From Deborah Baggett: The Mill Valley home of Betty Toole was the setting for a “Thanksgiving Bash” with non-traditional food offerings and (eventually) a lovely view of the Bay. Oh, and lots of Scrabble® fun! Over the course…
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Monumental Weekend
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From Mary Parrish: Despite the predicted icy weather, twenty-four Scrabble® players traveled to Monument, Colorado about an hour south of Denver, for the Third Annual MONUMENTAL SCRABBLE® Tournament and Thanksgiving Luncheon. Out of state players Maurice Ross, Kirsten Gwilliam, Wally…
Dells Spell – It wouldn’t be October without it
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From Steve Pellinen: October 12 – 14 saw 30 players gathered for the 35th annual Wisconsin Dells tournament, held again in Middleton, Wisconsin. The Friday night early bird consisted of three divisions of four players and one division of six players,…
Open Letter Regarding NASC and Word Cup Scheduling Conflict
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Dear Members of the Executive Committee of NASPA, We are deeply saddened and shocked to hear the news that NASC has been scheduled at the same time as WGPO’s Word Cup. Over the past 8 years, NASC and Word Cup…
Harvest of Words in Wine Country
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From Deborah Baggett: September 22, day of the AUTUMNAL EQUINOX, was the perfect time to harvest bingos in Santa Rosa, CA. In the second WGPO tournament held here, seven new participants joined seven returning participants for eight rounds of competition.…
Hot Times In Tempe
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From Laurie Cohen: The Annual Tempe One-Day Tournament is always a great reunion of Scrabble players across Arizona. This year, we were excited to have players from New Mexico, California, and Nevada, as well. Paula Catanese drove to Tempe from…
Bennett the Brave
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After attending a cliffhanger of a football game (Stanford at Oregon, Stanford won) on Saturday, Bennett Jacobstein courageously wore his Stanford sweatshirt while participating in and directing a Sunday afternoon tournament in Lake Oswego, Oregon. He emerged unscathed. We Oregonians are…
Boca Raton
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From Maddy Kamen: Players arrived from west and central Florida as well as our locals in south Florida- we had 6 Collins, 6 Division One, and 10 Division Two participants. Larry Gradus was our fantastic director. Because of the free…
Word Cup Survey Results
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The WGPO board emailed a survey link to 91 players who participated in Word Cup 8 in Burbank, CA, approximately one week after the event concluded. 61 players completed the survey. Here are the results: WGPO Word Cup Survey Results. Thank you to everyone…
Portland Early Bird – Happy Winners
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The precursor to the Labor Day Weekend tournament was held Friday, August 31. There were 34 players in four divisions. Photos by Gary Smart.