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National Scrabble Association Club #565
Club Results—2006– 2007 Season

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Session Results - 15 February 2007

# Name Win-Loss Spread Bingos per Game Points per Game Club Rating
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1 Lewis Saul 4-1 +192 1.0000 386.8000 1437 | (+4)
2 Ed Saunders 3-2 +248 2.2000 418.4000 1415 | (-11)
3 Josh Kassel 3-2 +176 1.6000 408.2000 1208 | (+8)
4 Kevin Lewis 0-5 -616 0.2000 298.6000 500 | (0)

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Session Notes - 15 February 2007 Session

This session marked the fifteenth of NSA Club #565's 2006-2007 season!

We enjoyed the company of Kevin Lewis, who played his first ever organized scrabble session and impressed us all with his vocabulary and his quick grasp of the game. We hope he'll become a regular and we're sure he'll be a force to be reckoned with once he's familiar with the process and the more expansive vocabulary that club and tournament players employ.

We were joined by 4 players who played 10 games in which we scored 7,560 points for a 756 (378 ind) point-per-game average. Of the 25 recorded bingos we played, 3 were phonies that went unchallenged.

Some numbers and whatnot for this session include:

Some interesting bingos:

This was the seventh week of the "Special Letter Bingo Contest" with "E" being the "Special Letter" for the week. Click here for rules and current standings Once again the "Special Letter" proved elusive and no points were scored this week. Lewis Saul still leads the pack by one thin point.

The first regular contest was the Never Too Late For Love Contest, awarded to the player who turned in the play, regardless of score, that best represents the spirit of Valentine's Day. We had two valid entries for this contest. Lewis Saul submitted: "A FEATURE of Valentine's Day is the abundance of hearts and flowers." Ed Saunders chipped in with "After partaking of the sumptuous Valentine's Day meal he had prepared, her soft lips shimmered expectantly in the candlelight as he poured her just a little more WINE." Monique Kornell was called upon to judge the contest and , guys, there is a lesson to be learned here. . . .forget about the alcohol and don't even THINK about cooking. . . .it's hearts and flowers that win the hearts of fair ladies. Lewis Saul cosies up to the $1.75 prize.

The second regular contest was the "Remember The Maine" Contest for the highest scoring play of a word that pertains to any War or to any aspect of warfare in general. Lewis Saul provided the only entry and blitzed the field with his submission of "The war was the LONGEST ever in U.S. history."(72 points) The club was forced to surrender another $1.75 to Lewis. This makes a total bounty of $3.50 captured by Lewis in this session's skirmishes.

No one cashed in on any of the Progressive Jackpots this week and each shall have $0.56 added to it. As of this session we have paid out $218.45 in prizes this season. Click here for a complete list of prizes awarded during the 2006-2007 season.

The next session (22 February) shall feature the following contests:
•Special Letter Bingo Contest - Week Eight - This week's "Special Letter" is "N". Any Bingo beginning with the letter "N" will earn one point. In addition, one point will be awarded for each additional occurrence of the "Special Letter" within the word. Click here for rules and current standings
•A Walk In the Washington Woods Contest - On February 22nd, 1732, George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Many people remember George as the first President of the United States, Father of our Country, the guy on the quarter and the dollar bill, etc. But George is also the kid who chopped down his father's cherry tree and bravely owned up to it. In honor of this occasion, a quarter of dues collected (less 50 cents) shall be awarded to the player who turns in the highest scoring play of a word pertaining to trees, foreign or domestic, useful or just a pain in the ASH. (e.g. CATALPA, HEMLOCK, TIMBERS, BOOJUMS, STATELY, THORNIER, GINKGOS, CINNAMON, LARCHES, ACACIAS, REDWOOD, KAURIES, SAWMILL, JUNIPER, LOGJAMS, MAHOGANY, SYCAMORE, LEAFIER, MULBERRY, HAMMOCK, DOGWOOD, NEEDLES, MAGNOLIA, HABITAT, COCOBOLA, FORESTS, KABIKIS, WOODLAND, CHERRIES, WALNUTS, ELMIEST, etc.) To qualify for this contest, you must write a sentence that clearly connects your word to trees in some fashion. Make the connection and, who knows, your entry might just bear fruit.
•SO, You Want OS to Enter Your Contest? - A quarter of dues collected (less 50 cents) shall be awarded to the player who turns in the highest scoring play of a word beginning or ending with either the letters "SO" or the letters "OS" (e.g. SODALITE, OSCULATE, VIRTUOSO, RUBABOOS, SONANCE, OSPREYS, ESPRESSO, BACALAOS, SOWBELLY, GENTOOS, etc.) Designating a blank as an "S" or an "O" counts the same as playing the actual tile. SOMEBODY should be able to come up with tiles APROPOS to this occasion.
•Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $2.43 plus a sixteenth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores a Triple-Triple play.
•100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - $0.56 plus a sixteenth 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 - $0.56 plus a sixteenth 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* - $1.31 plus a sixteenth 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

