12/18/2006

This week coming up (December 21) is our last week before Christmas. Please feel free to bring a treat, homemade or otherwise. Games will start at 7, as usual, but feel free to come earlier.

We are indeed allowed to play on New Year's Eve, and the Masonic Lodge is giving us the place for free! As we did last year, we plan to take a collection in a hat for the caretakers who work late nights and will be working New Year's Eve. 

12/12/2006

Jane Bissonnette is holding a one-day, club-rated tournament (ratings change is 1/3 that of a fully rated tournament) in Seattle.

Date: Saturday, February 3, 2007.
Time: Check-in starts at 10:30; play begins promptly at 11:00.
Location: University Friends Meetinghouse Social Hall
4001 9th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105 (Google map).
Format: 7 rounds.
Divisions: 4 divisions with 8 players in each division.
Entry Fee: $25
Registration Deadline: January 31, 2007.

Full details are available at http://www.seattlescrabble.org/oneday.php

11/30/2006

Chris Cree has announced that the 2007 Players' Championship, a tournament to replace the cancelled U.S. Scrabble Open, will take place August 3-8, 2007 at the Dayton Convention Center in Dayton, OH. Further details will be announced on the NSA website by January 15, 2007.

11/28/2006
Top finishers from the 9th Annual Marathon in Calgary (12 rounds):

Div. 1 Div. 2
Mark Schellenberg 10 +945 Brendan Huang 10 +548
Noella Ward 9 -173 Huguette Settle 9 +627
Shannon Burns 8 +435 Pam Taylor-Bailey 8 +686
Div. 3
Sylvia King 10 +857
Estelle Matthews 8 +480
Dorothy Klovan 8 +292

Final results of the Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Calgary:

Lam Tang 10th/13 in division 1 5 -240
11/11/06

The first ever Vancouver vs. Seattle challenge was a rousing success, drawing 61 competitors to the excellent facilities at St. Joseph's hospital in Bellingham, WA. In the end, the Seattle club finished on top, winning 104.5-89.5. Thanks go out to Val and Lam for organizing the tournament, Dana for helping with data entry, and Erika for creating the cool trophy. And congratulations to the Seattle players for their superb play to win the title.

(full results) (cross-table)

10/15/06
Top finishers from the Western Canadian Championship in Calgary (17 rounds):

(complete results)

Div. 1 Div. 2
Dave Wiegand 13 +1078 Reuvena Ross 14 +891
Jim Geary 13 +1003 Murray Weber 12 +1083
Ben Dweck 12 +584 Tony Rasch 12 +262
Jerry Lerman 12 +496 Ross Stevenson 12 +211
Mark Kenas 11 +653 Helen B. Douglas 11 +252
Div. 3 Div. 4
Trevor Venne 13 +609 Jake Kearns 14 +989
Evan McIntyre 12 +849 Shandy Booth 13 +672
Joel Talento 12 +444 Bill Kinsella 12 +1009
Tony Verma 11 +451 Louis Fernandes 12 +886
Evan Kramer 11 +442 Lilia Murnane 12 +681

Results of the Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Calgary:

Division 1
Dean Saldanha 8/38 10 +815
Dielle Saldanha 28/38 7 -360
Jill Turney 31/38 6 +124
Chris Williams 20/38 8.5 -108
Division 2
Miriam Gregory 8/26 10 +219
Reuvena Ross 1/26 14 +891
Dion Saldanha 7/26 10 +266
Norbert Saldanha 13/26 9 -129
Murray Weber 2/26 12 +1083
Division 3
John Aitken 6/30 11 +62
Evan Kramer 5/30 11 +442
Matt Ross 9/30 10 -37
Miriam Saldanha 7/30 10 +556
Joel Talento 3/30 12 +444
Tony Verma 4/30 11 +451
Yukari Balabanov 22/30 7 -271
Division 4
Ryan Burgess 8/34 11 +591
Lilia Murnane 5/34 12 +681
09/17/2006
Top finishers from the Mike Wise Memorial Tournament in Toronto, ON (Sept. 15-17) (12 rounds):

(
full main event results) (tournament page) (cross-table)

Div. A Div. B
Lloyd Mills 10 +761 Mark Edelson 10 +1150
Robin Pollock Daniel 8 +822 Joseph Bowman 9 +208
Zev Kaufman 8 +273 Dave Leonard 8 +322
Joel Wapnick 8 +179 Stuart Levinsky 8 +102
Div. C Div. D
Priya Fernando 10 +598 Olev Edur 10 +986
Sid Lashley 8.5 +105 Susan Gosso 10 +362
Chris Bonin 8 +248 Matt Ross 9 +500
Sophia Ozorio 7 +489 Aldona Archer 8 +103

