Club Sunday, May 8

Who will be there this Sunday? Not me, unfortunately. Mother's day plus my wife's and mom's, and sis-in-law's birthdays, plus graduation for my wife (Christmas in May, as I like to say). What about everyone else?

Steve

Sunday May 1 Club Results

We had a total of 9 folks show up on Sunday. Here is how it all went down:

Name, Wins-Losses, Spread, Bingos (that I know of, with scores and blank indicated, if known):

Andrea, 0-4, -452, STOrIED 68, WHiSPER 91
Betty, 1-3, -173, SILUrID 70 (sorry Betty I know you had more bingoes than that)
Eric, 1-1, -45, DONATES 68, INSERTED 63, DAINTIER 63
Jan, 1-2, +37, bIRLING 77
Kelly, 1-2, +91 (sorry Kelly I didn't get your bingoes)
Margaret, 2-1, +101, DAEMONS, GARBLES, ESTRANGE, COASTED
Steve, 2-1, -11, AUdITEE 70, GREISEn 71, FROSTER* 70
Tom, 2-0, +60, REVALUED 66, LOOTING 64, ORIENTS 71, SERIATE 65
Will, 4-0, +391, sTOOLED 71, AIGLETS 73, SADIRON 73, pLANnING 61, GRADERS 84, CAmBIUM 68, HOLDERS 72

Feel free to post comments with corrections or additional information. Thanks to everyone for participating!

Steve

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