Club, Aug. 29 2010

There were 6 attendees on the 29th and we played four rounds. I did not inquire about bingoEs in the last round, so I may have missed a few. (We had a discussion about that word - both BINGOES and BINGOS are valid, but if you want to BINGO with that plural you have to use the E!)

NAME     FINISH     SPREAD
Betty       3 - 1       +278
Jan         3 - 1       +130
Loren       3 - 1       +118
Janet       2 - 2      -267
Victoria   1 - 3       +21
Cheryl     0 - 4      -272

BINGOES

Betty    SU(L)LIES     61
           AEROBES     69
           FEDORAS     74
           TOADIES     75

Jan     NESTING     74

Victoria     EASTERN     81
             UNCANNY     74

Cheryl       BANDIE(S)

Surveys for Sunday, Aug. 29 and for Sept. LCT

Club members are asked to indicate whether or not they plan on being at our club session on Sunday, August 29, by leaving their response as a comment to this blog entry OR by e-mailing John at JMSinKY@aol.com .

The responses so far about our Sunday, August 29 club session, as of Saturday, August 28, 2010, at 1:00 a.m., are:

• 4 will be able to attend: Betty, Jan, Janny, Victoria
• 5 will NOT be able to attend: Eric, John, Margaret, Will, Steve
• ? is unsure about attending:

I will not be at club this week and will be off traveling for the first two Sundays in September (tournaments in Atlanta and Albuquerque). In September, I will be directing our local club tournament; it will need to be held on either Sunday, September 19, or Sunday, September 26. When you respond about club this week, please also indicate if you could attend an LCT on those two dates and which of them you would prefer. Here are the responses so far on this, as of Monday, August 31, 2010, at 12:30 p.m.:

• 4 can attend an LCT on Sunday, September 19: Janny, John (directing), Victoria, Will
• 2 CANNOT attend an LCT on Sunday, September 19: Cheryl, Steve
• 1 PREFERS an LCT on Sunday, September 19: Will
• ? is unsure about attending an LCT on Sunday, September 19:

and

• 6 can attend an LCT on Sunday, September 26: Betty, Cheryl, Janny, John (directing), Victoria, Will
• 1 CANNOT attend an LCT on Sunday, September 26: Steve
• 2 PREFER an LCT on Sunday, September 26: Betty, Cheryl
• ? is unsure about attending an LCT on Sunday, September 26:

At last Sunday's we had 17 players, a new record! I asked the folks there if there was any objection to dropping NASPA sanctioning of our LCT's, and no opposition was voiced. NASPA requires a 50 cents per game "participation fee" (the same as for its open, fully rated tournaments) for rating LCT's that are only rated at 1/3 of full rating. By dropping NASPA sanctioning of our LCT's, we will be able to lower the entry fee. We will continue to have our LCT's rated by WGPO, which does not charge a rating fee and rates LCT's fully. Both Steve and I agree on doing this. So, beginning with our September LCT, these tourneys will only be rated by WGPO.

Have a good time at club Sunday! See you in a few weeks.

John

Results of 8/22 LCT

We had a record attendance for Sunday's LCT, with 17 participants. Way to go, everyone! A special thanks, too, for those that traveled from out of town for the event: Frank Schin and David Moersdorf from Gatlinburg TN, Marc Broering and Rob Kearn from Louisville, and Susie Pozgay from Leitchfield. Also it was great to welcome 14-year-old Sarah Webb, who played in her first tournament (and got her first win as well); congratulations!

Sorry this is a few days late, but below are prizewinners for each division.

The full results and NASPA rating changes are at the following link (I'm still awaiting WGPO numbers):
http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/2010/lxt/08

Attendees:
Division A
1st Place: Marc Broering, 4-1, +740, $25
2nd Place: Frank Schin, 3-2, +53, $15
3rd Place: Eric Yoder, 2-3, -117, $6
High game: (tie) Rob Kearn and Will Scott, 441, $2.50 each

Division B
1st Place: Margaret Yoder, 4-1, +167, $25
2nd Place: Thomas Webb, 3-2, +215, $15
3rd Place: John Spangler, 3-2, -159, $6
High game: Andrew Wade, 464, $5

Division C
1st Place: Jan Hatton, 5-0, +178, $20
2nd Place: Susanna Webb, 3-2, +109, $10
3rd Place: Victoria Bledsoe, 2.5-2.5, +85, $7.50
High game: Andrea Carman, 375, $5

Thanks again to everyone that participated. Hope to see you next time!

Added note (8/27/2010, 7:45 p.m.): The WGPO ratings for this LCT are now available, too. Here is a link to that web page. JMS

No me for next tourney

I won't be free this coming weekend, so I won't be playing in the local tournament Aug. 22. I do need to get a bag of equipment back to the Yoders somehow though.

