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The 5th Penang YMCA (Laura Lam Memorial) Scrabble Tournament First Grand Prix RESULTS Goodrich's Scrabble Gala Results Results of The Inaugural Causeway Scrabble Challenge Results of The De La Salle Scrabble Tournament Results of the Singapore Lim Boon Heng Cup The Malaysian Open Scrabble Championship 2002 The latest Malaysian ranking list Read From the Star's bi-weekly Scrabble Scene The Malaysian Scrabble Association (MSA) Meetings Updates The Elm Word List 2000 Check out what's changed World Scrabble Championship 2001 Malay words valid in SOWPODS Scrabble play ARCHIVED ARTICLES-LOADS OF GOODIES! Reports on school Scrabble in the Star Upcoming tournaments within Asia Bingos, Hooks and Anagrams Marvel at just how long words played can really be Announcements from Webmaster Links to other Scrabble sites Pictures from past tournaments

THE ELM WORD LIST 2000

This new word list, SOWPODS 2000, which is a combination of both the OSW4 and the OTCWL1 is available for sale in all MPH Bookstores in the country. Now you finally can get your hands on the book that will settle all disputes and consists of all acceptable words in International Scrabble play. Bound in soft cover, 322 A5 pages at 6 point font, up to 9 letters, easy to read with ample space between columns. Separate lists of the 2, 3 and 4 letter words are also included at the back.

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The 5th Penang YMCA (Laura Lam Memorial) Scrabble Tournament First Grand Prix RESULTS Goodrich's Scrabble Gala RESULTS Results of The Inaugural Causeway Scrabble Challenge Results of The De La Salle Scrabble Tournament Results of the Singapore Lim Boon Heng Cup The Malaysian Open Scrabble Championship 2002 The latest Malaysian ranking list Read From the Star's bi-weekly Scrabble Scene

The 5th Penang YMCA (Laura Lam Memorial) Scrabble Tournament

There will be 2 sections as usual. Novices Section Date 13th April 2003 Venue Penang YMCA Jalan Macalister Masters Section Date 19th and 20th April 2003 Venue Penang YMCA Jalan Macalister For more information contact John Lam at 012-4943950

First Grand Prix Results

First of a series of 5 Grand Prix tournaments organized by Scrabble Masters and sanctioned by MSA to select 2 additional representatives and 4 reserves for the World Scrabble Championship. The 2nd Series will be on 26th & 27th April 2003 Results after game 16 MARCH 22, 2003 -- MASTERS Rank Player Wins Mar --------------------------------- 1 A Ganesh 13 1434 2 Cheah Siu Hean 11 765 3 Nigel Richards 10 693 4 Aaron Chong 10 469 5 Tan Jin Chor 10 289 6 Kong Chock Heng 10 154 7 Pui Cheng Wui 10 