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National SCRABBLE® Association Club 171
Our regular meeting is 5:30-10pm every Tuesday at the Chevy Chase Community Center. Please bring equipment if possible and contribute $1 toward photocopying, etc. Paired rounds begin at 5:30, about 6:15, 7ish, 8ish, and at 9pm sharp. If you arrive during a round, you will face a short wait for a game, but can partake of the snacks as you wait.
          

Weekly Roundup for week of Jun 24, 2008
A report from last Tuesday at Chevy Chase:
 
Tat Reistrup    4-0   +288 
Lorraine Cirina 3-0   +160 
Bob Linn        4-1  +568  
John Stinson    3-1  +105  
Dan Milton      3-2  +176  
Eric Lutz       3-2     -65
Leon Hurd       2-1  +135  
Doug Hoylman    2-2    +23 
Paula McMartin  2-2    -24 
Nandini Dickens 2-2   -196 
Jim Crouch      1-1    +13 
Ted Gest        2-3  +151  
Carole Denton   2-3  -259  
Ralph Moore     1-3  -164  
Greg Werner     0-2  -163  
Lily Gasperetti 0-2  -171  
Brian Bailey    0-2  -215  
Jada Hayes      0-2  -328  
K.C. Frodyma    0-3  -277  

Weekly Roundup for week of Jun 17, 2008
A report from last Tuesday at Chevy Chase:
 
Carole Denton   4 - 0    +268 
Ralph Moore     4 - 1    +285 
Brian Bailey    3 - 1    +409 
Tat Reistrup    3 - 1      -6 
John Stinson    3 - 2    +271 
Adam Ruben      2 - 1    +108 
Ted Gest        2 - 1    -163 
Lily Gasperetti 1 - 0     +13 
Paula McMartin  2 - 2    +279 
Betty Berger    1 - 2    +103 
Greg Warner     1 - 2     -88 
Eric Lutz       1 - 3     +34 
Bamba Sama      0 - 2    -476 
Nandini Dickens 1 - 4    -386 
Pat Brown       0 - 3    -102 
Jim Crouch      0 - 3    -550 

Weekly Roundup for week of Jun 10, 2008
A report from last Tuesday at Chevy Chase:
 
Nandini Dickens    4 -  0     +217          
Ted Gest           4  -  0    +138          
K.C. Frodyma       3  - 1      +340         
Paula McMartin     2 -  1     +101          
Carole Denton      2  - 2      +37          
John Stinson       2  - 2      -128         
Barry Jones        1 -  2      -108         
Tat Reistrup       1  -  3     +103         
Lorraine Cirina    1 -  3     -141          
Charlie Williamson 1 -   3     -402         
Jen Cohen          0  -  2       -56        
Jim Crouch         0  -  2     -220         

Weekly Roundup for week of Jun 3, 2008
A report from last Tuesday at Chevy Chase:
 
Eric Lutz       5-0 +542  7 bingos       
Paula McMartin  3-1 +152                 
Nandini Dickens 3-2 +211  9 bingos       
Ralph Moore     3-2 +134  6 bingos       
Grant Guenzel   2-1 +176                 
Lily Gasperetti 2-1 +141                 
Barry Jones     2-1 + -20                
Lorraine Cirina 2-2 +42                  
Brent Weil      2-2 -58                  
Ted Gest        2-3 -51                  
Doug Hoylman    2-3 -258                 
Carole Denton   1-2 +14                  
Pat Brown       1-2 -54                  
Richard Kamm`   1-2 -96                  
KC Frodyma      1-3 -210                 
John Stinson    1-4 -291                 
Jada Hayes      0-2 -358                 

Weekly Roundup for week of May 27, 2008
A report from last Tuesday at Chevy Chase:
 
