Malacca Open Scrabble Challenge 2008_22.11.08

Last weekend it was scrabble rubble at Malacca. We all went to take part in the Malacca Open Scrabble Challenge 2008 held at Dataran Pahlawan Melaka Megamall. It was a two days event on 22nd and 23rd November 2008 organised by two dynamic youngsters Martin Teo and Gan Yi En.

We put up in my brother's place on Friday in Seremban and travelled to Malacca on both days. My younger brother Dr. Mohan and family also came to stay in Seremban due to his son's Haren participation in the tournament. We also managed to persuade my brother to take part in the Beginner's category. Therefore we had Ramaraj in the Masters, Haren and myself in the Intermediates, and Krishnapriya and Dr. Mohan in the Beginners taking part.

Players scrabbling away

There were 16 participants for the Masters Category. After 15 rounds, Khoo Beng Way and Ramaraj managed to finish in the top two positions respectively. It was a good warm up session for the youth players before the World Youth Scrabble Competition to be held in Penang in two weeks time. Five youth players managed to reach the top ten positions.

Rama Vs Khoo Beng Way
Masters Division Champion
Masters First Runners-Up, Ramaraj
Masters Second Runners-Up, Jocelyn Lor

In the Intermediate Division, there were only eight of us participating, playing 15 rounds. We had to play against each other a number of times. Haren and me managed to achieve sixth and seventh position respectively. I achieved my modest goal of ending up second last and having a lot of fun playing scrabble and making new friends who were half my age. It was an achievement as I ended up last in my previous tournament that I took part!

Haren Vs Choudry Sundram
Raj Vs Choudry

There were fourteen players in the Beginners Division playing six rounds on Saturday. The showdown between Priya and Mohan resulted in Priya winning the third spot while my brother settled for fourth spot.

Priya Vs Mohanraj
Beginners Third place winner, Krishnapriya

Beginners fourth place winner, Mohanraj

Full results as below:

Results after game 15

NOVEMBER 22, 2008 -- MASTERS

Rank Player Wins Mar

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1 Khoo Beng Way 13 654

2 Ramaraj Sundraraj 10 334

3 Jocelyn Lor 9 355

4 Kong Chock Heng 9 224

5 Chang Ching Wei 9 -104

6 Yeo Kien Hung 8 453

7 William Kang 8 43

8 Sreepathy Iyer 8 -169

9 Alvin Lau 7 229

10 Alex Tan 7 36

11 Seshi Ramanathan 7 -2

12 Tan Jin Chor 6 486

13 Martin Teo 6 118

14 Cedric Stewart Lewis 5 -758

15 Paulette Yeoh 4 -720

16 Yeap Gim Sai 4 -1179

HIGH GAME: Alvin Lau 601

Results after game15

NOVEMBER 22, 2008 -- INTERMEDIATE

Rank Player Wins Mar

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1 Leroy Ong 10 1022

2 Teo Wee Seong 10 721

3 Kang Eng Lee 10 680

4 Donovan Tay Kim Kwi 7 62

5 Lee Kin Mun 7 -185

6 Harendraraj Mohanraj 7 -638

7 K Sundraraj 6 -548

8 Choudry Sundram 3 -1114

HIGH GAME: Leroy Ong 535

Results after game 6

NOVEMBER 22, 2008 -- BEGINNERS

SATURDAY

Rank Player Wins Mar

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1 Andrew Lau 6 560

2 Gan Cheng Neng 5 294

3 Krishnapriya Sundraraj 4 283

4 Mohanraj Krishnasamy 3 188

5 Liw Xin Pin 3 158

6 Goh Han Liang 3 -6

7 Tan Wee Kem 3 -55

8 Evanna Mohamad Ramly 3 -69

9 Wan Madihah Abdul 3 -73

10 Lee Ming Yuen 3 -211

11 Leon Goh Lee Onn 2 -231

12 Wilson Kang 2 -255

13 Sarojini 2 -283

14 Zz Bye 0 -300

HIGH GAME: Andrew Lau 463

For more information refer to Martin's website at http://mosc2008.blogspot.com/

Subang Scrabble Challenge 2008_09.11.08

The day finally arrived when our very own inaugral Subang Scrabble Challenge was held last Sunday at Subang Parade. A total of 60 players took part in the three divisions i.e Masters, Intermediates and Beginners. We also had a Scrabble Fun Corner where Priya was busy teaching and playing with under 12 children club members.

