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SUBANG SCRABBLE CHALLENGE 2019 Summit USJ, Subang Jaya, Malaysia: 27th to 28th July, 2019

2019 Subang Scrabble Challenge Report

INTRODUCTION The 11th edition of the Subang Scrabble Challenge 2019 (SSC2019) was organized by the Subang Jaya Community Sports Club (SJCSC) in association with the Malaysian Scrabble Association (MSA) which was held at Summit USJ, Subang Jaya. The competition was divided into six divisions to cater for the different skill levels of scrabble players and school age groups. The Open division catered for the more seasoned and competitive scrabble players, some of them have played in previous World Scrabble Championships. The Intermediate division was mainly for the Secondary school children who have been playing competitive Scrabble for the school and also adult players. The age group sections Primary U12, Secondary U15 and U18 divisions were for school participants while the Beginners division was for those who are starting to play competitive Scrabble This year’s edition attracted an increased number of participants of a total of two hundred and ninety-two (292) players, making this event, a national level competition and one of the biggest gatherings of the Scrabble players in Malaysia. The registration for each division was as below: Open division – 22 participants, Intermediate division – 32 participants, Beginners division – 74 participants, Primary U12 division – 86 participants, Secondary U15 division - 42 participants, Secondary U18 division - 36 participants. The Tournament was endorsed by the Ministry of Education and rated nationally by MSA and the ratings are published in MSA’s website www.penster.com.

Report by Ir. K.Sundraraj Tournament Coordinators: Ir. K.Sundraraj / P.Chitra Tournament Director: Ir. K.Sundraraj

2019SSC Scrabble Participants

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Open Division prize winners

OPEN DIVISION

A total of twenty-two (22) players took part in the Open division playing fifteen (15) rounds of scrabble. This division featured many top-rated Scrabble players in Malaysia and Singapore.

After fifteen rounds of intense scrabble matches, Pui Cheng Wui emerged champion with 11 wins and margin of 782 points. Goutham Jayaraman and Martin Teo managed to finish as 1st Runners up (10 wins with margin 569 spread) and 2nd Runners up (10 wins with margin 461 spread) respectively. The top six (6) prize winners were William Kang (10 wins with 405 spread), Vannitha Balasingam (9 wins with 1001 spread) and Kong Chock Heng (9 wins with 314 spread), in that order.

The Champion received a trophy and cash prize of RM 500, and an additional RM250 being the first Repeat Champion in 11 years of the tournament history. The runners up received trophies and RM250 and RM125 respectively. Additional cash awards were given to the fourth and fifth placed finishers. Consolation prizes were given up to nine top finishers. High word award was achieved by Rehdy Khairil scoring 131 points with word “CLOTTING”.

Dr. Nazir, SJCSC President, presenting cash and trophies to top three Open Division winners

Pui Cheng Wui, Goutham Jayaraman and

Martin Teo. (Top to Bottom Clockwise)



Open Division Results after Round 15

Open Division Participants

Results from round 15

1 Pui Cheng Wui 11 +782

2 Goutham Jayaraman 10 +569

3 Martin Teo 10 +461

4 William Kang 10 +405

5 Vannitha Balasingam 9 +1001

6 Kong Chock Heng 9 +314

7 Chang Ching Wei 9 +91

8 Lee Pao Hsien 8 +465

9 Tony Sim 8 +171

10 Karen Richards 8 +135

11 Tan Jin Chor 8 +45

12 Jocelyn Lor 8 -262

13 Chuah Sim Swee 7 +48

14 Mohd Ali Ismail 7 -193

15 Seshi Ramanathan 7 -295

16 Adam Bin Azlan 7 -350

17 Jackie Cheah 6 +99

18 Tan Zi Kang 6 -180

19 Ker Ken Wa 6 -620

20 Ang Yi Qun 5 -954

21 Rehdy Khairil 4 -224

22 Jerry Jang 2 -1508

High game: Vannitha Balasingam 594

High word: Rehdy Khairil CLOTTING 131



Results after round 6-- INTERMEDIATE

Intermediate Division In the Intermediate division, there were thirty-two (32) players playing six (6) rounds of scrabble. Rinesh Rajan emerged Champion winning 6 games with margin of 966 points. The runners up positions went to Yeo Zhi En and Chow Zhuo Xue each with 5 wins with spread of 291 points and 168 points respectively. The top five (5) cash prize winners were Anthony Ben Decruz (4 wins with 344 spread) and Jonson Lim (4 wins with 245 spread), respectively. The Champion received a trophy and cash prize of RM250 while the runners up received trophies and RM100 and RM75 respectively. Additional prizes were given to the fourth to twelveth placed finishers. Certificate of participation was given to student participants. High word award was achieved by Wang Xiang Nian scoring 156 points with word “QUEZALS”.

