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North American Scrabble Players Association Club #565 (Speedway Scrabble Club)
Club Results—2009– 2010 Season

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Session Results - Thursday, December 3, 2009

# Name (Tournament Division) Win-Loss Spread Bingos per Game Points per Game Club Rating
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1 Travis Carlson 4-1 +65 1.4000 366.8000 1252 | (+71)
2 Ed Saunders 3-1 +35 1.2500 397.0000 1737 | (-4)
3 Mickey Matz 3-2 +258 1.4000 385.2000 1298 | (+14)
4 Naurlene Canterman 2-3 +162 1.6000 398.8000 1489 | (-25)
5 Sarah Jacobson 3-5 -345 0.0000 327.8750 1146 | (+4)
6 Computer Game 0-3 -175 0.0000 280.6667 Variable
# Name (Recreational Division) Win-Loss Spread Bingos per Game Points per Game  
1 No Games This Week          

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Session Notes - December 3, 2009 Session

IMPORTANT!!!!! SCHEDULING INFO. . . .

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: THE SPEEDWAY SCRABBLE CLUB WILL MEET AS USUAL ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10TH, AND THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17TH!!!

THE SPEEDWAY SCRABBLE CLUB WILL NOT MEET ON CHRISTMAS EVE, DECEMBER 24TH OR NEW YEAR'S EVE, DECEMBER 31ST!!!

HAVE A HAPPY, HEALTHY HOLIDAY SEASON!!!
CLUB WILL RESUME ITS REGULAR WEEKLY SCHEDULE ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 7TH, 2010!!!

This session marked the sixteenth week of NASPA Club #565's 2009-2010 season!

WE INTRODUCED A NEW WRINKLE to the mix this week with the incorporation of the Hasbro/Encore Scrabble (Champion Edition) Software into the club competition. In sessions where we have an uneven number of tournament division participants, the game will be available as an optional opponent for the odd man/woman out in a given round. The game (or games) played against the computer would count for club and individual stats and for that evening's standings and contests. There will need to be some tweaking of rules and procedures involving the game but, for now, these are the main points:
1. The dictionary used in the game is OSPD4, which does not include words on the expurgated or "POO" list (words considered vulgar or offensive). You will need to be careful in your games. "POO" list words will be challenged off.
2. Only the standard "Tournament" setting will be acceptable for inclusion in club stats, standings, and contests.
3. Players must play against a setting rated higher than their current club rating.
4. The game must be entered on the player's weekly scorecard as a normal game would be with the rating of the computer opponent listed in the Opponent's Rating space and all bingos played by both the human and the Computer player listed separately in the "Bingos" notation area of the scorecard. (This will allow club statistics to retain some semblance of meaning in the future)
5. Further tweaking of the rules and procedures will be made as necessary to keep this option viable in the future.

As is often the case when new things are introduced, some glitches occurred with introducing this one, as well. I'd like to apologize to Naurlene Canterman, who would have been the initial player to utilize this option. Being a bit unfamiliar with the software, I mistakenly set Naurlene up in the "Blitz" mode rather than the regular "Tournament" mode and the 15 (FIFTEEN) games she played in "Blitz" during one round of regular club play will not count in her club statistics. I'm sure she'll have future opportunites to play the computer in the proper mode.

There were no games played in our recreational division this week.
Click here for a roster of Recreational Players

In the Tournament session, we were joined by 5 tournament division players who played 30 games in which we scored 10,304 points for a 343.4667 points per game average. Of the 27 recorded bingos we played, three were phonies that went unchallenged.

Travis Carlson took top honors for the week, going 4-1 with a positive 65 pt spread.

Some numbers and whatnot for this tournament session include:

Some interesting bingos:

We featured two regular contests this week

The first regular contest was the "IOU" Contest for the highest scoring play of a word that contains the letters "I", "O", and "U", in any order, somewhere within it. Sarah Jacobson snuck up on this one with her 36 pt phoney ouries*, Ed Saunders made a jewel of a play with BIJOU for 45 pts, but Mickey Matz was feeling just LOUSIER enough for 78 pts and the $3.75 prize.

The second regular contest was the True Colors Contest for the highest scoring play of a word that is, or contains somewhere within it, the name of a color. Mickey Matz tried some reverse psychology in this contest with 16 pts for antiRED, Sarah Jacobson showed off her TAN lines for 24, Naurlene Canterman was feeling PEACHy for 36 pts, but Ed Saunders wasn't fawning when he scored 51 pts with FAWNed to claim the $3.75 prize.

The 9+ Bingo Progressive Jackpot succumbed to a pair of phoneys this week. Travis Carlson, building on his Sunday performance at the Northwest Club (10 bingos, 4 phoneys), struck first with reraiding* through the separated "D" and "G" tiles to score 72 pts and a $5.05 share of the $10.09 jackpot. Ed Saunders followed that up with a 61 pt bingo of relegator* through a preexisting "EL" already on the board to claim the remaining $5.04 in the pot. Sometimes it pays to be creative.

Ed's $8.79 winnings will be donated back to the club kitty.

No one cashed in on any of the other Progressive Jackpots this week and each shall have $0.93 added to it. We have paid out a total of $253.48 in prizes during the 2009-2010 season. Click here for a complete list of prizes awarded during the 2009-2010 season.

