Saturday, December 23, 2006

2006 Causeway Scrabble Challenge

Venue: Zon Regency Hotel, Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Dates: December 8-10, 2006

Premier Division:
Teams: Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, The Philippines, Australia and India
No. of Players: 30 (5 players each Team)
Qualification: Top 5 players from each country based on ratings of each country as of 30 November 2006 or earlier as determined by Scrabble Association of each country.  The next player on the rating list will be invited if any of top 5 players could not make it.
Dictionary: SOWPODS 2003
Challenge Rule: 5-Point Penalty per Words Challenged
Format25 games (Team round-robin only, i.e. each country plays the other countries once over a period of three day)
Winner: Asirvatham Ganesh
Top Prize: USD 2,500
Team Winner: Australia

Open Division:
No. of Players: 66
Dictionary: SOWPODS 2003
Challenge Rule: 5 points penalty per word challenged
Format: 12 Swiss No-Repeat and 8 King of the Hill over a period of three days)
Winner: Austin Shin
Top Prize: RM 2,500


Team Philippines composed of Oscar Rivera, Odette Rio, Ronald Credo, Leonora Labog and Marlon Prudencio at CSC 2006 with their Vowelless T-Shirt

Team Winner of CSC 2006: Australia (from left: Naween Fernando, Edward Okulicz, Andrew Fisher, David Elder & Chris May) - Photo from scrabble.org.au/inter/causeway06



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