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12/14/2025

Top finishers at the California Open in San Francisco, CA (WGPO/CoCo, 20 rounds):

WOW Division 1
Joe Edley
16-3
+1348
Rafi Stern
14-6
+957
Noah Walton
13-7
+1230
CSW Division 1
Ben Schoenbrun
16-4
+1157
Wellington Jighere
14-6
+1584
Edgar Odongkara
13-7
+834

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in San Francisco:

WOW Division 1
Letitia Sears
24th/38
10-10
+207
12/7/2025

Due to a rent increase and declining attendance, the Vancouver Scrabble Club is moving to a new venue in 2026. Our last meeting at St. Mark's Lutheran Church is Thursday, December 18. There will be no meetings on December 25 and January 1. Starting on January 7, the club will be meeting Wednesday nights at Army Navy & Air Force Veterans Unit 26 (727 E. 49th Ave., Vancouver). There will be no drop in fee, but regular players will be expected to get an annual membership to the ANAF club, which costs $45/year.

10/19/2025

Top finishers at the Manhattan Tournament in New York, NY (NASPA, 16 rounds):

(cross-table)

Division 1
Mack Meller
12-4
+1298
Jackson Smylie
12-4
+615
Kenneth Rubin
12-4
+197
Division 2
Letitia Sears
12-4
+775
Neil Bines
12-4
+309
Cameron Siegal
11-5
+644
Division 3
Judy Cole
11-5
+712
Andy Cavaliere
11-5
+193
Katherine Edwards
10-6
+651
Division 4
Thomas Feldman
13-3
+770
Andrea Wang
11-5
+463
Chidi Bosah
10-6
+548

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in New York:

Division 2
Letitia Sears
1st/18
12-4
+775
10/19/2025

Top finishers at the Prairie Dust-up in Winnipeg, MB (WGPO, 14 rounds):

(cross-table)

Division 1
Brian Williams
12-2
+927
Hank Hees
8-6
+188
Gregg Bigourdin
8-6
-533
Division 2
Derek Bowman
11-3
+411
Caroline Polak Scowcroft
9-5
+192
Blair Rutter
8-6
+194
Division 3
David Smith
10-4
+223
Arthur Berger
9-5
+426
Twyla Bellefleur
8-6
+367

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Winnipeg:

Division 1
Richard Craig
4th/8
7-7
-15
Mimmo Rossi
8th/8
3-10-1
-627
10/18/2025

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

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

Division 1
Nigel Peltier
4-2
+340
Robert Kearn
4-2
-7
Richard Stein
3-3
-3
Division 2
John Westwig
4-2
+500
Chris Sjoholm
4-2
+229
Yukari Balabanov
4-2
+29
Division 3
George Bissonnette
6-0
+945
Carl Warner
5-1
+573
Byron Nelson
3-3
-104
Collins Division
Alec Sjoholm
5-1
+789
Eric Fox
4-2
+204
Chris Grubb
2-4
-94

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Lynnwood:

Division 2
Yukari Balabanov
3rd/6
4-2
+29
10/15/2025

Top finishers at the Scrabble Returns to Reno Tournament in Reno, NV (WGPO, 20 rounds):

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

WOW Division 1
Rafi Stern
17-3
+1580
Carl Johnson
13-7
+1104
David Turissini
13-7
+490
WOW Division 2
Nolan Miranda
14-6
+1054
Mark Milan
14-6
+1001
Letitia Sears
14-6
+528
Collins Division
Greg Harper
18-2
+1500
Stefan Kac
14-6
+1015
K Kaia
12-8
+576

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Reno:

WOW Division 2
Letitia Sears
3rd/16
14-6
+528
9/13/2025

Top finishers at the Vancouver One-Day Tournament in Vancouver, BC (WGPO, 8 rounds):

(cross-table)

Division 1
Evan Kramer
8-0
+873
Murray Weber
5-3
+239
Chris Cheng
5-3
+134
Division 2
Sunshine Gudlaugson
6-2
+585
Kevin Argue
5-3
+366
John Aiken
4-3-1
-28
8/13/2025

Top finishers at 2025 Scrabble Players Championship in Baltimore, MD (NASPA, 31 rounds):

(tournament website)

Division 1
Nigel Peltier*
22-9
+1234
Mack Meller*
22-9
+1383
Nigel Richards
21-9-1
+987

* Peltier beat Meller 3-2 in a best-of-5 final.

