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Third Canadian National SCRABBLE® Championship

Ray Francis

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[photo]Age: 40
Occupation: Manager, Market Data Infrastructure (Scotiabank)
Pre-Tournament Ranking: 34
CNSC 1996 Ranking: 24
CNSC 2000 18-Round Ranking: 28
Qualifying Rating: 1697
Residence: Pickering, ON
NSA Club: #3, Toronto, ON
Years of Tournament Play: 17

This player finished the preliminary round ranked 28. You can see below how they did each round.

Round 1
396-362 (+34)
vs. John Dafoe
1-0 (+34)

 13.  1.0- 0.0 ( +61) Mike Ryan
 14.  1.0- 0.0 ( +59) Joe Peters
 15.  1.0- 0.0 ( +52) Ron Hoekstra
 16.  1.0- 0.0 ( +41) Andrew Golding
 17.  1.0- 0.0 ( +38) Trevor Sealy
 18.  1.0- 0.0 ( +34) Ray Francis
 19.  1.0- 0.0 ( +18) George MacAulay
 20.  1.0- 0.0 ( +17) Peter Teitelbaum
 21.  1.0- 0.0 ( +12) Fern Lindzon
 22.  1.0- 0.0 (  +9) Zev Kaufman
 23.  1.0- 0.0 (  +8) Libero Paolella

Round 2
318-341 (-23)
vs. Jakob Teitelbaum
1-1 (+11)

 23.  1.0- 1.0 ( +30) Joe Peters
 24.  1.0- 1.0 ( +30) Hugh Currie
 25.  1.0- 1.0 ( +27) Brenda Megannety
 26.  1.0- 1.0 ( +24) Mike Ebanks
 27.  1.0- 1.0 ( +21) Jim Nanavati
 28.  1.0- 1.0 ( +11) Ray Francis
 29.  1.0- 1.0 (  +0) Libero Paolella
 30.  1.0- 1.0 ( -15) George MacAulay
 31.  1.0- 1.0 ( -29) Jakob Teitelbaum
 32.  1.0- 1.0 ( -46) Trevor Sealy
 33.  1.0- 1.0 ( -51) Lisa Kessler

Round 3
344-368 (-24)
vs. Ron Hoekstra
1-2 (-13)

 26.  1.0- 2.0 ( +45) Siri Tillekeratne
 27.  1.0- 2.0 ( +30) Sary Karanofsky
 28.  1.0- 2.0 ( +19) Joe Peters
 29.  1.0- 2.0 ( +14) Fran Silver
 30.  1.0- 2.0 (  -5) Mike Ebanks
 31.  1.0- 2.0 ( -13) Ray Francis
 32.  1.0- 2.0 ( -19) Hugh Currie
 33.  1.0- 2.0 ( -37) Glenn Dunlop
 34.  1.0- 2.0 ( -49) Jim Nanavati
 35.  1.0- 2.0 ( -57) Lynda Wise
 36.  1.0- 2.0 ( -60) Brenda Megannety

Round 4
391-410 (-19)
vs. Christopher Sykes
1-3 (-32)

 30.  2.0- 2.0 (-159) George MacAulay
 31.  2.0- 2.0 (-199) Trevor Sealy
 32.  2.0- 2.0 (-221) Linda Espallardo
 33.  1.5- 2.5 (-104) Lisa Deift
 34.  1.0- 3.0 ( -14) Siri Tillekeratne
 35.  1.0- 3.0 ( -32) Ray Francis
 36.  1.0- 3.0 ( -62) Brenda Megannety
 37.  1.0- 3.0 ( -74) Fran Silver
 38.  1.0- 3.0 (-120) Jim Nanavati
 39.  1.0- 3.0 (-155) Glenn Dunlop
 40.  1.0- 3.0 (-180) Hilda Schlechter

Round 5
397-303 (+94)
vs. Fern Lindzon
2-3 (+62)

 23.  3.0- 2.0 (  +8) Libero Paolella
 24.  3.0- 2.0 ( -29) Don Malcolm
 25.  3.0- 2.0 ( -99) Linda Espallardo
 26.  3.0- 2.0 (-212) Randall Thomas
 27.  2.5- 2.5 ( -17) Lisa Deift
 28.  2.0- 3.0 ( +62) Ray Francis
 29.  2.0- 3.0 (  +4) Jim Nanavati
 30.  2.0- 3.0 (  -7) Rama Murty
 31.  2.0- 3.0 (  -9) Mike Ebanks
 32.  2.0- 3.0 ( -17) John Robertson
 33.  2.0- 3.0 (-122) Wayne Clifford

Round 6
350-364 (-14)
vs. Wayne Clifford
2-4 (+48)

