Taylor Inter-College Scrabble Tournament (TICST)

Date : August 5-6, 2006
Time : 9:00am – 6:00pm
Venue : Taylor’s College Subang Jaya

Organiser: Scrachess Club (formerly known as Card and Board Games Club)
Tournament Director (TD): Mrs Yap-Song Kim Lian

Objective
1. To promote scrabble as a healthy mind activity.
2. To discover more talents in scrabble.
3. To foster good relationships between colleges.

Eligibility*:
Players must be full time students in any colleges or private universities in Malaysia. Players from private universities must be either doing Foundation or first year only.

Format:
1. Time limit : 25 minutes per person, no increment
: Penalty of 10 points for each minute (or part of) overtime
: Maximum penalty of 50 points
2. Challenge mode : SINGLE (no penalty for a wrong challenge)
3. Dictionary : SOWPODS (Internationally accepted)
4. Pairing : Australian Draw for Round 1-8, and King of the Hill for Round 9-11
5. Other rules : As stated in the Scrabble Rules of Malaysian Scrabble Association

Registration: Team of 2, with both the members from the same college
: Maximum of 5 teams per college
: Places may be limited, so registration is on first-come-first-serve
basis. Only the first 50 teams who registered will be competing.
: Deadline for registration is July 31, 2006.
: Acceptance of late registration or change of team members after
the deadline will be at sole discretion of the organizers.
: Payment can be made beforehand or on the tournament day.

Entry Fees
1. RM50 per team of 2, RM40 for the fourth and fifth team (if applicable)
2. RM30 per individual participation without a team member only
3. Players who participate individually need not pay the team entry fee.

Placing
1. Players will register as a team, but compete as an individual.
2. Players will ranked according to points (number of wins), then spread.
3. There is possibility for a team member to play against his/her counterpart.
4. Withdrawal of a team member will not jeopardize the other player’s chance for a prize in the individual category, only the group category.

Tentative schedule*

August 5, 2006
0830 – 0900 Registration
0900 – 0920 Final Briefing by Tournament Director (TD)
0925 – 1035 Round 1
1040 – 1150 Round 2
1150 – 1300 Round 3
1300 – 1410 Lunch Break
1415 – 1525 Round 4
1530 – 1640 Round 5
1645 – 1755 Round 6
1755 End of Day 1

August 6, 2006
0830 – 0900 Registration
0905 – 1015 Round 7
1020 – 1130 Round 8
1135 – 1245 Round 9
1245 – 1355 Lunch Break
1400 – 1510 Round 10
1515 – 1625 Round 11
1635 – 1710 Prize Presentation
1710 Dismissal

Prizes*
1. Certificates of Participation will be awarded to participants and Certificate of Achievement will be awarded to winners.
2. Other prizes will be announced later.

Sets and Clocks
1. Scrabble Sets & Clocks will be provided by the tournament organizers for the duration of the tournament.
2. Colleges are also encouraged to purchase scrabble sets for their own collection. Purchase of original Scrabble sets can be made through Mrs. Yap-Song Kim Lian at 012-3022053. Scrabble sets will be priced at RM60 each.
3. To colleges who wish to use their own sets and clocks (optional), please contact Teddy Teo before 31 July 2006.

TICST 2006 Organising Committee

Staff Advisor : Mr. Kreisler Buy (Student Services)
Organising Chairperson (OC) : Albert Khor Yee Shin (A-levels)
Secretary : Kang Suk Yein (A-levels)
Registration Director : Natasya Elmi (A-levels)
Logistics Director : Teddy Teo (A-levels)
Publicity Director : Lydia Leong Lai Peng (SAM)

Should you have any enquiries, kindly contact:

Albert Khor (016-2336992, khor_albert@yahoo.com)
For all matters, including enquiries pertaining to registration

Natasya Elmi (016-2802977, weird_taste@hotmail.com)
For registration

Teddy Teo (016-2348915, lucasscottone@hotmail.com)
For matters pertaining scrabble sets and clocks

*Subject to change.

For interested university and college students, please call Albert Khor for more information.