The following is a list of bingos played by player at NSA Club #565 on 15 February 2007.
Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Josh Kassel (8 bingos)
ANGORAS
BECKONED
IODINES (IONISED)
LEAGUER
LOUNGERS
portice
RELAYING (LAYERING, YEARLING)
vettings

Kevin Lewis (1 bingo)
BLINDLY

Lewis Saul   (5 bingos)
FEATURE
LONGEST
OUTLIVED
RESEATS (EASTERS, SEAREST, SEATERS, TEASERS, TESSERA)
SILICON

Ed Saunders   (11 bingos)
AERATES
AGONISED (DIAGNOSE)
CHEERIOS
INTONER (TERNION)
MILNEBS
petular
PLUNGERS
RETINAE (ARENITE, TRAINEE)
TRAILER (RETRIAL)
VERTICAL
WANDERER

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Combined Results for the November 2006 - November 2007 Season (as of February 15, 2007)

  • Click here for Season-to-Date Club Rankings

    • Name
    (click for details)    		 Club
    Rating    		 Games
    Played     		Won Lost Win
    %     		Bingos
    Played     		Bingo
    Avg     		Phony
    Bingos
    Played     		Phony
    Bingo
    %
    Byrne, Dan 621 11 2 9 .182 8 0.727 0 -
    Canterman, Naurlene 1342 45 25 20 .556 42 0.933 1 2.381
    Carlock, Judy 1105 10 3 7 .300 10 1.000 0 -
    Haag, Bernadine 467 4 0 4 .000 1 0.250 0 -
    Herbert, Grace 538 6 2 4 .333 0 0.000 0 -
    Jacobson, Allen 1160 4 3 1 .750 5 1.250 0 -
    Jones, Carol 898 6 2 4 .333 2 0.333 0 -
    Kassel, Joshua 1208 56 21 35 .375 72 1.286 8 11.111
    Knickerbocker, Yvonne 1488 4 4 0 1.00 6 1.500 0 -
    Kornell, Monique 1322 30 15 15 .500 26 0.867 1 3.846
    Lewis, Kevin 500 5 0 5 .000 1 0.200 0 -
    Lundeen, Karen 1079 12 4 8 .333 10 0.833 0 -
    Mancel, Nancee 1341 7 3 4 .429 8 1.143 1 12.50
    Masel, Sandra 1143 15 5 10 .333 13 0.867 0 -
    Mitchel, Loren 1764 6 2 4 .333 10 1.667 1 10.00
    Saul, Lewis 1437 70 48 22 .686 100 1.429 6 6.000
    Saunders, Ed 1415 86 57 29 .663 163 1.895 6 3.681
    Sommer, Jason 1346 4 1 3 .250 5 1.250 0 -
    Whitcomb, Judith 1280 29 13 16 .448 32 1.103 0 -
    Whitcomb, Robert 1275 36 13 23 .361 58 1.611 5 8.621
    Club # 565 (20 Players) 1136 446 223 223 .500 572 1.283 29 5.070

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    Season Schedule and Past Session Results

    NSA Club #565 meets each Thursday. The 2006-2007 schedule is below. Click on past dates for completed session results.

    11/02/06 | 11/09/06 | 11/16/06 | (Thanksgiving) | 11/30/06 | 12/07/06 | 12/14/06 | 12/21/06 | 12/28/06 | 01/04/07 | 01/11/07 | 01/18/07 | 01/25/07 | 02/01/07 |02/08/07 | 02/15/07 | 02/22/07 | 03/01/07 | 03/08/07 | 03/15/07 | 03/22/07 | 03/29/07 | 04/05/07 | 04/12/07 | 04/19/07 | 04/26/07 | 05/03/07 | 05/10/07 | 05/17/07 | 05/24/07 | 05/31/07 | 06/07/07 | 06/14/07 | 06/21/07 | 06/28/07 | 07/05/07 | 07/12/07 | 07/19/07 | 07/26/07 | 08/02/07 | 08/09/07 | 08/16/07 | 08/23/07 | 08/30/07 | 09/06/07 | 09/13/07 | 09/20/07 | 09/27/07 | 10/04/07 | 10/11/07 | 10/18/07 | 10/25/07

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    The 500 and 600 Clubs and Triple-Triple Plays

    Name 500 and 600 point games Triple-Triple Plays
    Carol Jones 518 PORTAGES for 140
    Josh Kassel   SCRIBING for 158
    Loren Mitchel 518  
    Lewis Saul 559, 527, 519, 500  
    Ed Saunders 578, 564, 530, 511, 506  
    Bob Whitcomb   CARRIERS for 149
    LANTERNS for 131

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