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MOST 2009: Maria Scicluna [#61]

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On this page, you will find information about Maria Scicluna, 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 8-12, -422, and is ranked #51.

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

[photo of Maria Scicluna]

Given name(s): Maria
Surname(s): Scicluna
Home: Malta
2009 Malta Open Scrabble Tournament Team: Malta

Round by Round

High score: 475
Average for: 356
Average against: 377

Round 1

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Ireland

Scicluna played #11 Gboye Balogun (IRL) and lost 273 to 351 (a spread of -78).

Current ranking: #43.

Current record: 0-1, -78.

Round 2

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Israel

Scicluna played #24 Naomi Landau (ISR) and lost 374 to 426 (a spread of -52).

Current ranking: #48.

Current record: 0-2, -130.

Round 3

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Malta

Scicluna played #33 Charles Micallef (MLT) and lost 375 to 456 (a spread of -81).

Current ranking: #53.

Current record: 0-3, -211.

Round 4

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Malta

Scicluna played #52 Pauline Cilia (MLT) and won 475 to 319 (a spread of 156).

Current ranking: #44.

Current record: 1-3, -55.

Round 5

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Malta

Scicluna played #60 Danielle Sant (MLT) and lost 329 to 434 (a spread of -105).

Current ranking: #51.

Current record: 1-4, -160.

Round 6

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Israel

Scicluna played #59 Marion Loewenstein (ISR) and won 343 to 272 (a spread of 71).

Current ranking: #40.

Current record: 2-4, -89.

Round 7

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Malta

Scicluna played #40 Anna Borg (MLT) and won 419 to 378 (a spread of 41).

Current ranking: #39.

Current record: 3-4, -48.

Round 8

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Malta

Scicluna played #39 Frans Farrugia (MLT) and lost 283 to 470 (a spread of -187).

Current ranking: #44.

Current record: 3-5, -235.

Round 9

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Malta

Scicluna played #46 Dominic Borg (MLT) and lost 379 to 420 (a spread of -41).

Current ranking: #50.

Current record: 3-6, -276.

Round 10

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Malta

Scicluna played #49 Alfred Xuereb (MLT) and lost 289 to 451 (a spread of -162).

Current ranking: #52.

Current record: 3-7, -438.

Round 11

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Israel

Scicluna played #51 Mona Nobil (ISR) and won 408 to 352 (a spread of 56).

Current ranking: #51.

Current record: 4-7, -382.

Round 12

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Malta

Scicluna played #44 Pawlu Frendo (MLT) and lost 390 to 408 (a spread of -18).

Current ranking: #52.

Current record: 4-8, -400.

Round 13

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Israel

Scicluna played #54 Juliet Collins (ISR) and lost 348 to 434 (a spread of -86).

Current ranking: #57.

Current record: 4-9, -486.

Round 14

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England

Scicluna played #50 Claire Violett (Eng) and lost 269 to 403 (a spread of -134).

Current ranking: #58.

Current record: 4-10, -620.

Round 15

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Malta

Scicluna played #47 Carmen Borg (MLT) and lost 311 to 376 (a spread of -65).

Current ranking: #59.

Current record: 4-11, -685.

Round 16

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Malta

Scicluna played #62 Reno Zammit (MLT) and won 348 to 336 (a spread of 12).

Current ranking: #57.

Current record: 5-11, -673.

Round 17

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England

Scicluna played #58 Simon Rosenstone (Eng) and won 408 to 231 (a spread of 177).

Current ranking: #55.

Current record: 6-11, -496.

Round 18

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England

Scicluna played #38 Philip Turner (Eng) and lost 225 to 484 (a spread of -259).

Current ranking: #57.

Current record: 6-12, -755.

Scicluna is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).

Round 19

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England

Scicluna played #57 Beryl Thacker (Eng) and won 457 to 262 (a spread of 195).

Current ranking: #54.

Current record: 7-12, -560.

Round 20

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Malta

Scicluna played #32 Joe Caruana (MLT) and won 407 to 269 (a spread of 138).

Current ranking: #51.

Current record: 8-12, -422.


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