The 1st Jurong Green CC Mindsports Day comprised of 2 mind sports - Weiqi and Scrabble. In this short tournament of 7 rounds, NTU WGS members infiltrated the respective scrabble divisions in pairs, aiming for glory in their tag teams.
In Division A, GM LKB and Master Sky faced off other Masters in this highly skilled arena, and some notable results include Sky's win of 520-283 with a mega spread of +237. Our own players ended up facing each other in Round 4, with Sky coming back from a very large deficit to score 2 bingos in the last 2 turns, resulting in a small victory of +64 for Kian Boon.
Eugene and Gabriel played in a relatively peaceful Division B, where even the high game was only a meagre 469, jointly set by Gabriel and another player. Our players also ended up on opposite sides of the board in round 4, culminating in what could probably be called the "Low Game" of the tournament, with a total score of just 625, ending 365-270 in Gabriel's favor. In the end, Gabriel managed to achieved 3rd position in Division B.
In Division C stood Chun Kin and Jinghan, both relatively new in the local scrabble scene, but battling bravely into their 2nd (I think) local competition. Chun Kin played splendidly in Round 6 to win with a spread of +258, the 3rd highest in Div C, while Jinghan played carefully to eke out 2 narrow wins with margins of +22 and +10.
Good job to all the players, and strive on! The National Scrabble Championship 2012 will be held at Bishan CC this year on July 21 and 22, and it will be a much more exciting event, with 16 rounds being played in both Divisions A and B, and 8 rounds for Division C.
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