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12/10/2023

Top finishers at the California Open in Palm Springs, CA (WGPO/CoCo, 17 rounds):

NWL Division
Rafi Stern
15-2
+1213
Seth Lipkin
13-4
+907
Jon Shreve
12-5
+1202
Collins Division
Yukiko Loritz
12-5
+771
David Whitley
12-5
+644
Bruce Ward
10-7
+707

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Palm Springs:

NWL Division
Chris Cheng
16th/42
9-8
+426
11/13/2023

Top finishers at the North American Collins Championship in Seattle, WA (CoCo, 24 rounds):

(full results: [Div. 1] [Div. 2])

Division 1
Kevin Fraley*
16-8
+861
Dave Wiegand*
18-6
+1583
Austin Shin*
15-9
-37
Kolton Koehler*
14-10
+1004

* Fraley beat Shin 2-0 in a best-of-3 semi-final. Wiegand beat Koehler 2-1 in a best-of-3 semi-final. Fraley beat Wiegand 2-0 in a best-of-3 final. Koehler beat Shin 2-1 in a best-of-3 third-place match.

Division 2
Kevin Schutz*
21-3
+1442
Ayotunde Adeyeri*
15-9
+670
Lindsay Shin*
18-6
+1291
Vera Bigall*
15-9
+320

* Schutz beat Bigall 2-1 in a best-of-3 semi-final. Adeyeri beat Shin 2-1 in a best-of-3 semi-final. Schutz beat Adeyeri 2-1 in a best-of-3 final. Shin beat Bigall 2-0 in a best-of-3 third-place match.

10/30/2023

Top finishers at the 9th Annual Canadian Open in Calgary, AB (WGPO, 21 rounds):

(cross-table)

Division 1
Matthew Larocque
15-6
+841
Hank Hees
13-7-1
+392
Juraj Pivovarov
13-8
+959
Division 2
Sue Brigliadori
15-6
+1087
Wendy McGrath
14-7
+585
John Aitken
14-7
+309

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Calgary:

Division 1
Letitia Sears
8th/10
8-13
-584
9/4/2023

Top finishers at 32nd Annual Labor Day Weekend Tournament in Portland, OR (WGPO, 20 rounds):

(full results) (cross-tables: [NWL EB] [Collins EB] [NWL Main] [Collins Main])

Division 1
Chris Cheng
16-4
+566
Norases Vesdapunt
13-6-1
+855
Kevin Burbridge
13-7
+177
Division 2
Ruth Hamilton
15-5
+788
Greg Harper
14-6
+1167
Jane Bissonnette
13-7
+348
Division 3
Mary Logullo
15-5
+1047
Carl Warner
14-6
+897
Zana Anderson
14-6
+614
Collins Division 1
Alec Sjoholm
17-3
+1364
Dave Wiegand
13-7
+630
David Whitley
11-9
+357
Collins Division 2
Paula Catanese
17-3
+995
Cheryl Melvin
13-7
+608
Betty Cornelison
12-8
+204

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Portland:

Division 1
Chris Cheng
1st/18
16-4
+566
Jill Turney
14th/18
8-12
-618
Division 2
Letitia Sears
15th/18
7-13
-381
8/20/2023

Top finishers at the Lynnwood Half-Day Tournament in Lynnwood, WA (NASPA, 6 rounds):

(cross-tables: [NWL] [Collins])

NWL Division 1
Adam Henderson
6-0
+522
Daniel Goodwin
4-1-1
+346
Amy Bearmon
3-3
+8
NWL Division 2
Frank Schin
6-0
+522
Theo Hildebrand
4-2
+245
Jon Westwig
4-2
+118
Collins Division
Chris Grubb
5-1
+690
Alec Sjoholm
5-1
+361
Chris Sjoholm
4-2
+318

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Lynnwood:

Yukari Balabanov
7th/8
1-4-1
-239
8/6/2023

Top finishers at the Vancouver August Scrabble Tournament (Collins Division) in North Vancouver, BC (CoCo, 8 rounds):

(full results)

Evans Clinchy
6-2
+446
Alec Sjoholm
5-3
+288
Chris Tallman
5-3
+108
8/5/2023

Top finishers at the Vancouver August Scrabble Tournament (NWL Division) in North Vancouver, BC (WGPO, 8 rounds):

(cross-table)

Richard Craig
6-2
+484
Chris Cheng
6-2
+395
Letitia Sears
5-3
+333
7/26/2023

Top finishers at the Word English-Language Scrabble Players Association Championship in Las Vegas, NV (WESPA, 32 rounds):

David Eldar*
22-9-1
+2094
Harshan Lamabadusuriya*
23-9
+1283
Lewis MacKay
22-10
+1763

* Eldar beat Lamabadusuriya 4-3 in a best-of-7 final.

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Las Vegas:

Dean Saldanha
13th/134
20-12
+579
7/19/2023

Top finishers at 2023 Scrabble Players Championship in Las Vegas, NV (NASPA, 31 rounds):

Division 1
Joshua Sokol*
26-7
+1255
Joey Mallick*
21-12
+1102
Jackson Smylie
22-9
+883

* Sokol beat Mallick 3-2 in a best-of-5 final.

Division 2
Howard Pistol
21-10
+1692
Maddy Kamen
21-10
+1361
Billy Nakamura
20-11
+1154
Division 3
Ben Greenwood
22-9
+1658
Hank Hees
22-9
+1501
Greg Feldkamp
21-10
+1040
Division 4
Jennifer DeWaelsche
23-8
+1210
Tristan Vanech
22-8-1
+1469
Bob Vanech
21-10
+1413
Collins Division 1
Wellington Jighere*
27-6
+1187
David Eldar*
23-10
+1648
Alec Sjoholm
20-11
+1294

* Jighere beat Eldar 3-2 in a best-of-5 final.

Collins Division 2
Sanya Adebola
26-5
+2263
Salami Olabisi
23-8
+1747
Charles Osadolor
21-10
+1365

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Las Vegas:

Division 2
Letitia Sears
25th/53
16-15
-602
Jill Turney
38th/53
14-17
+71
Division 3
Lilia Murnane
24th/35
15-16
-810
7/18/2023

Top finishers at the Seattle Summer Tournament in Seattle, WA (CoCo, 14 rounds):

(cross-table)

Jesse Day
11-3
+1122
Evans Clinchy
11-3
+979
Chris Tallman
10-4
+951

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Seattle:

Tara Hurley
6th/7
6-8
-550
Chris Tallman
3rd/7
10-4
+951
7/4/2023

Top finishers at the 2023 Word Cup in Albany, NY (WGPO, 31 rounds):

(cross-tables: [EB1 NWL] [EB1 CSW] [EB2 NWL] [EB1 CSW] [Main NWL] [Main CSW])

NWL Division 1
Jackson Smylie
23-8
+1490
Jason Li
19-12
+1016
Zachary Ansell
19-12
+343
Collins Division
Ben Schoenbrun
23-8
+2242
Matthew Tunnicliffe
22-8-1
+1558
Thomas Reinke
21-9-1
+1521
6/12/2023

Top finishers at the Vancouver Welcome Back Tournament in North Vancouver, BC (WGPO, 15 rounds):

(cross-table)

Division 1
Dean Saldanha
12-3
+1277
Chris Cheng
11-4
+322
Alec Sjoholm
9-6
+806
Division 2
Miriam Gregory
12-3
+647
Lilia Murnane
11-3-1
+483
Andrew Krywaniuk
10-5
+205