Welcome back to Mind Sports Manitoba on Weebly. We have not regularly updated this website, but it is an Official Website of MSM on Weebly. We appreciate the space this fantastic internet company is providing free to our non-profit sports organization based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, since 2015, with original founders Arvin Daoa and Steve Udarbe. Steve U., has remained at the helm of the organization and has overseen the past tournaments in chess and scrabble, held separately almost all years since founding. Arvin has moved to British Columbia but has kept interest in chess, and had participated actively in tournaments around Western Canada.
The 2023 Open Scrabble Tournament scheduled for June 25 has been postponed indefinitely due to venue issues. The Sinclair Park Community Centre will hold an event that the Centre could not refuse. We, the MSM staff gave in to the request and thus our tournament will be held at a still unannounced date.
For updates and regular posts about our organization, please visit facebook.com/mindsportsmb.
For pictures and videos of the 911 Open Scrabble Tournament at Sinclair Park Community center, visit our Mind Sports Manitoba page on Facebook.com
Fact: There were no Mind Sports Manitoba tournament held at the Sinclair Park Community Center in 2021 as the center was closed during the pandemic with the health restrictions.
Currently, the 911 MSM Open Scrabble Tournament is being held at the Sinclair Park in Centre in Point Douglas ward, Winnipeg MB. The final stage has just started and the heat.is felt like across the room. Lunch was served to all who entered the tournament and everyone had a good rest.
August 2021
The drop-in sessions 6-9 PM Wednesdays at Sinclair Park Community Centre have resumed 18 August and all chess and scrabble interested persons in Manitoba are invited. To participate in chess or scrabble matches, one must be double-vaccinated and wear a mask. Come and play, everyone!!!
COME ONE, COME ALL FOR THIS EVENT IN JUNE 2019!!!
The Mind Sports Manitoba Open Chess Tournament for 2019 is scheduled to be played the whole day Saturday, June 22nd at a yet unannounced venue. We had decided not to hold a simultaneous scrabble tournament that day because of space limitations. Plenty of prizes will be awarded to the top finishers and a raffle of chess sets and paraphernalia items will be done for all participants. The amount of the prizes will be boosted by the proceeds from the registration and from our perennial sponsor, Ray Duque of Ray Duque Autobody on Mcphillips Street. Register by email or phone call to Steve Udarbe as early as possible to avoid not getting a slot for the tourney. Registration fee is 40 Canadian dollars per person which includes lunch served that day. Steve's email is [email protected] and his cellphone number is (204) 996-2509. You could also register by bringing your 40 dollars with you and speak to Steve on any Wednesday at the drop-in sessions at Sinclair Park Community Centre board room. The earlier you register the better..
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The First Open Scrabble Tournament for 2018 will be held the whole day Saturday, September 8, 2018 at the Sinclair Park Community Center with players divided into two groups. Top three placers in each group will receive cash and other prizes with the top placers'' names engraved in the Champions Cup of MSM. There will also be a raffle for all participants in the tournament with each one guaranteed a prize.More details about the play proper will be released in this website soon.For questions, or to register, please call Tournament Director Steve at 204-996-2509.
The 2023 Open Scrabble Tournament scheduled for June 25 has been postponed indefinitely due to venue issues. The Sinclair Park Community Centre will hold an event that the Centre could not refuse. We, the MSM staff gave in to the request and thus our tournament will be held at a still unannounced date.
For updates and regular posts about our organization, please visit facebook.com/mindsportsmb.
For pictures and videos of the 911 Open Scrabble Tournament at Sinclair Park Community center, visit our Mind Sports Manitoba page on Facebook.com
Fact: There were no Mind Sports Manitoba tournament held at the Sinclair Park Community Center in 2021 as the center was closed during the pandemic with the health restrictions.
Currently, the 911 MSM Open Scrabble Tournament is being held at the Sinclair Park in Centre in Point Douglas ward, Winnipeg MB. The final stage has just started and the heat.is felt like across the room. Lunch was served to all who entered the tournament and everyone had a good rest.
August 2021
The drop-in sessions 6-9 PM Wednesdays at Sinclair Park Community Centre have resumed 18 August and all chess and scrabble interested persons in Manitoba are invited. To participate in chess or scrabble matches, one must be double-vaccinated and wear a mask. Come and play, everyone!!!
COME ONE, COME ALL FOR THIS EVENT IN JUNE 2019!!!
