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Summer Tournament - J.Pivovarov and R.Martin win

Thank you once again to all the players that showed up - you are the reason we have organized scrabble tournaments.

Travel: Three from Vancouver and one from Edmonton - incurring considerable costs to come play.

Organizers: A big thanks to Emil Rem for agreeing to show up on game day and step in at the last minute to even up pairings.
To Rod Weis for assisting on Saturday, including running the software and stepping in as director.
To Randall Thomas for picking me and the machines up early on both days
To everyone who helped with setup and teardown of the tables

Meals: Sue went out of her way to shop, then cook, two delicious meals for the whole group. The chicken stew on Saturday and Sheppherd's Pie on Sunday were amazing. It meant we could spend more time chatting and less time running around to get lunch. We are indebted.
Also a big thank you to everyone who brought some snacks for sharing. It made the tournament so much better.

Results A: Randall (8) faced Juraj (9) in a do-or-die game. Had Randall won, Matt, Juraj and Randall would have shared top honours with 9 wins each, and Randall would have prevailed on spread to win first place. However, it was not to be and we finished separated by one win with 10-9-8.

Results B: Richard lost to Sue three times. And she made ELEVEN bingos in three games, while Richard made ... zero. So it was nerve racking to face Sue in the last game I'm sure, but he prevailed and thus jumped ahead by half a win to take the tournament. Very tense, exciting finishes in both divisions!

Thank you all for a great tournament, and know it has been submitted to WGPO for rating already, and should be processed soon. Until next time!

Rank    Wins   Spread  Player                  Last Game
1       10–4     +625  Pivovarov, Juraj (A1)   1W:532-300:A3  $300
2        9–5     +336  Larocque, Matthew (A2)  2W:382-342:A4  $180
3        8–6     +311  Thomas, Randall (A3)    2L:300-532:A1
4        7–7     −219  Craig, Richard (A5)     1W:406-401:A6
5        6–8     −144  Rossi, Mimmo (A4)       1L:342-382:A2
6        2–12    −909  Balabanov, Yukari (A6)  2L:401-406:A5


Rank    Wins    Spread  Player                  Last Game
1       10 –4     +457  Martin, Richard (B2)    1W:390-310:B1  $270
2        9½–4½    +691  Brigliadori, Sue (B1)   2L:310-390:B2  $150
3        8 –6      +12  Morigeau, Terri (B3)    1W:313-290:B6
4        7½–6½     +95  Lamoureux, Alex (B6)    2L:290-313:B3
5        5 –9     −219  Houchen, Lucy (B4)      2W:407-296:B5
6        2 –12   −1036  McKay, Tom (B5)         1L:296-407:B4

Categories

Division 1

High Game	596	Juraj Pivovarov vs Mimmo Rossi
High Loss	441	Randall Thomas to Richard Craig
High Bingo	SOILAGES(140)	Matthew Larocque vs Juraj Pivovarov
High Non Bingo	ZESTY(93)	Matthew Larocque
Comeback Kid	137	Richard Craig vs Randall Thomas
Low Win	322	Richard Craig vs Yukari Balabanov
Bingo Ace	31	Randall Thomas

Division 2

High Game	522	Sue Brigliadori vs Tom McKay
High Loss	401	Richard Martin to Sue Brigliadori
High Bingo	STINKER(98)	Sue Brigliadori
High Non Bingo	ZARFS(69)	Richard Martin
Comeback Kid	47	Richard Martin vs Alex Lamoureux
Low Win	327	Terri Morigeau vs Alex Lamoureux
Bingo Ace	26	Sue Brigliadori

Other Categories

Most Outrageous Phoney	WUXIA	Alex Lamoureux
Best Legitimate Word	TEIGLACH	Juraj Pivovarov
Tough Luck (three closest losses)	-1 -5 -34 = -40	Yukari Balabanov
Living on the edge (three closest wins)	+1 +5 +8 = +14	Richard Craig