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North American Scrabble Players Association (NASPA) Club #800 (Northwest Scrabble Club)
Club Results—2009– 2010 Season

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Session Results - May 2, 2010

# Name Win-Loss Spread Bingos per Game Points per Game Club Rating
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1 Bob Yarmchuk 4-0 +276 1.2500 413.0000 1579 | +56
2 Ed Saunders 5-1 +386 1.3333 384.8333 1803 | +12
3 Janis Clem 6-4 -70 1.1000 364.7000 1453 | +29
4 Sarah Jacobson 5-5 -196 0.3000 333.8000 1302 | +24
5 Lewis Saul 2-5 -15 1.4286 372.8571 1621 | -35
6 Bob Knouse 1-3 +17 0.5000 367.5000 1248 | -7
7 Carol Knouse 1-3 -228 0.5000 334.5000 1234 | -5
8 Computer Game 2-5 -160 0.4286 325.7143  

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Session Notes - May 2, 2010 Session

This session marked the thirty-eighth week of NASPA Club #800 (Northwest Scrabble Club)'s 2009-2010 season!

We welcomed Bob and Carol Knouse back from a two and a half month hiatus while they entertained visitors from the frozen tundras of Pennsylvania.

The goodies table featured a few dozen delicious cookies brought in by Lewis Saul along with the usual selection of chips, crackers, salsa, newtons, and cheese.

The tournament rules division was joined by 7 players who played 52 games in which we scored 18,644 points for a 358.5385 point-per-game average. Of the 44 recorded bingos we played, 3 were phonies that went unchallenged.

Bob Yarmchuk shook off the rust quickly and, in only his second week back at club since 2004, claimed this week's top honors with a 4 - 0 record and a 413.00 pt per game average.

Some numbers and whatnot for the tournament session include:

Some interesting bingos:

We featured two regular contests this week.

The first was the Foul Vowel Contest for the highest scoring play of a "vowel dump" word that consists of more than 70% vowels and at least 3 letters total. Bob Knouse got right back into the mix with an 8 pt play of UREA, Ed Saunders set his sights on the money with UVEA for 24 pts, but Janis Clem's 26 pt ship came in at the QUAI and she sailed off with the $5.25 prize.

The second was the Sticks And Stones Contest for the highest scoring play of a word that is, or incorporates somewhere within it, the name of something physically or emotionally hurtful. Carol Knouse scored 14 with CRUEL, Bob Knouse led the crowd in 27 pts worth of JEERS, Lewis Saul dissed the small dog in the litter with RUNTIER for 64 pts, gardener Sarah Jacobson spotted some WILTING for 80 pts, but Ed Saunders didn't like the lead actress in the play and thought he'd PANdora for 84 pts and the $5.25 prize.

None of the Progressive Jackpots were claimed this week and $1.31 shall be added to each next session. We have paid out $424.54 in prizes this season. Click here for a complete list of prizes awarded during the 2009-2010 season.

The next session (May 9, 2010) shall feature the following contests:
• Golden Spike Contest - On May 10, 1869, at Promontory Summit in the Utah Territory, Officials and workers of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railways met to drive in the "Golden Spike", symbolizing completion of the first transcontinental railroad which joined the nation from coast to coast. In honor of this event, a quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the highest scoring play of a word pertaining to connections or joinings of any sort (e.g. GLUIEST, VELCROS, QUOINED, SHIMMED, TREENAIL, COUPLING, SEWINGS, JOINERY, etc.) . If your word is "IFFY", you will need to write a sentence connecting your word to connections or joinings in some manner. Make the connection and you might connect with some money this week.
•"O, U" Contest -A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who turns in the highest scoring play of a word that has either of the letter couplets "OU" or "UO" somewhere within it (e.g. , OUTDONE, BUOYING, SEAMOUNT, QUOITED, DUODENA, LANGUOR, HOUSEBOY, etc.).
•Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $1.31 plus a sixteenth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores a Triple-Triple play.
•100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - $1.31 plus a sixteenth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores 100 or more points in a single play
•Historic Club 565 Progressive Jackpot - $1.31 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* - $9.70 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 NASPA Club #800 (Northwest Scrabble Club) on May 2, 2010
Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Janis Clem (11 bingos)
ARTSIEST (ARTISTES, STRIATES)
DECEIVE
GOONIES (ISOGONE, NOOGIES)
OPENERS (PEREONS, REOPENS)
RATTING (TARTING)
RESTAGE
satines (ENTASIS, NASTIES, SEITANS, SESTINA, TANSIES, TISANES)
SLENDER (LENDERS, RELENDS)
STERNEST
SUNNIER (UNRISEN)
vendored

