Here are the prizes awarded at this year's BAT. Usual suspects and some new stuffs: EOWLS (enchanced OWLS with laminated covers and spiral bindings, made by Judy Horn, jhornx2@... Limited Edition 25th Anniversary BAT SCRABBLE mugs (made individually and by the hands of Diana Spiller, so no two are alike, diana@...) Bingo Stem Magnets (made by Roxanne Prichard and her friend Elizabeth's new company, LexIcon) Bob's Bible (Bob Gillis' great word book, bible@...) Tile bags (faux suede bags with machine embroidered BAT 2006 25th made by Lorraine Ray, mirage03032@...) Pocket SamTimers (another one of Sam's timers, sam@...) Word Gear Thank U cards (the NSA's storefront, scrabble-assoc.com) BAT Protiles (created by Bob Schoenman, protiles.net) BAT 2006 Main Event Premier Division Rank Seed Name Wins Cumul OldR NewR Prize 1 5 Katz-Brown, Jason 15.0 +337 1934 1994 $600 & plaque 2 15 Wapnick, Joel 13.0 +807 1858 1920 $300 3 3 Mallick, Joey 13.0 +4 1942 1966 $200 4 8 Daniel, Robin Pollock 12.0 +214 1908 1933 $100 5 13 Hart, John 12.0 +106 1862 1906 Pocket SamTimer 6 20 Cree, Chris 11.0 +579 1801 1856 EOWL* 7 6 Appel, Scott 11.0 +522 1926 1925 8 18 O'Laughlin, John 11.0 +133 1831 1872 9 4 Sherman, Joel 10.0 +639 1936 1915 10 11 Van Pelt, John 10.0 -38 1865 1877 11 10 Weinike, Joe 10.0 -305 1877 1886 12 1 Cappelletto, Brian 9.0 +309 2019 1956 13 17 MacNeil, Rod 9.0 +225 1846 1850 14 2 Edley, Joe 9.0 -21 1980 1923 15 11 Armstrong, Peter 8.0 -50 1865 1843 16 7 Mills, Lloyd 8.0 -187 1917 1871 17 8 Greenspan, Randy 8.0 -194 1908 1869 18 16 Kaitz, Merrill 8.0 -714 1854 1839 19 19 Kantimathi, Sam 7.0 -1019 1806 1795 20 14 Piro, Sal 6.0 -1347 1859 1807 BAT 2006 Main Event Division A Rank Seed Name Wins Cumul OldR NewR Prize 1 7 Tiekert, Ron 11.0 +883 1815 1848 $500 & plaque^ 2 25 Le, Cecilia 11.0 +735 1713 1811 $250 3 26 Saldanha, Dielle 11.0 +604 1708 1817 $250 class 1st 4 5 Saldanha, Dean 10.0 +612 1829 1841 $150 5 23 Glass, Steve 10.0 +237 1721 1773 $100 6 42 Berg Richards, Verna 10.0 +192 1533 1723 $100 class 2nd 7 15 Stegman, Debbie 9.5 +336 1759 1783 $70 8 20 Ecsedy, Michael 9.0 +439 1727 1767 EOWL 9 3 Fogel, Daniel 9.0 +348 1837 1827 10 19 Oliger, Steve 9.0 +199 1738 1766 $50 class 3rd 11 10 Schoneboom, Marjorie 9.0 +59 1776 1796 12 31 Avrin, Paul 9.0 -42 1674 1731 13 41 Horn, Judy 9.0 -108 1598 1704 14 22 Fidler, Mark 8.0 +389 1724 1740 15 29 Leifer, Scott 8.0 +295 1702 1720 16 2 Ellickson, Robert 8.0 +294 1850 1828 17 8 Viloria, John 8.0 +237 1811 1799 18 40 Patterson, Elaine 8.0 +177 1601 1654 19 4 Chakrabarti, Amit 8.0 -60 1835 1815 20 6 Saul, Steve 8.0 -79 1823 1796 21 35 De Guzman, Edward 8.0 -85 1628 1681 22 12 Kreiswirth, Rose 7.5 -6 1766 1744 23 17 Firstman, Diane 7.0 +310 1752 1741 24 11 Tangredi, Frank 7.0 -29 1767 1730 25 13 Baron, Mike 7.0 -36 1764 1732 26 21 Rosen, Ted 7.0 -450 1725 1722 27 18 Mills, Jan 6.5 +12 1744 1701 28 35 Kille, James L Jr 6.5 -522 1628 1651 29 1 Poder, David 6.0 +107 1867 1795 30 14 Bader, Aaron 6.0 +35 1760 1719 31 32 Eichenbaum, Jack 