Intermediate Division prize winners

INTERMEDIATE Results from round 6 1 Rinesh Rajan 6 +966 2 Yeo Zhi En 5 +291 3 Chow Zhuo Xue 5 +168 4 Anthony Ben Decruz 4 +344 5 Jonson Lim 4 +245 6 Jessica Binwani 4 +157 7 Joshua Ayden Lim 4 +156 8 Maydeline Ang 4 +133 9 Hassanal Faariz 4 +81 10 Sree Ganes Narayana 4 +66 11 Lam Mei Wei 4 -36 12 Major Cheah Kim Tarh 3 +409 13 Lim Boi Chin 3 +386 14 Muhd Ridhwan Nasir 3 +198 15 John Wu Chi Xian 3 +119 16 Yang Wen Kai 3 +73

18 Avinesh Jayaganes 3 -18 19 Chiam Jin Wen 3 -57 20 Muhd Faiz Syazwan 3 -116 21 Teo Yong Jing 3 -123 22 Md Aqil B Azhar 2 +77 23 Foong Sui Yun 2 +20 24 Mahalathchme Ramodrn 2 -37 25 Low QiHao 2 -190 26 Praveendran Jayabala 2 -217 27 Mohd Suhaimi Yusof 2 -222 28 Ashavina Arulkumar 2 -528 29 Wang Xiang Nian 2 -775 30 Joseph Wong 1 -103 31 Tan Jay Tze 1 -426 32 Snjayawayne Jeyaramn 0 -1082 High game: Rinesh Rajan 606 High word: Wang Xiang Nian QUEZALS 156



Beginners Division prize winners

Beginners Division In the Beginners Division, seventy-four (74) players registered on the 28th July 2019 to play five (5) rounds of enthusiastic and competitive scrabble. Rachel Decruz and Adlee Kim Singam managed to win all 5 games. However, Rachel emerged Champion with a better spread of 584 points ahead of Adlee with spread of 366 points. Aidan Nathaniel was declared as 2nd Runners Up with 4 wins and spread of 569 points. The top six (6) positions were completed by Chow Kah Yee, Jane Kang and Jaishnavi Jayaganes in that order, all of whom obtained 4 wins. The top twenty winners were presented with prizes while the top three finishers were also given trophies. High word award was won by Aidan Nathaniel scoring 101 points with “SEXTAIN”.

Ganesh Asirvatham, MSA Vice President, presenting prizes and trophies to top three Beginner Division winners, Rachel Decruz, Adlee Kim Singam and Aidan Nathaniel . (L to R)



Results after round 5-- BEGINNERS

40 Shuhada Sofea 2 +300 41 Asharina Arulkumar 2 +271 42 Nurr Qaireenaa 2 +106 43 Muhammad Firdaus 2 +42 44 Zharif Sorfina Zaki 2 +2 45 Ahmad FATIHIN 2 -6 46 Melissa Yasmin 2 -63 47 Muhammad Afiq Muqri 2 -65 48 Ahmad Arham Wajdi 2 -68 49 Muhd Naim Zuhaier 2 -78 50 Muhd Danial Iman 2 -99 51 Liviynaash Riyshay 2 -114 52 Kavivarthan Manvanan 2 -125 53 Wan Mohd Aidid 2 -126 54 Amir Harith Zuhair 2 -164 55 Ilham B Abdul Qadir 2 -164 56 Syahmi Zuhairi 2 -170 57 Nur Insyirah 2 -201 58 Ajitessh Arun 2 -263 59 Vimal Ramesh 2 -310 60 Wan Munira Izati 2 -386 61 Thiruchelvam Danabal 1.5 -467 62 Raahul Eshwaar Nair 1 -18 63 Farisah Qistina 1 -103 64 Norizee Ellyssa 1 -130 65 Adriana Syaza Bt Az 1 -189 66 Nurfarahiyah 1 -213 67 Ajaay Eshwaar Nair 1 -237 68 Raidah Zahidah 1 -237 69 Aqil Hakimi 1 -260 70 Dian Batrishyia 1 -383 71 Annisa Bt Zamsari 1 -395 72 Zara Zuleykha 1 -562 73 HAIRUN(ZZBYE) 0 -334 74 Ahmad Iyad Nafail 0 -341 High game: Muhd Adli Arif 540 High word: Aidan Nathaniel Ho SEXTAIN 101