113 8 Alex Tan 9.5 351 9 Michael Tang 9 568 10 Jocelyn Lor 9 193 11 John Lam 9 151 12 Leonard Wong 9 92 13 Chim Wai Main 8.5 181 14 Krishna Kumar 8.5 -237 15 Yeap Gim Sai 8 263 16 Yeo Kien Hung 8 171 17 Sandy Tsen 8 -156 18 Michael Wong 8 -181 19 Tengku Asri 7.5 135 20 John Tan 7.5 21 20 Yeo Tat Mun 7.5 21 22 Jerry Jang 7 160 23 Thomas Tan 7 -256 24 Suleiman Otieno 7 -572 25 Wong Kar Mun 7 -663 26 Seshi Ramanathan 6 -292 27 Zamri Majid 6 -622 28 Soo Wei Chee 5 Stats for Tournament : MARCH 22, 2003 +--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+ | state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points | | | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New| +--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+ +Section: *MASTERS + + + + +--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+ | --- A Ganesh | 2 1 | 1 1 | 11.9 13.0 | 1890 +17 1907 | | --- Cheah Siu Hean | 7 4 | 4 2 | 8.9 11.0 | 1719 +43 1762 | | OS Nigel Richards | 1 2 | 1 1 | 12.7 10.0 | 1929 -42 1887 | | --- Pui Cheng Wui | 10 8 | 6 5 | 8.4 10.0 | 1672 +33 1705 | | --- Tan Jin Chor | 20 17 | 11 10 | 7.8 10.0 | 1601 +46 1647 | | --- Kong Chock Heng | 6 5 | 3 3 | 9.7 10.0 | 1733 +6 1739 | | --- Michael Tang | 16 10 | 9 6 | 7.7 9.0 | 1647 +26 1673 | | --- Jocelyn Lor | 8 14 | 5 8 | 10.3 9.0 | 1682 -25 1657 | | --- John Lam | 14 16 | 8 9 | 9.6 9.0 | 1661 -13 1648 | | --- Aaron Chong | 4 7 | 2 4 | 10.0 9.0 | 1749 -21 1728 | | --- Leonard Wong | 26 22 | 15 13 | 6.2 9.0 | 1531 +57 1588 | | --- Chim Wai Main | 30 25 | 18 14 | 7.2 8.5 | 1501 +26 1527 | | --- Alex Tan | 21 19 | 12 12 | 6.8 8.5 | 1585 +36 1621 | | --- Yeo Kien Hung | 41 40 | 27 27 | 7.9 8.0 | 1446 +4 1450 | | --- Yeap Gim Sai | 44 35 | 29 22 | 5.0 8.0 | 1412 +60 1472 | | --- Michael Wong | 52 51 | 37 36 | 7.4 8.0 | 1366 +14 1380 | | --- Sandy Tsen | 39 42 | 26 28 | 8.4 8.0 | 1453 -8 1445 | | --- Krishna Kumar | 27 26 | 16 15 | 7.4 7.5 | 1525 +1 1526 | | --- Thomas Tan | 32 34 | 20 21 | 7.8 7.0 | 1490 -17 1473 | | OS Suleiman Otieno | 74 66 | 18 17 | 5.0 7.0 | 1240 +63 1303 | | --- Tengku Asri | 22 27 | 13 16 | 10.0 6.5 | 1581 -68 1513 | | --- Yeo Tat Mun | 25 30 | 14 18 | 8.8 6.5 | 1541 -46 1495 | | --- John Tan | 29 38 | 17 25 | 8.5 6.5 | 1502 -38 1464 | | --- Jerry Jang | 54 62 | 39 46 | 7.3 6.0 | 1362 -25 1337 | | --- Wong Kar Mun | 102 83 | 84 65 | 2.2 6.0 | 994 +141 1135 | | --- Seshi Ramanathan | 45 60 | 30 44 | 8.7 5.0 | 1411 -70 1341 | | --- Zamri Majid | 73 75 | 56 57 | 5.9 5.0 | 1245 -15 1230 | | --- Irene Lim | 76 80 | 58 62 | 5.9 3.0 | 1234 -56 1178 | |*--- Soo Wei Chee | 0 130 | 0 112 | 0.5 0.6 | 762 762 | +-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+

