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2010 Trillium Tile SCRABBLE® Tournament

The 2010 Trillium Tile SCRABBLE Tournament takes place at the Seniors’ Clubhouse in Earl Bales Park in Toronto on Sunday, October 24, 2010 and renews the rivalry between the Mississauga and Toronto SCRABBLE Clubs.

History

These two neighbours first met in Toronto in 2005 in a 4-on-4 match that Toronto won 17 games to 15. They competed again in 2006 in a three-division format, with Mississauga winning the A division 20-15, Toronto the B division 14-13 and C division 32-31, giving Mississauga an overall 66-59 win. After a three-year hiatus, we return to Toronto for a rubber match.

This Year’s Competition

This year’s event is co-organized by Mississauga Club Codirectors Jean Barinque and Shan Abbasi, and Toronto Club Director John Chew. It will be contested in three divisions split at NASPA ratings of 1500 and 1200 (as of close of registration). We have commissioned a new Trillium Tile trophy that will go to the club that is the overall winner this year, to keep until the event is next contested. We will also award three custom boards, engraved with the names of the players who win each division.

We will play seven rounds, beginning at 9:00 A.M., with a potluck lunch break after the third round, and would like to finish by 5:00 P.M. Seven-player divisions will play a team round robin, where each player plays every member of the opposing team. Larger divisions will play a six-round partial round robin, followed by a team king-of-the-hill.

Team Rosters

Toronto players labelled with a $ should either pay John their entry fee, or tell him when they will be paying it. Toronto players labelled with an @ have not yet paid but have confirmed that they will do so.

Division A (≥1500, with some last-minute play-ups to balance sides, currently 9 players eachu)

Currently 9 players each.

1920  Leah, Tony              1823  Vijayakumar, Sinna     
1906  Daniel, Robin Pollock@  1819  Cornelis, Lou          
1875  Berofsky, Evan          1776  Nanavati, Jim          
1707  Kaufman, Zev            1700  Hollington, Sam        
1668  Bonin, Chris            1684  Rowland, Craig         
1661  Chew, John              1587  Lobo, Yvonne           
1606  Lancashire, Michael@    1580  Ubeika, Jason          
1600  Paolella, Libero        1500  Ozorio, Steve          
1553  Mosher, Glenn           1473  Saunders, Andy

Division B (1200–1499, with some last-minute play-ups to balance sides)

Currently 7 players each.

1439  Bigall, Vera@           1416  Abbasi, Shan           
1385  Cullman, Roger@         1411  Fernando, Priya        
1369  Rodriguez, Alex         1386  Turner, Kevin          
1364  Miransky, Anna          1364  Sinanan, Lilla         
1333  Palazzo, Mad@           1352  Ubeika, Shelley        
1278  Kessler, Lisa@          1253  Oh, Hans               
1247  Wise, Lynda             1129  Ozorio, Sophia        

Division C (<1200)

Currently 8 players each.

1170  Bathgate, Jillian        1246  Grenville, Geoff
1131  Smylie, Jackson          1122  Petrie, Shauna        
1123  Farini, Sharmaine        1069  Barinque, Jean        
1117  Horowitz, Risa@          1044  Krook, Dave           
1108  Kesner, Jeff              963  Kovacs, Valeria  
1096  Farbstein, Denis          888  McClennan, Michael
1061  Shupak, Eli               828  Raviraj, Vimalan
 792  Janssen, Sharon           677  Fernando, Percy

Josh Greenway has expressed some interest in playing for Toronto, and will be their alternate player if confirmed.

Tournament Details

Tournament Schedule

Clocks will be started promptly to maintain the above schedule.

Potluck Menu

Registration

Players should pay their respective club directors in cash, no later than Thursday, October 21st, 2010, and let their director(s) know what they plan on bringing for the potluck.