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Twin Cities, MN June 2004 Tournament (Jun 26-27, 2004)

Director's Report

Division Winners We had 68 players in 5 divisions from 8 states (46 Minnesotans). Eleven participants were unrated, playing in their very first tournament! Our newfound venue, the Days Inn Airport across the street from the Mall of America, was a big success. We'll be there again in November.

We experimented this time with having 5 directors, each playing as well as directing a division other than our own. We shared the preparatory duties, although Tim Adamson, with his superior experience, remained the guiding force. Steve Pellinen had to drop out of the directorial lineup, as he's suffering back problems, but Myron Wilson, who resides in Florida but summers in Minnesota, filled in for him (thanks, Myron). The other directors were Sue Hoehn, Dawn Gewecke, and myself. As usual, none of the these workers drew pay for their efforts. The computers, of course, took care of the majority of the word judging... and the directors were able to play with a minimum of disruption.

Sam Kantimathi participated in this tournament, and brought with him a supply of his new Pocket Sam Timers. We purchased 15 of them to give as prizes for high play and high word in each division, and also for one of the placement prizes. They were a big hit!

We also gave away a Scrabble beach towel, to honor the grand opening of the new light rail system in Minneapolis this weekend. It's called the HIAWATHA line, so we had a prize for the high word using the most letters from the name Hiawatha.

The full results are reproduced below. These are based on the wall charts (hopefully, free of errors!)

Thanks to all participants, directors, helpers and groupies for a memorable weekend!

Carol Dustin; pseudo-player, quasi-director

The Results

Division 1:

1.   Jim Kramer          1934  MN  9/3   +862
2.   Tim Adamson         1877  MN  9/3   +368
3.   Sam Kantimathi      1871  CA  8/4   +457
4.   Joey Mallick        1924  ME  8/4   +404
5.   John O'Laughlin     1898  WI  8/4   +146
6.   Joe Gaspard         1788  MN  7/5    -40
7.   Lisa Odom           1816  MN  6/6   +114
8.   Steve Lent          1750  MN  6/6   -219
9.   Vincent VanDover    1910  MN  5/7   +183
10.  Bob Lundegaard      1728  MN  5/7   -232
11.  Ruth Hamilton       1676  OR  4/8   -298
12.  Ebi Horsfall        1619  MN  4/8   -480
13.  Peter Schwartzman   1633  WI  3/9   -812
14.  Carol Dustin        1641  MN  2/10  -449

Division 2:

1.   Dan Casey           1480  MN  10/2 +1165
2.   Harriet Strasberg   1510  MN  9/3   +674
3.   Angelina Scroggins  1328  MN  8/4   +488
4.   Asher Kach          1297  WI  8/4   +365
5.   Fran Galt           1337  MN  7/5    +39
6.   Bobbi Hendrickson   1295  MN  7/5    -89
7.   Phyllis Koselke     1307  IN  7/5   -197
8.   Robin Proud         1468  WI  6/6   +168
9.   Walt Blue           1409  MN  6/6    -15
10.  Sue Hoehn           1439  MN  5/1/6 -372
11.  Harmony Kuller      1422  MN  5/7    +62
12.  Barb Drinkwine      1309  WI  5/7     -3
13.  Sue Rhea            1416  MN  5/7    -83
14.  Kate Casey          1524  MN  5/7   -355
15.  Patrick Suglia      1538  MN  4/1/7 -438
16.  Dennis Fenichel     1454  MN  4/8   -447
17.  Mary Atwood         1415  MN  3/9   -472
18.  Stephanie Steele    1356  MN  3/9   -490

Division 3:

1.   Jeff Lande          1129  MN  9/3   +148
2.   Steve Bachman       1151  MN  7/5   +401
3.   Ebrahima Sallah       NR  MN  7/5    +86
4.   Hubert VanTol       1124  WI  5/7   +194
5.   Myron Wilson        1080  FL  4/8     -6
6.   Anne Loring         1126  MN  4/8   -823

Division 4:

1.   Martin Proud          NR  WI  9/3   +659
2.   Diane Weinerman      846  MN  9/3   +503
3.   Sue Solberg          939  MN  7/5   +290
4.   Buffy Hogan         1020  WI  7/5   +147
5.   Kay Brick            970  MN  6/6   +208
6.   Matthew Ridout        NR  IA  6/6    +88
7.   Michael David        864  WI  6/6   -212
8.   Sue Siedschlag       996  WI  6/6   -323
9.   Megan O'Connell      867  MN  5/1/6  +80
10.  Dawn Gewecke        1037  MN  5/7   -159
11.  Janice Kaye          879  MN  5/7   -339
12.  Rick Gentry          852  MN  5/7   -343
13.  Dona Gisselbrecht    905  IL  4/1/7 -274
14.  Rhonda Sjodahl       908  MN  4/8   -325

Division 5:

1.   Susan Dubin          808  MN  10/2 +1462
2.   Robert McNee         836  MN  9/3   +516
3.   Derek Martinez       525  MN  9/3   +378
4.   Sarah Furst           NR  MN  9/3   +365
5.   Char Hoppe           706  MN  8/4   +267
6.   Lark Hadlock          NR  WI  7/5   +173
7.   Roger Blaine         828  IN  7/5   -150
8.   David Roth            NR  MN  6/6   +254
9.   Jim Hadlock           NR  WI  6/6   +121
10.  Janet Griesel        631  WI  6/6    -59
11.  Josh Kohn             NR  MN  6/6   -138
12.  Kari Prest            NR  SD  4/8   -524
13.  Brad Williams         NR  WI  3/9   -203
14.  Elizabeth Miller      NR  MN  3/9   -211
15.  Maureen Pranghofer   799  MN  3/9   -695
16.  Judy Hutchinson       NR  WI  0/12 -1556

High game

1. Joey Mallick, 561
2. Barbara Drinkwine, 568
3. Steve Bachman, 563
4. Diane Weinerman 502
5. Susan Dubin 546

High play

1. Carol Dustin, 124 (dextran)
2. Barbara Drinkwine, 167 (outbeams)
3. Steve Bachman, 104 (gravelly)
   Steve Bachman, 104 (inquirer)
4. Martin Proud, 108 (daziest*)
5. Susan Dubin, 158 (painting)

The Hiawatha prize went to Kay Brick, who played AWAITED, using 5 of the
letters in Hiawatha for 76 points.
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