THOMAS REINKE STARTS NEW CLUB SEASON WITH 100% WINNING PERCENTAGE
1st Thomas Reinke is averaging 456 on the year thanks to his 4-0 +433 performance. His most dominant win of the night was in his round-one matchup versus Shayla Dunn, a match which he won 499-312. If we extrapolate out, Thomas is likely to finish the year with 200 wins and not a single loss. This would undoubtedly be the scrabble accomplishment of the century, so no pressure Thomas.
2nd Barb Besadny started off strong at 3-1 +109. She brought out the big guns for a 441-269 win against Sue Goldstein, playing the bingos DEBATES and "FILMINGS". Mark Kenas is probably the only player at our club who would be able to confidently challenge that plausible phony off the board.
3rd Shayla Dunn also had a 3-1 record, with a smaller +13 cumulative. After being held bingoless against Thomas, she bested the other Reinke twin 403-378, again without the aid of a bingo, Charles' bingos of UNRAISED and DISENDOW not being enough. A troubling trend emerged for Shayla for the new year, as both Reinkes had double-blank bingos against her.
SUE GOLDSTEIN STARTS THE NEW YEAR LIKE SHE ENDED THE LAST - ON TOP!
1st Sue Goldstein went 3-1 -36, all the more impressive considering that she had to face several expert players over the course of the evening. She confidently turned away Lynda Finn in the final game of the night, 362-336, aided by her bingos of REBOOTS and GROANER.
2nd Sharlie Miura scored 325 in both of her matches, on her way to 2-0 +139. Like her expert counterpart Thomas Reinke, she is setting herself up to go undefeated the rest of the year.
14 players attended this week's Scrabbling phrensy. Helen Flores played the word of the week, DHURRIE, which is an Indian rug. Perhaps next week she can play the word FLOKATI, which is a Greek rug. Charles Reinke attained high A with the word POONTANG (better left undefined), Shayla Dunn nabbed low N, Thomas Reinke earned high E with DEBRIDE (V. to remove dead tissue surgically), and Richard Lauder won low W.
| Experts | |
| Thomas Reinke | 4-0 +433 |
| Barb Besadny | 3-1 +109 |
| Shayla Dunn | 3-1 +13 |
| Lynda Finn | 2-2 +63 |
| Charles Reinke | 2-2 -73 |
| Mary Becker | 2-3 -97 |
| Molly Gardner | 1-2 +8 |
| Richard Lauder | 1-3 -173 |
| Helen Flores | 0-4 -164 |
| Intermediates | |
| Sue Goldstein | 3-1 -36 |
| Sharlie Miura | 2-0 +139 |
| Aki Miura | 1-1 +1 |
| Harwinder Dowd | 1-2 -4 |
| June Scott | 0-3 -219 |
| Bingos | ||
| Thomas Reinke | 10 | SEARING NITRATOR NOTARIES OUTRIDER ANDESITE REPINES DEBRIDE GLUIEST ONEROUS EMIRATE |
| Richard Lauder | 7 | ENTOILED HUGGERS CARTOONS DILATORS TRINDLE SLITTER basalte |
| Barb Besadny | 4 | PETTERS DEBATES SLITTER filmings |
| Lynda Finn | 4 | TOTALISE CARTONS AEROGEL FINNIEST |
| Charles Reinke | 4 | POONTANG INSTROKE UNRAISED DISENDOW |
| Molly Gardner | 4 | RETAINS INDENTS ROADIES ARTSIER |
| Mary Becker | 3 | SWATHING BUILDER MALLING |
| Helen Flores | 3 | HALOIDS ATONIES DHURRIE |
| Shayla Dunn | 2 | MAGNETIC RETAINS |
| Sue Goldstein | 2 | REBOOTS GROANER |
| Harwinder Dowd | 1 | SHUTTERS |
| $4 Prizes | |||
| Prize | Player | Word | Score |
| High A | Charles Reinke | POONTANG | 86 |
| Low N | Shayla Dunn | ||
| High E | Thomas Reinke | DEBRIDE | 80 |
| Low W | Richard Lauder | 8 | |
| High Games | |
| 499 | Thomas Reinke |
| 485 | Mary Becker |
| 463 | Thomas Reinke |
| 447 | Thomas Reinke |
| 441 | Barb Besadny |
| Most bingos/game | |
| 2.5 | Thomas Reinke |
| 1.75 | Richard Lauder |
| 1.33 | Molly Gardner |
| 1 | Barb Besadny |
| 1 | Lynda Finn |
| High Averages | |
| 456 | Thomas Reinke |
| 393 | Shayla Dunn |
| 373 | Lynda Finn |
| 372 | Molly Gardner |
| 372 | Charles Reinke |
| Low Opponent Averages | |
| 256 | Sharlie Miura |
| 307 | Aki Miura |
| 312 | Harwinder Dowd |
| 325 | June Scott |
| 332 | Sue Goldstein |
| Session Averages | |
| Avg. Game Score | 357 |
| Avg. Intermediate Score | 303 |
| Avg. Expert Score | 377 |
| Avg. Winning Score | 392 |
| Avg. Losing Score | 321 |
| Avg. Bingo Score | 0 |
Wednesday, March 12:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, March 19:
Scrabble at Misty Mountain Games
Wednesday, March 26:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
Wednesday, April 2:
Scrabble at Covenant Church
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