well well well, i am back from the Causeway Scrabble Challenge 2007 in Johor. a total of 108 participants, 78 in the Open Division, and 30 in the Masters.
i played in the Open division where they had contestants from, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, and USA. made a good start with a win but came crashing back down with a big loss to one of sgp's top players, Yen Nee with a spread of 342 points. then had a mixed first day winning 2 out of the next 4 games.
the second day was quite horrendous where i won 2 games sandwiched by two 3 lgames losing streaks. but ended the day with two straight wins.
earlier today, last day of the tourney began very brightly with me winning all 4 games in the morn but losing the last two games after lunch dampened my spirits a little. so all in all, i had 11 wins out of 22 in the 3-day event. no memorable plays but something to boast about is that i finished higher than amy, my fren who is one of sgp's top 30 players, the one who usu beats me during our games at the void deck, he finished with 10.5 wins. another milestone is that i ended the tourney with a positive spread of 159, neva had i a positive overall spread in all the tournaments tt i have played in.
FYI, the Open Division was won by Tony Sim from Sgp. congratulations to him. the Masters division individual was won by A. Ganesh (Mal), the world no. 1. but in the team event, Sgp emerged champions followed by Malaysia then Thailand. Defending Champs Australia only managed a fourth placing. well done sgp scrabblers.
well nx yr's gonna be a bigger event, 4 days and 33 games for the Open division. for sure i'm not gonna miss it. what with the wonderful food the hotel has.
okay, till another update on my "nerdy" life. tomorrow i'm flying off to Phuket.
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