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NSC 2000: Renee Camille
Renee Camille (MA) is player #014, ranked 14 of 80 in Division 5 and was rated 1245 in the NSA's July 1st ratings list.
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Player Profile: Reneé Camille (Yarmouthport, MA)
by Sherrie Saint John
Reneé Camille wanted to design something that would "get everyone into the spirit of for the Nationals." So, along the seams of a $1.00 dress procured at a thrift store, she affixed wooden tiles with a hot glue gun. This is actually a mild expression of her passion for the game. In the December 1998 issue of NEWS (Issue #144) her hallway was featured in the "Around The Board" section. Shortly after her family relocated to a new home she decorated the bathroom with two complete copies of the Official Players Dictionary, Third Edition. Armed with an exacto knife and "regular wallpapering glue," she claims "it is not as hard as it may sound. The entire bathroom took me about seven hours. In comparison, the hallway took roughly one month of working perhaps three hours a day." 1998 NSC Champ Brian Cappelletto may or may not be fascinated to learn that the autograph he signed for Reneé this past spring is also framed and hanging in that bathroom. In addition to doing well at the NSC, Reneé plans on collecting more autographs to hang in her unique shrine. Future plans include varnishing over a floor of traditional boards nestled together like tile.
Playing since age 12, Reneé got into the game more seriously in her late teens. As luck would have it, Edie Berman, former Cape Cod resident and longtime tournament player/director, lived nearby and hosted an unrated tournament. Reneé entered and her zeal for competitive was born.
For more than 10 years, Reneé has been playing an informal tournament with her father and six years ago her husband, Kenny, joined in. The losers buy the winners a plaque. This year Reneé's dad is in the lead, according to Reneé "by one stinking game."
Recounting past glories, Renee recalls a friendly game where she played five consecutive bingos! However, the moment she is most proud of is winning the Waltham Newcomers tournament in 1997 with an undefeated record. Of the event she recalls, "I was so happy I cried. That was, aside from my marriage to Kenny and the births of my three kids, one of the happiest days of my entire life." It's worth noting that the following year, her husband, Kenny (who is also competiting at this year's NSC in division 5), won the Waltham Newcomer's tournament with an undefeated record.
The thirty-two-year-old, stay at home mom's main priority is raising her three children ( an age 12 daughter, Nikki Nyne, and sons K.C. and Winter, ages 6 and 4), which leaves little time for tournaments. In a typical year, the elder Camilles play in only two tournaments, but the plan is to do a yearlong trip across the country playing non-stop once the kids are grown up.
Despite the fact that word knowledge is highly valued in the Camille family, none of the kids show a keen interest in the game and only K.C. talks about beating his parents one day when he "learns all the words." Nikki Nyne recently won a poetry contest and all the children are well-versed on obscure words. Reneé admits to laughing at what the neighbors must think when her children call the family's three cats -- sjambok, sweven, and xixu -- in for the night. Note: sjambok, sweven, xi, and xu are acceptable in North American play. However, xixu is not.
When asked about preparation for the NSC, Reneé admits, "I have never studied so hard for a tourney as I have for this, our first Nationals ever. I have been taking around the three-letter word list and also John Chew's system of remembering words which I obtained online." Ever diligent, she also reread "Everything Scrabble" by Joe Edley and John D. Williams.
It is a relief to learn that Reneé's passion for the game does know boundaries. Out of fear that her dress might be too distracting for her opponents, she plans to don it only for Saturday's reception and Thursday's awards ceremony.
