Start date: May 24, 2013
End date: May 26, 2013
Time: 12:00 am - 12:00 am
Location: Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana, Church Avenue, Near Khar Subway, Santacruz (West) Mumbai - 400 054

Congrats to Sherwin & Nakul for the top 2 places. Detailed results below:
Final Results of Bayer National Scrabble Championships, 2013

PREMIER
Results from round 26
1  Sherwin Rodrigues 18.5(+0) +879(+0)
2  Nakul Prabhu 17(+0) +492(+0)
3  Akshay Bhandarkar 16.5 +1971
4  Douglas Lobo 15 +843
5  Prashanth Seetharam 15 +604
6  T P Kurian 15 +42
7  Lennie D’Souza 15 -77
8  Ranganatha Chakravar 14 +1180
9  Shaik Ahmed 14 +536
10  Udayan Grover 14 +532
11  Jose De Abreu 13 +548
12  Irineu Gonsalves 13 -75
13  Bhushan Pradhan 13 -173
14  Mangala Bhandarkar 13 -353
15  Carolann Pais 13 -874
16  V Ramchandran 12 -120
17  Siddarth Raman 12 -735
18  P C Jose 11 -315
19  Gregory Fernandes 11 -1514
20  Sanjay Bijlani 10 -218
21  A Krishnan 10 -630
22  Priya Karkhanis 9.5 -798
23  Patrick Pereira 8(+1) -826(+1)
24  Rex D’Souza 6.5(+1) -919(+1)
Bye treatment explained in brackets

High game: Ranganatha Chakravar 638

OPEN DIV
Results from round 25
1  Nidhi Singhvi 18(+0) +465(+0)
2  Phil Paes 16.5(+0) +1494(+0)
3  Joe Rodrigues 16 +878
4  R Nalini 16 +638
5  Manju Pai 15 +693
6  Abhijit Pradhan 15 +520
7  Parvathy Raghunathan 15 +299
8  Neena Shahani 15 +281
9  Huzaifa Faizullabhoy 14.5 +17
10  Aditya Iyengar 14 +645
11  Romilla Thakur 14 +611
12  M H Quraishi 14 +450
13  Nitya Chagti 14 +36
14  Shalini Anant 13.5 +965
15  Pramod Khera 13.5 -402
16  Asha Kamath 13 +442
17  Caryl Gonsalvez 13 +31
18  Sylvia Coelho 13 +23
19  Deepika Jaiswal 13 -213
20  Samrath Bhatia 13 -215
21  Aruna Grover 12 +428
22  Zeba Sultan 12 +369
23  Vidya Goggi 12 +72
24  P Keswani 12 -146
25  Ritu Chadha 12 -272
26  Yash Potnis 12 -566
27  Hriday Samtani 11 +106
28  Kamna Karamchandani 11 -56
29  Erol Jorge 11 -94
30  Creswell Dsouza 11 -143
31  Grover Mubarakai 11 -162
32  Kala Ganesh 10.5 -405
33  Umang Kejriwal 10.5 -553
34  Viji Ramchandran 10 -19
35  Vraj Jain 10 -919
36  Kartikey Gupta 10 -947
37  Nidhi D Gupta 10 -1235
38  Rehet Bhatia 9 -643
39  Joanne Carlo 9 -931
40  Harshit Dalal 3(+1) -1542(+1)
Bye treatment explained in brackets

High game: Aruna Grover 569

Congratulations to all the Prize Winners from both divisions and particularly to Sherwin & Nakul for qualifying to represent India at the World Championships, 2013 to be held at Prague in December, 2013.

The Bayer National Scrabble Championship 2013 will be held at the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana (Khar), Mumbai from 24-26 May 2013. Please go ahead with your travel plans. Details below:

Date and Time: 24th, 25th & 26th of May 2013 (Friday, Saturday & Sunday) from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Venue: Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana, Church Avenue, Near Khar Subway, Santacruz (West) Mumbai – 400 054

Divisions: 1) Premier(SAI Rating of 1250 & above)
2) Open (SAI Rating below 1250 and unrated players)

Please note: Players with SAI rating between 1000 to 1250 can opt to play in the Premier division. If the number of players is odd in the premier division then the highest rated player in the open division would fill in the last slot of the premier division.

Format: 26 rounds
First 13 rounds (Australian Draw format) / Last 13 rounds (King of the Hill format)

Word source: Collins Scrabble Words (CSW) 2012

Entry Fee: Rs 1500 for SAI Members and Rs 1700 for Non-SAI Members

The entry fee includes lunch, tea & snacks for all the 3 days of the tournament.

Registration time: 9 to 9.30 a.m. (24th May 2013)

Registration can be done by:
1) Calling Ramachandran on 9892471327
2) Calling Bhushan Pradhan on 022-27721317
3) E-mail:- mumbaiscrabbleclub@hotmail.com
4) E-mail:- mumbaiscrabble@gmail.com

Registration must be done on or before 15th May 2013.

Exciting cash prizes and trophies would be given to the winners. Winner of the Bayer National Scrabble Championship 2013 would qualify to represent India at WSC 2013.

Important instructions:-

• Participants are requested to bring their own scrabble board, tiles and clock to the venue
• Participants reaching the venue after 9.30 a.m would not be allowed to participate in the tournament
• Participants must register in advance to take part in the tournament