Club on Sunday, May 16; LCT on Sunday, May 23

This post contains the survey results for the regular club session on Sunday, May 16, and for the local club tournament on Sunday, May 23. You may provide your response by e-mailing John at JMSinKY@aol.com or by posting a comment to this post. As additional responses are received, they will be added into the survey results given below.

WHO WILL OR WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND
CLUB ON SUNDAY, MAY 16
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6 will be able attend: Andrea, Andy, Janny S., John, Steve (from 4 or 5 p.m. on), Victoria
1 will not be able to attend: Will
0 is unsure about attending:

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WHO WILL OR WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND
THE LOCAL CLUB TOURNAMENT (LCT)
ON SUNDAY, MAY 23
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The LCT will run from 3 p.m. until around 9 p.m.

Five games; pairing system to be determined.

Entry fee of $12.

NASPA membership is required to play at a NASPA-rated LCT.

Local club tournaments are one-third rated.
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7 will be able to attend: Andrea, Andy, Betty, Jan H., John, Steve, Victoria
4 will not be able to attend: Cheryl, Marc, Margaret, Will
2 are unsure about attending: Janny S. ("questionable"), Pat ("maybe")

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This local club tournament will be in place of a normal club session and will be conducted in accordance with NASPA Official Tournament Rules.

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(Survey results updated through Friday, May 14, at 9:06 p.m.)

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Hey you Anonymous folks...

If you don't have a Google/Blogger ID, you can leave a comment as 'Anonymous' but if you are a club member, please sign your post with at least your first name.

2010 Tourneys of Club Members

Last Revised May 30, 2010

This is a continuing blog entry to list the tournaments attended by Lexington Scrabble Club members in 2010. Names are linked to players' Cross-Table.com pages.

List of 2010 Tournaments of Lexington Scrabble Club Members

• ANDREA CARMAN -- 1 tourney in 2010 so far -- Lexington, KY LCT, 5/23
• ANDY WADE -- 3 tourneys in 2010 so far -- Indianapolis, IN, 2/27 (2nd place, Div. 4); Charleston, WV, 5/1-2 (3rd place, Div. 3); Lexington, KY LCT, 5/23 (2nd place, Div. 1)
• BETTY KING -- 3 tourneys in 2010 so far -- Indianapolis, IN, 2/27; Charleston, WV, 5/1-2 (3rd place, Div. 4); Lexington, KY LCT, 5/23 (3rd place, Div. 1)
• CHERYL COOVERT -- 1 tourney in 2010 so far -- Charleston, WV, 5/1-2
• ERIC YODER -- 0 tourneys in 2010 so far -- future tourneys: Corapolis (Pittsburgh), PA, 6/12-13
• JANICE HATTON -- 1 tourney in 2010 so far -- Lexington, KY LCT, 5/23
• JOHN SPANGLER -- 6 tourneys in 2010 so far -- Redeye V, Bloomington, MN, 1/16-17; Redeye V latebird, Bloomington, MN, 1/18; Indianapolis, IN, 2/27; Elyria, OH, 3/13-14; WGPO Inaugural earlybird , Bloomington, MN, 4/30 (unrated team tourney); WGPO Inaugural, Bloomington, MN, 5/1-2 (WGPO-rated, 4th place, Div. 4) -- future tourneys: Coraopolis (Pittsburgh), PA, 6/12-13; Bluffton (Hilton Head), SC, 8/14-15 (WGPO-rated); Alpharetta, GA, 9/4-6; Albuquerque, NM, 9/11-12
• MARC BROERING -- 1 tourney in 2010 so far -- Indianapolis, IN, 2/27
• MARGARET YODER -- 1 tourney in 2010 so far -- Charleston, WV, 5/1-2 -- future tourneys: Coraopolis (Pittsburgh), PA, 6/12-13
• STEVE BUSH -- 2 tourneys in 2010 so far -- Indianapolis, IN, 2/27 (1st place, Div. 2); Lexington, KY LCT, 5/23 (1st place, Div. 1) -- future tourneys: Knoxville, TN, 6/19-20
• VICTORIA BLEDSOE -- 1 tourney in 2010 so far -- Lexington, KY LCT, 5/23
• WILL SCOTT -- 5 tourneys in 2010 so far -- Twin-Cities Redeye V, Bloomington, MN, 1/16-17 (2nd place, Div. 3); Indianapolis, IN, 2/27 (2nd place, Div. 1); Columbia, SC early bird, 3/26; Columbia, SC, 3/27-28; Charleston, WV, 5/1-2 -- future tourneys: Knoxville, TN, 6/19-20

Club on Mother's Day; Local Club Tourney, May 23

BECAUSE OF THE RESPONSES RECEIVED,

THERE WILL BE NO CLUB SESSION ON MOTHER'S DAY,

SUNDAY, MAY 9.