Round 1 1. 1- 0 (+170) Camille, Renee 2. 1- 0 (+167) Bullock, Paula 3. 1- 0 (+149) Herdic, Susan 4. 1- 0 (+143) Saldanha, Norbert 5. 1- 0 (+133) Koczka, Claudia 6. 1- 0 (+131) Hendrickson, Roberta 7. 1- 0 (+129) Saito Stewart, Patricia 8. 1- 0 ( +99) Quesenberry, Kathleen 9. 1- 0 ( +93) Mclaughlin, Gladys 10. 1- 0 ( +92) Moore, Ralph 11. 1- 0 ( +89) Soble, Rebecca | Round 2 1. 2- 0 (+267) Engel, April 2. 2- 0 (+246) Camille, Renee 3. 2- 0 (+243) Matthews, Rob 4. 2- 0 (+226) Saldanha, Norbert 5. 2- 0 (+178) Wallace, Naomi 6. 2- 0 (+161) Becker, Mary 7. 2- 0 (+150) Soble, Rebecca 8. 2- 0 (+147) Steward, Roger 9. 2- 0 (+131) Saito Stewart, Patricia 10. 2- 0 (+129) Kidd, Danny 11. 2- 0 (+125) Collier, Mike | Round 3 20. 2- 1 ( +99) Kidd, Danny 21. 2- 1 ( +95) Armstrong, Lorna 22. 2- 1 ( +72) Moore, Ralph 23. 2- 1 ( +63) Abbate, Chuck 24. 2- 1 ( +58) Krissoff, Madelon K 25. 2- 1 ( +42) Camille, Renee 26. 2- 1 ( +41) Steward, Roger 27. 2- 1 ( +22) Strong, Sylvia 28. 2- 1 ( +5) Kribs, Carolyn M 29. 2- 1 ( -13) Collier, Mike 30. 2- 1 ( -16) Lui, David | Round 4 9. 3- 1 (+266) Glenn, Annette 10. 3- 1 (+245) Garver, Billie P 11. 3- 1 (+210) Camille, Kenneth 12. 3- 1 (+185) Becker, Mary 13. 3- 1 (+151) Clark, James M 14. 3- 1 (+127) Camille, Renee 15. 3- 1 (+119) Kopitz, Kurt M 16. 3- 1 (+119) Donelick, Rosetta 17. 3- 1 (+112) Zollinger, Justine J 18. 3- 1 ( +90) Hogeboom, Thomas 19. 3- 1 ( +87) Kribs, Carolyn M |
Round 5 6. 5- 0 (+200) Soble, Rebecca 7. 4- 1 (+369) Camille, Kenneth 8. 4- 1 (+355) Saldanha, Norbert 9. 4- 1 (+300) Garver, Billie P 10. 4- 1 (+269) Hogeboom, Thomas 11. 4- 1 (+228) Camille, Renee 12. 4- 1 (+176) Donelick, Rosetta 13. 4- 1 (+168) Kribs, Carolyn M 14. 4- 1 (+164) Lui, David 15. 4- 1 (+159) Zollinger, Justine J 16. 4- 1 ( +87) Russell, Stella J | Round 6 2. 5- 1 (+638) Matthews, Rob 3. 5- 1 (+481) Camille, Kenneth 4. 5- 1 (+477) Engel, April 5. 5- 1 (+404) Garver, Billie P 6. 5- 1 (+309) Saito Stewart, Patricia 7. 5- 1 (+232) Camille, Renee 8. 5- 1 (+232) Philpot, Georgia T 9. 5- 1 (+165) Zollinger, Justine J 10. 5- 1 (+122) Soble, Rebecca 11. 5- 1 ( +58) Bailey, Annette 12. 4- 2 (+316) Saldanha, Norbert | Round 7 14. 5- 2 (+156) Zollinger, Justine J 15. 5- 2 (+145) Abbate, Chuck 16. 5- 2 (+130) Lui, David 17. 5- 2 (+114) Quesenberry, Kathleen 18. 5- 2 (+110) Clark, James M 19. 5- 2 (+108) Camille, Renee 20. 5- 2 ( +89) Philpot, Georgia T 21. 5- 2 ( +13) Kopitz, Kurt M 22. 4- 2 ( +24) Lossing, Geeke 23. 4- 3 (+290) Spidel, Rea 24. 4- 3 (+234) Bullock, Paula | |