The Mind Sports Manitoba Open Chess Tournament for 2019 is scheduled to be played the whole day Saturday, June 22nd at a yet unannounced venue. We had decided not to hold a simultaneous scrabble tournament that day because of space limitations. Plenty of prizes will be awarded to the top finishers and a raffle of chess sets and paraphernalia items will be done for all participants. The amount of the prizes will be boosted by the proceeds from the registration and from our perennial sponsor, Ray Duque of Ray Duque Autobody on Mcphillips Street. Register by email or phone call to Steve Udarbe as early as possible to avoid not getting a slot for the tourney. Registration fee is 40 Canadian dollars per person which includes lunch served that day. Steve's email is [email protected] and his cellphone number is (204) 996-2509. You could also register by bringing your 40 dollars with you and speak to Steve on any Wednesday at the drop-in sessions at Sinclair Park Community Centre board room. The earlier you register the better..
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The First Open Scrabble Tournament for 2018 will be held the whole day Saturday, September 8, 2018 at the Sinclair Park Community Center with players divided into two groups. Top three placers in each group will receive cash and other prizes with the top placers'' names engraved in the Champions Cup of MSM. There will also be a raffle for all participants in the tournament with each one guaranteed a prize.More details about the play proper will be released in this website soon.For questions, or to register, please call Tournament Director Steve at 204-996-2509.
The First Open Chess Tournament for 2018 was held this Saturday, April 21st at the multi-purpose room of the Sinclair Park Community Centre with 26 participants divided into two groups. Most of the players registered with Steve Udarbe long before tournament day and six did not appear but reserved their slots. Derek Ma topped Group A, with Marcus Valentino second and three tied for third place (Ryne Swift, Nilo Moncal and Fernando Orcullo). James Paeldin was no. 1 in Group B, Michael Sangalang was second, and five tied for third place (Pocholo Penafiel, Ryan Velicaria, Jim Melnyk, Ian Chatelaine and Ramon Sales). Cash prizes were awarded to all placers. The names of the two top placers will be engraved on the MSM Permanent Trophy and displayed at all MSM chess and scrabble activities. The fun part was the raffle of chess items for all participants where each player, when his number was called, had his time to select from the tableful of prizes. Co-tournament director was Blair Rutter, President of Manitoba Chess Association with Steve Udarbe awarding all the prizes. More news to follow...
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The Fourth MSM Open Invitational Scrabble Tournament was held Saturday, September 16, 2017 with 16 players divided into two divisions. Curtis Kowalski improved his game and topped the list in the first division while Richard Charach was second, and Dick Bloemheuvel was third. In the second division, Angela Kapoor-Dozois was first, while Arthur Charach was second and Darlene Mcbride was third. Rounding the sixteen were Curtis, Eugene, Greg, Steve, Richard, Dick, Annalise and Harold in the first division, while Angela, Arthur, Darlene, Jerry, Patrick, Julie, Mila, and Maya were in the second division. A traveller’s scrabble set and an Othello game set and a Soduku game set were given away to lucky participants. Winners names will be engraved in the MSM Champions Cup for posterity. A mother and her very young daughter joined the tournament for the first time and competed in the same division.
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The Third MSM Open Chess Tournament was held on Saturday, June 10, 2017 with 16 excellent chess players competing for the top prizes. Nilo Moncal was first place, receiving the Champion's cup and Marcos Valentino and Theo Wolchuk tying for second place after five rounds of play. Bong Perez, an official FIDE arbiter, came from Brandon, Manitoba to play, while a father and his two children came from Saskatchewan to join the tournament. The two children were given computer chess sets just for participating in the tournament. Chess sets and chess books were raffled and all participants won either of these items. Manny Araullo, new director of MSM, and Steve Udarbe, founder, presided over the tournament. __________________________________________________________________________The Third MSM Open Scrabble Tournament was held on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at the Sinclair Park Community Centre Boardroom with seven die-hard and talented scrabble players vying for the top prizes. Many very interested players could not join because of prior commitments and also the Thanksgiving holiday celebrations, but that did not dampen the enthusiasm of the players and the organizers. The "Magnificent Seven" were Julie Kading, Arthur Charach, Shireley Cooke, Curtis Kowalski, Donna Carruthers, Eugenio Ngantian and Steve Udarbe. Six rounds were played by each participant as it was a round-robin tournament, with Eugenio Ngantian emerging with the higher total winning spread over Curtis Kowalski breaking their tie, and declared the winner. Steve Udarbe and Julie Kading were tied too but Steve has a higher winning spread so he was declared as third place winner. The winner's name will be permanently engraved on the MSM Champions' Cup donated by Rey Duque Auto Care. Some boardgame items were also raffled in free draws after the tournament. Thanks to everyone who participated and hopefully in the next MSM tournament, more scrabble enthusiasts will join so that we will call it "The Devil's Brigade."