 30.  3.0- 3.0 (-167) Jakob Teitelbaum
 31.  3.0- 3.0 (-203) Don Malcolm
 32.  3.0- 3.0 (-265) George MacAulay
 33.  3.0- 3.0 (-320) Randall Thomas
 34.  2.5- 3.5 (-181) Jeffrey Parsons
 35.  2.0- 4.0 ( +48) Ray Francis
 36.  2.0- 4.0 ( -31) Brenda Megannety
 37.  2.0- 4.0 ( -60) Glenn Dunlop
 38.  2.0- 4.0 ( -79) Rama Murty
 39.  2.0- 4.0 ( -91) Mike Ebanks
 40.  2.0- 4.0 (-219) Carl Madden

Round 7
391-377 (+14)
vs. Lisa Deift
3-4 (+62)

 26.  3.5- 3.5 ( +62) John Robertson
 27.  3.5- 3.5 ( -24) Lisa Deift
 28.  3.5- 3.5 ( -39) Jeffrey Parsons
 29.  3.5- 3.5 (-265) George MacAulay
 30.  3.0- 4.0 (+145) Sary Karanofsky
 31.  3.0- 4.0 ( +62) Ray Francis
 32.  3.0- 4.0 ( +24) Joe Peters
 33.  3.0- 4.0 ( +12) Rama Murty
 34.  3.0- 4.0 ( +11) Glenn Dunlop
 35.  3.0- 4.0 (-168) Paul Sidorsky
 36.  3.0- 4.0 (-223) Jakob Teitelbaum

Round 8
308-549 (-241)
vs. Mike Ebanks
3-5 (-179)

 34.  3.0- 5.0 (+103) Sary Karanofsky
 35.  3.0- 5.0 ( +14) Joe Peters
 36.  3.0- 5.0 ( -39) Mike Ebanks
 37.  3.0- 5.0 ( -42) Brenda Megannety
 38.  3.0- 5.0 (-111) Hilda Schlechter
 39.  3.0- 5.0 (-179) Ray Francis
 40.  3.0- 5.0 (-332) Jakob Teitelbaum
 41.  3.0- 5.0 (-421) Anita Rackham
 42.  2.0- 6.0 ( +44) Siri Tillekeratne
 43.  2.0- 6.0 ( -28) Fran Silver
 44.  2.0- 6.0 (-274) Leon Fernandes

Round 9
333-460 (-127)
vs. Paul Sidorsky
3-6 (-306)

 39.  3.0- 6.0 (-101) Mike Ebanks
 40.  3.0- 6.0 (-123) Hilda Schlechter
 41.  3.0- 6.0 (-140) Carl Madden
 42.  3.0- 6.0 (-214) Brenda Megannety
 43.  3.0- 6.0 (-291) John Dafoe
 44.  3.0- 6.0 (-306) Ray Francis
 45.  3.0- 6.0 (-371) Fern Lindzon
 46.  3.0- 6.0 (-582) Anita Rackham
 47.  2.0- 7.0 (-399) Leon Fernandes
 48.  2.0- 7.0 (-805) Lynda Wise
 49.  1.0- 8.0 (-252) Leah Katz

Round 10
411-360 (+51)
vs. Siri Tillekeratne
4-6 (-255)

 31.  4.5- 5.5 (-104) John Robertson
 32.  4.0- 6.0 ( +71) Sary Karanofsky
 33.  4.0- 6.0 (  -2) Hugh Currie
 34.  4.0- 6.0 ( -16) Carl Madden
 35.  4.0- 6.0 (-132) Craig Rowland
 36.  4.0- 6.0 (-255) Ray Francis
 37.  4.0- 6.0 (-269) John Dafoe
 38.  4.0- 6.0 (-315) Fern Lindzon
 39.  4.0- 6.0 (-515) Anita Rackham
 40.  3.5- 6.5 (-352) Lisa Deift
 41.  3.0- 7.0 ( +55) Siri Tillekeratne

Round 11
413-330 (+83)
vs. Joe Peters
5-6 (-172)

 26.  5.0- 6.0 (+105) Carl Madden
 27.  5.0- 6.0 ( +76) Sary Karanofsky
 28.  5.0- 6.0 ( +52) Hugh Currie
 29.  5.0- 6.0 ( -21) Craig Rowland
 30.  5.0- 6.0 ( -33) Glenn Dunlop
 31.  5.0- 6.0 (-172) Ray Francis
 32.  5.0- 6.0 (-184) John Dafoe
 33.  5.0- 6.0 (-221) Jakob Teitelbaum
 34.  5.0- 6.0 (-229) Randall Thomas
 35.  5.0- 6.0 (-274) Wayne Clifford
 36.  5.0- 6.0 (-344) Trevor Sealy

Round 12
446-373 (+73)
vs. Lisa Deift
6-6 (-99)

 23.  6.0- 6.0 (+110) Glenn Dunlop
 24.  6.0- 6.0 ( +60) Linda Espallardo
 25.  6.0- 6.0 ( -11) Craig Rowland
 26.  6.0- 6.0 ( -71) Jakob Teitelbaum
 27.  6.0- 6.0 ( -77) Bernard Gotlieb
 28.  6.0- 6.0 ( -99) Ray Francis
 29.  6.0- 6.0 (-102) John Dafoe
 30.  6.0- 6.0 (-279) Shaun Goatcher
 31.  6.0- 6.0 (-307) Lisa Kessler
 32.  6.0- 6.0 (-318) Trevor Sealy
 33.  6.0- 6.0 (-335) Andrew Golding