Round 8 5. 6- 2 (+342) Kribs, Carolyn M 6. 6- 2 (+318) Wallace, Naomi 7. 6- 2 (+268) Philpot, Georgia T 8. 6- 2 (+263) Saito Stewart, Patricia 9. 6- 2 (+243) Abbate, Chuck 10. 6- 2 (+195) Camille, Renee 11. 6- 2 (+186) Lui, David 12. 6- 2 (+175) Zollinger, Justine J 13. 6- 2 ( -32) Bailey, Annette 14. 5- 3 (+459) Engel, April 15. 5- 3 (+411) Spidel, Rea | Round 9 1. 7- 2 (+555) Matthews, Rob 2. 7- 2 (+420) Wallace, Naomi 3. 7- 2 (+372) Myers, Jeff 4. 7- 2 (+354) Kribs, Carolyn M 5. 7- 2 (+245) Camille, Renee 6. 7- 2 (+202) Lui, David 7. 7- 2 (+196) Zollinger, Justine J 8. 7- 2 ( -4) Soble, Rebecca 9. 6- 3 (+475) Spidel, Rea 10. 6- 3 (+391) Saldanha, Norbert 11. 6- 3 (+314) Glenn, Annette | Round 10 4. 7- 3 (+479) Saldanha, Norbert 5. 7- 3 (+399) Wallace, Naomi 6. 7- 3 (+372) Saito Stewart, Patricia 7. 7- 3 (+369) Myers, Jeff 8. 7- 3 (+367) Glenn, Annette 9. 7- 3 (+227) Camille, Renee 10. 7- 3 (+117) Zollinger, Justine J 11. 7- 3 (+114) Lui, David 12. 7- 3 (+100) Kopitz, Kurt M 13. 7- 3 ( +79) Krissoff, Madelon K 14. 6- 4 (+493) Gehrmann, Patricia M | Round 11 2. 8- 3 (+608) Saldanha, Norbert 3. 8- 3 (+427) Wallace, Naomi 4. 8- 3 (+412) Glenn, Annette 5. 8- 3 (+311) Kribs, Carolyn M 6. 8- 3 (+245) Kopitz, Kurt M 7. 8- 3 (+233) Camille, Renee 8. 8- 3 (+139) Zollinger, Justine J 9. 8- 3 (+118) Lui, David 10. 8- 3 ( +2) Soble, Rebecca 11. 7- 4 (+408) Spidel, Rea 12. 7- 4 (+387) Camille, Kenneth |
Round 12 9. 8- 4 (+387) Glenn, Annette 10. 8- 4 (+358) Malarcher, Jay 11. 8- 4 (+186) Myers, Jeff 12. 8- 4 (+105) Kopitz, Kurt M 13. 8- 4 ( +97) Lui, David 14. 8- 4 ( +74) Camille, Renee 15. 8- 4 ( +28) Zollinger, Justine J 16. 7- 5 (+565) Engel, April 17. 7- 5 (+401) Mclaughlin, Gladys 18. 7- 5 (+386) Camille, Kenneth 19. 7- 5 (+266) Saito Stewart, Patricia | Round 13 5. 9- 4 (+549) Spidel, Rea 6. 9- 4 (+408) Glenn, Annette 7. 9- 4 (+301) Lui, David 8. 9- 4 (+210) Myers, Jeff 9. 9- 4 (+181) Kribs, Carolyn M 10. 9- 4 (+124) Camille, Renee 11. 8- 5 (+453) Clark, James M 12. 8- 5 (+440) Camille, Kenneth 13. 8- 5 (+411) Philpot, Georgia T 14. 8- 5 (+401) Russell, Stella J 15. 8- 5 (+309) Moore, Ralph | Round 14 12. 9- 5 (+248) Lui, David 13. 9- 5 (+151) Lucas, Doreen 14. 9- 5 (+146) Kopitz, Kurt M 15. 9- 5 ( +98) Kribs, Carolyn M 16. 9- 5 ( +68) Krissoff, Madelon K 17. 9- 5 ( +47) Camille, Renee 18. 9- 5 ( +6) Zollinger, Justine J 19. 8- 6 (+712) Engel, April 20. 8- 6 (+448) Clark, James M 21. 8- 6 (+375) Camille, Kenneth 22. 8- 6 (+361) Quesenberry, Kathleen | |
Round 15 4. 11- 4 (+501) Wallace, Naomi 5. 11- 4 (+427) Myers, Jeff 6. 11- 4 ( +91) Soble, Rebecca 7. 10- 5 (+567) Spidel, Rea 8. 10- 5 (+274) Lui, David 9. 10- 5 (+175) Camille, Renee 10. 10- 5 (+126) Krissoff, Madelon K 11. 10- 5 ( +71) Zollinger, Justine J 12. 9- 6 (+479) Moore, Ralph 13. 9- 6 (+457) Clark, James M 14. 9- 6 (+409) Philpot, Georgia T | Round 16 12. 10- 6 (+255) Lui, David 13. 10- 6 (+193) Malarcher, Jay 14. 10- 6 ( +80) Lucas, Doreen 15. 10- 6 ( +71) Krissoff, Madelon K 16. 10- 6 ( +33) Kribs, Carolyn M 17. 10- 6 ( -73) Camille, Renee 18. 9- 7 (+688) Engel, April 19. 9- 7 (+584) Garver, Billie P 20. 9- 7 (+438) Abbate, Chuck 21. 9- 7 (+416) Moore, Ralph 22. 9- 7 (+350) Clark, James M | Round 17 19. 