If I make it at all today, it won't be until at least 3:30, so don't expect me...

Good luck to our warriors!

Steve and Will are competing this weekend - starting with tonight's early bird event - at the Southern Comfort tournament in Charlotte.  Sending you guys good vibes.  Gofightwin!

Stats and ratings, 3/23

					old	new		avg	avg.	first
NAME		W	L	Win %	rating	rating		score	bingos	club rating
Betty		6	1	85 %	971	1016		385	1.2	947
Cheryl		0	3	0%	308	308		285	0	311
Eric		3	1	75 %	1096	1096		388	1.5	1086
Jan		2	5	28 %	627	651		342	0.7	652
Janny		1	2	33 %	326	326		343	0	312
Jim		4	4	50 %	1561*	1525*		346	0.6	nr
Kelly		1	3	25 %	906	906		tbd	1	894
Margaret		0	3	0 %	958	958		335	0,6	968
Matthew		9	4	69 %	1729	1716		421	2.1	1724
Steve		1	2	33 %	1680	1648		401	1	1680
Victoria		3	3	50 %	872	857		393	1.8	863
Will		4	4	50 %	1475	1486		396	1.7	1503

Results 3/23

Betty	4-0	+295
Will	3-1	+62
Jan	2-2	(148)
Victoria	1-2	+98
Steve	1-2	+87
Jim	1-3	(290)
Matthew	0-2	(109)
Betty 389		Victoria 330
DETOURS		SANTERO
		REGINAE
Jan 384		Victoria 381
ENJOYED		SEROTINE
		GENETTES
VIctoria 488		Jan 328
METTLED		REEDING
CRAZIES
Will 453		Steve 408
ALODIAS*		LAMSTER
PATIENTS
URINOSE
Betty 434		Will 303
AERATED
FRYABLE
WIll 393		Jim 297
COBWEBS
Jim 434		Matthew 377
DUBIOUS		SCIUROID
RESULTED
Betty 390		Jan 377
*		GROUCHY
Betty 370		Jim 278
*
Will 438		Matthew 386
DAINTIES		BRAVOING
EQUID - 81		TRUNDLES
(JO)KESTEr - 57
Steve 421		Jim 267
SOUTANES
DIORAMA
Jan 398		Steve 376
NEEDING		JORAM - 78
CARTERS

*Betty also bingo'ed with ABIOTES*, EPINOAS*, GODETIAS, I just don't know in which games.

I will likely be at club this Sunday, though a bit late.  Hope to see many of you there!

Will at Wilmington

Congratulations to our hero!  An undefeated Sunday and Will finished as Division 1 Champion!

Updated stats, standings and ratings, 3/17

					old	new		avg	avg.	first
NAME		W	L	Win %	rating	rating		score	bingos	club rating
Betty		2	1	66 %	947	971		371	1	947
Cheryl		0	3	0%	311	308		285	0	311
Eric		3	1	75 %	1096	1096		388	1.5	1086
Jan		0	3	0 %	627	627		302	0	652
Janny		1	2	33 %	326	326		343	0	312
Jim		3	1	75 %	1561*	1561*		374	0.7	nr
Kelly		1	3	25 %	906	906		tbd	1	894
Margaret		0	3	0 %	958	958		335	0,6	968
Matthew		9	2	81 %	1745	1729		428	2.3	1724
Victoria		2	1	66 %	872	872		387	1.6	863
Will		1	3	25 %	1475	1475		tbd	1.7	1503

Sunday's game results, 3/16

Matthew	3-1	+446
Betty	2-1	+34
Cheryl	0-3	(480)
Betty 318		Cheryl 303
Matthew 411		Betty 300
ZYME - 87
Matthew 518		Cheryl 253
ORIENTAL
REALTIES
SAVORED
ENTERIC
Betty 497		Matthew 367
VERITAS		LASTERS
ARSENIDE
LAWINES
Matthew 499		Cheryl 299
RETILING
ENTOILED
TRANSIT

Good luck, Will!

Good luck to Will, competing at the Wilmington, NC tournament this weekend!

Updated club standings, stats and ratings 9/10

					old	new		avg	avg.	first
NAME		W	L	Win %	rating	rating		score	bingos	club rating
Matthew Ridout		7	1	87 %	1740	1745		416	2.2	1724
Jim Bledsoe		3	1	75 %	nr	1561*		374	0.7	nr
Eric Yoder		3	1	75 %	1086	1096		388	1.5	1086
Victoria Bledsoe		2	1	66 %	863	872		387	1.6	863
Janny Scheeline		1	2	33 %	312	326		343	0	312
Will Scott		1	3	25 %	1475	1475		tbd	1.7	1503
Kelly Lee		1	3	25 %	906	906		tbd	1	894
Margaret Yoder		0	3	0 %	968	958		335	0,6	968
Jan Hatton		0	3	0 %	652	627		302	0	652

For those who don't know me, hi, I'm Matthew!   I am a former member of the Bluegrass Scrabble club who moved away and is now back, along with my wife, Wendy (who plays, too) and daughter, Abby (who Wendy says is too young to play at just shy of two years old). 

