JAN FEIDEL- 2009 Delmarva Scrabble Champion!

Congratulations to Jan Feidel. He won the 2009 Delmarva Scrabble Championship by going undefeated in pool play and then defeated Sue Vok in the playoffs by scoring over 500 points to set up a duel against Faye Wilson for the Championship.

"There's nothing like having an entire day to do something that you totally enjoy doing," said Faye Wilson as she conceded defeat at the 2nd Annual Delmarva Scrabble Tournament. The 2008 Delmarva Champion defended her title rigorously, winning 5 of her 6 round robin games. However, in the end, she graciously surrendered her title to Mr. Jan Feidel, a Scrabbler from the Rehobeth Beach area who has played in national tournaments.

Faye describes Jan as quite a formidable player. "In my first game, we both had bingoes but he still led me by 30+ points. In the championship game, it was no contest halfway thru the game. Jan had a bingo (used all 7 of his tiles and got 50 extra points) and I never got one. It was quite a challenge but a good one!"

The tournament was organized by the wonderful and wondrous Trent Swanson, fearless leader of the Salisbury Scrabble Club, and graciously hosted by Barnes & Noble (where the club meets every 1st and 3rd Monday night). The tournament piqued the interest of four players from the Delaware beach area as well as some local players. Salisbury Scrabbler Martha (an octogerian)won three of the four games that she played.

Kudos to Barnes & Noble staff especially community relations manager Hannah Miller who provided some wonderful prizes for the tournament. Donna, from the Lewes Beach Scrabble Club, won a prize for having the highest point word 'quirkiest' for 118 points. A prize was also given to the person who had the highest points but still lost the game to Theresa won scored over 350 points in defeat. There were two games during the day in which the winners scored over 500 points. Salisbury Scrabbler Faye Wilson won a prize (for the 2nd year in a row) for having the highest point word that used the letters 'b & n.' Her word 'bovines' netted 86 points.

2nd Annual Delmarva Scrabble Tournament

On April 25th 2009 we will have our annual Scrabble Tournament at Barnes and Nobles in Salisbury. The event will be held from 10am-4pm, with the Championship game beginning at 4pm. All those wanting to play will need to contact me either through email, phone, or through the blog www.delmarvascrabble.blogspot.com . There is a limit of 30 players so sign up fast. There is a $10 entrance fee, to be paid the day of the event. There will be prizes for first place, second place, the highest losing score, the highest word with B and N (Barnes and Nobles) and the most points scored by a player under the age of 18. So everyone come out and play! The tournament will be using the 4th edition of the Scrabble Dictionary as its official word source (so no bad words!)..:)

It has been a while...

I have not posted in a while but the club is still going strong. We normally have around 10-12 people showing up each 1st and 3rd Monday of the month. It has been great to see new folks come out and learn the game. It is getting difficult to wean people off of the cheat sheets and dictionaries, but we are working on that. I took a few pictures last club meeting but never asked people if I could post them so I should probably wait. So instead I am posting a picture of a board from one of the tournaments I played in. Interesting how the custom boards and tiles look. I need to get some of those!

I am starting to really feel that our club is established and ready to start putting on some tournaments...:)

Summer Scrabble

So last Monday we met and had a nice little group, around 10 people there. There were four games going and two newcomers at the club. I big welcome to Candance (I hope I spelled that right) and Sara. We hope to see you all again. I will try to ensure next meeting that we have table reserved. It is getting more difficult during the summer and as our little group grows. If anyone is up for a game let me know....

Scrabble-a-holics

Good to see everyone out last night. We had 13 people playing and some awesome games. Here is a little form to fill out for us to get a better feel for what we can do to improve the club.
Thanks-
Trent

Record Attendance at Scrabble Club

So last night we had 14 people show up to play Scrabble! That is awesome! So let's bring it up to 20! We had at one point 5 different games going on. It was nice to see a few new faces out at the club such as Kate and Jordan. We also had someone from Delmarva Youth there taking pictures of the young players throwing down words.

I am thinking with the large numbers we may have to go to playing one on one. That way, when two table finish, they can switch and keep playing. We had a few people who had to hang out and wait while other games were finishing.

Good to see you all out at the Club.

- Trent