NSC 2013: Trevor Halsall [#21]

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On this page, you will find information about Trevor Halsall, who is competing at the 2013 National SCRABBLE Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 20-11, +777, and is ranked #6 in Division 5.

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): Trevor Surname(s): Halsall Home: Australia Awards: 1994 Australian NSC; 2005 Australian Masters Hobbies: restaurants, newspapers, the definitions, politics, movies.

Round by Round
High score: 552 Average for: 423 Average against: 398
Round 1		Halsall played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 380 to 483 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 0-1, -103.
Round 2		Halsall played #4 Brian Bowman (Villa Hills, KY) and lost 324 to 404 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 0-2, -183.
Round 3		Halsall played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 524 to 318 (a spread of 206). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 1-2, +23.
Round 4		Halsall played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and won 462 to 336 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 2-2, +149.
Round 5		Halsall played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and won 444 to 426 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 3-2, +167.
Round 6		Halsall played #12 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and won 418 to 390 (a spread of 28). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 4-2, +195.
Round 7		Halsall played #26 Carl Durdan (Waltham, MA) and won 516 to 310 (a spread of 206). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 5-2, +401.
Round 8		Halsall played #18 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and lost 449 to 462 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #12. Current record: 5-3, +388. Halsall is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Halsall played #7 John OLaughlin (Cambridge, MA) and lost 381 to 486 (a spread of -105). Current ranking: #17. Current record: 5-4, +283. Halsall is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Halsall played #9 Marty Gabriel (Charleston, IL) and lost 309 to 529 (a spread of -220). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 5-5, +63.
Round 11		Halsall played #11 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and won 541 to 387 (a spread of 154). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 6-5, +217.
Round 12		Halsall played #37 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and lost 320 to 511 (a spread of -191). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-6, +26.
Round 13		Halsall played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 370 to 402 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 6-7, -6.
Round 14		Halsall played #22 Quinn James (Charleston, SC) and won 410 to 338 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 7-7, +66.
Round 15		Halsall played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and won 442 to 392 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 8-7, +116.
Round 16		Halsall played #32 B A Toole (Sausalito, CA) and won 484 to 362 (a spread of 122). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 9-7, +238.
Round 17		Halsall played #15 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 348 to 446 (a spread of -98). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 9-8, +140.
Round 18		Halsall played #39 David Eldar (Australia) and lost 286 to 506 (a spread of -220). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 9-9, -80. Halsall is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Halsall played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 395 to 391 (a spread of 4). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 10-9, -76.
Round 20		Halsall played #34 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 527 to 274 (a spread of 253). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 11-9, +177.
Round 21		Halsall played #42 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and lost 400 to 447 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 11-10, +130.
Round 22		Halsall played #30 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 460 to 323 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 12-10, +267.
Round 23		Halsall played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and won 552 to 276 (a spread of 276). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 13-10, +543.
Round 24		Halsall played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and won 409 to 325 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 14-10, +627.
Round 25		Halsall played #29 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and won 393 to 369 (a spread of 24). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 15-10, +651.
Round 26		Halsall played #24 Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) and won 475 to 467 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 16-10, +659.
Round 27		Halsall played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and won 375 to 333 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 17-10, +701.
Round 28		Halsall played #10 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and lost 336 to 496 (a spread of -160). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 17-11, +541.
Round 29		Halsall played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and won 470 to 344 (a spread of 126). Current ranking: #13. Current record: 18-11, +667.
Round 30		Halsall played #13 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) again and won 461 to 439 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 19-11, +689.
Round 31		Halsall played #15 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) again and won 462 to 374 (a spread of 88). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 20-11, +777. Halsall is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).

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