Session Results - 30 December 2004

#	Name	Win-Loss	Spread	Bingos per Game	Points per Game	Club Rating new  | (change)
1	Monique Kornell	4-1	+28	1.200	381.800	1260 | (+14)
2	Gay Burch	3-1	+55	0.500	347.000	1496 | (-13)
3	Nathan Benedict	4-2	+500	2.333	447.833	1624 | (-24)
4	Bob Yarmchuk	4-2	+97	1.667	408.833	1401 | (+19)
5	Jeremiah Ramirez	3-2	-25	0.800	331.400	1018 | (+11)
6	Ed Saunders	3.5-1.5	+441	2.000	433.400	1379 | (+21)
7	Naurlene Canterman	3-3	+159	0.500	361.500	1255 | (+4)
8	Judith Whitcomb	2-3	-108	1.200	362.400	1211 | (-9)
9	Carol Daly	1-2	-69	0.667	331.000	773 | (+5)
10	Jeannette Kaufman	1-2	-215	0.000	289.000	770 | (-1)
11	Robert Whitcomb	1.5-3.5	-563	1.200	343.400	1360 | (-14)
12	Michael Rhodes	1-3	+74	0.500	353.500	519 | (+19)
13	Jim Moore	1-3	+67	1.250	384.000	827 | (+5)
14	Karen Lundeen	1-4	-384	0.200	295.600	1035 | (-39)

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Session Notes

This was the 8th session of the 2004 - 2005 Season of National Scrabble Association Club #565!

We were joined by 14 players who played a total of 33 games in which we scored 24,243 points for a 734.63 point-per-game average. Of the 71 recorded bingos we played, four were phonies that went unchallenged.

Some numbers and whatnot for this session include:
High Game - 574 points by Nathan Benedict
Low Win - 295 points by Jeannette Kaufman
High Tie - 422 points to both Robert Whitcomb and Ed Saunders
High Loss - 424 points by Nathan Benedict
Bingo King - Nathan Benedictl for averaging 2.333 bingos per game
Some interesting bingos:
- AENEOUS \adj. Having a greenish gold color (played by Monique Kornell)
- AMORISTS \n pl. Lovers (played by Judith Whitcomb)
- ANDESITE \n. A volcanic rock (played by Ed Saunders)
- ANTISERA \n pl. Serums that contain antibodies (played by Nathan Benedict)
- ZARZUELA \n. Spanish operetta and a double Z bingo (played by Nathan Benedict)
- DOORMEN - both played by Ed Saunders and Nathan Benedict
And under the "sounds like" category:
-PETRALES \n. A fish (played by Ed Saunders)
-PETRELS \n. Seabird (played by Bob Yarmchuk)

We had a lot of new faces this session. Visiting us from the Great White North in Victoria, B.C. were Carol Daly and Jim Moore. Also in town from the slightly warmer Las Vegas was Gay Burch. Finally, Michael Rhodes, a local player joined us for the first time. We welcome all and hope to see Michael on a regular basis.

As this was the last session of 2004, we featured two New years contests. The first was for the most creative play of a word that related to the New Year in general. We had several entries, including:
-Gay Burch submitted:"Gay SHUFFLED [92 pts] the cards and dealt blackjack at the New Year's party."
-Nathan Benedict submitted: "HEADING [no pts given] into the new year."
-Bob Yarmchuk submitted: "This year's calendar becomes OUTDATED [66 pts] on New Year's Eve!"
- Bob Yarmchuk submitted: "A huge CLEANUP [74 pts] is required after a New Year's Eve party."
- Jeremiah Ramirez submitted: "On New Year's Eve we had a SLUMBER [no pts given] party because we were too wasted to drive home."
- Naurlene Canterman submitted: "The clock chimed with a tic-TOCK [phony, no pts given] on New Year's, bringing in 2005!"
- Judith Whitcomb submitted: "On New Year's Day we CHARTED [82 pts] a new course."
- Judith Whitcomb submitted: "My husband FRITTERS [62 pts] away his time watching football on New Year's."
Joshua Kassel judged all the entries, which were submitted to him anonymously. Of them, he selected Bob Yarmchuk's OUTDATED as the winner. The second contest was for the highest-scorig play containing the tiles N-E-W or Y-E-A-R, played in any order. Only two folks submitted entries, and Monique Kornell takes the prize with a 22 point play of NEW. Both Bob and Monique take home $7.00 prizes.

