2 months ago
Knox College will welcome nearly 60 competitive Scrabble players to Galesburg for a three-day, rated tournament over Labor Day weekend, bringing participants from around the world to campus before students return for the academic term.
The Midwest Showdown Scrabble tournament will be held Sept. 5-7 in the Lincoln Room at Knox College, according to a community announcement. Organized by Galesburg Scrabble, the event marks the fifth officially sanctioned Scrabble tournament hosted in Galesburg and the first held at Knox College.
Galesburg Scrabble meets from 6-8 p.m. each Tuesday at Galesburg Public Library. Mayor Peter Schwartzman and tournament co-director Darla Krejci helped bring the event to the city and serve as tournament directors.
"Darla is interested in tourism to support the city, and as mayor, I'm interested in bringing people to Galesburg and supporting a game I love," Schwartzman said. "There is nothing better than a tournament in your backyard."
Players will compete across three divisions determined by skill, rating and lexicon. Each participant will play seven matches during the tournament's opening round. The top eight finishers in each division will advance to the next round of competition before the top four move on to the championship showdown.
#scrabble #players #mayor
The Midwest Showdown Scrabble tournament will be held Sept. 5-7 in the Lincoln Room at Knox College, according to a community announcement. Organized by Galesburg Scrabble, the event marks the fifth officially sanctioned Scrabble tournament hosted in Galesburg and the first held at Knox College.
Galesburg Scrabble meets from 6-8 p.m. each Tuesday at Galesburg Public Library. Mayor Peter Schwartzman and tournament co-director Darla Krejci helped bring the event to the city and serve as tournament directors.
"Darla is interested in tourism to support the city, and as mayor, I'm interested in bringing people to Galesburg and supporting a game I love," Schwartzman said. "There is nothing better than a tournament in your backyard."
Players will compete across three divisions determined by skill, rating and lexicon. Each participant will play seven matches during the tournament's opening round. The top eight finishers in each division will advance to the next round of competition before the top four move on to the championship showdown.
#scrabble #players #mayor
4 months ago
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — The moment was made for Jaron "Boots" Ennis. It was cultivated before anyone even knew who he was — back in "The Dungeon" years.
This dungeon had no specters lurking. It was where pain was processed, where doubts were checked at the entrance and where future champions were honed. Small, round pools of light pierced the darkness. Industrial lanterns illuminated the musty, thick air of the dungeon each time the power went out, and it went out often.
In the basement of this Germantown Philadelphia church is where Derek "Bozy" Ennis built a makeshift gym for his sons: Derek, Farah, and the youngest, Jaron, nicknamed "Boots."
The problem with "Boots" is he always liked to fight. Blessed with agility, speed and ambidextrous power, he could sometimes eat punches he could have avoided.
A sense of tranquility always pervaded, because the Ennis family genuinely felt one of the three were destined to make it in the hardscrabble world of professional boxing. Derek nor Farah had the skill nor disciple of "Boots." And when "Boots" was rising, Team Boots was bogged down by lawsuits that tethered him to managers. His career was delayed because of it, but "Boots" knew, and his father knew, talent always rises.
This dungeon had no specters lurking. It was where pain was processed, where doubts were checked at the entrance and where future champions were honed. Small, round pools of light pierced the darkness. Industrial lanterns illuminated the musty, thick air of the dungeon each time the power went out, and it went out often.
In the basement of this Germantown Philadelphia church is where Derek "Bozy" Ennis built a makeshift gym for his sons: Derek, Farah, and the youngest, Jaron, nicknamed "Boots."
The problem with "Boots" is he always liked to fight. Blessed with agility, speed and ambidextrous power, he could sometimes eat punches he could have avoided.
A sense of tranquility always pervaded, because the Ennis family genuinely felt one of the three were destined to make it in the hardscrabble world of professional boxing. Derek nor Farah had the skill nor disciple of "Boots." And when "Boots" was rising, Team Boots was bogged down by lawsuits that tethered him to managers. His career was delayed because of it, but "Boots" knew, and his father knew, talent always rises.
