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Allan Simon comes out of Retirement

Posted by Juraj on Sun December 03, 2017 at 11h31

A big thank you goes out to Rod Weis for administering the tournament for us, and giving up a Saturday for Scrabble without playing a single game.

In the top division, Allan Simon cleaned up with a 2 game lead over the field, 9-3 +475. Considering he's only played 15 games of tournament scrabble in the last 4 years, his achievement surprised everyone, including himself.

The other really notable performance came from Wendy McGrath, earning almost 80 rating points. Noella wanted to play up, and we asked Wendy if she would mind joining her to keep it even. She decided to go for it, and there was no looking back.

In division 2, they threw a good bye party for Vish Wimalasena. It was nice knowing you, and good luck in Divison One they said. He won with 9-3, and Maureen Clifford was second with 8-4.

In division 3, Sylvia King won with 9-3 and Linda Slater second with 7-5.

Don't forget to show up on Sunday Jan 7th for our "awards night". It's more of an afternoon of scrabble and free pizza from the club.

One last things: Bingo Ace Winners: please type in your bingos (do not indicate blanks) and I will post them as alphagram challenges for everyone to enjoy.
Complete results, with updated ratings can be found on NASPA's website.
Division A Round 12 Standings Rnk Won-Lost Spread Player Last Game 1 9.0-3.0 +475 Simon, Allan (A2) W:338-327:A1 $150 2 7.0-5.0 +518 Pivovarov, Juraj (A1) L:327-338:A2 $90 3 7.0-5.0 +315 Ebanks, Mike (A5) W:450-343:A8 $65 4 7.0-5.0 -251 McGrath, Wendy (A10) W:418-311:A3 $50 PERF 5 6.0-6.0 +21 Tam, Nicholas (A8) L:343-450:A5 6 6.0-6.0 -81 Rossi, Mimmo (A4) W:378-347:A6 7 5.0-7.0 +22 Clifford, Wayne (A3) L:311-418:A10 8 5.0-7.0 -262 Tillekeratne, Siri (A6) L:347-378:A4 9 4.0-8.0 -89 Ward, Noella (A9) W:442-351:A7 10 4.0-8.0 -668 Sargious, Peter (A7) L:351-442:A9 Division B Round 12 Standings Rnk Won-Lost Spread Player Last Game 1 9.0-3.0 +698 Wimalasena, Vish (B1) L:334-358:B6 $140 2 8.0-4.0 +28 Clifford, Maureen (B3) W:434-298:B5 $70 3 6.0-6.0 +166 Bergeron, Betty (B5) L:298-434:B3 4 5.0-7.0 -397 Millington, Troy (B6) W:358-334:B1 5 5.0-7.0 -514 Morris, Maureen (B4) W:375-365:B2 6 3.0-9.0 +19 Payne, Bill (B2) L:365-375:B4 Division C Round 12 Standings Rnk Won-Lost Spread Player Last Game 1 9.0-3.0 +536 King, Sylvia (C3) W:323-292:C4 $140 2 7.0-5.0 +314 Slater, Linda (C1) W:368-367:C2 $70 3 7.0-5.0 +184 Kendel, Darlene (C4) L:292-323:C3 4 7.0-5.0 -22 Gilbert, Douglas (C2) L:367-368:C1 5 5.0-7.0 -192 Matthews, Estelle (C5) L:295-406:C6 6 1.0-11.0 -820 Mckay, Tom (C6) W:406-295:C5

Categories

Division 1

High Game 541 Noella Ward vs Peter Sargious

High Loss 432 Siri Tillekeratne to Allan Simon

High Bingo ACRIDINE(149) Wayne Clifford vs Juraj Pivovarov

High Non Bingo AQUAE(74) Mike Ebanks vs Peter Sargious

Comeback Kid 128 Nicholas Tam vs Mimmo Rossi

Low Win 338 Allan Simon vs Juraj Pivovarov

Bingo Ace 25 Allan Simon

Division 2

High Game 509 Vish Wimalasena vs Maureen Clifford

High Loss 417 Betty Bergeron to Vish Wimalasena

High Bingo FIESTAS(128) Maureen Morris vs Troy Millington

High Non Bingo ZINEB(90) Troy Millington vs Vish Wimalasena

Comeback Kid 133 Troy Millington vs Maureen Clifford

Low Win 331 Betty Bergeron vs Troy Millington

Bingo Ace 24 Vish Wimalasena

Division 3

High Game 441 Linda Slater vs Darlene Kendel

High Loss 371 Linda Slater to Sylvia King

High Bingo SEQUOIA(92) Estelle Matthews vs Linda Slater

High Non Bingo QUILT(72) Tom McKay vs Estelle Matthews

Comeback Kid 80 Linda Slater vs Tom McKay

Low Win 317 Sylvia King vs Darlene Kendel

Bingo Ace 10 Linda Slater

Other Categories

Most Outrageous Phoney DEINDEX Troy Millington vs Betty Bergeron

Most Unusual Word PIROJKI Juraj Pivovarov

Tough Luck (three closest losses) -3 -10 -16 = -29 Bill Payne (money kindly donated to club)

Living on the edge (three closest wins) 2 +8 +31 = +41 Mimmo Rossi