Round 13
320-341 (-21)
vs. Trevor Sealy
6-7 (-120)

 28.  6.0- 7.0 (+305) Siri Tillekeratne
 29.  6.0- 7.0 (+231) Fran Silver
 30.  6.0- 7.0 (+131) Mike Ebanks
 31.  6.0- 7.0 ( -18) Glenn Dunlop
 32.  6.0- 7.0 ( -24) Sary Karanofsky
 33.  6.0- 7.0 (-120) Ray Francis
 34.  6.0- 7.0 (-296) Wayne Clifford
 35.  6.0- 7.0 (-343) Andrew Golding
 36.  6.0- 7.0 (-396) Shaun Goatcher
 37.  6.0- 7.0 (-516) Lisa Kessler
 38.  5.0- 8.0 ( -55) Hugh Currie

Round 14
371-441 (-70)
vs. Carl Madden
6-8 (-190)

 30.  7.0- 7.0 ( -29) Craig Rowland
 31.  7.0- 7.0 (-136) Jakob Teitelbaum
 32.  7.0- 7.0 (-139) Danny Panganiban
 33.  7.0- 7.0 (-280) Wayne Clifford
 34.  7.0- 7.0 (-305) Andrew Golding
 35.  6.0- 8.0 (-190) Ray Francis
 36.  6.0- 8.0 (-526) Lisa Kessler
 37.  6.0- 8.0 (-558) Shaun Goatcher
 38.  5.5- 8.5 (-249) John Robertson
 39.  5.0- 9.0 (-121) Joe Peters
 40.  5.0- 9.0 (-141) Hugh Currie

Round 15
389-361 (+28)
vs. Glenn Dunlop
7-8 (-162)

 29.  7.0- 8.0 ( -33) John Dafoe
 30.  7.0- 8.0 ( -36) Glenn Dunlop
 31.  7.0- 8.0 ( -37) Craig Rowland
 32.  7.0- 8.0 (-109) Linda Espallardo
 33.  7.0- 8.0 (-141) Danny Panganiban
 34.  7.0- 8.0 (-162) Ray Francis
 35.  7.0- 8.0 (-294) Jakob Teitelbaum
 36.  7.0- 8.0 (-341) Shaun Goatcher
 37.  6.5- 8.5 (-221) John Robertson
 38.  6.0- 9.0 (-222) Hilda Schlechter
 39.  6.0- 9.0 (-462) Randall Thomas

Round 16
329-443 (-114)
vs. Sary Karanofsky
7-9 (-276)

 30.  8.0- 8.0 (-241) Jakob Teitelbaum
 31.  8.0- 8.0 (-244) Wayne Clifford
 32.  8.0- 8.0 (-326) Andrew Golding
 33.  7.5- 8.5 (-169) John Robertson
 34.  7.0- 9.0 (-119) Linda Espallardo
 35.  7.0- 9.0 (-276) Ray Francis
 36.  7.0- 9.0 (-309) Danny Panganiban
 37.  7.0- 9.0 (-425) Randall Thomas
 38.  7.0- 9.0 (-498) Shaun Goatcher
 39.  6.5- 9.5 (-242) Lisa Deift
 40.  6.0-10.0 ( -80) Hugh Currie

Round 17
363-305 (+58)
vs. Linda Espallardo
8-9 (-218)

 26.  8.5- 8.5 (-161) John Robertson
 27.  8.0- 9.0 (+162) Mike Ebanks
 28.  8.0- 9.0 ( +95) Rama Murty
 29.  8.0- 9.0 ( +73) Craig Rowland
 30.  8.0- 9.0 ( +15) Sary Karanofsky
 31.  8.0- 9.0 (-218) Ray Francis
 32.  8.0- 9.0 (-262) Tim Anglin
 33.  8.0- 9.0 (-334) Andrew Golding
 34.  8.0- 9.0 (-391) Randall Thomas
 35.  8.0- 9.0 (-439) Wayne Clifford
 36.  7.5- 9.5 (-168) Lisa Deift

Round 18
334-312 (+22)
vs. Sary Karanofsky
9-9 (-196)

 23.  9.0- 9.0 (+262) Rama Murty
 24.  9.0- 9.0 (+233) Evan Berofsky
 25.  9.0- 9.0 ( +15) John Dafoe
 26.  9.0- 9.0 (  +5) Carl Madden
 27.  9.0- 9.0 ( -84) Bernard Gotlieb
 28.  9.0- 9.0 (-196) Ray Francis
 29.  9.0- 9.0 (-225) Tim Anglin
 30.  9.0- 9.0 (-367) Randall Thomas
 31.  8.0-10.0 (+133) Mike Ebanks
 32.  8.0-10.0 (  -7) Sary Karanofsky
 33.  8.0-10.0 ( -94) Craig Rowland

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