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saw 18 players compete in a total of 39 games. We saw a total of 29,986 points
scored. 113 bingos were played this session. Of those bingos, 9 were phonies
that went unchallenged. We bid farewell
this session to John Jensen, who joined us for his last time ever. John is
headed to the beautiful island of Maui for a four year stint with the Forest
Service. In his honor, everyone was bedecked in leis (who says you can't get "leid" at a Scrabble
club?). As a keepsake, we
were happy to present him with a gift of an address book with all our addresses
included in it. This way, he has no excuse not to stay in touch. While his
stay in Tucson was short, John made a lasting impression. We will all miss
his kindness and humor, and we wish him our very best as he departs for paradise.
We were happy
to welcome three guest players as well. Joining us from Minnesota were Lisa
Odom (a top 100 player) and Steve Pellinen. Steve and Lisa were in town for
last weekend's Phoenix tournament. Making a vacation of it, they took a day
trip to Tubac and decided to drop in on us. Additionally, this session saw
John Hart's familiar face. John (another top 100 player) also played in Phoenix
last weekend. John is looking a bit pale (the lack of sunshine in Portland
does that), but his visit to Arizona shoudl help that. Nathan swept
the prize pool last night, proving that one can put himself through
law school by playing Scrabble, by picking up a total of $56.50. Nathan hit
the Triple-Triple Jackpot with a 122-point play of URALITES. He also
captured the High K Play contest with a 112-point play of FLANKED,
barely edging out Naurlene Canterman's equally impressive 109-point play of
SLICKED. Finally, Nathan captured the High Game prize with
an impressive 603 pointer. Despite his best efforts, though, the top player
of the night was Yusupha Jow, who turned in a perfect 3-0 +216 scorecard.
Rex Kremer won the contest for the highest-scoring non-bingo with QUAKED
(which also put him in the running for the High K Play), which netted him
a cool 70 points. Nobody nailed the 9+ Bingo Jackpot, and that prize now stands
at $9.50. Next
session (27 February 2003) will feature prizes for:
- Low Win (a quarter of dues collected) - X Hook - A prize will be awarded to the player who plays the highest-scoring word by hooking an X onto the front or end of a preexisting word to form two X words (e.g., playing HEX in front of EROTICS to form XEROTICS or playing TAXI behind DUPLE to form DUPLEX). In order to win this prize you must hook a complete X word to the front or back of another complete word. Designating a blank as an X counts. To prepare, see the "X Hooks" list Jake Jacobs kindly provided in the Downloads section. - Triple-Triple plays (an eighth of dues collected) - 9+ Bingos ($9.50 plus an eighth of dues collected)
Below are the bingos and their anagrams
played at Club 565 on February 20 by player. Phonies are in red lower case. |