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Upcoming Tournaments
Saturday Sessions 2020C - SATURDAY March 14 - 5 games - at ReservoirThe Ruth Fewings Memorial Tournament - SATURDAY/SUNDAY March 28/29 - 10 games - at Bendigo
Mordialloc - SUNDAY April 5 - 6 games - at Mordialloc
2020 National Championship & Plate - SAT-MONDAY April 11-13 - 24 games - at Southport, Queensland
Saturday Sessions 2020D - SUNDAY April 26 - 5 games - at Reservoir
To see the full details of Victorian tournaments click HERE
Progress in the 2020 Matchplay event
The qualifying rounds are complete, and the field has been divided into two: the main event and the repechage event. Here are the current standings. |  |
Saturday Sessions - 2020B - Saturday February 29
Here are some words from Tournament Organiser and Director, Nick Ivanovski -"We had a massive 46 players turn out today in Reservoir for what has been the biggest Sessions in the three years it has been run! Thank you to everyone who attended, played, and helped out on the day!!"
 Division A winner, David Eldar |  Division B winner, Mythili Rudra |  Winner in Div C, Noel Coulter |  John Parker, winner Division D |  Winner in Div E, Glenys Dettmann |  Division G winner, Lina Camilleri |
Scrabble Generations - February 23, 2020
Team Christie, the happy winners! Kris Howat, Marisa Nuccitelli,
Janet Bau, Christie Godby, David Eldar, Natasha Podesser, Noel Coulter.
Missing - Christiane McCann
Today's event in Moonee Ponds brought out 30 players to play our annual team event. Groups had been matched as best as possible to age brackets and it is with great pleasure we congratulate Christie Godby's team on winning this year.
Here is the breakdown for the Team side of things:
Team Christie 34-22 +25 (60.71%)
Team Anand 27-22 +1552 (55.1%)
Team Carol 24-32 -1047 (42.9%)
Team Rob 20-29 -530 (40.8%)
Thanks, Nick, and thanks for the use of your photos.
Congratulations to Team Christie on a convincing win! Individual performances on the day were impressive - an in-form David Eldar won all 7 games, followed by Edward Okulicz and Noel Coulter who each won six games. David scored 567 to win the High Game Award, and Noel gained 67 rating points in an outstanding performance. Well done, everyone, and thanks to Nick and all who helped make the day such a success!
 Team Anand - Shaun Donnelly, Edward Okulicz, Anand Bharadwaj, Kannan Sethuraman, Jenny Brysha, Oscar Ivanovski and Khwanjai Thammaping |  Team Carol - Marj Miller, Latha Weerakkody, Angie Pearse, Carol Johnsen, Annette Casey, Angie Winkler, Gwen Lampre with Barry Harridge in front |  Team Rob - John Rider, Paula Messer, Dominica Krstic, Faye Leeder, Rob York, Doreen Ivanovski and Shirley De Silva |
Saturday Sessions 2020 A - February 1st, 2020
 Carol Johnsen, winner Division A |  Angie Pearse, first in Division B |  Play in progress, early in the afternoon |
Nick welcomed new player Michael Sacco from the Sunbury area, and Michael enjoyed the experience, winning three games and appreciating the atmosphere.
Light snacks were provided, and a cake made by John Rider's wife Flora was greatly appreciated.
Two players won all five games in their divisions, well done, Angie Pearse and Rob Hutchinson.
Great ratings gains were achieved by Carol Johnsen +52, Rob Hutchinson +49, Angie Pearse +47, and Eileen Mills +38.