To cut down on unnecessary e-mails, I am going to try using our club blog to show responses on surveys about club attendance. When I send out an e-mail reminder, I will ask that you either respond to me individually or leave a comment on a blog post here. I will take the responses and update the post to reflect your feedback. This blog entry is my first attempt at doing it in this manner. We'll see how it works.

I checked with the manager at Perkins, and we will be able to have a club session on this coming Sunday, May 9, Mother's Day, but because of business on that day and the longer time needed to clean up the large dining room that we use, he asked that, if we have club, we begin at 4 p.m. for that day, instead of our usual 3 p.m. start time.

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WHO WILL OR WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND

CLUB ON MOTHER'S DAY, SUNDAY, MAY 9

(Club, if held, will begin at 4 p.m.)

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0 will be able attend:
9 will not be able to attend: Andrea, Andy, Betty, Jan, Janet, John, Pat, Steve, Victoria
1 is unsure about attending: Will

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We hope to hold a local club tournament on Sunday, May 23, at our regular meeting place, Perkins Family Restaurant in Lexington. This would be a five-round tourney, one-third rated by NASPA. It will give people who are unable to travel the opportunity to establish a NASPA rating and play in a tournament environment. We're still working on specifics, but I am anticipating the registration fee to be $12. Under NASPA rules, a player must be a current member of NASPA to play in a tournament sanctioned by NASPA. (Steve and I have no control over this. This is not the case in the new Word Game Players' Organization; anyone can play at a WGPO tourney. I encourage all our club members to join the WGPO. There are currently no annual membership dues for WGPO, and if any are ever established, they will not be inflated like NASPA's are.)

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If this local club tournament works well, we may well try to do them on bimonthly or even monthly basis.

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WHO WILL OR WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND

A LOCAL CLUB TOURNAMENT

ON SUNDAY, MAY 23

(The LCT would run from 3 p.m. until around 9 p.m.)

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(RESULTS TRANSFERRED TO POST FOR SUNDAY, MAY 16)

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You can either let me know about your attendance at those two events by e-mailing me at JMSinKY@aol.com or by posting a comment here on our club blog. Thanks!

John Spangler, Director
Lexington Scrabble Club

(Survey results updated through May 9 at 2:53 p.m. EDT)

Here's what happens to folks who don't study;

I was seeded fifth in the annual Charleston WV tournament, bottom division, finished fifth after playing the 6th seed in the last three rounds. That's 3-9, -604, high game 402.
Most of the rest of the Lexington club attendees did better. Betty King reported she was 7-5, same division, +507, for third place. Andy Wade finished third in Division C with 7-5, +349 point spread.

Will Scott played up to Division A, which was light on entries for this tournament. He was seeded sixth and placed fifth. He won High Play with TIGHTWAD (98 points).

Congratulations, Steve Bush, Apprentice Director!

Our club is sanctioned by the North American Scrabble Players Association as its Club No. 637. One of the requirements for being approved by NASPA is that the club be directed by a person who has been sanctioned by NASPA as a club and tournament director.

The first step in becoming a NASPA-sanctioned club and tournament director is to pass a test on NASPA Director's Manual and its Official Tournament Rules. This test does a good job of covering basic information that is needed in directing club and tournament play of Alfred Butts' word game.

This morning I was very pleased to receive an e-mail from Mary Rhoades of Texas, NASPA's Director of Clubs and Tournaments, advising me that our fellow club member and friend, Steve Bush, has successfully completed NASPA's director's test and is now an apprentice director. Great going, Steve!

The next step is for the apprentice director to gain experience in handling club and tournament situations so that the apprentice's mentor can certify that the apprentice is ready to be granted full director status. I will be serving as Steve's mentor and look forward to working with him in this process.

Our club will benefit from having a second director to work collaboratively in running it. Nothing would please me more than to have a couple more of our members also take NASPA's director's test and join in the club's leadership team.

John Spangler
Director, Lexington (Ky.) Scrabble Club
NASPA Club No. 637