BEGINNERS Results from round 5 1 Rachel Decruz 5 +584 2 Adlee Kim Singam 5 +366 3 Aidan Nathaniel HO 4 +569 4 Chow kah yee 4 +442 5 Jane Kang Yi 4 +410 6 Jaishnavi Jayaganes 4 +353 7 Suria Murthi 4 +285 8 Cheok Kar Seng 4 +225 9 Chow Zhuo Ye 4 +182 10 LIYANA ILLANI 4 +147 11 Nor Azliana 4 +131 12 Dannisharan Kunalan 4 +119 13 Wan Nadyne Bt Aznal 4 +50 14 Muhammad Iyas Naufal 3.5 +193 15 Muhd Adli Arif 3 +562 16 ZATI HANANI 3 +310 17 Wong Soon Jie 3 +302 18 Yap Zheng Ewe Ashly 3 +255 19 Lim Jing Lun 3 +222 20 Isaac Lee Shang Zhe 3 +193 21 Thevipriya Suresh 3 +171 22 Ahmad NABIL 3 +168 23 Nor Aliza BT ALIAS 3 +121 24 Vinosaarani Valerin 3 +96 25 Divya Letchumy 3 +87 26 Riesa Li Praba 3 +48 27 Nursyakir Azim 3 +26 28 Nurul Azureen 3 +4 29 Muhammad Afif B Isma 3 -24 30 Nor Husna Bt Othman 3 -54 31 Jia qing 3 -70 32 Muhammad Akid Haikal 3 -88 33 Sayid Muhammad 3 -112 34 Yashika Tinakaran 3 -128 35 Muhammad Iqram 3 -156 36 Andrew Dhiren Tan 2.5 -90 37 Povienthiran 2.5 -95 38 Damia Bt Mohd Reza 2.5 -103 39 Rohit Kanna 2.5 -151 40 Shuhada Sofea 2 +300



Primary U12 Division In the Primary U12 Division, eighty-six (86) players registered on the 27th July 2019 to play six (6) rounds of competitive scrabble. Vyasa Dheva completed the rounds with 6 wins and was declared the Champion. Ali Imran Bin Hisham (spread of 837 points), Muhammad Akif (spread of 597 points), Yang Wen Kai (spread of 581 points), Tashwin Engad Ravana (spread of 516 points), Kaleeshwar Naidu (spread of 468 points), Chen Kyleen (spread of 279 points) and Patrick Heng Bing Xi (spread of 109 points) all finished with 5 wins and their position depended on the spread points respectively. The top twenty winners were presented with prizes while the top three finishers were also given trophies. Certificates of participation were given to all student participants. The high word award was presented to Titus Anand for scoring 150 points for the word “KINDERS”.

Primary U12 Division Prize Winners

Mr. Alex Tan, MSA Hon. Secretary presenting prizes and trophies to top three Primary U12 Division winners, Vyasa Dheva, Ali Imran Bin Hisham and Muhammad Akif (L to R).



Results after round 6—PRIMARY U12

PRIMARY U12 Results from round 6 1 Vyasa Dheva 6 +559 2 Ali Imran Bin Hisham 5 +837 3 Muhammad Akif 5 +597 4 Yang Wen Kai 5 +581 5 Tashwin Engad Ravana 5 +516 6 Kaleeshwar Naidu 5 +468 7 Chen Kyleen 5 +279 8 Patrick Heng Bing Xi 5 +109 9 Jane Kang 4.5 +151 10 Ariana Onyinyechukwu 4 +1072 11 Titus Anand 4 +713 12 Jeysstan Kumarendran 4 +616 13 Athirah Aliah 4 +502 14 Justin Ooi Jen Wei 4 +478 15 Mahalathchne Ramodrn 4 +328 16 Shaanthesh Muniappan 4 +284 17 Agesha Humaira 4 +260 18 Syed Ali Dhanish 4 +226 19 Aghalya Nageshvaran 4 +191 20 Vishal Menon 4 +128 21 Veronica Fernandez 4 +120 22 Avinesh Jayaganes 4 +111 23 Lily Lau Yi En 4 +95 24 Aliyah Chioma Daniel 4 +77 25 Leong Jia Liang 4 +7 26 Wong Yong Le 4 -37 27 Muhammad Hazim 4 -130 28 WAN MOHD RAYYAN 4 -266 29 Leong Mei Qi 3.5 +92 30 Sonia Anne Menon 3.5 +16 31 Devesh Kuganesan 3.5 -24 32 Chow Kah Yee 3.5 -25 33 Tamilini Balachandrn 3.5 -158 34 ChowZhuo Xue 3 +446 35 Go Yu An 3 +236 36 Jyotsnaa Kumarendran 3 +231 37 Dev Ishwar Jeyaseeln 3 +223 38 Dinash Weren Kumaran 3 +189 39 Rohan Lakhwani 3 +144 40 Munisashini Subiksha 3 +143 41 Ahmad Rayyan Azra 3 +133 42 Afradz Ezhar 3 +120 43 Yashica Tinakaran 3 +16 44 Looi Jeannie 3 +5 45 Jaishnavi Jayaganesn 3 -8

