Welcome to the Jerusalem Scrabble Club

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Director: David Litke, 050-535-1800, david_sojsc@yahoo.com 

 THIS WEEK AT THE CLUB…

*** FINAL STANDINGS for Season 77,  Week  25 of 25 – June 21, 2022  ***

Tuesday night marked the end of season 77. As there will be no relegation or promotion in the new season and no one has asked to be moved, the division alignments will remain as they were. DavidS (no surprise) finished at the top of A, and the playoffs – between Dahlia, DavidL, Wendy and Peta – will begin on July 5, in the second week of the new season. There will be no playoffs in Division B1, where May finished first.

The link to register for the July 18 Summer Tournament taking place at the Jerusalem Botanical Garden is: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BDL90OtqYe-0x5uySITafrQhrDgLfYbfMQoZ6VqPIWY/htmlview

Registration is open until July 12; once you have added your name, the fee of NIS 50 (NIS 65 for non-members) is payable to Susan. (If you cannot be at the club before July 12, let Peta know via the group Whatsapp and pay on the day. Having problems registering? Whatsapp Elana and she will add you.) The venue will be air-conditioned, and snacks and refreshments will be available throughout the day. For lunch, there is a choice of two cafes onsite. More details to come.

Asher, sadly for us making his last official appearance at the club before returning to the US with his family, hosted a goodbye kiddush, to which Lesley contributed plums from her garden. Asher, who acquired a reputation for rolling out bingos nonstop whether or not they would fly, had HIJABED on his rack but didn’t play it, “luckily, because it’s not good.” We hope to see him back on a visit soon.

Yaakov racked up his highest score ever: 554 in a game he termed “a bingofest.” He’ll be RELIVINg that sensation for some time to come.

In a contest that was neck and neck throughout, Pamela played SEALIONS, which Hilda queried but didn’t challenge – though she could well have done because it’s two words, not one. It’s one of those pesky compounds that really ought to be good (cf. antlion, lionfish, dandelion) but, perversely, isn’t. With good instincts – or intrepidness – Hilda played STIFLERS, which was challenged, but is good. Emerging victorious, she declared, “…but we’re good friends, aren’t we?” to which Pamela readily agreed. Commented a bystander: “How un-Scrabblelike of you – there are no friends over a Scrabble board!!”

One player ruefully reported challenging REFLECTION, “which I misread as a repeat of ‘flection.’” To make matters worse, FLECTION is good. It’s the act of bending.

WWW: Hilda, Madeline, DavidS, RichardS

WOW:  DECURION(RichardS),  FLECTION(Dahlia),  FOLKSIER(Asher),  ENSUITE(Hilda)

PHOW:  SEALIONS (Pamela)

High Win, High Loss, High Triple:

A:   516(DavidS),  445(Chani), 1410(Chani)

B1: 554(Yaakov), 416(Richard), 1264(Hilda)

100-pt plays:  JUMPERS-101 (Vivienne),     ASPIRIN(with OZONES)-100, (Sarah)

Attendance: 25