10- 7 (+193) Lui, David 20. 10- 7 (+112) Kopitz, Kurt M 21. 10- 7 ( +31) Bergeron, Mary Ellen 22. 10- 7 ( +25) Krissoff, Madelon K 23. 10- 7 ( -15) Malarcher, Jay 24. 10- 7 (-118) Camille, Renee 25. 10- 7 (-213) Bailey, Annette 26. 9- 8 (+576) Engel, April 27. 9- 8 (+395) Moore, Ralph 28. 9- 8 (+321) Quesenberry, Kathleen 29. 9- 8 (+269) Donelick, Rosetta | Round 18 15. 11- 7 (+254) Wallace, Naomi 16. 11- 7 (+163) Kribs, Carolyn M 17. 11- 7 ( +58) Malarcher, Jay 18. 11- 7 ( +39) Bergeron, Mary Ellen 19. 11- 7 ( +37) Krissoff, Madelon K 20. 11- 7 ( -59) Camille, Renee 21. 10- 8 (+407) Moore, Ralph 22. 10- 8 (+273) Mcdougall, Scott 23. 10- 8 (+271) Becker, Mary 24. 10- 8 (+219) Braverman, Mollie 25. 10- 8 (+195) Alejos, Stella L |
Round 19 18. 11- 8 (+394) Bullock, Paula 19. 11- 8 (+276) Mcdougall, Scott 20. 11- 8 (+177) Kopitz, Kurt M 21. 11- 8 ( -17) Bergeron, Mary Ellen 22. 11- 8 ( -50) Krissoff, Madelon K 23. 11- 8 ( -72) Camille, Renee 24. 11- 8 (-201) Bailey, Annette 25. 10- 8 (+589) Gehrmann, Patricia M 26. 10- 9 (+445) Engel, April 27. 10- 9 (+261) Becker, Mary 28. 10- 9 (+211) Braverman, Mollie | Round 20 11. 12- 8 (+224) Glenn, Annette 12. 12- 8 (+204) Wallace, Naomi 13. 12- 8 (+165) Nickens, Wowo 14. 12- 8 (+116) Kribs, Carolyn M 15. 12- 8 ( +54) Malarcher, Jay 16. 12- 8 ( +53) Camille, Renee 17. 12- 8 ( +41) Lucas, Doreen 18. 12- 8 (-150) Bailey, Annette 19. 11- 9 (+589) Gehrmann, Patricia M 20. 11- 9 (+506) Abbate, Chuck 21. 11- 9 (+455) Clark, James M | Round 21 6. 14- 7 (+687) Russell, Stella J 7. 14- 7 (+167) Zollinger, Justine J 8. 13- 8 (+644) Moore, Ralph 9. 13- 8 (+631) Bullock, Paula 10. 13- 8 (+121) Malarcher, Jay 11. 13- 8 (+112) Camille, Renee 12. 13- 8 ( +60) Lucas, Doreen 13. 12- 9 (+685) Gehrmann, Patricia M 14. 12- 9 (+672) Abbate, Chuck 15. 12- 9 (+303) Mcdougall, Scott 16. 12- 9 (+236) Alejos, Stella L | |
Round 22 4. 15- 7 (+751) Russell, Stella J 5. 15- 7 (+701) Spidel, Rea 6. 15- 7 (+281) Soble, Rebecca 7. 14- 8 (+701) Bullock, Paula 8. 14- 8 (+669) Moore, Ralph 9. 14- 8 (+163) Camille, Renee 10. 14- 8 (+160) Zollinger, Justine J 11. 13- 9 (+721) Abbate, Chuck 12. 13- 9 (+310) Mcdougall, Scott 13. 13- 9 (+255) Alejos, Stella L 14. 13- 9 (+102) Malarcher, Jay | Round 23 8. 14- 9 (+444) Moore, Ralph 9. 14- 9 (+398) Mcdougall, Scott 10. 14- 9 (+290) Alejos, Stella L 11. 14- 9 (+163) Kribs, Carolyn M 12. 14- 9 (+109) Malarcher, Jay 13. 14- 9 ( +75) Camille, Renee 14. 14- 9 ( +16) Zollinger, Justine J 15. 13- 10 (+778) Gehrmann, Patricia M 16. 13- 10 (+714) Abbate, Chuck 17. 13- 10 (+517) Quesenberry, Kathleen 18. 13- 10 (+517) Clark, James M | Round 24 13. 14- 10 (+765) Abbate, Chuck 14. 14- 10 (+351) Mcdougall, Scott 15. 14- 10 (+239) Alejos, Stella L 16. 14- 10 (+209) Glenn, Annette 17. 14- 10 (+173) Wallace, Naomi 18. 14- 10 ( -11) Camille, Renee 19. 14- 10 ( -60) Krissoff, Madelon K 20. 13- 10 (+605) Engel, April 21. 