NAPSA NEWS
Cross-Tables lists upcoming NASPA tournaments.
The March 19, 2026 issue of the NASPA News.
Missed an issue of the NASPA News? View the archive of past issues here.
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Cross-Tables lists upcoming NASPA tournaments.
The March 19, 2026 issue of the NASPA News.
Missed an issue of the NASPA News? View the archive of past issues here.
Want to hear about Stratford Scrabble specific news? check us out below
Division 3: 2nd Suzanna D'Costa
Terry Aitken , co-director
Division 3: 1st Henry de Young with 5 wins and 1 loss 3rd Suzanna D'Costa with 3 wins and 3 losses
Terry Aitken 2nd in division B with 5 wins and 3 losses.
Div. B. Terry Aitken 3rd with 3 wins and 3 losses
Div. D, Suzzana d'Costa with 5 wins and 1 loss
Suzanna D'Costa won the 4th division with 6 wins and 1 loss.
John Dungey finished third in Division 1, with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses.
Complete Results
We have a new time for the Stratford Scrabble Club beginning November 6, 2024. We are still at the same location.
-Location: Anne Hathaway Retirement Residence, 480 Downie St., Stratford, ON
-Park on south side of Grant Street, and enter at main entrance off Downie Street.
-Games room is on the ground floor about 50 meters down a corridor heading to the left from reception.
-Washroom is to the right of reception.
-We meet every Wednesday evening at 7 pm.
-Cost is $1 each evening.
-Each week there are several cash prizes.
-If you need transport call John, Henry, or Terry
Div 1 John Dungey 3rd with 6 wins 2 losses
Div 2 Terry Aitken 3rd with 5 wins and 3 losses
Div 4 Suzanna D'Costa 1st with 8 wins and no losses
Div 4 Lisa Kilpis 3rd with 5 wins and 3 losses
Complete Results
Henry de Young 3rd place in div 3
Terry Aitken 2nd in early bird div 3
Henry de Young 3rd in div 2
Henry de Young first in Div 3.
Terry Aitken was 3rd in division B.
Lynette Stewart was 3rd in division D
We have a new venue for the Stratford Scrabble Club beginning March 17, 2023.
-Location: Anne Hathaway Retirement Residence, 480 Downie St., Stratford, ON
-Park on south side of Grant Street, and enter at main entrance off Downie Street.
-Games room is on the ground floor about 50 meters down a corridor heading to the left from reception.
-Washroom is to the right of reception.
-We meet every Wednesday evening at 7 pm.
-Cost is $1 each evening.
-Each week there are several cash prizes.
-If you need transport call John, Henry, or Terry
You might want to try to play Wordle, invented by Josh Wardle, a word lover in Brooklyn, New York.
Wordle is a guessing game that gives a person six chances to guess the day’s secret five-letter word. Type in a word as a guess, and the game tells you which letters are or aren’t in the word. The game is free and has no ads yet. You can only play once a day and send your results to friends.
The creator of Wordle, software engineer Josh Wardle, said in an interview in January that he had been approached about turning the game into an app but had no plans to do so; however, he sold it to the New York Times in February and it is now on their website.
Here's a link so you can play
Play Wordle Here
Send your results to friends.
Div 2: Matt Schlegel 5 wins , 3 losses 2nd place
Div 4: Lorraine Lamont 5 wins, 3 losses 2nd place
Div 5: Lynette Stewart 6 wins 2 losses 2nd place
Div. C: Terry Aitken 5 wins 2 losses. 3rd place
Div. D: Lynette Stewart 5 wins 2 losses. 2nd place
Henry de Young won a class prize (i.e., he was the best scoring person in the lower half of our 36 person division). He won $169. He also won a bag of tiles for the highest scoring OK word.
Terry Aitken won an upset prize. He defeated a player rated 800 plus points higher in his first game. The prize was $50.
Henry de Young, 2nd place in divison D, with 5 wins, 3 losses.