I kept stats like you see above for the Des Moines club where I played the last five years, and would love to do so for the Bluegrass Club.   They are designed just to be fun! - to help you see how you might be improving, whether by rating, average score per game or average bingos per game. 

BORING DETAIL NOTES:
I am using players' most recent NASPA ratings as starting points, since I just don't know how to start a whole group form scratch.   An asterisk next to a rating means it is "provisional".   Until any player with this type of rating has exceeded 12 games played (about one tournament's worth), opponents' ratings against him or her will not be affected.  Also, until a provisionally-rated player has gone over 50 games, he or she will get accelerated ratings changes. Whatever that player's usual rating change would be after playing on a Sunday, the change - whether up or down - gets magnified by an additional 50%.

Bluegrass Scrabble club results, 3/9

Matthew	3-1	+253
Eric	3-1	+161
Jim	3-1	+120
Victoria	2-1	+60
Janny	1-2	(91)
Margaret	0-3	(245)
Jan	0-3	(268)
Matthew 432		Eric 342
SOGGIER - 77		INVESTOR - 74
HEARTIES - 63
Matthew 456		Margaret 365
MASTLIKE - 95		WANDERS - 71
IMAGINES - 62
POLICERS - 78
Jim 409		Matthew 359
RECOVER - 83		LITERATI - 66
Matthew 418		Victoria 286
MODISTE - 64		STRAITEN - 77
RADIALE - 67
Victoria 436		Janny 378
ACONITE - 75
ETHIONS - 98
Jim 390		Janny 310
READING - 69
Eric 365		Jim 353
CURLERS - 73
Jim 345		Margaret 343
SALTERS - 67		SORRIEST - 60
Victoria 439		Jan 305
EARNEST - 69
RATINES - 66
Eric 396		Jan 309
HEISTED - 85
Janny 341		Jan 294
Eric 449		Margaret 297
REDLINES - 72
DAINTIES - 61
MARBLES - 72

Club on Sunday

I have to work Sunday, so I won't be there. Don't let that stop you, though.

New! Club ratings

Matthew has volunteered to calculate club ratings on a weekly basis. He did this for five years with the Des Moines club, and I found it really interesting. Steve liked the idea, so here is the first ratings, based on club Sunday:

Bluegrass Club 2014-15 Standings and Ratings
					old	new			avg.	first
NAME		W	L	Win %	rating	rating	+ / -		bingos	club rating
Matthew Ridout		4	0	100 %	1724	1740	+16		2.5	1724
Will Scott		1	3	25 %	1503	1475	-28		1.7	1503
Kelly Lee		1	3	25 %	894	906	+12		1	894

Starting club rating was current NASPA rating

Results, March 2

There were three of us on Sunday, including two new-old faces: Matthew, freshly moved back from Iowa after five years (Wendy was busy with the annual telefund, so she couldn't make it), and Kelly, who hadn't been to club in two years, but who says she'll be back a little more often. Because there was only one game going at a time, we were efficient enough for everyone to play four games.

By far the most interesting game of the day was Matthew and Kelly's second match. Each player had three bingoes, and Matthew had a bingo-size five-tile play. Final score: Matthew 483; Kelly 444.

Here's Matthew's quick synopsis of that game:

Things really heated up at turn 5. Kelly fired the first shot over the bow with CARYOTE* for 76. I held it, only being familiar with CARYOTIN, but decided to play it safe and leave it, since it gave me H(A)STENER for 74. (EUCARYOTE and EUKARYOTE are valid.) My next three plays were MANITOS for 71, OUTMOVE for 79, and QUINS for 68. And I needed all of them! Kelly came right back with OUTGREW for 82. She finished with INITIALS for 66 and FOXY for 47 to take the lead. Fortunately for me, I'd had two out-play possibilities that could not both be blocked.

Here are the results:

Matthew: 4-0, +231  (picking up right where he left off)
Bingoes: NATTIER 72, OVERDOES 77, HASTENER 74, MANITOS 71, OUTMOVE 79, DEXTRIN 96 (very first play of the day!), STONABLE 80, MONSTERA 80, RURALISE 65, MALIGNED 66. Plus QUINS 68.  For those of you keeping score at home, that's 10 bingoes in four games. Nice entrance, Matthew!

Will: 1-3,  -28
Bingoes: ATHETOID 98, TROUSERS 74, MEDIANT 81, STARVERS 80, CATENOID 62, AROINTS 70, LACTATE 60.

Kelly: 1-3, -203
Bingoes: SHADOWS 81,  CARYOTE*, (play score unrecorded), OUTGREW 82, INITIALS 66. Plus FOXY 47, ZAG 40 and ZAG 46. (Here's a scouting report: Just when you think she'll zig, she'll ZAG.)

I won't be at club today, too much Tibetan New Year stuff going on.