Calgary Scrabble Group - News

16th Annual Awards Night

Sun, 06 May 2012 09:32:53 -0700

[Author: Juraj] The 16th Annual Awards Night for the Calgary Scrabble Group was held at Pasquale's on Saturday April 28th. This year's winners were:

Category	Result	Awards goes to ...
BEST NEW PLAYER		Randy Gagnon
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER		Noella Ward
ATTENDANCE	47 NIGHTS OF 51	Wendy McGrath and Mike Ebanks
HIGH GAME OF YEAR	608	Emil Rem
MOST CONSECUTIVE WEEKS ON TOP OF LADDER	5	Paul Sidorsky
BIGGEST SPREAD	643	Emil Rem
MOST �BEST RECORDS�	7	Paul Sidorsky
MOST TIMES IN TOP GROUP	36	Paul Sidorsky
HIGHEST AVERAGE RUNG ON LADDER	2.75	Paul Sidorsky
TOTAL WINS	91.5	Paul Sidorsky
HIGHEST % OF GAMES WON	67%	Paul Sidorsky
MOST HIGH GAMES	13	Juraj Pivovarov
SATURDAY SCRABBLE TOTAL WINS	126	Wayne Clifford
SATURDAY SCRABBLE % OF GAMES WON	69.6%	Juraj Pivovarov

Spring Tournament Rated

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:14:29 -0700

[Author: Juraj] Spring Tournament ratings at NASPA

Hostile Takeovers in Spring Tournament

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:45:33 -0700

[Author: Juraj]

We had 25 players at the spring tournament, and welcomed Hans Oh all the way from Toronto area, as well as three players from Edmonton. It was one of those tournaments where victory was snatched from the tournament leaders in the last few rounds as Matthew Larocque and Rod Weis finished second, to Juraj Pivovarov and Betty Bergeron.

One of the best performances was had by Maureen Morris, where she finished with 8/6, +145 in a field of 14 players where she started second from the bottom. She's been playing up in Div 1 quite often lately, and it's really starting to pay off.

We missed some of our regulars like Maureen Clifford or Millie Pelkey who would have avoided the BYE in division 2. Sadly, three players had to take two byes.

See everyone on June 2nd and 3rd for our Annual Summer tournament. And before that, hope you can make it to Edmonton for April 14th and 15th and their annual event. Always a fabulous tournament there, run by Huguette Settle.

Indx Ply#               Name               Ratg  W - L - T   +/-
   1    1 Pivovarov, Juraj                 1618  10-  4-  0   998 $225
   2    4 Larocque, Matthew                1561  10-  4-  0   556 $150
   3    6 Yocom, Wesley                    1436  10-  4-  0   272 $100
   4    8 Rem, Emil                        1373   8-  6-  0   421 $60
   5    3 Ebanks, Mike                     1566   8-  6-  0   407
   6    9 Panganiban, Danny                1348   8-  6-  0   274
   7   14 Morris, Maureen                  1177   8-  6-  0   145 $60 Performance
   8   12 McGrath, Wendy                   1248   6-  8-  0   -14
   9    7 Ward, Noella                     1405   6-  8-  0  -240
  10   10 Settle, Huguette                 1300   6-  8-  0  -346
  11    5 Tillekeratne, Siri               1507   6-  8-  0  -567
  12    2 Clifford, Wayne                  1604   4- 10-  0  -250
  13   13 Simon, Roland                    1222   4- 10-  0  -646
  14   11 Oh, Hans                         1257   4- 10-  0 -1010

Indx Ply#               Name               Ratg  W - L - T   +/-
   1   17 Bergeron, Betty                  1058  11-  3-  0   675 $160
   2   19 Weis, Rodney                      958  11-  3-  0   540 $150
   3   15 Settle, Ben                      1163   8-  6-  0   374 $50
   4   20 Millington, Troy                  941   8-  6-  0   262
   5   21 Slater, Linda                     864   8-  6-  0   127
   6   22 Klovan, Dorothy                   796   7-  7-  0   158
   7   16 Morigeau, Terri                  1123   7-  7-  0  -152
   8   25 Brookes, Laverne                  640   7-  7-  0  -229 $50 Performance
   9   18 King, Sylvia                     1002   7-  7-  0  -446
  10   23 Matthews, Estelle                 756   5-  8-  1  -284
  11   24 Kendel, Darlene                   752   4-  9-  1  -325

Division 1

High Game	549	Wes Yocom
High Loss	441	Hans Oh
High Bingo	SLUICING (174)	Wes Yocom
High Non Bingo	AZIDO (77)	Juraj Pivovarov
Comeback Kid	106	Emil Rem
Bingo Ace	28	Juraj Pivovarov

Division 2

High Game	517	Laverne Brookes
High Loss	422	Darlene Kendel
High Bingo	CLEANERS (140)	Ben Settle
High Non Bingo	SAX (70)	Troy Millington
Comeback Kid	164	Betty Bergeron vs Ben Settle
Bingo Ace	16	Betty Bergeron