Pictures from the tournament are published in the Photo Gallery 3 section of this website and the Facebook page of MSM.
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Good news from the Manitoba Chess Association!
Arvin Dawa, a board director of Mind Sports Manitoba, won the Manitoba Closed Championship hosted by the MCA held from May to August 2016 in Winnipeg. The Championship participants were the eight leading rated players of the province and Arvin in winning the series earned enough rating points to become the new National Master of Canada. Good work and congratulations, Arvin!
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The 2016 Summer Fun Open Chess tournament was held successfully the whole day on Saturday, July 9th at the Sinclair Park Community Centre and here are the results: Four groups were set up with players doing a round-robin and the leaders played in the semi-finals. Pairings were drawn and after the championship round, Theo Wolchuk emerged as the winner, the youngest among the players too. Marcos Valentino was second, Nilo Moncal was third and Emil Vianzon was fourth. Cash prizes and chess sets were awarded to the winners. All participants also took assorted chess sets in free raffle draws after the tournament. Everyone was satisfied with the tournament format because groupings and pairings were done thru the luck of the draw, and not based on ratings. With this format, they realized that they had fair chances of reaching the finals. Thanks a lot for your participation in this tournament. Mind Sports Manitoba would like to thank the support and participation of Blair Rutter, president of Manitoba Chess Association. He played in the tournament, at the same time, acted as co-tournament director with Steve Udarbe.
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New website page created
Articles, the newest section of this website, shows write-ups about MSM published elsewhere in Manitoba, in print or the internet. Current entry is the centre spread article published in The Minor Hockey News N40 (2016), a regional community newspaper in Western Canada. The article is being reprinted here courtesy of Laura Clarke of News and Pictures. Young Fitness, Inc. Edmonton, Alberta. Go to the Articles page of this website and read.
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Second Mind Sports Manitoba Open Invitational Scrabble Tournament a Definite Success
Last Saturday, March 5th, at the Sinclair Park Community Centre in Point Douglas, sixteen aspiring players vied for the top three prizes of the two divisions and what a big competition it became. Those who joined the tourney were:
Division One:
Curtis Kowalski, Colin Viebrock, Eugenio Ngantian, Richard Charach, Dick Bloemheuvel, Donna Carruthers, Anneliese Kaufmann and Darlene McBride;
Division Two:
Julie Kading, Arthur Charach, Linda Hizon, Angela Kapoor-Dozois, Joanne Peloquin, Jerry Hiller, Dolores Dueck, and Shirley Cooke.
Winners for D-One:First-Richard, second-Eugenio and third-Darlene.
Winners for D-Two:First-Arthur, second-Angela and third-Joanne.
In D-One, there was a tie for first place as both Richard and Eugenio had the same points. The final standings were determined by differences in winning spreads.
In D-Two, the match for first place was also very exciting as both Arthur and Angela had the same points going into the final round.
The winners received cash prizes as their names were called by Steve, Tournament Director. Door prizes were also raffled free after the matches were completed. Free snacks and beverages were also served to all participants during the tournament. The tournament was held in partnership with the Government of Manitoba Sports and Recreation program and in cooperation with the Winnipeg Scrabble club 498.
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Every Wednesday, Steve is at St. Edwards Community School on Arlington Street during lunchtime to discuss chess and scrabble moves with interested schoolchildren most of whom are members of the new school chess and scrabble club. If your school belongs to the Winnipeg School Division, and would like clinics like this held in your school grounds, get in touch with Steve (call 204-996-2509).
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The Mind Sports Manitoba Facebook Page was setup Christmas Day 2015 at exactly 1 a.m. from the home site of our non-profit organization. All interesting developments will also be posted on this FB page. The web address is http://www.facebook.com/mindsportsmb. See you there!