Lorraine Cirina   3-0  +184 
Eric Lutz         4-1  +210 
Sarel Kromer      3-1  +264 
Carole Denton     3-1  +226 
Richard Kamm      3-1  +128 
Ralph Moore       2-1  +314 
Marcia Bowen      2-1  +265 
Bob Linn          1-1  -160 
John Stinson      2-3  -170 
Adam Ruben        1-2  -178 
Betty Berger      1-2  -248 
Ted Gest          1-3  -54  
Jada Hayes        0-2  -519 
Paula McMartin    0-4  -134 

Weekly Roundup for week of May 20, 2008
A report from last Tuesday at Chevy Chase:
 
Ralph Moore      5 - 0  +279       
Marcia Bowen     4 - 0  +296       
Eric Lutz        4 - 1  +116       
Nandini Dickens  3 - 2  +231       
Ted Gest         3 - 2  +220       
Bob Linn         2 - 2  +208       
Brian Bailey     2 - 2  -264       
John Stinson     2 - 2  +132       
K.C. Frodyma     2 - 2   +97       
Carole Denton    2 - 2   +27       
Lorraine Cirina  2 - 1   +13       
Tat Reistrup     2 - 1   -26       
Paula McMartin   1 - 3  -120       
Richard Kamm     1 - 4  -316       
Jada Hayes       0 - 2  -446       
Barry Jones      0 - 3  -455       
Bruce Halverson  0 - 5  -319       

Weekly Roundup for week of May 13, 2008
A report from director Brian Galebach:
 
Eric Lutz             5-0, +303 
Nandini Dickens       4-1, +166 
John Stinson          3-1, +359 
Rebecca Lambert       3-1, +310 
Lorraine Cirina       3-1, +218 
Brian Galebach        3-1, +132 
Marcia Bowen          2-0, +80  
Bruce Halverson       3-1, +20  
Paula McMartin        2-1, +66  
Tat Reistrup          1-0, +14  
Stefan Fatsis         1-0, +2   
Barry Jones           3-2, -8   
Betty Berger          2-2, +134 
Lily Gasparetti       1-1, +121 
Carole Denton         2-2, +113 
Brian Bailey          2-2, +40  
Richard Kamm          2-3, -10  
KC Frodyma            1-2, -16  
Lillian Halverson     1-2, -316 
David Spitzer         1-3, -16  
Jen Cohen             0-2, -58  
Adam Ruben            0-2, -79  
Jada Hayes            0-2, -374 
Cheryl Kagan          1-4, -202 
Charlie Williamson    0-3, -205 
Ralph Moore           1-4, -262 
David Gasparetti      0-3, -289 

Weekly Roundup for week of May 6, 2008
Mary Lou Goetz's June 7 tournament is coming up soon. This is a good one day (7-game) event, especially if you are new to tournaments. It's near Annapolis--you easily can do it in one day from D.C. See cross-tables for the registration info (Initial entry deadine: 5/28).

Students from Janney Elementary School have been practicing at our club under the tutelage of Stefan Fatsis for the national School Scrabble tournament. Check out the Janney team's page on the Scrabble website, with their game-by-game results. At least one photo went out on the AP wire and was used in several places, including Yahoo, Fox News.com, and some newspapers. Here's the picture, with the AP story.

We had a large group at Chevy Chase this past Tuesday. We welcomed Joanna Ward, who recently moved here from PA and took part in the York club.

The results:

Eric Lutz        4 - 0   +321
Marcia Bowen     3 - 0   +386
Tat Reistrup     3 - 0   +110
Rebecca Lambert  3 - 1   +146
Ted Gest         3 - 1    +56
Nandini Dickens  3 - 2   +281
Lorraine Cirina  2 - 1   +313
Jen Cohen        2 - 1    +95
Sarel Kromer     2 - 1    +75
Carole Denton    2 - 2    -66
Brent Weil       2 - 2    -69
Barry Jones      2 - 2    -80
Paula McMartin   1 - 1    +73
Jim Cassidy      2 - 3    +35
Brian Galebach   2 - 3   -151
Ralph Moore      2 - 3   -193
Damon Gulzcynski 1 - 3    -46
Richard Kamm     1 - 4   -169
Jada Hayes       0 - 2   -452
Beverly Roberts  0 - 3   -333
Joanna Ward      0 - 4   -615