Other Categories

Most Outrageous Phoney	FINITY	Matthew Larocque vs Hans Oh, honorable mention was Wes Yocom's DOORFRAME
Tough Luck (three closest losses)	-33 = -1 -1 -31	Wayne Clifford
Living on the edge (three closest wins)	+18 = +1 +1 +3	Maureen Morris

Annual Dinner, Sat. April 28 - at Pasquale's

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:38:08 -0700

[Author: Betty Bergeron] We will not be going to O'Sullivan's this year. Our Annual Dinner will be held at Pasquale's on MacLeod, where we have reserved a private room. Each person will be responsible for their own bills. Even if you're not in contention, come out and support the winners!

Tran and Bergeron win Winter

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:14:46 -0700

[Author: Juraj]



Calgary Winter Tournament - Standings
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Standings for Division 1

Rank Player                         Wins Spread
1    Eric Tran                      13.0  +1600 $$$$
2    Noella Ward                    10.0  +125  $$$
3    Allan Simon                     9.0  +326  $$
4    Juraj Pivovarov                 8.0  +717  $
5    Mike Ebanks                     8.0  +300
6    Randall Thomas                  7.0    +7
7    Wesley Yocom                    7.0  -133
8    Siri Tillekeratne               7.0  -252
9    Emil Rem                        6.0  -281
10   Wayne Clifford                  5.0    -2
11   Terri Morigeau                  5.0  -465  $ (performance)
12   Maureen Morris                  5.0  -500
13   Randy Gagnon                    5.0  -602
14   Wendy McGrath                   3.0  -840

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Standings for Division 2

Rank Player                         Wins Spread
1    Betty Bergeron                 11.0  +728 $$$$
2    Sylvia King                    10.0  +491 $$$
3    Linda Slater                    9.5  +104 $$
4    Troy Millington                 9.0  +679 $
5    Betsy Chai                      9.0   +24 $ (Performance)
6    Maureen Clifford                8.5  +239
7    Steven Faust                    8.0  +260
8    Estelle Matthews                8.0  +216
9    Darlene Kendel                  7.0  -290
10   Wendy Pozak                     6.0    +5
11   Dorothy Klovan                  5.0  -258
12   Laverne Brookes                 4.0  -575
13   Velora Piltingsrud              3.0  -923

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Generated at 2012-01-30 00:36:36 +0000 by Aedile [Demo]

A big thanks to Paul Sidorsky for running the book keeping aspects of the tournament. He was running his new tournament results software called 'Aedile'. Everything went very smoothly and served as an excellent trial run for him. Expect more good things to come. Paul has written the successful 'LampWords' program for the Palm Pilot, and this is his first foray into tournament administration software.

Congratulations to Eric on winning with such an excellent score in the top division. Mike Ebanks was the only one to beat him, although Terri came next closest, losing only by 4. I had three quick bingos in our game to take a lead of 277-102, up by 175. Without getting a single bingo himself he still won the game, 440-377. What a comeback! Noella Ward had a fantastic tournament too, finishing 2nd and moving up about 8 or 9 spots from her initial seeding. She's been long overdue for a good performance like this. Allan Simon played very well, hovering in the #2 spot for most of the tournament, but faltered in the last two rounds to finish 3rd.

Betty Bergeron did very well in Div 2, having to wrest the lead from Sylvia after day one. She won 5/6 on Sunday to do so.

Ratings at NASPA

Division 1

High Game	544	Eric Tran
High Loss	426	Maureen Morris
High Bingo	CHIPOTLE (124)	Emil Rem
High Non Bingo	ZAX (76)	Randall Thomas
Comeback Kid	175	Eric Tran
Bingo Ace	28	Juraj Pivovarov

Division 2

High Game	527	Wendy Pozak
High Loss	429	Steven Faust
High Bingo	PUDDLIER (156)	Estelle Matthews
High Non Bingo	AZINE (72) / QUEST(72)	Sylvia King / Troy Millington
Comeback Kid	119	Betsy Chai
Bingo Ace	18	Betsy Chai, Maureen Clifford

Other Categories

Most Outrageous Phoney	BIOMEDS	Emil Rem
Tough Luck (three closest losses)	-6 = -1 -1 -4	Terri Morigeau
Living on the edge (three closest wins)	+18 = +1 +3 +14	Randy Gagnon

Winter Day 1 Results

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:22:46 -0700

[Author: Paul] After 8 rounds, here is how the Winter tournament stands right now:

Calgary Winter Tournament - Standings
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Standings for Division 1