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SPCC FIRST OPEN SCRABBLE TOURNAMENT 2015
PLACE: SINCLAIR PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE, WINNIPEG, MB
DATE: SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2015
TIME: 10 AM TO 4 PM
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: JULIE KADING (WINNIPEG SCRABBLE CLUB NO. 498)
HOST: SINCLAIR PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE, TRACY BALL, president
ORGANIZER: MIND SPORTS MANITOBA
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FIRST SPCC OPEN SCRABBLE TOURNAMENT ENDS EARLY;
CLOSE MATCHES, ABUNDANT FOOD, AND FRIENDLY SPORTS ATMOSPHERE
FILL ROOM AT SINCLAIR PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE VENUE
March 14, 2015 - They came to compete, the twelve registered players were divided into two groups and
started their respective matches almost at the same time. In the end, each group had first, second and third
placers after five rounds of intense play. A lot of the players knew each other from the Winnipeg Scrabble Club
498, with only two players not members of the said group, yet they were really all very professional and showed
strong passion for this mind sport.
Food was served at one o'clock pm, giving the players the needed break and re-focusing period. When play
resumed, every player was determined to get or share the lead. In the end, all matches were completed
earlier than the allotted time.
Winners were announced and prizes awarded, and at 4 pm, amid smiles and pleasantries, the group called it a day.
And each one brought home sumptuous portions of food from the event.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS AND A THUMBS UP TO MIND SPORTS MANITOBA, WINNIPEG SCRABBLE CLUB
NO. 498, AND SINCLAIR PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE!
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The Fourth MSM Open Invitational Scrabble Tournament was held Saturday, September 16, 2017 with 16 players divided into two divisions. Curtis Kowalski improved his game and topped the list in the first division while Richard Charach was second, and Dick Bloemheuvel was third. In the second division, Angela Kapoor-Dozois was first, while Arthur Charach was second and Darlene Mcbride was third. Rounding the sixteen were Curtis, Eugene, Greg, Steve, Richard, Dick, Annalise and Harold in the first division, while Angela, Arthur, Darlene, Jerry, Patrick, Julie, Mila, and Maya were in the second division. A traveller’s scrabble set and an Othello game set and a Soduku game set were given away to lucky participants. Winners names will be engraved in the MSM Champions Cup for posterity. A mother and her very young daughter joined the tournament for the first time and competed in the same division.
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The Third MSM Open Chess Tournament was held on Saturday, June 10, 2017 with 16 excellent chess players competing for the top prizes. Nilo Moncal was first place, receiving the Champion's cup and Marcos Valentino and Theo Wolchuk tying for second place after five rounds of play. Bong Perez, an official FIDE arbiter, came from Brandon, Manitoba to play, while a father and his two children came from Saskatchewan to join the tournament. The two children were given computer chess sets just for participating in the tournament. Chess sets and chess books were raffled and all participants won either of these items. Manny Araullo, new director of MSM, and Steve Udarbe, founder, presided over the tournament. __________________________________________________________________________The Third MSM Open Scrabble Tournament was held on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at the Sinclair Park Community Centre Boardroom with seven die-hard and talented scrabble players vying for the top prizes. Many very interested players could not join because of prior commitments and also the Thanksgiving holiday celebrations, but that did not dampen the enthusiasm of the players and the organizers. The "Magnificent Seven" were Julie Kading, Arthur Charach, Shireley Cooke, Curtis Kowalski, Donna Carruthers, Eugenio Ngantian and Steve Udarbe. Six rounds were played by each participant as it was a round-robin tournament, with Eugenio Ngantian emerging with the higher total winning spread over Curtis Kowalski breaking their tie, and declared the winner. Steve Udarbe and Julie Kading were tied too but Steve has a higher winning spread so he was declared as third place winner. The winner's name will be permanently engraved on the MSM Champions' Cup donated by Rey Duque Auto Care. Some boardgame items were also raffled in free draws after the tournament. Thanks to everyone who participated and hopefully in the next MSM tournament, more scrabble enthusiasts will join so that we will call it "The Devil's Brigade."
Pictures from the tournament are published in the Photo Gallery 3 section of this website and the Facebook page of MSM.
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Good news from the Manitoba Chess Association!
Arvin Dawa, a board director of Mind Sports Manitoba, won the Manitoba Closed Championship hosted by the MCA held from May to August 2016 in Winnipeg. The Championship participants were the eight leading rated players of the province and Arvin in winning the series earned enough rating points to become the new National Master of Canada. Good work and congratulations, Arvin!
