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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 23, 2010

# Name Win-Loss Spread Bingos per Game Points per Game Club Rating
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1 Bob Knouse 5-2 +120 0.2857 363.4286 1302 | +54
2 Janis Clem 7-3 +484 0.9000 395.4000 1433 | +52
3 Ed Saunders 3-2 +184 2.2000 404.0000 1806 | -4
4 Lewis Saul 4-3 -181 1.2857 355.7143 1640 | -4
5 Monique Kornell 1-2 -49 0.6667 377.0000 1534 | -9
6 Richard Fields 1-2 -79 1.0000 344.6667 978 | +6
7 Carol Knouse 1-3 -74 0.5000 354.5000 1223 | -11
8 Computer 3-8 -405 0.4545 336.7273  

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Session Notes - May 23, 2010 Session

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

The goodies table featured a birthday cheescake selection ( in honor of Janis Clem's mmmmpppppttttthhhhh birthday last Sunday) along with the usual selection of chips, crackers, salsa, newtons, and cheese.

We welcomed two longtime friends of the club this week. Monique Kornell is a regular at the Speedway Club and makes her way out here to Oro Valley occasionally (though way too seldom). She brought along Richard Fields, visiting from Redmond, Washington (and looking into the possibility of moving back to Tucson this summer). Rich was a regular at the old Airport location of the Speedway Club before he headed out to Washington state about five years ago. We thoroughly enjoyed their visit (brief as it was) and look forward to seeing each of them here again whenever they can find their way.

The tournament rules division was joined by 7 players who played 50 games in which we scored 18,295 points for a 365.9000 point-per-game average. Of the 43 recorded bingos we played, 1 was a phony that went unchallenged.

Bob Knouse claimed this week's top honors with a 5-2 record. Janis Clem also had a good week at 7-3.

Some numbers and whatnot for the tournament session include:

Some interesting bingos:

We featured two regular contests this week.

This session's (May 23rd) contests were from the agile mind of Mickey Matz. Thank you, Mickey!
If you have contest ideas or perhaps a favorite contest from the past, let me know, we'll try to work it into the mix.

The first was the Who You Play Matters !! Contest for the highest scoring play of a word that incorporates the initials of your opponent. Janis Clem scored 83 pts with her LADDIES (LS), but Bob Knouse cried "fowl" and edged her out with his 86 pt BANTIES (ES) to claim the $5.25 prize.

The second was the Palindrome Contest for the highest scoring play of a word that is a palindrome - a word that is spelled the same way either backwards or forwards. Ed Saunders thought he was gonna get AWA (38 pts) with the prize money but Carol Knouse gave him two hugs and told him to "kiss" the money goodbye with her 40 pt play of OXO to embrace 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 $455.66 in prizes this season. Click here for a complete list of prizes awarded during the 2009-2010 season.

The next session's (May 30th) contests are once again from the mind of Mickey Matz. Thanks, Mickey !
If you have contest ideas or perhaps a favorite contest from the past, let me know, we'll try to work it into the mix.

The next session (May 30, 2010) shall feature the following contests:
• The "Lowest Scoring Bingo" Contest - A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the lowest scoring play of a bingo. Lowest "possible" is 55 pts. (e.g. OOrALIs, OIdIOId, SEquOIA, zOIsITE, jOINERy, etc.)
•The "Highest Scoring Phony" Contest -A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who turns in the highest scoring play of a phony word. (e.g. , zinciest*, restains*, elusiver*, mookyboo*, satines*, beanpot*, toadier*, etc.).
•Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $4.86 plus a sixteenth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores a Triple-Triple play.
•100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - $2.24 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 - $4.86 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* - $13.25 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 23, 2010
Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Janis Clem (9 bingos)
ABSTAIN
CRINGERS
DENOTES
GROUPER (REGROUP)
LADDIES
OILIEST (IOLITES)
PICTURED
RUINERS (INSURER)
STORMING

Richard Fields (3 bingos)
AMOUNTS (OUTMANS)
ENTITLED
WORRIES

Bob Knouse (2 bingos)
BANTIES (BASINET)
SPINNER (PINNERS)

Carol Knouse (2 bingos)
PIETIES
TRUSTER (TURRETS)

Monique Kornell (2 bingos)
INLIERS (RESILIN)
perfidia

Lewis Saul (9 bingos)
AEROSAT
ARENITES (ARSENITE, RESINATE, STEARINE, TRAINEES)
CLATTER
CUDGELS
DAMPERS
ENSLAVE (LEAVENS)
LETCHED
STRANGER (GRANTERS, REGRANTS)
VOCALIST

Ed Saunders (11 bingos)
ARTISTE (ARTIEST, ATTIRES, IRATEST, RATITES, STRIATE, TASTIER)
CAPERING
CONTUSE
ELOIGNS (LEGIONS, LINGOES, LONGIES)
ESTREAT (RESTATE, RETASTE)
GODETIAS
GREENWAY
HEPTANES (HAPTENES, PHENATES)
LEANEST (LATEENS)
NOTARIES (SENORITA)
UPHEAVAL

Computer Game (5 bingos)
BIOTITES
INLANDS
OILCLOTH
RAINIEST (INERTIAS)
STEAMED

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Combined Results for the August 2009 - July 2010 Season (as of May 23, 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 1433 139 60 79 .432 130 0.935 7 5.385
    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
    Fields, Richard 978 3 1 2 .333 3 1.000 0 -
    Jacobson, Sarah 1352 240 96 144 .400 74 0.308 3 4.054
    Knouse, Bob 1302 71 26 45 .366 44 0.620 2 4.545
    Knouse, Carol 1223 64 22 42 .344 39 0.609 1 2.564
    Kornell, Monique 1534 3 1 2 .333 2 0.667 1 50.00
    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
    McGee, Natalie 1205 4 1 2 .250 0 0.000 0 -
    Mitchel, Loren 1871 6 4 2 .667 8 1.333 1 12.50
    Saul, Lewis 1640 90 54 36 .600 127 1.411 7 5.512
    Saunders, Ed 1806 229 173.5 55.5 .758 452 1.974 20 4.425
    Sommer, Jason 1689 4 4 0 1.00 9 2.250 2 22.22
    Spence, Richard 1746 126 78 48 .619 215 1.706 21 10.24
    Yarmchuk, Bob 1615 15 10 5 .667 20 1.333 2 10.00
    Club # 800 NW (21 Players) 1352 1358 679 679 .500 1337 0.985 86 6.432

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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 502 PLEASERS 113 pts
    Ed Saunders 625, 612, 585, 581, 578, 575, 561, 557, 551, 549, 544, 543, 535, 531, 531, 530, 528, 526, 514, 510, 502, 502, 501 LEASHING 167 pts
    Richard Spence 573, 563, 534, 534, 531, 528, 523, 518, 514, 513, 508, 507, 505, 503, 501, 500 ARIDNESS 140 pts
    RELINKED 122 pts
    RELIANCE 113 pts
    Bob Yarmchuk 502  

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