Charity Letters and Numbers event

This is mostly a placeholder for participants to comment on their experience at the recent charity letters and numbers event.  Alternatively, if anyone wants to email me a post I'm happy to put up a guest post on their behalf.

I gather that Anand was deemed the victor.  Congratulations, Anand!

Poster for Charity Letters and Numbers event

As I mentioned recently, there is a charity Letters and Numbers event in Melbourne on July 12.  I've been sent a new poster for it, included below.  (A direct link to the original larger image is here.)

Charity Letters and Numbers Event in Melbourne on July 12

For anyone in Melbourne, or who is suitable keen to have an excuse to travel to Melbourne, there is going to be a Letters and Numbers event there on July 12.  The event is to raise money for UNICEF's School-in-a-Box initiative.  David Astle will be moderating it, and I gather that several familiar players will be playing.  The flyer is below, and a link to the larger (and more readable) version is here.

Update: The organiser has provided further information; read his comment below for extended details.  The list of players is:

• Sam Gaffney (Champion, Masters series; Champion, series 4)
• Andrew Fisher (Champion, series 1)
• Naween Fernando (Runner-up, series 1)
• Jeremy Schiften (Runner-up, series 3)
• Tamara McMahon (Semi-finalist, series 2)
• Anthony Kendall (Semi-finalist, series 3)
• Trevor Halsall (Australian Scrabble champion, 1994)

The eight spot is reserved for the winner of a pre-game competition between the audience members and Anand Bharadwaj (World Youth Scrabble champion, 2011).