- Jul 12/13 - 3rd Wodonga Open
- Jul 27 - July Full Day
- Aug 01 - Friday Night Scrabble
Details on CALENDAR
Details on CALENDAR
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Congratulations to Mark Gillespie for taking the prize at our meet last night in Doncaster. We had 12 people take part, and in line with previous events, standby players who bring the event to even numbers do not participate in collecting the prize. Mark’s result was only determined in the last round with a 1 point victory!! We had two new players attend and hope they continue to enjoy what is one of the most fun events on our calendar!!
Congratulations to Andrew Fisher for winning the Candidates Division, which earned him the right to play David Eldar (Victorian Champion) in a best of 5 Match Play final. Once results are in, we will update you on how it all goes down.
Frank Csarics won the Open Division with Dianne Davis and John Rider taking out the placings.
Carol Johnsen took out High Game.
Congratulations to all prize winners.
A small group of players took to the Skyline Room for the latest edition of Friday Night Scrabble. Oscar stood in to make the night even; in line with our usual policy with FNS, he was ineligible to claim the prize. Rob York's 2nd place gave him the prize for the night: 2 Scrabble score books, a bookmark, 2/3/4 letter-spacing word list, and free entry to the next FNS he enters. Congratulations Rob!!
Congratulations to David Eldar for being the first player to threepeat the Victorian since Trevor Halsall did it in 2017-19!! We had one of our best attended Victorian Champs in recent times, with 42 players taking part, including welcoming overseas players Lois from NZ, Cecilia from Malaysia, and Euclid from Hong Kong. What a weekend and we hope you enjoyed it. Prize winners below.
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We had a small turnout today but another enjoyable event unfolded. Prizes today recognised rating gains ahead of overall position and ended up with some very close victories, going down to the final game! Congratulations to Saidu for winning overall, and to Nat, Jenny, and Liz for their rating awards. Nat and Oscar rounded out the minor prizes.
Rob Hutchinson went undefeated as the next iteration of our Friday Night series played out in Doncaster. Mardi Healy, in her first FNS, came second with Rob York in third. This was another enjoyable night at one of the funnest Scrabble events on our calendar!
Glen's dominant performance on May 4 has put her in a commanding position in both Sessions categories. Only being able to win in one means there are opportunities for players to get in with the other winnings.
Bobby hits the national High Game and Highest Winning Margin with his 678 game at today’s Sunday Sessions 2 event in Balwyn today! Even then, other results meant he did not take the Division win today!! Congratulations to all our Division winners – Saidu, Carol, Glen (the only player to go undefeated today!), and Mark! Yes, in honour of Star Wars Day, the Divisions were named after famous characters in the genre.
Now we have two events down, a leaderboard will feature on our social media and webpages within the week.
Congratulations go to David Eldar for securing his fourth Australian title and going back-to-back at the recently completed Nationals in Adelaide. Victoria put up a great showing in both the Championship and Plate; we had placings in both Divisions, and Jithuni was awarded Best Youth Performer in The Plate.
Here is how everyone performed!
CHAMPIONSHIP
Andrew Fisher 13th
Bobby Malela Hutagal 50th
Carol Johnsen 47th
David Eldar 1st
Dianne Davis 20th
Fadlan Satria 29th
Geoff Wright 9th
Naween Fernando 5th
Oscar Ivanovski 25th
Trevor Halsall 3rd
PLATE
Carolyn Miller 48th
Frank Csarics 3rd
Jithuni Vidana 39th, awarded Best Youth Player in the Plate)
John Rider 12th
Michael Smitheram 26th
Paula Messer 17th
Rob Hutchinson 6th
Nick Ivanovski was a last minute replacement as Tournament Director, which will explain why he is not listed above. You can view the full results here. If you want to see the presentation ceremony, you can view it on YouTube.
The latest edition of Friday Night Scrabble was another exciting affair that went down to the final game to determine the ultimate winner. Any pne of three people could win if the results went their way. Ultimately, Jessica's 5 point win over Carol in the last was enough to give her a first FNS title. We welcomed Jayden and Heather to the playing ranks on the night, and we trust everyone enjoyed the night.
