/chinampa.shtml 

There is also the latest fortnightly Anagram Power challenge:

http://www.wespa.org/features/sutton36.shtml 

Craig Beevers, WESPA Webmaster

WESPA on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WorldScrabble
WESPA on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/WorldScrabble

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Malta Scrabble Club | 6 Apr 2012 17:30
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MALTA MAY 2012 - 2 fantastic back-to-back tournaments in the offing!!

Present count:  EOSC - 50 players;  MISO - 77 players;  13 nations
represented

For the third year in a row, the Malta Scrabble Club and Centrestar are teaming
up to offer a mouth-watering double serving of competitive Scrabble
in Malta, consisting of the 4th European Open Scrabble Championship (11th
to 14th May) and the 5th Malta International Scrabble Open (MISO) (18th to
20th May), i.e. a total of 56 games and a minimum total prize money of
€3000. The two organisations have chosen the Paradise Bay Resort Hotel,  in
Mellieha, as a venue for this appetizing double event. The new venue is
located in the Northwest of Malta. The hotel offers fantastic recreational
facilities, breath-taking sea views, and is only a stone's throw away from
Gozo and Comino, Malta' s sister islands. Besides, Malta's new bus
service provides regular access to the urban centre of the island.
Both tournaments will be directed by Amy Byrne and broadcast live on
the web by John Chew.

Please check the following link for more info. Please let us know if your
name should be on the list/s but is not, or vice-versa.
http://www.scrabblemalta.com/~scrabble/en/events/events/8/a-double-serving-o
f-competitive-scrabble----------------------malta--may-2012.htm

To register or for clarifications, please contact the Malta Scrabble Club.
We look forward to welcoming you to Malta in May.

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Mob.:  79965207
Add.:   P.O. Box 17, Paola, Malta
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Malta Scrabble Club | 6 Apr 2012 17:42
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Re: MALTA MAY 2012 - 2 fantastic back-to-back tournaments in the offing!!

Link below should now work.

On 6 April 2012 17:30, Malta Scrabble Club <maltascrabbleclub@...>wrote:

> Present count:  EOSC - 50 players;  MISO - 77 players;  13 nations
> represented
>
> For the third year in a row, the Malta Scrabble Club and Centrestar are teaming
> up to offer a mouth-watering double serving of competitive Scrabble
> in Malta, consisting of the 4th European Open Scrabble Championship (11th
> to 14th May) and the 5th Malta International Scrabble Open (MISO) (18th to
> 20th May), i.e. a total of 56 games and a minimum total prize money of
> €3000. The two organisations have chosen the Paradise Bay Resort Hotel,  in
> Mellieha, as a venue for this appetizing double event. The new venue is
> located in the Northwest of Malta. The hotel offers fantastic recreational
> facilities, breath-taking sea views, and is only a stone's throw away from
> Gozo and Comino, Malta' s sister islands. Besides, Malta's new bus
> service provides regular access to the urban centre of the island.
> Both tournaments will be directed by Amy Byrne and broadcast live on
> the web by John Chew.
>
> Please check the following link for more info. Please let us know if your
> name should be on the list/s but is not, or vice-versa.
>
> http://www.scrabblemalta.com/~scrabble/en/events/events/8/a-double-serving-of-competitive-scrabble----------------------malta--may-2012.htm
>
>
> To register or for clarifications, please contact the Malta Scrabble Club.
> We look forward to welcoming you to Malta in May.
>
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muema muumbi | 6 Apr 2012 19:14
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ECASA DAY 1

Kenya dominated play on day 1 to take 8 of the top 10 positions. Geria Richard anchored the Ugandan challenge
with the phenomenon coming short in his endeavour to win his first international title. Patrick litunya
of kenya had the highest individual game score. with 23 bingos Geria richard is the top contender for bingo
merchant. Defending champion Manase Otieno is 2 points adrift of the leader board. below are the
overnight standings
play resumes at 0800hrs EAT.

