Session Results - 23 December 2004

#	Name	Win-Loss	Spread	Bingos per Game	Points per Game	Club Rating new  | (change)
1	Ed Saunders	5-1	+572	1.500	415.000	1358 | (+11)
2	Naurlene Canterman	5-2	+356	0.714	387.000	1251 | (+4)
3	Bob Yarmchuk	4-2	+406	1.500	398.167	1382 | (-15)
4	Joshua Kassel	3-2	+93	1.800	398.200	1161 | (+21)
5	Robert Whitcomb	1-1	+71	1.000	380.000	1374 | (-14)
6	Daniel Forrest	3-4	-366	0.714	318.857	883 | (+33)
7	Monique Kornell	1-3	-95	1.250	368.750	1246 | (-23)
8	Karen Lundeen	2-3	-238	0.400	315.400	1074 | (+4)
9	Judith Whitcomb	0-1	-92	0.000	283.000	1220 | (-18)
10	Daniel Byrne	0-5	-531	0.000	295.200	537 | (-4)

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Session Notes

This was the 7th session of the 2004 - 2005 Season of National Scrabble Association Club #565!

We were joined by 10 players who played a total of 24 games in which we scored 17,382 points for a 724.25 point-per-game average. Of the 46 recorded bingos we played, four were phonies that went unchallenged.

Some numbers and whatnot for this session include:
High Game - 523 points by Bob Yarmchuk
Low Win - 343 points by Karen Lundeen
High Loss - 389 points by Monique Kornell
Bingo King - Joshua Kassel for averaging 1.8 bingos per game
Some interesting bingos:
- DILATORY \adj. Tending to delay (played by Bob Yarmchuk)
- RENTIER \n. One who receives a fixed income (played by Ed Saunders)
- TERRITS \n pl. Metal rings on a harness (played by Ed Saunders)

The first of our contests for the session was the Holiday Contest for the best play of a word that is holiday themed and used in a sentence. We had several entries:
BAPTISTS for 79 by Bob Yarmchuk (Jesus was one of the earliest BAPTISTS)
EMOTIVE for 63 by Daniel Forrest (People were EMOTIVE during the pageant rehersal)
LORDLESS for 79 by Daniel Forrest (Christmas may have been started by LORDLESS pagans)
PRALINES for 74 by Joshua Kassel (We presented a gift of peanut, cashew, and almond PRALINES)
RESTAGE for 77 by Daniel Forrest (They had to RESTAGE the Christmas pageant)
SNUGGLE for 82 by Monique Kornell (They would snuggle in front of the yule log)
Karen Lundeen and Naurlene Canterman agreed to select a winner from the list of entries, which they received on an anonymous basis. After much debate, they selected BAPTISTS as the winner. The second contest of the evening was the "PRO CONtest" for the highest play beginning with PRO or CON. Bob Yarmchuk won this as well with a 74 point play of PROTESTS. Bob takes home $14.00

This session also featured the letter C in the ongoing Alphabet Bingo Contest in which all bingos starting with an "C" scored a point. only one person scored in this contest, and we have eight players all with one point. Click here for Alphabet Bingo standings and rules!

Bob Yarmchuk and Ed Saunders both won the 100+ Play Progressive Jackpot by turning in plays of 100 or more points. Ed Saunders put down TIPPERS for 104. Bob's play of ACIDIZED* was a phony that netted him 116 points. Ed and Bob will split the $5.42 prize. The other three progressive jackpots shall each have $1.87 added to them. As of this session, we have payed out $155.13 in prizes for the 2004-2005 season. Click here for a complete list of winners.

The next session (30 December) shall feature the following contests:
- New Year Contest #1- A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who makes the most creative play of a word that has the New Year as its theme (e.g., TOASTS, LANGSYNE, REVELER, etc.). In order to qualify for this contest, you must write the word and a brief description of why it is a "New Year themed." If you can justify a word as being New year themed, we'll accept it as an entry, so be creative!
- New Year Contest #2- A quarter of dues collected shall be awarded to the player who makes the highest-scoring play that contains the tiles N-E-W or Y-E-A-R played in any order (e.g., WEANING, ALLERGY, etc.). To qualify for this, you must play all the N-E-W or Y-E-A-R tiles. Extending a previously-played N-E-W or Y-E-A-R word does not count
Alphabet Bingo Contest - The Alphabet Bingo Letter for this session is D. Each bingo beginning with D scores one point (click here for standings and rules)
- Triple-Triple Progressive Jackpot* - $1.87 plus an eighth of the session's dues will be awarded to any player who scores a Triple-Triple play.
- 100+ Play Progressive Jackpot* - An eighth 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 - $3.55 plus an eighth 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* - $3.55 plus an eighth 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 Played

The following is a list of bingos played by player at NSA Club #565 on 23 December 2004. Phony bingos are listed in red, lowercase.

Naurlene Canterman - 5 Bingos
ENABLING
ERUDITE
LONGERS
MININGS
RAINLESS
Dan Forrest - 5 Bingos
DENTIST (DISTENT, STINTED)
EMOTIVE
LORDLESS
RAISINGS
RESTAGE (ERGATES)
Josh Kassel - 9 Bingo
CREATES (CERATES, ECARTES)
FOSTERS (FORESTS)
LACQUER (CLAQUER)
LUNCHES
OUTSIDE (TEDIOUS)
PATINAS (PASTINA, PINATAS, TAIPANS)
PRALINES
SANDING
trekers
Monique Kornell - 5 Bingos
REFACES
REPINES (EREPSIN)
SASSIER
SCALIER (CLAIRES, ECLAIRS)
SNUGGLE
Karen Lundeen - 2 Bingos
ELEVENS
SEAMIEST
Ed Saunders - 9 Bingos
AMNESIA (ANEMIAS)
GLOWERS (REGLOWS)
INSHRINE
MILORDS
REDYEING
RENTIER (REINTER, TERRINE)
RESTAGE (ERGATES)
TERRITS (RITTERS)
TIPPERS
Robert Whitcomb - 2Bingos
FINALIZE
STANDEE
Bob Yarmchuk - 9 Bingos
acidized
BAPTISTS
DILATORY (ADROITLY, IDOLATRY)
lensers
MISTERS (SMITERS)
PROJECTS
thorines (HORNIEST, ORNITHES)
TOWNIES
ZESTIER

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