2010 European Open Scrabble Championship: May 8-11, Sliema, Malta

May 8–11, 2010

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EOSC 2010: John Barker [#20]

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On this page, you will find information about John Barker, who is competing at the 2010 European Open Scrabble Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 14-18, -62, and is ranked #22 in Division 1.

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): John Surname(s): Barker Home: Sydney, AUS Awards: 1996 NSW Champion Hobbies: Travel, Reading, Fitness 2010 European Open Scrabble Championship Team: Australia

Round by Round
High score: 511 Average for: 388 Average against: 390
Round 1	England	Barker played #21 Evelyn Wallace (Eng) and lost 351 to 459 (a spread of -108). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 0-1, -108.
Round 2	Malta	Barker played #6 Theresa Brousson (MLT) and lost 375 to 478 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 0-2, -211. Barker is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit). Barker is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 3	Australia	Barker played #10 Karen Richards (AUS) and lost 329 to 421 (a spread of -92). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 0-3, -303.
Round 4	Malta	Barker played #14 David Delicata (MLT) and lost 332 to 365 (a spread of -33). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 0-4, -336.
Round 5	Malta	Barker played #16 Cecil Muscat (MLT) and lost 229 to 501 (a spread of -272). Current ranking: #28. Current record: 0-5, -608.
Round 6	Australia	Barker played #27 Gary Pollard (AUS) and won 456 to 312 (a spread of 144). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 1-5, -464. Barker is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 7	Scotland	Barker played #15 Raymond Tate (Sco) and lost 353 to 406 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 1-6, -517.
Round 8	United States	Barker played #7 Sam Kantimathi (USA) and lost 350 to 406 (a spread of -56). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 1-7, -573.
Round 9	Australia	Barker played #28 Alison Pollard (AUS) and won 482 to 405 (a spread of 77). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 2-7, -496.
Round 10	Malta	Barker played #24 Christine Strawbridge (MLT) and lost 327 to 386 (a spread of -59). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 2-8, -555.
Round 11	England	Barker played #26 Kevin Synnott (Eng) and lost 378 to 446 (a spread of -68). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 2-9, -623.
Round 12	Ireland	Barker played #22 Eileen Meghen (IRL) and won 428 to 362 (a spread of 66). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 3-9, -557.
Round 13	Malta	Barker played #23 Mario Saliba (MLT) and won 436 to 395 (a spread of 41). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 4-9, -516.
Round 14	Romania	Barker played #13 Mihai Pantis (ROM) and lost 334 to 496 (a spread of -162). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 4-10, -678.
Round 15	Malta	Barker played #25 Nicky Vella-Laurenti (MLT) and won 380 to 357 (a spread of 23). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 5-10, -655.
Round 16	Scotland	Barker played #18 Simon Gillam (Sco) and lost 369 to 401 (a spread of -32). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 5-11, -687.
Round 17	England	Barker played #21 Evelyn Wallace (Eng) again and won 394 to 356 (a spread of 38). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 6-11, -649.
Round 18	Romania	Barker played #19 Dan Sandu (ROM) and won 422 to 283 (a spread of 139). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 7-11, -510.
Round 19	Malta	Barker played #25 Nicky Vella-Laurenti (MLT) again and lost 341 to 368 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 7-12, -537.
Round 20	Australia	Barker played #27 Gary Pollard (AUS) again and won 407 to 367 (a spread of 40). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 8-12, -497.
Round 21	Australia	Barker played #28 Alison Pollard (AUS) again and lost 276 to 289 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #25. Current record: 8-13, -510. Barker is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 22	Malta	Barker played #23 Mario Saliba (MLT) again and lost 371 to 474 (a spread of -103). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 8-14, -613.
Round 23	Malta	Barker played #24 Christine Strawbridge (MLT) again and won 388 to 278 (a spread of 110). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 9-14, -503.
Round 24	England	Barker played #26 Kevin Synnott (Eng) again and won 468 to 292 (a spread of 176). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 10-14, -327.
Round 25	Ireland	Barker played #22 Eileen Meghen (IRL) again and lost 422 to 456 (a spread of -34). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 10-15, -361.
Round 26	England	Barker played #11 Jackie McLeod (Eng) and lost 381 to 399 (a spread of -18). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 10-16, -379.
Round 27	Malta	Barker played #12 Jojo Delia (MLT) and won 508 to 346 (a spread of 162). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 11-16, -217.
Round 28	Malta	Barker played #14 David Delicata (MLT) again and won 511 to 333 (a spread of 178). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 12-16, -39.
Round 29	Scotland	Barker played #15 Raymond Tate (Sco) again and won 405 to 355 (a spread of 50). Current ranking: #19. Current record: 13-16, +11.
Round 30	England	Barker played #4 David Webb (Eng) and lost 398 to 437 (a spread of -39). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 13-17, -28. Barker is mentioned in this round’s photo captions (4 hits).
Round 31	England	Barker played #11 Jackie McLeod (Eng) again and won 417 to 402 (a spread of 15). Current ranking: #20. Current record: 14-17, -13.
Round 32	Australia	Barker played #10 Karen Richards (AUS) again and lost 400 to 449 (a spread of -49). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 14-18, -62.

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