Trevor Sealy, Director of the Oshawa SCRABBLE Club, asked me to post the following tournament report. I have appended statistical details to this message, and the tsh web coverage can be found at http://www.math.toronto.edu/jjchew/scrabble/club263/season/2008-2009/200905/ John -- John Chew (poslfit on MD) * jjchew@math.utoronto.ca * http://www.poslfit.com -- OSHAWA SCRABBLE CLUB - TOURNAMENT MAY 16 & 17, 2009 Fifty Eight players attended the Oshawa Scrabble Club's 15h Annual Tournament at the Caribbean Cultural Centre, in Oshawa, Ontario over the weekend of May 16 and 17, 2009. There was one first time player, George Zywiel and he was cheerfully welcomed into the world of tournament scrabble. In addition to the usual cash prizes for final placements, we presented prizes for High Word, High Game, Low Winning Game and The Most Outrageous Phoney in each of the four divisions. Players winning the "PHONEY" prizes were each presented with $10.00 and a bag of homemade "scrabble tile cookies" so that they could "Eat Their Own Words". The cookies were prepared and generously donated by one of our members, Sylvia Meek. We also presented a "NAMPY" award of a Laminated Cheat Sheet donated by Mike Barnon from the New Mexico Scrabble Club. NAMPY stands for "Not At My Potential Yet". In Division A, Mark Edelson score 140 points for "STRIDENT" against Sinna Vijayakumar. Christopher Sykes scored 534 points in a game also against Sal Desiato and the Low Win was awarded to David Boys who scored 345 to 231 by Mark Edelson. The Most Outrageous Phoney "DECEITLY" was played by Ben Lam against Jason Ubeika.. In Division B, Steve Ozorio scored 140 points for "TERATOID" against Chris Bonin. Roger Cullman scored 580 points in a game against Hilda Schlechter and the Low Win was awarded to Andy Saunders who scored 340 to 324 by Steve Ozorio. The Most Outrageous Phoney "NONDEAL" was played by Andy Saunders against Trevor Sealy. In Division C, Garth Hardie scored 116 points for "OUTFOXES" against Gene Rawlins. High win went to Garth Hardie with a score of 523 against Ade Ariyo. Low Win was awarded to Jean Barinque who scored 330 to 325 against Shelley Ubeika. The Most Outrageous Phoney "EXURBATE" was played by Garth Hardie against Ade Ariyo. In Division D, Sharmaine Farini scored 103 points for "JESTING" against Karen Falconer. High Win went to Janice Madill who scored 561 points in a game against Jackie Nicholls. For Low Win there was a tie. Janice Madill scored 318 against Irene Gedney and Jackie Nicholls also won with a score of 318 but against Mike McClennan. The Most Outrageous Phoney "EE" was played by Irene Gedney against Janice Madill. Cash prizes of $175, $125.00, $75.00, and $40.00 were paid to players finishing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively in each Division. Last place finishers in each division received the NAMPY Award. High Word, High Game and Low Win in each division also received $10.00 each. A door prize of a