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Trans Tasman

Trans Tasman 2024

This is a biennial event between Australia and New Zealand, held every even year since 1996. It was held in New Zealand this year.

Each player plays 24 games of Scrabble over three days in a double team round robin i.e. each of the 12 players from each country plays each of the 12 from the opposing country twice. An intense three days of Scrabble with 288 games in all.

Congratulations to New Zealand who won the event this time 165 to 123, for the first time since 2010. The best player overall was Howard Warner who won 18 of his 24 matches. The top Australian was Russell Honeybun who won 16. A full breakdown is on the NZ Elixs site.

New Zealand did a superb job of streaming one game each round with commentary by several international and Australasian commentators. The streams are still there to watch on Youtube.

CSW24

A new edition of Collins Scrabble Words has been published. It has 1816 additions, 847 of them being words of length 3 to 8. There are no new two letter words. Deletions include ALF (and ALFS).
In Australia we will use it from Jan 1, 2025. In Victoria it will be used for the Decathon on Dec 29.
OWO and UWU : emoticons for surprise and cuteness.

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ACT Championship

Congratulations to Tony Hunt, winner of the State Championship for 2024.

Tasmanian Championship

Congratulations to Jonathon Ford-King, winner of the State Championship for 2024.

World Seniors Championship

Top 10 at Seniors
Joanne, Sally … GOAT … Tony
Australia was well represented at the World Seniors Scrabble Tournament in Malaysia. The event was won by Nigel Richards who is now, believe it or not, regarded as a senior, joining the ranks of the hallowed Keith Richards, Karen Richards and Paul Richards. Australians earned places as follows: Sally Martin (3rd), Joanne Craig (5th), Howard Rayner (8th), Susan Rayner (9th), Tony Hunt (10th), Karrin Henderson (12th), Olga Visser (14th), Carmel Dodd (18th), Paul Richards (21st), Arnold Appelhopf (27th), Siva Sivapalasundram (29th) and Karen Richards (30th).

New South Wales Championship

Top 3 at NSW Champs 2024
Rod, Edward, Jane
36 players from NSW and interstate battled it out over three days. A side event on Sunday attracted a further 11 players. The top three:
  1. Edward Okulicz: 17+1153
  2. Jane Taylor: 17+567
  3. Rod Talbot: 16+168
Edward successfully defended the title that he had won last year. Jane gained 109 ratings points and young Ryder Lo gained 120. Josh Watt set new records for 2024 (high game and high spread) with his score of 720 to 246. Few players ever get a score of over 700 and this is the first for several years.

Events

Selective events

These events are invitational, based on rating.
2025
Australian Masters
& State Challenge
WESPA Championship
Ghana (November)
World Teams
Ghana (November
World Youth

Nationals 2025

Adelaide
Join us in Adelaide for the Scrabble National Championships. You can now easily register and pay. Please go here for all details.

2025 WESPA Championship

The 2025 WESPA Championship will be held at the Alisa Hotel, North Ridge, Accra, Ghana. Australia is entitled to send 14 players in addition to David Eldar who qualifies because he was World Champion. Selection is by ratings over a twelve month period ending May 31 2025. See full details

World Team Scrabble Championship