Don Ball [#7] at USSO 2006

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On this page, you will find information about Don Ball, who is a contestant at the 2006 U.S. SCRABBLE® Open. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. Ball currently has a record of 15-13, +349, and is ranked #38 in Division 6.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Don Surname(s): Ball Home: Mississauga, ON, Canada Hobbies: contemporary art, running Occupation: Art Educator

Career History

7-year record against other players at this event	3-0 (1.000)
Past 1-12 months	2-0 (1.000)	WW
Past 13-24 months	1-0 (1.000)	W
Past 25-36 months	no games
Past 37-48 months	no games
Past 49-60 months	no games
Past 61-72 months	no games
Past 73-84 months	no games

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 502 Average for: 365 Average against: 352
Round 1		Ball played #15 Cecile Betts (Laguna Woods, CA) and lost 314 to 341 (a spread of -27). Before this event, Ball had not played Betts in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #68. Current record: 0-1, -27.
Round 2		Ball played #19 Ruth Brower (Hockessin, DE) and won 436 to 396 (a spread of 40). Before this event, Ball had not played Brower in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #56. Current record: 1-1, +13.
Round 3		Ball played #111 Joyce Stock (Rocky River, OH) and won 380 to 372 (a spread of 8). Before this event, Ball had not played Stock in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #45. Current record: 2-1, +21.
Round 4		Ball played #91 Edna Perry (Gilbert, AZ) and won 441 to 232 (a spread of 209). Before this event, Ball had not played Perry in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #24. Current record: 3-1, +230.
Round 5		Ball played #96 Sally Reeser (Allentown, PA) and lost 320 to 400 (a spread of -80). Before this event, Ball had not played Reeser in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #34. Current record: 3-2, +150.
Round 6		Ball played #5 Irene Averbach (Rochester, NY) and lost 292 to 385 (a spread of -93). Before this event, Ball had not played Averbach in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #52. Current record: 3-3, +57.
Round 7		Ball played #121 Kar-mun Wong (San Jose, CA) and lost 317 to 476 (a spread of -159). Before this event, Ball had not played Wong in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #71. Current record: 3-4, -102.
Round 8		Ball played #84 Carl Naples (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY) and won 364 to 310 (a spread of 54). Before this event, Ball had not played Naples in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #57. Current record: 4-4, -48.
Round 9		Ball played #99 Laura Rickhoff (Saugus, CA) and lost 262 to 406 (a spread of -144). Before this event, Ball had not played Rickhoff in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #72. Current record: 4-5, -192.
Round 10		Ball played #13 Jane Bernes (Scottsdale, AZ) and lost 338 to 363 (a spread of -25). Before this event, Ball had not played Bernes in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #90. Current record: 4-6, -217.
Round 11		Ball played #108 Karin Somerville (Chandler, AZ) and won 453 to 283 (a spread of 170). Before this event, Ball had not played Somerville in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #70. Current record: 5-6, -47.
Round 12		Ball played #74 Sedona Maniak (Portland, OR) and lost 394 to 419 (a spread of -25). Before this event, Ball had not played Maniak in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #80. Current record: 5-7, -72.
Round 13		Ball played #59 Jeff Jacobs (Phoenix, AZ) and won 404 to 211 (a spread of 193). Before this event, Ball had not played Jacobs in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #63. Current record: 6-7, +121.
Round 14		Ball played #40 Bill G Eastham (Albuquerque, NM) and won 502 to 266 (a spread of 236). Before this event, Ball had not played Eastham in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #49. Current record: 7-7, +357.
Round 15		Ball played #27 Lindsay Crotty (Metairie, LA) and won 395 to 280 (a spread of 115). Before this event, Ball had not played Crotty in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #36. Current record: 8-7, +472.
Round 16		Ball played #57 Candace Hurley (Vine Grove, KY) and won 351 to 321 (a spread of 30). Before this event, Ball had not played Hurley in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #28. Current record: 9-7, +502.
Round 17		Ball played #36 Marion Dimond (Calgary AB) and lost 351 to 365 (a spread of -14). Before this event, Ball had not played Dimond in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #38. Current record: 9-8, +488.
Round 18		Ball played #2 Donna Anderson (Arnold, MD) and lost 266 to 380 (a spread of -114). Before this event, Ball had not played Anderson in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 9-9, +374.
Round 19		Ball played #82 Ronald F Millard (Lancaster, PA) and won 410 to 349 (a spread of 61). Before this event, Ball had not played Millard in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 10-9, +435.
Round 20		Ball played #107 Mary Snider (Austin, TX) and won 347 to 337 (a spread of 10). Before this event, Ball had not played Snider in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #31. Current record: 11-9, +445.
Round 21		Ball played #52 Richard Hamilton (Harrisburg, PA) and lost 294 to 344 (a spread of -50). Before this event, Ball had not played Hamilton in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #40. Current record: 11-10, +395.
Round 22		Ball played #43 L Cheryl Francis (Indian Island, Old Town, ME) and won 364 to 327 (a spread of 37). Before this event, Ball had not played Francis in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #33. Current record: 12-10, +432.
Round 23		Ball played #31 Catherine Day (Cambridge, MA) and won 423 to 355 (a spread of 68). Before this event, Ball had not played Day in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #27. Current record: 13-10, +500.
Round 24		Ball played #115 Gavin Thompson (Ottawa ON) and lost 333 to 463 (a spread of -130). Before this event, Ball had not played Thompson in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #35. Current record: 13-11, +370.
Round 25		Ball played #76 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and lost 348 to 359 (a spread of -11). Before this event, Ball had not played Matthews in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #40. Current record: 13-12, +359.
Round 26		Ball played #55 Margaret Hughes (Los Angeles, CA) and won 361 to 348 (a spread of 13). Before this event, Ball had not played Hughes in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #35. Current record: 14-12, +372.
Round 27		Ball played #41 Chora B Eilertsen (Coal Harbour, Vancouver Island BC) and won 419 to 326 (a spread of 93). Before this event, Ball had not played Eilertsen in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #30. Current record: 15-12, +465.
Round 28		Ball played #48 Whitney Gould (Berkeley, CA) and lost 334 to 450 (a spread of -116). Before this event, Ball had not played Gould in at least 7 years. Current ranking: #38. Current record: 15-13, +349.

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