Terry Aitken, 1st place in divison C, with 5 wins, 2 losses. [+211]
Lorraine Lamont, 2nd place in divison C, with 5 wins, 2 losses [-100].
Terry Aitken, 4th place in divison B, with 8.5 wins, 5.5 losses.
In division B Terry Aitken won 4 games and lost none.
Henry de Young won division 3 with 5 wins and two losses.
Division C: Henry de Young first with 5 wins and two losses.
Division D: Lorraine Lamont second with 5 wins and two losses.
Results from Stratford Scrabble Tourney
Henry de Young won division 3 with 5 wins and two losses.
Division C: Henry de Young first with 5 wins and two losses.
Division D: Lorraine Lamont second with 5 wins and two losses.
Lynette Stewart won 5 games and lost 2 in Division B to win 2nd place.
She gained 34 rating points.
Terry Aitken won First Place in Division C with 6 wins and 1 loss.
Henry de Young second in Division B with 5 wins, 2 losses.
Early bird Friday October 16:
Div. E: Henry de Young first with 4 wins, 1 loss, Won $100
Div. D: Terry Aitken 2nd with 4 wins, 1 loss. Won $60
Main Event Sat/Sun Oct 17-18:
Div. D: Henry de Young 7th with 10 wins, 5 losses. Won $40
Lynette Stewart 2nd in Div. C with 4 wins, 3 losses
Terry Aitken 3rd in Div. B with 9 wins , 4 losses
On Saturday August 29, 2015 the Stratford SCRABBLE Club hosted our 16th annual tournament.
Thirty keen players from as far away as Oshawa and upper New York State met to take part in this, our 16th annual event. There were 4 divisions, and 4 Stratford players took part - Sandra Lavallee, Lynette Stewart, Rod Hulme and Matt Schlegel.
In the 4th and 2nd divisions Rod Hulme and and Matt Schlegel each placed 3rd, each with 5 wins out of 8.
Rod Hulme also won two word prizes with SCARFED in Division 4, for 108 points.
Lisa Kilpis won 5 games out of 6 and WON Division 3.
Terry Aitken was 2nd in Div. B at Caledon Village with 5 wins and 2 losses.
5 of Stratford's club members comprised 50% of a small tourney of 10 in Guelph. Henry De Young came in third with 4 wins and two losses.
The Oshawa Scrabble Club held their 20th Tournament at the Caribbean Cultural Centre. Henry De Young came in fourth in Division 3.
Terry Aitken won Div D in the early bird in Lake George with 5 wins, no losses, and was 4th in Div C in the main event at the same venue with 11 wins, 4 losses.
Matt Schlegel was third in Division 2 on September 2nd in Ottawa.
Terry Aitken won Division 3 with 5 wins, 1 loss in Guelph.
For the Stratford local tournament in August, see the Tournaments page.
Congratulations to our club members
The revival of the unrated tourney at Embro (this time) was a great success.
Matt Schlegel's parents hosted the event in their home. The event consisted of 4 games played in two divisions - 6 players took part in the non timer division which was won by Anna Wodtka, a former Stratford player now living in Kitchener, and the 4 player timer division was won by Terry Aitken.
After the games we all enjoyed a barbecue supper which consisted of hamburgers, salad and the most scrumptious peach pie imaginable.
Matt's niece Hannah and nephew Connor, did a great job dealing with the challenges.
Matt Schlegel was first in Division 2 at Mississauga on June 6th with 6 wins and 1 loss. He also achieved a new high of 1345. Lynette Stewart was second is Division 4 with 5 wins and 2 losses.
Matt Schlegel was first at Guelph with 5 wins and 1 loss. Peter Sawatzky was fourth with 4 wins and 2 losses.
A spectacular achievement at the Oshawa tournament. Henry de Young seeded 13th in Division B, won 2nd place with 10 wins, and 4 losses, improving his best rating by over 100 points to 1251, surpassing both Matt Schlegel's and Terry Aitken's ratings in the process.
A lot was achieved by members of the Stratford Scrabble Club at the annual Brantford tournament.
