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This was our 50th and final session of Club #565's 2002-2003 session! 

The November 06, 2003 session will mark the beginning of NSA Club #565's 2003-2004 season. With this new season comes some changes. Please click here to read about them. 

With the majority of the Tucson Scrabble community in Northern Arizona attending the Grand Canyon Tournament, we had a very intimate setting of only only 4 players. Despite the small turnout, a nice time was had by all. We played 8 games in which 6,200 points were scored, for a 775 points-per-game average. Of the 25 bingos played this session, only one was a phony that went unchallenged.

Josh was the top player of the night as well as Bingo King, scoring 9 bingos in 5 games. The contests for the evening were the "END of the season contest," for the highest-scoring play containing the letters END played in that order as well as for Low Win. Josh won the Low Win with a 353-345 game against Monique. The END contest was won by both Josh and Monique Kornell, both of whom played the word "END" for 23 points.

The big winner of the evening, though, was Ed Saunders. This session saw the end of the Alphabet Bingo contest, which had been going on for 25 previous sessions; Ed won it hands down by scoring 19 points. Second place was Nathan Benedict with 12 points; third place was Josh Kassel with 10 points. Ed wins the grand prize jackpot of $26; Nathan and Josh win pats on the back. For the final standings, click here.

None of the other jackpots were won, and $0.50 will be added to each. With the Alphabet Bingo contest over, we are starting a new bingo contest: Double Bingo! This contest will last for 13 sessions, at the end of which the player with the most points shall be awarded a $13 Jackpot. For complete details, click here.

Next Session (06 November) will feature the following contests:
- "TOP of the Season" Contest - To commemorate this being the first session of the 2003-2004 season, a prize shall be awarded to the player who makes  the highest-scoring play using the tiles T, O, and P played in that order (e.g.,  ATOPY, UTOPIAN, TOPPLES, etc.). In order to qualify for this prize, you must play all three "END" tiles. Blanks count. (~a quarter of dues collected)
- High Win - A prize will be awarded to the player with the highest winning score (~a quarter of dues collected)
- Triple-Triple Jackpot - $1.75 plus an eighth of the evening's dues will be awarded to any player(s) who scores a Triple-Triple Play.
- 600 Jackpot - $10.30 plus an eighth of the evening's dues will be awarded to the player to any player(s) who score 600 or more points in a game.
- 9+ Bingo Jackpot - $0.50 plus an eighth of the evening's dues will be awarded to any player(s) who scores a bingo containing nine or more letters. 
"Deja Bingo" Jackpot - $11.17 plus an eighth of the evening's dues will be awarded to any player(s) who plays the same bingo more than once in a session.
- Double Bingo Contest - The Double Bingo Contest letters for this session are A and Z. For each bingo you play that begins with A or Z, you score one point. Click here for rules. ($13 Jackpot)

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