Results for September 2008

Winners in September 2008
Winner	Runner-up	Best improvers	100+ words played	Word of the week
Harry W 7 wins, 413 spread	Gordon 6 wins, 774 spread	Gordon, 54 Alan, 44	Marjorie: SEQUINS, 107 Alan: HERNIAS, 104 Harry B: QUEENIE, 104 Tom: EQUINES, 103	Kath A: AEON Marie: BIGA Joan: CIEL

Results for September 2008
Position	Player (Rating)	No. Wins	Total Spread	Games Played	Avg. Game Score	Change in Avg.	New rating
1	Harry W (146)	7	413	8	407	12	147
2	Gordon (138)	6	774	6	448	54	142
3	Robert (164)	6	629	8	412	-24	162
4	Jane (123)	6	468	8	404	21	125
5	Sandra (131)	6	-4	8	373	-23	134
6	Alan (165)	5	967	6	460	44	164
7	Cyndy (124)	5	308	8	381	22	124
8	Kath A (127)	5	108	8	365	2	127
9	Marjorie (105)	4	11	8	345	-8	105
10	Tom (115)	4	-39	6	375	2	115
11	Noreen (114)	3	-139	6	354	10	115
12	Harry B (143)	3	-215	8	384	5	139
13	Joyce B (112)	3	-274	8	356	9	111
14	Marie (107)	3	-284	8	327	-45	107
15	Sylvia (110)	2	-125	6	367	-8	107
16	Muriel (82)	2	-141	6	340	30	83
17	Ruth (112)	1	-38	4	378	2	111
18	Brett (114)	1	-236	4	344	26	113
19	Joan (103)	1	-247	6	352	17	100
20	Olwen (68)	1	-266	4	304	-11	69
21	Kath P (82)	0	-73	2	328	-	83
22	Jill (78)	0	-298	2	263	-45	78
23	Billy (72)	0	-830	6	288	-43	70

Winners: Trophies are awarded for 1st and 2nd places. The monthly winner's prize can only be won once by each player in a six-month period (January-June and July-December); this gives other players a chance of being a monthly winner. The best improvers for the month are also given prizes. Prizes are given to any player who plays the four-letter word of the week and also for words which scored 100 points or more.

Ratings: At the end of each month a player's club rating is calculated. This rating is used in the next month for rating games that the player participates in. (This is the rating shown in brackets by each player's name on this page.) The New Rating shown in the table above is the players rating adjusted by the results of this months games: this rating will be used by the player in next month's games. Club ratings give us an idea of how well a player should be expected to do in relation to other players in the club (i.e. higher rated players are more likely to beat lower rated players). A full explanation of our ratings system is given on the Rating System page.