SPC 2024: Don Gawryla [4-64]

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On this page, you will find information about Don Gawryla, who is competing at the 2024 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 13-18, -627, and is ranked #58 in Division 4.

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): Don Surname(s): Gawryla Home: Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 405 Average for: 333 Average against: 356
Round 1		Gawryla played #9 Broderick Larkins (New Orleans, LA) and lost 312 to 318 (a spread of -6). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 0-1, -6. Gawryla is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 2		Gawryla played #24 Amika Gair-MacMichael (West Harford, CT) and won 364 to 288 (a spread of 76). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 1-1, +70. Gawryla is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 3		Gawryla played #43 Sharon Dalgliesh (Ajax ON) and won 399 to 369 (a spread of 30). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 2-1, +100. Gawryla is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Gawryla played #18 Deb Mulrooney (Epping, NH) and lost 306 to 436 (a spread of -130). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 2-2, -30.
Round 5		Gawryla played #73 Nick Abbate (Unknown city NB) and lost 383 to 391 (a spread of -8). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 2-3, -38.
Round 6		Gawryla played #17 Rana Afeiche (Fort Worth, TX) and lost 310 to 399 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 2-4, -127.
Round 7		Gawryla played #38 Brenda Davis (Washington, NC) and won 359 to 341 (a spread of 18). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 3-4, -109.
Round 8		Gawryla played #55 Fay Ireland (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 317 to 342 (a spread of -25). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 3-5, -134.
Round 9		Gawryla played #66 Rouzier Dorce (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 382 to 317 (a spread of 65). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 4-5, -69.
Round 10		Gawryla played #29 Bernette Glover (Chicago, IL) and lost 302 to 363 (a spread of -61). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 4-6, -130.
Round 11		Gawryla played #67 Kaye Platts (Evansville, IN) and won 356 to 317 (a spread of 39). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 5-6, -91.
Round 12		Gawryla played #61 Ruth Brower (Hockessin, DE) and won 340 to 279 (a spread of 61). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 6-6, -30.
Round 13		Gawryla played #53 Pamela Hunter (Ottawa ON) and won 358 to 341 (a spread of 17). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 7-6, -13.
Round 14		Gawryla played #49 Gil Baker (Chicago, IL) and won 353 to 315 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 8-6, +25.
Round 15		Gawryla played #63 Ross Yellin (Manalapan, NJ) and lost 298 to 378 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #35. Current record: 8-7, -55.
Round 16		Gawryla played #15 Edward Davis (Hampstead, NC) and won 364 to 356 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 9-7, -47.
Round 17		Gawryla played #21 Greg Golding (Gatineau QC) and lost 324 to 403 (a spread of -79). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 9-8, -126.
Round 18		Gawryla played #10 Michael Ireland (Lithonia, GA) and won 405 to 295 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 10-8, -16.
Round 19		Gawryla played #1 Don Erbe (Parker, CO) and lost 342 to 461 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 10-9, -135.
Round 20		Gawryla played #32 Dave Krook (Mississauga ON) and won 352 to 325 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 11-9, -108.
Round 21		Gawryla played #5 Constance J Creech (Metamora, MI) and lost 344 to 411 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 11-10, -175.
Round 22		Gawryla played #26 John Wright (Evansville, IN) and lost 268 to 357 (a spread of -89). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 11-11, -264.
Round 23		Gawryla played #51 Michael Herzog (Garden City, MI) and lost 320 to 350 (a spread of -30). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 11-12, -294.
Round 24		Gawryla played #22 Gail Linn (Potomac, MD) and lost 301 to 383 (a spread of -82). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 11-13, -376.
Round 25		Gawryla played #6 Lois Greene (Dayton, OH) and lost 318 to 426 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #56. Current record: 11-14, -484.
Round 26		Gawryla played #65 Willie Mae Smith (Chicago, IL) and won 360 to 283 (a spread of 77). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 12-14, -407.
Round 27		Gawryla recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #46. Current record: 13-14, -357.
Round 28		Gawryla played #60 Sylvia Strong (Valparaiso, IN) and lost 338 to 362 (a spread of -24). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 13-15, -381.
Round 29		Gawryla played #56 Dianne Franz (Palm Harbor, FL) and lost 271 to 347 (a spread of -76). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 13-16, -457.
Round 30		Gawryla played #57 Julia Van Arsdale (Elkhart, IN) and lost 240 to 350 (a spread of -110). Current ranking: #57. Current record: 13-17, -567.
Round 31		Gawryla played #58 Jennifer Hay (Portland, TX) and lost 315 to 375 (a spread of -60). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 13-18, -627.

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