Attendance Survey for Sunday, August 1

Club members are asked to indicate whether or not they plan on being at our club session on this coming Sunday, August 1, by leaving a response as a comment to this blog entry OR by e-mailing John at JMSinKY@aol.com .

The responses so far, as of July 31, 2010, at 3:30 p.m., are:

7 will be able to attend: Betty, Eric, Jan, John, Linda, Margaret, Susie
2 will not be able to attend: Andrea, Victoria
3 are unsure about attending: Cheryl (may come late), Janny, Will (unlikely)

A reminder that our August local club tournament will be held on Sunday, August 22, in place of a regular club session. It will run from 3 p.m. to around 9 p.m. and be in the same format as our prior LCT's. Be sure to mark your calendars and plan on coming.

There were THIRTEEN people at club last Sunday. Hope you can make it this week!

John and Steve

Club session results, July 25

We had a total of 13 attendees at club today, the most in (my) recent memory, hooray! Below are the results through 3 games, although some of us stayed around for an extra 1-2 more. Please let me know if any corrections are needed. Thanks to everyone that attended!

Steve, 3-0, +443
Andy, 3-0, +59
Betty, 2-1, +126
Margaret, 2-1, +86
Andrea, 2-1, +53
Will, 2-1, -82
Cheryl, 1-1, -79
Victoria, 1-2, +82
Eric, 1-2, -70
Marian (sp?), 0-1, -128
Linda, 0-1, -132
Janny, 0-3, -153
David, 0-3, -201

Attendance Survey for Sunday, July 25

Club members are asked to indicate whether or not they plan on being at our club session on Sunday, July 25, by leaving a response as a comment to this blog entry OR by e-mailing John at JMSinKY@aol.com .

The responses so far, as of July 24, 2010, at 9:00 p.m., are:

9 will be able to attend: Andrea, Betty, Cheryl, David, Eric, Margaret, Margaret's mother (who may play), Victoria, Will, Steve
2 will not be able to attend: Jan, John
1 is unsure about attending: Janny

A reminder that our August local club tournament will be held on Sunday, August 22. Be sure to mark your calendars and plan on coming.

Here are links to web postings of results to our dually-rated LCT last Sunday --

• 7/18 LCT results on NASPA's website
• 7/18 LCT results on Cross-Tables.com
• 7/18 LCT results on WGPO's website

Hope that you can make it to club on Sunday!

John and Steve

Local Club Tournament on July 18

With our July 18 local club tournament drawing near, we have moved its information to the front of the line into this new post.

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LOCAL CLUB TOURNEY ON SUNDAY, JULY 18

Responses as of 7/18/2010, at 11:15 a.m.

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Tourney Format: LCT runs from 3 p.m. to around 9 p.m. -- 5 games, with a meal break at Perkins, after Round 3; pairing system and prize structure to be determined, rated by both NASPA and WGPO; $12 entry fee, payable at site (includes $2.50 NASPA participation fee; WGPO has no ratings fees) -- NASPA membership ($30/yr. or $15/6 mos.) required to play; WGPO membership not required to play but membership is free and players are encouraged to join. -- LCT's are one-third rated by NASPA and fully rated by WGPO.

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8 will be playing: Betty, Eric, Jan H., Marc, Margaret, Rob, Susie, Victoria (with John directing and not playing)

3 will not be attending: Andrea, Cheryl, Will

2 are unsure if attending: Janny S., Steve

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Please indicate your attendance status by leaving a comment to this blog entry or by e-mailing one of the club directors at the e-mail addresses given in the right sidebar near the top. It helps us to know approximately how many will be attending and gives people an idea of who will be there.

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We had ten playing at the June LCT; it would be great to have that many or more at the one this month.

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Any suggestions for secondary prize(s)? Here are a couple that we are considering: (1) high play using the most letters in LEXINGTON; (2) highest blankless bingo. How about some ideas from you? We have been awarding these secondary prizes to players who did not win prize money from their place finishes.

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Our local club tournament next month will be on Sunday, August 22.

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John and Steve

Attendance Survey for Sunday, July 11

Club members are asked to indicate whether or not they plan on being at our club session on Sunday, July 11, by leaving a response as a comment to this blog entry OR by e-mailing John at JMSinKY@aol.com .

Here are the responses so far, as of July 11, at 7:40 a.m.:

8 will be able to attend: Andy, Betty, Cheryl, Jan H., John, Loren, Margaret, Victoria
4 will not be able to attend: Eric, Janny S., Steve, Will
1 is unsure about attending: Andrea (probably will attend)

Also, if you have not yet indicated your likely attendance or nonattendance at our local club tournament on Sunday, July 18, please go to the blog entry about that event and leave a comment there OR include a response about that, too, in your e-mail reply. Four players [now six, as of July 11, at 7:40 a.m.] have so far replied that they plan on being at the July LCT. In June, we ended up with ten playing in two divisions.

The August LCT will be held on Sunday, August 22.

Hope to see you at club on Sunday!

John and Steve

P.S. In case you are wondering why you occasionally see that a comment has been deleted by a blog administrator (Cheryl, John, or Steve), we have been getting a number of posts written in Chinese (which none of us speak or read) that may well be spam. We do not screen blog entries or comments before they are posted. This is your blog, club members. Feel free to post news, tourney reports, strategy questions or points, comments, or suggestions here. We are glad to have your contributions to the blog.

July 4 Club Session; July and August LCT's

We were unsure about whether to have a club session on Sunday, July 4, but several of you expressed a desire to play (we Scrabblers are enthusiastic about playing!), so club will be held, although neither John nor Steve will be there. (You can give John a call at home if you have a director's call to be decided.) Here are those who have responded that they will be there --

CLUB SESSION ON SUNDAY, JULY 4

Responses as of 7/3/2010, at 11:30 p.m.

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5 will be attending: Betty, Cheryl (may be late), Jan H., Margaret, Victoria

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Our first two local club tournaments in 2010 were very well received, and we have decided to try to hold an LCT once a month. Dates for the next two LCT's will be Sunday, July 18 (John directing), and Sunday, August 22 (Steve directing). We'll do the attendance survey on the August tourney closer to that event, but here is the information for the July LCT --

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LOCAL CLUB TOURNEY ON SUNDAY, JULY 18

Attendance responses are now at a more recent blog post. linked here.

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Tourney Format: LCT runs from 3 p.m. to around 9 p.m. -- 5 games, with a meal break at Perkins, after Round 3; pairing system and prize structure to be determined, rated by both NASPA and WGPO; $12 entry fee, payable at site (includes $2.50 NASPA participation fee; WGPO has no ratings fees) -- NASPA membership ($30/yr. or $15/6 mos.) required to play; WGPO membership not required to play but membership is free and players are encouraged to join. -- LCT's are one-third rated by NASPA and fully rated by WGPO.

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We had ten playing at the June LCT; it would be great to have that many or more at the one this month.

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Have a great Independence Day!

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John and Steve