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2005 Canadian National SCRABBLE® Championship Commentary: After the Finals

Congratulations to the first-ever two-time Canadian Champion, Adam Logan!

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Results of Sunday's Late Bird, directed by Craig Rowland, attended by Jim Nanavati (Burlington ON), George MacAulay (Saskatoon SK), Albert Hahn (Calgary AB), Ron Hoekstra (Kentwood, MI), Sinna Vijayakumar (Mississauga ON), Trevor Sealy (Oshawa ON), Tony Leah (Ajax ON), Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and several local players. A list of prizewinners will be posted here when it is available.

Division A

Rank Seed Name (online)      Wins Cumul OldR NewR Chng For Agn  Hi
  1     4 Nanavati, Jim       6.0   +12 1775 1807  +32 380 378 417
  2     3 MacAulay, George    5.0  +512 1776 1797  +21 437 364 557
  3     5 Hahn, Albert        5.0  +397 1735 1763  +28 426 370 472
  4     1 Hoekstra, Ron       4.0  +102 1821 1806  -15 410 395 474
  5     6 Vijayakumar, Sinna  3.0  +109 1673 1659  -14 397 381 512
  6     8 Currie, Hugh        3.0  -114 1624 1625   +1 399 415 481
  7     7 Tillekeratne, Siri  3.0  -318 1631 1620  -11 357 403 437
  8    10 Sealy, Trevor       2.0  -181 1417 1430  +13 373 399 498
  9     2 Leah, Tony          2.0  -191 1818 1770  -48 373 400 404
 10     9 Ubeika, Jason       2.0  -328 1484 1483   -1 347 394 381
 1  Nanavati, Jim      W10 L03 W09 W07 W02 W06 W03 
                       373 342 409 362 376 417 381 
 2  MacAulay, George   W06 W05 W04 L03 L01 W09 W05 
                       557 419 417 404 368 476 421 
 3  Hahn, Albert       W08 W01 W07 W02 W09 L04 L01 
                       472 464 464 450 390 369 376 
 4  Hoekstra, Ron      W05 L06 L02 L10 W08 W03 W09 
                       474 378 383 377 386 406 464 
 5  Vijayakumar, Sinna L04 L02 W06 W08 W07 L10 L02 
                       356 362 411 432 512 326 380 
 6  Currie, Hugh       L02 W04 L05 L09 W10 L01 W08 
                       316 481 393 368 376 395 462 
 7  Tillekeratne, Siri W09 W10 L03 L01 L05 L08 W10 
                       437 433 328 342 243 340 377 
 8  Sealy, Trevor      L03 L09 W10 L05 L04 W07 L06 
                       371 257 498 345 363 363 416 
 9  Leah, Tony         L07 W08 L01 W06 L03 L02 L04 
                       399 375 394 404 356 283 399 
10  Ubeika, Jason      L01 L07 L08 W04 L06 W05 L07 
                       309 343 327 381 322 375 375 

