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Word Cup X – Fundraising Preview
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•We’ll be having our usual Word Cup fundraising activities: Raffle, silent auction, items for sale. All proceeds will help fund WGPO Inc. annual administrative costs including insurance, legal fees, and overhead. Click on this link to see what’s ready so far: Word Cup X Fundraising. And there will be more to come. Helen Flores is coordinating this effort and welcomes your participation.
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Maliha Mendoza Mahmood remembered
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•From Yuki Loritz:
This past , Maliha Mendoza Mahmood’s husband Arshud and their daughter Alia hosted a memorial/celebration for the late Maliha’s birthday at their home. There were 15 Super Scrabble players who gathered to celebrate. We all lit candles, shared stories and memories about Maliha, enjoyed a catered lunch from Arshud, and played a Maliha-related trivia game as well as the dice game called Left Center Right. The last time we played Left Center Right was for Maliha’s birthday in June, 2019, and she won! She was so excited and overjoyed.
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Joe Edley wins 66th Scrabble Tournament; Billy Nakamura Slays Giants
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High Times in June at the Saloon
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•Division B: This was a tight race throughout. Jak Lysowski (Las Vegas) prevailed vs Rich Duncan in round 8 to take 1st place. Gretchen Cowan bested Fern to secure 2nd. Debbie Bloom got 3rd place. Both High Win and high Loss went to Dave Baran. Deborah Komatsu won the Class Prize, finishing 5th as the 9 seed.
Division A: David Pearl was 7-0 going into the last round with a 2 game lead on the field As per pre tournament announcements that we would be Gibsonizing, David was Gibsonized , leaving a 2nd place showdown between Zach Ansell and Annette Obrestad. Zach edged out Annette 488 to 452 in a high scoring game to secure 2nd, with Annette just missing 3rd on spread point. 3rd place went to Stefan Kac. Class prize went to Margie Gordon, finishing 5th as the 8 seed. Zach Ansell won High Win, and Margie Gordon ‘s 466 took High Loss.
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Castine, Maine – Where the action is
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•Director Steve Pellinen sent this link to TV coverage of this weekend’s tournament: Castine Tournament.