Twin Cities, MN "Almost Spring" 2003 Tournament (Mar 15-16, 2003)
Director's Report
Last year our March tourney was held amidst a
huge ice/snow storm. (One player was late
because their garage door froze shut!) This year,
spring arrived just in time for us, with temps in
the 60s both days. During the prior week, we
were shoveling out of repeated snowfalls, and
shivering in temps way below freezing.
Weather extremes are the norm in Minnesota!
I won't pick on Steve Pellinen for having to run
home (10 miles or so) to get the wall charts that
he forgot, because he got picked on about that
enough already! Besides, he got back with the
charts before the first clock was started. Only
Steve knows the pedal power it took to
accomplish that!
This was a fun tournament, with lots of first-time
players, one of whom (Susan Solberg of
Rochester, Minnesota) took first place in
Division four!
While none of our Winnipeg friends were able to
join us this time, we still had one Canadian
player, Lam Tang from Saskatchewan.
Coon Rapids public television visited the tourney
on Saturday. They took lots of footage, and
interviewed the director, Dawn Gewecke. We
are hoping to be notified if and when this may
be aired on T.V.
There was a blurb in the Minneapolis Star Tribune
the Sunday prior to the tournament that was
generated from the NSA's standard tournament
press release. It showed a photo of a SCRABBLE®
board and had a single paragraph of info about
the tourney, including Sue Hoehn as contact.
Within the next few days, Sue had gotten at least
25 phone calls from this little piece! Some of the
first-timers who played in the tourney learned
about it from that tiny article.
We had a record turnout of 75 players. Overall,
the tourney was a great success. Thanks to
everyone who participated.
Carol Dustin
Director
The Results
DIVISION ONE: 14 players; full round robin (13 games) 1. Tim Adamson 1953 10/3 +871 2. Joey Mallick 1877 10/3 +781 3. Peter Armstrong 1830 9/4 +70 4. Mike Weepie 1748 9/4 +10 5. Jim Kramer 1971 8/5 +354 6. Steve Pellinen 1733 7/6 +427 7. Vincent VanDover 1867 7/6 -28 8. Lisa Odom 1860 7/6 -147 9. Ted Rosen 1753 6/7 +76 10. Carol Dustin 1712 4/9 -346 11. Bob Lundegaard 1724 4/9 -456 12. Mark Kenas 1895 4/9 -575 13. Bill Mahlberg 1738 3/10 -352 14. Jim Frankki 1664 3/10 -690 DIVISION TWO: 20 players 1. Steve Lent 1265 10/2 +680 2. Harriet Strasberg 1512 8/3/1 +481 3. Sue Hoehn 1278 8/4 +561 4. Joe Gaspard 1574 8/4 +266 5. Dave Lockrem 1465 8/4 -58 6. Dennis Fenichel 1447 7/4/1 +731 7. Angelina Scroggins 1301 7/5 0 8. Fran Galt 1446 6/6 -4 9. Kate Casey 1516 6/6 -73 10. David Thoelken 1297 6/6 -186 11. Vivian Henderlite 1229 6/6 -229 12. Nadine Jacobson 1447 5/7 +15 13. Bo Yu 1276 5/7 -72 14. Dan Casey 1430 5/7 -132 15. Pat Brown 1379 5/7 -167 16. Patricia Saito-Stewart 1395 4/7/1 -416 17. Dave Gellerman 1351 4/8 -260 18. Harmony Kuller 1361 4/8 -516 19. Victor Etienne 1274 3/8/1 -219 20. Mary Atwood 1422 3/9 -306 DIVISION THREE: 19 players 1. Steve Hartsman 1053 10/2 +917 2. Rita McGee 1184 9/3 +939 3. Jon Skibbe 1019 9/3 +456 4. Stephanie Steele 1204 9/3 +35 5. Sue Rhea 1227 8/4 +208 6. Mindy Portinga 1061 7/5 +303 7. Lam Tang 1183 7/5 +307 8. Geoff Tongue 1095 7/5 +299 9. Diana Ittner 1253 6/6 +165 10. Marlys Feder 1180 6/6 +114 11. Steve Bachman 1131 6/6 +85 12. Janice Verjovsky Unr 6/6 -251 13. Anne Loring 1207 6/6 -265 14. Luke Malloy 785 5/7 -47 15. Lisa Frankki 1017 5/7 -50 16. Clark Thurn 945 5/7 -138 17. Jason Albert 1066 4/8 -317 18. Joyce Lundeen 1076 3/9 -831 19. Evelyne Meyers Unr 1/11 -1288 DIVISION FOUR: 17 players 1. Sue Solberg Unr 10/2 +883 2. Alan Feirer 823 9/3 +1032 3. Tammy Weatherly 798 9/3 +864 4. M.E. Froelich 759 9/3 +283 5. Bill Bigler 963 8/4 +926 6. James Keck Unr 8/4 +622 7. Marilynn Peterson 947 8/4 +501 8. Marianne Lee 906 8/4 +500 9. Eric Maher Unr 8/4 +414 10. Dustin Maher Unr 8/4 +124 11. Lesley Salas 876 7/5 +373 12. Jeffrey Kirk Unr 5/7 -11 13. Max Stewart 610 5/7 -368 14. Kathy Burzinski Unr 5/7 -596 15. E.B. Boatner 652 4/8 -453 16. Kim Mahlberg 591 4/8 -613 17. Rhonda Sjodahl Unr 3/9 -399