set of protiles was won by Dianne Wittman. A big "Thank You" to Gene Tyszka, who donated a new custom fold up scrabble board complete with its carrying case and a set of long racks, a tile bag, a set of protiles and 2 additional sets of long racks with covers and these were all raffled. First prize of the board with its carrying case and racks was won by Mike McClennan. The protiles were won by Cathy Alexander, the tile bag was won by Irene Gedney and the racks were won by Sid Lashley and John Van Zeyl. We would also like to thank Mike Baron for his donation of the NAMPY Awards and POO Lists. We would like to thank all the very many helpers from the Oshawa Scrabble Club, visiting Directors from neighbouring clubs, and our friends from the Caribbean Cultural Centre who lent their support to ensure that this was a very enjoyable tournament. A special thank you to John Chew for his invaluable technical support and to my wife, Antoinette who looked after all the data entry. Special thanks also to my co-director, Hy Francis for his leadership at the tournament which enabled me to play and to the team of Janice Madill, Treasurer, and Sylvia Meek of the Oshawa Scrabble Club who coordinated all of our food and catering supplies. We look forward to another successful tournament on November 21 & 22, 2009. Trevor Sealy Director -- Division A Rank Seed Name Won-Lost Cumul SOpEW OldR NewR Chng For Agn Hi 1 5 Lipe, Chris 10.0- 2.0 +852 84.0 1794 1852 +58 416 345 526 2 1 Leah, Tony 9.0- 3.0 +425 83.0 1880 1908 +28 428 392 512 3 7 Panitch, Max 9.0- 3.0 +189 80.0 1753 1809 +56 432 416 522 4 2 Boys, David 7.0- 5.0 +382 80.0 1847 1843 -4 418 386 510 5 9 Cornelis, Lou 7.0- 5.0 +93 75.0 1664 1696 +32 412 404 466 6 3 Sykes, Christopher 6.0- 6.0 +243 71.0 1836 1816 -20 407 387 534 7 6 Greenspan, Randy 6.0- 6.0 +143 61.0 1763 1742 -21 417 405 508 8 4 Vijayakumar, Sinna 6.0- 6.0 -226 79.0 1811 1792 -19 397 416 472 9 11 Anglin, Tim 5.0- 7.0 +26 72.0 1621 1620 -1 393 391 490 10 8 Edelson, Mark 5.0- 7.0 -69 76.0 1730 1706 -24 384 390 475 11 10 Ubeika, Jason 5.0- 7.0 -242 70.0 1645 1634 -11 383 403 448 12 15 Lobo, Yvonne 5.0- 7.0 -384 70.0 1547 1553 +6 384 416 450 13 16 Dunlop, Glenn 5.0- 7.0 -521 56.0 1532 1531 -1 360 403 436 14 12 Robertson, John 4.0- 8.0 -203 67.0 1584 1559 -25 371 388 441 15 13 Desiato, Salvatore 4.0- 8.0 -464 64.0 1582 1557 -25 382 420 503 16 14 Lam, Ben 3.0- 9.0 -244 64.0 1549 1506 -43 376 396 491 1 Lipe, Chris W14 W12 W04 L03 W10 W05 W08 W02 W09 L02 W03 W02 407 475 458 408 374 383 368 458 359 394 526 384 2 Leah, Tony W15 W09 W07 L10 W03 W08 W06 L01 W11 W01 W04 L01 494 393 451 391 512 471 491 364 432 399 420 314 3 Panitch, Max W11 W16 W06 W01 L02 W10 W05 L04 W08 W04 L01 W12 383 451 427 450 384 481 522 408 488 399 393 396 4 Boys, David W12 W14 L01 L09 L05 W07 W11 W03 W10 L03 L02 W06 490 396 330 476 411 510 382 504 346 386 419 366 5 Cornelis, Lou L10 W08 W13 W11 W04 L01 L03 W09 W06 L08 L12 W08 336 456 369 466 451 302 453 459 433 400 