This session also featured the letter D in the ongoing Alphabet Bingo Contest in which all bingos starting with an "D" scored a point. Three folks scored in this contest, and Nathan Benedict takes the lead. Click here for Alphabet Bingo standings and rules!

The Club #565 Progressive Jackpot for any game of 565 or more points was scooped up by Nathan Benedict for turning in a 574 point game. He takes home $5.42. The other three progressive jackpots shall each have $1.87 added to them. As of this session, we have payed out $174.67 in prizes for the 2004-2005 season. Click here for a complete list of winners.

The next session (06 January) shall feature the following contests:
- "RE-play Contest" - A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who makes the highest-scoring play of a word that begins with RE- but can stand alone as a word without it (e.g., RETURNS, REDOES, REENGAGE, etc.).
- IN and OUT contest - A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who makes the highest-scoring play beginning with IN or OUT (e.g., INCLUDE, OUTDONE, etc.)
Alphabet Bingo Contest - The Alphabet Bingo Letter for this session is E. Each bingo beginning with E scores one point (click here for standings and rules)
- Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $3.74 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores a Triple-Triple play.
- 100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - $1.87 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores 100 or more points in a single play
- Club 565 Progressive Jackpot - An eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores 565 or more points in a single game.
- 9+ Bingo Progressive Jackpot* - $5.42 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who plays a bingo of 9 or more letters in length.
* = Jackpot prizes cannot be combined.

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Bingos Played

The following is a list of bingos played by player at NSA Club #565 on 30 December 2004. Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Nathan Benedict - 14 Bingos
ANISOLE
ANTISERA (RATANIES, SEATRAIN)
ARILLATE
CATTIER (CITRATE)
DIASTOLE (SODALITE, ISOLATED)
DOORMEN
DUNITES
HEADING
HEPARIN
PUNITORY
RESTRING (STRINGER)
SLEEVING
TEARIEST (ARIETTES, ITERATES, TREATISE, TREATIES)
ZARZUELA
Gay Burch - 2 Bingos
AIRIEST
SHUFFLED
Naurlene Canterman - 3 Bingos
DAMAGES
STILLED
TOTALISE
Carol Daly - 2 Bingos
ENTAILED (DATELINE, LINEATED)
SOOTING
Jeannette Kaufman - 0 Bingos
Monique Kornell - 6 Bingos
ENEOUS
COWIEST
MARRERS
RESAILS (AIRLESS,SAILERS,SERAILS,SERIALS)
SOOTIER
TOOTSIE
Karen Lundeen - 1 Bingos
TELLERS (RETELLS)
Jim Moore - 5 Bingos
ASTERIA (ARISTAE, ATRESIA)
BOGGIEST
SINCERE
SNORING (SORNING)
STAGIER (AIGRETS, GAITERS, SEAGIRT, TRIAGES)
Jeremiah Ramirez - 4 Bingos
avacados
runtles (RUNLETS)
SNAKIER
SLUMBER (LUMBERS, RUMBLES)
Michael Rhodes - 2 Bingos
GREYISH
STUNTED
Ed Saunders - 10 Bingos
ANDESITE
DOOMEN
ENERVATE (VENERATE)
GARROTTE (GAROTTER)
MATADOR
MONTAGES (MAGNETOS, MEGATONS)
NECKLINE
OUTLAUGH
PETRALES (PLEATERS, PRELATES, REPLATES)
RETESTED (DETESTER)
Judith Whitcomb - 6 Bingos
AMORISTS
CHARTED
FLATTENS
FRITTERS
GINNERS
sandies
Robert Whitcomb - 6 Bingos
AROUSED
BLITHER
enstated
FIDGETS
REPUTES
SINNERS
Bob Yarmchuk - 10 Bingos
BOTHERED
CLEANUP
ENSNARE (RENNASE)
FAGGOTED
OUTDATED
OUTSIAL
PETRELS (PELTERS, RESPELT, SPELTER)
RAFTERS (FRATERS, STRAFERS)
SEALERS (EARLESS, LEASERS, RESALES, RESEALS)
TOADIES (IODATES)

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