Attendance Survey on Sunday, October 3 Club Session

This blog entry summarizes member responses on attendance for our club session this coming Sunday (October 3).

You may leave a response as a comment to this post OR you may e-mail John at JMSinKY@aol.com .

As of Saturday, October 2, 2010, at 11:15 a.m., the responses so far are as follows --

• 4 WILL BE ATTENDING club on Sunday, October 3: Eric, Maragaret, Steve, Will
• 5 WILL NOT BE ATTENDING club on Sunday, October 3: Betty, Cheryl, John, Susie, Victoria
• 2 are UNSURE ABOUT ATTENDING club on Sunday, October 3: Andrea, Janny

The date for our monthly local club tournament in October has not yet been determined.

Addendum (9/30 at 10 p.m.) --

Here are some upcoming tournaments in the region that you might want to consider:

• Nashville, TN -- Saturday, October 30 -- 7 rounds
• Asheville, NC -- Saturday & Sunday, November 6 & 7 -- 14 rounds (Will and John have tentatively registered for this tourney)
• Indianapolis, IN -- November 13 -- 7 rounds (no prize money awarded; entry fees, less expenses, go to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)

Links on locations are to the tourneys' Cross-Tables.com entrants' lists, on which there is a link to the tourney flyer. The Indianapolis tourney is not yet on Cross-Tables; here is a link to its listing on NASPA's tournament calendar.

Results from the 9/26 Local Club Tournament

Here is the entry that I posted on the Yahoo group listserv for the Word Game Players' Organization about yesterday's LCT --


Thirteen players played at our September local club tournament yesterday at Lexington, Kentucky, including three Tennesseans and a couple of Kentuckians who drove a good distance to be with us. Beginning this month, our LCT's will be rated solely by WGPO, rather than dually by both WGPO and NASPA -- this was discussed and agreed upon at last month's LCT.

Here are yesterday's results --

Lexington Scrabble Club 9-26-2010 LCT
Final Standings

Division A - After Round 5 of 5

Rank Name Wins Spread
1. Kelly McKenzie 4.0 384
2. David Moersdorf 4.0 268
3. Andrew Wade 3.0 -30
4. Margaret Yoder 2.0 -205
5. Will Scott 1.0 -143
6. Frank Schin 1.0 -274


Division B - After Round 5 of 5

Rank Name Wins Spread
1. Richard McHugh 4.0 239 (corrected spread)
2. Margaret Pozgay 3.0 268 (corrected spread)
3. Betty King 3.0 155
4. Janet Scheeline 3.0 -1
5. Andrea Carman 3.0 -47
6. Cheryl Coovert 3.0 -139
7. Victoria Bledsoe 1.0 -225

Prize money was awarded to first and second place in both divisions and to high game by non-placewinners in both divisions (Andrew Wade in Division A, 432; Betty King in Division B, 449).

Interestingly, both division winners were playing in their first WGPO event. Ten of the 13 tournament players are WGPO members.

Marc Levesque's easy-to-use Director! tournament management software was used for the tourney.

Starting this month, we will be contributing $1 per player from our small entry fee to WGPO to support its website. In the past, we have done this for Cross-Tables, which has chosen not to include WGPO events in its tournament calendar and statistical data.

These local club tournaments, which we began doing each month in May of this year, have been very well received by our small club, and I would certainly encourage other clubs to consider doing them. They provide a way for those of our members who cannot travel to have an opportunity to play regularly in a more formal tournament environment and to establish and work on a rating from WGPO.

John Spangler, Club Director
Lexington (Ky.) Scrabble Club

Note: In reviewing data prior to submission for rating, a transposition in a score was discovered that changed cumulative spreads for two players in Division B, as noted above. This correction did not affect the outcome in that division.

Partial results from Sept. 12 club meeting

There were four players: Andy, Betty, Janney and Victoria.

Here are the results (I had to reconstruct, so they might be slightly off) and at least some of the bingoes:

Victoria: 2-0. AMNIOTE, TABULAE
Andy: 2-2. CAKIEST for 114, AEDILES, ORDINES
Janney: 1-1
Betty: 1-3. TRANSECT 131 (triple-triple!)

If any of this is incorrect, or if you know of more bingoes, please let me know.

Last Sunday and this Sunday

Who can tell us how club went on Sunday (Sept. 12)? I hope Victoria wasn't the only person who showed up; Scrabble solitaire has its limits. Did anyone track scores, records, bingoes? Just curious.

As long as I'm here, I'll start the "sign-up" for this Sunday (Sept. 19): I plan to be there.

