October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Joan Kelly [#12]

On this page, you will find information about Joan Kelly, 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, -75, and is ranked #14 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 Joan Kelly]

Given name(s): Joan
Surname(s): Kelly
Home: Middletown, NY, United States
Awards: Ph. D. - Columbia Univeristy (School of Psychology)
Occupation: Retired Director Of Special Education
NSC 2000 Division: 3
NSC 2000 Rank: 6/122, 20.5-10.5 +1189
NSC 2002 Division: 3
NSC 2002 Rank: 13/136, 19-12 +601
NSC 2004 Division: 2
NSC 2004 Rank: 56/139, 16-14 -200
NSC 2005 Division: 3
NSC 2005 Rank: 43/134, 15-13 +562
USSO 2006 Division: 2
USSO 2006 Rank: 73/102, 12-16 -4

Round by Round
High score: 464 Average for: 371 Average against: 376
Round 1		Kelly played #20 Jeremy Hall (Stamford, CT) and won 414 to 338 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 1-0, +76.
Round 2		Kelly played #25 Christine Economos (New York, NY) and won 459 to 298 (a spread of 161). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 2-0, +237.
Round 3		Kelly played #7 Robert Kerr (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 293 to 491 (a spread of -198). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 2-1, +39.
Round 4		Kelly played #11 Terry Kang Rau (New Britain, CT) and won 423 to 381 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 3-1, +81. Kelly is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Kelly played #10 Rebecca Lambert (Columbia, MD) and lost 332 to 383 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-2, +30.
Round 6		Kelly played #16 Froilan Mendoza (East Elmhurst, NY) and won 400 to 393 (a spread of 7). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 4-2, +37.
Round 7		Kelly played #28 KC Frodyma (Silver Spring, MD) and won 464 to 345 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 5-2, +156.
Round 8		Kelly played #5 Judy Horn (Reading, MA) and won 390 to 323 (a spread of 67). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 6-2, +223.
Round 9		Kelly played #1 Jan Dixon (Newark, DE) and lost 366 to 452 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 6-3, +137.
Round 10		Kelly played #14 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 365 to 270 (a spread of 95). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 7-3, +232.
Round 11		Kelly played #19 Mark Rosenberg (Brooklyn, NY) and lost 338 to 396 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 7-4, +174.
Round 12		Kelly played #9 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) and lost 316 to 419 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 7-5, +71. Kelly is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Kelly played #14 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) again and won 351 to 298 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-5, +124.
Round 14		Kelly played #6 Peter Barkman (Croton, NY) and lost 288 to 433 (a spread of -145). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 8-6, -21.
Round 15		Kelly played #29 Jackie Wong (Philadelphia, PA) and lost 363 to 417 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 8-7, -75.

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