Latest update January 15th, 2025 1:53 AM
Yvonne Murray out-spells Ulric Harris to reclaim coveted scrabble accolade
A brilliant display of word forming enabled Yvonne Murray to regain championship honours when scrabble players convened for their regular tournament at her Nandy Park EBD residence Sunday afternoon. She amassed 4 points and a positive spread of 338 to collect the trophy from Ulric Harris who had dethroned her a mere month ago.
CHANGING OF THE GUARDS: Yvonne Murray gracefully accepts the coveted trophy from her predecessor, Ulric Harris.
It was certainly not a walk in the park for Ms Murray as she was forced to employ all her wits to amass a higher spread than Maurice Munroe who also amassed 4 points but with a lower spread of 194.
Earlier, Murray had distinguished herself as the better player after she defeated Munroe by a large spread of 178 in her first game for the day. She then disposed of Ruby Cummings 396-358 before taking care of Michael Benjamin (390-361) and Ulric Harris by a spread of 128. She had defeated her husband, Carlton, in last month’s match up but the latter player rebounded to avenge that loss by a close spread of 35. That loss eventually proved to be inconsequential.
Munroe has shown great improvement recently and the final results of last Sunday’s tournament truly amplified his claim of being among the best. He rebounded from the loss to Murray to chalk up 4 games on the trot. His other victims were Benjamin (81), Harris (79), Cummings (97) and Carlton Murray (105).
The players are yet to set the date for the final tournament of the year but in the meantime they are back into practice sessions.
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