October 3–5, 2008
New York, NY

BAST 2008: Kathy Norman [#16]

On this page, you will find information about Kathy Norman, 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 10-5, +513, and is ranked #5 in Division 4.

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): Kathy Surname(s): Norman Home: Red Bay, AL, United States

Round by Round
High score: 458 Average for: 378 Average against: 344
Round 1		Norman played #7 Simon Snyder (Flushing, NY) and won 347 to 289 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 1-0, +58.
Round 2		Norman played #5 Scott Hawkins (Effingham, IL) and won 396 to 376 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-0, +78.
Round 3		Norman played #18 Fran Goldstein (Plainview, NY) and won 391 to 299 (a spread of 92). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 3-0, +170.
Round 4		Norman played #11 Nancy Konipol (Astoria, NY) and lost 326 to 350 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 3-1, +146.
Round 5		Norman played #6 James Curley (New York, NY) and won 443 to 421 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 4-1, +168. Norman is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Norman played #1 Jeff Goldstein (Plainview, NY) and won 442 to 337 (a spread of 105). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 5-1, +273.
Round 7		Norman played #4 Stephane Clare (Brooklyn, NY) and won 458 to 277 (a spread of 181). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 6-1, +454.
Round 8		Norman played #3 Adam Townsend (Astoria, NY) and lost 351 to 363 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 6-2, +442.
Round 9		Norman played #13 Gerianne Abriano (Staten Island, NY) and won 330 to 299 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 7-2, +473.
Round 10		Norman played #17 Carolyn Boyd (Houston, TX) and won 442 to 291 (a spread of 151). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 8-2, +624.
Round 11		Norman played #2 Debbie Scholz (Houston, TX) and won 438 to 323 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #1. Current record: 9-2, +739.
Round 12		Norman played #3 Adam Townsend (Astoria, NY) again and lost 351 to 383 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 9-3, +707.
Round 13		Norman played #11 Nancy Konipol (Astoria, NY) again and won 360 to 330 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #2. Current record: 10-3, +737.
Round 14		Norman played #11 Nancy Konipol (Astoria, NY) for the third time and lost 313 to 399 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 10-4, +651.
Round 15		Norman played #6 James Curley (New York, NY) again and lost 289 to 427 (a spread of -138). Current ranking: #5. Current record: 10-5, +513.

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