Sunday, October 23, 2011

11th OSSC Tournament Information (January 21, 2012)

Event Timeline:
WHO____WHAT___WHEN___WHERE___
11th   OREGON SCHOOL SCRABBLE CHAMPIONSHIP   JAN. 21ST  2012   8:30AM TO 5:00PM
WHO--the first thirty  teams to register...
5th to 8th  Graders in teams of two compete and play 5 games of Scrabble for the chance to win prizes and have an awesome Saturday in January!
WHAT--11th OSSC
8:30am to 9:00am - Registration
9:00am – Opening Remarks
GAME  ONE ----9:15am to 10 am
GAME TWO----10:15am to 11:00am
GAME THREE—11:15am to 12pm
12pm  to 12:50pm - LUNCH 
One hour for lunch ---Bring your own lunch  or go out and return
12:50pm - Group photo all students and all coaches  
GAME FOUR---1:15pm to 2pm
GAME FIVE ---2:15pm to 3pm
3pm to 3:45pm - Surprise  (while final results are being tallied)
3:45pm to 4:30pm Awards Ceremony
Clean Up
Get ready for Nationals !!!!!!!!!!
Cost:  $15.00 per team  
          plus each team brings two $5-$10 items wrapped in newsprint suitable for 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th graders
Prizes:  Each team will pick (not their own) from the prize table.
            Every team wins a tournament prize.
            Plus there are add'l prizes for: Sportsmanship, Q word, Z word, Highest Bingo & Mystery Word
To register, please email Donna Paul (scrabbleladyz@yahoo.com) with Students' names, grades, phone numbers and email addresses, and name of the the Coach/Teacher/Parent Chaperone.  You can mail the registration fee or bring it to the door at the morning of the tournament.   The deadline for sign ups is January 13, 2012.
WHEN--Saturday, January 21, 2012
 
WHERE--
Chehalem Armory 
620 Morton Street 
Newberg Oregon 97132
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL OR EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS
(RE: TOURNAMENT- VOLUNTEERING--PLAYING --PRIZES--OR ABOUT NATIONALS) 
DONNA L PAUL    503 538-0998   scrabbleladyz@yahoo.com

Fall 2011 Calendar

October 24 – Challenges, Holds
October 31 – No Scrabble Club Meeting
November 7 – Tournament Scoring
November 14 – Creating Teams
November 21 – No Scrabble Club Meeting
November 28 – Team Play
December 5 – Speed Scrabble
December 12 – Scrabble Club Party

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Week 2 Results from 10/3 meeting

Weekly Anagram: 
ADEINRT -> TRAINED, DETRAIN, ANTIRED

Week 2 Results (Random Pairings):
Table 1: Amy/Mark def. Reed/Sarah K 148-136
Table 2: Hanna/Morgan def. Olivia/Yifan 191-131
Table 3: Alannah/Joshua def. Crystal/Mckenna 115-84
Table 4: Bridget/Casey def. Kyle/Sarah W 287-110
Table 5: Donna def. Amir 298-172

Highest scoring game: Bridget/Casey with 287 pts
Highest Loss: Amir with 172 pts

Two-Letter Words:
AA AB AD AE AG AH AI AL AM AN AR AS AT AW AX AY
BA BE BI BO BY
DE DO
ED EF EH EL EM EN ER ES ET EX
FA FE
GO
HA HE HI HM HO
ID IF IN IS IT
JO
KA KI
LA LI LO
MA ME MI MM MO MU MY
NA NE NO NU
OD OE OF OH OI OM ON OP OR OS OW OX OY
PA PE PI
QI
RE
SH SI SO
TA TI TO
UH UM UN UP US UT
WE WO
XI XU
YA YE YO
ZA