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1998 Kingston Cup Match

The 14th annual Toronto-Montreal (Scrabble®) club match took place in the Tercentenary Room of the Days Inn Kingston on November 7th and 8th, 1998. As in recent years, two teams competed, for the prestigious Kingston Cup and 401 Trophy. Montreal won the Kingston Cup 59 games to 49, and Toronto won the 401 Trophy 54.5 games to 41.5.

See also the detailed results.

Contacts

Days Inn Kingston
33 Benson Street, Kingston ON, +1 613 546 3661 or +1 800 267 7888. Call to make reservations, or ask for the Tercentenary Room during tournament hours.
John Chew (Toronto team captain)
E-mail poslfit@gmail.com or call +1 416 876 7675 (cellphone, before, during or after the event).

Teams

Schedule

Saturday,
November 7th,
1998 		12:00 Players arrive, get set up, have lunch.
13:00 Game 1 begins
14:00 Hotel check-in time, players should move into their rooms between games
18:15 Game 5 ends, dinner begins (time approximate, number of games before dinner subject to player vote)
19:45 Game 6 begins (time subject to player vote)
22:45 Game 8 ends (time approximate, number of games played in evening subject to player vote)
Sunday,
November 8th,
1998 		09:15 Game 9 begins (time subject to player vote)
11:00 Hotel check-out time, players should check out between games
13:30 Game 12 ends (time approximate), prize ceremony.

In the Kingston Cup competition each of the nine players will play each of their nine opponents once, according to the following schedule:

Game
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RobinFranAndrewDavidLindaJamesMaxJoelSaryBernard
ZevAndrewDavidLindaJamesMaxJoelSaryBernardFran
RayDavidLindaJamesMaxJoelSaryBernardFranAndrew
JimLindaJamesMaxJoelSaryBernardFranAndrewDavid
ShaunJamesMaxJoelSaryBernardFranAndrewDavidLinda
TimMaxJoelSaryBernardFranAndrewDavidLindaJames
CraigJoelSaryBernardFranAndrewDavidLindaJamesMax
LiberoSaryBernardFranAndrewDavidLindaJamesMaxJoel
JohnBernardFranAndrewDavidLindaJamesMaxJoelSary

Players will be ranked after nine rounds based on their wins and pre-tournament rankings, and then play the last three rounds as follows:

101112  101112  101112
T1M3M2M1 T4M6M5M4 T7M9M8M7
T2M2M1M3 T5M5M4M6 T8M8M7M9
T3M1M3M2 T6M4M6M5 T9M7M9M8

In the 401 Trophy competition each of the eight players will play each of their eight opponents once, according to the following schedule:

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JakobKarenMadLyndaBrendaLisaLeahRonHugh
SteveMadLyndaBrendaLisaLeahRonHughKaren
JoeLyndaBrendaLisaLeahRonHughKarenMad
AnitaBrendaLisaLeahRonHughKarenMadLynda
BarbaraLisaLeahRonHughKarenMadLyndaBrenda
RuthLeahRonHughKarenMadLyndaBrendaLisa
FredRonHughKarenMadLyndaBrendaLisaLeah
JohnHughKarenMadLyndaBrendaLisaLeahRon

Players will be ranked after eight rounds based on their wins and pre-tournament rankings, and then play the last four rounds as follows:

9101112  9101112
M1T4T3T2T1 M5T8T7T6T5
M2T3T2T1T4 M6T7T6T5T8
M3T2T1T4T3 M7T6T5T8T7
M4T1T4T3T2 M8T5T8T7T6

Rules

We play by regular NSA tournament rules, except that no record is kept of cumulative spread. Games may therefore be ended by resignation, when both players agree that the outcome is certain and the game does not need to be played out. This should be in keeping with the late Mike Wise's unofficial motto for this event: "Play in a spirit of friendly rivalry."

By tradition, Toronto will play first in all odd-numbered rounds, and Montreal will play first in all even-numbered rounds, overriding the NSA's usual protocol.

Ten dollars will be collected from each player at the tournament, to cover the cost of the room and the rating fee.

History

Montreal leads Toronto 9-4 in the Kingston Cup, while Toronto leads Montreal 2-1 in the 401 Trophy. As of 1997, Montreal is in possession of both awards. Click to see historical records about the players and the teams.