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Club Results—2008– 2009 Season
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Session Results - November 9, 2008
| # | Name | Win-Loss | Spread | Bingos per Game | Points per Game | Club Rating new | change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Saunders | 7-0 | +897 | 2.2857 | 448.7143 | 1674 | (+17) |
| 2 | Michael Rhodes | 3-3 | +344 | 1.3333 | 405.6667 | 1476 | (0) |
| 3 | Bob Knouse | 2-2 | -158 | 0.2500 | 339.7500 | 1331 | (+8) |
| 4 | Sarah Jacobson | 3-3 | -289 | 0.1667 | 329.1667 | 1264 | (+26) |
| 5 | Carol Knouse | 1-3 | -210 | 0.5000 | 354.5000 | 1317 | (-13) |
| 6 | Karen Lundeen | 1-6 | -584 | 0.4286 | 319.8571 | 1252 | (-18) |
Session Notes - November 9, 2008 Session
This session marked the fourteenth week of NSA Club #565 (Northwest)'s 2008-2009 season!
We welcomed old friend Michael Rhodes this week. He says he only gets one
Sunday off every five years, so we look forward to seeing him again sometime
in 2013 unless he can free up another Sunday between now and then. We'll
hold the prize money he won today for him until he shows up again. . . .
We enjoyed his company and his strong play very much.
The goodies table today featured the usual selection of chips, newtons,
some more chips and salsa from Karen Lundeen, with bagels and cream cheese
from Sarah Jacobson. Thanks to all who provided snacks for the group.
We've added a new dimension to the club proceedings with the introduction of Quackle and Internet Scrabble Club play as our new alternative to the dreaded "sit-out". On those occasions when we have an odd number of actual humans to play, Quackle and ISC will be available to the odd man out as either a very worthy opponent or as a learning tool. Games against Quackle and ISC will not count in the regular club standings, but, if used wisely, may very well have an effect on those standings later in the year. More computer activities may be made available in the near future.
The tournament rules division was joined by 6 players who played 34 games in which we scored12,566 points for a 369.59 point-per-game average. Of the 31 recorded bingos we played, three
were phoneys that went unchallenged.
Some numbers and whatnot for the tournament session include:
- High Game - 492 points by Ed Saunders
- Low Win - 342 points by Sarah Jacobson
- High Loss - 427 points by Michael Rhodes (Opponent at 433)
- Bingo King - Ed Saunders for averaging 2.2857 bingos per game
- New Personal High Games of 2008-2009 Season - Michael Rhodes 479
- New Personal High Plays of 2008-2009 Season - Carol Knouse EXHUMERS 101, Michael Rhodes REAPERS 91
- A Reason To Look Around Again AFTER You See That Great Play Carol Knouse taught us all a lesson she really didn't want to learn today. . . .With a rack of EHRSUX?, Carol noticed an "E" open in the 6th square in the bottom row and made the great find to play EXHUmERS from the open "E" through the middle TWS in the bottom row for 101 pts. A great find, to be sure, and a great play but. . . . had she looked again and played EXHUmERS from the left TWS through the open "E" to the middle TWS instead, she would have reaped 203 pts for the Triple-Triple rather than the 101 pts she ultimately recieved. The rule of thumb is "Find a good play. . . .then look for a better one." A lesson learned, unfortunately, at a 102 pt price. . . .
Some interesting bingos:
- AEROSATS \n/pl. a satellite for use in air-traffic control (played by Ed Saunders)
- EUCHRES \v. to prevent from winning three tricks in euchre - a card game (played by Ed Saunders)
- EXHUMERS \n/pl. one that EXHUMES - digs out of the earth (played by Carol Knouse)
- PORTENT \n. an omen (played by Karen Lundeen)
- QUOINED \v. to secure with a type of wedge (played by Ed Saunders)
- SCENDED \v. to rise upward, as a ship on a wave (played by Ed Saunders)
- TRIAGES \v. to practice a system of treating disaster victims (played by Michael Rhodes)
- Weekly Anagram Challenge Michael Rhodes provides our challenge this week. With a rack of AEGIRST, Michael played the bingo TRIAGES, which has FOUR anagrams. Can you come up with them? (Answer in "Bingos" section below.)
We featured two regular contests this week.
The first was the Well, You Can Call Me "J" Contest awarded to
the player who turned in the highest scoring play of a word that contains
the letter "J" somewhere within it. Five players turned in entries
for this contest. Carol Knouse caught a JET for
26, Ed Saunders turned JIVER into 35, Sarah Jacobson
walked with the HAJIS for 39, Bob Knouse found
42 pts worth of JOY, but Michael Rhodes said "THAT'S
what I'm talkin' about!" as his JABBER pulled
in 51 pts to win the $4.50 prize.
The second was the Instrumental Contest for the highest scoring play of
a word that is the name of, or incorporates the name of somewhere within
it, some form of musical instrument. Ed Saunders had the only entry in this
contest, playing his GUITAR for 14 pts to reap the $4.50 payoff.
Carol Knouse and Ed Saunders cracked the 100+ Point Play Progressive Jackpot this week, Carol netting 101 pts for her TWS play of EXHUMERS, and Ed opening a game with QUOINED for 104. By virtue of a coin toss, Carol picks up $1.80 and Ed takes home $1.75 for their efforts.
Ed's $6.25 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 $1.12 added to it. We have paid out $158.33 in prizes this season. Click here for a complete list of prizes awarded during the 2008-2009 season.