6.0 -23 1665 1650 32 33 Horn, Joel 6.0 -54 1644 1650 33 9 Buck, Richard 6.0 -204 1806 1739 34 28 Pianowski, Scott 6.0 -207 1704 1684 35 30 Fassio, Gina 6.0 -300 1695 1665 36 16 Przybyszewski, Mark 6.0 -310 1754 1695 37 38 Horowitz, Arnie 6.0 -841 1610 1624 38 34 Durdan, Carl 5.0 -333 1638 1617 39 27 Leifer, Dave 5.0 -409 1705 1660 40 24 Richards, Marcia 5.0 -414 1717 1657 41 39 Finkey, Don 5.0 -1012 1602 1597 42 37 Tiekert, Susi 2.0 -976 1617 1541 ^Ron also gets free entry into next year's Premier as winner of division A. BAT 2006 Main Event Division B Rank Seed Name Wins Cumul OldR NewR 1 13 Gardenswartz, Nat 12.0 +777 1523 1602 $300 & plaque 2 16 Ryan, Jamie 11.0 +544 1504 1578 $200 3 26 Fukawa-Connelly, Kate 10.0 +485 1430 1504 $200 class 1st 4 6 Greenwood, Ben 10.0 +472 1584 1604 $150 5 31 Lipe, Chris 10.0 +268 1405 1485 $100 class 2nd 6 2 Drumm, Heather 10.0 +242 1631 1625 $100 7 1 Wolfberg, Michael 9.0 +514 1653 1617 $80 8 14 Sanfedele, Ann 9.0 +467 1515 1535 EWOL 9 17 Bihlmeyer, Joe 9.0 +407 1491 1515 10 33 Bergmann, Jacob 9.0 +229 1378 1449 $50 class 3rd 11 18 Lipkin, Seth 9.0 +216 1487 1523 12 11 Higby, Karl 9.0 +39 1527 1526 13 22 Broersma, Jason 8.5 -166 1455 1497 14 25 Faria, Alyssa 8.0 +551 1440 1470 15 20 Freehof, Ira 8.0 +521 1468 1485 16 7 Goldstein, Eric 8.0 +428 1581 1538 17 38 Shankle, Bert 8.0 +366 1289 1385 18 5 Harrison, Ben 8.0 +176 1585 1552 19 8 Colosa, Kevin 8.0 +109 1564 1548 20 28 Chase, Carla 8.0 -69 1424 1459 21 35 Lowrey, Barbara 7.5 +5 1342 1395 22 19 Wolfe, Charmaine 7.0 +286 1485 1461 23 21 Foster, Gregg 7.0 -175 1459 1452 24 4 Drumm, Don 7.0 -191 1588 1529 25 27 Flisock, Olinga 7.0 -202 1425 1437 26 36 Tedesco, Annette 7.0 -204 1340 1372 27 40 Cullman, Roger 7.0 -218 1268 1329 28 34 Catanese, Paula 7.0 -245 1365 1387 29 37 Walden, Jeff 7.0 -450 1331 1364 30 12 Becker, Bob 6.0 +109 1524 1473 31 10 Weissman, Emely 6.0 -7 1544 1474 32 23 Kitchen, Scott 6.0 -186 1450 1416 33 9 Steward, Judy 6.0 -300 1553 1483 34 3 Barron, Mic 6.0 -318 1591 1496 35 30 Moss, Karen 6.0 -527 1407 1384 36 39 Wilson, Jeannie J 5.0 -634 1270 1292 37 29 Eldeiry, Michael 4.0 -607 1408 1344 38 32 Wilkinson, Tim 4.0 -770 1402 1360 39 24 Spiller, Diana 3.0 -918 1444 1349 40 15 Gauthier, Helena 3.0 -1024 1505 1369 BAT 2006 Main Event Division C Rank Seed Name Wins Cumul OldR NewR 1 1 Dubach, Joev 12.0 +825 1278 1327 $300 & plaque 2 28 Graham, Stephen 10.0 +993 1028 1191 $200 class 1st 3 4 Saldanha, Dion 10.0 +382 1251 1268 $150 4 6 Fall, Nicholas 10.0 +298 1236 1243 $100 5 14 Bergeron, Mary Ellen 10.0 +143 1154 1209 $80 6 2 Davis, Thomas 9.0 +387 1259 1252 $50 7 5 Rhyne, George 9.0 +318 1239 1243 EOWL 8 8 Feld, Myron 9.0 +285 1226 1239 9 6 Finn, Marshall 9.0 +262 1236 1239 10 17 Guest, Cornelia 9.0 +39 1117 1144 $100 class 2nd 11 19 Cur, Tina 9.0 +9 1106 1143 12 8 McKinney, Sean 9.0 -8 1226 1229 13 24 Giovinazzo, Linda 9.0 -96 1065 1122 14 27 Mullholand, Kath 8.0 +364 1034 1076 15 29 Moraff, Danny 8.0 +202 1026 1092 16 30 Cope, Anna 8.0 +110 1021 