46 Amuthabarathi 3 -30 47 Sean Chieng Tee Kee 3 -84 48 Ahmad Luqman Harizz 3 -85 49 Mia Delisya Dasila 3 -106 50 Chow ZHUO YE 3 -176 51 Unaisah Mohd Yusri 3 -182 52 Chloe Tam Kar Yee 3 -217 53 Patrick Yap Zhen Xia 3 -219 54 DevyaKuganesan 3 -225 55 Luth Ridzki 3 -597 56 Shanthoosh Prathaban 2.5 -110 57 Thasarathie Kaliappn 2.5 -557 58 Alimatus Salimah 2 +167 59 Nurleesa Mysara 2 +137 60 Rahul Avalani 2 +83 61 Vinosaarani Valerin 2 -37 62 NURR QAIREENA RAI 2 -56 63 Jivhantika SHANMUGAN 2 -66 64 Sophia Neeta 2 -103 65 KHAIRURIJAL FAHMI 2 -113 66 Abhirami Maran 2 -139 67 Lohendra Nantha Kumr 2 -159 68 Ravenas Waren 2 -188 69 Alya Yasmini 2 -227 70 Mikhail Mohd Saifuln 2 -230 71 Jahnani Mathavan 2 -298 72 Presha Sivaraman 2 -306 73 Faith Easaw 2 -314 74 Nuraina Farisha 2 -409 75 Nur Irdina 2 -519 76 Wan Mhd Zafry Amzar 2 -780 77 Lavanyaa Balamurugan 1.5 -275 78 Srinikhiesh 1.5 -766 79 Rahini Saieshree 1 -185 80 Daveena Ashwini 1 -194 81 Liviynaash Riyshay 1 -313 82 Miza Batrisyia 1 -399 83 Pavitra Prabagaran 1 -433 84 Shamaniisri Kumara 1 -658 85 Rithiekesh Thileges 1 -733 86 Navyaa Arumugam 0 -550 High game: Ariana Onyinyechukwu 712 High word: Titus Anand KINDERS 150



Results after round 6—SECONDARY U15

U15 Results from round 6 1 Jareth Mah Zhen 6 +944 2 Kyan Teo Ching-wei 5 +629 3 Kreesan Bathmanaban 5 +588 4 Iman Najmi 5 +514 5 Eirfan Razman 4 +897 6 Aadhi Shankara 4 +639 7 Hassanal Faariz 4 +497 8 Rinesh Rajan 4 +398 9 Chong Kenn Yi 4 +368 10 Harshini Rheya 4 +359 11 Keiff Wong Zi Yuan 4 +292 12 Nishant Rajah 4 +289 13 Sharween Sundraraj 4 -200 14 Logeswaran Kumaresan 3.5 -171 15 Nava Sangari 3.5 -648 16 Tan Jay Tze 3 +418 17 Reuben Easow Koshy 3 +344 18 Praveendran Jayabala 3 +255 19 Rachel Easaw 3 +86 20 Niveeshana Balachan 3 -9 21 Dharshini Gunasekarn 3 -71 22 Wan Muhd Zikry 3 -86 23 Varshini Prathaban 3 -195 24 Ammar Firdaus 3 -199 25 Miitharan Vijayan 3 -246 26 Anbu David 3 -332 27 Danish Faisal 3 -381 28 Faruq Rifqi 2.5 -240 29 Aizat B Ahmad Marzuk 2.5 -311 30 Jevalaggan Tamil A 2 +38 31 Chandrika Prabhu 2 -11 32 Hema Varshini 2 -163 33 Mikhael Rafiq 2 -261 34 Vishalan Kumaran 2 -291 35 Divessh Yadav 2 -433 36 Khallis b shukri 2 -435 37 Punithan Balamuru-- 2 -649 38 Abdul Muhaimin 1.5 -362 39 Muhammad Shahzany 1.5 -468 40 Sudar Anbalagan 1 -260 41 Muhammad ariff haika 1 -412 42 Adrianna Qalisya 0 -721 High game: Rinesh Rajan 631 High word: Dharshini GunasekarnMUZJIKS 166

