Club Session of 1/11/2009 (2009-01)

There were fifteen of us, including three newcomers, for our first club session of 2009 and the first club session for our new director, Joetta Wilkinson. This, we believe, is a record number for a regular club session!

RESULTS
15 players playing 40 games

Steve -- 3-0, +417
Amanda -- 2-0, +339
Ruby -- 2-1, +174
John -- 2-1, +139* (initally posted as +67)
David -- 2-1, +132* (initially posted as +130)
Betty -- 2-1, +64
Tyler -- 2-1, +24* (initially posted as +44)
Nick -- 1-1, +84
Janet -- 1-1, +23
Will -- 1-2, -16
Joetta -- 1-1, -111
Patsy -- 1-1, -120
Cheryl -- 0-3, -314
Donna -- 0-3, -339* (initially posted as -307)
Tameko -- 0-3, -496

[Cumulative spread totals marked with asterisks were revised on February 14, 2009 to reflect corrections for arithmetical mistakes discovered subsequent to this blog entry's original posting.]

BINGOS
11 of 15 players playing 22 bingos in 19 of 40 games played
14 seven-letter bingos, 8 eight-letter bingos
no phony bingos successfully played

Amanda -- LITTERER 66
Betty -- RELIANT 58
Cheryl -- OUTREAD 75
David -- DANCERS 74, OUTLAYS 72
Joetta -- SNEAKED 81
John -- CASINO(S) 78, UNKN(O)WNS 106 [a double-double]
Nick -- GREEDILY 67, RETITLES 85
Ruby -- ELOPERS [points scored not given], REDIALS 90
Steve -- MARINER 69, TURRETS 71, WANTERS 78
Tyler -- INTENS(E) 72, HETAIRAI 61, CODEINES 65, SALTEST 71, OUTPLANS 65, TINNERS [points scored not given]
Will -- INGESTED 61, QUAINTER 84

NOTABLE RECORDS

Attendance at Club Session -- 15 players
Highest Win -- David, winning over Tyler in Round 2, 454-417 (+37)
Lowest Win -- Patsy, winning over Donna in Round 1, 234-208 (+16)
Highest Loss -- Tyler, losing to David in Round 2, 417-454 (-37)
Closest Game -- Betty against Cheryl in Round 3, 342-331, an 11 point spread
Most Points Scored with a Bingo -- 106 points by John against Cheryl in Round 2, for UNKN(O)WNS, a double-double
Most Bingos Played in a Game -- 4 bingos by Tyler against David in Round 2: HETAIRAI 61, CODEINES 65, SALTEST 71, OUTPLANS 65

These statistics are based on three rounds of play. Several players stayed on to play an additional game or two; those games are not included as club games. Session results are listed first by total wins, then by spreads.

It was great to see so many people enjoying an afternoon of Scrabble. Let's see if we can break the record that we have just set for number of attendees!

Our next club session is on Sunday, February 8. [This changed after this post was made. Our next club session is on Monday, January 26. See blog entry about new location for our club on Mondays each week of the month. JMS 1/22/2009]