SCRABBLE - The Last Word Newsletter

N E W F A C E SPatton made quite a splash in his reentry to tournament SCRABBLE® at the Rocky MountainRumble: In the Early Bird he won all of his games to win his division, and in the Main Event hefinished second in Division 3, 13-4 +763. He looks forward to playing more live SCRABBLE® at theDenver/Boulder CO Club #185 and at other tournaments.“I must say it is nice to be playing ‘real people’ and not wondering if they've got an anagrammercranking away on the side. The Word Biz site [ISC] is convenient, but it's also cold. I do need towork on my tile tracking and score tallying skills--the computer made all that so easy.”Patton’s primary passion in life is mountaineering and "peak bagging." Right now he is working onclimbing/hiking to the summits of the of the 87 highest ranked peaks in Boulder County, which rangefrom 6000' to 14255'. “I believe that as long as we are alive and able to do so, we were meant toexercise our minds AND our bodies, so for me SCRABBLE® and mountaineering make a nice one/two punch.”Look out SCRABBLE® players--you may be Patton’s next punching bag!_______________________________________________________________________________Welcome to Thomas Patton, Matthew Bernardina, Aaron Mayerson,Kenneth Hansen, and the following other new faces:BRANDON MB CAN 10/31-11/1: Krista PicheSAN FRANCISCO CA (CALIFORNIA OPEN) 10/30-11/1: Tom GraimAURORA CO EARLY BIRD (ROCKY MOUNTAIN RUMBLE) 11/6: Kim A. Pettit, Julia Van ArsdaleASHEVILLE NC 11/7-8: Jacob Cohen, Ellie R. Dixon, Greg Hatem, Donetta Pedroza, BrandonZitzmanBAYSIDE NY 11/7: Emily LichtmanBRANTFORD ON CAN 11/7: Leighton Campbell, Linda Cockell, Agnes Link, Hugh MiddletonRHINEBECK NY 11/8: Mike Iglinski, Tim IglinskiTORONTO ON CAN 11/8: Jackson Smylie, Tara SmylieBLOOMINGTON MN (TWIN CITIES) 11/14-15: Matt Carlson, Haley Golz, Ben Guzik, EmmamarieHaasi, Mina Le, Michelle PavleckPITTSBURGH PA 11/14: David York, Aaron LeClair, Colleen MackinVICTORIA BC CAN 11/14: Jordan Campbell, Bryan Haugh, Joanne LeslieV18