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Club Results—2008– 2009 Season
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Session Results - September 14, 2008
| # | Name | Win-Loss | Spread | Bingos per Game | Points per Game | Club Rating new | change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ed Saunders | 8-0 | +898 | 2.1250 | 438.0000 | 1645 | (+29) |
| 2 | Richard Spence | 2-3 | +153 | 0.8000 | 382.2000 | 1514 | (-24) |
| 3 | Karen Lundeen | 2-4 | -332 | 0.8333 | 323.1667 | 1273 | (+2) |
| 4 | Sarah Jacobson | 2-5 | -623 | 0.1429 | 320.4286 | 1233 | (+11) |
| 5 | Janis Clem | 1-3 | -91 | 1.0000 | 371.0000 | 1350 | (-16) |
Session Notes - September 14, 2008 Session
This session marked the seventh week of NSA Club #565 (Northwest)'s 2008-2009 season!
Karen Lundeen brought some trail mix and Ed Saunders added some cheese and crackers to the normal array of chips adorning the goodies table today. 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 30 games in which we scored 11,081 points for a 369.37 point-per-game average. Of the 31 recorded bingos we played, none was a phoney that went unchallenged.
Some numbers and whatnot for the tournament session include:
- High Game - 534 points by Richard Spence
- Low Win - 327 points by Sarah Jacobson
- High Loss - 381 points by Janis Clem (Opponent at 472)
- Bingo King - Ed Saunders for averaging 2.1250 bingos per game
- New Personal High Games of 2008-2009 Season - Janis Clem 415
- New Personal High Plays of 2008-2009 Season - Janis Clem (AIMLESS for 95 pts),
Some interesting bingos:
- ALCOVES \n/pl. a recessed section of a room (played by Karen Lundeen)
- DIESTER \n. a type of chemical compound (played by Ed Saunders)
- LARIATS \v. to lasso (played by Richard Spence)
- NAIADES \n/pl. a pl of NAIAD - a water nymph (played by Richard Spence)
- OESTRONE \n. an ESTROGEN - a female sex hormone (played by Ed Saunders)
- PAGINATE \v. to number the pages of (played by Ed Saunders)
- REBOANT \adj. resounding loudly (played by Ed Saunders)
- SERIEMA \n. a Brazilian bird (played by Ed Saunders)
- STENGAH \n. a mixed drink (played by Ed Saunders)
- TAENIAS \n/pl. a headband worn in ancient Greece (played by Ed Saunders)
- URINOSE \adj. pertaining to urine (played by Richard Spence)
- Weekly Anagram Challenge Ed Saunders provides our challenge this week. With a rack of DEEIRST, Ed played the bingo DIESTER, which has THREE anagrams. Can you come up with them? (Answers in "Bingos" section below.)
We featured two regular contests this week.
The first was the Weatherman Contest awarded to the player who turned in
the highest scoring play of a word that pertains to weather in some manner.
Janis Clem made a statement with her weather play of ICKY
for 26 pts to clean up the $3.75 prize.
The second was the "N"ything Goes Contest for the highest scoring
play of a word that begins with the letter "N". Ed Saunders tried
NOVAE for 16 pts, but Richard Spence called on
some NAIADES (67 pts) to help him pull in the
$3.75 prize.
No one cashed in on any of the Progressive Jackpots this week and each shall have $0.93 added to it. We have paid out $92.60 in prizes this season. Click here for a complete list of prizes awarded during the 2008-2009 season.
The next session (September 21, 2008) shall feature the following contests:
• The Colors Of Our Lives 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, a color. (e.g. REDTAIL, BROWNIER, PINKEYE, CERULEAN,
FUCHSIA, CELADON, BLUEGILL, ANTIRED, etc.)
• "G" What A Contest! - A quarter
of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who turns in the highest
scoring play of a word that begins with the letter "G". (e.g.
GREENIER, GOMUTIS, GYNECIC, GANYMEDE, GISARME, GALABIEH, GREMIAL, etc.)
•Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $0.93
plus a sixteenth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who
scores a Triple-Triple
play.
•100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - $2.79 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 - $2.79 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* - $2.79 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 September 14, 2008
Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.
Janis Clem (4 bingos)
AIMLESS (SAMIELS, SEISMAL)
MEANIES
OUTCLIMB
RETAINER
Sarah Jacobson (1 bingo)
HURTING
Karen Lundeen (5 bingos)
AERATES
ALCOVES (COEVALS)
MINTIER (INTERIM, TERMINI)
MULLING
STAYING (STYGIAN)
Ed Saunders (17 bingos)
CAUSTIC
CENSURE
CREDITS (DIRECTS)
DIESTER (DIETERS, REEDITS, RESITED)
DILUTED
GREASES
ITERATED
JEALOUS
OESTRONE
PAGINATE
REBOANT (BARONET)
REFIRING (FRINGIER)
SERIEMA (SEAMIER)
SOOTHED
STENGAH
TAENIAS (ENTASIA)
TALENTS (LATENTS, LATTENS)
Richard Spence (4 bingos)
HOAGIES
LARIATS (LATRIAS)
NAIADES
URINOSE
- 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 September 14, 2008)
| Name (click for details) |
Club Rating |
Games Played |
Won | Lost | Win % |
Bingos Played |
Bingo Avg |
Phony Bingos Played |
Phony Bingo % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clem, Janis | 1350 | 17 | 6 | 11 | .353 | 17 | 1.000 | 1 | 5.882 |
| Jacobson, Sarah | 1233 | 51 | 15 | 36 | .294 | 12 | 0.235 | 1 | 8.333 |
| Knouse, Bob | 1326 | 7 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3 | 0.429 | 0 | ----- |
| Knouse, Carol | 1260 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 1 | 0.167 | 0 | ----- |
| Kornell, Monique | 1546 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 1 | 0.500 | 0 | ----- |
| Lundeen, Karen | 1273 | 51 | 22 | 29 | .431 | 31 | 0.608 | 2 | 6.452 |
| Saunders, Ed | 1645 | 53 | 40 | 13 | .755 | 112 | 2.113 | 4 | 3.571 |
| Spence, Richard | 1514 | 33 | 19 | 14 | .576 | 43 | 1.303 | 1 | 2.326 |
| Club # 565 NW (8 Players) | 1393 | 220 | 110 | 110 | .500 | 220 | 1.000 | 9 | 4.091 |
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 | 10/05/08 | 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, 500 | ATELIERS 131 pts |
| Richard Spence | 541, 534, 512 |