Knoxville, anyone?

Best of luck to Will this weekend in the Knoxville tourney. Anyone else going to make the trip? Unfortunately I can't this time, but hopefully will in June. I wanted to put in a last-minute plug for this tourney for anyone that may be on the fence.

If you're looking for some rated Scrabble play, I strongly recommend this tournament. It's only about 2 1/2 hours away, and the directors, Vicki Blizzard and Trish Harrop, always do a great job. They're usually pretty good about accommodating last-minute entries, too, but you should let them know soon (within the next few days) if you're going.

Details can be found here:

http://www.cross-tables.com/download/2012/01/knoxville.pdf

Late results from Jan. 15

Four of us crowded into the overflow room at Perkins on Jan. 15. David Brown made his final winter-break appearance before heading back to Grinnell College.
Here are the results:

Will Scott: 3-0, +302
David Brown: 2-1, +213
Janice Hatton: 2-2, +29
Victoria Bledsoe: 0-4, -543

Bingoes:
Will: SONSiER 70, HOISTED 98, PURsING 80, BEANIES 70
David: IGNOReD 91, (O)LDSTERS 65
Janice: SANDERS 76, SLANDER 71
Victoria: ARSENAL 73, EROtiSM 71

Meeting 1/22

Tomorrow is another unofficial meeting. I'll be a drop-in arrival if I can make it at all. What about you?

Meeting 1/15

Tomorrow is an unofficial meeting, but don't let that stop you from coming out. Unfortunately I can't be there. What about you?

January Official Meeting Results

We had a nice turnout yesterday, 8 people, for our inaugural official meeting. I'm hoping that we can build on this for future monthly meetings. Pass the word!

Here are yesterday's results:

Will: 3-0, +392, 6 bingoes: VESTiGE 82, PANTANIS* 62, mOODIEST 61, SNACKING 84, ENSILAGE 71, MITeReD 74

Steve: 2-1, +409, 8 bingoes: THESAURI 72, RETICLE 85, SPINDLE 76, SIENItE 82, YAWPiNG 95, FOLIAGE 81, BENNIEs 72, EGRESSEs 77

Betty: 2-1, +335, 6 bingoes: GALEATeS* 61, TWINGEs 67, ROOTLET 65, SAVVIEr 76, SHOUTED 75, INSTEAD 84

Jan H: 2-1, -154, 2 bingoes: DESOlVeS* 84, bIDDIES 75

Kathy: 1-1, -62, 1 bingo: VAlLIES* 94

David: 1-2, -37, 4 bingoes: SERIATE 75, PORTRAYS 63, iNSTATE 67, DEVIATE 81

Victoria: 1-2, -68, 2 bingoes: WEDGIES 79, MOULTEn* 61

Janny S: 0-2, -332, 0 bingoes

Cheryl: 0-2, -483, 1 bingo: PARDNER 83

I'm setting up a spreadsheet with cumulative stats as well. It's a work in progress but I'll post a link to it when I have the first pass done.

The next official meeting will be Sunday, Feb. 12. Hope to see you then!

Steve

First Official Club Meeting Tomorrow!

Tomorrow, Jan. 8, is our first monthly, 2nd Sunday "official" club meeting for 2012. Get ready for some major changes!

Nah, just kidding, we'll still be playing Scrabble like normal. The main difference is that I will start keeping statistics for the official meetings (cumulative wins/losses, average score, average opponents' score, # of bingoes, etc.). I may eventually institute a club rating system, but for now I'll see how I do with the basic stats. My plan is to have the stats available online via a link from the blog or website...which I still need to work out.

We'll start at the normal 3pm. Folks are still welcome to show up before that for some early pickup games, but those games will not count in the stats.

I'm hoping we can have strong turnout for this and future official meetings. I'll be there...who else?