GOODRICH'S SCRABBLE GALA

A brand new tournament in the offing by Thomas Tan's Goodrich's Scrabble Gala. The competition will be the first tournament to follow the newly minted MSA Tournament Rules which will be pasted up at the tournament and later uploaded onto this website for your reference. This tournament will be rated. Register soon to enjoy the "early bird" special. There will be spot prizes too! Dates: 1st & 2nd March 2003 Venue: Wisma Goodrich 16 Persiaran Dagang Bandar Sri Damansara KUALA LUMPUR Fees: RM50 for members of MSA who register before the 15th of February 2003 RM60 for non members and those registered after 15th of February 2003 Closing date: 20th February 2003 Contact persons: Thomas Tan Mobile:012-225 7812 email:thomas.tan@goodrich.com.my or Karen Tan 03-6273 5757 email:karen.tan@goodrich.com.my Format of game: 12games KOTH no repeat 4 games KOTH with repeat Prizes: Champion : Trophy + RM600.00 2nd : Trophy + RM300.00 3rd : Trophy + RM200.00 4th : Trophy + RM100.00 5th : Trophy + RM60 Stats for Tournament : GOODRICH2003 +--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+ | state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points | | | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New| +--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+ +Section: *MASTERS + + + + +--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+ | --- A Ganesh | 2 2 | 1 1 | 13.0 14.0 | 1873 +17 1890 | | --- Aaron Chong | 8 4 | 5 2 | 8.5 12.0 | 1680 +69 1749 | | --- Jocelyn Lor | 12 8 | 7 5 | 9.6 11.0 | 1654 +28 1682 | | OS Simon Harinvorarob | 0 13 | 0 6 | 10.0 10.0 | 1667 1667 | | --- John Lam | 13 14 | 8 8 | 9.5 10.0 | 1651 +10 1661 | | --- Raja Fuadin | 15 17 | 9 10 | 10.5 10.0 | 1649 -11 1638 | | --- Tan Jin Chor | 18 20 | 12 11 | 10.0 9.0 | 1617 -16 1601 | | --- Michael Tang | 16 16 | 10 9 | 8.5 9.0 | 1637 +10 1647 | | --- Pui Cheng Wui | 7 10 | 4 6 | 11.2 9.0 | 1716 -44 1672 | | --- Thomas Tan | 42 32 | 29 20 | 6.5 9.0 | 1440 +50 1490 | | --- Tengku Asri | 17 22 | 11 13 | 10.4 8.5 | 1618 -37 1581 | | --- Leonard Wong | 23 26 | 14 15 | 9.7 8.5 | 1555 -24 1531 | | --- Alex Tan | 20 21 | 13 12 | 9.2 8.0 | 1605 -20 1585 | | --- Vannitha Balasingam | 36 31 | 24 19 | 5.8 8.0 | 1454 +44 1498 | | --- Marzukhi Omar | 71 69 | 55 52 | 7.0 8.0 | 1255 +26 1281 | | --- Yeo Kien Hung | 40 41 | 27 27 | 8.1 8.0 | 1445 +1 1446 | | --- Jerry Jang | 58 54 | 43 39 | 7.4 8.0 | 1351 +11 1362 | | --- Seshi Ramanathan | 43 45 | 30 30 | 8.7 8.0 | 1423 -12 1411 | | --- Chim Wai Main | 31 30 | 19 18 | 7.0 8.0 | 1481 +20 1501 | | --- Tan Khee Chiang | 55 67 | 40 50 | 10.4 7.0 | 1355 -65 1290 | | --- Wong Kar Mun | 123 102 | 107 84 | 1.6 7.0 | 776 +218 994 | | --- Yeap Gim Sai | 38 44 | 26 29 | 9.1 7.0 | 1450 -38 1412 | | --- Krishna Iyer | 70 72 | 54 55 | 7.0 6.5 | 1264 -6 1258 | | --- Wan Amir Abd Hakim | 79 84 | 63 66 | 8.0 6.0 | 1174 -57 1117 | | --- Mohd Yasir Mohd Ali | 101 90 | 85 72 | 3.5 6.0 | 986 +79 1065 | | --- Azlan Tajudin | 84 86 | 68 68 | 6.2 6.0 | 1095 +2 1097 | | OS Suleiman Otieno | 0 74 | 0 18 | 6.0 6.0 | 1240 1240 | | --- Mohd Ali Yahya | 91 103 | 75 85 | 5.4 2.5 | 1055 -83 972 | | --- Zasman Mohd Gulam | 108 111 | 92 93 | 2.8 2.0 | 912 -22 890 | | --- Masri Selamat | 100 105 | 84 87 | 2.6 1.0 | 992 -44 948 | +-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+ Notes: List sorted in Tournament Finishing order Players marked with an '*' were not previously rated -------- Movers: Wong Kar Mun went up 218 points -------- Shakers:

