October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Cheryl Melvin [#12]

On this page, you will find information about Cheryl Melvin, 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 9-6, +542, and is ranked #7 in Division 3.

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 Cheryl Melvin]

Given name(s): Cheryl
Surname(s): Melvin
Home: Muskegon, MI, United States
Awards:
Hobbies: grandchildren
Occupation: Union Labor Relations Specialist
NSC 2000 Division: 6
NSC 2000 Rank: 58/77, 13.5-17.5 -822
NSC 2002 Division: 5
NSC 2002 Rank: 44/111, 17-14 -311
NSC 2004 Division: 4
NSC 2004 Rank: 106/150, 14-16 -881
NSC 2005 Division: 4
NSC 2005 Rank: 90/122, 12-16 -119
USSO 2006 Division: 4
USSO 2006 Rank: 42/116, 15-13 +72

Round by Round
High score: 483 Average for: 389 Average against: 353
Round 1		Melvin played #28 Dianne Wittman (Pittsford, NY) and won 394 to 287 (a spread of 107). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 1-0, +107.
Round 2		Melvin played #36 Brett Constantine (Florence, MA) and won 398 to 314 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 2-0, +191. Melvin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Melvin played #1 Woody Chen (Flushing, NY) and won 448 to 328 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 3-0, +311.
Round 4		Melvin played #31 Cynthia Hughes (Houston, TX) and lost 344 to 414 (a spread of -70). Current ranking: #3. Current record: 3-1, +241.
Round 5		Melvin played #5 Wilma Pitzer (Englewood, OH) and lost 337 to 383 (a spread of -46). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 3-2, +195.
Round 6		Melvin played #3 Paul Olenick (High Bridge, NJ) and won 404 to 365 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 4-2, +234.
Round 7		Melvin played #13 Cornelia Guest (Ridgefield, CT) and lost 349 to 408 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 4-3, +175.
Round 8		Melvin played #26 Denise Mahnken (Long Beach, NY) and lost 365 to 448 (a spread of -83). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 4-4, +92.
Round 9		Melvin played #16 Kathy Hooper (Monroe, NY) and won 354 to 334 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 5-4, +112.
Round 10		Melvin played #32 Barbara Epstein (Brooklyn, NY) and won 483 to 292 (a spread of 191). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 6-4, +303. Melvin is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Melvin played #27 Margo Kuno (Philadelphia, PA) and won 430 to 332 (a spread of 98). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 7-4, +401.
Round 12		Melvin played #11 Roberta Borenstein (Wilton, CT) and won 456 to 277 (a spread of 179). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 8-4, +580.
Round 13		Melvin played #36 Brett Constantine (Florence, MA) again and lost 357 to 371 (a spread of -14). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-5, +566.
Round 14		Melvin played #19 Mira Stulman (New York, NY) and lost 349 to 378 (a spread of -29). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 8-6, +537.
Round 15		Melvin played #36 Brett Constantine (Florence, MA) for the third time and won 372 to 367 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 9-6, +542.

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