Alice Symons [#124] at 2005 National SCRABBLE® Championship

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On this page, you will find information about Alice Symons, who is a contestant in Division 6 at the 2005 National SCRABBLE® Championship, held August 20th – 24th in Reno, NV. This page is updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight PDT. Symons currently has a record of 13-15, -76, and is ranked #88 in Division 6.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Alice Surname(s): Symons Home: Eureka, CA, United States Hobbies: dog showing Occupation: forensic scientist

Career History

6-year record against other players at this event	0-0 (0.000)
Past 1-12 months	no games
Past 13-24 months	no games
Past 25-36 months	no games
Past 37-48 months	no games
Past 49-60 months	no games
Past 61-72 months	no games

Rank Diagram

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Round-by-Round
High score: 427 Average for: 346 Average against: 348
Round 1		Symons played #56 Richard Hamilton (Harrisburg, PA) and lost 331 to 417 (a spread of -86) . Before this event, Symons had not played Hamilton in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #106. Current record: 0-1, -86.
Round 2		Symons played #68 Eileen Johnson (Freeport, NY) and won 371 to 300 (a spread of 71) . Before this event, Symons had not played Johnson in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #70. Current record: 1-1, -15.
Round 3		Symons played #96 Sandy Nang (Los Angeles, CA) and lost 366 to 410 (a spread of -44) . Before this event, Symons had not played Nang in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #85. Current record: 1-2, -59.
Round 4		Symons played #40 Edith Einstein (Roseville, CA) and won 357 to 254 (a spread of 103) . Before this event, Symons had not played Einstein in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #62. Current record: 2-2, +44.
Round 5		Symons played #91 Daniel Middleton (Sherwood Park AB) and won 412 to 255 (a spread of 157) . Before this event, Symons had not played Middleton in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #42. Current record: 3-2, +201.
Round 6		Symons played #81 Polly Lenzen (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) and won 368 to 334 (a spread of 34) . Before this event, Symons had not played Lenzen in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #37. Current record: 4-2, +235.
Round 7		Symons played #64 Margaret Hughes (Los Angeles, CA) and won 375 to 324 (a spread of 51) . Before this event, Symons had not played Hughes in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #25. Current record: 5-2, +286.
Round 8		Symons played #24 Bernadette Buckley (Atlantic City, NJ) and won 361 to 340 (a spread of 21) . Before this event, Symons had not played Buckley in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-2, +307. Symons is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Symons is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (1 hit).
Round 9		Symons played #21 Nicholas Briggs (Palo Alto, CA) and lost 358 to 447 (a spread of -89) . Before this event, Symons had not played Briggs in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #33. Current record: 6-3, +218.
Round 10		Symons played #74 Bill Kinsella (Yale BC) and lost 330 to 378 (a spread of -48) . Before this event, Symons had not played Kinsella in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #44. Current record: 6-4, +170.
Round 11		Symons played #114 Ricky Sirois (Columbia, MO) and lost 422 to 428 (a spread of -6) . Before this event, Symons had not played Sirois in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #53. Current record: 6-5, +164.
Round 12		Symons played #104 Mindy Portinga (Memphis, TN) and won 359 to 338 (a spread of 21) . Before this event, Symons had not played Portinga in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #43. Current record: 7-5, +185.
Round 13		Symons played #106 Grace Qualls (Lafayette, LA) and won 375 to 255 (a spread of 120) . Before this event, Symons had not played Qualls in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #33. Current record: 8-5, +305.
Round 14		Symons played #132 Phyllis Vargas (Katy, TX) and lost 272 to 396 (a spread of -124) . Before this event, Symons had not played Vargas in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 8-6, +181.
Round 15		Symons played #114 Ricky Sirois (Columbia, MO) and lost 288 to 376 (a spread of -88) . Before this event, Symons had not played Sirois in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #61. Current record: 8-7, +93.
Round 16		Symons played #27 Evelyn Callaway (Bryan, TX) and lost 339 to 383 (a spread of -44) . Before this event, Symons had not played Callaway in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #67. Current record: 8-8, +49.
Round 17		Symons played #115 Ann Skylstad (Fort Stockton, TX) and won 367 to 366 (a spread of 1) . Before this event, Symons had not played Skylstad in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #63. Current record: 9-8, +50.
Round 18		Symons played #16 Linda Bianca (Myrtle Beach, SC) and lost 318 to 414 (a spread of -96) . Before this event, Symons had not played Bianca in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #72. Current record: 9-9, -46.
Round 19		Symons played #111 Florence Rott (Amherst, NY) and lost 290 to 335 (a spread of -45) . Before this event, Symons had not played Rott in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #81. Current record: 9-10, -91.
Round 20		Symons played #59 Ann Herget (Las Vegas, NV) and lost 248 to 471 (a spread of -223) . Before this event, Symons had not played Herget in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #92. Current record: 9-11, -314.
Round 21		Symons played #32 Anna Marie Cook (Calgary AB) and lost 291 to 296 (a spread of -5) . Before this event, Symons had not played Cook in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #101. Current record: 9-12, -319.
Round 22		Symons played #14 Sarra Berkowitz (Huntington Beach, CA) and won 416 to 278 (a spread of 138) . Before this event, Symons had not played Berkowitz in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #89. Current record: 10-12, -181.
Round 23		Symons played #93 Ronald F Millard (Lancaster, PA) and won 348 to 283 (a spread of 65) . Before this event, Symons had not played Millard in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #76. Current record: 11-12, -116.
Round 24		Symons played #30 Vera Collard (Sedona, AZ) and lost 320 to 336 (a spread of -16) . Before this event, Symons had not played Collard in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #86. Current record: 11-13, -132.
Round 25		Symons played #61 Jack Howe (Paragould, AR) and won 427 to 263 (a spread of 164) . Before this event, Symons had not played Howe in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #77. Current record: 12-13, +32.
Round 26		Symons played #76 Janice Konkol (Amherst, WI) and lost 301 to 374 (a spread of -73) . Before this event, Symons had not played Konkol in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #85. Current record: 12-14, -41.
Round 27		Symons played #115 Ann Skylstad (Fort Stockton, TX) and won 346 to 318 (a spread of 28) . Before this event, Symons had not played Skylstad in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #78. Current record: 13-14, -13.
Round 28		Symons played #130 Sharon Valorose (Williamsburg, VA) and lost 325 to 388 (a spread of -63) . Before this event, Symons had not played Valorose in at least 6 years. Current ranking: #88. Current record: 13-15, -76.

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