Club SCRABBLE play in Canada and the United States is
administered by NASPA and its Club Committee.
There are two types of club listings available.
NASPA-sanctioned Clubs: We maintain a roster listing the NASPA-sanctioned clubs
that meet across North America and their meeting times.
Clubs will be listed when their annual $30 sanctioning fees are paid. The initial sanctioning fee will be valid until the end of 2010. Thereafter, ongoing club sanctions will begin on January 1 and end on December 31.
Unless all club directors concerned agree,
only one sanctioned club will be permitted
to meet on any given day of the week
within a 50-mile radius.
[Draft proposal: The $30 fee entitles the director to this exclusivity
on one day of the week of his or her choosing.
If a director wants a club to meet on more than one day of the week,
the director may pay additional $30 fees to obtain this same exclusivity,
or not pay additional fees and not receive exclusivity.]
Club web sites may be listed as long as they do not contain inappropriate material or links to inappropriate material as periodically reviewed by the Club Committee.
Unless otherwise requested, only the first director listed in the response to the NASPA request for club information will be listed.
In order not to be removed from the list, the following criteria for sanctioned clubs are listed:
- Club sanctioning must be renewed each year by paying the sanctioning fee.
- The club director must be a sanctioned director, having taken and passed the director test.
- Club directors' NASPA membership status must be current and in good standing.
Casual Clubs: The Casual Club listing may be found at the National SCRABBLE Association Casual Clubs web page.
Club directors who choose that option as their only listing will not be listed on the NSAPA club listing. If you choose that option you will find a form on that page to fill out to list your club.
For NASPA-sanctioned clubs there is an annual club sanctioning fee of $30 which may be paid in one of the following manners:
- by check (drawn on a U.S. bank) or money order, payable to NASPA (please specify Club # and specify sanctioning fee), sent to:
MARY RHOADES
PO BOX 211993
BEDFORD, TX 76095-8993
USA
- online through PayPal.com, paid to accounts@scrabbleplayers.org (if you do not have a PayPal account, you will need to provide a major credit card and set up a PayPal account). Please specify that this is a club sanctioning fee.
- some Steering Committee members are willing to accept cash payments in person to forward on to NASPA
- online payment through this web site using PayPal, eCheck or major credit cards will be available before July 1st, 2009
As stated above, club sanctioning fees will be valid until the end of 2010.
Benefits include:
- Listing of clubs on the NASPA website
- Future website features for club directors only
NASPA-Sanctioned SCRABBLE Clubs
Arizona California Illinois Kentucky Massachusetts Ohio Ontario Pennsylvania South Carolina Texas Virginia Washington
ARIZONA
Oro Valley/Tucson #565
Club web site
- Sunday 1:00 p.m. 223 W. Weisshorn Street, Oro Valley
- Thursday 5:00 p.m. Denny's Restaurant, 3655 East Speedway Blvd., Tucson
- Ed Saunders (520) 575-6734 ed@tucsonscrabble.com
CALIFORNIA
La Jolla/San Diego #76
- Monday 6:30 p.m. Scripps Green Hospital, Hastings Room, 10666 N. Torrey Pines Road
- Carol Kaplan (858) 535-1262 ckappy@pacbell.net
ILLINOIS
Champaign #590
Club web site
- Thursday 6:30 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 65 E. Marketview Drive
- Between Thanksgiving and New Years, contact for information.
- John Fultz (217) 351-7441 jfultz@wolfram.com
KENTUCKY
Lexington #637
Club web site
- Monday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. VFW Post 680, 1494 Leestown Road
- 2nd Sunday 2:00 - 4:30 p.m. Good Foods Coop, 355 Southland Drive
- Joetta Wilkinson (859) 321-3060 scrabble.director.mom@insightbb.com
MASSACHUSETTS
Lexington #108
Club web site
- Thursday 7:00 p.m.
- First Parish Unitarian Church, 9 Harrington Road.
- We meet in the church basement. Enter by the back door and walk down a short flight of stairs.
- Elevator is available to the disabled. This is a nut- and shrimp-free environment.
- Judy Horn (781) 942-7471 Scrabbleclub108@aol.com
- Ellen Miller (978) 287-4776 ellen@ellenmiller.net
- Mike Wolfberg, Club Statistician and Webmaster
OHIO
Montrose #653
Club web site
- Thursday 6:30 p.m.
- Barnes & Noble Book Store, meeting in the cafe, 4015 Medina Road, Fairlawn
- Dallas Johnson (330) 676-1723 dallaswjohnson@hotmail.com
ONTARIO
Cambridge #471
Golden Triangle SCRABBLE Club
- Friday 7:15 p.m.
- Riverbend Place, Lower Level Rec Hall, 650 Coronation Blvd.
- John Robertson (519) 621-6432 jgrobertson@sympatico.ca
London #692
- Monday 6:30 p.m.
- St. Jude's Anglican Church, Corner of Fanshawe Rd. and Adelaide St., North London
- Sharon Crawford Mackay (519) 474-3104 sharoncm@hotmail.com
PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburgh #352
Club web site
- Wednesday 7:00 p.m. except holidays
- In Squirrel Hill, call for details
- Stan Angrist (412) 422-7878 sangrist@verizon.net
- M.W. Schroeder msch@nauticom.net
- Brad Mills, Webmaster
SOUTH CAROLINA
Columbia #645
- Thursday 6:00 p.m.
- Panera Bread, Woodhill Mall, Garner's Ferry Road
- Peggy Grant (803) 603-2139 mmgrantnp@aol.com
TEXAS
Bedford #248
Mid-Cities SCRABBLE Players
Club web site
- Tuesday 6:45 p.m.
- Taco Bueno, 1528 Brown Trail
- Mary Rhoades (817) 718-3115 mrhoadestx@gmail.com
Houston #359
Club web site
- Sunday 1:30 p.m.
- Sandy's Market, 12171 Katy Fwy.
- Judy Newhouse (281) 379-1601 jnhouse@aol.com
- Carole Miller (281) 580-6607 caromill@aol.com
Portland #652
- Thursday 7:00 p.m.
- Books Ink, 1011 Highway 181 Ste 6
- Jennifer Hay (361) 643-3222 Txbooksink@cs.com
- Jennifer Hinojosa (361) 945-3511 jennifer.hinojosa@hotmail.com
VIRGINIA
Hampton Roads #675
- 1st & 3rd Tuesday 7:15 p.m.
- Starbucks, 4421 Virginia Beach Blvd., Virginia Beach
- Ann Vyce devyces@gmail.com
WASHINGTON
Seattle #253
Club web site
- Tuesday 6:00 p.m.
- Friends Meetinghouse, 4001 9th Ave NE
- Rebecca Slivka (206) 285-7188 slugbiker@comcast.net