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National Scrabble Association Club #565 (Northwest)
Club Results—2008– 2009 Season

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Session Results - October 12, 2008

# Name Win-Loss Spread Bingos per Game Points per Game Club Rating
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1 Carol Knouse 4-0 +309 1.0000 381.2500 1344 | (+74)
2 Bob Knouse 2.5-1.5 -31 1.0000 355.2500 1332 | (+24)
3 Ed Saunders 3-3 +49 1.5000 380.3333 1641 | (0)
4 Karen Lundeen 2.5-4.5 -95 0.4286 331.7143 1259 | (-14)
5 Sarah Jacobson 2-5 -232 0.1429 327.2857 1226 | (-7)

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Session Notes - October 12, 2008 Session

This session marked the tenth week of NSA Club #565 (Northwest)'s 2008-2009 season!

Carol Knouse won the day today, finishing with a perfect 4-0 record to come in first for her first time and raising her rating a big 74 points to 1334. Way to go!!!!!

The normal array of chips adorned the goodies table today along with newtons, trail mix provided by Karen Lundeen, crackers and cheese, and some more chips and dips left over from last Sunday's party. 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 5 players who played 28 games in which we scored
9,841 points for a 351.46 point-per-game average. Of the 21 recorded bingos we played, none
was a phoney that went unchallenged.

Some numbers and whatnot for the tournament session include:

Some interesting bingos:

We featured two regular contests this week.

The first was the You're Driving Me Buggy! Contest awarded to the player who turned in the highest scoring play of a word that is, or incorporates within it, the name of a form of insect. Karen Lundeen played REUNITER for 60 (a NIT is the egg of a parasitic insect) but Ed Saunders used that NIT as bait for his RATFISH, making REUNITERS and scoring 94 pts to take the $3.75 prize.

The second was the "CH, CH, CH, CHia" Contest for the highest scoring play of a word that contains the letter couplet "CH". Ed Saunders tried to INCH his way to victory for 23 pts, Carol Knouse tried the phony retcher* for 32, but Bob Knouse was staunch in his conviction that his 65 pt STAUNCH would take away the $3.75 prize.

Ed Saunders dropped the "X" in SEXTAIN on a Triple Letter Score square and extended the word to a Double Word Score square to score 115 point and knock off the 100+ Point Play Progressive Jackpot again. Ed picks up $0.93 for his effort.

Ed's $4.68 in winnings will be donated back to the club kitty.

No one cashed in on the other Progressive Jackpots this week and each shall have $0.93 added to it. We have paid out $126.28 in prizes this season. Click here for a complete list of prizes awarded during the 2008-2009 season.

The next session (October 19, 2008) shall feature the following contests:
• Creatures Of The Deep! 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 form of underwater-dwelling life form. (e.g. RATFISH, OCTOPUS, NAUTILUS, ABALONE, REQUINS, PORPOISE, CRAWDAD, PLANKTON, MERMAID, BOWFINS, TUNICATE, MOJARRAS, CRABCAKES, SARGASSO, FISHGIG, SEAROBIN, etc.)
• Just Call Me "AL" Contest! - 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 "AL", in that order, somewhere within it. (e.g. ALANINE, OMENTAL, GALILEE, RORQUALS, LALLING, ALLEGORY, GONADIAL, GONIDIAL, RADIALE, ABYSMAL, ALNICOS, etc.)
•Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $3.91 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 - $5.77 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* - $1.86 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 players at NSA Club #565 (Northwest) on October 12, 2008
Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Sarah Jacobson (1 bingo)
LEANERS

Bob Knouse (4 bingos)
DANDIES
STAUNCH (CANTHUS, CHAUNTS)
TINNIEST
TOFFEES

Carol Knouse (4 bingos)
BOATERS (BOASTER, BORATES, REBATOS, SORBATE)
PASSION
PLAINER (PRALINE)
SMARTIES (ASTERISM, MISRATES)

Karen Lundeen (3 bingos)
AROINTS (RATIONS)
CLOTTING
REUNITER (UNRETIRE)

Ed Saunders (9 bingos)
AIRPORTS
ANIMATOR
DETAINS (DESTAIN, INSTEAD, NIDATES, SAINTED, STAINED)
OVERSTAY
PEATIER
POSTERS (PRESTOS, RESPOTS, STOPERS)
RATFISH
RIBLESS
SEXTAIN (ANTISEX)

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Combined Results for the August 2008 - July 2009 Season (as of October 12, 2008)

  • 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
    %
    Clem, Janis 1376 28 12 16 .429 31 1.107 3 9.677
    Jacobson, Sarah 1226 58 17 41 .293 13 0.224 1 7.692
    Knouse, Bob 1332 19 8.5 10.5 .447 12 0.632 0 -----
    Knouse, Carol 1344 19 10 9 .526 10 0.526 1 10.00
    Kornell, Monique 1546 2 1 1 .500 1 0.500 0 -----
    Lundeen, Karen 1259 66 26.5 39.5 .402 39 0.591 3 7.692
    Saunders, Ed 1641 74 55 19 .743 147 1.986 4 2.721
    Spence, Richard 1510 46 26 20 .565 67 1.457 3 4.478
    Club # 565 NW (8 Players) 1404 312 156 156 .500 320 1.026 15 4.688

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    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

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    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

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