October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Judy Newhouse [#17]

On this page, you will find information about Judy Newhouse, who is competing at the 2008 Big Apple 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 8-7, -208, and is ranked #15 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

[photo of Judy Newhouse]

Given name(s): Judy
Surname(s): Newhouse
Home: Houston, TX, United States
Awards: Texas Scrabble Hall of Fame
Hobbies: Cooking, Reading, Tennis, Collecting postcards & beer coasters
Occupation: Homemaker
NSC 2000 Division: 4
NSC 2000 Rank: 80/118, 14-17 -124
NSC 2002 Division: 3
NSC 2002 Rank: 118/136, 12-19 -193
NSC 2004 Division: 2
NSC 2004 Rank: 81/139, 14-16 +246
NSC 2005 Division: 3
NSC 2005 Rank: 55/134, 15-13 -144
USSO 2006 Division: 3
USSO 2006 Rank: 44/129, 15-13 +437

Round by Round
High score: 462 Average for: 365 Average against: 379
Round 1		Newhouse played #24 Mary Ellen Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 407 to 304 (a spread of 103). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 1-0, +103.
Round 2		Newhouse played #5 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) and lost 286 to 430 (a spread of -144). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 1-1, -41.
Round 3		Newhouse played #13 Diana Grosman (Reisterstown, MD) and won 422 to 286 (a spread of 136). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 2-1, +95.
Round 4		Newhouse played #10 Rebecca Lambert (Columbia, MD) and lost 291 to 496 (a spread of -205). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 2-2, -110.
Round 5		Newhouse played #6 Peter Barkman (Croton, NY) and won 462 to 318 (a spread of 144). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-2, +34.
Round 6		Newhouse played #30 Jeremy Jeffers (Milford, CT) and won 378 to 359 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 4-2, +53.
Round 7		Newhouse played #8 Phil Wertheimer (Short Hills, NJ) and lost 281 to 474 (a spread of -193). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 4-3, -140. Newhouse is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Newhouse played #29 Jackie Wong (Philadelphia, PA) and won 425 to 350 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 5-3, -65.
Round 9		Newhouse played #28 KC Frodyma (Silver Spring, MD) and lost 271 to 451 (a spread of -180). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-4, -245.
Round 10		Newhouse played #19 Mark Rosenberg (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 340 to 380 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 5-5, -285.
Round 11		Newhouse played #22 Sharon Swerdloff (New York, NY) and lost 308 to 316 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 5-6, -293.
Round 12		Newhouse played #27 Kendrick Lo (Toronto ON) and lost 381 to 459 (a spread of -78). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 5-7, -371.
Round 13		Newhouse played #3 Verna Richards Berg (Manhattan, NY) and won 433 to 382 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 6-7, -320.
Round 14		Newhouse played #21 Sally Ricketts (New York, NY) and won 393 to 336 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 7-7, -263.
Round 15		Newhouse played #22 Sharon Swerdloff (New York, NY) again and won 392 to 337 (a spread of 55). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 8-7, -208.

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