This club is no longer meeting - If there is enough interest we will revive it some time in the future. Please email me if you are keen to do so.

The Fourways Scrabble Club was launched on 13 July 2009

We meet weekly on Monday evenings from 18h30 till quite late.

Venue is at The Brazen Head Pub at The Leaping Frog Centre on William Nicol Drive in Lonehill

Club will be run by myself and Simone Woods but will be quite informal
so there may be the odd night when one or both of us are not there.

I would like to make this a really fun place for all levels of player to
come and have a few games each week. To achieve this the following
guidelines need to be followed.

Beginners should feel free to use two and three letter word lists and
even a dictionary if agreed by both players. However no anagram books or
machines should be consulted during games.

Nobody should feel obliged to play anyone else. Sometimes less
experienced players are really intimidated by playing experts and
sometimes higher rated players feel they are wasting their time by
playing someone of less ability. Please respect this and don't take it
personally, we all want something different from our Scrabble. 
Personally I am happy to play anyone from complete novices to
grandmasters.

Playing with clocks will be encouraged. It is no fun for your opponent
to sit and watch you ponder your moves for hours.

We are using a restaurant so please order at least a few drinks/coffees
etc and ideally something to eat. Most players will stay for far longer
and spend far less than the average customer so please bear this in mind
when tipping the waitstaff as well.  I would hate us to become unwelcome
guests. We will be charging a nominal fee of R5 per week to build up a club kitty.

I will offer coaching sessions to those who want, covering such aspects
as tactics, learning methods, tournament rules and etiquette etc. 
Besides having fun the aim of the club will be to improve the level of
everyone's game.

I will try to get some club boards which will stay at the restaurant but
please bring your own sets in case there are not enough.

For enquiries contact Garth on garth@scrabble.org.za or 082 454 6843