Nicole gets double whammy on home ground.
Greeted at Nicole’s door by a MacKenzie daughter posing as a hopping bunny rabbit, it promised to be a fun evening, and it was. The main game Pictionary was a teams event with Louise/Wayne vs Nicole/Tara vs Genelle/Rob. We knew we were in for a thrashing when the Zarubin sisters ended up on the same team, and that’s what happened – they finished as winnners while the rest of us were still on the first couple of squares of the board! Well played ladies. Rather than spend ages going around the board there was a Pict-off for second place with Louise/Wayne beating Genelle/Rob.
The backup game was a new one from Nicole – Cat Bingo, just like normal bingo except cat breeds are used instead of numbers. Who knew there were so many exotic types of pussy? It was a bit awkward to clearly identify place getters, there was a 3-way cat-off to determine the placings which worked OK, those placings being Nicole, Louise, Tara in that order. So Nicole scored a double whammy 150 points on home turf – an excellent performance.
The scoreboard shows that it will be Louise and Tara fighting it out for the championship, although Rob is theoretically within reach of the top spot if he gets a double whammy and Louise falls over at the finishing post. Most likely it’ll be Genelle and Rob fighting it out for 3rd place. Nicole’s 150 pointer has come along a bit too late, although she is within reach of 3rd place. Wayne is a dead cert to get the Spoon having been left in the lurch by Mark’s resignation.
December 4 has been chosen as the date for the annual presentation dinner at Stapleton’s which is under new management and has been somewhat remodelled – it’ll be interesting to see how it measures up. As the final meet is coming up, please think about finalising your dues, there are a couple of you a few dollars in the red according to my records which includes the November $50 cash prize and a trophy cost estimate.
At the October meet, Nicole brought out a Word Power game that is quite different to the one we have all played previously – it is in fact called Readers Digest Word Power. Wayne was convinced that we have inspected it before and I supposedly deemed it too complex for SBGA meetings. I didn’t remember it at all. So I’ve taken the rules sheet home and had a chance to read those rules – it seems to me that it is potentially quite a good game for us to play , and I will try to remember to choose it at the next opportunity (unless someone beats me to it). In fact, I’ll put it in the games list together with a link to the rules sheet. It can always be deleted if we agree that it turns out to be unsuitable.