Mario Shalendra Ranasuriya (#83) at WSC 2001

Navigation Bar

[WSC 2001 logo]

Go to: Finals Commentary Games Players Photos Profiles Standings Teams Press

Congratulations to the 2001 World Champion, Brian Cappelletto!

Back to WSC 2001 Live Coverage: Players

Mario Shalendra Ranasuriya (#83) at WSC 2001

Background Information
Larger photo available	Given name(s): Mario Shalendra Surname(s): Ranasuriya Home: Manama, Bahrain Age: 15 Awards: Inter-school Competition Overall Winner (Team Captain) Hobbies: Tennis, Cricket, Playing Guitar and Drums, Singing, Composing poems and song lyrics, Computer programming, Comic-drawing Occupation: Student WSC 2001 Team: Bahrain

Tournament Ups and Downs

Each pole is labelled at the top with the tournament round. The player's rank that round is shown below.

Round-by-Round
High score: 479 Average for: 384 Average against: 415
Round 1		Ranasuriya played #39 Karl Khoshnaw (Kurdistan-Iraq) and won 444 to 300 (a spread of 144) . Current ranking: #10. Current record: 1-0, +144.
Round 2	Larger photo available	Ranasuriya played #61 Aaron Clottey (Ghana) and won 455 to 327 (a spread of 128) . Current ranking: #5. Current record: 2-0, +272. Ranasuriya is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Ranasuriya played #65 Margarida Ana de Souza (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 357 to 320 (a spread of 37) . Current ranking: #6. Current record: 3-0, +309.
Round 4		Ranasuriya played #04 Brian Cappelletto (United States) and lost 313 to 447 (a spread of -134) . Current ranking: #21. Current record: 3-1, +175.
Round 5		Ranasuriya played #09 Adam Logan (Canada) and lost 375 to 441 (a spread of -66) . Current ranking: #31. Current record: 3-2, +109.
Round 6	Larger photo available	Ranasuriya played #50 Peter Sinton (New Zealand) and lost 336 to 475 (a spread of -139) . Current ranking: #47. Current record: 3-3, -30.
Round 7		Ranasuriya played #36 Randy Hersom (United States) and lost 364 to 424 (a spread of -60) . Current ranking: #53. Current record: 3-4, -90. Ranasuriya is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 8		Ranasuriya played #26 Femi Awowade (Nigeria) and lost 353 to 415 (a spread of -62) . Current ranking: #61. Current record: 3-5, -152.
Round 9		Ranasuriya played #28 Zev Kaufman (Canada) and lost 270 to 592 (a spread of -322) . Current ranking: #74. Current record: 3-6, -474.
Round 10	Larger photo available	Ranasuriya played #16 David Acton (England) and lost 305 to 591 (a spread of -286) . Current ranking: #82. Current record: 3-7, -760.
Round 11		Ranasuriya played #58 Lewis Singh (Guyana) and won 370 to 314 (a spread of 56) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 4-7, -704.
Round 12		Ranasuriya played #56 Chris Abordo (Bahrain) and won 385 to 317 (a spread of 68) . Current ranking: #68. Current record: 5-7, -636. Ranasuriya is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Ranasuriya played #71 Ron Hoekstra (Canada) and lost 305 to 391 (a spread of -86) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 5-8, -722.
Round 14	Larger photo available	Ranasuriya played #81 Kwame Poku (Ghana) and lost 464 to 516 (a spread of -52) . Current ranking: #79. Current record: 5-9, -774. Ranasuriya is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Ranasuriya played #57 Isaac Apindi Adhero Lang'o (Tanzania) and lost 410 to 428 (a spread of -18) . Current ranking: #80. Current record: 5-10, -792.
Round 16	Larger photo available	Ranasuriya played #72 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (Zambia) and lost 360 to 444 (a spread of -84) . Current ranking: #83. Current record: 5-11, -876.
Round 17		Ranasuriya played #62 Danny Cotejo (Qatar) and lost 450 to 458 (a spread of -8) . Current ranking: #85. Current record: 5-12, -884.
Round 18	Larger photo available	Ranasuriya played #88 James Charles Wright (Gibraltar) and won 434 to 389 (a spread of 45) . Current ranking: #81. Current record: 6-12, -839.
Round 19	Larger photo available	Ranasuriya played #88 James Charles Wright (Gibraltar) and won 474 to 418 (a spread of 56) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 7-12, -783.
Round 20	Larger photo available	Ranasuriya played #70 Sanath Hemachandra (Oman) and won 364 to 348 (a spread of 16) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 8-12, -767. Ranasuriya is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Ranasuriya played #59 Ranganathan Chakravarthy (India) and won 380 to 378 (a spread of 2) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 9-12, -765.
Round 22	Larger photo available	Ranasuriya played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and lost 341 to 428 (a spread of -87) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 9-13, -852.
Round 23		Ranasuriya played #53 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (Romania) and won 479 to 380 (a spread of 99) . Current ranking: #69. Current record: 10-13, -753.
Round 24	Larger photo available	Ranasuriya played #61 Aaron Clottey (Ghana) and tied at 420 . Current ranking: #65. Current record: 10.5-13.5, -753. Ranasuriya is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Final Game 1		Ranasuriya is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Final Game 2		Ranasuriya is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Ranasuriya is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

HASBRO is the owner of the registered SCRABBLE^® trademark in the United States and Canada. © 2001 HASBRO. All rights reserved. "SCRABBLE^® Brand Crossword Game" is the proper way to refer to this unique group of word games and related properties marketed by HASBRO. "SCRABBLE^®" is not a generic term. To use it as such is not only misleading but also does injustice to the company responsible for the trademark's longtime popularity. All we ask is that when you mean SCRABBLE^® Brand Crossword Game, you say so.

The SCRABBLE^® trademark is owned by J.W. Spear and Sons, PLC, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. outside of the United States and Canada.

For more information about SCRABBLE^® or the NSA, or to comment on or correct the contents of this page, please e-mail: info@scrabble-assoc.com
To report technical difficulties in reading this page, please contact webmaster John Chew at: jjchew@math.utoronto.ca