Registration commenced at 8.30 a.m. by Chitra and Ida. After a slight glitch of the late switching on of the lights, the games started at 9.30 a.m.

Chitra & Ida at registration desk

Subang Scrabble Challenge 2008
Raj & Martin Teo, Tournament Director

20 players took part in the Masters Division, playing 8 rounds of games. There were a mixture of veterans and youngsters taking part. After 6 rounds, Jocelyn Lor, Pui Cheng Wui and Scott Chung were the front runners leading with 5 points and finished in their respective top three positions after 8 rounds.
Masters Division players

Rama Vs Khoo Beng Way

Tengku Asri Vs Sreepathy Iyer
Rama Vs Scott Chung

We had 24 players in the Intermediate division playing 8 rounds. After 8 rounds, Yew Weng Kean and Cheah Kim Tarh finished with 7 points each with Yew finishing with a better spread points.
Intermediates Division players
Zurina Rose Vs Eroll Netto
Vijayaraj Vs Krishna Iyer

Almost half of the 16 players who took part in the Beginners Division are members of our Subang Jaya Community Sports Club. New Scrabble talents, Lim Poh Seng and Manohar, who finished in the top two position after 7 rounds, were discovered. The youngest player who took part in this division was Wilson Kang, aged 9 years old.

Beginners Division players
Farouk Vs Yong Karl Wei
Krishnaveni Vs Nithia Ruby

At the Fun Scrabble Corner, some of the club members such as William, aged 11 years, and Ann, aged 8 years, came to play with Priya.

Fun Scrabble Corner

The matches were completed at 6 p.m. and the prize giving ceremony commenced. The top five winners in the Masters division were given cash prizes with the Champion receiving RM 400. Trophies were given for the top three winners for all the Divisions.

There were 7 prizes given for the top finishes in the Intermediates while 6 prizes were given for the Beginners. Special prizes for the youngest player and the best SJCSC member finishing outside the top six position, were given. Consolation prizes for highest game/words were also given for all the Divisions.
Tournament prizes

All the participants also received a special cerificate of attendance thanks to Farouk's effort and artwork.

Certificate of attendance

Our Subang Jaya Community Sports Club (SJCSC) Chairman, Dr. Amin, gave away the prizes. He also presented T-shirts to the 12 players representing Malaysia in the World Youth Scrabble Competition (WYSC) which would be held in Penang this December. We are proud to have six out of the twelve players, representing the country, from Subang Jaya.

Dr. Amin with the youngest participant, Wilson Kang

MASTER DIVISION

Masters Division Champion Joselyn Lor

Runners Up Pui Cheng Wei
2nd Runners Up Scott Chung

INTERMEDIATES DIVISION

Intermediates Division Champion Yew Weng Kean
1st Runners Up Cheah Kim Tarh
2nd Runners Up Kang Eng Lee

BEGINNERS DIVISION

Beginners Division Champion Lim Poh Seng
1st Runners Up Manohar
2nd Runners Up Vishnuraj

A big thank you for the support from all the participants for our inaugral tournament. Thank you also to our Tournament Director, Martin Teo and Coordinator, Leon.

The Tournament was a success thanks to the efforts and hard work of the committee comprising of Farouk, Chitra, Ida, Mark and Priya.

Also a special thank you for Hektar Premier Sdn Bhd for sponsoring the ideal space at Subang Parade and our Subang Jaya ADUN YB Hannah Yeoh for her generous contribution for the tournament.

