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MOST 2009: Nuala O'Rourke [#22]

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On this page, you will find information about Nuala O'Rourke, who is competing at the 2009 Malta Open Scrabble Tournament. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 12-8, +345, and is ranked #15.

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): Nuala Surname(s): O'Rourke Home: Northern Ireland Awards: 1992 Scottish and NE NSC Regional, 1993 Lisburn Open Notes: A/k/a Nuala Clenaghan WSC 1993 Rank: 52 WSC 1997 Rank: 73 2009 Malta Open Scrabble Tournament Team: Northern Ireland

Round by Round
High score: 533 Average for: 414 Average against: 397
Round 1	England	O'Rourke played #38 Philip Turner (Eng) and lost 353 to 368 (a spread of -15). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 0-1, -15.
Round 2	Malta	O'Rourke played #27 Sammy Mangion (MLT) and won 466 to 367 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 1-1, +84.
Round 3	Malta	O'Rourke played #3 Theresa Brousson (MLT) and lost 320 to 509 (a spread of -189). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 1-2, -105.
Round 4	Malta	O'Rourke played #49 Alfred Xuereb (MLT) and won 394 to 322 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 2-2, -33.
Round 5	Ireland	O'Rourke played #12 Moses Azzopardi (IRL) and won 428 to 358 (a spread of 70). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 3-2, +37.
Round 6	Scotland	O'Rourke played #14 Simon Gillam (Sco) and lost 372 to 439 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 3-3, -30.
Round 7	England	O'Rourke played #13 Bob Violett (Eng) and lost 387 to 436 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 3-4, -79.
Round 8	Malta	O'Rourke played #21 Mario Saliba (MLT) and won 459 to 380 (a spread of 79). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 4-4, +0.
Round 9	Malta	O'Rourke played #15 David Delicata (MLT) and won 457 to 392 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-4, +65.
Round 10	Malta	O'Rourke played #32 Joe Caruana (MLT) and lost 366 to 499 (a spread of -133). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 5-5, -68.
Round 11	Malta	O'Rourke played #26 Nicky Vella-Laurenti (MLT) and won 533 to 300 (a spread of 233). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 6-5, +165.
Round 12	England	O'Rourke played #18 Chris Keeley (Eng) and lost 348 to 412 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 6-6, +101.
Round 13	Malta	O'Rourke played #43 Marielouise Mifsud (MLT) and won 485 to 294 (a spread of 191). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 7-6, +292.
Round 14	Romania	O'Rourke played #56 Catalin Caba (ROM) and won 443 to 384 (a spread of 59). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 8-6, +351.
Round 15	Malta	O'Rourke played #37 Mario Camilleri (MLT) and won 442 to 399 (a spread of 43). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 9-6, +394.
Round 16	Ireland	O'Rourke played #8 Feargal Weatherhead (IRL) and won 448 to 344 (a spread of 104). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 10-6, +498.
Round 17	South Africa	O'Rourke played #20 Rael Hayman (ZAF) and won 448 to 408 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 11-6, +538. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 18	Ireland	O'Rourke played #11 Gboye Balogun (IRL) and lost 340 to 513 (a spread of -173). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 11-7, +365.
Round 19	Romania	O'Rourke played #23 Dan Sandu (ROM) and lost 386 to 457 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 11-8, +294.
Round 20	England	O'Rourke played #16 Sandie Simonis (Eng) and won 414 to 363 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 12-8, +345.

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