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8/5/2026

Top finishers at the 2026 Word Cup in Williamsburg, VA (WGPO, 31 rounds):

(tournament results: [WOW] [CSW Div. 1] [CSW Div. 2])

WOW Division 1
Jackson Smylie
25-6
+973
Noah Berger
20-10-1
+565
Rafi Stern
19-12
+1001
WOW Division 2
Carter Cobb
25-6
+2173
Paul Terry
21-10
+837
Greg Feldkamp
21-10
+655
WOW Division 3
Chris Lo
28-3
+2796
Letitia Sears
20-11
+1120
Nicole Kazarian
18-12-1
-137
WOW Division 4
Lucas Jaeger
22-9
+1251
Dinesh Rajangam
21-10
+1025
Samuel Chetty
20-11
+985
Collins Division 1
Will Anderson
21-10
+1516
Joshua Castellano
19-11-1
+961
Rob Robinsky
19-11-1
+930
Collins Division 2
Osikhena Ojior
25-6
+2261
Mark Francillon
24-6-1
+2318
Noel Livermore
20-11
+1498

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Williamsburg:

WOW Division 3
Letitia Sears
2nd/24
20-11
+1120
7/22/2026

Top finishers at 2026 Scrabble Players Championship in Cedar Rapids, IA (NASPA, 31 rounds):

(tournament website) (cross-tables: [NWL] [NWL final] [Collins] [Collins final])

NWL Division 1
Mack Meller*
23-8
+1526
Orry Swift*
23-8
+1963
Joey Krafchick
21-9-1
+853

* Meller beat Swift 3-2 in a best-of-5 final.

NWL Division 2
Callum Lehingrat
21-10
+1196
Charlie Mann
21-10
+1071
Theo Hildebrand
21-10
+756
NWL Division 3
Connor Sell
22-9
+651
Doug Critchlow
21-10
+1020
Ben Lam
20-10-1
+1661
NWL Division 4
Vinay Kshirsagar
23-8
+1938
Linda Stratton
22-9
+1359
Lea Shin
21-10
+643
Collins Division 1
Joshua Castellano*
22-8-1
+1558
Austin Shin*
23-8
+952
Alec Sjoholm
20-10-1
+1305

* Castellano beat Shin 3-2 in a best-of-5 final.

Collins Division 2
Elise Bickford
25-6
+1815
Terry Kang
24-7
+1756
Jacob Bergmann
19-12
+913

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Cedar Rapids:

Division 2
Letitia Sears
32nd/70
16-15
-195
7/5/2026

Top finishers at the 2026 4th of July tournament in Albany, NY (WGPO, 28 rounds):

WOW Division
Orry Swift
23-5
+1989
Sam Towne
19-9
+1350
Karl Higby
19-9
+1106
CSW Division 1
Dave Wiegand
20-8
+1477
Wellington Jighere
20-8
+1161
Dennis Ikekeregor
20-8
+389
CSW Division 2
Nitya Chagti
24-4
+2377
Elise Bickford
19-9
+854
Yaacov Barak
18-10
+411

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Albany:

WOW Division
Letitia Sears
20th/37
15-13
-237
6/1/2026

Top finishers at the 2026 Causeway Challenge in Bangkok, Thailand (WESPA, 36 rounds):

Premier Division
David Eldar
26-10
+1847
Joshua Castellano
24-12
+1168
Harshan Lamabadusuriya
23-13
+1608
Division 1
A Krishnan
25-11
+691
Olaribigbe Hakeem
24-12
+1355
Weeta Saengsit
24-12
+1173
Division 2
Zachary Dang
25-11
+1443
Imeth De Silva
23-12
+612
Ronald Credo
23-13
+1377
Division 3
Mbanu Olachi
27-9
+2141
Hassan Bin Arshad
25-10-1
+1267
Norawit Suwatthanaphon
25-11
+1245
Division 4
PattaraPol Jewjarern
29-6-1
+3128
Muhammad Ebaad
24-11-1
+1568
Paerrin Udtaisuk
23-13
+1268

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Bangkok:

Premier Division
Dean Saldanha
46th/88
18-18
+40
5/31/2026

Top finishers at the Winnipeg Annual Scrabble Tournament in Winnipeg, MB (WGPO, 14 rounds):

(cross-table)

Division 1
Matthew Larocque
10-4
+591
Evan Kramer
9-5
+979
Hank Hees
8-6
+515
Division 2
Eugenio Ngan Tian
10-4
+384
Steve Udarbe
9-5
+264
Blair Rutter
8-6
+365
Division 3
Annelies Kaufmann
10-4
+889
Suzanna DCosta
10-4
+731
John Lazeski
9-5
+276

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Winnipeg:

Division 1
Richard Craig
7th/8
5-9
-718
Evan Kramer
2nd/8
9-5
+979
5/18/2026

Top finishers at the Vancouver Scrabble Tournament in Burnaby, BC (WGPO/CoCo, 14 rounds):

(cross-tables: [NWL] [Collins])

WOW Division
Richard Craig
11-3
+558
Mark Milan
10-4
+792
Mike Baker
10-4
+647
Collins Division
Alec Sjoholm
11-2-1
+1529
Evans Clinchy
9-5
+381
Jesse Matthews
7-7
+145
1/19/2026

Top finishers at the Crescent City Cup in New Orleans, LA (WGPO/CoCo, 20 rounds):

(cross-tables: [CSW Open] [CSW Lite])

WOW Open Division
Cooper Komatsu
14-6
+1061
Noah Walton
14-6
+1011
Zachary Ansell
14-6
+962
WOW Lite Division
Brian Garnett
14-6
+1205
Julia Bogle
15-4-1
+960
Manon St. Amant
14-6
+377
CSW Open Division
Josh Sokol
16-4
+1072
Eta Karo
13-7
+547
Dave Wiegand
12-8
+750
CSW Lite Division
Nitya Chagti
17-3
+2262
Adebola Sanya
17-3
+1832
Melissa Routzahn
15-5
+1319

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in New Orleans:

WOW Open Division
Chris Cheng
13th/48
11-8-1
+346
1/17/2026

Top finishers at the Lynnwood Half-Day Tournament in Lynnwood, WA (NASPA, 6 rounds):

(cross-tables: [NWL] [Collins])

NWL Division 1
Nigel Peltier
6-0
+681
Brian Leavitt
4-2
+562
Nicholas Seistrup
4-2
-5
NWL Division 2
Tracy McQueen
5-1
+461
R. Scott Smith
4-2
+203
Frank Schin
4-2
+6
Collins Division
Alec Sjoholm
6-0
+1002
Eric Fox
5-1
+422
Chris Grubb
4-2
+455

Results of Vancouver Scrabble Club members who competed in Lynnwood:

Division 1
Yukari Balabanov
6th/8
2-4
-411