2005 Kingston Cup Match

The 21st annual Toronto-Montreal (Scrabble®) club match will take place on October 29th and 30th, 2005 at Howard Johnson’s Confederation Place Hotel.

Toronto is in possession of the upper division Kingston Cup and the lower division Midway Cup. Montreal has the middle division 401 Trophy.

Players should arrive in time to play by 12:30 on Saturday, and Round 1 clocks will start at 1:00 P.M. See below for the rest of the schedule.

Contacts

Confederation Place Hotel: 237 Ontario Street, Kingston ON, K7L 2Z4, 1-888-825-4656 or 1-613-549-6300. Call to make reservations: our room rate is $89/night (singles or doubles). Directions: take the Division St. or Montreal St. exit from the 401, drive to Princess Street, turn left, drive all the way down to the waterfront at Ontario Street, turn left and the hotel will be on your left.
John Chew (Toronto team captain): E-mail jjchew@math.utoronto.ca or call +1 416 876 7675 (cellphone, before, during or after the event).
Bernard Gotlieb (Montreal team captain): E-mail bernard@capsnap.com or call +1 514 484 0824.

Rules

We play by regular NSA tournament rules, except that no record is kept of cumulative spread. Games may therefore be ended by resignation, when both players agree that the outcome is certain and the game does not need to be played out. This should be in keeping with the late Mike Wise's unofficial motto for this event: “Play in a spirit of friendly rivalry.”

John and Bernard draw to see which side goes first in even-numbered rounds, overriding the NSA's usual protocol.

Ten dollars is collected from each player at the tournament, to cover the cost of the room and the rating fee.

Schedule

Saturday, 12:30 P.M.	Welcome, announcements.
Saturday, 1:00 P.M.	Round 1 begins
Saturday, 6:00 P.M. (approx.)	Dinner
Saturday, 7:30 P.M.	Round 6 begins
Saturday, 10:30 P.M. (approx.)	Round 8 ends
Sunday, 10:00 A.M.	Round 9 begins (If both players consent, Round 8 may be played on Sunday at 9:00 A.M. instead of late Saturday night.)
Sunday, 12:30 P.M.	Round 11 begins (allowing slack for people who want to have a quick lunch or check out between rounds)
Sunday, 2:30 P.M. (approx.)	Round 12 ends, awards ceremony
Sunday, 3:00 P.M.	End of tournament

This Year’s Teams

If you are not listed below and want to play for your city, please contact your team captain immediately.

Kingston Cup
	Toronto		Montreal
1837	Robin Pollock Daniel	1992	Adam Logan
1801	Jim Nanavati	1945	David Boys
1782	Zev Kaufman	1860	Joel Wapnick
1779	John Chew	1786	Bernard Gotlieb
1761	Craig Rowland	1750	Fran Silver
1743	Shaun Goatcher	1694	Jeremy Hildebrand (Ottawa)
1706	Ray Francis	1578	Linda Espallardo
1685	Libero Paolella	1471	Lydia Keras
1641	Salvatore Desiato	1443	Richard Kirsch

401 Trophy
	Toronto		Montreal
1460	Lynda Wise	1402	David Jones (Ottawa)
1442	Lisa Kessler	1390	Anita Rackham
1383	Curtis Akomanyi	1377	Akiva Gitelman
1340	Mad Palazzo	1315	Mitzi Pollak (Ottawa)
1213	Diane Brown	1244	Barbara Puky

Midway Cup
	Toronto		Montreal
1193	Nicholas Fall (Kingston)	1136	Ruth Nabi
1180	Michael Lancashire	881	Abie Cromanty
1162	Vera Bigall	856	Bert Tellone
948	Kevin Turner	811	Rachelle Glait
880	Emilie Henkelman (Ottawa)	722	John Van Zeyl

This Year's Format

Teams will compete in three divisions with no intermixing.

History

Montreal now leads Toronto 12½-7½ in the Kingston Cup, 6-3 in the 401 Trophy. Toronto leads Montreal 2½-½ in the Midway Cup. Click to see historical records about the players and the teams.

Photos

For full-size printable versions of these photos, see my Flickr account.

Back (L to R): Bernard Gotlieb (Montreal team captain), John Chew (Toronto team captain), John Van Zeyl, Bert Tellone, Kevin Turner, Ruth Nabi, Michael Lancashire, Nick Fall. Front (L to R): Emilie Henkelman, Vera Bigall, Abie Cromanty, Rachelle Glait.	Team captains Bernard Gotlieb and John Chew
Back (L to R): Bernard Gotlieb (Montreal team captain), John Chew (Toronto team captain), Lynda Wise, Curtis Akomanyi, Barbara Puky, Akiva Gitelman, Mitzi Pollak, David Jones. Front (L to R): Diane Brown, Anita Rackham, Mad Palazzo, Lisa Kessler.	Back (L to R): Libero Paolella, Bernard Gotlieb (Montreal team captain), John Chew (Toronto team captain), Jim Nanavati, Shaun Goatcher, Joel Wapnick, Zev Kaufman, Robin Pollock Daniel, Craig Rowland, Jeremy Hildebrand. Front (L to R): Fran Silver, Lydia Keras, David Boys, Linda Espallardo, Richard Kirsch.