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13/09/2026

Yesterday marked a pretty special occasion for Newcastle, with the first Scrabble tournament held in the city in more than 20 years. 26 players competed across three divisions at the Newcastle Baptist Tabernacle—the same venue where the Cooks Hill Club meets every Tuesday evening from 6:00 PM.

Division A
🥇 Rod Talbot
🥈 Noel Barrett
🥉 Greg Pinchbeck

Division B
🥇 Harry Hubber
🥈 Richard Birch
🥉 Paxton Hall

Division C
🥇 Sonya Froment
🥈 Krystyna Batten
🥉 Eddi Kewley

Overall high game: Noel Barrett 634

Division A high word: Noel Barrett INQUEST 126
Division B high word: Margaret Berliner HASTIER 99
Division C high word: Krystyna Batten REDDISH 87

27/07/2026

Victorian player Ayorinde Saidu won the third Chris May Winter Masters with 14 wins—two wins clear of local players Joanne Craig, Josh Watt, Rocky Sharma, and Victor Tung. Chris' mother, Marion, presented the winners’ awards, after paying a moving tribute to Chris (see final photo).

Here are some photos of the play and presentations.

24/07/2026

This weekend marks the biggest live-streaming initiative in Scrabble NSW history!

In partnership with Let's Play Scrabble, we're bringing you 17 live games from the Chris May Winter Masters in Revesby.

Expert commentary will be provided by David Eldar, Naween Fernando, Anand Bharadwaj, plus a host of international guests.

No matter what pocket of the world you call home, tune in for an arresting weekend of Scrabble.

📺 Watch live on Let's Play Scrabble.
Day 1 link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPu3tHSIizw
Day 2 link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y25QhcdSjLQ

Stream times:
🗓️ Saturday 10:00 AM AEST
🗓️ Sunday 9:00 AM AEST

15/06/2026

The third Epping Club Scrabble Tournament is in the books!

Read on below to see who joined the Socceroos in the winner’s circle.

🏆 Division A
🥇 Josh Watt
🥈 Ryan Sutton
🥉 Asanka Dissanayake
🔥 High Game: Nathan Tang – 544
💡 High Word: Edward Okulicz – TERYLENE (140)

🏆 Division B
🥇 Linda Hawkes
🥈 John Barker
🥉 Margaret Berliner
🔥 High Game: Linda Hawkes – 522
💡 High Word: Hailey Sutton – BRONZING (140)

🏆 Division C
🥇 Lucas Luu
🥈 Jenny Templeton
🥉 Devorah Ullman
🔥 High Game: Lucas Luu – 436
💡 High Word: Devorah Ullman – SOAKERS (93)

🏆 Social Division
🥇 Phi Long Ma
🥈 Eric Phan
🥉 Justin Eng
🔥 High Game: Brendan Tia – 618
💡 High Word: Eric Phan – SPLINTER (140)

Thanks to everyone who played, supported, and helped make this our third successful Epping tournament—we’re building something special here.

🧠 Brain teaser: Do you know the lone anagram of EPPING?
Clue: you wouldn’t want to play a Scrabble tournament here.

01/06/2026

A few snaps of our New South Welsh representatives at Michael Tang’s mammoth Causeway Challenge in Bangkok, Thailand. Attracting 438 players from over 30 countries, this tournament was the Scrabble event of the decade—of course it may be topped by the 2028 Malaysia Causeway which will have 1,000 vacancies. Congratulations to Victoria’s David Eldar for winning the Premier Division!

25/05/2026

We held our second Ratings Improvers tournament of May at Burwood on Saturday. Jyoti Chandna was the most significant improver in Division A, winning 5 from 8 games and collecting 40 ratings points. Sharon Sorensen’s gain of 33 points was the second-highest, followed by Colleen Birch’s increase of +24. Edward Okulicz may not have turned any heads with his 5-point gain, but he took home a prize for finishing atop the field.

Jean Noonan wasn’t messing about in Division B, achieving a clean sweep and the highest rating gain. The next-best gains were from Sheela Sree Kumar (+37) and Phi Long Ma (+25). Phi Long’s final position of 8th from 17 earned him a prize for the highest finishing social player.

Joanne Craig won both the High Game (582) and High Word prizes. Impressively, two of her words tied for 149: SHAGGIER and PERILLED.

Hungry for more Scrabble? Our next tournament is at the Epping Club on Sunday, 14 June. Entry information can be found on the Scrabble NSW homepage.

03/05/2026

The first of two Ratings Improvers tournaments in May took place yesterday at Club Burwood RSL. 46 players took part, including three new faces in the social division.

Highest rating gainers were Greg Pinchbeck (50) and Ryan Sutton (39) in A Division, John Barker (53) and Jean Noonan (32) in B Division, and Krystyna Batten (47) and Julie Banister (41) in C Division.

06/04/2026

Incumbent World Scrabble Champion, Adam Logan (Canada), has won the 2026 Australian Championship in Canberra with 19 wins and a spread of +1134. David Eldar and local lad Ronnie Bennett rounded out the top three.

South Australia's Victoria Gates won the Plate Division, edging out Ryder Lo and Olga Visser. The whole of NSW was barracking for Ryder, who looked poised to take the crown at the end of day 2. While it wasn't to be for our popular junior, we know he'll emerge from this tourney stronger than ever!

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