SPC 2023: Joanne Craig [CSW1-08]

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On this page, you will find information about Joanne Craig, who is competing at the 2023 Scrabble Players Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 16-15, +223, and is ranked #18 in Division CSW1.

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): Joanne Surname(s): Craig Home: Sydney, NSW, New Zealand Awards: 2006 (2nd) Australian NSW Match Play; 2007 (3rd) 2008 (5th) NZ NSC; 2008 (2nd) QLD and VIC Championship Hobbies: Bushwalking, Travel

Round by Round
High score: 606 Average for: 442 Average against: 435
Round 1		Craig played #39 Rik Kennedy (Northern Ireland) and lost 409 to 532 (a spread of -123). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 0-1, -123.
Round 2		Craig played #32 Gary Smart (Glendale, AZ) and won 606 to 281 (a spread of 325). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 1-1, +202. Craig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Craig played #24 Jason Broersma (Caledon ON) and won 405 to 321 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-1, +286. Craig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (4 hits).
Round 4		Craig played #53 Olatunde Oduwole (Nigeria) and lost 359 to 604 (a spread of -245). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 2-2, +41. Craig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Craig played #54 Stu Harkness (Scotland) and lost 366 to 510 (a spread of -144). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 2-3, -103.
Round 6		Craig played #15 Kien Hung Yeo (Malaysia) and won 527 to 428 (a spread of 99). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 3-3, -4.
Round 7		Craig played #40 Ricky Purnomo (Singapore) and won 475 to 474 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 4-3, -3. Craig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 8		Craig played #5 Jason Keller (Princeton, NJ) and won 489 to 424 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #15. Current record: 5-3, +62.
Round 9		Craig played #56 Bright Idahosa (Nigeria) and won 443 to 390 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 6-3, +115. Craig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 10		Craig played #13 Robert Linn (Potomac, MD) and won 441 to 420 (a spread of 21). Current ranking: #8. Current record: 7-3, +136. Craig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 11		Craig played #41 Prince Omosefe (Nigeria) and won 442 to 401 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 8-3, +177. Craig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 12		Craig played #2 David Eldar (Australia) and won 481 to 385 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 9-3, +273. Craig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 13		Craig played #4 Alec Sjoholm (Lynnwood, WA) and lost 435 to 461 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 9-4, +247. Craig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Craig played #11 Bradley Whitmarsh (Attleboro, MA) and won 520 to 349 (a spread of 171). Current ranking: #4. Current record: 10-4, +418.
Round 15		Craig played #9 Joel Wapnick (Cleveland Heights, OH) and lost 322 to 503 (a spread of -181). Current ranking: #6. Current record: 10-5, +237. Craig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Craig played #37 Wellington Jighere (Nigeria) and lost 413 to 504 (a spread of -91). Current ranking: #10. Current record: 10-6, +146. Craig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 17		Craig played #53 Olatunde Oduwole (Nigeria) again and lost 407 to 415 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #14. Current record: 10-7, +138.
Round 18		Craig played #1 Austin Shin (Metairie, LA) and lost 408 to 496 (a spread of -88). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 10-8, +50.
Round 19		Craig played #26 Terry Kang (Rhinebeck, NY) and lost 371 to 419 (a spread of -48). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 10-9, +2.
Round 20		Craig played #16 Eric Kinderman (Burlington, VT) and won 518 to 339 (a spread of 179). Current ranking: #16. Current record: 11-9, +181.
Round 21		Craig played #10 Stefan Rau (Troy, NY) and lost 449 to 499 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 11-10, +131.
Round 22		Craig played #29 Yvonne Lobo (Mississauga ON) and lost 436 to 477 (a spread of -41). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 11-11, +90.
Round 23		Craig played #3 Joshua Castellano (Vienna, VA) and lost 447 to 510 (a spread of -63). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 11-12, +27. Craig is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 24		Craig played #52 Jane Taylor (Australia) and lost 376 to 414 (a spread of -38). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 11-13, -11.
Round 25		Craig played #20 Stefan Kac (Los Angeles, CA) and won 492 to 373 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 12-13, +108.
Round 26		Craig played #19 Jason Ubeika (Mississauga ON) and won 474 to 443 (a spread of 31). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 13-13, +139.
Round 27		Craig played #31 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and lost 400 to 522 (a spread of -122). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 13-14, +17.
Round 28		Craig played #42 Oshevire Avwenagha (Nigeria) and won 501 to 386 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 14-14, +132.
Round 29		Craig played #33 Paul Richards (Australia) and lost 360 to 409 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 14-15, +83.
Round 30		Craig played #14 Winter (Houston, TX) and won 489 to 414 (a spread of 75). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 15-15, +158.
Round 31		Craig played #20 Stefan Kac (Los Angeles, CA) again and won 451 to 386 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #18. Current record: 16-15, +223.

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