Sue Tremblay is a tournament director and she is assisting as a NASC staff member this year. He became good friends with Gabriel Wong, Jesse Matthews and James Leong (2007 National Champion). Lila’s daughter, Lindsay Crotty Bahra, is also a competitive Scrabble player and Lila hopes to encourage her granddaughters, Lea and Penny, to follow in their footsteps as NASPA members and tournament players.

The North American Scrabble Players Association will remove all racial slurs from its word list for official Scrabble tournaments. Let’s start with this position. Will has just played LU(S)HER to go up 290-248. Tom was the director of the La Grange Park, IL Scrabble Club for over 7 years until their move out west, and now he and Marlena are working to get a new club going in Santa Rosa. Literati (a now-defunct Scrabble clone) in 2000. Various players watching the projected live stream. Note: Until public health authorities announce that it is time to resume public group activities, please assume that all tournaments are postponed or cancelled due to the COVID-19 crisis. photo courtesy of Stew Milne/AP Images for Hasbro. Besides Scrabble, he is also skilled at poker, Settlers of Catan, Super Smash Brothers and music trivia. If your image is a different size, Facebook will adjust it and may cut some of the image off.
I recommend choosing a Public event (rather than Private) since this allows anyone to view the event. This is Marlena’s first Nationals and Tom’s third. Taken from before yesterday’s twitch stream started. For more information about SCRABBLE brand products or NASPA, or to comment on or correct the contents of this page, or to report technical difficulties in reading this page, please email us. Zach Ansell is twelve years old and hails from Los Angeles, CA.

Other pages: Twitter - @NASPA Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/NASPAScrabble?refsrc=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FNASPAScrabble, The big board from today. The National SCRABBLE Association (NSA) was the predecessor of the North American SCRABBLE Players Association as the governing organization

The North American Scrabble Players Association (NASPA) is an organization founded in 2009 to administer competitive Scrabble tournaments and clubs in North America.It officially took over these activities from the National Scrabble Association (NSA) on July 1, 2009. In addition to Scrabble, he enjoys math and sports, and he can do a headstand for over a minute! Now you can invite potential attendees (you have to be Facebook friends to invite them directly, but you can share the link to the event more widely).

Her highest was 503 and she still has the box lid! Sue and Jason are avid travelers and Scrabble sparring partners. How does scoring 33 vs 71 now affect the board, and the way Will might play in the future? She looks forward to welcoming players to Louisiana in January 2017 for the Crescent City Cup, and in July 2017 for the North American Scrabble Championship! Her nickname is “The Joker,” and if you’d like to know why, just ask to see her driver’s license picture. Diana Bowen, who is playing in her fourth Nationals this year, started playing Scrabble when she was growing up. She also appreciates good puns, especially with countries: “I’m mad a gas car still exists,” quips Diana. 15A MAnKY (RV) making JIGSAWN (props if you spotted the hook!).
Clay considers it “a huge privilege” to be playing in the Nationals alongside his son and he’s having a great time. They just returned from a trip through the South Pacific, during which they stood on the edge of an active volcano, snorkeled on Tuvalu, and played over 70 games of Scrabble against each other. Clay was excited to play CLAYIEST on the way to winning game 7 of this year’s Nationals. The North American Scrabble Players Association (NASPA) seems poised to remove hundreds of offensive slurs from tournament-level Scrabble play. He isn’t able to bingo the next turn, but two turns later has a friendly rack of ?ADIIRT and finds himself in a similar situation! Privacy policy. He enjoys trivia, most word and board games, teaching, writing, and composing and performing raps! In addition to Scrabble, Lila enjoys event planning, crafts, calligraphy, cooking, and spending time with her family. John Chew, chief executive of the North American Scrabble Players Association (NASPA), said he was overturning a vote by the board against the proposed change, and would remove a … #scrabble #hasbro #renoballroom #championship #reno #hasbro #renoballroom #nevada #nasc2015 #naspa #cheque #giantcheque. Both Kate and Lila are glad that their non-Scrabbler husbands are so supportive of their passions for the game.

Jesse is down 31 points after will has just played CREATORs on not the most open of boards. We encourage you to review our privacy policy to make sure that you understand how your data is managed, and to contact us if you have any questions. Diana’s other skills include doing math, growing watermelons, playing Dr. Mario, and swiping right. He enjoys sushi, Legend of Zelda, classic rock, tea and other caffeinated goodies. He and his partner, Noah Kalus, won the 2015 North American School Scrabble Championship in Pawtucket, RI, taking home $10,000. In addition to Scrabble, Lila enjoys event planning, crafts, calligraphy, cooking, and spending time with her family. He has been playing tournament Scrabble since the age of 12, but he’s playing in his first Nationals this year, ten years after his tournament debut.

His choices: With fewer tiles remaining in the pool, it’s plain to see that the tile pool is very vowel heavy.

She started playing Scrabble about 14 years ago when her sister-in-law heard about the Ottawa Scrabble Club. The key word here is MANKY+ (+ means that the word was just added to the dictionary last year). Oh, and if you were wondering, Will holds on to win, as Jesse ends up with too many vowels after playing TRIA(C)IDs. Zach enjoys baking, fencing, piano, tennis, and playing with his dog, Coco. They have Zyzzyva to thank for their first official date two years ago. This page was last edited on 20 September 2017, at 22:45. Then, we had the online NASPA calendar. Orlando Scrabble Club is the best meeting place for Scrabble players in the Orlando, Casselberry, or central Florida areas. Knox Daniel (often incorrectly identified as Daniel Knox), a sixth grader from Charlottesville, VA, has been learning the Scrabble ropes from his father, Division 1 player Clay Daniel, and this is his first Nationals. You may also give us personal identifying information, such as your name and contact information. First, we had the National Scrabble Association newsletter – a paper newsletter with upcoming tournaments listed. The National SCRABBLE Association (NSA) was the predecessor of the North American SCRABBLE Players Association as the governing organization for club and tournament SCRABBLE play in Canada and the United States, and as the organizer of national championships..

He started playing tournament Scrabble after reading Stefan Fatsis’ Word Freak. All this data is used to securely provide you with the services that you request. Yesterday’s behind-the-scenes of the Twitch live stream.

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— meeting a number of other Scrabble players — she was encouraged by former National Scrabble Champion James Leong to attend her first official club session in Metairie, Louisiana, and the rest is history! It is based on the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (OSPD) with modifications to make it more suitable for tournament play. And as with the last position, how important is it to take the lead now, versus attempting to maximize your score a different way over the next couple of turns? #hasbro #championship #reno #nevada #renoballroom #nasc2015 #naspa #scrabble #bigboard #boardgames, The Scrabble Twist stand, fully set up. The discussion among the North American Scrabble Players Association (NASPA), the representative and advisory board for competitive Scrabble, was started by Scrabble master Cesar del Solar. Now, how do you use the page?

The Scrabble Twist stand, fully set up. She got hooked and played in her first tournament in 2002.