SPC 2025: Mark Garrod [2-06]

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On this page, you will find information about Mark Garrod, who is competing at the 2025 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 5-2, +200, and is ranked #11 in Division 2.

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): Mark Surname(s): Garrod Home: Lansing, MI, United States

Round by Round
High score: 554 Average for: 421 Average against: 392
Round 1		Garrod played #67 Shelley Kirk (Wyoming, OH) and won 413 to 397 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 1-0, +16.
Round 2		Garrod played #36 Asif Ali (NORMAN, OK) and lost 395 to 462 (a spread of -67). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 1-1, -51.
Round 3		Garrod played #30 Robin Lewis (Houston, TX) and won 439 to 406 (a spread of 33). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 2-1, -18.
Round 4		Garrod played #59 Verna Richards Berg (New York, NY) and won 554 to 322 (a spread of 232). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 3-1, +214.
Round 5		Garrod played #39 Arnie Horowitz (Framingham, MA) and won 406 to 392 (a spread of 14). Current ranking: #9. Current record: 4-1, +228. Garrod is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 6		Garrod played #40 Steve Anstandig (Commerce Township, MI) and won 411 to 371 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #7. Current record: 5-1, +268. Garrod is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7		Garrod played #46 David Gremaud (St. Louis, MO) and lost 328 to 396 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-2, +200.
Round 8		Garrod played #1 Michael Thelen (Newton, MA) but no score is available yet. Current ranking: this round’s game not yet complete. Current record: not yet available.
Round 9		Garrod played #34 Richard Popper (Wilmington, DE) but no score is available yet. Current ranking: this round’s game not yet complete. Current record: not yet available.

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