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T O U R N A M E N T N E W S : R E S U L T SINDEPENDENCE OH(LCT) 11/101. Dean ScouloukasBLOOMINGTON MN(TWIN CITIES) EARLYBIRD 11/131. David HerfelESSEX VT EARLY BIRD(NAST) 11/131. Bradley WhitmarshESSEX VT 11/13-151. Bruce Adams2. David Engelhardt3. Denise Mahnken4. Linley BinghamBLOOMINGTON MN(TWIN CITIES) 11/14-151. Joey Mallick2. Susan Rhea3. Jason Vaysberg4. Aaron MayersonPITTSBURGH PA 11/141. Dorcas Alexander2. Eileen NarvinTUCSON AZ 11/141. Laurie Cohen2. Richard MartinVICTORIA BC CAN 11/141. Michelle Eisele2. Sean McCool3. Georgianne FioriniROCKY RIVER OH 11/151. Pete ZeiglerDALLAS TX 11/211. Michael Early2. Karen Dacosta163. Robin GatesEDMONTON AB CAN11/211. Juraj Pivovarov2. Dorothy KlovanLEXINGTON KY 11/211. Marc Broering2. David Meredith3. Margaret PozgayMANCHESTER CT 11/211. Bradley Whitmarsh2. John Cheras3. Jeffrey Scranton4. Neva SlaterPINELLAS PARK, FL11/211. Daniel HellmannOSHAWA ON CAN11/21-221. Sam Hollington2. Trevor Sealy3. Shan Abbasi4. Norma LovettVANCOUVER VS.SEATTLE (RESTRICTED)11/211. Rafi Stern2. Murray Weber3. Edward Walton4. Lilia MurnaneEAST LANSING MI(CLABBERS, UNRATED)11/221. Paul EpsteinWORLD SCRABBLECHAMPIONSHIP(MALAYSIA) 11/16-291. Pakorn NemitrmansukBATTLE CREEK MI 11/281. Steve Grob2. Mason Shambach3. Gary SkowronskiDURHAM NC 11/281. Quentin Read2. Noah Lieberman3. Matthew BernardinaELMHURST IL 11/28-291. Alan Helfgott2. Michael Garner3. Bill Rexhausen4. Marlena CannonSOMERS NY SCHOOLSCRABBLE 11/291. Paolo Federico-Omurchu &Conor McGeehan2. DeeAnn Guo & Quinn VissakGlenfield Middle School 7th gradersConor McGeehan and PaoloFederico-Omurchu won all 6 of theirgames to win Div. 1 at the 11/29Somers NY School Scrabble Tourney.
N E W F A C E SNew FacesSince our last issue, 35 new faces have competed at NASPA tournaments. Four of these playerswon their divisions at their first tournament: Matthew Bernardina, Division 3 winner at the DurhamNC Tournament 11/28 (8-0 + 683); Aaron Mayerson, Division 4 winner at the Twin Cities MNTournament 11/14-15 (10-2 +812); Kenneth Hansen, Division 8 winner at the Wilmington DETournament 11/8 (6-1 +303); and our featured “new face,” Thomas Patton, who actually was playingin his second sanctioned tournament (his first was in 1997). Patton’s auspicious return was in theEarly Bird Division 3 at the Rocky Mountain Rumble in Aurora CO Friday, November 6th, where hewon all of his games to win with a 5-0 + 541 record--earning a 1529 rating.______________________________________________________________________________Thomas PattonThomas Patton, 59, a recently retired Postmaster, is not entirely new to the tournamentSCRABBLE® scene. Until 2008 he had worked for 20 years at a small country Post Office on theisland of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands. While living in Hawaii, Patton played SCRABBLE® for a fewyears with the now-disbanded Maui Club, and heplayed in one tournament--in 1997.Thomas Patton at the summit of Mt. Chapin,elevation 12,454 feet, in Rocky Mountain NationalPark, Estes Park, CO.In 2008 Patton moved to Boulder, CO, where hisdaughter is attending the University of Colorado (healso has a son who recently graduated from theUniversity of California at Santa Cruz).Prior to playing at the Maui club, Patton had justbeen a sporadic “living room” player. The clubopened his eyes to what a totally different world thecompetitive SCRABBLE® culture was. The club metonce a week, and Patton would play 3 or 4 games.His first tournament experience--in Lahaina in 1997--was another eye-opener. “I recall being told beforethe tournament that this guy named Joel Shermanwas going to be there, and that he was the ‘WorldChampion of SCRABBLE®.’ At the time I had never heard of Joel Sherman and remember beingamused that there was such a thing as a SCRABBLE® world champion! Now I have a muchdeeper appreciation of his accomplishment.”The Maui club disbanded shortly after that tournament, and Patton didn't play at all for about 9years. “I was raising a family and my job was very time-consuming.” But as his children got olderand he neared retirement from the Post Office, Patton rediscovered SCRABBLE®.“Around the autumn of 2007 somebody turned me on to the ISC website and I rapidly got rehooked.I've played about 3000 games on line over the past two years. About a month ago Istarted going to the local club here in Boulder, CO and found out about the Denver tournament andthought what the heck, I'll give it a go.” 17
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