Revision as of 15:52, 1 April 2009

Club SCRABBLE play in Canada and the United States is administered by NASPA and its Club Committee.

There are two types of club listings available.

NASPA-sanctioned Clubs: We maintain a roster listing the NASPA-sanctioned clubs that meet across North America and their meeting times.

Clubs will be listed when their annual $30 sanctioning fees are paid. The initial sanctioning fee will be valid until the end of 2010. Thereafter, ongoing club sanctions will begin on January 1 and end on December 31.

Unless all club directors concerned agree, only one sanctioned club will be permitted to meet on any given day of the week within a 50-mile radius. The $30 fee entitles the director to this exclusivity on one day of the week of his or her choosing. If a director wants a club to meet on more than one day of the week, the director may pay additional $30 fees to obtain this same exclusivity, or not pay additional fees and not receive exclusivity.

Club web sites may be listed as long as they do not contain inappropriate material or links to inappropriate material as periodically reviewed by the Club Committee.

Unless otherwise requested, only the first director listed in the response to the NASPA request for club information will be listed.

In order not to be removed from the list, the following criteria for sanctioned clubs are listed:

• Club sanctioning must be renewed each year by paying the sanctioning fee.
• The club director must be a sanctioned director, having taken and passed the director test.
• Club directors' NASPA membership status must be current and in good standing.

Casual Clubs: The Casual Club listing may be found at the National SCRABBLE Association Casual Clubs web page.

Club directors who choose that option as their only listing will not be listed on the NSAPA club listing. If you choose that option you will find a form on that page to fill out to list your club.

For NASPA-sanctioned clubs there is an annual club sanctioning fee of $30 which may be paid in one of the following manners:

• by check (drawn on a U.S. bank) or money order, payable to NASPA (please specify Club # and specify sanctioning fee), sent to:

MARY RHOADES
PO BOX 211993
BEDFORD, TX 76095-8993 
USA

• online through PayPal.com, paid to accounts@scrabbleplayers.org (if you do not have a PayPal account, you will need to provide a major credit card and set up a PayPal account). Please specify that this is a club sanctioning fee.
• some Steering Committee members are willing to accept cash payments in person to forward on to NASPA
• online payment through this web site using PayPal, eCheck or major credit cards will be available before July 1st, 2009

As stated above, club sanctioning fees will be valid until the end of 2010.

Benefits include:

• Listing of clubs on the NASPA website
• Future website features for club directors only

NASPA-Sanctioned SCRABBLE Clubs

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ARIZONA

Oro Valley/Tucson #565

Club web site

Sunday 1:00 p.m.

223 W. Weisshorn Street, Oro Valley

Thursday 5:00 p.m.

Denny's Restaurant, 3655 East Speedway Blvd., Tucson

Ed Saunders (520) 575-6734 ed@tucsonscrabble.com

Joshua Kassel, Webmaster

Scottsdale #405

Tuesday 6:00 p.m.

The Hampton Inn, 10101 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85258

Mike Wier (602)789-0337 mikewier@cox.net

CALIFORNIA

Costa Mesa/El Toro/Aliso Viejo #350

Thursday 5:55 p.m.

Borders Bookstore, South Coast Plaza, 3333 Bear St., Costa Mesa

Wednesday 6:15

Arby's, 23862 Bridger Rd, El Toro

Sunday except 1st 12 - 4 p.m.

(Apr-Oct) Neighborhood Cup, 1 Journey, Aliso Viejo

Gary Moss (949) 510-1673 jftsoi@aol.com

La Jolla/San Diego #76

Monday 6:30 p.m.

Scripps Green Hospital, Hastings Room, 10666 N. Torrey Pines Road

Carol Kaplan (858) 535-1262 ckappy@pacbell.net

Palo Alto #512

Club web site

Monday 6:00 - 9:55 p.m.

Boston Market Restaurant, 3375 El Camino Real

Mitch Bayersdorfer (650) 326-6243 scrabbleman@sbcglobal.net

ILLINOIS

Champaign #590

Club web site

Thursday 6:30 p.m.

