1,061
edits
Changes
no edit summary
__NOTOC__
[[File:Dcsclub-logo.gif|left]]
== 2015 Weekly Reports ==
=== November 10, 2015 ===
We'll have pre-Veterans Day matches at the club on Tuesday,
Nov. 10, at the Chevy Chase Community Center. Pairings will
be at 5:30, 6:20, 7:10, 8:05, and 9. Come when you can.
$2 contribution.
We should be back in our regular room, which now is
showing a photo exhibit, "Black Broadway: This is U,"
from students at the museum studies division of
D.C.'s Duke Ellington School of the Arts.
I'm sorry to report that our former longtime member Doug
Hoylman has passed away at 72. Doug played his
last tournament here in 2009. He competed in 81
tournaments, ending with a rating of 1316. In our club's
first major tournament in D.C., in 2006, he won his
division with a 15-3 mark. Doug was renowned in
the crossword puzzle world, winning the American
Crossword Puzzle Championship six times. He
worked as an actuary at Geico.
My favorite story about him involves Scrabble only
indirectly. One day in 1999, he mentioned he was going
to be on national TV that week, but only his voice.
I had no idea what he was talking about. It turned out
that his Scrabble and crossword friend Trip Payne was
the third contestant on "Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire," which has a "call a friend" feature.
Doug helped Trip win $32,000 by giving him the right
answer to the question where did Ted Kaczynski teach
before he became the unabomber. (Answer: University
of California at Berkeley.)
Sorry, but I don't have any information about
funeral/donation arrangements.
Last week's results, from director Carole Denton:
<pre>
Carole Denton 3-0 +102 1 bingo
Veronica Thomas 3-2 +86 9 bingos
Ted Gest 3-2 +13 3 "
Gary Emanuel 3-2 +6 2 "
Jason Jones 2-2 +40 4 "
Paula McMartin 2-2 -296
Ralph Moore 2-3 156 7 "
Jenny Backus 1-1 +40 1 "
John Stinson 1-2 -13 6 "
Carol Tillson 1-3 -36 8 "
Ellen Shurman 0-1 -39
</pre>
In lists below, * = not acceptable
==== BINGOS ====
ADVISER AERIEST AMATEURS
BLINKER BREADING CANDLERS CHILIES
DREARILY DRUGGING ENLISTED ENTASIA
ENTRIES FORTIES FRONTERS GESTING*
HITTERS INCISES INSIDES MERINOS
NESTERS OPALINE ORBIEST OUTSIDE
OVALINE PINWHEEL READINGS REGENTS
RETAILER SADISTS SHADINGS SMARTIES
SPEAKING SPEARING STONIEST STORING
STRIDES TETHERS TRADING TWISTER VARIANT
==== CHALLENGES WON ====
ALONEST* APINGS/TENSERS*
ANTERIAL* CHOWAN* DOWTING* FIED* FLAWN*
LINTHES* NAWT* NEH* RAINEES* RETESTINGS*
RETRED* SWIT* TAGTEAM* TRODS* UPGLANCE*
YAGU*
==== CHALLENGES LOST ====
CANDLERS ROAN
STELLAE STOA TESTINGS VENGE
