Start of 2016-17 "season"

Still hoping to go back and tabulate 2015-26 head-to-heads, post here or perhaps email to the group.

				old	new		avg	avg.
	W	L	Win %	rating	rating		score	bingos
Steve				1736
Marc				1716
Matthew	3	2	60 %	1677	1659		384	1.8
Will	4	0	100 %	1580	1601		441	2.5
David	2	1	66 %	1453	1448		430	1.66
Ken	3	1	75 %	1345	1362		433	1.5
Jim				1233
Joe				1220
Andy				1161
Betty				1136
Eric				1104
Margaret				1090
Victoria	1	2	33 %	1042	1035		331	1.66
Wendy				950
Lisa				907
Jan	1	3	25 %	778	763		309	0.5
Fred				515
Mike				500*
Janny	1	3	25 %	479	490		333	0.25
Linda				485
Andrea				385
Cheryl	0	3	--	336	331		279	--

Appreciation

I know I'm a bit late with this, but I want to pass along my thanks to everyone who made our second Bluegrass Scrabble Fall Classic the resounding success that it was.  Every bit of feedback that I got over the entire weekend was positive, and I feel like we're laying the groundwork for turning this into one of the premier regular Scrabble events in the region.

Will Scott, in addition to his recruitment efforts and coordination with the Knoxville and Asheville clubs on the Triple Crown series, did a fantastic job directing the Early and Late Bird events, as well as assisting and keeping things running smoothly in the Main Event.  Cheryl Coovert was indispensable in helping with data entry, results posting, and other tasks, especially IT crisis management as we dealt with printer issues for much of the weekend.  Plus she's done a great job year-round with managing the club's website and blog.  Betty and Victoria did a terrific job coordinating the food/refreshments.  We had a very nice spread over the entire event...thanks to everyone who contributed!

Finally, I really want to give it up for Matthew Ridout.  Not just for what he and Wendy have done for the tournament both years (opening up their home and hosting/entertaining out-of-towners), but especially for all that he does for the club, week-in, week-out, compiling and managing the stats.  Beyond that, in spite of his considerable skill as a player, he goes out of his way to make newcomers feel welcome and break down barriers that could otherwise scare novices away from the way we play the game.

Beyond the folks I mentioned, I really appreciate the positive vibe that everyone brings to our club, and hope that we continue to grow and prosper, both individually and collectively in the coming year.  Happy tiling!

Results Sunday, Nov. 29

A nice turnout: eight players on a cool, wet day that was perfect for Scrabble. It also, apparently, was perfect for phonies: five phony bingoes stayed on the boards.
Results:

Will         4-0, +475
Ken         3-1, +314
Matthew  3-2, +37
David       2-1, +297
Victoria    1-2, -307
Janny       1-3,  -67
Jan           1-3, -375
Cheryl      0-3, -284

Victoria    344  BACINET*, ANTSIER
Janny       321

Matthew  434  ANGARIES, DIRNDLS, CLAVIER
David       372  FLOUNTED*

Will          495   SINLIKE* ATRESIA
Jan           258

Matthew   441  INERTIAE, INTERNAL
Cheryl      319

David        482  MODESTY, CLOISTER
Victoria     338  SLOGANED, INERTIAL

Ken          464   ULULATE
Jan           358   WADDIES

Will          401   TEETHING, OUTLEAPS, FURLONGS
Janny       307

Jan           336   LETTERS
Cheryl      299

Matthew   369   URAEDIA*, NEEDIEST
Janny        350

Ken          499  SNARERS, WESTING
Victoria    313   IGNORES

Will          445   UMPIRING, BULLACE
Matthew   354   OERSTED

Janny       354   CUSTOMS
Jan           285

Will          423  ADEQUATE, DINITRO, REFINES
Ken         370   YACKERS

David       436   READLINE*, FIANCEE
Cheryl      221

Ken          399   SEEDBED, QUIRTING
Matthew   324   MELENAS

BTW, this year's tournament got a write-up in the local paper. This online version includes a video. http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/fayette-county/article45955330.html

Thank you so much and congratulations to Steve and Will on the tremendous weekend events of tournament Scrabble we just had.  I don't know what's harder - doing it so well or making it -look- so effortless (it's not)!