13- 10 (+172) Hogeboom, Thomas 22. 13- 11 (+508) Clark, James M 23. 13- 11 (+496) Quesenberry, Kathleen | Round 25 20. 14- 11 (+232) Kopitz, Kurt M 21. 14- 11 (+192) Alejos, Stella L 22. 14- 11 (+187) Glenn, Annette 23. 14- 11 ( +75) Lucas, Doreen 24. 14- 11 ( -58) Bergeron, Mary Ellen 25. 14- 11 (-153) Camille, Renee 26. 13- 11 (+732) Knudson, Brian 27. 13- 11 (+121) Hogeboom, Thomas 28. 13- 12 (+468) Clark, James M 29. 13- 12 (+416) Quesenberry, Kathleen 30. 13- 12 (+168) Becker, Mary |
Round 26 26. 14- 12 (+194) Becker, Mary 27. 14- 12 (+106) Alejos, Stella L 28. 14- 12 ( +93) Gauthier, Helena 29. 14- 12 ( +68) Lucas, Doreen 30. 14- 12 ( -48) Weidner, Sara Emily 31. 14- 12 (-161) Camille, Renee 32. 13- 12 ( +46) Hogeboom, Thomas 33. 13- 12 ( -22) Lossing, Geeke 34. 13- 13 (+248) Reed, Irving 35. 13- 13 (+164) Donelick, Rosetta 36. 13- 13 ( +71) Collier, Mike | Round 27 33. 14- 13 ( +4) Philpot, Georgia T 34. 14- 13 ( -48) Lucas, Doreen 35. 14- 13 (-101) Gauthier, Helena 36. 14- 13 (-223) Bailey, Annette 37. 14- 13 (-308) Nickens, Wowo 38. 14- 13 (-348) Camille, Renee 39. 13- 13 (+259) Thompson, Waheed 40. 13- 13 ( -58) Lossing, Geeke 41. 13- 14 ( +82) Donelick, Rosetta 42. 13- 14 ( +77) Berkelhammer, Harriet 43. 13- 14 ( +73) Riley, Burke | Round 28 28. 15- 13 ( +46) Wallace, Naomi 29. 15- 13 ( +22) Lucas, Doreen 30. 15- 13 ( -47) Weidner, Sara Emily 31. 15- 13 (-142) Zollinger, Justine J 32. 15- 13 (-234) Nickens, Wowo 33. 15- 13 (-235) Camille, Renee 34. 14- 13 (+338) Thompson, Waheed 35. 14- 13 ( -51) Lossing, Geeke 36. 14- 14 (+659) Gehrmann, Patricia M 37. 14- 14 (+368) Clark, James M 38. 14- 14 (+317) Donelick, Rosetta | |
Round 29 34. 15- 14 (+109) Becker, Mary 35. 15- 14 ( -84) Weidner, Sara Emily 36. 15- 14 (-106) Wallace, Naomi 37. 15- 14 (-170) Kupsch, Carol 38. 15- 14 (-192) Zollinger, Justine J 39. 15- 14 (-337) Camille, Renee 40. 14- 14 (+108) Lui, David 41. 14- 15 (+614) Gehrmann, Patricia M 42. 14- 15 (+324) Clark, James M 43. 14- 15 (+146) Camille, Kenneth 44. 14- 15 ( +98) Riley, Burke | Round 30 27. 16- 14 (+178) Philpot, Georgia T 28. 16- 14 ( +60) Wallace, Naomi 29. 16- 14 ( +18) Lucas, Doreen 30. 16- 14 ( -59) Weidner, Sara Emily 31. 16- 14 (-119) Kupsch, Carol 32. 16- 14 (-153) Camille, Renee 33. 16- 14 (-267) Malarcher, Jay 34. 16- 14 (-316) Nickens, Wowo 35. 15- 14 ( -82) Lossing, Geeke 36. 15- 15 (+385) Clark, James M 37. 15- 15 (+380) Donelick, Rosetta | Round 31 20. 17- 14 (+342) Kopitz, Kurt M 21. 17- 14 (+329) Collier, Mike 22. 17- 14 ( +71) Wallace, Naomi 23. 17- 14 ( +10) Kupsch, Carol 24. 17- 14 ( -17) Alejos, Stella L 25. 17- 14 (-125) Camille, Renee 26. 17- 14 (-131) Malarcher, Jay 27. 16- 14 (+687) Knudson, Brian 28. 16- 14 (+488) Thompson, Waheed 29. 16- 15 (+462) Donelick, Rosetta 30. 16- 15 (+455) Quesenberry, Kathleen |
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