[ADDED TEXT by John Spangler:

Please leave your own response as a comment to this blog entry OR by e-mailing John at JMSinKY@aol.com. As of Sunday, September 19, 2010, at 12:30 a.m. EDT, the responses so far are --

• 4 WILL be attending club on Sunday, September 19: Betty, John, Victoria, Will
• 5 WILL NOT be attending club on Sunday, September 19: Cheryl, Eric, Margaret, Steve, Susie
• 3 are UNSURE about attending club on Sunday, September 19: Andrea, Andy, Janny

Next Sunday instead of a regular club session, we will have our once-a-month local club tournament. Here is a link to the entry about our September 26 LCT.]

Note to the club

I wanted a wider blog area and changing the other template meant I'd have to change the images too, so let's try this one. All I have changed with this one is a link color (from gray to black).

Last Sunday

I'm finally posting the club results from last weekend - although in at least one case I found I recorded the scores backward (I am QUITE sure that I did not have a game over 500 points, so I am awarding that to my opponent Will).

We had an uneven number of players the first 2 rounds with Margaret and I taking one bye each.

Will    3-1   +323
Jan H    3-1  +190
Margaret  1-2   -99
Cheryl    1-2   -329
Janet S   0-2   -75

Some terrific bingoes, too (I learn a new word every time)

Will :  PYAEMIC     70 points
         ASCENDER    85
         TOADIES    75
         WIE(N)IES     78
         VESTIGES     71
         CATERING   161 (a triple-triple)

Margaret:   B(E)NISON     64 points
         GENTLES     63
         (M)URDERS     70

Cheryl:  ANIL(I)NE     68

Attendance Survey for Sunday, Sept. 12 Club Session

Greetings from Santa Fe, New Mexico! I arrived here yesterday evening and am going to do some sightseeing here in Georgia O'Keeffe territory before going back down to Albuquerque for a 5-game earlybird Friday evening and a 13-game weekend tourney there. I ended up 9-11, -329, at the 20-game tourney in Alpharetta (Atlanta), GA, this past Labor Day Weekend; had a lot of fun and only lost 11 ratings points so that my NASPA rating is now 815. Hope that I manage to pick up some ratings points this coming weekend! We'll see.

It was good to hear from Will and Cheryl that five of you were at club last Sunday. From the lack of responses, I was afraid that Jan might show up for her last session at club before heading west and not have anyone to play with! We will see you in the spring, Jan; have a safe trip to your home out here in the Southwest. Beautiful country!

Here are the responses so far, as of Saturday, September 11, 2010, at 9:45 a.m. EDT, about attendance at this coming Sunday's club session:

• 1 WILL be able to attend club on Sunday, September 12: Victoria
• 6 will NOT be able to attend club on Sunday, September 12: Andrea, Cheryl, Eric, John, Margaret, Susie
• 3 are UNSURE about attending club on Sunday, September 12: Betty (hopes to attend), Janny, Will

You may respond either by leaving a comment to this blog entry OR by e-mailing me directly at JMSinKY@aol.com .

Also, if you haven't already done so, please let me know about your attendance at our September local club tournament on Sunday, September 26 -- see the blog entry about it for details and replies so far about playing at it.

Fly back home next Monday and hope to make it to club on Sunday, September 19. Travelling is fun, but there is no place like home! See you then.

John

WGPO Ratings for Club Members and LCT Players

(This is a continuing blog entry that will be updated from time to time;

it was first posted on September 4, 2010.)

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This blog page shows the current WGPO ratings for club members and others players who have played at local club tournaments of the Lexington (Ky.) Scrabble Club. Our LCT's are rated by the WGPO, the Word Game Players' Organization.

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Membership in the WGPO is free, and, if you are not already a WGPO member, you are encouraged to join this organization, which is the true players' association for Scrabble. WGPO has no member dues and does not charge any ratings fees for WGPO-approved tournament play.