Rank Player                         Wins Spread
1    Eric Tran                       8.0  +951
2    Allan Simon                     7.0  +559
3    Noella Ward                     6.0   +93
4    Juraj Pivovarov                 5.0  +535
5    Wayne Clifford                  5.0  +263
6    Randall Thomas                  4.0   +88
7    Wesley Yocom                    4.0   +30
8    Siri Tillekeratne               4.0  -136
9    Mike Ebanks                     3.0   +65
10   Emil Rem                        3.0  -340
11   Terri Morigeau                  2.0  -260
12   Randy Gagnon                    2.0  -576
13   Wendy McGrath                   2.0  -782
14   Maureen Morris                  1.0  -490

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Standings for Division 2

Rank Player                         Wins Spread
1    Sylvia King                     7.0  +354
2    Betty Bergeron                  6.0  +440
3    Estelle Matthews                6.0  +296
4    Steven Faust                    6.0  +211
5    Maureen Clifford                5.5  +293
6    Troy Millington                 5.0  +570
7    Linda Slater                    4.5   -66
8    Wendy Pozak                     3.0   -32
9    Laverne Brookes                 3.0  -280
10   Betsy Chai                      3.0  -305
11   Darlene Kendel                  3.0  -337
12   Dorothy Klovan                  2.0  -247
13   Velora Piltingsrud              2.0  -497

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O'Sullivans on Sat Jan 28

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:06:49 -0700

[Author: Juraj] We're thinking of going to O'Sullivan's, by Chinook Mall, after the tournament games on Saturday. I haven't made a reservation, but those that are interested can come for a drink and some food. They have an excellent prime rib special for about $10. If there's enough interest, we'll call around noon on Saturday to reserve some tables.

W. Clifford and K. Nakano win Marathon

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:01:54 -0700

[Author: Juraj] Official results will be available shortly at: Naspa 2011 and Naspa 2011-12


Indx Ply#               Name               Ratg  W - L - T   +/-
   1    4 Clifford, Wayne                  1510   8-  4-  0    97 $$$$
   2    2 Pivovarov, Juraj                 1724   7-  5-  0   458 $$$
   3    1 Macaulay, George                 1755   7-  5-  0   173 $$
   4    5 Tillekeratne, Siri               1493   7-  5-  0   168 $
   5    7 Rem, Emil                        1356   6-  5-  1   313
   6    3 Ebanks, Mike                     1582   6-  5-  1   270
   7   11 McGrath, Wendy                   1275   6-  6-  0    49
   8   14 Morris, Maureen                  1100   6-  6-  0   -11 $$ Perf
   9    8 Panganiban, Danny                1338   6-  6-  0   -87
  10    6 Ward, Noella                     1361   6-  6-  0  -293
  11   10 Guilbault, Brian                 1308   5-  7-  0  -171
  12   13 Settle, Ben                      1196   5-  7-  0  -401
  13   12 Gagnon, Randy                    1235   4-  8-  0  -280
  14    9 Settle, Huguette                 1312   4-  8-  0  -285

Indx Ply#               Name               Ratg  W - L - T   +/-
   1   20 Nakano, Kathy                     883   9-  3-  0   745 $$$$
   2   18 Clifford, Maureen                1000   7-  4-  1   216 $$$
   3   16 Bergeron, Betty                  1077   7-  5-  0   417 $$
   4   15 Morigeau, Terri                  1119   7-  5-  0   193 $
   5   25 Matthews, Estelle                 686   7-  5-  0   -93 $$ Perf
   6   17 King, Sylvia                     1076   6-  5-  1    22
   7   22 Slater, Linda                     818   6-  6-  0   217
   8   19 Millington, Troy                  898   6-  6-  0   155
   9   27 Chai, Betsy                       662   6-  6-  0   145
  10   23 Brookes, Laverne                  771   5-  7-  0   -42
  11   24 Kendel, Darlene                   752   5-  7-  0   -95
  12   21 Klovan, Dorothy                   875   5-  7-  0  -305
  13   26 Cook, Anna Marie                  679   4-  8-  0  -495
  14   28 Piltingsrud, Velora               229   3-  9-  0 -1080

Div 1
    High Win:       541             Mike Ebanks
    High Loss:      452             Emil Rem
    High Bingo:     OUTDROPS (149)  Siri Tillekeratne
                    ELATEDLY (149)  George Macaulay
    High Non-Bingo: QUATE (74)      Wayne Clifford
    Comeback Kid:   101             Randy Gagnon
    Bingo Ace:      24              Juraj Pivovarov

Div 2
    High Win:       559             Kathy Nakano
    High Loss:      372             Anna Marie Cook
    High Bingo:     FLAUNTIER (149) Betsy Chai
    High Non-Bingo: QI (65)         Sylvia King
    Comeback Kid:   61              Darlene Kendel
    Bingo Ace:      17              Betty Bergeron

Tuff Luck: Randy Gagnon, losing by -4, -4, -6.
Living on the Edge: Sylvia King, winning by +2, +4, +9.

Most Outrageous Phoney: SNAGGLER by Randy Gagnon