Both Matt Schlegel and Henry de Young have new peak ratings of 1256 and 1147 respectively.
Matt was first in Division B with 6 wins, 1 loss, and Lynette Stewart won a $10 word prize.
At the Lake George tournament Oct 19-21, Terry Aitken attained a new peak rating: 1311.
Henry de Young played in Division 3 with 6 wins and 1 loss for first place and new highest rating of 1142.
Terry Aitken placed 1st in Div B with 6 wins, 0 losses.
Terry Aitken attended the two-day annual summer Toronto Scrabble tournament July 21st & 22nd and placed 1st in Div C with 9 wins, 3 losses.
A group from the Stratford club took part in Guelph's July tournament.
In Division C, Peter Sawatzky came in first.
In Dvision B, Lynette Stewart came in 2nd with 4 wins, 2 losses
A group from the Stratford club took part in the 2012 annual NASPA-rated Mississauga Scrabble Club tournament. For your interest here is the Cross-Tables entrants list.
Matt Schlegel came in 1st with 7 wins and 1 loss putting his rating to a peak of 1234. Terry Aitken came in 3rd with 5 wins and 3 losses.
Peter Sawatzky was first and Matt Schlegel second in the lower of two divisions at this recent tourney. This is the twelfth tourney in a row in which Matt has increased his rating.
Henry de Young and Terry Aitken were given tickets for this event by a friend who worked for Scotiabank which organised the event, which was a charitable one to raise money for PAL (Performing Arts Lodge).
We went along with some trepidation because of the possibility of meeting some famous person from the world of film, radio, and TV and this did happen, but, as I said to one such person in the buffet queue, I had just resolved to treat people as people.
I did speak to Tom Harrington of Marketplace in the elevator, and tried to speak to Colin Mochrie (at the instigation of my daughter) but the latter was surrounded by a bevy of adoring females, so I got nowhere.
There was a silent auction where celebrities had submitted pictures they had painted, or built a birdhouse, or even just tied a set of flies. There was also a 50:50 draw, and you could buy an arm's length of tickets for $20.
We landed up sitting at tables for 4. At our table there were 3 regular Scrabble players, and one star, Nil Koksal, the CBC anchor for Saturday night. She proved to be a very pleasant and gracious person.
Bids could also be placed for top Scrabble players to help at your table! Bids for the top lady Scrabble player in North America, who lives in Toronto, reached $1000. Bids for the top male player, a former world champion from Montreal, reached $1200.
A buffet meal was served, and many Scrabble players from Toronto acted as volunteers, including John Chew, who ran the tourney. Each table just had one game.
With a blank in each of my first two turns, I was able to bingo (play all my tiles) both times, and won the game with 270 points. The top win was only 301, and the top win by a star was 269 ( the star also happened to be a good Scrabble player.)
There were generous prizes for these two categories, as well for the table with the highest combined total. I think that was 900 something, and likely because one of the experts, for whom they had bid successfully, had helped. Anyway it was a lot of fun, and a good way to raise money. Volunteers were also selling cheat sheets for $5 each. I offered to buy one for Nil, but she preferred to be sporting, and go it on her own.
— Terry
Terry Aitken placed fourth in the Guelph tourney.
Terry Aitken and Lynette Stewart placed respectively second and third in the Guelph tourney, each with 5 wins out of 6. Lynette now has a new peak rating of 1084.
Henry de Young scored well in New Orleans to give himself his best NASPA rating ever: 1138.
Club GOLD Award winners include Terry Aitken, Carmen Beck, Henry de Young, Jan Downham, and Lynette Stewart.
John Dungey became the first member of the Stratford SCRABBLE Club to receive the GOLD Award for winning 500 games. Since then, John has gone on to win 1000 games (PLATINUM Award).
A visitor from Cambridge, Christopher Sykes, one time ranked 32nd in the world, achieved a record game score of 652. By comparison the best scores in neighbouring clubs are 720 (Cambridge), 621 (Brantford), and 624 (London). The highest score ever achieved by a local player is Matt Schlegel scoring 599 on February 8th.
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