From: Sherrie Saint John <saint@MIT.EDU>
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 1997 20:55:22 -0500
Subject: cape cod pairs results
Message-id: <v03007803b082d99e026b@[205.181.94.84]>
My last message was getting so long, even I was getting bored! :)
On Saturday night--just after a scrumptuous Sea Crest dinner and a Halloween costume contest--about 40 of us (broken up in teams of two, just like on Noah's Ark) showed up for three games of even MORE Scrabble. Judy took a break from directing and handed the helm to David Lovler so she and Joel could compete in Division 1.
For those of you not in the know, pairs scrabble games are similar to the two-rack tournament games you've come to know and love, only you get to brainstorm about each play with another person (or, as in the case with Gregg and me, you get to fight over WHY you lost the game....). Besides the furious scribbling of notes, silent arguing, and foot stomping under the table (your partner's foot, NOT your opponents' feet!), the only difference is that each side is assigned 30 minutes instead of 25. This extra time is needed since pairs need more time to "communicate" their plays. Not to over-personalize things, but I see it as just more time to disagree on whether to do COZ, which would have won us the game or ZEK, which lost us the game......
The teams were broken into three divisions and the winners (who split the prize money) were:
1. Peg Whitten/Tom Davis $60 2. Elaine Patterson/Michael Wolfberg $30
1. Jennie Sweirz/Jennie White $60 2. Joey Mallick/John Venditti $30 3. Steve Moniz/Stella Russell $20
1. Ben Loiterstein/Sandy Loiterstein $60 2. Pat Hennessey/Fran LaTerza $30 3. Claire Slater/Steve Brudno $20
Division 1 was smaller, so they got less prize money.
Personal aside: I find pairs scrabble to be a really fun way to learn and experience this great game. I would love to see more directors do them.
sherrie
saint@mit.edu