Here's a report on the second annual Toronto vs. Mississauga interclub Scrabble match, played earlier today, April 9th, 2006 at the Port Credit Arena in Mississauga. 37 players competed in three divisions, Swiss-paired using the team pairings feature new to tsh 3.060. John -- John J. Chew, III * jjchew@math.utoronto.ca * +1 416 876 7675 Director, Toronto SCRABBLE(R) Club (National SCRABBLE(R) Association Club #3) http://www.torontoscrabbleclub.com -- Toronto vs. Mississauga Interclub Match (2006) Division A Craig, Shaun, Steve, Vijay and Jim representing Mississauga clinched the divisional title after only six rounds. The final score: 20-15. Rank Seed Name (online) Wins Cumul OldR NewR Chng For Agn Hi 1 2 Rowland Craig 5.0 +263 1829 1847 +18 418 381 486 2 7 Goatcher Shaun 4.0 +161 1744 1762 +18 389 366 489 3 9 Paolella Libero 4.0 +51 1729 1743 +14 393 386 491 4 10 Ozorio Steve 4.0 +41 1664 1698 +34 391 385 466 5 5 Kaufman Zev 4.0 +8 1776 1781 +5 383 382 502 6 8 Vijayakumar Sinna 4.0 -38 1737 1759 +22 379 384 487 7 3 Leah Tony 3.0 +63 1822 1804 -18 394 385 451 8 1 Berofsky Evan 3.0 -43 1832 1811 -21 396 402 492 9 6 Nanavati Jim 3.0 -87 1769 1763 -6 381 393 444 10 4 Chew John 1.0 -419 1795 1734 -61 343 403 425 1 Rowland Craig W05 W03 L08 W10 W07 W05 L07 419 441 413 367 421 486 381 2 Goatcher Shaun W07 W10 L05 L03 W08 L03 W10 346 466 277 366 489 336 441 3 Paolella Libero L06 L01 W04 W02 L09 W02 W09 337 381 440 386 313 491 403 4 Ozorio Steve W10 L07 L03 W08 L05 W10 W05 442 326 399 390 342 369 466 5 Kaufman Zev L01 W09 W02 W06 W04 L01 L04 372 381 502 431 379 298 317 6 Vijayakumar Sinna W03 W08 W07 L05 L10 W07 L08 419 434 487 352 291 390 278 7 Leah Tony L02 W04 L06 W09 L01 L06 W01 207 450 451 442 402 379 424 8 Berofsky Evan L09 L06 W01 L04 L02 W09 W06 387 322 431 338 392 492 409 9 Nanavati Jim W08 L05 W10 L07 W03 L08 L03 413 330 444 341 377 397 362 10 Chew John L04 L02 L09 L01 W06 L04 L02 425 288 333 357 360 344 294 Division B Curtis, Trevor, Roger, Lynda and Mad scored an exciting win for Toronto that came down to the last match played, where Roger beat Sophia. The final score: 14-13. Careful readers will note two oddities in the results: Lynda could not play in the morning and Trevor kindly substituted; Curtis slept in and missed the first game. Rank Seed Name (online) Wins Cumul OldR NewR Chng For Agn Hi 1 1 Lobo Yvonne 4.0 +235 1476 1462 -14 403 369 554 2 4 Akomanyi Curtis 4.0 +123 1409 1423 +14 393 372 464 3 8 Fernando Priya 4.0 +29 1222 1262 +40 372 368 445 4 5 Broersma Jason 4.0 -22 1397 1402 +5 377 380 399 5 2 Sealy Trevor 3.0 +347 1460 1477 +17 438 323 486 6 7 Cullman Roger 3.0 -29 1279 1281 +2 377 381 449 7 3 Wise Lynda 2.0 +59 1456 1443 -13 369 355 414 8 6 Palazzo Mad 2.0 -312 1300 1273 -27 355 399 407 9 9 Ozorio Sophia 1.0 -430 1218 1198 -20 336 408 421 1 Lobo Yvonne L06 W02 W08 L07 L02 W06 W08 289 475 410 290 370 431 554 2 Akomanyi Curtis B-- L01 W03 W04 W01 W04 