NSC 2013: Lynda Woods Cleary [#30]

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On this page, you will find information about Lynda Woods Cleary, 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 6-25, -3317, and is ranked #37 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): Lynda Woods Surname(s): Cleary Home: Princeton, NJ, United States Awards: Running for public office in New Jersey as a woman Hobbies: Macrame, gardening, golf, traveling

Round by Round
High score: 443 Average for: 342 Average against: 454
Round 1		Cleary played #12 Joel Wapnick (Montreal QC) and lost 404 to 484 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 0-1, -80.
Round 2		Cleary played #3 Evans Clinchy (Boston, MA) and lost 303 to 447 (a spread of -144). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 0-2, -224.
Round 3		Cleary played #31 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and lost 354 to 449 (a spread of -95). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 0-3, -319.
Round 4		Cleary played #29 Daniel Milton (Vienna, VA) and lost 341 to 487 (a spread of -146). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 0-4, -465.
Round 5		Cleary played #34 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 435 to 331 (a spread of 104). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 1-4, -361.
Round 6		Cleary played #33 Estelle Matthews (Calgary AB) and won 443 to 322 (a spread of 121). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 2-4, -240.
Round 7		Cleary played #36 Nuala O'Rourke (Northern Ireland) and lost 348 to 468 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 2-5, -360.
Round 8		Cleary played #42 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and lost 402 to 436 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 2-6, -394.
Round 9		Cleary played #24 Randall Thomas (Calgary AB) and won 400 to 381 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 3-6, -375. Cleary is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Cleary played #40 Martin DeMello (San Francisco, CA) and lost 385 to 395 (a spread of -10). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 3-7, -385.
Round 11		Cleary played #32 B A Toole (Sausalito, CA) and won 313 to 303 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #32. Current record: 4-7, -375.
Round 12		Cleary played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) and lost 359 to 438 (a spread of -79). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 4-8, -454.
Round 13		Cleary played #28 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and lost 299 to 455 (a spread of -156). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-9, -610.
Round 14		Cleary played #38 Eugene Capriata (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 356 to 442 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-10, -696.
Round 15		Cleary played #25 Becky Dyer (Austin, TX) and lost 323 to 539 (a spread of -216). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-11, -912.
Round 16		Cleary played #23 Jim Lamerand (Chandler, AZ) and lost 379 to 412 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-12, -945.
Round 17		Cleary played #1 Laurie Cohen (Tempe, AZ) and lost 341 to 512 (a spread of -171). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-13, -1116.
Round 18		Cleary played #6 Winter Zxqkj (Houston, TX) and lost 400 to 520 (a spread of -120). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-14, -1236.
Round 19		Cleary played #17 Tony Leah (Ajax ON) and lost 348 to 451 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-15, -1339.
Round 20		Cleary played #41 Leslie Charles (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 330 to 424 (a spread of -94). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-16, -1433.
Round 21		Cleary played #27 Sandy Nang (Malibu, CA) and lost 275 to 558 (a spread of -283). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-17, -1716.
Round 22		Cleary played #21 Trevor Halsall (Australia) and lost 323 to 460 (a spread of -137). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-18, -1853.
Round 23		Cleary played #37 Orlet Bullock (Miami, FL) and lost 260 to 485 (a spread of -225). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-19, -2078.
Round 24		Cleary played #18 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and lost 287 to 445 (a spread of -158). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 4-20, -2236.
Round 25		Cleary recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #36. Current record: 5-20, -2186.
Round 26		Cleary played #11 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and lost 274 to 526 (a spread of -252). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 5-21, -2438.
Round 27		Cleary played #16 Travis Chaney (Portland, OR) and lost 289 to 593 (a spread of -304). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 5-22, -2742. Cleary is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 28		Cleary played #8 Chris Lipe (Rome, NY) and lost 298 to 512 (a spread of -214). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 5-23, -2956.
Round 29		Cleary played #26 Carl Durdan (Waltham, MA) and lost 217 to 604 (a spread of -387). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 5-24, -3343.
Round 30		Cleary played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) again and won 406 to 329 (a spread of 77). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 6-24, -3266.
Round 31		Cleary played #35 Anlaug Frydenlund (Norway) for the third time and lost 371 to 422 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 6-25, -3317.

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