Division B

Rank Seed Name (online)     Wins Cumul OldR NewR Chng For Agn  Hi
  1     8 Lashley, Sid       6.0  +659 1153 1186  +33 423 329 600
  2     4 Broersma, Jason    5.0  +649 1307 1299   -8 422 329 506
  3     2 Cullman, Roger     5.0  +277 1362 1346  -16 375 336 479
  4     9 Fernando, Priya    5.0  +217 1137 1158  +21 366 335 442
  5    10 Kovacs, Valeria    5.0  +172 1109 1152  +43 357 333 397
  6    14 Edelson, Mark      4.0  +254  929  955  +26 367 331 439
  7     5 Muhling, Vivienne  4.0  +224 1260 1237  -23 365 333 438
  8    16 Simpson, Fraser    4.0  +145  914  981  +67 338 318 392
  9     6 Tyszka, Gene       4.0   -19 1227 1215  -12 352 355 445
 10    15 Turner, Kevin      4.0   -53  921  983  +62 351 359 438
 11     3 Palazzo, Mad       3.0  +167 1325 1273  -52 388 365 450
 12     1 Lobo, Yvonne       3.0   -45 1387 1321  -66 406 413 484
 13    12 Bigall, Vera       3.0   -86 1047 1046   -1 347 359 448
 14     7 Barinque, Jean     3.0  -276 1186 1147  -39 358 398 524
 15    13 Brown, Allan       3.0  -424  960  976  +16 329 390 444
 16    17 Ball, Don          3.0  -480  871  912  +41 324 392 378
 17    20 Lyn, Laurinda      2.0  -201  698  728  +30 340 369 456
 18    18 Helewa, Charles    2.0  -408  819  814   -5 328 386 347
 19    19 Raviraj, Kaveri    1.0  -383  772  766   -6 331 385 400
 20    11 Landry, Chris      1.0  -389 1090 1028  -62 321 377 381
 1  Lashley, Sid      L06 W16 W12 W13 W05 W10 W05 
                      317 600 485 413 414 384 346 
 2  Broersma, Jason   W18 W10 L04 W09 W15 L05 W07 
                      433 432 354 506 495 317 416 
 3  Cullman, Roger    W17 W20 L05 W16 L04 W11 W08 
                      346 408 317 387 321 479 368 
 4  Fernando, Priya   L10 W18 W02 L15 W03 W09 W10 
                      293 442 393 300 368 384 379 
 5  Kovacs, Valeria   W20 W17 W03 W07 L01 W02 L01 
                      394 309 397 374 343 378 307 
 6  Edelson, Mark     W01 L12 L16 W19 L09 W18 W13 
                      352 328 351 439 282 423 396 
 7  Muhling, Vivienne W19 W15 W14 L05 L10 W13 L02 
                      391 438 399 363 317 345 303 
 8  Simpson, Fraser   W11 L09 L13 W20 W14 W15 L03 
                      341 234 352 388 392 330 331 
 9  Tyszka, Gene      W13 W08 L11 L02 W06 L04 W15 
                      347 335 308 267 410 351 445 
10  Turner, Kevin     W04 L02 W18 W11 W07 L01 L04 
                      354 308 438 373 364 310 312 
11  Palazzo, Mad      L08 L13 W09 L10 W17 L03 W16 
                      333 383 450 363 416 352 422 
12  Lobo, Yvonne      L16 W06 L01 L14 W20 L17 W17 
                      375 455 326 484 397 413 393 
13  Bigall, Vera      L09 W11 W08 L01 W16 L07 L06 
                      305 448 354 398 370 326 227 
14  Barinque, Jean    L15 W19 L07 W12 L08 L16 W19 
                      383 370 302 524 284 242 403 
15  Brown, Allan      W14 L07 W19 W04 L02 L08 L09 
                      444 229 366 323 321 300 321 
16  Ball, Don         W12 L01 W06 L03 L13 W14 L11 
                      377 264 357 304 278 378 309 
17  Lyn, Laurinda     L03 L05 L20 W18 L11 W12 L12 
                      292 297 304 368 294 456 369 
18  Helewa, Charles   L02 L04 L10 L17 W19 L06 W20 
                      334 327 344 339 347 258 347 
19  Raviraj, Kaveri   L07 L14 L15 L06 L18 W20 L14 
                      321 358 337 293 276 400 329 
20  Landry, Chris     L05 L03 W17 L08 L12 L19 L18 
                      276 305 365 249 349 381 324 

Awards Ceremony

Only moments after the last game of the finals were over, and handshakes and hugs were given in the finals room, John Chew straightened his tie and began the awards ceremony in the viewing room. He thanked Hasbro Canada for their support and Wiebe Tinga, the new president, in particular for his attendance on Thursday and support of the event throughout. He gestured toward the Hasbro Canada employees at the ceremony and thanked them, too. Someone in the crowd potentially put John's memory to the test by asking him to introduce them. Robert Chuchla, stepped up and saved John from a potentially embarrassing situation by introducing himself (Marketing Team Leader Games), Christie Power (Marketing Coordinator Games and Puzzles), and Michael Sadovnick, intern working for Marisa Pedatella (Marketing Services Specialist). As it turns out, John assured me later that he had worked with them enough to know their names, but was just as happy to have Robert speak up.