Final results of the Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Toronto:

Matt Ross 3rd/18 in division D 9 +500
09/04/06
Top finishers from the Portland Labor Day Weekend Tournament (20 rounds):

(complete results) (photos taken by Norbert Saldanha) (cross-tables: [rounds 1-10] [rounds 10-20] [final results])

Div. 1 Div. 2
Nathan Benedict 16.5 +1410 Nigel Peltier 16 +1372
Dave Wiegand 14 +1229 Paul Phillips 15 +1255
Winter Zxqkj 14 +934 Carlynn Mayer 15 +666
Daniel Goodwin 14 +536 Karen Merrill 14 +540
Dean Saldanha 13 +1080 Siri Tillekeratne 13 +795
Div. 3 Div. 4
Dion Saldanha 14.5 +1117 Joel Talento 16 +1266
Linda Shayne 14 +513 Jean Bryant 15.5 +816
Reuvena Ross 13 +1492 George Bissonnette 15 +1178
Miriam Gregory 13 -38 Tony Verma 15 +906
Miriam Saldanha 11.5 +89 John Aitken 14 +646

Final results of the Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Portland:

Division 1
Marilyn Murray 21/24 7 -558
Dean Saldanha 5/24 13 +1080
Dielle Saldanha 12/24 10 +85
Chris Williams 9/24 10.5 +545
Division 2
Norbert Saldanha 23/28 9 -771
Division 3
Miriam Gregory 4/16 13 -38
Reuvena Ross 3/16 13 +1492
Dion Saldanha 1/16 14.5 +1117
Miriam Saldanha 5/16 11.5 +89
Division 4
John Aitken 5/38 14 +646
Ryan Burgess 16/38 11 -71
Evan Kramer 11/38 12 +62
Sunshine Prinz 26/38 9 -146
Nadja Rence 20/38 10 +20
Matt Ross 6/38 13 +723
Joel Talento 1/38 16 +1266
Tony Verma 4/38 15 +906
08/09/2006


Click here for the Vancouver Scrabble Club's US Scrabble Open page

07/04/2006


Top finishers from the West Coast Championship in Reno, NV (July 1-4) (main event, 28 rounds):

Div. 1 Div. 2
Nick Meyer 22 +1731 Carlene Wallis 21 +1143
Steve Polatnick 19 +792 Tim Anglin 20 +1257
Lester Schonbrun 18 +483 Nigel Peltier 18 +923
Kevin Fraley 18 +373 John Karris 17 +683
Div. 3 Div. 4
Gigi Miller 20.5 +1403 Terry Vrchota 21 +1437
Andy Healy 19 +1171 Jean Bryant 21 +975
Lynda Shayne 18 +590 Bill Kinsella 19 +1064
Mark Peltier 17 +624 J.C. Green 18.5 +954

Final results of the Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Reno:

Norbert Saldanha 26th/32 in division 2 12 -433
Miriam Saldanha 8th(tie)/20 in division 3 14 +302
John Aitken 20th/20 in division 3 9 -1121
Nadja Rence 5th/14 in division 4 16 +312
Ryan Burgess 8th/14 in division 4 12 -16
06/19/2006

Canada Wins 2006 Can-Am Challenge

The Canadians, led by reigning world champion Adam Logan, defeated seven top American players 51-47 to win the 2006 Can-Am Challenge. Congratulations to all the members of Team Canada for a superb performance! 

(full coverage)

Final Results (14 rounds):

Team Canada Team U.S.A.
Adam Logan 12 +610 Dave Wiegand 10 +973
Joel Wapnick 8 +545 John Luebkemann 9 -68
Robin Pollock Daniel 8 +443 Jerry Lerman 7 -53
Lloyd Mills 8 -43 Jason Katz-Brown 6 -147
Evan Berofsky 5 -299 Joey Mallick 6 -194
David Boys 5 -374 Chris Cree 5 -75
Dean Saldanha 5 -590 Tim Adamson 4 -728
05/29/2006
Top finishers from the Montreal, QC tournament (May 27-28) (12 rounds):

(
cross-table)

Div. 1 Div. 2
Andrew Golding 9 +766 Glenn Dunlop 10 +614
Joel Wapnick 9 +366 Sue Tremblay 10 +365
Jamie McCune 8 +418 Yvonne Lobo 8 +589
Jeremy Hildebrand 8 +141 Kevin Colosa 8 +476
Div. 3 Div. 4
Mad Palazzo 9 +375 Ben Lam 9 +635
Kevin Turner 8.5 +266 Rod Carleton 9 +609
Priya Fernando 8 +423 Patrick Niesink 8 +673
Robert Karanofsky 8 +400 Ben Henkewick 8 +235