Weekly Roundup for week of Apr 22, 2008
A report on last Tuesday from director Marcia Bowen:
Barry Jones      4 - 0 
Eric Lutz        4 - 0 
Rebecca Lambert  4 - 1 
Carole Denton    3 - 1 
Marisa Adelson   2 - 0 
Marcia Bowen     2 - 1 
Tat Reistrup     2 - 1 
K.C. Frodyma     2 - 2 
Paula McMartin   2 - 2 
Lorraine Cirina  1 - 1 
Nandini Dickens  2 - 3 
Adam Ruben       1 - 2 
Betty Berger     1 - 3 
Jada Hayes       0 - 2 
Jim Cassidy      1 - 4 
Richard Kamm     1 - 4 
Ted Gest         0 - 4 

Weekly Roundup for week of Apr 15, 2008
A report on last Tuesday from director Carole Denton:
Sarel Kromer       4-0 +379             
Carole Denton      3-0 +318             
Ralph Moore        3-0 +75              
Teresa Schaeffer   3-2  -68             
Barry Jones        2-1 +183             
Doug Hoylman       2-2 -39              
Rebecca Lambert    2-2 -143             
Paula McMartin     1-0-1 +272           
Brian Bailey       1-1 +18              
Lorraine Cirina    1-2-1 -199           
Adam Ruben         1-2 +32              
Test Gest          1-4 -124             
Richard Kamm       1-4 -394             
Greg Werner        0-2 -154             
Jada Hayes         0-2 -495             
Grant Guenzel      0-3 -204             

Weekly Roundup for week of Apr 8, 2008
K.C. Frodyma    3- 0     +236
Ted Gest        3- 1     +359
Eric Lutz       3- 1     +318
Brian Bailey    2- 1     +250
Marcia Bowen    2- 1     -48 
Barry Jones     2- 2 - 1 +303
Carole Denton   2- 2     -10 
Richard Kamm    2- 2     -60 
Greg Werner     1- 1     +144
John Stinson    1- 2     -181
Lorraine Cirina 1- 2     -248
Rebecca Lambert  - 3     -107
Jada Hayes      0- 2     -455
Paula McMartin  0- 3 - 1 -101

Weekly Roundup for week of Apr 1, 2008
A report on April Fools night play:
Rebecca Lambert  4  -  0   +544 
Eric Lutz        3  -  1   +220 
Paula McMartin   3  -  1    +74 
Beverly Roberts  2  -  0   +180 
Barry Jones      3  -  2   +137 
Adam Ruben       2  -  2   +138 
Carole Denton    2  -  2    -98 
Abe Kanter       2  -  2   -106 
K.C. Frodyma     2  -  2   -154 
Ted Gest         1  -  2   +159 
Damon Gulczynski 1  -  3   -159 
Richard Kamm     1  -  4   -625 
Brian Bailey     0  -  1     -3 
Jada Hayes       0  -  2   -188 
Lorraine Cirina  0  -  4   -410 

Weekly Roundup for week of Mar 25, 2008
Here are the results from last Tuesday at Chevy Chase:
John Stinson     3  -  0    +314        
K. C. Frodyma    3  -  1    +247        
T. J. Jeng       3  -  1    +192        
Lorraine Cirina  3  -  1    +146        
Brian Bailey     3  -  1    +131        
Eric Lutz        3  -  1     +42        
Rebecca Lambert  3  -  2    +265        
Carole Denton    3  -  2    +111        
Paula McMartin   2  -  1    +164        
Ted Gest         2  -  1    +153        
Brent Weil       2  -  1     +64        
Jim Crouch       2  -  2    -321        
Barry Jones      2  -  3    -184        
Adam Ruben       1  -  2    +144        
Mary Roushdy     1  -  2     +22        
Marcia Bowen     1  -  2     +16        
Grant Guenzel    1  -  2    -148        
Betty Berger     1  -  3    -332        
Ralph Moore      0  -  2    -206        
Jada Hayes       0  -  2    -220        
Jim Cassidy      0  -  5    -439        