1092 17 25 Wittman, Dianne 8.0 -195 1045 1080 18 15 McKinstry, Russell 7.0 -6 1146 1118 19 26 Hunter, Pamela 7.0 -71 1037 1071 20 12 Camille, Kenneth 7.0 -90 1176 1145 21 11 Mahnken, Denise 7.0 -163 1189 1148 22 10 Camille, Renee 7.0 -246 1222 1185 23 31 Jaslow, Frank 6.0 +41 990 1007 24 22 Niles, Jack 6.0 -64 1075 1050 25 32 Sullivan, Shelley 6.0 -161 989 1009 26 18 Lekach, Elana 5.0 -41 1108 1102 27 16 Cheras, John 5.0 -138 1131 1069 28 2 Hennessey, Pat 5.0 -455 1259 1141 29 21 Miner, Chris 5.0 -498 1102 1062 30 20 Prince, Jackie 5.0 -505 1104 1059 31 13 Fowler, Amy 4.0 -512 1157 1051 32 23 Derappe, Andree 2.0 -1409 1072 972 BAT 2006 Main Event Division D Rank Seed Name Wins Cumul OldR NewR 1 40 Whitmarsh, Bradley 12.0 +616 n.r. 1114 $300 & plaque 2 16 Whitmore, Jane 12.0 +98 890 1023 $150 3 2 Katz, Larry 10.0 +665 992 984 $100 4 5 Turner, Kevin 10.0 +643 985 994 $90 5 26 Conti, Jane 10.0 +599 785 885 $200 class 1st 6 24 Kout, Trix 10.0 +412 829 887 $80 7 1 McWilliams, Sharon 10.0 +242 993 989 $70 8 14 Rott, Florence 10.0 +193 913 941 $50 9 8 Bachmann, Renate 9.0 +862 956 956 EOWL 10 3 Mikesell, Marci 9.0 +698 991 978 11 6 Lutts, Tim 9.0 +490 964 959 12 22 Ross, Ida 9.0 +351 856 895 13 19 Sinacola, Christopher 9.0 +289 873 872 14 9 Saltz, Emily 9.0 +111 948 939 15 40 Serino, Steve 9.0 -44 n.r. 964 $100 class 2nd 16 12 Hedberg, Jeanne 8.0 +309 926 873 17 4 Cope, Brian 8.0 +248 989 944 18 20 McCumber, Carol 8.0 +224 868 877 19 11 Wancel, Linda 8.0 +156 927 906 20 18 Beebe, Susan 8.0 +2 874 842 21 37 Jackson, Will 8.0 -10 558 681 $90 class 3rd 22 28 Marshall, Norma 8.0 -66 713 776 23 7 Kosarick, Carl 8.0 -112 962 920 24 27 Yorra, Wayne 8.0 -160 771 803 25 17 Kamath, Shubha 8.0 -242 883 857 26 32 Gray, Leanne 7.0 +338 692 703 27 15 Prichard, Roxanne 7.0 +278 909 878 28 30 Janota-Bzowski, Marek 7.0 +261 706 730 29 23 Frodyma, KC 7.0 +55 852 839 30 25 Siegel, Hilda 7.0 +41 789 775 31 13 Majka, Lorraine 7.0 +3 918 882 32 40 Woodbridge, Barbara 7.0 -127 n.r. 775 33 29 Waldbaum, Joseph 7.0 -222 707 684 34 38 Constantine, Brett 7.0 -247 515 621 35 21 Slater, Neva 7.0 -252 867 840 36 10 Benezra, Adam 6.0 +219 934 858 37 40 Cook, Allison 6.0 -141 n.r. 663 38 40 Coleman, Sean 6.0 -332 n.r. 608 39 40 Kriegel, Zach 6.0 -381 n.r. 736 40 31 Becker, Paul 6.0 -387 703 722 41 40 Quigley, Sue 6.0 -447 n.r. 714 42 33 McQuade, Paul 6.0 -457 689 682 43 35 Becker, Joe 5.0 +301 612 593 44 36 Kibbe, Peggy 5.0 -178 609 595 45 40 Petrosene, Nora 5.0 -323 n.r. 547 46 40 Gardenswartz, Sam 3.0 -1298 n.r. 500 47 34 Amlaw, Mary 2.0 -290 673 680 48 39 Brooks, Jill 1.0 -2988 500 428 HIGH BINGO (Lorraine Ray BAT 2006 25th Anniversary silver tile bags) div name word score P Joey Mallick SLOBBIER 158 A Elaine Patterson SHOVELER 176 B Chris Lipe GREASERS 131 C Stephen Graham POINTERS 149 D Norma Marshall THUMPED 133 HIGH NON-BINGO (L. Ray BAT 2006 25th Anniversary black tile bags) div name word score P John O'Laughlin SQUEEZE 105 A Steve Glass DRUMBEAT 90 B Ira Freehof ZEBU 103 C Cornelia Guest