HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WINS 3RD LA UNION SCRABBLE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
After almost a near permanent postponement of the
event because of some technicalities and despite the absence of 2005 La Union
Scrabble Open Champion, Ronald Credo, and 2006 La Union Scrabble Open Champion,
Odette Rio, the 2007 La Union Open Scrabble Championships was held with a
resounding success with more than 30 rated and unrated players participated the
event coming from Laguna, Manila, Bulacan, Baguio City and La Union.
Jessica Bacani, a 14 year old, second year high
school student of Bauang, La Union surprised the field of veteran players and
dominated the 3rd La Union Scrabble Open which was held March 10-11, 2007 at
the Diego Silang Hall, Provincial Capitol, San Fernando City La Union. She
posted a near perfect score in the first round of competition scoring 7.5 wins
out of possible 9 wins and has unbelievably maintained her lead up to the
second day of competition. She grabbed the lead from Atty/Col. Antonio Malonzo
in the sixth round and never vacated the board 1 position until the end.
Jessica is a member of the Philippine team who has competed in the World Youth
Scrabble Championship in Sydney, Australia last December 2006.
Jessica posted 12 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses to
dominate the event. Her two losses came from the hands of 2007 La Union Mayor's Cup champion Atty.
Antonio Malonzo and the other loss came from Teejay de Jesus, the 1st runner-up
of the 2006 La Union Open Scrabble Championships. Jessica faced Atty. Malonzo
in the scrabble board six times with the former prevailing 4 times. Also, she
defeated Teejay de Jesus three times in four games to capture the coveted
champion's trophy and the allotted cash prize donated by
the provincial government of La Union, headed by our Honorable Governor Victor
F. Ortega.
The winners in the event are as follows:
Champion - Jessica Bacani ( La Union) 12.5 wins
2nd place - Teejay de Jesus (Manila) 11 wins
3rd place - Delio Dimaano (Laguna) 11 wins
4th place - Abe Gogoling (Baguio City) 11 wins
5th place - Mario Libiran (Laguna) 10 wins
6th place - Julio Busaing (Baguio City) 9.5 wins
7th place - Antonio Malonzo ( Manila) 9.5 wins
8th place - Frederick Bintudan (Baguio City) 9 wins
9th place - Robie Onate (Laguna) 9 wins
10th place - Clement Valledor (Manila) 9 wins
Consolation prizes:
Top La Union players
1st place - Yvonne Peralta
2nd place - Lorenzo Bacani
3rd place - Cirilo Nuesca Sr.
Top Newcomer - Arnel Mamaril
Top Unrated Player - Perla Ulatan
Top Student - Joseph Tilan (from La Union College of Nursing)
Tournament Records:
Highest Game Score - 544 points - Pablo Nuesca
Highest Game Spread - 323 points - John Carlo Peralta
Highest Bingo Score - 115 points - Mario Libiran
Highest Non-bingo Move - 93 points (QUIDS/EFS) - Lorenzo Bacani
Highest Total Spread - 700+ points - Lorenzo Bacani
Full Results:
Rank/Players/Wins/Recorded
Spread
1 Bacani, Jessica 12.5 +592
1 Bacani, Jessica 12.5 +592
2 de Jesus,
Teejay 11 +610
3 Dimaano, Delio 11 +557
4 Gogoling,
Abe 10 +644
5 Libiran,
Mario 10 +65
6 Busaing,
Julio 9.5 +655
7 Malonzo,
Antonio 9.5 +224
8 Bintudan,
Frederick 9 +378
9 Peralta, Yvonne 9 +221
10 Onate,
Robbie 9 +6
11 Bacani, Lorenzo 8.5 +715
12 Valledor,
Clement 8.5 +674
13 Nuesca, Cirilo
Sr. 8 +185
14 Alba,
Rudy 8 +78
15 Digap,
Adelina 8 +72
16 Elorpe,
Julius 8 -62
17 Chan,
Ellen 8 -154
18 Patrimonio,
Estrella 8 -240
19 Bernardino,
Alberto 7.5 -308
20 Nuesca,
Pablo 7 +9
21 Tilan,
Joseph 7 -55
22 Nuesca, Andy
Sr. 7 -138
23 Ulatan,
Perla 7 -572
24 Peralta, John
Carlo 6 +115
25 Mamaril,
Arnel 6 -882
26 Ortega, Victor
Antonio 5 -1000
27 Ortega, Gerard
Francis 4 -1309
28 Moralde, Marco
Jose Withdrawn
29 Rodriguez, Cherry
May Withdrawn
30 Salazar,
Reynaldo Withdrawn
