May 11, 2008 ********************************************************************************************************** Happy Mother's Day to all the moms! Reminder: The May 17 Scottsdale One-Day tournament is coming up next Saturday! See player list at www.cross-tables.com. Welcome to new club players Troy Ablan and Michael Astrauskas. *********************************************************************************************************** Laurie was the winner this week with a 4-0 record, Gary won the "play of the day" - highest play containing letters "mom" with memo (18). Laurie won the "100+" point play with "quartile" (114) Mike W had the high loss of 375. On May 18, the 100+ pt play will be worth $4 ********************************************************************************************* | Place ($) | Name | W-L | +/- | | 1 ($5)($4) | Laurie Cohen | 4-0 | +700 | | 2 ($4) | Sarah King | 3-1 | +86 | | 3 ($3) | Steve Desch | 3-1 | +64 | | 4 ($2) | Jim Lamerand | 3-2 | +30 | | 5 ($1)($5) | Gary Smart | 2-2 | +262 | | 6 | Jim Burlant | 2-2 | +50 | | 7 | Sarah DeVries | 2-2 | -10 | | 8 | Mike Wier | 2-3 | +111 | | 9 | Chelsea Monty | 1-3 | -112 | | 10 | Troy Ablan | 1-3 | -348 | | 11 | Michael Astrauskas | 0-4 | -833 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Words of the week
sialids (played by Laurie) - alderflies
dentalia (played by Gary)- a mollusk with a long tapering shell
peising (played by Mike)- to weigh
digitals (played by Steve) - a piano key
barrets (played by Troy)- A kind of cap formerly worn by soldiers; - called also barret cap. Also, the flat cap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics. (definition from thefreedictionary.com)
ileitis (played by Jim L)- inflamation of part of the small intestine.
Prizes: Place prizes awarded to one-half of all participants when there are an even number of players (one fewer than half with odd number of players). First place$=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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