British Matchplay Scrabble Championships, 2001

Lenton Wortley Hall, University of Nottingham.


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The playing room in the middle of round 9

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Martin Fowkes (white shirt) and Stewart Holden (awful shirt)

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Martin Fowkes, Barry Grossman and Andrew Fisher attack the Times crossword

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Harshan Lamabadusuriya, Dr. Wilma Vialle, Sanmi Odelana, Rod Talbot, Andrew Perry

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Andrew, Andrew, Andrew, Andrew
(Davis, Perry, Fisher, Cook respectively)

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Preparing for the palaver that is the annual North vs. South footie match!

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Andrew Cook, 2001 BMSC champion

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Helen Greenaway receives the trophy for winning division B

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Lynne Murphy receives a prize

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The plethora of prizes donated towards the raffle held to raise money for 2001 World Championship entrants.

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David Acton and Gary Polhill check that they agree on the score.

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Martin Fowkes

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"She didn't get me a cup of tea, oh no."

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"Look, Ilford is here. Can't we have the BMSC there next year?"

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Collaboration during games is not allowed!

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David Acton and Pete Finley.

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"You do want to use this clock, don't you?"

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Amy Byrne looks happy, but hasn't drawn any tiles yet.