NSA Club #565 - 21 November 2002 Session

Results

                        |WIN / |        | AVG POINTS | AVG BINGOS | CLUB RATING
#  NAME                 |LOSS  | SPREAD | PER GAME   | PER GAME   | NEW  (OLD)
1  SAUNDERS, ED          4-0     +152     407          1.75         1470 (1425)
2  HART, JOHN            4-1     +663     469          2.00         1770 (1763)
3  BENEDICT, NATHAN      4-1     +443     453          2.40         1850 (1850)
4  BREDEL, LINDA         2-2     +194     400          1.00         1359 (1366)
5  THE, KEVIN            1-1     -66      326          0.00         531  (500)
6  KORNELL, MONIQUE      2-2     -147     337          0.75         1292 (1280)
7  WHITCOMB, JUDITH      2-2     -394     345          0.75         1240 (1206)
8  CANTERMAN, NAURLENE   1-2     +104     343          1.25         1341 (1352)
9  KASSEL, JOSHUA        1-2     -142     364          1.00         1121 (1125)
10 JOW, YUSUPHA          1-2     -230     329          0.67         1229 (1228)
11 WHITCOMB, BOB         1-3     -343     312          1.25         1372 (1382)
12 SAUL, LEWIS           1-4     -60      381          1.40         1518 (1568)
13 ARONSON, BRENT        0-2     -168     306          1.00         635  (649)


Session Notes:

First and foremost, there will be no Club session next week as it is Thanksgiving. Be thankful, eat yourself silly, and have a wonderful holiday! We will meet again on December 5.


This session saw 13 players. We were joined by Kevin The, a reporter from The Arizona Daily Star who is writing an article on the club that is scheduled to appear in the Saturday, November 30 edition. Accompanied by Renee the photgrapher, Kevin interviewed several folks and went on to play two games where he held his own quite nicely. Although his attendance at club was work-related, we welcome him and invite him to come back!


We bid a fond adieu to our visiting Scrabble player-cum-cyclist, John Hart, who will be competing in this weekend's El Tour De Tucson race before headed back to greener pastures in Oregon. His next appearance in town will be at the December tournament.


Ed Saunders was top dog last night, turning in a perfect 4-0 +152 card. Nathan Benedict was once again the bingo king, turning in 12 bingos that included such gems as GLITZIER (86 points) and SAPONITE (70 points) for a 2.4 bingos-per-game average.

As a final farewell, John captured the High Game prize. Five bingos helped him secure a 656-point game, a new club record. Ed Saunders captured the prize for the highest Double Word Score play with a 97-point Double-Double of WALTZES, barely beating out Judith Whitcomb's 90-point MORAINES. Nobody captured a Triple-Triple play, and the pot for doing so is now at $3. Additionally, nobody played a bingo of nine or more letters, and that pot is now at $3 as well.

Next session (05 December) will feature prizes for:
- Highest game (a quarter of dues collected)
- Triple-Triple plays ($3 plus an eighth of dues collected)
- 9+ Bingos  ($3 plus an eighth of dues collected)
- Highest-scoring word that contains a V (e.g., DAVEN, ADVECT, VAMPERS, etc.). To qualify for this
  prize, you must actually play a V tile. Hooking onto a previously-played V word or designating a blank as
  a V do not count (a quarter of dues collected)

Bingos

Below are the bingos and their anagrams played at Club 565 on November 21 by player. Phonies are in red lower case. 

Brent Aronson
FRONTAL
JAGUARS

Nathan Benedict
CELOSIA
FOMENTER
GLITZIER
HEADINGS (DEASHING)
HEADWIND
NERVIEST (REINVEST, SIRVENTE)
OILSTONE (LOONIEST)
OUTRAVE
OVERRUN (RUNOVER)
REGIMENS
SAPONITE
SEROTINE (ONERIEST)

Linda Bredel
DETAILS (DILATES)
ELOINER
LENDERS (RELENDS, SLENDER)
NUTTIER

Naurlene Canterman
AVIATES
goosers
OUTPOINT
UNSOLVED

John Hart
AZOTEMIA
ABIOSES
GUNITES
INHAULER
MILDEWED
OORALIS
PEDICLE (PEDICEL)
SENTIMO (MESTINO, MOISTEN)
STARRING
TEARIER

Yusupha Jow
DITHERED
HARANGUE

Joshua Kassel
CHEATERS (HECTARES, RECHEATS, TEACHERS)
EARNERS (REEARNS)
INSANER (INSNARE)

Monique Kornell
INSANEST
PAINTED (DEPAINT, PATINED)
rethrows

Lewis Saul
HETAIRAI
MAGNATES (MAGENTAS, NAMETAGS)
PRONATED
RADIATES (AIRDATES, DATARIES)
ROTUNDA
SEDATING (STEADING)
SLINGER (LINGERS)

Ed Saunders
AUDITION
LOONIER
OPERATE
REFINERS
SOLARIUM
VISITER (REVISIT)
WALTZERS

Bob Whitcomb
CUNEATED
EREMITES
INSIDES
ISATINE
LOUNGES

Judith Whitcomb
BRASSIE (BRAISES)
DEGRADES
MORAINES (ROMAINES, ROMANISE)