Inaugural Causeway Scrabble Challenge

The inaugural "Causeway Scrabble Challenge" which will be held on 21 and 22 Dec 2002 at Riviera Bay Resort, Malacca. The criteria for qualification is based on the ratings of each country and the player has to play at least ONE rated tournaments per year. The top 10 playerS who are members of the Malaysian Scrabble Club and the top 10 players who are members of the Singapore Scrabble Association from the ratings list will be invited to play in "Causeway Scrabble Challenge" and if in the event that any of the Top 10 players is unable to make it, the next player on the ratings list will be invited. The players who qualified are as follows: Malaysia: (members of the Malaysian Scrabble Club) 1. Nigel Richards NZ 2. A Ganesh MY 3. John Lam MY 4. Pui Cheng Hui MY 5. Kong Chock Heng MY 6. Raja Fuaddin MY 7. Azmil Aziz MY 8. Aaron Chong MY 9. Jocelyn Lor MY 10. Tengku Asri MY Reserves: 1. Tan Jin Chor MY 2. Alex Tan MY 3. Krishna Kumar MY 4. Vannitha Balasingam MY 5. Chim Wai Main MY Singapore: (members of the Singapore Scrabble Association) 1. Cheah Siu Hean MY 2. Ricky Purnomo ID 3. Tony Sim SG 4. Goh Jian Pern SG 5. Michael Tang MY 6. Jodi Gonzalez PH 7. Andy Kurnia ID 8. Thong Liew Kee SG 9. Dylan Sharma SG 10. Quek Sim Ho SG Reserves: 1. Jessie Lim SG 2. Chew Han Ei SG 3. Koh Chon Kiat SG 4. Mark Kwan SG 5. Karthik IN The format for the tournament is 2 x round robins where players from each country will play against each other twice. I am also pleased to announce that there will also be 2 Challenge trophies, Winner and Runner-up, so that all 10 players from each team will have their names engraved on either trophy. The player who finish highest from each country will get to keep the respective Challenge trophy for 1 year and this tournament will be held annually at the end of each calendar year. RESULTS AFTER GAME 20 CAUSEWAY CHALLENGE 2002 -- TEAM SG v MY After 200 games Malaysia beat Singapore 112.5 - 87.5 . Congratulations to Team Malaysia !!!! Rank Player Wins Mar --------------------------------- 1 Nigel Richards 17 1926 MY 2 A Ganesh 15 1298 MY 3 Kong Chock Heng 14 772 MY 4 Aaron Chong 13 1168 MY 5 Jocelyn Lor 12 396 MY 6 Cheah Siu Hean 11 519 SG 7 Tony Sim 11 52 SG 8 Tan Jin Chor 10.5 -477 MY 9 Andy Kurnia 10 -114 SG 10 Chew Han Ei 10 -246 SG 11 Raja Fuadin 10 -253 MY 12 Alex Tan 10 -476 MY 13 John Lam 9 269 MY 14 Jodi Gonzalez 9 -493 SG 15 Ricky Purnomo 8.5 -86 SG 16 Michael Tang 8 -560 SG 17 Dylan Sharma 8 -761 SG 18 Quek Sim Ho 5 -918 SG 19 Jessie Lim 5 -1376 SG 20 Vannitha Balasingam 4 -640 MY HIGH GAME: Aaron Chong 578 HIGH WORD: Aaron Chong 167 "BEAKIEST" Stats for Tournament : CAUSEWAY CHALLENGE 2002 +--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+ | state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points | | | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New| +--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+ +Section: *TEAM SG v MY + + + + +--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+ | OS Nigel Richards | 1 1 | 1 1 | 16.9 17.0 | 1927 +2 1929 | | --- A Ganesh | 2 2 | 1 1 | 16.3 15.0 | 1894 -21 1873 | | --- Kong Chock Heng | 8 5 | 5 2 | 11.7 14.0 | 1688 +45 1733 | | --- Aaron Chong | 14 8 | 9 5 | 9.8 13.0 | 1616 +64 1680 | | --- Jocelyn Lor | 16 12 | 10 8 | 9.4 12.0 | 1602 +52 1654 | | --- Cheah Siu Hean | 6 6 | 3 3 | 11.1 11.0 | 1721 -2 1719 | | OS Tony Sim | 4 4 | 3 3 | 12.1 11.0 | 1762 -23 1739 | | --- Tan Jin Chor | 18 17 | 12 12 | 9.0 10.5 | 1586 +31 1617 | | OS Andy Kurnia | 12 11 | 4 4 | 9.6 10.0 | 1661 +8 1669 | |*OS Chew Han Ei | 0 9 | 0 6 | 10.0 10.0 | 1677 1677 | | --- Raja Fuadin | 9 15 | 6 10 | 11.5 10.0 | 1679 -30 1649 | | --- Alex Tan | 19 19 | 13 13 | 8.9 10.0 | 1583 +22 1605 | | --- John Lam | 5 13 | 2 9 | 12.7 9.0 | 1725 -74 1651 | | OS Jodi Gonzalez | 20 20 | 7 7 | 7.3 9.0 | 1570 +35 1605 | | OS Ricky Purnomo | 15 18 | 6 6 | 8.1 8.5 | 1603 +8 1611 | | OS Dylan Sharma | 28 22 | 11 8 | 5.8 8.0 | 1505 +67 1572 | | --- Michael Tang | 10 16 | 7 11 | 10.0 8.0 | 1676 -39 1637 | | OS Quek Sim Ho | 22 27 | 9 10 | 6.6 5.0 | 1542 -32 1510 | | OS Jessie Lim | 26 30 | 10 11 | 6.2 5.0 | 1525 -36 1489 | | --- Vannitha Balasingam | 27 37 | 17 26 | 7.1 4.0 | 1516 -62 1454 | +-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+

