NSC 2008: Billie Garver [#30]

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On this page, you will find information about Billie Garver, who is competing at the 2008 National 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 15-13, +48, and is ranked #34 in Division 5.

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

[photo of Billie Garver]

Given name(s): Billie
Surname(s): Garver
Home: Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Awards: living, loving, laughing, learning, and , in short, surviving
Hobbies: reading, gardening, travelling, and enjoying friends and family
Occupation: Retired Office Manager
NSC 1992 Division: 2
NSC 1992 Rank: 80/139, 13-14 -
NSC 1996 Division: 3
NSC 1996 Rank: 61/120, 14-13 -411
NSC 1998 Division: 3
NSC 1998 Rank: 126/133, 11-20 -779
NSC 2000 Division: 5
NSC 2000 Rank: 32/78, 16-15 +304
NSC 2002 Division: 5
NSC 2002 Rank: 56/111, 16-15 -163
NSC 2004 Division: 5
NSC 2004 Rank: 21/90, 17-13 +350

Round by Round
High score: 526 Average for: 352 Average against: 351
Round 1		Garver played #39 Candace Hurley (Columbia, CA) and lost 350 to 397 (a spread of -47). Current ranking: #66. Current record: 0-1, -47.
Round 2		Garver played #1 Gloriosa Ondoy Agdeppa (San Jose, CA) and lost 276 to 426 (a spread of -150). Current ranking: #90. Current record: 0-2, -197.
Round 3		Garver played #53 Barbara McGrew (Burlington, VT) and won 405 to 266 (a spread of 139). Current ranking: #63. Current record: 1-2, -58.
Round 4		Garver played #80 Linda Stephanides (Bowie, MD) and won 370 to 367 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #58. Current record: 2-2, -55.
Round 5		Garver played #72 Marilyn Schmidt (Northampton, MA) and lost 372 to 384 (a spread of -12). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 2-3, -67.
Round 6		Garver played #63 Kaveri Raviraj (Mississauga ON) and won 371 to 256 (a spread of 115). Current ranking: #44. Current record: 3-3, +48.
Round 7		Garver played #3 Yukari Balabanov (Vancouver BC) and lost 248 to 409 (a spread of -161). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 3-4, -113.
Round 8		Garver played #5 Mark Barnett (Jacksonville, FL) and won 386 to 373 (a spread of 13). Current ranking: #53. Current record: 4-4, -100.
Round 9		Garver played #46 Chris Knight (Gulfport, FL) and won 412 to 275 (a spread of 137). Current ranking: #37. Current record: 5-4, +37.
Round 10		Garver played #28 Peter Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and won 336 to 320 (a spread of 16). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 6-4, +53.
Round 11		Garver played #82 Joyce Stock (Rocky River, OH) and lost 353 to 406 (a spread of -53). Current ranking: #39. Current record: 6-5, +0.
Round 12		Garver played #93 Zbigniew Wieckowski (Woodbury, MN) and won 526 to 355 (a spread of 171). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 7-5, +171.
Round 13		Garver played #27 Marie Filandro (Wilmington, DE) and won 419 to 300 (a spread of 119). Current ranking: #21. Current record: 8-5, +290.
Round 14		Garver played #54 Trevor McGuire (Sarasota, FL) and lost 305 to 363 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #30. Current record: 8-6, +232.
Round 15		Garver played #24 Sharon Downing (Cleveland, GA) and won 360 to 318 (a spread of 42). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 9-6, +274.
Round 16		Garver played #94 Wendy Wilkinson (Lexington, KY) and lost 372 to 399 (a spread of -27). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 9-7, +247.
Round 17		Garver played #7 Barbara Besadny (Madison, WI) and won 326 to 321 (a spread of 5). Current ranking: #23. Current record: 10-7, +252.
Round 18		Garver played #64 Sally Reeser (Allentown, PA) and lost 380 to 403 (a spread of -23). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 10-8, +229.
Round 19		Garver played #59 Lois S Oda (Honolulu, HI) and won 343 to 323 (a spread of 20). Current ranking: #24. Current record: 11-8, +249.
Round 20		Garver played #18 Henry De Young (St. Marys ON) and lost 354 to 374 (a spread of -20). Current ranking: #29. Current record: 11-9, +229.
Round 21		Garver played #33 JC Green (Lealman, FL) and won 326 to 320 (a spread of 6). Current ranking: #26. Current record: 12-9, +235.
Round 22		Garver played #49 Deborah Light (Napanee ON) and won 343 to 306 (a spread of 37). Current ranking: #22. Current record: 13-9, +272.
Round 23		Garver played #19 Al DeMers (Sparks, NV) and lost 263 to 363 (a spread of -100). Current ranking: #27. Current record: 13-10, +172.
Round 24		Garver played #32 Jeff Goldstein (Plainview, NY) and lost 246 to 312 (a spread of -66). Current ranking: #33. Current record: 13-11, +106.
Round 25		Garver played #35 Pat Hardwick (Stow, OH) and lost 325 to 409 (a spread of -84). Current ranking: #41. Current record: 13-12, +22.
Round 26		Garver played #84 John Thomason (Davie, FL) and lost 310 to 429 (a spread of -119). Current ranking: #46. Current record: 13-13, -97.
Round 27		Garver played #10 Ivan Blackman (Bahamas) and won 392 to 330 (a spread of 62). Current ranking: #40. Current record: 14-13, -35.
Round 28		Garver played #7 Barbara Besadny (Madison, WI) again and won 396 to 313 (a spread of 83). Current ranking: #34. Current record: 15-13, +48.

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