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1980 Scrabble Crossword Game Toronto Open Tournament

The first annual Toronto Scrabble Players Tournament was directed by Mike Wise on September 6th, 1980, on the 4th floor of what was then the downtown Simpsons (department store). 44 players played five rounds of Scrabble beginning at 9:30 A.M., ranked by wins and cumulative spread (with per-game spread capped at ±200 points) Here are the full results, copied in July 2004 by John Chew from copies of contestant scorecards in the Mike Wise Archives. Ratings given are completely arbitrary: currently rated players are listed with their July 2004 ratings, while currently unrated players are listed as unrated.

Rank Seed Name (online)       Wins Cumul OldR NewR Chng For Agn  Hi
  1     2 Joel Wapnick         5.0  +463 1870 1881  +11 433 339 485
  2     4 Dom Amato            5.0  +334 1830 1841  +11 419 352 471
  3    10 Hugh Currie          4.0  +577 1590 1613  +23 424 305 460
  4     5 Harvey Kay           4.0  +464 1775 1785  +10 435 325 520
  5    23 Michael Schulman     4.0  +377 n.r. 1671      423 345 475
  6     9 Ron Manson           4.0  +249 1622 1638  +16 401 352 440
  7    23 Reg Lever            4.0  +176 n.r. 1452      362 328 453
  8    13 Lynda Wise           3.0  +355 1441 1460  +19 414 328 510
  9    16 Horace Davis         3.0  +264 1270 1292  +22 407 343 511
 10    23 Tony Moffs           3.0  +248 n.r. 1370      365 312 446
 11    23 Bob Black            3.0  +196 n.r. 1236      360 320 401
 12    23 Donna Papik          3.0  +191 n.r. 1650      391 337 513
 13    17 Joy Thomas           3.0  +136 1254 1259   +5 371 344 398
 14    12 Mark Satterthwaite   3.0  +128 1460 1464   +4 336 305 434
 15     8 Len Borer            3.0   +86 1687 1667  -20 335 318 363
 16     3 Denise Moffs         3.0    +4 1841 1826  -15 378 377 429
 17    14 Hy Francis           3.0   -33 1362 1367   +5 332 330 406
 18    23 David Francis        3.0   -35 n.r. 1624      346 353 404
 19    23 Gordon Chrisjohn     3.0   -46 n.r. 1425      337 346 427
 20    23 Bruce Elliott        3.0   -55 n.r. 1708      342 353 407
 21    22 Shirley Drucker      3.0   -67  803  880  +77 304 318 337
 22    23 Lorne Campbell       3.0   -84 n.r. 1218      324 341 357
 23    23 Winnie Madigan       2.0  +146 n.r.  863      344 315 395
 24    23 Ken Koltz            2.0  +124 n.r. 1277      363 338 446
 25     6 Ken Pechenick        2.0    +2 1753 1716  -37 356 362 444
 26    11 Michael Krepakevich  2.0   -11 1479 1471   -8 348 350 395
 27     7 Ray Francis          2.0   -22 1731 1684  -47 362 367 386
 28    23 Brian Thomas         2.0   -41 n.r. 1142      300 308 319
 29    18 Phyllis Corrigan     2.0   -68 1214 1223   +9 329 345 384
 30    23 Krys Val             2.0   -92 n.r.  500      304 322 380
 31    15 Cindy Shereck        2.0  -119 1298 1289   -9 329 366 443
 32    23 Harry Lee            2.0  -121 n.r.  996      286 310 367
 33     1 Peter Morris         2.0  -128 1965 1921  -44 320 346 352
 34    21 Stan Jeffay          2.0  -178  813  833  +20 317 353 396
 35    19 Wendy Pozak          2.0  -243  995  993   -2 306 365 363
 36    23 Saul Chernos         2.0  -336 n.r. 1349      305 394 400
 37    23 Anne Tinianov        1.0   -92 n.r.  672      314 332 335
 38    23 Eugenie Jeffay       1.0  -254 n.r.  886      300 351 354
 39    23 Joyce H. Wilson      1.0  -262 n.r. 1173      290 343 307
 40    23 Carol Guppy          1.0  -297 n.r.  623      266 326 305
 41    23 Carol White          1.0  -391 n.r.  991      254 341 337
 42    20 Norm Horn            1.0  -455  884  863  -21 252 346 270
 43    23 Pam Collie           1.0  -471 n.r.  924      260 354 277
 44    23 David Guppy          0.0  -619 n.r.  659      193 331 240