These evenings are a great way to end a week and a fun way to get some Scrabble in.
We tried a new venue today – the Crown Street Stables in Flemington, which made for a really enjoyable day. Thank you to the players who supported the event!! We welcomed Randi to the play, and with two divisions, saw Geoff and Rob York emerge victorious! It was also great to see some of our newer players podiuming at an event.
Thank you to everyone who supported our second Regional event of the year in Ballarat! Congratulations to the following players:
Joanne Craig (NSW) – Winner of the event, after going undefeated! High Game of 561.
Craig Murdoch – Country Champion, having last won the accolade in 1998! The Country Champion was awarded to the best performance by a Victorian from a non-metro postcode.
John Rider – Runner Up for the Ballarat Open.
Heather Long – Runner Up, Country Championship.
Carol Rollmann – High Word (HEARINGS for 158)
Our Regional events form an integral part of our calendar. We look forward to as much support as possible at upcoming events. The next regional will be held this July, in Wodonga.
We had 26 players take part in the first Sessions event since 2020, which was a great turnout!
We welcomed Adi to our events today and hope that he, and everyone else, enjoyed their afternoon. Congratulations to our gold medal winners from today: Fadlan Rex Bill and Eileen.
Trevor’s 612 and Paula’s 99 for HERDING were the High Game and Word from today.
Another Friday Night Scrabble has been run and won! Congratulations to Paula Messer for going undefeated in the event to claim her maiden FNS Title. We hope everyone who attended, included our newer players, had an enjoyable time in this relaxed competition format.
We returned to Mordy HQ for the first time in 2025 for the latest edition of the Bayside Open – thank you to the 20 players who played our event. Prizes were awarded today for 1st place, 2nd place, Best Rating Gain, Runner-Up Rating Gain, 3rd Place Rating Gain, and High Word/Game. This format allows us to give multiple prizes out no matter how people performed on the day 😊
1st Place – Nick Ivanovski
2nd Place – Alan Burn
Best Rating Gain – Frank Csarics
Runner-Up Rating Gain – Mardi Healy
3rd Place Rating Gain – Carol Mascitti
High Word – Frank Csarics
High Game – Peter Kougi
Friday Night Scrabble returned for 2025 and it was our best attended event in this format. In an excellent start to the year, Rob York went undefeated, taking out the top seed (Fadlan) in the final round of the night. It was great to see three new players take part and we hoped they enjoyed their night. Friday Night Scrabble returns on March 7 in Doncaster.
32 players helped us celebrate our 40th Birthday with a 3 Division event in Balwyn today. Our event was opened by Barry Harridge, the first President of ASPA and was a great chance for players to remember the early days. Trophies were provided to commemorate the winners – and it was very appropriate that Barry was able to secure a trophy with a stellar performance in B. Trevor and Annette received trophies in their respective divisions and we congratulate all our prize winners today (including our two youngest players who secured prizes as well).
The weather may have been rainy and made it perfect for Scrabble! This was our biggest Aestival since COVID ended and exceeded last year’s attendance by 2. We welcomed Julie, Caroline, and Finley for their first events – with further welcomes to Jane Taylor (SA) and for Sylvia and Alistair, who travelled from the east of the state to play today.
There were five divisions, played to a round robin format. David, Alistair, Jenny, Bobby, and Annette took the honours in a competitive field that featured three new players!
Thank you to all of you who supported our final event of 2024, the Decathon! It was our first event to use the new word list and it was great to see sightings of OWO, UWU, INT, BAW, and DUR amongst other words. Congratulations to Andrew for playing what was voted the most popular new word, which was VAQUITAS (a type of porpoise).
We had interstate and international presence at our event, which was wonderful to see. We welcomed Sumbul to our event circuit; like Fadlan and Bobby who came to our previous event, she is an international player who is based here for an extended period of time. In addition, Bill played his first in person event today, having been playing our online matches for the last couple of years.
Congratulations to David and all the other prize winners; we ended 2024 with the best attended Scrabble Victoria run event in 5 years and 2025 has so much more to promise!
Other news items from 2024 have been moved to the Archive