Monday, January 1, 1950 10:00 AM
Scrabble® Word of the Day
REMINDER: HOURS FOR SCRABBLE® CLUB 276!
Wednesdays, 5:45 PM-9:00 PM!
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Congratulations to
IAN WEINSTEIN
for achieving
32 consecutive wins
at Scrabble Club #276!!!!
Congratulations to
RANDY GREENSPAN
for winning the game
that stopped Ian's streak!
Hot off of the presses!
Additional accolades to
IAN WEINSTEIN for placing 2nd
in Div. 1 with a record of 14 wins/5 losses, +1145
in the Atlantic City tournament held 1/30-2/1/10!
Results of Ft. Lauderale Tournament, January 23, 2010
Congratulations to our club members
who placed in the top three spots of their divisions!
TRIP PAYNE (Div. 1-2nd)
ELAINE PATTERSON (Div. 1, 3rd)
MICHAEL VACIANNA (Div. 2, 3rd)
MITCHELL BROWN (Div. 3, 1st)
Please take time to check the latest edition of "The Last Word" for the article about our Scrabble Club #276.
"The Last Word" - Club News: Scrabble Club #276
and while you are there, click on the home page
so that you can see all of the interesting articles
that are in its Issue 4 of February 2010.
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Scrabble Club 276
celebrates its 21st Annual Awards Night!!!
On January 6th, twenty-six of our hearty Scrabble members braved the cold elements outside and attended our 21st Annual Scrabble Awards Night and cheered on their fellow players as numerous awards were presented!
To recap the winners in the many different categories:
2009 Good Sportsmanship Award
(aka Ms. Congeniality)
ANGEL DUPREE
This prestigious award was voted upon by her fellow club members. Angel always has a big smile and never complains about "bad tiles" or losing games. Instead she always strives to do better. She is helpful to the new players and always gets into the spirit of whatever holiday we are celebrating! Congratulations, Angel! It's always a pleasure to see your smiling face at club.
2009 Most Improved Player
JED MARTINEZ
17.44 increase in games won!
2nd Place - SANDEE BLOOM - 15.69 increase
3rd Place - IAN WEINSTEIN - 11.38 increase
Which goes to prove that whether you are a beginner, an intermediate or expert player, you are always in the running to win this award.
2009 Highest Word
MARY CAPALBI - QUARRIES - 203 Pts
2009 Highest Phoney Word
MICKEY KAPLAN - OUTGRAZE - 212 Pts
2009 Most Bamdingers (Word Scoring 100+ Points)
1st Place - HOWARD PISTOL - EIGHT (8)
2nd Place - IAN WEINSTEIN - SEVEN (7)
3rd Place Tie - ROBERT KAHN (6)
ELAINE PATTERSON (6)
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For a complete list of all bamdingers which have been played at our Scrabble Club 276 during the past 12 years, click on this link:
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ATTENDING AWARDS NIGHT BAMDINGER WINNERS!
Back Row L-R: Carl Stocker (1), George Rogers (1), Robert Kahn (6), Marty Rosen (3), Ian Weinstein (7), Michael Vacianna (2), Jed Martinez (2), Mary Capalbi (3), John Thomason (2), Steve Polatnick (1), Trip Payne (1), Shahnaz Mallat (1), John Scalzo (1). Very Front Row L-R: Charlotte Simeone (1), Sandee Bloom (3), Larry "P." Gradus (5), Cheryl Levin (1), Carolyn Koslen (1)
2009 Best Looking Score Sheet
Jeff Garrett
Although this might seem like a trivial award, it actually is the cornerstone of our Awards Night. The awards night final stats are reliant upon all correct and readable information handed in on the weekly score sheets.
2009 Highest Game
1st Place - LARRY "P." GRADUS - 629 PTS
2nd Place - IAN WEINSTEIN - 621 PTS
3rd Place - HOWARD PISTOL - 600 PTS
PLATEAU CERTIFICATE AWARDS
Scrabble Club 276 has been keeping stats for the past twelve years. Plateau Certificate Awards were presented to our club members who reached plateaus of 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000, 2000 & 3000 winning games.
IAN WEINSTEIN and SANDEE BLOOM
received PLATEAU CERIFICATE AWARDS at the 1000 level! Thirty other club members received varying levels of the Plateau Cerificate Awards. Congratulations to all!