JOTAS 82 D Linda Wancel ZONKS 76 BEST COMEBACK div name down by won against prize P Joe Edley down 128 392-381 Joel Sherman Pocket SamTimer*** A Gina Fassio down 116 390-385 Mark Eyechart Pocket SamTimer B Ben Greenwood down 127 395-372 Alyssa Faria Thank U Cards C Pat Hennessy down 109 447-401 Jackie Prince Pocket SamTimer (George Rhyne down 129 389-366 Elana Lekach--won other prize) D Wayne Yorra down 103 349-319 Joe Becker Bob's Bible (Steve Serino down 115 376-357 Brett Constantine--won other prize) HIGH LOSS div name score opponent prize P Randy Greenspan 493 Sam Kantimathi NOT PRESENT so, for no good reason, presented instead to: Chris Cree Bob's Bible (which he turned over to Robin Pollock Daniel for her to give to her children, who needed new material to go with their Uncle Wiggly game.) A Marcia Richards 482 Amit Chakrabarti NOT PRESENT so given to the second highest loss: Richard Buck 469 Ron Tiekert Bob's Bible B Eric Goldstein 454 Ira "Chump" Freehof BAT Protiles C George Rhyne 475 Joev Dubach BAT Protiles D Steve Serino 405 Jane Whitmore SATINE magnets HIGH WIN div name score opponent prize P John Van Pelt 597 Chris Cree Bob's Bible A Daniel Fogel 638 Ted Rosen Bob's Bible B Alyssa Faria 561 Mic Barron SATIRE magnets C Denise Mahnken 555 Andree Derappe Thank U cards D Marci Mikesell 544 Jane Whitmore BAT Protiles DISTANCE PRIZE (won two BAT 25th anniversary mugs) Dee Stickman Nulato, AK – Westford, MA 3, 524 statute miles BOB FELT MEMORIAL STUDENT SCRABBLE AWARD Nat Gardenswartz 12-3 +777 $100 EARLY BIRD HOTEL (won two BAT 25th anniversary mugs) David Poder Not present Pam Hunter present, won the mugs EARLY BIRD NON-HOTEL (won two BAT 25th anniversary mugs) Paul McQuade So, in the last round, Premier winner Jason Katz-Brown was paired with Joel Sherman in his Gibsonized final game. Jason's second to last move was a bingo and his final rack was: EIINUTV There was an opening to play to a D with an S three spaces before the D. Can you find his outbingo?* Michael Wolfberg took a note on one of his Hollerith cards (mike worked at Digital for years and has boxes of these things!!) of a steal at anagrams last night. Brian Cappelletto had EXTRAPOLATION in front of him and Amit stole it by changing the blank and adding pool tiles to make OVEREXPLOITATION. WOWSA! The awards ceremony was fun, with lots of prizes going here, there and everywhere. If you won money, and were not present, I will mail it. If you won something else, I awarded it to someone at prize ceremony. The Saldanhas cleaned up! So, delightful to have them fly in! Thanks to Nancee Mancel for her WONDERFUL BUTTONS! Thanks to John Chew for traveling so far to run his program as no one else can. Thanks to Terri Karpel, Sarajane St.John, and David Lovler for helping out all weekend long! Thanks to all the players who traveled such great distances to play the game we love. good night, sherrie saint@... bat 2006 codirector *Jason played the 9-letter UNVISITED, through separated S and D tiles.