EXETER, NH SCRABBLE PLAYERS CLUB #587 NEWS FOR AUGUST 30, 2010

       PLAYER                 RATING    WINS LOSSES    AVERAGE
       ------                 ------    ---- ------    -------
     1 Mike Wolfberg           1785      68    14        436
     2 Barbara Lowrey        + 1713      29    21        388
     3 Don Finkey            - 1691      14    15        382
     4 Stella Russell          1639       9    13        377
     5 Jen Silvestro           1633      11    11        361
       Joe Waldbaum            1633     102    78        367
     7 Deb Mulrooney           1610      43    76        352
     8 Steve Penner            1584      32    42        349

       PLAYER                 RATING    WINS LOSSES    AVERAGE   RANK
       ------                 ------    ---- ------    -------   ----
    Cobb, Jeff                 1594/A     7     8        349 
    Fairbanks, Roy             1517/A     3    21        321 
    Finkey, Don              - 1691      14    15        382       3
    Goss, Elaine               1580/A     1     1        345 
    Gray, Leanne               1639/A    21    23        353 
    Lowrey, Barbara          + 1713      29    21        388       2
    Mulrooney, Deb             1610      43    76        352       7
    Penner, Steve              1584      32    42        349       8
    Russell, Stella            1639       9    13        377       4
    Silvestro, Jen             1633      11    11        361       5
    Waldbaum, Joe              1633     102    78        367       5
    Wolfberg, Mike             1785      68    14        436       1


There were 2 players in attendance when we last met on August 23, 2010.

Congratulations to Barbara for having the high-above-average game last
week, in which she scored 489, 26.7% above her average.

High rating increase: Barbara +15

These are the words challenged or considered last week:

BOOP, CRAVETS, SERGINGS
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SERGINGS (SNIGGERS)

The subject of Native American tribes came up at the Lexington Club
recently. Here are tribes I (Mike W.) found which are acceptable in OWL2:

  APACHE, BEAVER, BORA, CARRIER, CAYUSE, CHINOOK, COQUILLE,
  CREEK, CROW, DENE, DINE, FOX, GAE, GUARANI, GULF, HARE,
  KUNA, LAGUNA, LOUP, MOHAWK, PAWNEE, PIMA, POMO, PUEBLO,
  SAC, SAVANNAH, SENECA, SERRANO, STONEY, TAOS, TUNICA, UTE

There is just one more night of club play for the current season. Our
seasons are from September through August. Starting on 6-Sep-10 the
new season begins. Although ratings are carried over, they will all be
boosted by 10 points to make up for the steady deflation of ratings
inherent in the rating system. Such boosts are usually made annually.
Wins, losses, and averages will have fresh starts in September.


Our club web site: http://wolfberg.net/scrabble/exeter