 1  Joel Wapnick        W34 W06 W03 W20 W08 
                        457 406 485 407 408 
 2  Dom Amato           W24 W09 W12 W08 W05 
                        398 406 433 388 471 
 3  Hugh Currie         W38 W36 L01 W12 W18 
                        426 420 404 412 460 
 4  Harvey Kay          W15 L16 W36 W13 W20 
                        397 363 520 463 433 
 5  Michael Schulman    W29 W26 W21 W16 L02 
                        463 416 404 475 355 
 6  Ron Manson          W32 L01 W11 W09 W16 
                        361 398 376 440 432 
 7  Reg Lever           W30 W33 L08 W17 W21 
                        391 383 281 453 303 
 8  Lynda Wise          W31 W13 W07 L02 L01 
                        510 367 485 383 323 
 9  Horace Davis        W35 L02 W23 L06 W33 
                        511 356 392 368 407 
10  Tony Moffs          L21 W42 L16 W24 W15 
                        302 446 375 386 318 
11  Bob Black           W37 L17 L06 W39 W35 
                        373 304 353 367 401 
12  Donna Papik         W41 W27 L02 L03 W25 
                        430 408 330 273 513 
13  Joy Thomas          W40 L08 W22 L04 W34 
                        362 322 379 394 398 
14  Mark Satterthwaite  L16 L18 W44 W38 W26 
                        242 326 370 308 434 
15  Len Borer           L04 W43 W34 W26 L10 
                        348 321 363 360 285 
16  Denise Moffs        W14 W04 W10 L05 L06 
                        429 387 376 337 362 
17  Hy Francis          W44 W11 L20 L07 W24 
                        406 345 319 258 334 
18  David Francis       L33 W14 W32 W25 L03 
                        302 369 345 404 309 
19  Gordon Chrisjohn    L20 W30 L26 W36 W27 
                        338 313 240 427 368 
20  Bruce Elliott       W19 W25 W17 L01 L04 
                        349 374 407 318 263 
21  Shirley Drucker     W10 W23 L05 W33 L07 
                        337 320 270 328 267 
22  Lorne Campbell      L26 W35 L13 W23 W28 
                        300 329 296 357 337 
23  Winnie Madigan      W42 L21 L09 L22 W30 
                        395 287 323 351 364 
24  Ken Koltz           L02 W31 W38 L10 L17 
                        338 369 446 335 325 
25  Ken Pechenick       W43 L20 W39 L18 L12 
                        444 269 398 389 281 
26  Michael Krepakevich W22 L05 W19 L15 L14 
                        387 395 377 300 280 
27  Ray Francis         W39 L12 L31 W29 L19 
                        365 375 381 386 304 
28  Brian Thomas        L36 L29 W41 W31 L22 
                        301 316 293 319 269 
29  Phyllis Corrigan    L05 W28 L33 L27 W43 
                        254 350 308 350 384 
30  Krys Val            L07 L19 W43 W40 L23 
                        279 302 380 305 253 
31  Cindy Shereck       L08 L24 W27 L28 W41 
                        242 303 410 246 443 
32  Harry Lee           L06 W44 L18 L34 W40 
                        269 367 237 255 303 
33  Peter Morris        W18 L07 W29 L21 L09 
                        352 350 315 293 290 
34  Stan Jeffay         L01 W37 L15 W32 L13 
                        254 305 318 396 313 
35  Wendy Pozak         L09 L22 W42 W37 L11 
                        258 317 340 363 251 
36  Saul Chernos        W28 L03 L04 L19 W39 
                        363 198 232 400 331 
37  Anne Tinianov       L11 L34 L40 L35 W38 
                        323 294 304 314 335 
38  Eugenie Jeffay      L03 W40 L24 L14 L37 
                        258 354 268 304 316 
39  Joyce H. Wilson     L27 W41 L25 L11 L36 
                        297 292 254 307 302 
40  Carol Guppy         L13 L38 W37 L30 L32 
                        280 239 305 266 241 
41  Carol White         L12 L39 L28 W42 L31 
                        186 253 243 337 252 
42  Norm Horn           L23 L10 L35 L41 W44 
                        252 229 270 248 259 
43  Pam Collie          L25 L15 L30 W44 L29 
                        266 258 277 254 243 
44  David Guppy         L17 L32 L14 L43 L42 
                        160 209 142 240 212