The ABSP
The Association of British Scrabble Players (ABSP) was formed in 1987 as a not-for-profit association to promote interest in the playing of Scrabble. We co-ordinate tournaments and the provision of a rating system for players in the UK, as well as providing information and support to members, tournament organisers and tournament directors.
Media Contact Point
| Tournaments Coming Soon | |
|---|---|
| Sep 24 | Warrington, 7 Rds |
| Sep 25 | Ilford, 8 Rds |
| Oct 8 | Glasgow, 7 Rds |
| Oct 8-9 | ABSP NSC Finals, 17 Rds |
| Oct 14-17 | H-B Hols Anglesey, 14 Rds |
| Oct 15 | Luton, 7 Rds |
| Oct 16 | Titchmarsh, 7 Rds |
| Oct 23 | Nailsea, 7 Rds |
| Oct 23 | M'bro CaC, 7 Rds |
| Oct 29 | Mapperley, 7 Rds |
| Oct 30 | Ilford, 8 Rds |
| Full Calendar | |
ABSP AGM 2016 - New Chair
Following the 2016 AGM we are pleased to welcome Amy Byrne as the new ABSP chairperson and thank outgoing chairman Steve Perry for all his time, effort and stewardship during his four year term.
New ABSP Results Database - website link
We are delighted to announce that ABSP members have now got access to our comprehensive new results database. You will now be able to see find details of your current rating and tournament statistics for all games played this year. You can check out tournament player's results and ratings as well as comparing your head-to-head performance against specific opponents. To get access to the database simply click here. Then follow the instructions to "Set up account or request new password". If you have any queries, please email Rachel Bingham at rachel@myscrabbleapp.com.
If you can't get access to the new information maybe it's because you haven't paid your subscription for 2016. Remember the database is only available to fully paid-up ABSP members.
THE ABSP wishes to thank Rachel Bingham for her work in this exciting new development.
Follow British Scrabble on Facebook
As well as getting the latest news, results and photos from British scrabble you can now keep updated by subscribing to the events section, which will keep you reminded of tournaments going on in your area. A lot of the information is available without registering on Facebook:
National Scrabble Championships (NSC) Announcement
The ABSP National Scrabble Championships (NSC) this year will include a regional qualifying process. NSC qualifiers will take place all over the UK, any ABSP rated one day event taking place before the end of August may opt in to be a qualifying event if it meets certain criteria.
Full details are available here.
Brett Smitheram is the 2016 World Scrabble Champion
Following the Mindsports world Scrabble championship in Lille in September, UK’s Brett Smitheram was crowned world champion, winning a best-of-five grand final against fellow UK player and former world champion, Mark Nyman. Overall, there was a great performance by UK players with five making it through to the quarter-finals.
Collins SCRABBLE TRAINER by Allan Simmons – OUT NOW
This book, by Allan Simmons, largely replaces the existing LISTS book and reflects the 2015 Official Scrabble Words updates. However, it is not quite as voluminous as the LISTS book and is more selective in its content in order to make it more commercially viable and appealing to the wider public, as well as fulfilling the essential word-learning needs of club and tournament players.
Some sample pages for each section can be seen here.
Word Addict by Craig Beevers - A Sample
Word Addict is a 240 page book covering Craig's background in Scrabble, explaining in-depth each aspect of the game, as well as going through lots of real life matches and positions. Craig hails from north east England and won the title in London late last year.
A sample of the first 20 pages of the book is available as a 6.6MB pdf file here.
Youth Scrabble News
The eleventh World Youth Scrabble Championships took place in Lille, France. More details on the Youth Scrabble website. Congratulations to the new World Youth Champion Dubai's Sanchit Kapoor.
|
David Sutton's Words Main Page You can find well over three hundred categories and over ten thousand words in this comprehensive collection. This month's feature is taken from the confectionery section. | |
| alcorza | a kind of sweet; icing |
| blackball | in New Zealand, a hard-boiled sweet with black-and-white stripes. |
| brickle | a kind of brittle candy; (adj.) brittle, easily broken: no comparative. |
| cachou | a violet-scented sweet. [Malay kacu]. |
| caramel caromel | a dark brown substance produced by heating sugar; (verb) to coat with caramel: CARAMELLED, CARAMELLING. |
Data Protection Act: In joining the ABSP I accept that personal information relating to Scrabble, including my rating and my photograph, may appear on the ABSP website and in ABSP publications. I accept that the ABSP will not be responsible for use or misuse of personal information.
SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property
rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A. by Hasbro Inc., in Canada
by Hasbro Canada Inc. and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear
& Sons Ltd. of Maidenhead SL6 4UB, England, a subsidiary of Mattel
Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro or Hasbro Canada.
ABSP © 2013