375 443 6 Sykes, Christopher W16 L11 L03 W15 W12 W09 L02 L08 L05 W10 W07 L04 463 387 390 534 434 400 313 386 395 392 488 299 7 Greenspan, Randy L09 L15 L02 W13 L14 L04 W16 W12 W14 W15 L06 W11 362 314 447 506 388 401 399 496 455 508 342 390 8 Vijayakumar, Sinna W13 L05 W10 W12 W09 L02 L01 W06 L03 W05 L14 L05 456 316 472 420 409 319 338 404 396 437 362 437 9 Anglin, Tim W07 L02 W15 W04 L08 L06 W10 L05 L01 L11 L16 W14 410 378 387 490 392 354 428 390 338 392 365 394 10 Edelson, Mark W05 W13 L08 W02 L01 L03 L09 W11 L04 L06 L15 W16 452 394 446 444 350 355 308 437 231 386 332 475 11 Ubeika, Jason L03 W06 W16 L05 W15 W14 L04 L10 L02 W09 L13 L07 335 448 356 341 429 448 376 382 411 408 310 355 12 Lobo, Yvonne L04 L01 W14 L08 L06 W16 L13 L07 W15 W16 W05 L03 417 277 448 407 289 418 371 323 394 433 450 385 13 Dunlop, Glenn L08 L10 L05 L07 L16 W15 W12 L14 L16 W14 W11 W15 369 359 316 356 247 436 389 301 331 362 417 431 14 Robertson, John L01 L04 L12 W16 W07 L11 L15 W13 L07 L13 W08 L09 287 284 367 421 419 419 393 441 363 344 366 351 15 Desiato, Salvatore L02 W07 L09 L06 L11 L13 W14 W16 L12 L07 W10 L13 356 503 363 316 395 375 399 393 356 376 393 354 16 Lam, Ben L06 L03 L11 L14 W13 L12 L07 L15 W13 L12 W09 L10 382 343 341 298 491 387 311 391 424 411 404 325 Division B Rank Seed Name Won-Lost Cumul SOpEW OldR NewR Chng For Agn Hi 1 5 Ozorio, Steve 9.0- 3.0 +1062 81.0 1419 1476 +57 429 340 547 2 12 Saunders, Andy 9.0- 3.0 +121 82.0 1369 1442 +73 400 390 442 3 10 Bowman, Joseph 8.0- 4.0 +421 73.0 1374 1421 +47 390 355 494 4 7 Cullman, Roger 7.0- 5.0 +301 76.0 1408 1423 +15 406 381 580 5 2 Berg, Verna Richards 7.0- 5.0 +107 67.0 1452 1463 +11 381 372 443 6 11 Kessler, Lisa 6.0- 6.0 +117 83.0 1372 1378 +6 383 373 469 7 4 Turner, Kevin 6.0- 6.0 -129 70.0 1445 1438 -7 350 360 391 8 13 Stalnaker, Austin 6.0- 6.0 -153 66.0 1332 1348 +16 367 379 448 9 8 Palazzo, Mad 5.0- 7.0 -61 76.0 1397 1378 -19 357 362 422 10 2 Bonin, Chris 5.0- 7.0 -271 64.0 1452 1424 -28 373 396 543 11 1 Sealy, Trevor 5.0- 7.0 -545 68.0 1484 1447 -37 358 403 445 12 5 Miransky, Anna 4.0- 8.0 -259 66.0 1419 1376 -43 356 378 425 13 8 Schlechter, Hilda 4.0- 8.0 -497 66.0 1397 1360 -37 377 418 517 14 14 Fernando, Priya 3.0- 9.0 -214 70.0 1331 1288 -43 360 378 445 1 Ozorio, Steve L09 W14 W10 W03 W07 W04 W06 W02 W11 L02 L02 W02 265 370 513 428 433 501 427 547 414 324 414 508 2 Saunders, Andy W11 L12 W03 W14 W08 W06 W04 L01 W05 W01 W01 L01 425 365 424 414 417 411 442 321 418 340 439 389 3 Bowman, Joseph W12 W11 L02 L01 L06 W09 W07 W04 W13 L06 W09 W04 482 376 305 350 315 427 381 439 494 355 348 408 4 Cullman, Roger W05 W08 W13 L06 W14 L01 L02 L03 W09 W09 W06 L03 413 410 580 352 478 320 430 326 363 344 473 383 5 Berg, Verna Richards L04 L06 L07 W13 L10 W08 W12 W14 L02 W11 W07 W06 328 378 316 417 304 436 409 418 352 443 397 373 6 Kessler, Lisa W13 W05 W08 W04 W03 L02 L01 L09 L07 W03 L04 L05 469 447 375 377 406 376 356 355 332 388 389 322 7 Turner, Kevin L08 W13 W05 L09 L01 W12 L03 L10 W06 W12 