Weekly Roundup for week of Mar 18, 2008
Results from last Tuesday:
Bob Linn         5  -  0  +370       
Nandini Dickens  5  -  1  +210       
Adam Ruben       4  -  0  +468       
Eric Lutz        3  -  0  +285       
Lorraine Cirina  3  -  2  +151       
Ted Gest         2  -  1    -4       
T. J. Jeng       2  -  1   -39       
K.C. Frodyma     2  -  2  +263       
Pat Brown        2  -  2   -48       
Brian Bailey     2  -  2  -108       
Tat Reistrup     1  -  2   +31       
Mark Baxter      1  -  2   -26       
John Stinson     1  -  3  -138       
Carole Denton    1  -  3  -206       
Jada Hayes       0  -  2  -297       
Barry Jones      1  -  4  -184       
Richard Kamm     1  -  4  -327       
Jim Cassidy      1  -  4  -337       

Weekly Roundup for week of Mar 11, 2008
Last Tuesday, we had a modern-day-record crowd of 26 people playing, including Teresa Schaeffer stopping by from her seemingly world-wide journeys. Marcia Bowen came out on top of the heap. See you all again on Tuesday.
Marcia Bowen      3  -  0   +553       
Barry Jones       3  -  0   +311       
Mary Roushdy      2  -  0   +212       
Brian Bailey      3  -  1   +221       
Abe Kanter        3  -  1   +199       
John Stinson      3  -  1   +152       
Doug Hoylman      3  -  1    +69       
Rebecca Lambert   3  -  2   +247       
Carole Denton     3  -  2   +188       
Richard Kamm      3  -  2   +114       
Nandini Dickens   3  -  2    +85       
Stefan Fatsis     2  -  1   +198       
T. J. Jeng        2  -  1    -30       
Brent Weil        2  -  2   +133       
Teresa Schaeffer  2  -  2    +84       
Mark Baxter       2  -  3    -57       
David Spitzer     1  -  2    +84       
Katie Krause      1  -  2    -75       
Paula McMartin    1  -  2    -96       
Lorraine Cirina   1  -  2   -119       
Cheryl Kagan      1  -  2   -415       
Eric Lutz         1  -  3   -290       
Ted Gest          1  -  3   -415       
Jim Hoover        0  -  1    -85       
Jada Hayes        0  -  2   -451       
K. C. Frodyma     0  -  4   -368       

Weekly Roundup for week of Mar 4, 2008
Last week back in D.C., Pat Brown came away with the honors:
Pat Brown        5 - 0   +316        
Brian Bailey     3 - 0   +204        
Adam Ruben       3 - 1   +127        
Carole Denton    3 - 2    +34        
John Stinson     2 - 1   +171        
Paula McMartin   2 - 1   +101        
Mark Baxter      2 - 1     +8        
Abe Kanter       2 - 2   +145        
Eric Lutz        2 - 2    -52        
Damon Gulczynski 2 - 2    -63        
Ted Gest         1 - 1    +28        
Grant Guenzel    1 - 2    -10        
K.C. Frodyma     1 - 2    -11        
Lorraine Cirina  1 - 2   -152        
Jim Hoover       0 - 1   -111        
Jen Cohen        1 - 3    -80        
Rebecca Lambert  1 - 3   -180        
Richard Kamm     1 - 3   -155        
Jada Hayes       0 - 2   -443        
Betty Berger     1 - 4   -250        