Others thanked were his Co-director Mad Palazzo, several members of the Toronto SCRABBLE^® club, and all the event workers. His last thanks went to Robin Pollock Daniel for coming down in this early summer heatwave to sizzle in front of the crowd as she led the gallery of viewers through an array of words played and words imagined.

And then it was time to give out prizes and money. The first player honored was Siri Tillekeratne (Calgary AB), who was voted by the players in secret balloting earlier today, as the player they thought deserving of the Michael Wise Memorial Sportsmanship Award. Siri was clearly overjoyed to win and joked that he'd performed so poorly at the event, that he had ample opportunity to demonstrate good sportsmanship. He will be sent a SCRABBLE^® rug donated to the CNSC by Sam Kantimathi of SamTimer fame.

The next set of prizes were awarded to those who did not finish in the top 14 (they got other prizes!) and did not receive a bye in Saturday's game play. All winners mentioned received a round of applause and were asked to wait atop the SCRABBLE^® rug for a group photo afterwards. They will receive a check for $25 CAD each. High Daily Word: Craig Rowland (Mississauga ON), Thursday (MISDEALT, 167); Heather McCall (Toronto ON), Friday (CANTERED, 131); and Libero Paolella (Toronto ON), Saturday (PATCHIER, 149). High Daily Record: Steve Ozorio (Mississauga ON), Thursday (5-2 +312); David Stokoe (Windsor ON), Friday (8-0 +767; and Lisa Kessler (Toronto ON), Saturday (3-0 +??).

The top 10 finishers will receive checks and places 11-14 were awarded Hasbro gift packs that included three games (Junior SCRABBLE^®, SCRABBLE^®, and Deluxe SCRABBLE^®). The following were called out to join those gathered atop the SCRABBLE^® rug: Linda Espallardo (Cote Saint-Luc QC), 14th place (10-8 +691); Lou Cornelis (Ottawa ON), 13th place (10.5-7.5 +522); Andrew Golding (Verdun QC), 12th place (11-7 +221); Maxim Panitch (Toronto ON), 11th place (11-7 +302); George MacAulay (Saskatoon SK), 10th place (11-7 +505, $100); Ron Hoekstra (Kentwood, MI), 9th place (11-7 +539, $100); Emanuel Chicoine (Montreal QC), 8th place (11-7 +832, $100); Dean Saldanha (Richmond BC), 7th place (12-6 +244, $100); David Boys (Dorval QC) 6th place (12-6 +761, $250); Evan Berofsky (Thornhill ON), 5th place (12-6 +943, $350); Joel Wapnick (Montréal QC), 4th place (12-6 +1123, $500); Shaun Goatcher (Mississauga ON), 3rd place (13-5 +210, $1000); Tony Leah (Ajax ON), 2nd place (13-5 +1015, 1-3 finals, $2,500); and Adam Logan (United Kingdom), 1st place (15-3 +1792, 3-1 finals, $7,000).

Robert Chuchla and Christie Power from Hasbro Canada and John Chew flanked Adam Logan (United Kingdom) and awarded him the giant check for the photo op and then all the winners present posed for a group shot on the SCRABBLE^® rug. Adam then posed for some more photos while Lynda Wise (Toronto ON) managed to find the microphone to thank the person who had worked tirelessly to carry off the CNSC this year. We al clapped for John Chew and hope to see at the helm again soon.

Congratulations to all who qualified for and played in the 2005 Canadian National SCRABBLE^® Championships!

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