The next session (December 10, 2009) shall feature the following contests:
• "SamTimer" Contest - In recognition of Sam Kantimathi, head of SamTimer and one of Scrabble's most prominent benefactors, a quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who turns in the highest scoring play of a word that contains the letter couplet "ST", in that order, somewhere within it. (e.g. BROWNIEST, ASTHENIC, STUPEFY, HERSTORY, ORGIAST, ISTHMUS, MISTEUK, STRETTO, etc.)
• Walk A Mile In Their Shoes Contest - A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who turns in the highest scoring play of a word that is, or contains somewhere within it, the name of a shoe or type of footwear. (e.g. CHOPINES, FLIPFLOP, SANDALS, TENNIES, WINGTIPS, BOOTery, MOCking, SNOWSHOE, BALMORAL, PUMPing, LOAFERS, etc.)
•Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $5.61 plus a sixteenth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores a Triple-Triple play.
•100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - $0.93 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 - $3.93 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* - 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 at NASPA Club #565 on December 3, 2009.
Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Naurlene Canterman (8 bingos)
batoned
EBONITES (BETONIES)
HULLING
MASTING (MATINGS)
OARSMEN (ENAMORS, MOANERS)
REVEALED (LAVEERED)
ROOTAGE
WINGLESS (SWINGLES)

Travis Carlson (7 bingos)
BLUDGES
LOANERS (RELOANS)
ORGIAST
reraiding
SATIRIC
SHAVING
VACUUMED

Mickey Matz (7 bingos)
BUDDIES
ELEMENT (TELEMEN)
LOUSIER (SOILURE)
RESISTED (DIESTERS, EDITRESS, SISTERED)
SENATOR (ATONERS, SANTERO, TREASON)
UNSHAVEN
WASTRIE (WAISTER, WAITERS, WARIEST)

Ed Saunders (5 bingos)
REINVADE
relegator
SHORTEN (HORNETS, THRONES)
SONNIES
TEXTILES

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Combined Results for the August 2009 - July 2010 Season (August 6, 2009 - December 3, 2009)

  • Click here for a roster of Recreational Players
  • 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
    %
    Barfuss, William 1359 5 2 3 .400 2 0.400 0 -
    Berry, Vernon 716 20 2 18 .100 2 0.100 0 -
    Canterman, Naurlene 1489 24 14 10 .583 22 0.917 2 9.091
    Carlson, Travis 1252 65 31 34 .476 71 1.092 10 14.08
    Henry, Ty 941 21 6 15 .286 15 0.667 0 -
    Jacobson, Sarah 1146 23 9 14 .391 6 0.261 1 16.67
    Kaye, Vic 1035 6 1 5 .167 0 0.000 0 -
    Kornell, Monique 1571 33 19 14 .576 39 1.182 2 5.128
    Lundeen, Karen 1098 38 7 31 .184 21 0.553 0 -
    Matz, Mickey 1298 29 12 17 .414 38 1.310 3 7.895
    Mitchel, Loren 1732 20 16 4 .800 34 1.545 0 -
    Peck, Kayla 1403 3 1 2 .333 1 0.333 0 -
    Saunders, Ed 1737 77 66 11 .857 160 2.078 7 4.375
    Sommer, Jason 1609 53 34 19 .642 95 1.792 11 11.58
    Spence, Phyllis 1193 23 10 13 .435 17 0.739 0 -
    Spence, Richard 1757 15 12 3 .800 37 2.467 2 5.405
    Van Liere, Mary Lou 1100 31 9 22 .290 26 0.839 4 15.38
    Van Liere, Richard 841 33 10 23 .303 32 0.970 2 6.250
    Club # 565 (18 Players) 1293 522 261 261 .500 618 1.184 45 7.282

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    Season Schedule and Past Session Results

    NASPA Club #565 meets each Thursday. The 2009-2010 schedule is below. Click on past dates for completed session results.

    08/06/09 | 08/13/09 | 08/20/09 | 08/27/09 | 09/03/09 | 09/10/09 | no club | 09/24/09 | 10/01/09 | 10/08/09 | 10/15/09 | 10/22/09 | 10/29/09 | 11/05/09 | 11/12/09 | 11/19/09 | Thanksgiving | 12/03/09 | 12/10/09 | 12/17/09 | Christmas Eve| New Year's Eve| 01/07/10 | 01/14/10 | 01/21/10 | 01/28/10 | 02/04/10 | 02/11/10 | 02/18/10 | 02/25/10 | 03/04/10 | 03/11/10 | 03/18/10 | 03/25/10 | 04/01/10 | 04/08/10 | 04/15/10 | 04/22/10 | 04/29/10 | 05/06/10 | 05/13/10 | 05/20/10 | 05/27/10 | 06/03/10 | 06/10/10 | 06/17/10 | 06/24/10 | 07/01/10 | 07/08/10 | 07/15/10 | 07/22/10 | 07/29/10

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    The 500 and 600 Clubs and Triple-Triple Plays

    Name 500 and 600 point games Triple-Triple Plays
    Naurlene Canterman 505
    Travis Carlson 515 MORALITY 176 pts
    Monique Kornell 563
    Ed Saunders 581, 561, 531, 529, 520, 514, 512, 508, 508, 504 SARDINES 131 pts
    Jason Sommer 640, 560, 503, 500
    Richard Spence 531, 531, 520, 501  

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