Celebrate the Ottawa SCRABBLE® Club’s 20th anniversary at the 10th Annual John Weston Memorial SCRABBLE Tournament Join us on Labour Day weekend (September 2 to 4) for a special edition of our annual John Weston Memorial SCRABBLE Tournament! Enjoy 20 rounds of NASPA-rated tournament games, one for each year since Colette and John Weston established Club #495 back in 1997. The venue is our current club location, Calvin Christian Reformed Church (1475 Merivale Road, Ottawa). Tournament Format 20 games, 3 OTCWL divisions + 1 CSW division, round-robin + Chew pairings, Gibson rule Divisions (Canadian funds; all entry fees, less expenses, to be returned as prizes) OTCWL Division A: rated 1400 and up, $100 entry fee OTCWL Division B: rated 1000 to 1399, $80 entry fee OTCWL Division C: rated under 1000, $70 entry fee CSW Division: $100 entry fee (Division B at $80, if numbers warrant; else class prizes) Request to play up within 100 points of your rating at director’s discretion. Registration Form (interactive – requires Adobe Reader) Please fill out this form, then send payment by PayPal or Interac e-transfer by August 29 to [email protected]. Note: Canadian prizewinners will be paid in cash or cheque. U.S. prizewinners will be paid in U.S. cash. Name: ..................................................................................................... OTCWL (☐ preferred): ☐ A ☐ B ☐ C Address: ................................................................................................. CSW (☐ preferred): ☐ A ☐ B Phone (mobile preferred): .................................................................. (one registrant per form; E-mail: ...................................................................................................... no paper registrations NASPA ID: .............................................................................................. and no cheques, please) Yo u must be a member of NASPA (www.scrabbleplayers.org) to participate. E-mail Ross or visit www.scrabbleplayers.org/w/Membership for info on joining NASPA. I require a different means of payment: .......................................... Ye s ☐ Click here to submit this form. (If this fails, please send this form to a PC/Mac and submit it from there.) SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark of Hasbro, Inc. in the United States and Canada. Hotel Suggestions Schedule Here are some hotels within a 15-minute drive. There are many Saturday, September 2 others available in Nepean and elsewhere in Ottawa. 8:30 AM: registration, announcements Ramada Ottawa on the Rideau http://ramadaottawa.com 9:00 AM: Rounds 1 to 4 2259 Prince of Wales Drive, Nepean, Ontario K2E 6Z8 1:15 PM: lunch (provided) Phone: 800-565-1311 2:30 PM: Rounds 5 to 8 Travelodge Ottawa West http://www.travelodge.com Sunday, September 3 1376 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 7L5 9:30 AM: brunch (location TBA; at Phone: 613-722-7600 own cost) E-mail: [email protected] 11:30 AM: Rounds 9 to 15 Days Inn Ottawa Airport http://www.daysinnottawa.com Monday, September 4 366 Hunt Club Road, Gloucester, Ontario K1V 1C1 9:00 AM: Rounds 16 to 20 Phone: 613-739-7555 2:30 PM: prize ceremony E-mail: [email protected] Note: This hotel is located east of the bridge over the Rideau Please call Ross Brown at +1 613 591- River, not on “West” Hunt Club Road. 0367 to advise us if you’re running late. Venue – Calvin Christian Reformed Church, 1475 Merivale Road Calvin CRC is our club’s new regular meeting place, located in the City View neighbourhood, close to lots of shopping and restaurants, and a 10-minute drive from downtown Ottawa. Driving Directions: From Highway 417: Exit at Maitland Avenue and travel south 1.4 km to its end, follow the right curve onto Clyde Avenue and travel south another 0.7 km, then turn left onto Merivale Road and travel east 0.3 km to find Calvin CRC on your right. From Highway 416: Exit at (West) Hunt Club Road and travel east 6.6 km, then turn left onto Merivale Road and travel north 3.0 km (following Merivale Road as it branches right at the corner of Lotta Avenue) to find Calvin CRC on your right. (Alternatively: Follow Highway 416 to Highway 417 east, then proceed as described above.) Contact Information Organizer/Director: Ross Brown Address: 20 Dorey Court, Kanata, Ontario K2L 2V5 Phone: +1 613 591-0367 E-mail: [email protected] The members of NASPA Club #495 look forward to seeing you! Web: ottawascrabbleclub.com Facebook: Ottawa Scrabble Club E-mail: [email protected] Help Us Reduce Waste! This year, we’re looking to make our annual tournament a no-waste event, or as close to that as we can get. Here’s how you can help: Bring your own coffee mug or water bottle. We have a kitchen, and there’ll be coffee. We have lots of real dishes and cutlery. Let’s do without anything disposable if we can. No need to bring lunch. We’ll have a lunch spread on Saturday, and Sunday is a late start. Do your own recycling. If you pack it in, pack it out. Use two-sided scoresheets. (It doesn’t matter whether Ross dislikes them; they’re legal.) We want our club to be a positive example to the community. Thank you for your support! Map - https://tinyurl.com/OttawaTournament It’s time to play! Remember, it’s not Labour Day in Ottawa without “U”. .