2010 European Open Scrabble Championship: May 8-11, Sliema, Malta

May 8–11, 2010

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EOSC 2010: Joe Caruana [#6]

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On this page, you will find information about Joe Caruana, who is competing at the 2010 European Open Scrabble Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 18-14, +450, and is ranked #7 in Division 2.

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): Joe Surname(s): Caruana Home: MLT 2010 European Open Scrabble Championship Team: Malta

Round by Round
High score: 479 Average for: 384 Average against: 365
Round 1	Malta	Caruana played #7 Albert Zammit (MLT) and won 358 to 348 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 1-0, +10.
Round 2	England	Caruana played #24 Ian Kendall (Eng) and won 370 to 353 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 2-0, +27. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3	England	Caruana played #25 Nicky Huitson (Eng) and won 453 to 315 (a spread of 138). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 3-0, +165. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4	Ireland	Caruana played #14 Bronagh Kenny (IRL) and won 330 to 303 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 4-0, +192. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5	Malta	Caruana played #2 Charles Micallef (MLT) and lost 370 to 378 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 4-1, +184. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6	England	Caruana played #22 Jayne MacKenzie (Eng) and lost 383 to 422 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 4-2, +145.
Round 7	Romania	Caruana played #3 Catalin Caba (ROM) and won 476 to 318 (a spread of 158). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 5-2, +303.
Round 8	Malta	Caruana played #15 Yvonne Delia (MLT) and lost 302 to 336 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 5-3, +269. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9	Ireland	Caruana played #1 Brid Ni Bhriain (IRL) and won 423 to 304 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-3, +388. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10	Ireland	Caruana played #4 Mary Doyle (IRL) and lost 384 to 434 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 6-4, +338. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 11	Malta	Caruana played #5 Paul Mifsud (MLT) and lost 271 to 525 (a spread of -254). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-5, +84.
Round 12		Caruana recorded a loss with a spread of -150 points. Current ranking: #13. Current record: 6-6, -66. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13	Malta	Caruana played #10 Pawlu Frendo (MLT) and won 430 to 417 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 7-6, -53.
Round 14	England	Caruana played #30 Sheila Anderson (Eng) and won 408 to 318 (a spread of 90). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 8-6, +37.
Round 15	England	Caruana played #28 Paula Docherty (Eng) and won 417 to 284 (a spread of 133). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 9-6, +170.
Round 16	Malta	Caruana played #8 Anna Borg (MLT) and lost 318 to 366 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 9-7, +122.
Round 17	Romania	Caruana played #3 Catalin Caba (ROM) again and lost 342 to 355 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 9-8, +109.
Round 18	Malta	Caruana played #27 Annemarie Holland (MLT) and lost 358 to 395 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 9-9, +72. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19	England	Caruana played #9 Carmen Toscano (Eng) and lost 292 to 537 (a spread of -245). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 9-10, -173.
Round 20	Scotland	Caruana played #19 Julie Tate (Sco) and won 404 to 388 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 10-10, -157.
Round 21	Scotland	Caruana played #19 Julie Tate (Sco) again and lost 374 to 385 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 10-11, -168.
Round 22	Malta	Caruana played #7 Albert Zammit (MLT) again and won 479 to 298 (a spread of 181). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 11-11, +13.
Round 23	England	Caruana played #28 Paula Docherty (Eng) again and won 389 to 291 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 12-11, +111.
Round 24	Ireland	Caruana played #14 Bronagh Kenny (IRL) again and lost 331 to 404 (a spread of -73). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 12-12, +38.
Round 25	Ireland	Caruana played #1 Brid Ni Bhriain (IRL) again and won 431 to 416 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 13-12, +53.
Round 26	Malta	Caruana played #11 Alfred Xuereb (MLT) and won 419 to 326 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 14-12, +146.
Round 27	Ireland	Caruana played #4 Mary Doyle (IRL) again and lost 327 to 354 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 14-13, +119.
Round 28	England	Caruana played #23 Peggy Lavender (Eng) and won 392 to 304 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 15-13, +207.
Round 29	Malta	Caruana played #27 Annemarie Holland (MLT) again and won 455 to 332 (a spread of 123). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 16-13, +330.
Round 30	England	Caruana played #26 Cindy Hollyer (Eng) and won 378 to 298 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 17-13, +410.
Round 31	England	Caruana played #9 Carmen Toscano (Eng) again and lost 386 to 450 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 17-14, +346. Caruana is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 32	Malta	Caruana played #5 Paul Mifsud (MLT) again and won 459 to 355 (a spread of 104). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 18-14, +450.

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