NSC 2008: Craig Rowland [#87]

[ ]

On this page, you will find information about Craig Rowland, who is competing at the 2008 National SCRABBLE® Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 11-17, -852, and is ranked #95 in Division 1.

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

[photo of Craig Rowland]

Given name(s): Craig
Surname(s): Rowland
Home: Mississauga, ON, Canada
Hobbies: Minority European languages, endangered languages, Romansch, Apple Records, Värttinä, Ultra Bra, Yoko Ono, Helen Shapiro
Occupation: Library Assistant
CNSC 1996 Rank: 12
CNSC 1998 Rank: 20
CNSC 2000 Rank: 33
CNSC 2003 Rank: 8
CNSC 2005 Rank: 16
NSC 2002 Division: 1
NSC 2002 Rank: 73/132, 15-16 +95
NSC 2004 Division: 1
NSC 2004 Rank: 32/172, 18-12 +117
USSO 2006 Division: 1
USSO 2006 Rank: 41/76, 14-14 -234

Round by Round
High score: 507 Average for: 376 Average against: 409
Round 1		Rowland played #5 Mike Baron (Corrales, NM) and lost 245 to 361 (a spread of -116). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 0-1, -116.
Round 2		Rowland played #45 Jason Katz-Brown (Cambridge, MA) and lost 325 to 476 (a spread of -151). Current ranking: #95. Current record: 0-2, -267.
Round 3		Rowland played #68 Steve Oliger (Holtwood, PA) and won 428 to 388 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 1-2, -227.
Round 4		Rowland played #66 Lisa Odom (St Louis Park, MN) and lost 355 to 458 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #93. Current record: 1-3, -330.
Round 5		Rowland played #90 Nawapadol Sayavesa (Thailand) and won 372 to 335 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #83. Current record: 2-3, -293.
Round 6		Rowland played #26 Jeremy Frank (New York, NY) and lost 293 to 400 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #91. Current record: 2-4, -400.
Round 7		Rowland played #53 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 455 to 366 (a spread of 89). Current ranking: #84. Current record: 3-4, -311.
Round 8		Rowland played #65 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and lost 352 to 453 (a spread of -101). Current ranking: #88. Current record: 3-5, -412.
Round 9		Rowland played #63 Louie Muller (Newcastle, CA) and lost 447 to 465 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #91. Current record: 3-6, -430.
Round 10		Rowland played #75 Manop Phiphatboonserm (Thailand) and lost 404 to 445 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #95. Current record: 3-7, -471.
Round 11		Rowland played #41 Vernon Jones (Winter Haven, FL) and lost 346 to 400 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #100. Current record: 3-8, -525.
Round 12		Rowland played #99 Frank Tangredi (West Babylon, NY) and won 405 to 286 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #91. Current record: 4-8, -406.
Round 13		Rowland played #4 Michael Baker (Portland, OR) and won 424 to 287 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #83. Current record: 5-8, -269.
Round 14		Rowland played #84 Rob Robinsky (Minneapolis, MN) and lost 374 to 416 (a spread of -42). Current ranking: #91. Current record: 5-9, -311.
Round 15		Rowland played #24 Alyssa Faria (Cambridge, MA) and lost 299 to 509 (a spread of -210). Current ranking: #97. Current record: 5-10, -521.
Round 16		Rowland played #22 Robert Ellickson (New Haven, CT) and lost 374 to 450 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #98. Current record: 5-11, -597.
Round 17		Rowland recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #96. Current record: 6-11, -547.
Round 18		Rowland played #51 Dave Leifer (Alpharetta, GA) and lost 292 to 446 (a spread of -154). Current ranking: #100. Current record: 6-12, -701.
Round 19		Rowland played #9 Jeremy Cahnmann (Chicago, IL) and lost 364 to 368 (a spread of -4). Current ranking: #100. Current record: 6-13, -705.
Round 20		Rowland played #2 Chuck Armstrong (Saline, MI) and lost 316 to 471 (a spread of -155). Current ranking: #100. Current record: 6-14, -860.
Round 21		Rowland played #69 Mike Paxson (Bloomington, IN) and lost 397 to 455 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #101. Current record: 6-15, -918.
Round 22		Rowland played #92 Marjorie Schoneboom (Deer Park, NY) and won 397 to 368 (a spread of 29). Current ranking: #100. Current record: 7-15, -889.
Round 23		Rowland played #71 David Pearl (Long Beach, CA) and won 470 to 343 (a spread of 127). Current ranking: #100. Current record: 8-15, -762.
Round 24		Rowland played #49 Rose Kreiswirth (East Northport, NY) and won 435 to 350 (a spread of 85). Current ranking: #96. Current record: 9-15, -677.
Round 25		Rowland played #11 Ira Cohen (Los Angeles, CA) and won 393 to 351 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #92. Current record: 10-15, -635.
Round 26		Rowland played #55 Seth Lipkin (Hopkinton, MA) and lost 373 to 602 (a spread of -229). Current ranking: #96. Current record: 10-16, -864. Rowland is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 27		Rowland played #77 Amnuay Ploysangngam (Thailand) and won 507 to 399 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #91. Current record: 11-16, -756.
Round 28		Rowland played #24 Alyssa Faria (Cambridge, MA) again and lost 302 to 398 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #95. Current record: 11-17, -852.

HASBRO is the owner of the registered SCRABBLE^® trademark in the United States and Canada. © 2008 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