Division 2
Evan Chester
22-9
+1131
Tijan Jeng
21-10
+1333
Michael Thelen
21-10
+950
Division 3
Greg Feldkamp
27-4
+2391
Samuel Heiman
21-10
+898
Coug Critchlow
20-11
+1252
Division 4
Nolan Miranda
23-8
+2036
Sarah Bowe
21-10
+996
Bob Hart
20-11
+905
Collins Division 1
Alec Sjoholm*
24-7
+1675
Dennis Ikekeregor*
23-8
+1270
Ben Schoenbrun
20-11
+818

* Sjoholm beat Ikekeregor 3-1 in a best-of-5 final.

Collins Division 2
Eric Fox
28-3
+2970
Ayodele Odekunle
21-10
+1510
Ruth Hamilton
21-10
+559

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Baltimore:

Division 2
Letitia Sears
59th/65
12-19
-619
8/7/2025

Top finishers at the 2025 Word Cup in St. Louis, MO (WGPO, 31 rounds):

(tournament results: [WOW] [CSW Div. 1] [CSW Div. 2])

WOW Division 1
Nigel Richards
26-5
+2594
Joey Krafchick
20-10-1
+1485
Kenji Matsumoto
20-10-1
+1021
WOW Division 2
Cherish Amby-Okolo
25-6
+1582
Erik Salgado
20-11
+1565
George Asaka
20-11
+542
WOW Division 3
Katya Lezin
23-8
+2201
Samuel Heiman
20-11
+1276
Letitia Sears
20-11
+779
WOW Division 4
Charlie Tarr
23-7-5
+1956
Brian Garnett
23-7-5
+1839
Connor Sell
20-10-1
+735
Collins Division 1
Wellington Jighere
22-9
+1425
Enoch Nwali
20-11
+470
Eta Caro
19-12
+711
Collins Division 2
Bharath Balakrishnan
23-8
+1347
Mark Francillon
21-9-1
+1227
Nicholas Tam
19-12
+740

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in St. Louis:

WOW Division 3
Letitia Sears
3rd/26
20-11
+779
7/24/2024

Top finishers at 2025 Niagara Falls International Open in Niagara Falls, ON (NASPA, 22 rounds):

(NWL results) (CSW results)

NWL Division 1
Jackson Smylie
17-5
+1407
Mack Meller
16-6
+2011
Steve Grob
25-6-1
+439
NWL Division 2
Max Pan
20-2
+1841
Caleb Pittman
16-6
+728
Sharon Dalgliesh
14-8
-122
CSW Division 1
Jason Keller
20-1-1
+1986
Josh Sokol
16-6
+1311
Laurie Cohen
15-7
+483
CSW Division 2
Willy Nwabor
16-6
+714
Joe Roberdeau
16-6
+376
Elise Bickford
14-8
+878

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Niagara Falls:

NWL Division 1
Letitia Sears
15th/18
8-14
-1081
CSW Division 1
Dean Saldanha
9th/28
12-9-1
+823
1/20/2025

Top finishers at the Crescent City Cup in New Orleans, LA (WGPO/CoCo, 20 rounds):

WOW Open Division
Carl Johnson
15-5
+830
Edward De Guzman
14-6
+1079
Orry Swift
14-6
+1052
WOW Lite Division
Peter Hopkins
14-6
+498
Sally Scalzo
13-6-1
+344
Hannah Rozear
13-7
+1385
CSW Open Division
Joshua Castellano
14-6
+954
Dave Wiegand
13-7
+846
Chris Lipe
13-7
+702
CSW Lite Division
Carson Ip
15-5
+1159
Ayotunde Adeyeri
15-5
+959
Emmanuel Egbele
14-6
+947

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in New Orleans:

WOW Open Division
Letitia Sears
38th/42
7-13
-386
CSW Open Division
Chris Cheng
26th/28
7-13
-744
Dean Saldanha
8th/28
11-9
+442