Congrats to all winners
 Rob Hutchinson, first in Division C |  Michael Smitheram, winner Division D |  Winner of Division E, Elize Plaganyi |  Division F winner, Eileen Mills |  Marisa Nuccitelli, first in Division G |
Andrew Fisher wins the City of Sydney International Masters - January 26/27, 2020
Several Victorians travelled to Sydney on the long weekend to compete in this prestigious annual event, and of these Andrew Fisher finished in first place on 14 wins, followed by David Eldar (Victoria) and Marlon Prudencio (Singapore) on 12 wins each. Fourth place went to Chris May from New South Wales, with Peter Kougi 5th (Victoria) and Joanne Craig 6th (N.S.W.), all on 11 wins. The High Game Award went to David Eldar for his score of 647, and Ronnie Bennett from the Australian Capital Territory played BRIGADES for 167 points to win the High Word Award. Other Victorians in the field were Naween Fernandes (10th), Mythili Rudra (11th) and Shaun Donnelly (28th, in a tough field of 36). Congratulations to all who played, its a challenging tournament with 18 games played over two days.A one day warmup event, the AUSTRALIA DAY OPEN, was held on Saturday 25th January, and David Eldar was the standout in this 9 game tournament, winning all his games and briefly achieving an Australian rating of 2121. Second place went to Peter Kougi and third placed was Andrew Fisher, both with 7 wins.
 Andrew Fisher with Bob Jackman, president of Scrabble in N.S.W. |  The placegetters - Marlon Prudencio, Chris May, Joanne Craig, Peter Kougi, David Eldar |  Winner of the High Word Award, Ronnie Bennett with Bob Jackman |  Marlon Prudencio, Andrew Fisher, Chris May, David Eldar, Peter Kougi, Mythili Rudra, Esther Perrins, Victor Tung |
For full results of the C.S.I.M. check the National Archive HERE
To see the results of the Australia Day Open click HERE
Fundraising fun at the Bil Rose Aestival - January 19, 2020!
Winners on the day - Anand Bharadwaj, David Eldar, Jeremy Yip, Shirley de Silva,
Paula Messer, Carol Mascitti, Mal Eden, Christiane McCann and Jenny Brysha
Players were divided into 6 divisions, with each division bearing the name of a well-known tennis player.
AIAVA was a hard fought division, with four players finishing on five wins - first place went to Anand Bharadwaj, ahead of Andrew Fisher, Naween Fernando and Peter Kougi.
BARTY division saw Jeremy Yip in fine form, winning all seven of his games, one of two people to achieve this on the day. Geoff Wright finished second on six wins.
CABRERA saw Jenny Brysha ahead of her peers with six fine wins, followed by Rob York and John Rider on 5 wins apiece.
DE MINAUR was also a close contest, with Paula Messer in first place on 5.5 wins, ahead of Mal Eden on four wins.
EBDEN saw Carol Mascitti win all 7 games, well done, Carol! Dominica Krstic was second on 5 wins, with Kannan Sethuraman third on four.
FEDERER saw excellent play from Elize Plaganyi, winning six of her games ahead of Oscar Ivanovski, Marlene Ellis and Rena Aitken, all on five wins.
Combined prizes were given for the High Word and High Game over the top three sections, as well as the lower three sections (all prizes on the day were chocolates of varying sorts to allow more proceeds to go to Jewish Care).
In AIAVA, BARTY and CABRERA combined divisions the High Game chocolates went to David Eldar for his score of 569 points, and the High Word Award went to Shirley de Silva for his play of STAMPEDE for 162 points.
In DE MINAUR, EBDEN and FEDERER divisions the High Game Award went to Christiane McCann for her excellent score of 568 points, just one point less than David Eldar's score. Mal Eden took home the High Word chockies for his play of WOUNDED for 99 points.
Excellent ratings gains were achieved by Jeremy Yip +75, Carol Mascitti +54 and Jenny Brysha +50. Well done to you all!
 Neetu from Jewish Care speaking, with Carol Johnsen, Barry Harridge, Kannan Sethuraman and Oscar Ivanovski |  Geoff Wright who has played 4000+ games of competitive Scrabble - well done, Geoff! |  Wayne Stoyan, back enjoying playing after a break from Scrabble |  A good day's play from Jenny Brysha, well done, Jenny! |
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