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/