L05 W09 364 369 388 336 290 363 317 286 386 377 328 391 8 Stalnaker, Austin W07 L04 L06 L11 L02 L05 L09 W12 W10 W14 W13 W10 374 384 345 386 243 302 295 392 448 355 447 429 9 Palazzo, Mad W01 L10 L14 W07 W11 L03 W08 W06 L04 L04 L03 L07 422 367 335 379 390 298 414 400 348 316 300 312 10 Bonin, Chris L14 W09 L01 L12 W05 L13 W11 W07 L08 L13 W11 L08 218 439 303 307 454 326 543 395 321 397 471 303 11 Sealy, Trevor L02 L03 W12 W08 L09 W14 L10 W13 L01 L05 L10 W14 370 353 407 445 382 370 332 405 221 309 304 393 12 Miransky, Anna L03 W02 L11 W10 L13 L07 L05 L08 W14 L07 L14 W13 255 425 326 347 386 354 380 390 377 317 314 401 13 Schlechter, Hilda L06 L07 L04 L05 W12 W10 W14 L11 L03 W10 L08 L12 260 334 357 351 388 517 497 322 381 456 335 321 14 Fernando, Priya W10 L01 W09 L02 L04 L11 L13 L05 L12 L08 W12 L11 445 331 397 390 282 351 325 352 351 343 369 389 Division C Rank Seed Name Won-Lost Cumul SOpEW OldR NewR Chng For Agn Hi 1 12 Ariyo, Ade 8.0- 4.0 +393 74.0 1065 1141 +76 402 369 485 2 6 Rawlins, Gene 8.0- 4.0 +319 73.5 1227 1253 +26 388 361 497 3 2 Hardie, Garth 7.0- 5.0 +312 77.0 1313 1300 -13 396 370 523 4 5 Gomes, Desiree 7.0- 5.0 -15 72.0 1253 1258 +5 359 361 443 5 7 Ozorio, Sophia 6.5- 5.5 +162 70.5 1171 1180 +9 379 366 473 6 4 Sinanan, Lilla 6.0- 6.0 +389 70.0 1255 1234 -21 386 354 487 7 10 Lashley, Sid 6.0- 6.0 +20 73.5 1112 1122 +10 364 362 438 8 8 Barinque, Jean 6.0- 6.0 -276 70.5 1124 1130 +6 356 379 451 9 3 Anderson, Janice 6.0- 6.0 -349 75.0 1259 1243 -16 360 389 463 10 1 Ubeika, Shelley 5.0- 7.0 +104 68.5 1316 1262 -54 383 374 504 11 13 Taylor, Joan 5.0- 7.0 -292 73.0 1015 1028 +13 356 381 389 12 14 Van Zeyl, John 5.0- 7.0 -305 70.0 965 987 +22 354 379 422 13 9 Wittman, Dianne 4.5- 7.5 -27 69.5 1113 1095 -18 385 387 443 14 11 Tyszka, Gene 4.0- 8.0 -435 71.0 1102 1069 -33 344 380 435 1 Ariyo, Ade W10 L06 W14 W04 W02 W11 L03 L07 L08 W09 W03 W03 447 290 465 460 403 485 301 317 350 409 464 428 2 Rawlins, Gene W04 W07 L03 L09 L01 W06 W05 W12 L11 W13 W05 W07 394 449 358 306 281 426 348 423 307 463 497 403 3 Hardie, Garth W12 L08 W02 W07 W11 L09 W01 W04 L14 W06 L01 L01 411 378 410 402 367 354 523 417 355 365 389 381 4 Gomes, Desiree L02 W12 W08 L01 W14 W10 L09 L03 L05 W07 W13 W09 376 361 411 316 371 344 301 312 291 371 443 416 5 Ozorio, Sophia T13 W11 L09 L10 W06 L12 L02 W08 W04 W14 L02 W08 380 437 391 379 367 317 329 418 473 399 328 333 6 Sinanan, Lilla L14 W01 L10 W08 L05 L02 W13 W09 W12 L03 L11 W11 335 437 370 443 344 401 437 487 366 311 342 364 7 Lashley, Sid W08 L02 W12 L03 W09 L14 W11 W01 L13 L04 W10 L02 423 318 391 359 370 315 391 438 317 338 418 291 8 Barinque, Jean L07 W03 L04 L06 L12 W13 W10 L05 W01 W11 W14 L05 322 403 292 323 360 414 330 310 382 371 451 313 9 Anderson, Janice L11 W13 W05 W02 L07 W03 W04 L06 L10 L01 W12 L04 354 454 414 364 325 370 381 303 293 282 463 320 10 Ubeika, Shelley L01 L14 W06 W05 L13 L04 L08 W11 W09 L12 L07 W13 378 327 422 396 293 341 325 444 504 363 347 452 11 Taylor, Joan W09 L05 W13 W14 