The De La Salle Scrabble Tournament

Date : 20th & 21st December 2002 (Friday & Saturday) Venue : De La Salle Institute, Jalan Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur Closing Date 10-12-2002 Entry Fee : Adults RM 50/- School Children RM 30/- NOTE : Open only to players outside of the Top 10 Malaysian Ranking The competition will be played over 12 games, 8 without repeat (not meeting the same player more than once) and 4 King of the Hill all the way (pairings according to computer rankings). It is open only to players outside the top-ten in the national rankings. Participants are requested to bring along their own scrabble boards and clocks. The first round will start at 2 p.m. on Friday at the De La Salle Institute, Jalan Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur (next to St John's Institution). Prizes include the challenge trophy donated by Bro Andrew, and RM300, RM150 & RM100 to the top three finishers. The highest placed school-going participant stands to win $100 and a trophy. For more information, call tournament-coordinator Bro Michael Wong (012 218 9185) or Jasmine Kaur (03 203 12599), or tournament director Tee Kok Bin (03 209 42202). Results after game 12 DECEMBER 21, 2002 -- DE LA SALLE Rank Player Wins Mar --------------------------------- 1 Tengku Asri 10 639 2 Leonard Wong 9 377 3 Yeap Gim Sai 8 661 4 Paulette Yeoh 8 616 5 Thomas Tan 8 434 6 Zain Putra 8 378 7 Ong Suanne 7 398 8 Jayston Wong 7 360 9 Chim Wai Main 7 96 10 Sandy Tsen 7 71 11 Jerry Jang 6.5 36 12 Jason Lim 6.5 -130 13 Seshi Ramanathan 6 124 14 Matthew Mathan Raj 6 118 15 Yeo Kien Hung 6 88 16 Krishna Iyer 6 71 17 Warren Lau 6 -145 18 Cheah Xian Nian 6 -379 19 Ng Peng Sang 6 -430 20 Michael Wong 5 407 21 Chuah Sim Swee 5 -30 22 Jackie Cheah 5 -252 23 Adele Tan 5 -313 24 Badrul Munir 5 -358 25 Wong Kar Mun 4 -231 26 Yap Paul 4 -524 27 Eroll Mark Netto 3.5 -222 28 Yap Peter 3.5 -272 29 Mary Yap 3.5 -881 30 Anne Yap 2.5 -707 HIGH GAME: Michael Wong 598 HIGH WORD: Michael Wong 149 "REWARDED" Stats for Tournament : DECEMBER 21, 2002 +--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+ | state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points | | | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New| +--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+ +Section: *DE LA SALLE + + + + +--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+ | --- Tengku Asri | 21 17 | 14 12 | 8.9 10.0 | 1594 +24 1618 | | --- Leonard Wong | 25 23 | 16 15 | 7.8 9.0 | 1529 +26 1555 | | --- Yeap Gim Sai | 44 38 | 32 27 | 6.8 8.0 | 1425 +25 1450 | | --- Thomas Tan | 47 42 | 34 30 | 6.6 8.0 | 1413 +27 1440 | | --- Paulette Yeoh | 60 47 | 46 34 | 5.3 8.0 | 1339 +55 1394 | | --- Zain Putra Baharuddn | 42 35 | 30 24 | 7.1 8.0 | 1440 +17 1457 | | --- Ong Suanne | 51 46 | 38 33 | 5.9 7.0 | 1375 +22 1397 | | --- Chim Wai Main | 29 31 | 19 20 | 7.7 7.0 | 1493 -12 1481 | | --- Jayston Wong | 69 52 | 54 39 | 4.1 7.0 | 1261 +103 1364 | | --- Sandy Tsen | 38 37 | 27 26 | 7.0 7.0 | 1451 +2 1453 | | --- Jerry Jang | 62 58 | 48 44 | 5.7 6.5 | 1333 +18 1351 | | --- Jason Lim | 68 68 | 53 53 | 5.9 6.5 | 1263 +18 1281 | | --- Seshi Ramanathan | 36 43 | 25 31 | 7.8 6.0 | 1459 -36 1423 | | --- Yeo Kien Hung | 33 40 | 22 28 | 7.7 6.0 | 1479 -34 1445 | | --- Mathew Mathan | 58 53 | 44 40 | 5.4 6.0 | 1347 +13 1360 | | --- Warren Lau | 63 64 | 49 50 | 5.6 6.0 | 1317 +9 1326 | | --- Chuah Sim Swee | 43 49 | 31 36 | 7.6 5.0 | 1440 -53 1387 | | --- Adele Tan | 107 104 | 92 89 | 3.4 5.0 | 983 +32 1015 | | --- Krishna Iyer | 70 70 | 55 55 | 4.6 5.0 | 1257 +7 1264 | | --- Ng Peng Sang | 81 79 | 66 64 | 4.3 5.0 | 1165 +21 1186 | | --- Michael Wong | 41 51 | 29 38 | 7.8 4.0 | 1442 -76 1366 | | --- Badrul Munir | 90 91 | 75 76 | 4.6 4.0 | 1089 -19 1070 | | --- Jackie Cheah | 85 86 | 70 71 | 4.1 3.0 | 1131 -21 1110 | |*--- Cheah Xian Nian | 0 102 | 0 87 | 3.0 3.0 | 1035 1035 | |*--- Wong Kar Mun | 0 134 | 0 119 | 2.0 2.0 | 775 +1 776 | | --- Peter Yapp | 0 90 | 0 75 | 3.0 2.0 | 1109 -31 1078 | | --- Paul Yapp | 0 128 | 0 113 | 1.9 2.0 | 839 +4 843 | | --- Eroll Mark Netto | 46 63 | 33 49 | 3.9 1.0 | 1417 -87 1330 | | --- Mary Yapp | 0 171 | 0 156 | 0.5 1.0 | 497 +14 511 | | --- Anne Yapp | 0 150 | 0 135 | 1.2 0.0 | 712 -35 677 | +-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+

