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Director: Elana Simons, 054 220 6238, elanalibby@gmail.com

 

 THIS WEEK AT THE CLUB

Season 80,  Week 11 of 25 – September 20, 2023

Pamela welcomed club members with a celebratory birthday spread, the central part of which was a delicious cake made by herself. It’s hard to believe that she is – as the decoration in the middle stated – 87, but the club has traditionally boasted several players of advanced age who haven’t lost any of their marbles; or in this case, perhaps, tiles. If the correlation between Scrabble and continued mental agility is true it’s just one more reason to indulge in the game that gives us so much pleasure (and, occasionally, pain).

DavidG was welcomed back after a protracted stay in the UK, as was Peta from Australia following the sad death of her brother, Jeremy.

Elana pointed out that our 2,000th session will take place on January 2, 2024 and welcomes ideas on how to mark this milestone.

JudyM  doubted that TROLLER had made it into the dictionary, was proved wrong and paid the price, losing the game. UNTIRING in her next game and aiming to score, the bingo was challenged, and she won. 

Aryeh waxed thoughtful when his opponent scored a 110-point play which, moreover, he had challenged. How to catch up? “I had ANDOVER on my rack, and was looking for an H (HANDOVER or OVERHAND) or an L (OVERLAND). None was evident, so I played my rack: ANDOVER – which as far as I know is a college in Massachusetts.” Aryeh’s opponent let it go, however, and thus emboldened he added an S and played JEST across to it. “JEST was worth 57 points because the J was doubled and the word tripled.” He won the game, but was warned by Wendy, sitting nearby, “Play that word against me, and I’ll challenge it!”

Yaakov had informed our WhatsApp Chat group that he was doubtful he could make Scrabble “because I have to go and pick up my etrog and distribution starts at 8 o’clock.” This post occasioned the following tongue-in-cheek response from DavidS: “Tadir v’sheino tadir, tadir kodem is a talmudic dictum which means that between two mitzvot, the one that is more frequently performed takes precedence. Since Yaakov plays Scrabble more frequently than he takes the etrog, I thought the Scrabble mitzva should have priority.” Countered Yaakov: “While that is true, it holds only if you can do both things – and if I had gone to Scrabble, I would have been too late to get the 4 minim.” 

If you missed the opportunity to communicate your hilite in person you can email it to judymo@netvision.net.il or WhatsApp it (054-5552355) up until noon the following day. If you wish to mark any occasion by bringing refreshments to the club, please check with Susan up to a week in advance. 

WWW: David, Wendy, Elana, Shirley

WOW:  CZARIST (Jonathan), OBTUNDS (DavidS)

PHOW: ANDOVER (Aryeh),  ODDLIEST (Joel)

High Win, High Loss, High Triple:

A:   503 (DavidS), 436 (Peta), 1410 (DavidS)

B1: 451 (Elana), 381 (Nechama), 1210 (Pamela)

100-pt play: BOINKED, 110 (Peta)

Attendance: 27