The final results as below:

MASTERS
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Jocelyn Lor 7 689
2 Pui Cheng Wui 7 663
3 Scott Chung 7 462
4 Gan Yi En 5 119
5 Khoo Beng Way 5 -170
6 Chang Ching Wei 4 213
7 Sreepathy Iyer 4 149
8 Tan Jin Chor 4 76
9 Chim Wai Main 4 64
10 Mohd Ali Ismail 4 -1
11 Ramaraj Sundraraj 4 -76
12 Tengku Asri 4 -325
13 Sean Chung 3 62
14 Seshi Ramanathan 3 -142
15 Alex Tan 3 -237
16 Lee Pao Hsien 3 -239
17 Wendy Lee Suk Ling 3 -422
18 William Kang 2 -44
19 Chung Chee Hoi 2 -244
20 Suleiman Otieno 2 -597
HIGH GAME: Sreepathy Iyer 548
HIGH WORD: Pui Cheng Wui 125
"SEQUENCY"

INTERMEDIATE
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Yew Weng Kean 7 787
2 Cheah Kim Tarh 7 475
3 Kang Eng Lee 6 -107
4 Eroll Netto 5.5 226
5 Aviel Lee Iuen Bing 5 303
6 Vijayaraj Mahendrarj 5 255
7 Krishna Iyer 5 51
8 Edwin Kan Sing Jern 4.5 33
9 Bryan Lai Tong Yin 4 388
10 Laura Lau Szu Ann 4 294
11 Looi Yih Feng 4 245
12 Kelly Chung 4 108
13 Robert Chung 4 9
14 Vinnith Ramamurti 4 -80
15 Marissa Law Jun Yi 4 -179
16 Zurina Rose 3 356
17 Chang Ching Yet 3 -100
18 Dain Razali 3 -186
19 Chan Wei Chien 3 -260
20 Charis Koo Yen Ee 3 -656
21 Reynold Lim Dao Wen 2.5 -250
22 Loi Joon Keit 2.5 -458
23 Arvinran Rajendran 2 -544
24 Shawn Hoong Bor Jou 1 -710
HIGH GAME: Zurina Rose 556
HIGH WORD: Zurina Rose 111
"QUIETER"

BEGINNERS
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Lim Poh Seng 6 413
2 Manohar 6 267
3 Vishnuraj Jayaraj 5 201
4 Sundara Lakshimi 4.5 234
5 Wilson Kang WeiChern 4 87
6 Farouk Hashim 4 -73
7 Yong Karl Wei 4 -129
8 Rajendran Sinappan 4 -137
9 Melati Abdul Hai 3.5 44
10 Looi Yih Foo 3 147
11 Krishnaveni Jayaraj 3 -110
12 Nithia Ruby 3 -172
13 Naik Hsian Zhen 2 -7
14 Sujata Poobalasingam 2 -40
15 Divya Ramesh 2 -361
16 Mohd Ashraff Nuramin 0 -364
HIGH GAME: Vishnuraj Jayaraj 435

Thank you all for the memories.

For more photos, refer to website:

http://rajscrabble.fotopic.net/

For more information refer to following websites:

MSA website http://www.penster.com.my/

SJCSC website http://sjcyfl.wetpaint.com/

Deepavali Celebration_ 27.10.08

This year we celebrated our Deepavali in my elder's brother's house in Seremban. We all gathered in Seremban on Saturday and started off the celebration with some fireworks at night.

Priya, Rama, Aishwarya & Viji

Our family dinner was held on Sunday night at Restaurant Golden Dragon, Seremban 2.
Variety of dishes served
Children enjoying their dinner
Delicious Sweet & Sour Crabs Dish

Deepavali day arrived. We all got up early for the oil bath and headed for the temple in the morning. Following our the delicious breakfast of tosai, appam jala and mutton curry prepared by mum and sister in law, we had our usual photo session with everyone dressed in the finest, wearing their new Deepavali clothes.

Priya and her cousins
Rama & cousins

The big boys with mum
Ladies posing
Raj, Chitra, Priya & Rama

We did not invite many friends for Deepavali in Seremban. However, our family friends, Wahab family,came from Klang, celebrate this joyous day. As usual, my Aunty and my cousin sister also joined us from Kepong.

Wahab Family
Raj, Cousin Premala, Aunty & Chitra