The Malaysian Open Scrabble Championship

We have confirmed the venue at The Corus Hotel(formerly known as Ming Court). It's on Jalan Ampang. The dates are November 2-3. Entry Fee is RM50 for members,RM60 for non-members.There is a RM10 surcharge for late entrants. First prize is RM1000 and a beautiful challenge trophy. Second prize RM500 Third prize RM300 Fourth prize RM200 Fifth prize RM100 Closing date is the 25th of October. I have also included a link from the hotel's website for those who have no idea where Corus is. Players can confirm their entries by emailing Ganesh RESULTS Results after game 16 MALAYSIAN OPEN -- MASTERS Rank Player Wins Mar --------------------------------- 1 Nigel Richards 14 1733 2 A Ganesh 12 875 3 Kong Chock Heng 11 482 4 John Lam 10 703 5 Azmil Aziz 10 421 6 Tan Jin Chor 10 342 7 Jocelyn Lor 9 407 8 Pui Cheng Wui 9 400 9 Tony Sim 9 162 10 Andy Kurnia 9 52 11 Jodi Gonzalez 9 25 12 Michael Tang 9 -363 13 Alex Tan 8.5 318 14 Quek Sim Ho 8 296 15 Vannitha Balasingam 8 281 16 Krishna Kumar 8 30 17 Abd Majid Jaafar 8 -76 18 Chim Wai Main 8 -227 19 Yeo Kien Hung 8 -372 20 Cheah Siu Hean 7 516 21 Tengku Asri 7 -35 22 Tan Khee Chiang 7 -61 23 Jerry Jang 7 -349 24 Mathew Mathan 7 -387 25 Paulette Yeoh 7 -482 26 Yeap Gim Sai 6.5 -98 27 Jayston Wong 6 -334 28 Irene Lim 6 -344 29 Zamri Majid 6 -663 30 Jason Lim 6 -1066 31 Warren Lau 5 -106 32 Badrul Munir 1 -2080 HIGH GAME: Nigel Richards 625 HIGH WORD: Jerry Jang 127 "BIZONES" The "Movers and Shakers" of individual players in the tournament. +--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+ | state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points | | | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New| +--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+ +Section: *MASTERS + + + + +--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+ | OS Nigel Richards | 1 1 | 1 1 | 11.9 14.0 | 1893 +34 1927 | | --- A Ganesh | 2 2 | 1 1 | 10.9 12.0 | 1875 +19 1894 | | --- Kong Chock Heng | 8 8 | 5 5 | 11.3 11.0 | 1692 -4 1688 | | --- John Lam | 7 5 | 4 2 | 9.0 10.0 | 1703 +22 1725 | | --- Azmil Aziz | 14 11 | 9 8 | 8.7 10.0 | 1642 +28 1670 | | --- Tan Jin Chor | 23 18 | 15 12 | 7.2 10.0 | 1529 +57 1586 | | OS Jodi Gonzalez | 34 20 | 11 7 | 5.8 9.0 | 1465+105 1570 | | OS Tony Sim | 5 4 | 3 3 | 11.6 9.0 | 1802 -40 1762 | | --- Pui Cheng Wui | 6 7 | 3 4 | 8.7 9.0 | 1707 +9 1716 | | OS Andy Kurnia | 13 12 | 5 4 | 8.5 9.0 | 1644 +17 1661 | | --- Jocelyn Lor | 18 16 | 12 10 | 9.0 9.0 | 1600 +2 1602 | | --- Michael Tang | 10 10 | 7 7 | 8.9 9.0 | 1672 +4 1676 | | --- Alex Tan | 16 19 | 11 13 | 10.1 8.5 | 1612 -29 1583 | | OS Quek Sim Ho | 19 22 | 7 9 | 8.9 8.0 | 1559 -17 1542 | | --- Vannitha Balasingam | 25 27 | 16 17 | 8.3 8.0 | 1521 -5 1516 | | --- Krishna Kumar | 28 25 | 18 16 | 6.7 8.0 | 1498 +27 1525 | | --- Chim Wai Main | 31 30 | 21 19 | 7.3 8.0 | 1477 +16 1493 | | --- Abd Majid Jaafar | 43 47 | 31 34 | 8.6 8.0 | 1423 -12 1411 | | --- Yeo Kien Hung | 51 33 | 37 22 | 3.5 8.0 | 1381 +98 1479 | | --- Cheah Siu Hean | 4 6 | 2 3 | 12.4 7.0 | 1806 -85 1721 | | --- Tengku Asri | 11 17 | 8 11 | 10.9 7.0 | 1671 -77 1594 | | --- Jerry Jang | 53 63 | 39 47 | 8.7 7.0 | 1367 -34 1333 | | --- Tan Khee Chiang | 62 53 | 46 38 | 6.1 7.0 | 1337 +18 1355 | | --- Paulette Yeoh | 64 61 | 48 45 | 5.2 7.0 | 1303 +36 1339 | | --- Mathew Mathan | 67 58 | 50 43 | 3.6 7.0 | 1279 +68 1347 | | --- Yeap Gim Sai | 40 43 | 28 31 | 7.3 6.5 | 1440 -15 1425 | |*--- Jayston Wong | 0 70 | 0 53 | 6.0 6.0 | 1261 1261 | | --- Zamri Majid | 73 75 | 55 57 | 5.9 6.0 | 1243 +2 1245 | | --- Irene Lim | 75 77 | 57 59 | 5.2 6.0 | 1217 +17 1234 | |*--- Jason Lim | 0 69 | 0 52 | 6.0 6.0 | 1263 1263 | | --- Warren Lau | 50 64 | 36 48 | 8.3 5.0 | 1382 -65 1317 | | --- Badrul Munir | 0 93 | 0 75 | 5.8 1.0 | 1232-143 1089 | +-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+

