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February 2011: Vol N A S P NASPA Bulletin® The monthly news bulletin of the North American SCRABBLE Players Association A February 2011: Vol. 3, No. 2 Renewed Direction By Chris Cree About one year ago, Bryan Pepper (Bed- ford, TX), National SCRABBLE Champion- ship (NSC) Division 1 Leader and Official SCRABBLE Tournament Director since 1998, announced to one and all that he was going to PLAY SCRABBLE tournaments in 2011. That meant that not only were we go- ing to have to find another Division 1 leader at this year’s NSC — thanks, John Robert- son (Cambridge, ON) — but that the Dal- las Open and all of our local one-day events were going to need a new director. Mary Rhoades (Bedford, TX) stepped in for this year’s Dallas Open and yours truly volunteered to take over the one-day events and direct for the first time in about 23 years. That leads to a question I get asked often: How did you first get started playing Official SCRABBLE tournaments? I was a freshman at SMU in Dallas in 1973. A kid named Michael Griffin decided to have a SCRABBLE tournament for our dorm. We had 2 out of 3 matches. I wiped everybody out, even got to play YTTERBIA Nick Fall, Director of the Kingston, Ontario SCRABBLE Club, presenting a SCRABBLE Flash in one of the games and naively thought, game to Daria Petch, Kingston SCRABBLE Club tournament winner, which took place on “I must be good.” I asked my parents for a December 1, 2010 at the Waterford Retirement Residence in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary for Christ- mas, bought a deluxe board and started lug- nament ready.” I read the NASPA Official NSC 2011 Update ging those two items around, playing mostly Tournament Rules a time or two and took by the Championship Committee mothers of girls I went out with, former the new test. I PASSED! The Hotel InterContinental Dallas, site of teachers and college friends. Saturday, January 29, 2011 marked my the 2011 National SCRABBLE Champion- There was a flyer in the SCRABBLE set reentry into directing official SCRABBLE ship (NSC), has made rooms available for group with an ad for what was then called SCRAB- tournaments. I absolutely loved it. rate bookings ($129/night) well in advance of BLE Players. I looked at that ad off and on I did have help. The night before, my wife, our planned late-March opening of event regis- for 7 years before I finally got the nerve to Carla, made some player scorecards and then tration. You can follow the link from the NSC call Mr. Jim Houle, head of the SPA, in Feb- we had two dry runs with John Chew’s tsh page in NASPAWiki to book your rooms now. ruary, 1980. I was told there was a club here program. Carla came to the tournament site As any tournament organizer does, we try hard in Dallas and a tournament that weekend. Saturday morning, and she and Bryan Pep- to negotiate the best possible rate for players, “SIGN ME UP!” per helped me get everything rolling though, whose hotel charges help pay for the playing I was totally hooked. I met players who like good teachers, they had me learning by space and other common hotel services. We ap- were to become some of my dearest friends doing. Bryan also brought his “crate,” which preciate your supporting the event by staying on for 31 years. contains anything a Director might want to site. There was a woman named Bettye Wil- have handy at a tournament site. I was totally Between now and the end of March, the liams (she taught Geometry at my old high impressed. Eve Engelbrite (Lewisville, TX) committee will be busy finishing its review of school — two of my little brothers had her as and Michael Early (Fort Worth, TX) were all of the 124 comment cards it received at last a teacher) who ran the club. She did so until there ahead of time and helped set up tables year’s NSC, to see which of the many helpful she could no longer. I took the Director’s Test with challenge and tally slips. Entering the suggestions for improvement we can imple- and got my Director’s Certificate in 1982 or data and submitting the results were a snap. ment. One of the most frequent requests was to 1983. Somewhere along the way, I ended up There was one director’s call: shorten the two-hour lunch break and play eight directing the club for a few years before turn- Player A: “I played three letters and drew games per day. We can’t shorten the lunch break, ing it over to Michael Willis (Midlothian, three. A fourth tile fell out of the bag face- as it’s traditionally the only time when working