Sarah Jacobson (3 bingos)
HOISTER (HERIOTS, SHORTIE)
IODINES (IONISED)
WILTING (WITLING)

Bob Knouse (2 bingos)
BUREAUS
DETAINEE

Carol Knouse (2 bingos)
FRIEZES
OUTSMART

Lewis Saul (10 bingos)
ARIETTA
DETRAINS (RANDIEST, STRAINED)
FUNNIEST
LEAKAGES
POLLING
RELAXES
RETAILOR
RUNTIER
SNAILING
TALLIER (LITERAL)

Ed Saunders (8 bingos)
CIRCUSES
DEFINED
FICTIONS
FREEDOM
OSSETRA (OSETRAS)
PANDORA
REPLIED (PERILED)
RIBLETS (BLISTER, BRISTLE)

Bob Yarmchuk (5 bingos)
CURTAIL
ODORIZED
outroam
PERINEAL
YEARNING

Computer Game (3 bingos)
INSURANT
MISWRITE
TABOURER

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Combined Results for the August 2009 - July 2010 Season (as of May 2, 2010)

  • 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 1420 13 9 4 .692 20 1.538 1 5.000
    Boykan, Sara 1257 2 1 1 .500 2 1.000 0 -
    Carlson, Travis 1400 35 17.5 17.5 .500 36 1.029 7 19.44
    Clem, Janis 1453 115 51 64 .443 111 0.965 6 5.405
    Danford, Michael 747 2 0 2 .000 0 0.000 0 -
    Davis, Brenda 795 7 2 5 .286 7 1.000 3 42.86
    Davis, Edward 922 7 3 4 .429 6 0.857 1 16.67
    Jacobson, Sarah 1302 208 83 125 .399 64 0.308 3 4.688
    Knouse, Bob 1248 64 21 43 .328 42 0.656 2 4.762
    Knouse, Carol 1234 60 21 39 .350 37 0.617 1 2.703
    Lundeen, Karen 1187 86 23 63 .267 48 0.558 3 6.250
    Matz, Mickey 1286 34 12 22 .353 40 1.176 4 10.00
    Mitchel, Loren 1871 6 4 2 .667 8 1.333 1 12.50
    Saul, Lewis 1621 74 44 30 .595 108 1.459 6 5.556
    Saunders, Ed 1803 215 163.5 51.5 .760 426 1.981 20 4.695
    Sommer, Jason 1689 4 4 0 1.00 9 2.250 2 22.22
    Spence, Richard 1728 121 74 47 .612 204 1.686 19 9.314
    Yarmchuk, Bob 1579 10 6 4 .600 9 0.900 1 11.11
    Club # 800 NW (18 Players) 1363 1204 602 602 .500 1225 1.017 80 6.531

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    Season Schedule and Past Session Results

    NASPA Club #800 (Northwest Scrabble Club) meets each Sunday. The 2009-2010 schedule is below. Click on past dates for completed session results.

    08/02/09 | 08/09/09 | 08/16/09 | 08/23/09 | 08/30/09 | 09/06/09 | 09/13/09 | No Club | 09/27/09 | 10/04/09 | 10/11/09 | 10/18/09 | 10/25/09 | 11/01/09 | 11/08/09 | 11/15/09 | 11/22/09 | 11/29/09 | 12/06/09 | 12/13/09 | 12/20/09 | 12/27/09 | 01/03/10 | 01/10/10 | 01/17/10 | 01/24/10 | 01/31/10 | 02/07/10 | No Club| 02/21/10 | 02/28/10 | 03/07/10 | 03/14/10 | 03/21/10 | 03/28/10 | 04/04/10 | 04/11/10 | 04/18/10 | 04/25/10 | 05/02/10 | 05/09/10 | 05/16/10 | 05/23/10 | 05/30/10 | 06/06/10 | 06/13/10 | 06/20/10 | 06/27/10 | 07/04/10 | 07/11/10 | 07/18/10 | 07/25/10

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    The 500 and 600 Clubs and Triple-Triple Plays

    Name 500 and 600 point games Triple-Triple Plays
    William Barfuss 544
    Janis Clem 532
    Mickey Matz   SALTIRES 131 pts
    Lewis Saul   PLEASERS 113 pts
    Ed Saunders 625, 612, 585, 581, 578, 575, 561, 557, 551, 549, 544, 543, 535, 531, 530, 528, 526, 514, 510, 502, 502, 501 LEASHING 167 pts
    Richard Spence 573, 563, 534, 534, 528, 523, 518, 514, 513, 508, 507, 505, 503, 501, 500 ARIDNESS 140 pts
    RELINKED 122 pts
    RELIANCE 113 pts

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