On this page, you will find information about
Nuala O'Rourke, who is competing
at the 2014 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 15-16, -266, and is ranked
#48 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.
Round by Round |
High score: 562 Average for: 410 Average against: 419 |
Round 1 | | O'Rourke played #15 Mark Kenas (Madison, WI) and lost 354 to 602 (a spread of -248). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 0-1, -248. |
Round 2 | | O'Rourke played #30 Orlet Bullock (Barbados) and lost 380 to 442 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 0-2, -310. |
Round 3 | | O'Rourke played #44 Marc Carnegie (New York, NY) and lost 361 to 502 (a spread of -141). Current ranking: #59. Current record: 0-3, -451. |
Round 4 | | O'Rourke played #36 Puneet Sharma (Cambridge, MA) and lost 385 to 424 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #60. Current record: 0-4, -490. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 5 | | O'Rourke played #60 Kay Faust (Baltimore, VT) and won 363 to 343 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 1-4, -470. |
Round 6 | | O'Rourke played #63 Cody McCormick (United Kingdom) and lost 352 to 407 (a spread of -55). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 1-5, -525. |
Round 7 | | O'Rourke played #54 Nicky Huitson (United Kingdom) and won 503 to 287 (a spread of 216). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 2-5, -309. |
Round 8 | | O'Rourke played #62 Paul Richards (Australia) and won 497 to 434 (a spread of 63). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 3-5, -246. |
Round 9 | | O'Rourke played #53 Cornelia Guest (Bethel, CT) and lost 340 to 399 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 3-6, -305. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 10 | | O'Rourke played #41 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 418 to 371 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 4-6, -258. |
Round 11 | | O'Rourke played #55 Shauna Petrie (Mississauga ON) and won 398 to 342 (a spread of 56). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 5-6, -202. |
Round 12 | | O'Rourke played #65 Patricia John (Trinidad and Tobago) and lost 347 to 554 (a spread of -207). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 5-7, -409. |
Round 13 | | O'Rourke played #52 Michal Josko (Rochester, NY) and won 413 to 383 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 6-7, -379. |
Round 14 | | O'Rourke played #40 Jacob Bergmann (Lexington, MA) and lost 344 to 518 (a spread of -174). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 6-8, -553. |
Round 15 | | O'Rourke played #42 Wendell Haynes (Loxahatchee, FL) and won 389 to 371 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 7-8, -535. |
Round 16 | | O'Rourke played #32 Shan Abbasi (Mississauga ON) and won 468 to 366 (a spread of 102). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 8-8, -433. |
Round 17 | | O'Rourke played #49 Sue Tremblay (Caledon ON) and lost 420 to 545 (a spread of -125). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 8-9, -558. |
Round 18 | | O'Rourke played #64 Karen Richards (Australia) and lost 357 to 551 (a spread of -194). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 8-10, -752. |
Round 19 | | O'Rourke played #51 Warodom Geamsakul (Japan) and won 547 to 266 (a spread of 281). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 9-10, -471. O'Rourke is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). |
Round 20 | | O'Rourke played #59 Lynda Woods Cleary (Princeton, NJ) and won 519 to 374 (a spread of 145). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 10-10, -326. |
Round 21 | | O'Rourke played #14 Geoffrey Newman (Brampton ON) and won 434 to 362 (a spread of 72). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 11-10, -254. |
Round 22 | | O'Rourke played #26 Steve Polatnick (Miami, FL) and lost 378 to 534 (a spread of -156). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 11-11, -410. |
Round 23 | | O'Rourke played #37 Jean McArthur (Austin, TX) and lost 386 to 472 (a spread of -86). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 11-12, -496. |
Round 24 | | O'Rourke played #21 Carmel Dodd (Australia) and won 562 to 342 (a spread of 220). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 12-12, -276. |
Round 25 | | O'Rourke played #57 Caroline Polak Scowcroft (Australia) and won 481 to 229 (a spread of 252). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 13-12, -24. |
Round 26 | | O'Rourke played #23 Mpakaboari Jack (Nigeria) and lost 350 to 459 (a spread of -109). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 13-13, -133. |
Round 27 | | O'Rourke played #29 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 363 to 430 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 13-14, -200. |
Round 28 | | O'Rourke played #58 Cecilia Huber (Cleveland, OH) and won 505 to 341 (a spread of 164). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 14-14, -36. |
Round 29 | | O'Rourke played #45 Scott Kitchen (Bridgewater, NJ) and won 390 to 293 (a spread of 97). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 15-14, +61. |
Round 30 | | O'Rourke played #6 Evan Berofsky (Oxford, MI) and lost 325 to 562 (a spread of -237). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 15-15, -176. |
Round 31 | | O'Rourke played #42 Wendell Haynes (Loxahatchee, FL) again and lost 379 to 469 (a spread of -90). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 15-16, -266. |