October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Jill Turney [#2]

On this page, you will find information about Jill Turney, 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 7-8, +4, and is ranked #19 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
	Given name(s): Jill Surname(s): Turney Home: North Vancouver, BC, Canada Awards: Hobbies: Occupation: Dentist NSC 2004 Division: 3 NSC 2004 Rank: 62/169, 16-14 +469 NSC 2005 Division: 3 NSC 2005 Rank: 12/134, 18-10 +621

Round by Round
High score: 418 Average for: 385 Average against: 385
Round 1		Turney played #26 Charlene White (Kearny, NJ) and lost 405 to 406 (a spread of -1). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 0-1, -1.
Round 2		Turney played #16 Froilan Mendoza (East Elmhurst, NY) and lost 392 to 418 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 0-2, -27.
Round 3		Turney played #9 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) and lost 343 to 439 (a spread of -96). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 0-3, -123.
Round 4		Turney played #25 Christine Economos (New York, NY) and won 397 to 352 (a spread of 45). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 1-3, -78.
Round 5		Turney played #19 Mark Rosenberg (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 418 to 455 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 1-4, -115.
Round 6		Turney played #20 Jeremy Hall (Stamford, CT) and won 411 to 370 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 2-4, -74.
Round 7		Turney played #23 Jason Keller (Piscataway, NJ) and lost 348 to 428 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 2-5, -154.
Round 8		Turney played #21 Sally Ricketts (New York, NY) and won 417 to 315 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 3-5, -52.
Round 9		Turney played #24 Mary Ellen Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 401 to 382 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 4-5, -33.
Round 10		Turney played #4 Phil Polsky (New York, NY) and won 385 to 361 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 5-5, -9.
Round 11		Turney played #30 Jeremy Jeffers (Milford, CT) and won 399 to 357 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 6-5, +33. Turney is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Turney played #5 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) and lost 323 to 384 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 6-6, -28.
Round 13		Turney played #1 Jan Dixon (Newark, DE) and won 398 to 350 (a spread of 48). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 7-6, +20.
Round 14		Turney played #22 Sharon Swerdloff (New York, NY) and lost 375 to 388 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 7-7, +7.
Round 15		Turney played #1 Jan Dixon (Newark, DE) again and lost 363 to 366 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 7-8, +4.

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