Barnes & Noble, 65 E. Marketview Drive

Between Thanksgiving and New Years, contact for information.

John Fultz (217) 351-7441 jfultz@wolfram.com

KENTUCKY

Lexington #637

Club web site

Monday 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

VFW Post 680, 1494 Leestown Road

2nd Sunday 2:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Good Foods Coop, 355 Southland Drive

Joetta Wilkinson (859) 321-3060 scrabble.director.mom@insightbb.com

MASSACHUSETTS

Lexington #108

Club web site

Thursday 7:00 p.m.

First Parish Unitarian Church, 9 Harrington Road.

We meet in the church basement. Enter by the back door and walk down a short flight of stairs.

Elevator is available to the disabled. This is a nut- and shrimp-free environment.

Judy Horn (781) 942-7471 Scrabbleclub108@aol.com

Ellen Miller (978) 287-4776 ellen@ellenmiller.net

Mike Wolfberg, Club Statistician and Webmaster

OHIO

Montrose #653

Club web site

Thursday 6:30 p.m.

Barnes & Noble Book Store, meeting in the cafe, 4015 Medina Road, Fairlawn

Dallas Johnson (330) 676-1723 dallaswjohnson@hotmail.com

ONTARIO

Cambridge #471

Golden Triangle SCRABBLE Club

Friday 7:15 p.m.

Riverbend Place, Lower Level Rec Hall, 650 Coronation Blvd.

John Robertson (519) 621-6432 jgrobertson@sympatico.ca

London #692

Monday 6:30 p.m.

St. Jude's Anglican Church, Corner of Fanshawe Rd. and Adelaide St., North London

Sharon Crawford Mackay (519) 474-3104 sharoncm@hotmail.com

PENNSYLVANIA

Pittsburgh #352

Club web site

Wednesday 7:00 p.m. except holidays

In Squirrel Hill, call for details

Stan Angrist (412) 422-7878 sangrist@verizon.net

M.W. Schroeder msch@nauticom.net

Brad Mills, Webmaster

SOUTH CAROLINA

Columbia #645

Thursday 6:00 p.m.

Panera Bread, Woodhill Mall, Garner's Ferry Road

Peggy Grant (803) 603-2139 mmgrantnp@aol.com

TEXAS

Bedford #248

Mid-Cities SCRABBLE Players

Club web site

Tuesday 6:45 p.m.

Taco Bueno, 1528 Brown Trail

Mary Rhoades (817) 718-3115 mrhoadestx@gmail.com

Houston #359

Club web site

Sunday 1:30 p.m.

Sandy's Market, 12171 Katy Fwy.

Judy Newhouse (281) 379-1601 jnhouse@aol.com

Carole Miller (281) 580-6607 caromill@aol.com

Portland #652

Thursday 7:00 p.m.

Books Ink, 1011 Highway 181 Ste 6

Jennifer Hay (361) 643-3222 Txbooksink@cs.com

Jennifer Hinojosa (361) 945-3511 jennifer.hinojosa@hotmail.com

VIRGINIA

Hampton Roads #675

1st & 3rd Tuesday 7:15 p.m.

Starbucks, 4421 Virginia Beach Blvd., Virginia Beach

Ann Vyce devyces@gmail.com

WASHINGTON

Seattle #253

Club web site

Tuesday 6:00 p.m.

University Friends Meetinghouse, 4001 9th Ave NE

Rebecca Slivka (206) 285-7188 slugbiker@comcast.net

WEST VIRGINIA

Charleston #620

Kanawha Valley SCRABBLE Club

Club web site

2nd & 4th Saturdays 1 - 4 p.m.

Books-A-Million, on Corridor G, 212 RHL Blvd., Dudley Farms Plaza

1st Wednesday 6 - 9 p.m.

Los Agaves, 508 3rd Ave

Brad Mills (304) 345-0484 wvscrabble@gmail.com