The Toronto SCRABBLE Club ends its season each year with what the National SCRABBLE Association calls a Local Club Tournament. That's a tournament that isn't listed in the NSA's calendar of open events, but still counts for NSA tournament ratings, albeit with any changes discounted by a factor of three. This year's event will be on June 15th, 22nd and 29th, held at the same time and place as regular club meetings. It's open to any NSA member who can attend those three weeks, and if you're not a member, we're happy to send in your US$22 when we register the tournament.
The tournament will have three divisions (A, B and C). If you are contending for one of the club's divisional championships (which are based on end-of-year championship ratings), you must play in that division. If you are not, you may still play, and you choose your division based on your club rating at the time of your registration, playing up or down if you are within 50 points of the division breaks 1291 and 1636.
Asterisked players are in the running for (and in serious contention for) the divisional championships; other players who choose to play do so solely for the glory of winning this nine-game tournament and for the fabulous cash prizes.
The following players have registered for the tournament (dollar-signs indicate players who haven't yet paid):
A Division (9 players) Evan Berofsky* Glenn Dunlop Glenn Mosher Heather McCall Lisa Kessler Lynda Wise Tony Leah Trevor Sealy Zev Kaufman* | B Division (8 players) Anna Miransky Denis Farbstein Diane Brown Elizabeth Spivak Fraser Simpson (C?) Gene Rawlins* Mark Edelson Roger Cullman* | C Division (10 players) Ani Migirdicyan Clare O'Brien Dave Krook Geoff Gibson Janet Carrington Jim Caughran Joseph Bowman Karen Falconer Shirley Drucker Stan Jeffay |
Please make sure that you are available on all three nights before deciding to play. If you can't make it one on of the nights, you are still welcome to drop by and play anyone else in the same situation.
If you would like to play, please pay Lisa Kessler or John Chew $10 no later than June 8th. If you need to purchase or renew your NSA membership, please also do so by that date.