SCRABBLE - The Last Word Newsletter
SCRABBLE - The Last Word Newsletter SCRABBLE - The Last Word Newsletter
R O C K Y M O U N T A I N R U M B L ERocky Mountain Rumble, April 27-29, 2013By Angela Dancho, DirectorFour days before the start of the Denver, CO RockyMountain Rumble, the weather was 30 degrees andsnowing! Luckily, by the weekend it was sunny and inthe 70s. The Rumble, which has been held off and on inColorado since 2005, had tremendous financial supportfrom the local SCRABBLE® community. We receiveddonations in excess of $1700, which allowed us to offera $1000 first prize for the open division and cover theroom rental fees for entire tournament. We had out-ofstatevisitors from Utah, New Mexico, South Carolina,and Oregon.Early Bird Div. A winners DominickMancine, Ryan Barrett & Angela DanchoEarly Bird Div. B winners DaveGoldberg & Julia SwaneySaturday night dinner at DiCicco’s--aRocky Mountain Rumble tradition!The 5-game Early Bird on Friday had two divisions. Division A prizewinners were DominickMancine, Ryan Barrett, and Angela Dancho. Division B winner was Dave Goldberg, and secondplace went to Julia Swaney.Open Division winners Ryan Barrett, Keith Hagel, Dave Goldberg, AnneMcCarthy, and Jon Shreve with Angela Dancho.The Main Event started with threegames Friday night. Playersenjoyed seven games onSaturday, with a large groupending the evening with a dinnerat DiCicco’s, a local Italianrestaurant. We finished up thetournament on Sunday with thefinal five games. DominickMancine won the open Division A,taking home the $1000 top prize.Second, third, and fourth placeswent to Ryan Barrett, Jon Shreve,and Dave Goldberg respectively.Anne McCarthy won aperformance prize for her sixthplacefinish, and Keith Hagel won a prize for his high loss (457-472).24
R O C K Y M O U N T A I N R U M B L EThe top prize in Division B went to local playerJulia Swaney, who also designed the Rumblemugs that each player received. Second andthird places went to Diane Waldman andDebbie Hendrich.As a director, I couldn’t ask for a better group ofplayers. They made it easy for me to both playin the tournament and direct. Preparations forthe 2013 WGPO Word Cup in Aurora, Coloradoare in full swing – hope to see you there!Angela DanchoDirectorAngela Dancho with Division B winners Debbie Hendrich, DianeWaldman, and Julia Swaney. 25
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R O C K Y M O U N T A I N R U M B L E<strong>The</strong> top prize in Division B went to local playerJulia Swaney, who also designed the Rumblemugs that each player received. Second andthird places went to Diane Waldman andDebbie Hendrich.As a director, I couldn’t ask for a better group ofplayers. <strong>The</strong>y made it easy for me to both playin the tournament and direct. Preparations forthe 2013 WGPO <strong>Word</strong> Cup in Aurora, Coloradoare in full swing – hope to see you there!Angela DanchoDirectorAngela Dancho with Division B winners Debbie Hendrich, DianeWaldman, and Julia Swaney. 25
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