Survey on Sunday, 8/15 Club Session & 8/22 LCT

Hello, all, from St. Petersburg, FL -- my last day here; tomorrow I drive to Hilton Head, SC, for a weekend AWG (Alfred's Word Game -- you know, the game whose name rhymes with "dabble") tourney there.

Club members are asked to indicate whether or not they plan on being at our club session on Sunday, August 15, by leaving a response as a comment to this blog entry OR by e-mailing John (Have laptop; will travel.) at JMSinKY@aol.com .

The responses so far, as of Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 6:15 a.m., are:

1 will be able to attend: Victoria
9 will not be able to attend: Andrea, Eric, Jan, Janny, John, Margaret, Susie, Will, Steve
1 is unsure about attending: Andy

Additionally, we are having our August local club tournament on Sunday, August 22, with Steve Bush directing (I get to play!), and here are the responses so far, as of Thurs, August 19, 2010, at 10:23 a.m.:

15 will be able to attend: Andrea, Andy, Betty, David Moersdorf (Knoxville/Gatlinburg), Eric, Frank Schin (Knoxville/Gatlinburg), Jan, John, Marc Broering (Louisville), Margaret, Rob Kearn (Louisville), Steve (directing), Susie, Victoria, Will
1 will not be able to attend: Cheryl
0 are unsure about attending:

Our five-game local club tourney on Sunday, August 22, will again run from 3 p.m. to around 9 p.m. (meal break at Perkins after Round 3), with a $12 entry fee (pairing system and prize structure to be determined), and be dually rated by NASPA and WGPO (NASPA membership is required to play; WGPO does not require membership to play).

Have fun at club Sunday! I get home late Monday night or early Tuesday morning.

John

Club meeting, Aug. 8

There were 10 members attending club today. Six stayed for the fourth round.

NAME ...   W/L ...   SPREAD
Will     1-2,    +199
Bingoes: EXUDING, SALUTER, REVISAL, CABILDOS, SANITARY
Victoria   1-3,   -487
Margaret    2-1    +143
Bingoes: CALIPER, MING(L)ES, DIET(A)RY
David    3-1    +404
Bingoes: ReTUNIN(G),RO(A)STINg, RI(V)ETINg, (S)PONGED
Jan      1-3    -217
Janny    1-2    -150
Betty    3-1    +320
Bingoes: EMBLEMS, DRIVERS, OVERDUES, ENTASES, FORESTER [and FARSIDE? not sure..]
Eric      2-1    +165
Bingoes: (D)EFEATOr, THRE(A)tEN, BAITERS
Susie      3-1    -40
Cheryl    1-3    -352

Would you believe the manager at the restaurant left early, and locked the office door, so they couldn't turn down the music for us?

Aug. 1 Results; Survey for Sunday, Aug. 8

Greetings from Valdosta, GA; next stop, St. Petersburg, FL.

There were seven of us playing at club last Sunday, with Linda there, too!

Here are results and bingos played --

1. David 4-0, +258
2. Eric 3-1, +358
3. Betty, 2-2, +93
4. Margaret 2-2, +22 (Round 1 bye)
5. Susie 2-2, -99 (Round 4 bye)
6. John 2-2, -185 (Round 2 bye)
7. Jan 1-3, -177 (Round 3 bye)

1. Eric -- 7 bingoes -- UNRESTED 86, IN(S)TEAD 80, MANGLES 76, PART(K)(E) 70, UNSEALS 69, ROAR(I)NG 68, INLIERS 64
2. David -- 6 bingoes -- AV(E)NGES 78, ROASTED 70, GROTTOS 68, (C)OVERING 66, PIL(L)ARS 66, THINNEST 61
3. Betty -- 4 bingoes -- LEAVENS 80, OUTGAIN 76, OREGANO 66, SA(R)DINES 61
4. Margaret -- 2 bingoes -- NICKELS 79, TOTALI(N)G 62
5. Jan -- 2 bingoes -- RANTERS 73, PASTING 70
6. John -- 1 bingo -- S(I)NN(E)RS 65

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Club members are asked to indicate whether or not they plan on being at our club session on Sunday, August 8, by leaving response as a comment to this blog entry OR by e-mailing John at JMSinKY@aol.com .

The responses so far, as of Sunday, August 8, 2010, at 3:30 a.m., are:

4 will be able to attend: Cheryl, Jan, Janny, Victoria

2 will not be able to attend: John, Steve

3 is unsure about attending: Andrea (probably not), Andy, Will (probably attending)

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.

Have a good time on Sunday! I won't be there this week or next while I am travelling during my time off.

John