Results for May 2005

Winners in May 2005
Winner	Runner-up	Best Improvers	100+ words	Word of the week
Cyndy 5 wins, +192 spread	Joan 5 wins, -177 spread	Kath P, 51 Marie, 34	Kath A, MARQUIS, 135 Alyson, WANDERY, 102 Invalid word	Marie: DEAW Joyce W: DOOB

Results for May 2005
Position	Player	No. Wins	Total Spread	Average Game Score	Change in Average
1	Robert	8	744	433	16
2	Kathryn A	5	369	402	-65
3	Cyndy	5	192	392	-1
4	Joan	5	-177	345	12
5	Noreen	4	362	387	23
6	Kath P	4	211	361	51
7	Kathleen F	4	-305	338	-32
8	Jane	3	268	394	23
9	Ruth	3	173	396	30
10	Harry	3	160	378	25
11	Marie	3	-54	362	34
12	Joyce W	3	-171	326	-26
13	Alyson	3	-367	343	30
14	Sylvia	2	89	334	-68
15	Olwen	2	8	336	10
16	Joyce B	2	-205	340	-6
17	Tom	2	-249	346	-8
18	Marjorie P	1	-77	360	5
19	Norma	0	-393	260	-18
20	Muriel	0	-414	322	-16

Winners: Trophies are awarded for 1st and 2nd places. The monthly winner's prize can only be won once by each player in a six-month period (January-June and July-December); this gives other players a chance of being a monthly winner. The best improvers for the month are also given prizes. Prizes are given to any player who plays the four-letter word of the week and also for words which scored 100 points or more.

Ratings: At the end of each month a player's club rating is calculated. This rating is used in the next month for rating games that the player participates in. (This is the rating shown in brackets by each player's name on this page.) The New Rating shown in the table above is the players rating adjusted by the results of this months games: this rating will be used by the player in next month's games. Club ratings give us an idea of how well a player should be expected to do in relation to other players in the club (i.e. higher rated players are more likely to beat lower rated players). A full explanation of our ratings system is given on the Rating System page.