Club Goals:
to help our members improve play
to provide a friendly atmosphere
to enjoy the game
To further these goals
1) We provide a regularly
updated phone and email directory so that a member can see who is in
their area in case they need a ride or want to go to a tourney with someone.
2) We provide monthly reports on each
person's play including W-L, pts, avg, for monthly, yearly & lifetime
results with our club and if they are a NSA member (NSA membership is not
required for membership in the Millburn Club), we make sure they get the
appropriate NSA certificate on reaching the following level of wins; 50, 300,
750,1500, & 3000. These monthly sheets also include the active 500 club or
100 point word club & bingos (sheet started in '99) including their highest
word & bingo scores.
3) We provide a quarterly financial
report .
4) The first time a member of our club
gets a 500 point game or greater they get a tile bag with name at
no charge. A bag is also awarded for the first 600 and 700 games
5) After a player has attended our
club on a regular basis then we will order them a club shirt with name on it at
no charge.
6) Regular tourneys take place on
the last Monday of every month. If that Monday falls on a holiday and the
Library is closed, the tournament takes place the Monday before. The cost for
these tourneys is $6 (includes the weekly $1). The players are placed by
averages into groups of 3, 4 or 6 (depending on attendance). Each player
plays 3 games. We use Round Robin pairings for the first 2 rounds &
"King of the Hill" for the last round. The prizes are based on the
number of players per group. All the money collected for the tourney fund is
then given out as prizes for 1st or 2nd except for any group of 6 which also
has a prize for 3rd. Word challenges are adjudicated using the judging
program Zyzzyva on a member-donated laptop computer.
7) Players bring their own boards and
timers but there are usually enough for those who do not have a
set. Games are made by the individual players on a first come basis,
except for tournament nights.
8) When one of our regular attending members has a birthday then we will
give them $4 in “Birthday Bucks” good for any purchases from the club (weekly dues,
tournaments, or anything that they want to buy from Word Gear or another place through the club)
We give to those to members who have been coming at least 3 months, attending
regularly and have been added to the list.
9) As of Spring 2007 we will have a
monthly Newsletter providing updates and general information.