The 1st Lim Boon Heng Cup Scrabble Open Championship

Jointly organized by Jurong Green Community Club Management Committee, Scrabble Club,Youth Executive Committee & South West CDC 30 November - 1December 2002 9.00am - 6.00 pm Jurong Green Community Club No. 6 Jurong West Avenue 1 Singapore 649520 Registration : 8.30 am Commencement : 9.00 am SHARP Registration Fee (Inclusive of GST) MASTERS: $25.00(Non-Member)/$20.00(Member)INTERMEDIATE: $20.00(NM)/$15.00(M) Members of Jurong Green Community Club Scrabble Club are to present their membership card during payment. Payment by cheque, please issue to Jurong Green Community Club Management Committee. There is a late entry fee of $2.00 for all category players (except non resident players). For further information, please contact Mr Thong L.K. at 90622816. PRIZES Masters Intermediate 1st Prize S$500 + Trophy S$300 + Trophy 2nd Prize S$350 + Trophy S$150 + Trophy 3rd Prize S$250 + Trophy S$100 + Trophy 4th Prize S$150 S$75 5th Prize S$100 S$50 6th Prize S$75 S$30 7th - 8th Prize S$50 each S$30 9th - 10th Prize S$30 each S$30 Closing Date : 20 November 2002 RESULTS Results after game 12 LIM BOON HENG CUP 2002 -- INTERMEDIATE Rank Player Wins Mar --------------------------------- 1 Tan Khee Chiang 9 704 (Malaysian) 2 Paulette Yeoh 8 792 (Malaysian) 3 Lim Sun Kiat 8 461 4 Aloysious Conzaga 8 324 5 Peter Tay 8 114 6 Valli Thamb 7 154 7 Irene Lim 7 59 (Malaysian) 8 M Ganapathy 7 25 9 Serene Ngu 6 211 10 Mohd Khalid 6 135 11 Shahrul Kamal 6 21 12 Samad Ahmad 6 -46 13 Lee Sze Yong 6 -230 14 Theng Wai Mun 6 -252 15 Ruby Sim 5 37 16 Hassan Awi 5 -143 17 Chay Wen Liang 5 -151 18 Tan Peng Ting 5 -262 19 Sim Eng Sen 5 -521 20 Peter Yu 4 -258 21 Vincent Tay 4 -467 22 Chin Sze Min 1 -707 HIGH GAME: Lim Sun Kiat 557 HIGH WORD: Irene Lim 131 "QUINOAS" Results after game 16 LIM BOON HENG CUP 2002 -- MASTERS Rank Player Wins Mar --------------------------------- 1 Tony Sim 12 487 2 Nigel Richards 11 1289 3 Michael Tang 11 553 4 Kong Chock Heng 10 270 5 Andy Kurnia 10 230 6 Ricky Purnomo 10 -51 7 Chew Han Ei 9 377 8 Jocelyn Lor 9 139 9 Dylan Sharma 9 37 10 John Lam 9 19 11 Cheah Siu Hean 8 801 12 Alex Tan 8 279 13 Jodi Gonzalez 8 -93 14 Quek Sim Ho 7 388 15 Jessie Lim 7 -207 16 Shim Yen Nee 7 -350 17 Philip Tan 7 -442 18 Dorai Raja 7 -612 19 Yeap Gim Sai 6 -212 20 Yeo Kien Hung 6 -417 21 Kwan Mun Wai 6 -538 22 Vincent Koh C Kiat 6 -632 23 Thong Liew Kee 5 -578 24 Karthik Natarajan 4 -737 HIGH GAME: Cheah Siu Hean 648 HIGH WORD: Nigel Richards 130 "LAICIZED"

The available Scrabble Corner now is the National Library near Dataran Merdeka at 11am to 5pm every 2nd, 3rd and 4th Sunday of the month.

Malaysia's Representative to the WSC 2003 The 2 representatives for Malaysia will be the top two rated persons on the Malaysian Ranking with special emphasis that the rating continues from the existing Malaysian rating. The minimum games for qualification is 60 games played over a minimum period of 12 months, the confirmed cut off dates are from 21st July 2002 to 31st July 2003.

PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TOURNAMENT LINKS

Results of The 3rd Equatorial Hill Resort Malaysia Open Scrabble Tournament Results of The 13th KL YMCA Scrabble Championship 2002 Report and Results of The 4th Penang Open Scrabble Championship 2002 Results of The Malaysian Masters Scrabble Championship 2002 Results of The 17th Thailand International King's Cup The 5th Singapore Open Scrabble Championship 2002 Results Jurong Green-St John Institution Results Report on The 4th Penang YMCA Open (Laura Lam Memorial) Scrabble Tournament 2002 The 4th Penang YMCA Open (Laura Lam Memorial) Scrabble Tournament 2002 Malaysian MENSA Scrabble Challenge 2001 2nd Equatorial Hill Resort Malaysian Scrabble Tournament Malaysian Nationals 2001 The 3rd Penang Open Scrabble Tournament The 1st Media Scrabble Challenge Thailand 16th BRAND's Crossword King's Cup 2001 Singapore National Scrabble Championship 2001 Scrabble Masters 2001 Malaysian National Junior Scrabble Championship THE 12th YMCA Open Scrabble Tournament SMK Sultan Abdul Samad (P.J.) Inter-School Scrabble Competition 3rd Penang YMCA Open Scrabble Tournament Results Millenium Cup 2001 MPH Bookstores Scrabble for Juniors Malaysian Nationals 2000 Results 8th Kenneth Chen Cup Results Central Capacitors 4th Scrabble Challenge Results 1st Equatorial Hill Resort Malaysian Open 11th YMCA Scrabble Open, 2000 Mind Sports Olympiad Singapore 2000 The Genting Permai tournament The Brands Thailand tournament The Bertam World Scrabble Masters The 3rd Singapore Open tournament Klang Parade Open The Hongkah-St John's Invitation Star Articles for Year 2000 Pictures from past tournaments

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COVERAGE ON SCHOOL SCRABBLE! The links below are the coverage on schools and interviews with the students about the game. Delve into their thoughts and aspirations. These links are from the Star newspaper reported by Wong Siang Hume in his fortnightly article in the Leisure section every other Friday. There's more under BINGOS, HOOKS & ANAGRAMS with themes and definitions. This link column will definitely grow longer - Happy Reading!

Students Get Hooked - 22 September 00 St John's Institution Scrabble tournament 2000 - 28 July 00 Winning through teamwork - 14 July 00 Aim For The Top - 11 Feb 00 Thanks to Teachers - 28 Jan 00 Champs in the Making - 31 Dec 99 There's no stopping them - 17 Dec 99

Further information on school Scrabble including competitions and workshops can be found at the following web site: http://www.geocities.com/simgnsmksas/juniorscrabble.html

UPCOMING ACTIONS!

Here, the list of tournaments lined up in Malaysia for 2002...

2003 Mac 1-2 Goodrich's Scrabble Gala April 13 Penang YMCA Laura Lam Memorial Novices Category April 19-20 Penang YMCA Open Laura Lam Memorial Masters Category April 26-27 2nd Grand Prix Series May 14-15 Malaysian Masters 2003 May 24-25 3rd Grand Prix Series Jun 21-22 4th Grand Prix Series July 12-13 Malaysian Open 2003 July 26-27 5th Grand Prix Series .... in Singapore for 2003 2003 Jan/Feb 4th SA Millenium Cup Mar 15-16 2nd Temasek Open Jul 19-20 National Scrabble Championship 2003

BINGOS, HOOKS AND ANAGRAMS

Hook .. A - 19 October 01 Ending .. OSE - 19 October 01 Suffix .. ITION - 5 October 01 Suffix .. ILE - 21 September 01 Hook .. S - 10 August 01 Hook .. T - 27 July 01 Hook .. L - 13 July 01 Hook .. M - 21 September 01 Hook .. M - 29 June 01 Hook .. G - 15 June 01 Hook .. E - 1 June 01 Hook .. W - 23 February 01 Hook .. K - 9 February 01 Hook .. T - 12 January 01 Hook .. E - 29 December 00 Ending .. EER - 17 November 00 Beginning .. ANTE - 20 October 00 Ending .. ORY - 6 October 00 Ending ..SIS - 22 September 00 Ending ..EL - 25 August 00 Ending .. ANCE - 11 August 00 Ending .. IBLE - 14 July 00 Ending .. EON - 19 May 00 Ending .. IENT - 5 May 00 The Letter 'S' - 5 May 00 Ending .. EOUS - 21 Apr 00 Ending ..ION - 7 Apr 00 Ending ..EAN - 24 Mac 00 Time Periods - 28 Jan 00 Birds - 14 Jan 00 Words into the Millennium - 31 Dec 99 Heraldry - 17 Dec 99

Latest Ranking as of 25th March 2003
after the First Grand Prix

NAT. NAME               Games Rating 
1   A Ganesh              488 1907 20030323
2   Cheah Siu Hean        210 1762 20030323
3   Kong Chock Heng       475 1739 20030323
4   Aaron Chong           117 1728 20030323
5   Pui Cheng Wui         435 1705 20030323
6   Michael Tang          204 1673 20030323
7   Azmil Aziz            244 1670 20021103
8   Jocelyn Lor           600 1657 20030323
9   John Lam              503 1648 20030323
10  Tan Jin Chor          507 1647 20030323
11  Raja Fuadin           211 1638 20030223
12  Alex Tan              362 1621 20030323
13  Leonard Wong          496 1588 20030323
14  Chim Wai Main         471 1527 20030323
15  Krishna Kumar         451 1526 20030323
16  Tengku Asri           495 1513 20030323
17  Vannitha Balasingam   333 1498 20030223
18  Yeo Tat Mun           135 1495 20030323
19  Sarah Law              86 1485 20010805
20  Mohd Ali Ismail       275 1480 20011230

 

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