 Results after round 10
06.04.2012 ECASA 2012 -- SENIORS

Rank  Player            Wins      Mar
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  1   Gitonga Nderitu Ke   8       707
  2   Allan Oyende Ke      8       573
  3   Geria Richard Ug     7       632
  4   Tobias Outi Ke       7       446
  5   Willy Mwangi Ke      7       420
  6   Stanley Njoroge Ke   7       355
  7   Onani Magwanga Ke    7        98
  8   Benard Amuke Ke      6       446
  9   Manase Otieno Ke     6       365
 10   Edwin Mugisha Ug     6       181
 11   Stanley Mulaku Ke    6        88
 12   Ahmed Sennoga Ug     6        39
 13   Martins Mutahi Ke    6      -192
 14   Patrick Litunya Ke   5       342
 15   Godfrey Meko Ug      5       201
 16   Jonathan Tawoda Ug   5       110
 17   Rose Kisembo Ug      5        38
 18   George Nyakundi Ke   5       -68
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muema muumbi | 7 Apr 2012 07:27
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ECASA Day 2

Players are in for a grueling 10 rounds today.
follow the action on twitter as Oyende and Gitonga try to win their first regional title.
https://twitter.com/#!/Kenya_Scrabble 

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the_evil_blue_budgie | 7 Apr 2012 16:08
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24 Hour Scrabble World Record Attempt


As some of you may know already myself (Craig Beevers) and Ray Tate are playing 24 hours of Scrabble to try and
break the previous Guinness World Record (total points scored) set by Chris Hawkins and Austin Shin back
in 2002.

The attempt will take place in Paisley and starts on Saturday 14th April, 10am BST (GMT+1). It is organised
by the Paisley Rotary Club and we're raising money towards the Polio Plus charity. It will also be streamed
live online.

We have a Facebook Page where you can make any comments before, after or during the event and find any of the
relevant links when they come into effect, such as to the live stream or the Facebook Just Giving link.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paisley-Rotary-Scrabble-Challenge/269211376491684

Craig

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muema muumbi | 7 Apr 2012 17:55
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ECASA day 2 concludes

Press Release

Start:

8 ECASA Tournament
Yovani Hotel
Kampala, Uganda

Today, the 20th game of 27 games to be played ended today at 6.00 pm EA time at Yovani Hotel Kampala. 

Gitonga Nderitu aka Gigaton, the reigning ECASA No.2 has established a commanding lead of 4 points ahead of
the chasing park.  The howling park is being stewarded by Geria Richard (fondly  referred to as the Lion
of Arua), with Willy Mwangi of Nakuru Kenya, a former champion of this tournament at a glancing distant.

The tournament end s tomorrow whence the champion will be serenaded with trophies and prize money.

One of the highlights of this tournament was occasioned by Martins Mutahi, the Scrabble champion of
University of Nairobi showing up on table one on game 18.

The tournament was possible with the support of National Council of Sports of the Ministry of Education and
Sports of the Uganda Government.

Full Results are as follows:

Results after round 20
06.04.2012 ECASA 2012 -- SENIORS

Rank  Player            Wins      Mar
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  1   Gitonga Nderitu Ke  17      1523
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muema muumbi | 8 Apr 2012 15:58
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PRESS RELEASE

Press Release:

ECASA 2012
Yovani Hotel
Bakuli, Kampala, Uganda
16Hours

GITONGA NDERITU WINS 8TH ECASA TOURNAMENT

The 8th edition of the ECASA championship ended here today with Gitonga Nderitu of Kenya winning the event
with two games to spare.  He was followed by Willy Mwangi of Nakuru.  Gitonga won his games
consistently, establishing a commanding lead from day one and keeping the lead till day three.  He was
gibsonised from game 26.

Some of the highlights of this event are: Allan Oyende coming home with the highest number of bonuses,
writing 56, bettering Geria Richard of Uganda at 54 by 2.  Stanley Njoroge wrote the longest word,
landing CONFIGURES. Sennoga Ahmed of Uganda wrote the highest bonus word, seeing REQUITES for 194
points.  Dr. Patrick Litunya collected the highest games score of 682.

The next tournament will be hosted in Nairobi Kenya next year Easter weekend. 

The full results is below:

Results after round 27

06.04.2012 ECASA 2012 -- SENIORS

Rank  Player            Wins      Mar
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  1   Gitonga Nderitu Ke  21      1668
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