L03 L01 L07 L10 W02 L08 W06 L06 389 321 367 386 348 311 354 356 384 340 378 340 12 Van Zeyl, John L03 L04 L07 L13 W08 W05 W14 L02 L06 W10 L09 W14 351 350 274 310 422 421 381 289 310 378 382 377 13 Wittman, Dianne T05 L09 L11 W12 W10 L08 L06 W14 W07 L02 L04 L10 380 363 359 437 431 400 339 399 378 443 276 410 14 Tyszka, Gene W06 W10 L01 L11 L04 W07 L12 L13 W03 L05 L08 L12 385 332 308 345 286 407 318 312 435 354 304 340 Division D Rank Seed Name Won-Lost Cumul SOpEW OldR NewR Chng For Agn Hi 1 1 Farini, Sharmaine 10.0- 2.0 +469 82.0 957 1016 +59 386 347 460 2 2 Falconer, Karen 8.0- 4.0 +243 77.5 945 963 +18 381 360 463 3 6 Alexander, Cathy 8.0- 4.0 +202 80.5 839 880 +41 383 367 446 4 3 Migirdicyan, Ani 7.0- 5.0 +588 82.5 937 932 -5 373 324 470 5 10 McClennan, Mike 7.0- 5.0 +322 70.0 688 721 +33 368 341 462 6 5 Apissoghomian, John 7.0- 5.0 -141 80.5 884 889 +5 361 372 447 7 4 Madill, Janice 6.0- 6.0 +260 71.0 908 879 -29 364 342 561 8 14 Zywiel, George 6.0- 6.0 +134 76.5 n.r. 766 360 349 495 9 8 Meek, Sylvia 6.0- 6.0 -4 74.0 774 777 +3 351 351 425 10 7 Dunlop, Merran 6.0- 6.0 -41 65.0 784 773 -11 350 354 415 11 9 Magnan, Lorette 5.0- 7.0 +99 66.5 690 681 -9 358 350 476 12 12 Nicholls, Jackie 5.0- 7.0 -168 55.0 533 541 +8 334 348 430 13 11 Douglas, Audrey 1.5-10.5 -744 64.0 654 568 -86 309 371 380 14 13 Gedney, Irene 1.5-10.5 -1219 63.0 343 318 -25 285 387 366 1 Farini, Sharmaine W08 W11 W07 W03 W04 L06 W02 L09 W05 W06 W04 W03 345 380 408 435 321 356 388 357 355 460 451 380 2 Falconer, Karen W13 W05 L03 W09 W08 W07 L01 L10 L04 W09 W06 W04 334 401 368 383 463 391 346 353 328 373 456 371 3 Alexander, Cathy W05 W13 W02 L01 W07 W04 L06 W08 W11 L04 W09 L01 415 365 443 378 396 381 330 356 437 303 446 350 4 Migirdicyan, Ani W14 L09 W06 W08 L01 L03 W11 W12 W02 W03 L01 L02 452 311 362 366 300 373 470 409 379 404 393 255 5 McClennan, Mike L03 L02 W13 L10 L12 W08 W14 W06 L01 W11 W07 W10 392 383 381 310 271 406 376 377 332 381 345 462 6 Apissoghomian, John W09 W14 L04 W07 W11 W01 W03 L05 L08 L01 L02 W09 381 447 235 396 344 402 375 349 303 339 358 397 7 Madill, Janice W10 W12 L01 L06 L03 L02 L08 W13 W14 W10 L05 W11 357 561 370 291 302 389 296 393 318 352 312 423 8 Zywiel, George L01 W10 W12 L04 L02 L05 W07 L03 W06 W12 L10 W14 280 357 395 316 343 331 446 326 495 329 333 368 9 Meek, Sylvia L06 W04 W14 L02 W13 L11 W10 W01 W12 L02 L03 L06 341 338 425 320 368 266 394 365 345 352 389 305 10 Dunlop, Merran L07 L08 W11 W05 W14 L12 L09 W02 W13 L07 W08 L05 319 330 335 330 379 307 348 392 391 339 415 317 11 Magnan, Lorette W12 L01 L10 W13 L06 W09 L04 W14 L03 L05 W13 L07 408 312 326 429 328 399 324 476 296 366 360 271 12 Nicholls, Jackie L11 L07 L08 W14 W05 W10 L13 L04 L09 L08 W14 W13 289 292 328 400 318 376 355 280 271 288 376 430 13 Douglas, Audrey L02 L03 L05 L11 L09 L14 W12 L07 L10 T14 L11 L12 322 358 298 316 281 313 380 221 324 308 329 256 14 Gedney, Irene L04 L06 L09 L12 L10 W13 L05 L11 L07 T13 L12 L08 238 366 265 250 299 336 302 226 280 308 260 289