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| − | This page contains current and recent '''breaking news''' about [[NASPA]]. | + | This page formerly contained current and recent '''breaking news''' about [[NASPA]]. |
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| | + | It has been replaced by [[IContact]]: an online archive of NASPA News (originally called Tournament Talk), a weekly newsletter, and other emails sent to the membership. |
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| | See also: | | See also: |
| − | * [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/ NASPA home]: contains the most recent tweets.
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| − | * [[NASPA Bulletin]]: an online archive of NASPA Bulletins. | + | * [[Media relations]]: media coverage of NASPA activities |
| − | * [[Newsletter Committee]]: working on the first NASPA Newsletter.
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| | * [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html Tournament calendar]: upcoming tournaments | | * [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/tourneys/calendar.html Tournament calendar]: upcoming tournaments |
| − | * [[Tournament results]] | + | * [[Tournament results]]: past tournaments |
| − | | + | * [[NASPA Bulletin]]: an online archive of NASPA Bulletins (not currently in publication). |
| − | == Current news ==
| + | * [[Club news]]: news about activities at our sanctioned clubs |
| − | | + | * ... and our home page, which will always list the top stories. |
| − | === August 5, 2009: Dave Wiegand wins National SCRABBLE Championship ===
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| − | [[Dave Wiegand]] from Portland, OR wins the [[2009 National SCRABBLE Championship]] and receives the $10,000 prize. He defeated the reigning champion [[Nigel Richards]] from Malaysia in the last two rounds today. Both players won 25 games in the tournament but Dave accumulated a superior point spread (+1728 vs. +1593). This is the second championship for Dave; he also won the title in 2005.
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| − | Joel Wapnick, from Montreal, QC placed third in the first division with 22 wins. Divisions two through five were won by Thomas Reinke from Middleton, WI, Dave Leonard from Buffalo, NY, Max Karten from Barrington, RI and Doug Szymkowiak from North Ridgeville, OH.
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| − | Final standings:
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| − | * [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/1/31.html Division 1].
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| − | * [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/2/31.html Division 2].
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| − | * [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/3/31.html Division 3].
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| − | * [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/4/31.html Division 4]. | |
| − | * [http://scrabble-assoc.com/tourneys/2009/nsc/build/standing/5/31.html Division 5].
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| − | === August 3, 2009: next NSC in Dallas ===
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| − | The location of the next two (2010 and 2011) National SCRABBLE Championships has been announced: the InterContinental Dallas [http://www.intercontinental.com/dallas]. The 2010 dates are August 7–11.
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| − | == July 2009 ==
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| − | === July 31, 2009: National SCRABBLE Championship ===
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| − | The [[2009_National_SCRABBLE_Championship|event]] registration took place today in Dayton, OH, Convention Center. Games start tomorrow morning. Stay tuned for near-realtime [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/nsc online coverage].
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| − | === July 21, 2009: the first NASPA Newsletter ===
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| − | The first issue of ''NASPA Tournament SCRABBLE Newsletter'' is ready
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| − | and available [http://naspanews.com/ online],
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| − | thanks to the efforts of [[Newsletter Committee]] and
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| − | approximately 50 other volunteers.
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| − | === July 10, 2009: tournament results and ratings online ===
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| − | The new
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| − | [http://www.scrabbleplayers.org/cgi-bin/submit-rdata.pl tournament data submission application]
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| − | We have a new [[tournament results]] page that has the official results
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| − | of the first NASPA-rated tourneys (Albany, Reno, Charleston, Laguna Woods) | |
| − | as well as copies of NSA results for the first half of 2009.
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| − | The [[ratings]] page has been updated with a link to the current
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| − | official NASPA ratings and an archive of historical monthly NSA ratings.
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| − | === July 1, 2009: official NSA-NASPA transition date ===
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| − | On July 1, the coordination of [[tournaments]] and [[clubs]] was officially transitioned from the [[NSA]] to NASPA. All tournament participants are required to be NASPA [[members]].
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| − | == June 2009 ==
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| − | === June 22, 2009: New committee established ===
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| − | A new committee, [[NASPA-WESPA Liaison Committee]], has been established to coordinate communication with [[WESPA]].
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| − | === June 19, 2009: Rules revision announced ===
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| − | [[John Luebkemann]] (chair of the [[Rules Committee]]) announces some minor changes to the [[Tournament rules | Official Tournament Rules]] to become effective August 1, 2009.
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| − | === June 18, 2009: Tournament types explained ===
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| − | New table on [[Tournaments]] page highlights the difference between Local Club Tournaments (LCT) and the more typical Open Rated Tournaments (ORT).
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| − | === June 18, 2009: Trial memberships ===
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| − | Trial membership information for first-time tournament players added to the [[Tournaments]] page.
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| − | === June 17, 2009: News page created ===
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| − | This page was created today (some earlier recent items are included for convenience).
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| − | === June 15, 2009: PayPal unavailable ===
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| − | Payments to NASPA can no longer be made through PayPal, as PayPal has determined that Scrabble is a form of illegal gambling.
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| − | The manual payment fee for [[2009_National_SCRABBLE_Championship#Registration|NSC registration]] has been waived.
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| − | === June 5, 2009: New committee established ===
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| − | A new committee, [[Directors Manual Committee|Director’s Manual Committee]], has been established to update the [[Directors Manual|Director’s Manual]].
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| − | === June 5, 2009: Reno sanctioned ===
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| − | The Reno tournaments starting July 1, 2009 are going to be NASPA events.
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| − | === June 3, 2009: New Bulletin available ===
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| − | The newest bulletin can be downloaded [http://scrabbleplayers.org/bulletin/200905.pdf here].
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| | == Archived news == | | == Archived news == |
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| − | None at this time.
| + | * [[2023 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2022 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2021 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2020 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2019 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2018 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2017 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2016 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2015 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2014 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2013 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2012 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2011 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2010 Breaking news archive]] |
| | + | * [[2009 Breaking news archive]] |