SPC 2025: Michael Ireland [4-21]

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On this page, you will find information about Michael Ireland, 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 15-16, -39, and is ranked #42 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): Michael Surname(s): Ireland Home: Lithonia, GA, United States

Round by Round
High score: 434 Average for: 350 Average against: 352
Round 1		Ireland played #34 Donna Anderson (Evans, GA) and lost 359 to 421 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #43. Current record: 0-1, -62.
Round 2		Ireland played #59 Craig Knight (Nottingham, MD) and won 403 to 302 (a spread of 101). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 1-1, +39.
Round 3		Ireland played #6 Kayla Zochowski (Unknown city, MI) and lost 330 to 410 (a spread of -80). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 1-2, -41.
Round 4		Ireland played #47 Ruth Brower (Hockessin, DE) and won 389 to 281 (a spread of 108). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 2-2, +67.
Round 5		Ireland played #12 Betsey Wood (Concord, MA) and lost 310 to 383 (a spread of -73). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 2-3, -6.
Round 6		Ireland played #41 Cynthia Scotti (Unknown city QC) and won 385 to 323 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 3-3, +56.
Round 7		Ireland played #33 Pamela Pudelka (Richmond, TX) and won 341 to 336 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 4-3, +61.
Round 8		Ireland played #1 Don Drumm (Clinton, NY) and lost 293 to 337 (a spread of -44). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 4-4, +17.
Round 9		Ireland played #23 Deb Mulrooney (Epping, NH) and lost 364 to 483 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #36. Current record: 4-5, -102.
Round 10		Ireland played #37 Joyslin Hodge-Watson (white Plains, NY) and won 361 to 326 (a spread of 35). Current ranking: #31. Current record: 5-5, -67.
Round 11		Ireland played #55 Scott Gale (Potomac, MD) and won 346 to 306 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 6-5, -27.
Round 12		Ireland played #42 James Krycka (Jessup, MD) and lost 304 to 354 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 6-6, -77.
Round 13		Ireland played #14 Nina Klee (Hamburg, PA) and lost 334 to 391 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 6-7, -134.
Round 14		Ireland played #25 Marlena Tremont (Santa Rosa, CA) and lost 342 to 413 (a spread of -71). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 6-8, -205.
Round 15		Ireland played #13 George Borsuk (Melville, NY) and won 396 to 386 (a spread of 10). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 7-8, -195.
Round 16		Ireland played #38 Jay Westreich (Washington, DC) and lost 293 to 400 (a spread of -107). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 7-9, -302.
Round 17		Ireland played #30 Phyllis Vargas (Katy, TX) and lost 350 to 367 (a spread of -17). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 7-10, -319.
Round 18		Ireland played #31 Cathy Poole (Winston-Salem, NC) and won 319 to 311 (a spread of 8). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 8-10, -311. Ireland is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 19		Ireland played #26 Bill Coad (North Tonawanda, NY) and lost 287 to 417 (a spread of -130). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 8-11, -441.
Round 20		Ireland played #53 Rouzier Dorce (Stone Mountain, GA) and won 375 to 225 (a spread of 150). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 9-11, -291.
Round 21		Ireland played #45 Deborah Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and lost 358 to 405 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 9-12, -338.
Round 22		Ireland played #57 Karen Kaminski (Cocoa, FL) and won 344 to 343 (a spread of 1). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 10-12, -337.
Round 23		Ireland played #51 Ann Kleinfelt (Sarasota, FL) and lost 327 to 336 (a spread of -9). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 10-13, -346.
Round 24		Ireland played #48 Jean Caputo (Cranberry Twp, PA) and won 402 to 296 (a spread of 106). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 11-13, -240.
Round 25		Ireland played #58 Paul Wood (Central City, IA) and won 345 to 254 (a spread of 91). Current ranking: #38. Current record: 12-13, -149.
Round 26		Ireland played #39 Barbara Major (Alexandria, VA) and lost 311 to 395 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 12-14, -233.
Round 27		Ireland played #54 Don Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 397 to 350 (a spread of 47). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 13-14, -186.
Round 28		Ireland played #44 Linda Nervis (Dayton, OH) and won 434 to 314 (a spread of 120). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 14-14, -66.
Round 29		Ireland played #52 Jimmie Jenkins (Upper Marlboro, MD) and lost 300 to 323 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 14-15, -89.
Round 30		Ireland played #56 Ida Ann Shapiro (Rego Park, NY) and won 404 to 351 (a spread of 53). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 15-15, -36.
Round 31		Ireland played #30 Phyllis Vargas (Katy, TX) again and lost 361 to 364 (a spread of -3). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 15-16, -39.

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