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Weather a lucky Coincidence?

Posted by Juraj P on Sun December 06, 2009 at 13h08
It was rumored that a certain player was afraid to play up in
Division 1.  Happy coincidence that the weather was terrible
and said player couldn't make it?  I'll leave it to you to decide.
I won't name names, but both him and his lovely wife were supposed 
to be playing.

Despite the weather, the club was very pleased to see so many players 
come, including Huguette, Ben, and Matthew from Edmonton.  
The roads were terrible and it's one of the worst
snow storms we've had in a while.  It was very touch-and-go in the hour
before the tournament, as players were calling in saying they're stuck!
Not that 20-30cm (8-12in) of snow is that much.  But the gusting winds
created huge drifts, where many city buses were even getting stuck.
Temperatures plummeted to -25C (-13F).

In total, out of 30 players we only had 4 cancellations.  Again, with only
one notable exception, due to weather.

The Marathon is the annual favorite of many players.  It has a grueling
schedule of 12 rounds in one day, with only 2 half hour breaks.  

Results

Div 1

High Win: 596, Mike Ebanks
High Loss: 439, Siri Tillekeratne
High Turn: QUARTERS(193), Mike Ebanks
High Non-Bingo: ZEIN(69), Wendy McGrath
Comeback Kid: 125, Juraj Pivovarov
Bingo Ace: 20, Juraj Pivovarov

Div 2

High Win: 574, Wes Yocom
High Loss: 406, Terri Morigeau
High Turn: SQUARED(132), Sylvia King
High Non-Bingo: ZONED(70), Matthew Larocque
Comeback Kid: 87, Sue Brigliadori
Bingo Ace: 18, Wes Yocom

Div 3

High Win: 478, Estelle Matthews
High Loss: 353, Linda Slater
High Turn: FISHIER(89), Linda Slater
High Non-Bingo: ZAX(76), Velora Piltingsrud
Comeback Kid: 71, Estelle Matthews
Bingo Ace: 8, Laverne Brookes

Most Outrageous Phoney: HOUSAGES 
 - played by Shirley Robertson against Ben Settle
 
Frinds-of-the-Director: Laverne, $19

Tuff Luck (three closest losses): Terri Morigeau
Living on the Edge (three closest wins): Estelle Matthews

Indx Ply#               Name               Ratg  W - L - T   +/-
   1    4 Pivovarov, Juraj                 1448   8-  4-  0   298
   2    1 Thomas, Randall                  1693   7-  5-  0   520
   3    2 Ebanks, Mike                     1562   7-  5-  0    60
   4    5 McGrath, Wendy                   1402   6-  6-  0  -182
   5    3 Tillekeratne, Siri               1560   6-  6-  0  -303
   6    6 Lewanski, Yvonne                 1318   2- 10-  0  -393

Indx Ply#               Name               Ratg  W - L - T   +/-
   1    7 Yocom, Wesley                    1310   8-  4-  0   232
   2   13 Taylor-Bailey, Pam               1148   7-  5-  0   444
   3   12 Larocque, Matthew                1171   7-  5-  0   383
   4   14 Maas, Peter                      1074   7-  5-  0   262
   5   10 Bergeron, Betty                  1188   7-  5-  0   -89
   6   11 Morris, Maureen                  1184   6-  6-  0   104
   7    8 Settle, Huguette                 1270   6-  6-  0    82
   8   16 King, Sylvia                     1027   6-  6-  0  -159
   9   17 Robertson, Shirley               1019   5-  7-  0  -234
  10    9 Brigliadori, Sue                 1219   5-  7-  0  -507
  11   18 Morigeau, Terri                   974   4-  8-  0  -113
  12   15 Settle, Ben                      1028   4-  8-  0  -405

Indx Ply#               Name               Ratg  W - L - T   +/-
   1   22 Slater, Linda                     786   9-  3-  0   519
   2   19 Hopgood, Joan                     887   9-  3-  0   422
   3   21 Matthews, Estelle                 796   8-  4-  0   231
   4   25 Piltingsrud, Velora               398   5-  7-  0  -104
   5   23 Kendel, Darlene                   698   5-  7-  0  -224
   6   20 Brookes, Laverne                  808   4-  7-  1  -111
   7   24 Pelkey, Millie                    694   4-  8-  0  -329
   8   26 St Onge, Mary Anne                  0   3-  8-  1  -404