June 29, 2008 ********************************************************************************************************************************** There will be no club on July 6 because of the holiday weekend. Enjoy the 4th!  (and the rest of the weekend) ********************************************************************************************************************************** Troy played his eighth session at club and received a free OWL. The overall winner this week was Laurie. Jim Burlant was second and Larry was third. Mike won the "play of the day" - "contains u and v" with "uveitic" (104). That play also won the 100+ point prize. High game was 586 by Mike High loss was 437 by Robert - the highest loss of the year so far.
On July 13, the 100 pt play will be worth $4.
| Place ($) | Name | W-L | +/- | | 1 ($6) | Laurie Cohen | 4-0 | +213 | | 2 ($5) | Jim Burlant | 3-1 | +282 | | 3 ($4) | Larry Rand | 3-1 | +48 | | 4 ($3) | Kevin Schutz | 3-2 | +51 | | 5 ($2)($5)($4) | Mike Wier | 2-2 | +336 | | 6 ($1)($3) | Robert Collins | 2-2 | +193 | | 7 | Sarah King | 2-2 | -35 | | 8 | Jane Bernes | 1-2 | -95 | | 9 | Barbara Gray | 1-3 | -193 | | 10 | Troy Ablan | 1-3 | -228 | | 11 | Chelsea Monty | 1-3 | -264 | | 12 | James Johnson | 1-3 | -308 |
Words of the week
cangues (played by Larry) - an instrument of torture formerly used in China for petty criminals, consisting of a heavy wooden collar enclosing the neck and arms**
basions (played by Larry)- a part of the skull
diastole (played by Jim B)- the normal rhythmical dilation of the heart
uveitic (played by Mike)- pertaining to the uvea (layer of the eye)
nidgets (played by Jane)- idiots
plenist (played by Barbara G) - an advocate of the doctrine that space is fully occupied by matter
**definition from wordwebonline.com
Prizes: Place prizes awarded to one-half of all participants when there are an even number of players (one fewer than half with odd number of players). First place$=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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