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Emil Rem wins April Tournament

Emil Rem won the April Tournament with a 12-2 record, having to win both games against Siri Tillekeratne in the last two rounds to do so. Finishing very strongly was Yukari Balabanov, in clear 3rd place. As there were two overseed prizes, yet she finished 3rd, she was entitled to the higher prize of $120 vs $100 for 3rd.

The two overseed prizes were split three ways. (Normally they are not split, simply the two highest finishers who moved up the most spots would get the prize. But this was an alternate, and equally good, way to do it.) Thus $210 was split between Terri Morigeau, Danielle Barker and John Aitken.

Thank you to all for playing in the tournament, especially Yukari and John who traveled from BC and Hank from SK. We thank everyone for their understanding of having an odd number of players after Plan A (Juraj to direct, but had covid) and the contingency Plan B (Rod to direct, but also had fallen ill) fell through. We try very hard to have a person waiting to step in or drop out and keep the numbers even, but we were simply unlucky this time round. It sounds like everyone had a great time despite the organizational setback. And congratulations once again to the prize winners.

A big thank you to Siri for stepping in to direct at the last minute, despite not knowing the tournament software. And to Danielle Barker for doing the data entry at the tournament so we could post results, standings and submit it to WGPO promptly.

Round 14 Standings

Rnk Won-Lost Spread Player                  Last Game
  1 12.0-2.0  +1097 Rem, Emil (#1)          W:398-350:#2
  2 12.0-2.0   +769 Tillekeratne, Siri (#2) L:350-398:#1
  3 10.0-4.0   +363 Balabanov, Yukari (#6)  W:481-364:#3
  4 9.0-5.0    +634 Ward, Noella (#3)       L:364-481:#6
  5 9.0-5.0     +56 Hees, Hank (#4)         W:379-337:#7
  6 8.0-6.0    +128 McGrath, Wendy (#7)     L:337-379:#4
  7 7.0-7.0    +396 Morigeau, Terri (#9)    W:423-250:#5
  8 7.0-7.0     -63 Barker, Danielle (#10)  W:397-365:#8
  9 7.0-7.0    -249 Brigliadori, Sue (#5)   L:250-423:#9
 10 5.0-9.0    -128 Aitken, John (#12)      W:484-325:#11
 11 5.0-9.0    -609 Bergeron, Betty (#8)    L:365-397:#10
 12 3.5-10.5   -900 Harris, Grace (#11)     L:325-484:#12
 13 2.5-10.5   -844 McKay, Tom (#13)        unpaired

Categories

Division 1

High Game	517	Noella Ward vs Tom McKay
High Loss	435	Noella Ward to Danielle Barker
High Bingo	LOUDENED(122)	Danielle Barker
High Non Bingo	ZEDAS(89)	Betty Bergeron
Comeback Kid	108	Wendy McGrath vs Q1
Low Win	293	Wendy McGrath vs Danielle Barker
Bingo Ace	17	Emil Rem

Other Categories

In honour of Wayne Clifford, Highest WC word $50	CLEW(26)	Terri Morigeau
Most Outrageous Phoney	PERRVY	Grace Harris vs Danielle Barker
Best Legitimate Word	PALMITIN	Siri Tillekeratne
Tough Luck (three closest losses)	-1 -1 -6 = -8	Terri Morigeau (unclaimed)
Living on the edge (three closest wins)	+7 +19 +30 = +56	Betty Bergeron (unclaimed)

Bingo Ace Runner-up Danielle Barker (16)

How many can you find? Which phonies would you have challenged with confidence?

1. DEHILLS(1)	2. ADENPTU(1)	3. EINPRRST(3)	4. EELNOTU(1)	5. CENORSTU(4 + 1#)
6. ADEEEINT(1)	7. AACILNTU(1)	8. AEINNST(2 + 2#)	9. CEEJRST(1)	10. ABILORT(1)
11. DDEELNOU(1)	12. ADEGILOU(1)	13. ACEINRS(3 + 1#)	14. AEIKNRST(2)	15. AEILRRST(2 + 1#)
16. BCGIMNRU(1)

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MANLY (or WOMANLY) bingos are underlined. No E, no S.
* means phony in any lexicon
# means good only in CSW21

1. DEHILLS(1): [SHILLED]
2. ADENPTU(1): UNADEPT, [UNTAPED*??]
3. EINPRRST(3): [PRINTERS], REPRINTS, SPRINTER
4. EELNOTU(1): [TOLUENE]
5. CENORSTU(4+1#): CONSTRUE, COUNTERS, [RECOUNTS], TROUNCES, CORNUTES#
6. ADEEEINT(1): [DETAINEE]
7. AACILNTU(1): [NAUTICAL]
8. AEINNST(2+2#): [INANEST], STANINE, NANITES#, TANNIES#
9. CEEJRST(1): [REJECTS]
10. ABILORT(1): ORBITAL, [LIBRATO*??]
11. DDEELNOU(1): [LOUDENED]
12. ADEGILOU(1): [DIALOGUE]
13. ACEINRS(3+1#): [ARCSINE], ARSENIC, CARNIES, CERASIN#
14. AEIKNRST(2): [KERATINS], NARKIEST
15. AEILRRST(2+1#): RETRIALS, [TRAILERS], RETIRALS#
16. BCGIMNRU(1): [CRUMBING]