Insightraj: Subang Scrabble Challenge 2008

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/