SPC 2025: Barbara Major [4-39]

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On this page, you will find information about Barbara Major, 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 13-18, -101, and is ranked #52 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): Barbara Surname(s): Major Home: Alexandria, VA, United States Hobbies: gardening, knitting, crocheting, cards Occupation: Publishing

Round by Round
High score: 446 Average for: 350 Average against: 355
Round 1		Major played #30 Phyllis Vargas (Katy, TX) and lost 343 to 393 (a spread of -50). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 0-1, -50.
Round 2		Major played #7 Amika Gair-MacMichael (West Harford, CT) and won 446 to 306 (a spread of 140). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 1-1, +90.
Round 3		Major played #49 Jennifer Hay (Portland, TX) and lost 335 to 389 (a spread of -54). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 1-2, +36.
Round 4		Major played #44 Linda Nervis (Dayton, OH) and lost 304 to 330 (a spread of -26). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 1-3, +10. Major is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 5		Major played #55 Scott Gale (Potomac, MD) and lost 340 to 391 (a spread of -51). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 1-4, -41.
Round 6		Major played #54 Don Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and won 383 to 329 (a spread of 54). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 2-4, +13.
Round 7		Major played #45 Deborah Gawryla (Pittsburgh, PA) and lost 377 to 393 (a spread of -16). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 2-5, -3.
Round 8		Major played #33 Pamela Pudelka (Richmond, TX) and won 336 to 296 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 3-5, +37.
Round 9		Major played #19 Peter Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and lost 302 to 432 (a spread of -130). Current ranking: #45. Current record: 3-6, -93.
Round 10		Major played #52 Jimmie Jenkins (Upper Marlboro, MD) and lost 318 to 340 (a spread of -22). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 3-7, -115.
Round 11		Major played #47 Ruth Brower (Hockessin, DE) and won 379 to 342 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 4-7, -78.
Round 12		Major played #51 Ann Kleinfelt (Sarasota, FL) and lost 348 to 353 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 4-8, -83.
Round 13		Major played #46 Fay Ireland (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 366 to 386 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #55. Current record: 4-9, -103.
Round 14		Major played #59 Craig Knight (Nottingham, MD) and won 419 to 268 (a spread of 151). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 5-9, +48.
Round 15		Major played #43 Robin Schlauch (College Park, MD) and won 337 to 305 (a spread of 32). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 6-9, +80.
Round 16		Major played #57 Karen Kaminski (Cocoa, FL) and won 375 to 362 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 7-9, +93.
Round 17		Major played #48 Jean Caputo (Cranberry Twp, PA) and lost 339 to 366 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #42. Current record: 7-10, +66.
Round 18		Major played #56 Ida Ann Shapiro (Rego Park, NY) and lost 274 to 347 (a spread of -73). Current ranking: #47. Current record: 7-11, -7.
Round 19		Major played #23 Deb Mulrooney (Epping, NH) and lost 363 to 475 (a spread of -112). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 7-12, -119.
Round 20		Major played #26 Bill Coad (North Tonawanda, NY) and lost 273 to 348 (a spread of -75). Current ranking: #54. Current record: 7-13, -194.
Round 21		Major played #58 Paul Wood (Central City, IA) and won 441 to 341 (a spread of 100). Current ranking: #51. Current record: 8-13, -94.
Round 22		Major played #60 Marla Posey-Moss (Aberdeen, MD) and won 410 to 272 (a spread of 138). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 9-13, +44.
Round 23		Major recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #42. Current record: 10-13, +94.
Round 24		Major played #53 Rouzier Dorce (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 306 to 343 (a spread of -37). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 10-14, +57.
Round 25		Major played #20 Diane Sleek (Freeport, ME) and lost 328 to 368 (a spread of -40). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 10-15, +17.
Round 26		Major played #21 Michael Ireland (Lithonia, GA) and won 395 to 311 (a spread of 84). Current ranking: #48. Current record: 11-15, +101.
Round 27		Major played #31 Cathy Poole (Winston-Salem, NC) and lost 383 to 414 (a spread of -31). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 11-16, +70.
Round 28		Major played #42 James Krycka (Jessup, MD) and won 409 to 316 (a spread of 93). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 12-16, +163.
Round 29		Major played #13 George Borsuk (Melville, NY) and lost 286 to 360 (a spread of -74). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 12-17, +89.
Round 30		Major played #22 Mary Stewart (Columbia, MD) and lost 269 to 481 (a spread of -212). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 12-18, -123.
Round 31		Major played #47 Ruth Brower (Hockessin, DE) again and won 329 to 307 (a spread of 22). Current ranking: #52. Current record: 13-18, -101.

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