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LEXINGTON (KY.) SCRABBLE CLUB
Club Members’ and LCT Players' WGPO Ratings
September 1, 2010

(in order by players' current WGPO ratings)

DATA FORMAT: Name -- WGPO Member? -- Current Rating, Peak Rating -- Last WGPO-Rated Tournament

• Broering, Marc -- yes -- 1720, 1724 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Bush, Steve -- yes -- 1450, 1461 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, May 23, 2010
• Scott, Will -- no -- 1399, 1417 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Moersdorf, David -- no -- 1330, 1330 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Brown, David A. -- yes -- 1181, 1181 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, July 18, 2010
• Schin, Frank -- yes -- 1139, 1139 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Yoder, Eric -- no -- 1103, 1103 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Yoder, Margaret -- no -- 1068, 1071 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Webb, Thomas -- no -- 1020, 1020 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Wade, Andrew -- yes -- 1018, 1044 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Spangler, John -- yes -- 892, 892 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Wade, Brad -- no -- 861, 861 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, June 27, 2010
• Pozgay, Margaret -- yes -- 856, 863 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Zitzman, Brandon -- no -- 727, 727 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, June 27, 2010
• King, Betty -- yes -- 670, 695 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Hatton, Janice -- yes -- 658, 658 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Bledsoe, Victoria -- yes -- 603, 657 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Webb, Susanna -- no -- 550, 552 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Webb, Sarah -- no -- 500, 500 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Carman, Andrea --yes -- 496, 504 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, August 22, 2010
• Scheeline, Janet -- no -- 456, 500 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, July 18, 2010
• Coovert, Cheryl -- yes -- 448, 448 -- Lexington, Ky. LCT, June 27, 2010
  
  
  
  

Survey on Club Session for Sunday, September 5

Hello, from Alpharetta, GA, north of Atlanta, where I am playing in my second Labor Day Weekend tourney here -- 2o games over the weekend. Last year there were 36 players; this year 70!

Sorry that getting things caught up Thursday to get out of town and travelling on Friday delayed my getting this survey up and an e-mail out to you. A holiday weekend may make attendance small for this Sunday at club, but those of you who wish to get together and play should certainly do so.

Here are the responses so far, as of Sunday, September 5, at 3:10 a.m., on today's club session --

• 1 WILL be attending club on Sunday, September 5: Jan
• 2 will NOT be attending club on Sunday, September 5: Betty, John, Victoria
• 2 are UNSURE about attending club on Sunday, September 5: Eric, Margaret

If you haven't let me know already, please respond by leaving a comment to this blog entry OR by e-mailing me directly at JMSinKY@aol.com . I have my notebook computer and my iPhone here with me in Georgia.

Remember our local club tournament this month will be on Sunday, September 26. Have you indicated whether you will be attending or not on the blog post about the September LCT?

Hope all of you have a great holiday weekend!

John

September LCT on Sunday, September 26

Our monthly local club tournament for September will be held on Sunday, September 26, from 3:00 p.m. to around 9:00 p.m. at our regular meeting location, Perkins Family Restaurant, 2401 Richmond Road, Lexington. John Spangler will direct our September LCT.

Beginning with this month's LCT, these tourneys will only be rated as WGPO events. Because we will not have to include NASPA's participation fees in the entry fee, the cost to play in our LCT's will now be $10. Players will no longer have to join NASPA to participate in our LCT's. WGPO does not require individuals to be WGPO members in order to play at tournaments that it rates but encourages them to join; there are no membership dues for WGPO. You can join WGPO at its website, http://www.wordgameplayers.org/join .

The format will continue to be a five-round tourney, including a meal break at Perkins, with pairings and prize structure determined by the tournament director in light of the number of players participating.

WGPO fully rates local club tournaments. Seedings will be determined by players' WGPO ratings, with NASPA ratings used if the player has no WGPO rating.

Club members are asked to indicate whether or not they will plan on attending our September 26 LCT by leaving a comment to this blog entry or e-mailing John at JMSinKY@aol.com . Here are the responses received so far, as of Saturday, September 25, at 10:30 p.m. EDT --

• 14 will be able to attend: Andrea Carmen, Cheryl Coovert, Betty King, Dave Moersdorf (TN), Dick McHugh (TN), Eric Yoder, Frank Schin (TN), Janny Scheeline, John Spangler (directing), Kelly McKenzie (NKy) Margaret Yoder, Susie Pozgay, Victoria Bledsoe, Will Scott
• 3 will NOT be able to attend: David Brown (off in Iowa at college), Jan Hatton (back in AZ until spring), Marc Broering
• 0 are unsure about attending:

This month's LCT is open to club members and to anyone else who wishes to come to play. Under WGPO tournament policy, LCT's may be restricted just to club members as they were originally structured to be, and there well may be months when our LCT will be limited to club members if we are having an annual members-only club tournament or holding the event at some other venue, for example, a member's home as a cookout or pot luck. Individuals who are not regular club members should contact the tournament director at the above e-mail address by no later than 5 p.m. on Saturday, September 25, if they want to play in our September LCT.

There were seventeen players in our August local club tournament.

John Spangler
Club Director