June 28, 2009 ********************************************************************************************************************************** Thanks for everyone who came out for the Fifth Anniversary Celebration of the club! Everyone got special commerative t-shirts! Special thanks to Vera Collard who came from Colorado for the occasion. Also, welcome back to Cathy Coking! Hope you all had fun. We had no monetary prizes, but lots of other good loot. See below for winners. Happy birthday to Gary Smart! ********************************************************************************************************************************** Round 1 Play: Ends in "ings": Andrew for "zings - 27" (Bob's Bible)
Round 2 Play: Insect word: Larry for "elaters - 73" (illustrated Scrabble Dictionary)
Round 3 Play: Begins with "out" or "over": James for "overspin - 66" (Bob's Bible)
Round 4 Play: Disease word: Jim B for "parvo - 78" (illustrated Scrabble dictionary). Door Prizes - included an assortment of books, tiles, tile catchers, clocks, games, and other prizes...thanks to Barbara Gray for donating many of them. Winners were: Kevin
Michael
Nancy
Linda
Luther
Vera
Con
2008-09 Notables
High play of the year: Jim L for jousters (185)
Most Bingos with no phonies: Jane B (57)
Most 9-letter bingos: Kevin (6)
Phony King: Mike (14)
High Game: Laurie (632)
High Loss: Laurie (464)
Most Promising New Player: Michael Bradley Laurie was the winner this week. Jeff was second and Barbara G was third. Larry, Michael B, Sarah, and Jim B were also 3-1 Larry had the high game of 523. Barbara G had the high loss of 424. Two nine-letter words were played. Barbara G played revenging (82) and Cathy played heptagons (92).
Three 100+ point plays were also made. James played antisex for 152 points! Andrew played infrared for a 131-pt triple, triple, and Jane played predawn for 102.
Eleven phonies were played, including three each by Jeff and Bonnie! I won't list them here!
| Place | Name | W-L | +/- | | 1 | Laurie Cohen | 5-0 | +297 | | 2 | Jeff Kastner | 3-1 | +412 | | 3 | Barbara Gray | 3-1 | +397 | | 4 | Larry Rand | 3-1 | +387 | | 5 | Michael Bradley | 3-1 | +95 | | 6 | Sarah King | 3-1 | +94 | | 7 | Jim Burlant | 3-1 | +27 | | 8 | Andrew Schwartzberg | 2.5-1.5 | +21 | | 9 | Cathy Coking | 2-2 | +110 | | 10 | Kevin Schutz | 2-2 | +99 | | 11 | Max Avalon | 2-2 | -59 | | 12 | Bonnie Cohn | 2-2 | -75 | | 13 | Con Downey | 2-2 | -59 | | 14 | Barbara Van Alen | 2-2 | -130 | | 15 | Luther Durant | 2-2 | -140 | | 16 | Jim Lamerand | 2-3 | +82 | | 17 | Mike Wier | 1-3 | -36 | | 18 | Jane Bernes | 1-3 | -51 | | 19 | Lou Wier | 1-3 | -97 | | 20 | Linda Stephens | 1-3 | -159 | | 21 | James Johnson | 1-3 | -174 | | 22 | Nancy Schutz | .5-3.5 | -418 | | 23 | Vera Collard | 0-4 | -521 |
Words of the week windages (played by Laurie) - the effect of the wind on a projectile
shirtier (played by Jeff) - angrier
parvenus (played by Barbara G) - one who has suddenly risen above his class
lippens (played by Mike) - to trust
forewing (played by Laurie) - an anterior wing of an insect
wendigos (played by Larry) - an evil demon in Algonquian mythology
heptagons (played by Cathy) - a 7-sided polygon
Prizes: Place prizes awarded to one-half of all participants when there are an even number of players (one fewer than half with odd number of players). First place$=one-half the number of participants, decreasing by one for every additional place (e.g., for 10 players, 1st place=$5, 2nd place=$4, 3rd place=$3, etc.)
High loss: $3 Play of the day : $5 100-pt play: $4 per week. Pot increases by $4 each week if no one wins the prize For new players (first time at any club): Free OWL after playing in club 8 times. All prizes awarded to the director go to pay for annual June anniversary session/party.
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