Shared by WGPO President, Laurie Cohen: On March 7, we found out that we lost Larry Rand. It was only a little over a year ago that we learned that Larry and Barbara were retiring from directing tournaments after Larry…
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WGPO Board Meeting Minutes
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WGPO Secretary Kathleen Murphy has prepared minutes from recent Board meetings. Minutes from February 5th Meeting Minutes from March 5th Meeting
Word Cup 2023 Registration Open
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WORD CUP 2023, June 30-July 4, will bring together players and staff from the major scrabble organizations in a spirit of unity across our community. It’s time for a Scrabble family reunion! There are so many great reasons to attend:…
Word Cup 10 is here!
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Today marks the start of Word Cup Main Event. After 7 games, Jackson Smylie, Joey Krafchick, and Jared Cappel lead TWL division 1 with 6-1 records. On the Collins side, Dave Wiegand, Thomas Reinke, and Geoff Thevenot lead CSW division…
Word Cup TWL Division Announcement:
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We’d like to announce that the TWL division will have a total of 4 divisions as follows. A player’s Peak WGPO rating will be determined by: 1) Their highest WGPO TWL rating at the end of a WGPO tournament between…
Word Cup 10 Registration Now Open
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Exciting news announcements about Word Cup 10 in Chicagoland this July 9-13, 2022. The 10th installment of our 31-game championship Main Event is one you won’t want to miss. 1) Thanks in large part to a generous donation from the…
Seeking Nominations to Board of Directors
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From now through Saturday, November 27, WGPO is seeking nominations for three Board of Director positions to serve two-year terms beginning on January 1, 2022. Four existing Board positions will be carried forward until January 1, 2023, per the new…
Exciting News!
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Dear Players, We have exciting and quite possibly game-changing news we want to share with the Scrabble® community, beginning with the following slightly edited email that WGPO Executive Committee member Keith Hagel received from long time expert player Jon Shreve…
Word Cup 10 New Dates: Main Event July 9-13, 2022
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Due to the continued uncertainty regarding the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Directors of Word Cup 10 and the WGPO Executive Committee have decided to once again postpone Word Cup until next year. The new dates for the Word Cup Main…
WGPO Election Results – 2020
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The 2020 WGPO General Election and Referendum has concluded, and here are the results. Congratulations to Keith Hagel for being elected to the Executive Committee, and to Kirsten Gwilliam and Susi Tiekert for being elected to the Board of Player…