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The 2016 Summer Fun Open Chess tournament was held successfully the whole day on Saturday, July 9th at the Sinclair Park Community Centre and here are the results: Four groups were set up with players doing a round-robin and the leaders played in the semi-finals. Pairings were drawn and after the championship round, Theo Wolchuk emerged as the winner, the youngest among the players too. Marcos Valentino was second, Nilo Moncal was third and Emil Vianzon was fourth. Cash prizes and chess sets were awarded to the winners. All participants also took assorted chess sets in free raffle draws after the tournament. Everyone was satisfied with the tournament format because groupings and pairings were done thru the luck of the draw, and not based on ratings. With this format, they realized that they had fair chances of reaching the finals. Thanks a lot for your participation in this tournament. Mind Sports Manitoba would like to thank the support and participation of Blair Rutter, president of Manitoba Chess Association. He played in the tournament, at the same time, acted as co-tournament director with Steve Udarbe.
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New website page created
Articles, the newest section of this website, shows write-ups about MSM published elsewhere in Manitoba, in print or the internet. Current entry is the centre spread article published in The Minor Hockey News N40 (2016), a regional community newspaper in Western Canada. The article is being reprinted here courtesy of Laura Clarke of News and Pictures. Young Fitness, Inc. Edmonton, Alberta. Go to the Articles page of this website and read.
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Second Mind Sports Manitoba Open Invitational Scrabble Tournament a Definite Success
Last Saturday, March 5th, at the Sinclair Park Community Centre in Point Douglas, sixteen aspiring players vied for the top three prizes of the two divisions and what a big competition it became. Those who joined the tourney were:
Division One:
Curtis Kowalski, Colin Viebrock, Eugenio Ngantian, Richard Charach, Dick Bloemheuvel, Donna Carruthers, Anneliese Kaufmann and Darlene McBride;
Division Two:
Julie Kading, Arthur Charach, Linda Hizon, Angela Kapoor-Dozois, Joanne Peloquin, Jerry Hiller, Dolores Dueck, and Shirley Cooke.
Winners for D-One:First-Richard, second-Eugenio and third-Darlene.
Winners for D-Two:First-Arthur, second-Angela and third-Joanne.
In D-One, there was a tie for first place as both Richard and Eugenio had the same points. The final standings were determined by differences in winning spreads.
In D-Two, the match for first place was also very exciting as both Arthur and Angela had the same points going into the final round.
The winners received cash prizes as their names were called by Steve, Tournament Director. Door prizes were also raffled free after the matches were completed. Free snacks and beverages were also served to all participants during the tournament. The tournament was held in partnership with the Government of Manitoba Sports and Recreation program and in cooperation with the Winnipeg Scrabble club 498.
_____________________________________________________________________
Every Wednesday, Steve is at St. Edwards Community School on Arlington Street during lunchtime to discuss chess and scrabble moves with interested schoolchildren most of whom are members of the new school chess and scrabble club. If your school belongs to the Winnipeg School Division, and would like clinics like this held in your school grounds, get in touch with Steve (call 204-996-2509).
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The Mind Sports Manitoba Facebook Page was setup Christmas Day 2015 at exactly 1 a.m. from the home site of our non-profit organization. All interesting developments will also be posted on this FB page. The web address is http://www.facebook.com/mindsportsmb. See you there!
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SPCC FIRST OPEN SCRABBLE TOURNAMENT 2015
PLACE: SINCLAIR PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE, WINNIPEG, MB
DATE: SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 2015
TIME: 10 AM TO 4 PM
TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR: JULIE KADING (WINNIPEG SCRABBLE CLUB NO. 498)
HOST: SINCLAIR PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE, TRACY BALL, president
ORGANIZER: MIND SPORTS MANITOBA
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FIRST SPCC OPEN SCRABBLE TOURNAMENT ENDS EARLY;
CLOSE MATCHES, ABUNDANT FOOD, AND FRIENDLY SPORTS ATMOSPHERE
FILL ROOM AT SINCLAIR PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE VENUE
March 14, 2015 - They came to compete, the twelve registered players were divided into two groups and
started their respective matches almost at the same time. In the end, each group had first, second and third
placers after five rounds of intense play. A lot of the players knew each other from the Winnipeg Scrabble Club
498, with only two players not members of the said group, yet they were really all very professional and showed
strong passion for this mind sport.
Food was served at one o'clock pm, giving the players the needed break and re-focusing period. When play
resumed, every player was determined to get or share the lead. In the end, all matches were completed
earlier than the allotted time.
Winners were announced and prizes awarded, and at 4 pm, amid smiles and pleasantries, the group called it a day.
And each one brought home sumptuous portions of food from the event.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS AND A THUMBS UP TO MIND SPORTS MANITOBA, WINNIPEG SCRABBLE CLUB
NO. 498, AND SINCLAIR PARK COMMUNITY CENTRE!