Weekly Roundup for week of Feb 26, 2008
A report from director Marcia Bowen:
Carole Denton    4 -  0  +326  
John Stinson     3 -  1  +174  
Rebecca Lambert  3 -  1      
Phil Koshute     2 -  0  +331  
Damon Gulczynski 2 -  1  +183  
Jen Cohen        2 -  1  +150  
Betty Berger     2 -  3  -35   
Richard Kamm     2 -  3  -82   
Stefan Fatsis    1 -  1  +96   
Sarel Kromer     1 -  2  -135  
Jim Crouch       1 -  3  -417  
Nandini Dickens  1 -  4  -185  
Jim Hoover       0 -  1  -158  
Lorraine Cirina  0 -  2  -129  
Brent Weil       0 -  3  -372  

Weekly Roundup for week of Feb 19, 2008
Welcome to Rachel Buske, Stacy Hoffhaus, and Mike Ostrowski, who joined our big crowd last Tuesday. The report from director Carole Denton:
Ted Gest          4-1 +171                     
Nandini Dickens   4-2 +131                     
Marcia Bowen      3-0 +371                     
Tat Reistrup      3-1 +344                     
John Stinson      3-1 +251 (8 bingos)          
Brent Weil        3-1 +195  (relaxes for 156)  
Betty Berger      2-0 +167                     
KC Frodyma        2-1 +202                     
Rachel Buske      2-1 -106                     
Paula McMartin    2-1  +2                      
Carole Denton     2-2 +141                     
Rebecca Lambert   2-2 -54                      
Damon Gulczynski  2-2 -120                     
Eric Lutz         2-2 -151  (ralliers for 122) 
Abe Kanter        2-2 -159                     
Stefan Fatsis     1-1 +148                     
Joe Voith         1-2 -14                      
Bob Linn          1-2 -100                     
Pat Brown         1-2 -115                     
Grant Guenzel     1-2 -143                     
Richard Kamm      1-3 -108                     
Mike Ostrowski    0-1 -88                      
Stacy Hoffhaus    0-1 -151                     
Lorraine Cirina   0-4 -197                     
Jim Crouch        0-4 -402 

Weekly Roundup for week of Feb 12, 2008
We had a good group Tuesday despite the poor weather. New member Abe Kanter led the pack, and we welcomed back Brent Weil.
Abe Kanter        3  -  1   +336       
Ted Gest          3  -  1   +108       
Barry Jones       2  -  0   +112       
Doug Hoylman      2  -  1   +137       
Brian Bailey      2  -  1   +105       
Lorraine Cirina   1  -  0    +31       
K.C. Frodyma      2  -  2    -34       
Damon Gulczynski  2  -  2    -89       
Brent Weil        1  -  1    -69       
Carole Denton     1  -  2    -22       
Richard Kamm      1  -  3   -198       
Paula McMartin    0  -  1    -31       
Jim Crouch        0  -  2   -133       
Rebecca Lambert   1  -  4   -154       

Weekly Roundup for week of Feb 5, 2008
Several of us made it into the Washington Times' feature Friday on Scrabulous, including Sarel Kromer, Stefan Fatsis, and Susan Orlins.

A report on last Tuesday from director Ralph Moore: The February 5 session was unusual in that two players achieved 5-0 records: Carole Denton and Nandini Dickens, with Carole having the edge on point spread. It was a banner night for bingos, with Carole scoring 10, KC Frodyma 9, and 6 each for Betty Berger, Ted Gest, and Ralph Moore. Damon Gulczynski had the highest game score, 515, and Carole had the biggest bingo: repents, for 93 points.

The standings:
Carole Denton     5-0 +445       
Nandini Dickens   5-0 +337       
Betty Berger      3-1 +232       
Pat Brown         2-1 +152       
Lorraine Cirina   2-1 +124       
KC Frodyma        2-2 +90        
Ralph Moore       2-2 +78        
Rebecca Lambert   2-2 +66        
Damon Gulczynski  2-2 +55        
Ted Gest          2-3 -435       
Jim Crouch        1-3 -205       
Richard Kamm      1-4 -337       
Jim Hoover        0-1 -73        
Loren Magri       0-1 -112       
Marcia Bowen      0-3 -205       

