Club Sunday, May 1

I will be at club this Sunday, for a change. Who else?

-Steve

Will's Gatlinburg tournament -- short form

The revival edition of my favorite tournament, Gatlinburg, drew 53 players. I was seeded third in Division 2, which had 18 players. Going into the final game of the 20-game tournament, I was in 17th place. I was matched against the 18th-place player, Sally Ricketts, who had an equally bad run. The high point in her weekend was scoring 564 points against me on Friday morning. For the finale, I told Sally we were playing for the "title." It was a dubious title, without a doubt. I won the final game, giving me an 8-12 record and a steep drop in my rating. There were some high points. I had a 508 game, the first time I'd cracked the 500 mark in quite a while. I benefited from studying my three-I eights when I played BIKINIED in game 14, and I was able to summon the three possible eights in DEIINOR with an S on the board, so I could play the only one possible: RESINOID (the other two are DERISION and IRONSIDE). And I had a lot of fun playing against some of my favorite Scrabble buddies. But coming in seeded third and ending up near the bottom was frustrating, to say the least.
Quick stats: I finished 8-12, with a spread of +256, meaning I had some big wins and relatively close losses. I had 33 bingoes in 20 games, an average of 1.56 a game. I had five three-bingo games, which is a first for me. I averaged 395 points a game, and my opponents averaged 381. Everything except my win-loss record was pretty good. Ah, well. There's always the next tournament. I recommend Knoxville in June.

Club Results for April 17

PS - Next Sunday is EASTER! I won't be coming for a different reason - who will be at club then?

Kelly is new, she saw the ad Will placed in the Herald-Leader. Good going, Will!

NAME	WON-LOSS	SPREAD
Betty	3-1	+340
Andrea	2-1	+98
Victoria	2-1	-37
Kelly	1-2	+9
Andrea	2-1	+98
Janny	0-3	-410

Bingoes:

Betty	SORDINE 69 OUTLIVED 66 TOADIES 73 TAMARISk 80 CASTILE* 72 *next time it will be ELASTIC
Andrea	MURkIeST 74 GARDENS 73 STARTLES 80 TOILETS 72
Victoria	BECKING 81 DARNING 74 ViRGaTE 67
Kelly	ARSENAL 70

Results for April 10

Looks like a lot of games got played! I got there late, this is what I added up from Will's sheet. We also had a visitor from out of state who plays Scrabble everywhere he goes!

NAME	WIN - LOSS	SPREAD
Mike Willis	5 - 1	+705
Will	3 - 3	-171
Betty	3 - 3	-131
Victoria	2 - 4	-241
Janny	0 - 2	-181
Cheryl	0 - 2	-187

Now for some BINGOES

Mike	HINDERS   76 IRRIGATE   68 FRIGATE   76 THIAZINE   137 SLUSHING   98 RESUPINE   87	BEIGNET   71 AUTHORS   69 RERISEN   67 TENSIONS   74 MIDWIFES   67
Will	DEACONS   72 BULLETS   69 STAVING   75 AVERAGE   87	REGIONS   68 TORNADIC   62 PUNIEST   89
Betty	TERNION   67 EARINGS   68 TINNERS   68	UNDEALT   70 (B)OARISH   64
Victoria	NONALIEN (phony)   59 URINATE   64 NULLING   64

Club Sunday, April 17

Who will be there this Sunday? I'm a "maybe" at this point.

Club Sunday, April 10

I will not be able to make tomorrow's session. What about others? Steve

Club results, Sunday, April 3

Club results, reported by Victoria:

We had four people at club today.  Jan was back from Arizona.  She 
sold her house there, so she will now be joining us throughout the year.

Here are the results:

Steve 2-0 +326 RADIALE  79 MOOrIEST  70 OVERTHIN  65
Victoria 2-1 -112 GROSSInG  59
Andrea 2-2 -46 TARRING  64 HeALING  78 BAITING  70
Jan  0-3 -168

Andrea played HeALINGS and was challenged by Jan.  We all 
learned that it does not take an S.

Club Sunday, April 3

I'll be there. Who else?