L03 +0 326 403 464 412 420 330 3 Fernando Priya L05 L06 L02 W08 W07 W08 W02 274 376 342 417 445 407 341 4 Broersma Jason W08 L05 W06 L02 W06 L02 W07 391 365 399 318 389 386 393 5 Sealy Trevor W03 W04 W09 B-- B-- B-- B-- 417 412 486 +0 +0 +0 +0 6 Cullman Roger W01 W03 L04 L09 L04 L01 W09 422 449 389 394 285 275 422 7 Wise Lynda B-- B-- B-- W01 L03 W09 L04 +0 +0 +0 413 342 414 308 8 Palazzo Mad L04 W09 L01 L03 W09 L03 L01 385 332 407 332 399 300 329 9 Ozorio Sophia B-- L08 L05 W06 L08 L07 L06 +0 289 329 421 328 290 360 Division C Despite a late rally by the Mississauga side, Janet, Matt, Mark E, Geoff, Ben, Rachel, Barry, Jim and Fraser managed a 32-31 win for Toronto. Rank Seed Name (online) Wins Cumul OldR NewR Chng For Agn Hi 1 5 Hamilton Mark 6.0 +304 995 1042 +47 352 308 403 2 10 Carrington Janet 6.0 +171 862 930 +68 369 345 417 3 12 Ross Matt 5.0 +130 820 860 +40 359 340 411 4 1 Edelson Mark 5.0 +69 1267 1242 -25 374 365 440 5 7 Brown Allan 4.0 +376 962 961 -1 413 359 495 6 2 Gibson Geoff 4.0 +141 1073 1052 -21 389 368 437 7 6 Turner Kevin 4.0 +99 971 972 +1 370 356 451 8 8 Wigley Paul 4.0 +49 907 922 +15 376 369 428 9 11 Lam Ben 3.0 +123 822 823 +1 363 346 440 10 9 Ball Don 3.0 +62 877 876 -1 388 379 446 11 4 David John 3.0 -39 1005 964 -41 352 357 425 12 17 Matlow Rachel 3.0 -165 n.r. 838 340 363 411 13 13 Helewa Charles 3.0 -234 814 825 +11 332 365 374 14 14 Muskovitch Barry 3.0 -380 742 758 +16 334 389 438 15 17 Oh Hans 2.0 -25 n.r. 738 353 357 382 16 16 Fernando Percy 2.0 -132 657 658 +1 328 347 353 17 15 Caughran Jim 2.0 -237 705 703 -2 333 367 372 18 3 Simpson Fraser 1.0 -312 1010 939 -71 337 382 385 1 Hamilton Mark W12 W18 L06 W02 W09 W04 W14 373 372 306 403 313 341 355 2 Carrington Janet W15 W16 W08 L01 W13 W05 W11 386 328 417 289 408 379 377 3 Ross Matt L11 W07 L15 W10 W05 W13 W16 339 360 267 388 411 393 352 4 Edelson Mark W10 W13 W05 W08 L07 L01 W15 440 409 435 367 274 334 362 5 Brown Allan W14 W09 L04 W06 L03 L02 W17 495 457 388 494 385 310 360 6 Gibson Geoff W13 W10 W01 L05 W15 L07 L08 437 365 354 407 388 373 396 7 Turner Kevin W17 L03 W18 L14 W04 W06 L12 451 264 430 352 415 378 299 8 Wigley Paul W18 W12 L02 L04 W17 L09 W06 428 390 358 314 421 297 424 9 Lam Ben L16 L05 W11 W15 L01 W08 L10 348 331 440 377 295 393 359 10 Ball Don L04 L06 W12 L03 L18 W14 W09 379 316 403 385 364 425 446 11 David John W03 L17 L09 W18 W14 L12 L02 342 328 237 393 425 379 358 12 Matlow Rachel L01 L08 L10 L13 W16 W11 W07 219 315 398 299 370 411 366 13 Helewa Charles L06 L04 W17 W12 L02 L03 W18 288 374 327 352 338 312 333 14 Muskovitch Barry L05 W15 W16 W07 L11 L10 L01 227 411 349 438 273 325 317 15 Oh Hans L02 L14 W03 L09 L06 W17 L04 344 361 352 319 373 382 341 16 Fernando Percy W09 L02 L14 L17 L12 W18 L03 351 302 307 297 347 353 340 17 Caughran Jim L07 W11 L13 W16 L08 L15 L05 294 372 293 370 371 306 323 18 Simpson Fraser L08 L01 L07 L11 W10 L16 L13 324 351 385 289 381 312 319