TX). down. I picked it up with the same hand that committees can get together for face-to-face dis- We have had so many updates to the rules held the other three and now all four tiles cussions. And, since 86% of players were fine in that time that, even though I had a grand- are in my closed hand. I haven’t seen any of with the current seven games, we are hoping to fathered Director’s Certificate, I knew that I them.” add an optional Lunch Bird event to give the really needed a refresher course to be “tour- A TOUGH CALL continued on p. 2 remaining 14% the extra daily game they want. 2 NASPA Bulletin, Feb. 2011, Vol. 3, No. 2 2011 World SCRABBLE FLASH 2010 Game of Top 50 Active Players Championship Update the Year by the Ratings and Recognition Committee The following are the top fifty active rated by the Championship Committee by the Bulletin Committee members in the NASPA (TWL) rating sys- Organizers of the 2011 World SCRAB- Earlier this month at the Toy Industry tem, as of February 1, 2011. BLE Championship (WSC) are still nego- Association’s (TIA) Toy of the Year Awards, 1. 2140 Richards Nigel (MYS) tiating the details of a planned champion- Hasbro’s SCRABBLE FLASH, the latest ad- 2. 2102 Gibson David (SC) ship in Poland late this year, but whenever dition to the SCRABBLE brand, received the 3. 2047 Cappelletto Brian (IL) and wherever it takes place, the United prestigious Game of the Year award. In doing 3. 2047 Matsumoto Kenji (HI) States and Canada will be able to field so, it edged out Hasbro’s own SCRABBLE 5. 2037 Logan Adam (ON) strong teams as usual. Canada and the SLAM card game and five other nominees. 6. 2034 Swift Orry (TX) U.S. are the only countries which have The award was announced along with 7. 2014 Appel Scott (NJ) won three of the ten championships to eleven others on February 12th at the open- 7. 2014 Bassett-Bouchard Conrad (CA) date. ing of the 108th American International Toy 9. 2006 Sherman Joel (NY) NASPA members interested in quali- Fair at the Toy Center in New York City. 10. 2004 Johnson Carl (OR) fying for Team U.S.A. or Team Canada This year, for the first time, the voting pro- 11. 1999 Stern Rafi (WA) should be sure they are registered with cess was expanded to include not only TIA 12. 1989 Wiegand Dave (OR) the NASPA International Committee or members, but retailers, journalists, bloggers 13. 1968 Benedict Nathan (AZ) Cana dian Committee respectively, and and consumers. Hasbro has received at least 14. 1958 Cohen Laurie (AZ) check NASPAWiki for current standings one award in each of the past five years. 15. 1955 Weinstein Ian (FL) in the qualification systems devised by SCRABBLE FLASH consists of a set of 16. 1948 Nemitrmansuk Pakorn (THA) those bodies. five SmartLink letter cubes, which can dis- 17. 1941 Mallick Joey (ME) American hopefuls (currently number- play random letters but communicate their 17. 1941 Thevenot Geoff (TX) ing 28) can qualify by any of the following location and letters with each other, allowing 19. 1939 Koenig David (MD) routes: World English-language SCRAB- one or more players to play an automatically 20. 1936 Tiekert Ron (FL) BLE Players Association (WESPA) bye (in adjudicated version of a game like Anagrams. 21. 1934 Gabriel Marty (IL) 2009, WESPA awarded byes to the 2007 SCRABBLE FLASH uses the OSPD4 word 22. 1929 Leong James (BC) finalists and a World Youth SCRABBLE list. 23. 1928 Okosagah Sammy (MD) Champion), performance at WSC 2009, In late 2010, NASPA was able to negotiate 23. 1928 Sujjayakorn Panupol (THA) peak OWL or CSW tournament rating, or the resumption of Hasbro’s game shipments 25. 1922 Meyer Nick (CA) through a qualifying tournament. Cana- to sanctioned tournament directors for use as 26. 1919 MacNeil Rod (MA) dian hopefuls (currently 15) can qualify by prizes at their tournaments. Eligible directors 27. 1918 Edley Joe (NY) the same routes, or by winning the 2011 have received copies of SCRABBLE FLASH, 28. 1914 Cree Chris (TX) Canadian National SCRABBLE Champi- and the Bulletin has run photos of happy 29. 1913 Tran Eric (AB) onship (see elsewhere in this issue). winners receiving their FLASH prize. For 30. 1912 Clinchy Evans (MA) WSC 2009 performance places go to more details about the game prize program, 31. 1911 Dackman Joe (NV) Americans Dave Wiegand (Portland, OR), directors should contact Mary Rhoades. 31. 1911 Wapnick Joel (QC) Nathan Benedict (Tucson, AZ) and Jason 33. 1909 Lerman Jerry (CA) Katz-Brown (Tokyo, JPN); and Canadian Can-Am Challenge Update 34.
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