The season end of stats are listed a couple posts below, but I wanted to especially congratulate a few people.

Steve - highest club rating, most improved bingos per game average
             (Thanks, Steve, just what we needed, you playing all your letters -more- often on us :) )
Janny - most improved!  her club rating went up 97 points
Jan - biggest increase in scoring average, 18 points
Fred - newcomer of the year - highest club rating of all new players, plus he came out for his first rated tournament!

Most of the club will be at the local tournament this Sunday (tomorrow).See you next week!

FINAL 2015-16 club standings, stats and player ratings

The annual Lexington tournament is serving as well as any date could for the end of a "season" of club Scrabble, so here are the "year's" final results.

I have been honored and privileged to be allowed to overload our club Website with my nerdy statkeeping for a year :)  Thank you to everyone who has helped with the weekly game results that help make this part possible.

						11/8	new	final 2014-			avg	2014-	avg.	2014-
	W	L	T	Win %		rating	rating	2015 rating			score	2015	bingos	2015
Steve	33	8		80 %		1749	1736	1734			448	435	2.14	1.86
Marc	9	4		69 %		1716	1716	1736			383	424	1.15	2.07
Matthew	85	16		84 %		1666	1677	1580			431	412	2.13	1.94
Will	47	18		72 %		1580	1580	1600			406	415	1.63	1.7
David	19	6		76 %		1473	1453	1404			402	--	1.44	--
Ken	30	23	1	56 %		1345	1345	1404			375	--	1.18	--
Jim	6	7		46 %		1233	1233	1283			340	341	1.16	1.01
Joe	9	7		56 %		1220	1220	1150			395	370	1.75	1.2
Andy	5	3		62 %		1161	1161	1147			387	--	1.75	--
Betty	66	55	1	54 %		1139	1136	1136			365	372	0.95	1
Eric	2	2		50 %		1104	1104	1105			381	365	1.25	1.14
Margaret	43	52		45 %		1055	1090	1042			368	369	1.03	1
Victoria	70	66	1	51 %		1043	1042	1016			372	361	1.38	1.34
Wendy	1	2		33 %		950	950	949			343	368	1	1.33
Lisa	5	8	1	39 %		907	907	923			352	347	0.78	0.71
Jan	44	65		40 %		802	778	694			346	328	0.4	0.38
Fred	4	15		21 %		496	515	nr			304	--	0.78	--
Mike	0	2		--		500*	500*	nr			289	--	0.5	--
Linda	3	18		14 %		485	485	nr			295	--	--	--
Janny	21	87		19 %		464	479	382			302	310	0.14	0.17
Andrea	0	4		--		385	385	398			256	--	--	--
Cheryl	11	40		21 %		336	336	327			285	294	0.18	0.23

Matthew	3-0	+161
Steve	3-1	+342
Margaret	3-1	+56
Victoria	2-2	+129
Betty	2-2	(3)
Fred	1-1	+161
David	1-2	+61
Janny	1-2	(219)
Linda	0-1	(32)
Jan	0-4	(658)
Victoria 416	Betty 346		Steve 471	Jan 354		Matthew 480	Margaret 365
FUSTIER	BASTION		GRODIEST	SPANKED		JUDGIST*	ASCENDER
SOLERET			PEMOLINE			INSTILL	TINTING
Steve 442	Janny 275		Matthew 461	David 447		Margaret 436	Betty 387
LANOSITY			AUTARKIC	VAGARIES		ATONERS	EXTORTS
			CLOTHIER			WITNESS	UREDINA*
			EREMETIC*
			UNLISTED
Victoria 485	Jan 302		Janny 338	Victoria 326		Fred 449	Jan 248
SEARING			FASTING	VENTURES		SANDIER
PANDITS						HOUNDERS
SINUATES
Betty 438	Steve 384		Margaret 450	David 368		Matthew 360	Linda 328
SLOTTERS	CRUMBLES		BUNGEES			SETENATE*
MUGGERS			SLITTER			ASPERGED*
THWARTED
Steve 417	Victoria 305		Betty 366	Janny 302		David 470	Jan 313
SUNBOWS	FALTERS		NIBBLES			TAUTENS
						ROTATION
						WINTERED
Margaret 390	Fred 350
CODINGS
AVERTED