The next session (November 16, 2008) shall feature the following contests:
• "DG" Contest - A quarter of dues
collected shall be awarded to the player who turns in the highest scoring
play of a word that contains both of the letters "D" and "G"
anywhere within it. (e.g. DOGGONED, GODETIA, GAMBADO, DIGITIZE, FLEDGING,
GODWITS, WIDGEONS, DIRTBAG, GARDYLOO, GIDDYUP, etc.)
•Calling All Foodies Contest - A quarter of
dues collected shall be awarded to the player who turns in the highest scoring
play of a word that is the name of, or incorporates the name of somewhere
within it, some type or form of food (e.g. BILTONGS, OXTAILS, PEMBINA, ATEMOYA,
KOHLRABI, HAVARTI, MAMALIGA, VELOUTE, SPAETZLE, ZWIEBACK, etc.)
•Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $7.46
plus a sixteenth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who
scores a Triple-Triple
play.
•100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - 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 - $9.32 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* - $5.41 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.
Bingos
The following is a list of bingos played by players at NSA Club #565 (Northwest)
on November 9, 2008
Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.
Sarah Jacobson (1 bingo)
FREEING (FEIGNER, REEFING)
Bob Knouse (1 bingo)
DOLLIES
Carol Knouse (2 bingos)
AGONIES (AGONISE)
EXHUMERS
Karen Lundeen (3 bingos)
invoicer
PORTENT
SOARING (ORIGANS, SIGNORA)
Michael Rhodes (8 bingos)
BOATERS (BOASTER, BORATES, REBATOS, SORBATE)
EASIEST
ORDERED
REAPERS (SPEARER)
RELINES (LIERNES)
SENORITA (NOTARIES)
STAGING (GASTING, GATINGS)
TRIAGES (AIGRETS, GAITERS, SEAGIRT, STAGIER) WEEKLY
ANAGRAM CHALLENGE
Ed Saunders (16 bingos)
AEROSATS
COPULATE (OUTPLACE)
DOTAGES
DROOPING
ERRATIC (CIRRATE)
EUCHRES
IRONIES (NOISIER)
longterm
QUOINED
READOUTS (OUTDARES, OUTREADS)
RENEWAL
ROCKETED
SCENDED (DESCEND)
SHOWERER (RESHOWER)
SLIGHTER (LIGHTERS, RELIGHTS
squirty
- Click here for a list of all the bingos played by tournament division players at NSA Club #565 (Northwest) during the 2008-2009 Season
- Click here for a list of all the phony bingos played by tournament division players at NSA Club #565 (Northwest) during the 2008-2009 season
Combined Results for the August 2008 - July 2009 Season (as of November 9, 2008)
| Name (click for details) |
Club Rating |
Games Played |
Won | Lost | Win % |
Bingos Played |
Bingo Avg |
Phony Bingos Played |
Phony Bingo % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clem, Janis | 1376 | 28 | 12 | 16 | .429 | 31 | 1.107 | 3 | 9.677 |
| Jacobson, Sarah | 1264 | 77 | 24 | 53 | .312 | 16 | 0.208 | 1 | 6.250 |
| Knouse, Bob | 1331 | 30 | 12.5 | 17.5 | .417 | 18 | 0.600 | 0 | ----- |
| Knouse, Carol | 1317 | 31 | 13 | 18 | .419 | 18 | 0.581 | 1 | 5.556 |
| Kornell, Monique | 1527 | 5 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5 | 1.000 | 0 | ----- |
| Lundeen, Karen | 1252 | 87 | 32.5 | 54.5 | .374 | 50 | 0.575 | 4 | 8.000 |
| Rhodes, Michael | 1476 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 8 | 1.333 | 0 | ----- |
| Saunders, Ed | 1674 | 98 | 77 | 21 | .786 | 194 | 1.980 | 6 | 3.093 |
| Spence, Richard | 1525 | 52 | 31 | 21 | .596 | 76 | 1.462 | 3 | 3.947 |
| Club # 565 NW (9 Players) | 1415 | 414 | 207 | 207 | .500 | 416 | 1.005 | 18 | 4.327 |
Season Schedule and Past Session Results
NSA Club #565 (Northwest) meets each Sunday. The 2008-2009 schedule is below. Click on past dates for completed session results.
08/03/08 | 08/10/08 | 08/17/08 | 08/24/08 | 08/31/08 | 09/07/08 | 09/14/08 | 09/21/08 | 09/28/08 | Club Party| 10/12/08 | 10/19/08 | 10/26/08 | 11/02/08 | 11/09/08 | 11/16/08 | 11/23/08 | 11/30/08 | 12/07/08 | 12/14/08 | 12/21/08 | 12/28/08 | 01/04/09 | 01/11/09 | 01/18/09 | 01/25/09 | 02/01/09 | 02/08/09 | 02/15/09 | 02/22/09 | 03/01/09 | 03/08/09 | 03/15/09 | 03/22/09 | 03/29/09 | 04/05/09 | 04/12/09 | 04/19/09 | 04/26/09 | 05/03/09 | 05/10/09 | 05/17/09 | 05/24/09 | 05/31/09 | 06/07/09 | 06/14/09 | 06/21/09 | 06/28/09 | 07/05/09 | 07/12/09 | 07/19/09 | 07/26/09
The 500 and 600 Clubs and Triple-Triple Plays
| Name | 500 and 600 point games | Triple-Triple Plays |
|---|---|---|
| Ed Saunders | 575, 543, 535, 511, 502, 500 | ATELIERS 131 pts |
| Richard Spence | 541, 534, 512 |