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BAT 2001 Results
 --Premier--Division A--Division B--Division C--Division D--
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Premier (20 players)
place   name wins spread prize
1. Joe Edley 11 +777 $550/plaque
2. Joey Mallick 11 +625 $275
3. Jerry Lerman 10 +935 $150
4. Jere Mead 10 +419 $100
5. Robin Pollock Daniel   10 +375 Enhanced OWL*

Premier-only Dual Dictionary Award:
for highest scoring words acceptable in both OWL and OSW
(both players received a copy of Official SCRABBLE Words: International Edition):
place   name word
1. Robin Pollock Daniel   JAROSITE
2. Bob Felt CROQUETS

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Division A (40 players)
place   name wins spread prize
1. Amit Chakrabarti   12 +279 $600/plaque/2002 Premier entry
2. Richard Buck 11 +720 $300
3. Scott Appel 10 +1118 $200
4. Dominic Grillo 10 +850 $150
5. Steve Saul 10 +648 $100
6. Bernard Gotlieb 10 +597 $150 (1st class prize, below 1750)
7. Paul Avrin 10 +259 $75 (2nd class prize, below 1750)
8. David Mallick 10 +32 $50
9. Anne Hay 9 +808 $50
10. Elaine Patterson 9 +352 Enchanced OWL*

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Division B (30 players)
place   name wins spread prize
1. Stephen Haraske 14 +1572 $450
2. John Scalzo 11.5 +984 $225
3. Chris Guilbert 10 +1032 $125
4. Susi Tiekert 10 +842 $100
5. Thomas Davis 9 +375 $50
6. Barbara Bultz 9 +63 Enchanced OWL*

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Division C (30 players)
place   name wins spread prize
1. Pat Gehrmann 12 +434 $450
2. Peg Whitten 11 +450 $225
3. Don Hallenback 10 +887 $125
4. Tammy Soncrant 10 +787 $100
5. Joshua McKain 10 +343 $50
6. Diana Spiller 9.5 +133 Enchanced OWL*

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Division D (23 players)
place   name wins spread prize
1. Claire Slater 12 +413 $350
2. Barbara Revkin 11 +1225 $175
3. Leland Fidler 11 +221 $100
4. Andree DeRappe 10 +761 $75
5. Neva Slater 10 +449 $50
7. Jeanne Hedberg 9 +220 Enchanced OWL*

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*created out of standard OWLS with replacement binding for ease of page turning. Makes using the OWL a much more enjoyable experience! Contact Judy Horn at jhornx2@aol.com to get one!

Other prizes
FREAKIEST WORD
(winners, all selected by author Stefan Fatsis, will receive autographed copies of Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive SCRABBLE [Houghton-Mifflin] when it comes out in late June)
division   word name
P MAUSOLEA* Merrill Kaitz
A FREAKIsH** Ian Weinstein
B MEDUSA*** Chris Guilbert
C BEHEADED/DAEMONS****   Helena Gauthier
D GHOULIES***** Marjorie Jones
*also rans: WODGE, SUNBURNS, WHIDAH, ELEPHAN, CUBOIDAL, NIOBOUS
** also rans: CLOWNISH, GUISARD, UMPTEEN, FREAKY, RHYTA, WOOZIEST, ATABAL, WECHT
*** also rans: XYSTI, MAGLEV, YCURU (human version of Mad Cow Disease), CLEAVER, ZONKS, HIRUdIN, BIZNAGa, CABEZON, OILBIRD, QUIFF
**** also rans: MANIC, SHIVA, LOMEINS, GAGA, MANIAC, SNICKER, HORNIEST, GHOST, HUIPIL, ZOMBIE, SUICIDE, FREAK, AIKIDOS, STRANGE
***** also rans: RUTTY/GOONY, DJINNS, CHURLING, ADIEUX, NARKY

HIGH BINGO
(Mary Lou Thurman "BAT 2001" velvet tile bags)
division name word score
P Jan Dixon ENTWINES 140
A Scott Appel ANTHEMED 167
B Paula Cantanese TAINTERS* 122
C Joshua McKain JAILORS 108
D Elyse Fox QWERTYS 111
*Realizing that we'd made an error in awarding her the prize for this phoney, Paula gave her velvet tile bag
to Mic Barron who played BOXIEST for 121 points. Good sports abound!

HIGH NON-BINGO
(Mary Lou Thurman "BAT 2001" velvet tile bags)
division name word score
P Randy Hersom ZLOTY 104
A Howie Greenspan JILT 86
B Muriel Sparrow Reedy EQUID* 75
C Lorraine Ray QUAY** 78
D Anne Koza ZAGS 72
*Roberta Borenstein played QUIP for 75, but Muriel won the random draw for the prize. **Ken Camille played ZAGS for 78, but Lorraine won the random draw for the prize.

BEST COMEBACK
(pick of Deluxe SCRABBLE®, SCRABBLE®, Pictionary, Upwords, Scattegories, and Boggle games)
division name scores/down by final score/won by
P Ron Tiekert 82-228/146 points 474-433/41 points
A Mark Fidler 127-243/116 points 382-326/56 points
B Mic Barron 97-241/144 points 374-368/6 points
C Hilda Siegel 144-292/148 points 357-324/33 points
D Leland Fidler 68-191/123 points 372-359/13 points

HIGH LOSS
(pick of Deluxe SCRABBLE®, SCRABBLE®, Pictionary, Upwords, Scattegories, and Boggle games)
division name score
P Joey Mallick 464
A Michael Wolfberg 436*
B Tom Wood/Steve Moniz 426 (tie! can't remember which one won!)
C Renee Camille 425
D Barbara Revkin 395
*Howie Greenspan lost with a 484, but he won another prize, so this one was awarded to Michael.

HIGH WIN
(pick of Deluxe SCRABBLE®, SCRABBLE®, Pictionary, Upwords, Scattegories, and Boggle games)
division name score
P Joe Edley 564
A Dominic Grillo 590*
B Anita Rackham 529
C Thomas Stumpf 564
D Andree Derappe 563
*Scott Appel also had a 590 win, but because he won another prize, this one went to Dominic.

BEST SPRING WORD (2 awards only)
(homemade "SCRABBLE®-inspired" pottery by Diana Spiller)
name(division) word prize
Chris Guilbert (B) CHIRPY SCRABBLE® platter
Ann Sanfedele (A) TANAGERS/GRACKLE SCRABBLE® bowl

DISTANCE PRIZE
(Mary Lou Thurman round "BAT 2001" gear bag)
name home distance
Paula Cantanese   Mountain View, CA   3,149.5 miles
also rans:
name home distance
Bennett Jacobstein Milipitas, CA 3137.3 miles
Jerry Lerman San Mateo, CA 3135.3 miles
Jeannie J. Wilson    Livermore, CA    3114.5 miles

EARLY BIRD HOTEL
name     prize
Ted Rosen         cougar puppet stuffed animal

EARLY BIRD NON-HOTEL
name prize
Jeannie J. Wilson   cougar puppet stuffed animal

ROTISSERIE WINNERS
place score names prize
1st (tie): 60.5      Jim Geary & Steve Pellinen (a) $225 each
3rd (tie): 59.5 Paul Avrin (b) & Larry Sherman (a) $75 each
5th: 58.5 Sal Piro $30
6th (tie): 57.5 Paul Avrin (a), Lynn Cushman (a), Larry Sherman (b)

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