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WGPO Chandler One DayApril 6, 2013By Larry RandC H A N D L E RWe held our first-ever Chandler One Day rated tournament at our home in Chandler. Twentyplayers attended, including three who drove up from Tucson. Players were asked to bring a fooditem to share, and the hosts provided all of the beverages. The SCRABBLE® was enjoyable, butthe food was “fantastic” and included homemade chili, meatballs, pasta salad, pork loin, samosa,chicken wings and spinach salad. There was a plethora of appetizers, snacks. beverages anddesserts.The early-entry winner was Satya Mahapatra, who won a set of Bob Schoenman’s new Laser RedProtiles. One new player competed, Mike King, and he was awarded a set of Protiles that originallybelonged to Jim Wait. Mike did well winning three games in his firt tournament.The players completed ballots, and Karin Somerville was selected for serving the best food item ofthe day, a pork loin. Karin won a chef’s apron and pot holder. Susan Kessler won her game againstLuther Durant by 3 points and won a One Up! game donated by Jeff Kastner.The tournament was divided into two divisions of eight and twelve players, respectively. For themorning session, the fun prize for each division contained the letters C and H (for Chandler). In theafternoon session, the play contained the letters O, P and T, (for pot luck). The $25 prize winnerswere: Barbara Van Alen (CHIDING, 32); Mike King (BEACHED, 81); Jim Lamerand (OPERATES,61); and Lynn Hall (POT, 29).12
C H A N D L E RIn Division A, Jim Lamerand was Gibsonizedgoing into the final round. In the final round,Laurie Cohen defeated Travis Carlson to takethe second place honors. Barbara Gray wasseeded 7th in the division and came in third forthe Best Performace in the Bottom Half (BPBH).In Division B, Martin Janowski was the 10thseed and won the division. This was Martin’sthird tournament. Susan Kessler was tied withMartin going into the KOTH round and lost byfour points to take second place honors. TomHendler, playing in his second tournament,finished third. Tom was seeded eighth. LynnHall seeded 11th in the division finished 8th tocapture the BPBH prize.Division A winners: Jim Lamerand (1st), Laurie Cohen(2nd), and Barbara Gray, Best PerformanceDivision B winners. Martin Janowski (1st), Susan Kessler (2nd),Tom Hendler (3rd), and Lynn Hall, Best PerformanceThe prize winners for the tournament:Division A1- Jim Lamerand 6-2 +524 $1202- Laurie Cohen 5-3 +439 $60BPBH- Barbara Gray 5-3 -141 $50Division B1- Martin Janowski 7-1 +305 $1202- Susan Kessler 6-2 +273 $603- Tom Hendler 5-3 +400 $50BPBH- Lynn Hall 3-5 +116 $50Fun prize winners for play containing C & H.Barbara Van Alen and Mike King 13
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