Secondary U15 Division In the Secondary U15 Division, forty-two (42) players registered on the 27th July to play six (6) rounds of competitive scrabble. Jareth Mah Zhen Seong was declared Champion after achieving six wins. 1st and 2nd Runners Up position went to Kyan Teo Ching-Wei (with spread of 944 points) and Kreesan Bathmanaban (with spread of 588 points) respectively after both finished with 5 wins each. The top six (6) positions were completed by Iman Najmi, Eirfan Razman and Aadhi Shankara, in that order. The top ten winners were presented with prizes while the top three finishers were also given trophies. Certificates of participation were given to all student participants. High word award was achieved by Dharshini Gunasekarn scoring 166 points with word “MUZJIKS”.

Puan Kanaka, SSC Coordinator, presenting prizes and trophies to top three Secondary U15 Division winners Jareth Mah, Kyan Teo and Kreesan Bathmanaban (L to R).

Secondary U15 Division Prize Winners



U18 Results from round 6 1 Keeran Bathamanaban 6 +567 2 Aaron Danker 5 +491 3 Yeo Zhi En 5 +372 4 Kanmani Chanthran 4 +502 5 Lai Yong Ching 4 +499 6 Megan Raaj Sethu 4 +350 7 Viishu Sree Ganesh 4 +184 8 Thivnash Dewi 4 +181 9 Lavanyah Letchumana- 4 +133 10 Kukaneswaran Suresh 4 +115 11 Amerenthiran Anantha 4 +87 12 Chiam Jin Wen 4 -39 13 Tharani Prathaban 3 +472 14 Lakhsmant Ian 3 +270 15 Yuvasanggari Mail 3 +159 16 Wang Xiang Nian 3 +131 17 Low Qi Hao 3 +126 18 Anusha Vicor 3 +55 19 Charlvin Ajis 3 +53 20 Lim Jing Lun 3 -46 21 Kathires Murugusuppi 3 -72 22 Mitra Kala Vijayan 3 -140 23 Daanesh Kumareson 3 -211 24 Malar Anbalagan 3 -328 25 Amutha Thirumurugan 2 +37 26 Abirami Pathmanaban 2 -72 27 Mahanaya Balachandr- 2 -111 28 Arivarasu Ragu 2 -157 29 Veshaalan Kumar 2 -183 30 Vasanthan Bathumanat 2 -319 31 Angelina Anparasan 2 -442 32 Vasanthavanan Kumar 2 -465 33 Kausalya Kerisnan 2 -710 34 Kesavam Muraley 1 -325 35 Janunisah Sivanesan 1 -466 36 Hakeshram Sivaraman 0 -698 High game: Kathires Murugusuppi 550 High word: Keeran Bathmanaban FINJANS

Secondary U18 Division In the Secondary U18 Division, thirty-six (36) players registered on the 27th July to play six (6) rounds of scrabble competition. Keeran Bathamanaban who completed the rounds with 6 wins was declared Champion.1st and 2nd Runners Up positions with 5 wins went to Aaron Danker (with spread of 491 points) and Yeo Zhi En (with spread of 372 points) respectively. The top six (6) positions were completed by Kanmani Chanthran, Lai Yong Ching and Megan Raaj Sethu respectively. The top ten winners were presented with prizes while the top three finishers were also given trophies. Certificates of participation were given to all student participants. High word award was given to Keeran Bathmanaban scoring 147 points with word “FINJANS”.

Results after round 6—SECONDARY U18

Mr. Stephen, SJCSC Hon.Treasurer, presenting prizes and trophies to top two Secondary U18 Division winners, Keeran Bathamanaban and Aaron Danker. (L to R)

Secondary U18 Division Prize Winners



Note of Thanks The Organizing Committee would like to thank everyone who has contributed in making this event an enjoyable and memorable one for all those who participated. A total of ten (10) cash awards and seventy-five (75) prizes were given out to the winners from 292 participants who took part. Special thanks and appreciation to all the sponsors/co-organizers as below: Event Co-Organizers: Malaysian Scrabble Association headed by En. Mohd. Ali Ismail

. Event/Prizes Sponsor: YB Tuan Wong Chen MP Subang. Prizes/Door gifts Sponsor: CCM Pharmaceuticals Sdn Bhd (Mr. Chek Wu Kong/En. Shamsul Idham) Event Venue Sponsor: Summit USJ, Subang Jaya.

Thank you for the memories and we hope to see you all next year 2020 for the next edition of the Subang Scrabble Challenge.

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