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Fifty-six players attended the Oshawa Scrabble Club's 17th Annual Tournament at the Caribbean Cultural Centre, in Oshawa, Ontario over the weekend of November 19 and 20, 2011.
We would like to congratulate Lou Cornelis, Trevor Sealy, Matt Schlegel and Tara Smylie who were the 4 winners of Divisions A-D, respectively. Lou, Trevor and Tara were Gibsonized.
In addition to the usual cash prizes for final placements, we presented prizes for High Word, High Game, High Losing Game and The Most Outrageous Phoney in each of the four divisions. Players winning the "PHONEY" prizes were again presented with 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.
In Division A, the High Word prize was awarded to Steve Ozorio who scored 176 points for "PERMEATE" against Jackson Smylie. High Win was awarded to Jim Nanavati who scored 528 points in a game also against Jackson and the High Losing Game was awarded to Mark Edelson who scored 455 points to 517 by Yvonne Lobo. The Most Outrageous Phoney "SNOOLER" was played for 107 points by Jim Nanavati against Priya Fernando.
In Division B, the High Word was awarded to Hilda Schlechter who scored 104 points for "ZEROING" in a game against Garth Hardie. High Win was awarded to Roger Cullman who scored 565 points in a game against Hilda. The High Losing Game also went to Hilda who scored 416 points to 443 by Lilla Sinanan. The Most Outrageous Phoney "NAMASTE" was played by Sophia Ozorio for 77 points against Garth Hardie.
In Division C, the High Word was awarded to Maggie Poulter who scored 102 points for "QANAT" against Emilie Henkelman. High Win went to Emilie with a score of 566 against Timothy Schwab. The High Losing Game went to Timothy who scored 422 to 476 by Maggie. The Most Outrageous Phoney "JABOUTIE" was played by Dianne Wittman for 66 points against Sean Baizano. Dianne then went on to add an "S" making "JABOUTIES" for another 44 points.
In Division D, High Word was awarded to Joan Taylor who scored 107 points for "EQUINES" against Tara Smylie. High Win went to Janice Madill who scored 488 in a game against Barb Palmer. High Loss went to Eugene Van De Walker who scored 377 points to 394 by Jackie Nicholls. The Most Outrageous Phoney "BEDOINS" was played by Joan Taylor for 79 points against Beverley Otto.
Cash prizes of $175.00, $125.00 $100.00, and $70.00 were paid to players finishing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively in each Division. High Word, High Game and High Losing Game in each division also received $10.00 each. A door prize was won by Adele Peltier.
A very special "Thank You" to Gene Tyszka, who donated 2 custom fold up scrabble boards complete with their carrying cases and sets of long racks, one round Board with cover, tile bag and racks, two additional tile bags and three sets of tile racks. These were all raffled with proceeds going to the prize pool.
The custom boards were won by Jackie Nicholls, John Apissoghomian and Valeria Huber with two of the minor prizes going to Lorette Magnan, and one each to Allen Pengelly, Jim Nanavati and Tina Cur.
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 Allen Pengelly for his invaluable technical support. 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. Special Thanks also to Eugene Van De Walker for the moose roast and to Desiree Gomes for the delicious Chili. Desiree unfortunately had to work and was unable to attend. I would also like to thank my wife Antoinette for her assistance with the tournament.
We look forward to another successful tournament in 2012.
Trevor Sealy
Director