George Rogers (500), Charlotte Simeone (500), Robert Kahn (500), Carl Stocker (100), Trip Payne (250), John Thomason (100), Marty Rosen (500), Steve Polatnick (500), Jed Martinez (50), Mary Capalbi (250), Jeff Garrett (100 - 1/2 game shy of 250!), Shereen Weinstein (250), Angel Dupree (100), Shahnaz Mallat (100), Ossie Mair (500), Ian Weinstein (1000), Sandee Bloom (1000), Cheryl Levin (250), Larry P. Gradus (500)
2009 Best Bingo Average
1st Place - IAN WEINSTEIN - 1.969
2nd Place - ROBERT KAHN - 1.842
3rd Place - STEVE POLATNICK - 1.724
2009 Most Bingos
1st Place - IAN WEINSTEIN - 250!
2nd Place - ROBERT KAHN - 221
3rd Place - ELAINE PATTERSON - 195
2009 Most 400+ Games
1st Place - IAN WEINSTEIN - 94
2nd Place - ROBERT KAHN - 71
3rd Place - STEVE POLATNICK - 64
2009 Highest % of 400+ Games
1st Place - IAN WEINSTEIN - .740
2nd Place - STEVE POLATNICK - .610
3rd Place - TRIP PAYNE - .600
2009 Most 500+ Games
1st Place - IAN WEINSTEIN - 19
2nd Place - STEVE POLATNICK - 14
3rd Place - ROBERT KAHN - 13
2009 Highest % of 500+ Games
1st Place - IAN WEINSTEIN - .150
2nd Place - STEVE POLATNICK - .133
3rd Place - ROBERT KAHN - .108
2009 Biggest Winning Streak
1st Place - IAN WEINSTEIN - 26 games
(As of January 13, 2010 - 31 winning games!)
2nd Place - STEVE POLATNICK - 13 games
3rd Place - CARL STOCKER - 12 games
A special award will be presented to the person who can shoot down "the fastest gun in the West" when they stop IAN's incredible winning streak. Although we are all thrilled and amazed by Ian's record, we all want to be the one who will win this prize!
2009 Most Wins
1st Place - IAN WEINSTEIN - 104
2nd Place - SANDEE BLOOM - 87
3rd Place - STEVE POLATNICK - 79.5
2009 Highest Average (Rounded off)
1st Place - IAN WEINSTEIN - 443
2nd Place - STEVE POLATNICK - 421
3rd Place - ROBERT KAHN - 410
2009 Best Percentage
1st Place - IAN WEINSTEIN - .819
2nd Place - STEVE POLATNICK - .757
3rd Place -TRIP PAYNE - .661
Each regularly attending Scrabble player received a gift mouse pad as a "thank you" for making our club such a fun place to attend.
Once again, DENA WEINSTEIN supplied an incredibly decadent and delicious chocolate cake with hand-dipped chocolate covered strawberries for our Awards Night festivities! Thank you so much for your efforts and your thoughtfulness, Dena. I don't know which our members look forward to more....the cake you bring in or the awards!!!! And if that wasn't enough, Ian paid for everyone's dues that night! What wonderful people!
I would also like to thank LARRY "P." GRADUS for all of his help during the year as my "Acting" Assistant Director! Larry, you make it so much easier whenever you are here. What a team we make!!
Last but not least, I want to thank all of our members who contributed to a gift for me. I devote many, many hours outside of Wednesday nights trying to make our club a fun place to attend. It makes me feel so good to know that it is appreciated!
Many more terrific photos were taken during the evening. Don't miss any of them! You can see a slide show of all the evening's festivities by clicking on this link:
***When you get to the site, you do not have to sign in your email address or put in a password. Just scroll down below the photo of Ossie and click on VIEW ALBUM.****
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LATEST NASPA NEWS
There are two different publications regarding NASPA news.
The NASPA TOURNAMENT SCRABBLE® BULLETIN is basically information about NASPA in a two-page format
The independent Scrabble® newsletter "THE LAST WORD" (formerly called NASPA NEWSLETTER) is a more in depth publication about tournament Scrabble® and its Scrabble® players.
Click the following links to read
either or both publications.
NASPA TOURNAMENT SCRABBLE® BULLETIN
Volume 2, No. 1
"THE LAST WORD" NEWSLETTER
FEBRUARY - ISSUE 4
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