Final results of the Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Montreal:

Reuvena Ross 8th/22 in division 3 7 +179
05/29/05
Top finishers from the Seattle Tournament (May 27-29) (20 rounds):

(complete results)
Div. 1 Div. 2
Michael Baker 17 +1357 Kevin Lee 17 +1065
Dave Wiegand 16 +1689 Walker Willingham 14 +833
Sam Kantimathi 15 +561 Chris Schneider 14 +694
Dean Saldanha 14 +517 Nigel Peltier 13 +1009
Ruth Hamilton 13 +343 Michael Thelen 13 +666
Div. 3 Div. 4
Geoff Tongue 14 +1219 Adam Michelson 16 +1310
Thomas Conrad 14 +848 George Bissonnette 14 +961
David Ruby 13 +1026 Debbie Goldy 14 +256
Claus Giloi 13 +483 Thomas Lackaff 13.5 +836
Bradley Whitmarsh 12 +560 Bob Jackson 12 +656
Div. 5
Manan Biyani 16 +1559
Georgianne Fiorini 15 +1110
Nadja Rence 15 +1026
Doug Kruyt 14.5 +677
Yukari Balabanov 13.5 +841

Final results of the Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Seattle:

Dean Saldanha 4th/20 in division 1 14 +517
Dielle Saldanha 6th/20 in division 1 12 +358
Chris Williams 12th/20 in division 1 9 -271
Marilyn Murray 19th/20 in division 1 5 -792
Lam Tang 20th/20 in division 1 5 -1629
Kevin Lee 1st/20 in division 2 17 +1065
Murray Weber 11th/20 in division 2 10 -195
Norbert Saldanha 12th/20 in division 2 9 +130
Erika Werdal 16th/20 in division 2 8 -667
Dion Saldanha 20th/20 in division 2 6 -960
Valerie Gallant 6th/20 in division 3 12 +335
Miriam Saldanha 8th/20 in division 3 11 +270
Tony Verma 10th/20 in division 3 10 +57
Miriam Gregory 11th/20 in division 3 9.5 -281
John Aitken 15th/20 in division 3 8 -551
Matt Ross 6th/20 in division 4 12 -269
Nadja Rence 3rd/22 in division 5 15 +1026
Yukari Balabanov 5th/22 in divison 5 13.5 +841
Ryan Burgess 9th/22 in division 5 12 +366
Bill Plummer 10th/22 in division 5 11 +286
05/07/2006
Top finishers from the Oregon Tile in Portland, OR (16 rounds):

(complete results) (cross-table)

Open Division Limited Division
Jim Geary* 11 +990 John Aitken 12 +21
Brian Cappelletto* 12 +781 Nita Galambos 11 +260
Dean Saldanha 12 +759 Barbara Ring 11 +213
Chris Cree 12 +342 Wendy Major 10 +438
Joel Sherman 11 +689

* Geary was second after 12 rounds and beat Cappelletto 2-2 +46 in a four game final. He was thus declared the winner of the Open Division despite having fewer wins than three other players in the division..

Final results of the Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Portland:

Dean Saldanha 3rd/46 in Open Division 12 +759
Dielle Saldanha 15th/46 in Open Division 9 +257
John Aitken 1st/20 in Limited Division 12 +21
Sunshine Prinz 11th/20 in Limited Division 8 -299
04/30/2006
Top finishers from the Boston Area Tournament in Westford, MA (main event: premier division - 20 rounds, all other divisions - 15 rounds):

(
Complete results, as reported by Sherrie Saint John)   (cross-tables:  [early bird]  [premier div.]  [other div.])

Premier Division
Jason Katz-Brown 15 +337
Joel Wapnick 13 +807
Joey Mallick 13 +4
Robin Pollock Daniel 12 +214
Div. A Div. B
Ron Tiekert 11 +883 Nat Gardenswartz 12 +777
Cecilia Le 11 +735 Jamie Ryan 11 +544
Dielle Saldanha 11 +604 Kate Fukawa-Connelly 10 +485
Dean Saldanha 10 +612 Ben Greenwood 10 +472
Div. C Div. D
Joev Dubach 12 +825 Bradley Whitmarsh 12 +616
Stephen Graham 10 +993 Jane Whitmore 12 +98
Dion Saldanha 10 +382 Larry Katz 10 +665
Nicholas Fall 10 +298 Kevin Turner 10 +643

Final results of the Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed at the BAT:

Dielle Saldanha 3rd/42 in Div. A 11 +604
Dean Saldanha 4th/42 in Div. A 10 +612
Dion Saldanha 3rd/32 in Div. C 10 +382
03/26/2006
Top finishers from the 14th Annual Spring Tournament in Calgary (14 rounds):

(results) (cross-table) (report)

Div. 1 Div. 2
Paul Sidorsky 10 +392 Huguette Settle 12 +522
Lam Tang 9 +508 Brendan Huang 7 +369
Siri Tillekeratne 8 +168 Betty Bergeron 7 +235
Div. 3
John Aitken 11 +135
Terri Morigeau 10 +262
Shandy Booth 9.5 +393

Final results of the Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Calgary:

Lam Tang 2nd/8 in division 1 9 +508
Brendan Huang 2nd/6 in division 2 7 +369
George McWhinnie 4th/6 in division 2 7 +201
John Aitken 1st/18 in division 3 11 +135
03/12/2006
Top finishers from the Dallas Open (14 rounds):

(Complete results and tournament coverage)  (cross-table)

Brian Cappelletto 14 (!!) +1434
Darrell Day 12 +631
Robin Pollock Daniel 11 +955
Joel Sherman 10 +1006
Dave Wiegand 10 +932

Final results of the Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Dallas:

Dean Saldanha 15th/109 9 +327
03/05/2006
Results from the Annual Vancouver Scrabble Club tournament

Click here for complete tournament results

Click here for cross-table

Top finishers:

Div. 1 Div. 2
James Leong 11 +1023 Ruth Hamilton 12 +1038
Jeff Fleetham 11 +330 Keith Valentine 10 +460
Wayne Clifford 11 +22 Peter Sargious 9 +1065
George Macaulay 9 +316 Jill Turney 9 +120
Div. 3 Div. 4
Dain Hammerback 10 +996 Jack Kastelein 11 +951
Tia Knowles 10 +58 Jennifer Nip 11 +738
Lois Patterson 9 +537 Kevin Argue 10 +920
Gabriel Wong 9 +482 Evan Kramer 10 +690
02/20/2006
Top finishers from the tournament in Phoenix (main event - 20 rounds):

Div. 1 Div. 2
Jim Geary 15 +621 David Nabutovsky 14 +456
Jerry Lerman 13 +994 Dominick Mancine 13.5 +625
Randy Greenspan 13 +474 Maddy Golob 13.5 +386
Nathan Benedict 13 +275 Alan Stern 13 +478
Div. 3 Div. 4
Josh Jacobs 15 +676 Gary Smart 13 +708
Ed Saunders 14 +108 Phyllis Koselke 13 +609
Betty Schulman 12 +480 Nancee Mancel 13 +288
Stan Miranda 11.5 +279 Kevin Schutz 12 +371
Div. 5 Div. 6
T.C. Houlgate-West 15 +1259 Judy Carlock 17 +1028
Monique Kornell 13 +1353 Amanda Hubble 13 +712
Susie Page 13 +521 Dani Roter 13 +138
Peter Dolgenos 13 +419 Joey Cross 12.5 +285
Div. 7
Karin Somerville 16 +1253
Robert Collins 15 +1858
Tammy Ross 15 +1131
Gayle Weyers 14 +661

Final results of the Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Phoenix:

Chris Williams 8th/20 in division 2 11 +736
Jill Turney 12th/20 in division 3 9 +76
Tony Verma 8th/20 in division 6 11 +541
John Aitken 13th/20 in division 6 9 -238

(Complete final results)  (cross-tables: [early-bird]  [rounds 1-10]  [rounds 11-12]  [final] )

01/29/2006
Top finishers from the 20th Annual Winter Tournament in Calgary (14 rounds):

Div. 1 Div. 2
Jeff Fleetham 11 +837 Wendy McGrath 10 +795
Randall Thomas 11 +658 Betty Bergeron 10 +350
Jason Krueger 9 +126 Nicholas Tam 9 +154
Jesse Matthews 8 +469 Yvonne Lewanski 8 +296
Div. 3
Terri Morigeau 12 +507
Trevor Gurnsey 10 +839
Teresa Steeves-Gurnsey 10 +545
Dorothy Klovan 10 +203

Final results of the Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Calgary:

Michelle Eisele 6th/16 in division 1 7.5 +34
Lam Tang 11th/16 in division 1 6.5 -185
Brendan Huang 7th/8 in division 2 4 -372
Sunshine Prinz 17th/18 in division 3 3 -644
01/01/2006

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Today marks not only the start of a new year, but of a new word list: the new edition of the Official Tournament and Club Word List will now be used to settle all challenges at our club's games (its use in tournaments will start March 1st). Check out the changes to the OSPD on the NSA website, as well as the updated word lists on this site.

 

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