Weekly Roundup for week of Jan 29, 2008
John Stinson     3  -  1    +49           
Ted Gest         2  -  0   +464           
Bob Linn         1  -  0    +80           
Eric Lutz        1  -  0    +48           
Ralph Moore      3  -  2   +391           
Richard Kamm     3  -  2    +73           
Chris Lehmann    2  -  1    +69           
Jen Cohen        2  -  1    +54           
Lorraine Cirina  2  -  1    +49           
Carole Denton    2  -  2   -110           
Brian Bailey     1  -  1    -10           
Beverly Roberts  1  -  1     +2           
Paula McMartin   1  -  2    +19           
Betty Berger     1  -  3    -69           
Tat Reistrup     1  -  3   -274           
Nandini Dickens  1  -  3   -307           
Rebecca Lambert  0  -  3   -142           
Jim Crouch       0  -  3   -531           

Weekly Roundup for week of Jan 22, 2008
Eric Lutz       4-0  +162 (8 bingoes)       
Tat Reistrup    4-0  +186                   
Bob Linn        4-1  +361                   
Betty Berger    3-1  +233                   
Brian Bailey    3-1  +77                    
Carole Denton   2-0  +199                   
Richard Kamm    2-2  +203                   
Paula McMartin  2-2  +29                    
Rebecca Lambert 2-2  +18                    
Ted Gest        2-3  +78                    
Ralph Moore     2-3  -97                    
John Stinson    1-3  -265                   
Nandini Dickens 1-4  -46                    
Chris Lehmann   0-2  -350                   
Lorraine Cirina 0-4  -248                   
Jim Crouch      0-4  -564                   

Weekly Roundup for week of Jan 15, 2008
Stefan Fatsis   3  -  1    +224           
Eric Lutz       3  -  1    +223           
Barry Jones     3  -  1    +170           
Brian Bailey    2  -  0    +121           
Nandini Dickens 3  -  2     +40           
Marcia Bowen    2  -  1    +170           
Tat Reistrup    2  -  1     +13           
Rebecca Lambert 2  -  2     +41           
Ted Gest        2  -  2     +13           
Doug Hoylman    2  -  2     -29           
Pat Brown       2  -  3    +133           
Richard Kamm    1  -  2    -105           
Jim Crouch      1  -  2    -207           
Paula McMartin  0  -  4    -170           
Carole Denton   0  -  4    -619           

Weekly Roundup for week of Jan 8, 2008
Brian Bailey     4-0      +304          
Richard Kamm     4-0      +236          
Ted Gest         4-1                    
Bob Linn         3-1                    
Chris Lehmann    2-0                    
Jim Cassidy      3-2   +152             
Paula McMartin   3-2   +64              
Nandini Dickens  3-2   +3               
Pat Brown        2-1   +102             
Leon Hurd        2-1   +47              
Stefan Fatsis    1-1                    
Beverly Roberts  1-2                    
Carole Denton    1-3     +9             
K.C. Frodyma     1-3     -176           
Ralph Moore      0-1                    
Jim Crouch       0-2                    
Lorraine Cirina  0-3                    
John Stinson     0-4                    
The highest game score was Jim Cassidy's 539.
Weekly Roundup for week of Jan 1, 2008
We had a good crowd for our special Thursday January 3 (the Center was closed Tuesday for the holiday) session last week. The results:
Nandini Dickens  4 -  0  +217       
Carole Denton    4 -  0  +193       
Ted Gest         3 -  0  +222       
Barry Jones      3 -  1             
Ralph Moore      3 -  2   -80       
Lorraine Cirina  2 -  2   +19       
Shah Ali         2 -  1  +174       
Marcia Bowen     1 -  1             
Paula McMartin   1 -  2   +46       
Theresa James    1 -  2   -47       
Richard Kamm     1 -  3  -277       
Stefan Fatsis    0 -  2   -37       
Jen Cohen        0 -  3  -199       
John Stinson     1 -  4  -313       

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