Ulladulla Scrabble Championship May 25th & 26th 2002


68 players contended the Ulladulla tournament playing in 4 divisions for prize moneys and trophies, $150, $75, $50 + $10 high game and word scores and novelty prizes of wooden serviette rings in each game (made by Ulladulla's Brian Irwin)....but wait there's more.....another $100 + a night's accommodation for two at the Pigeon House Motor Inn Ulladulla for the champion (ie overall best divional winner), and a best ratings gain award. A great weekend of Scrabbling was had by all and the venue of the golf club over looking the ocean and dolphins cruising by on the Sunday morning was a treat to all as well.

Recreation Div. the lead changed several times in the early games with Judith Emery of Ulladulla coming out on top with 4 wins from as many games. This is when Anne Schick of Canberra threw down the gauntlet and took and held the lead through to game 13 when alas Anne lost the last two games to be finish as runner up to Maree Heynen. Intermediate Div. Daphne Bevuidenhout was leader until game 11,the lead changed each games before the ladder read 1. Mireille Minet 2.Pam Bennett 3.Yvonne Pollard to play games 13 & 14 and that was the final result as well. Advanced Div. Nanette Reynolds held the lead until Moana Nepia took over going into game 8, from then on it was 1.Moana and 2.Nanette 3.Bev Purkis with Bev only being pipped at the post by Margaret Andrews for the final results.

Masters Div. Jean McGiffen led troughout only being beaten in game 8 by John Barker during his six game winning streak after losing his first three games, and Susan MacGillivray in game 10.

Final Results
Masters
1. Jean McGiffen              12 wins   776 Margin
2. Graeme Lock Lee         10          974
3. Alison Pollard               10          255
High game  Graeme Lock Lee   554
High word   Graeme Lock Lee   110
                   "SPONGER"
  
Advanced 
1. Moana Nepia                12          651
2. Nanette Renolds             9          511
3. Margaret Andrews           9          372
High game  Dolores Barbon        542
High word   Christine Foot          131
                    "RESIZES"
  
Intermediate
1. Mireille Minet                 11          569
2. Pam Bennett                 11          310
3. Yvonne Pollard                9           666
High game  Yvonne Pollard        500
High word   Heather Sorensen    121
                    "TRENDIER"
  
Recreation
1. Maree Hetnen                 10          255
2. Anne Schick                     9          456
3. Ngaire Ellen                      9          326
High game  Judith Emery            535
High word    Margaret Coulter       105
                     "SQUARED"
  
2002 CHAMPION: Jean McGiffen (masters, Jean also won it in 1999)  12 wins 776 margin over Moana Nepia (Advanced) 12 wins 651 margin.
  
BEST RATINGS GAIN: Pam Bennett (Intermediate) +143
others of note were Jean Conley (Inter) +136, Alison Pollard (Masters) +105, Maree Heynen (Rec) +93, Bev Purkis (Adv) +86, and Jean McGiffen (Masters) +76.

Stats for Tournament : ULLADULLA 2002

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *MASTERS                     +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Jean McGiffen        |   61   36 |  15  12 |  8.3 12.0 | 1581 +76 1657 |
| NSW Graeme Lock Lee      |   35   34 |  11  11 |  9.7 10.0 | 1662  +8 1670 |
| NSW Alison Pollard       |  139   75 |  39  21 |  5.4 10.0 | 1448 +105 1553 |
| NSW John Barker          |   36   40 |  12  13 |  9.6  9.0 | 1656 -11 1645 |
| NSW Rod Talbot           |   10   21 |   4   6 | 11.8  8.0 | 1800 -58 1742 |
| NSW Jan Serisier         |  153  125 |  43  34 |  5.8  8.0 | 1416 +44 1460 |
| NSW John Spaan :act      |   69   73 |  18  20 |  8.0  7.5 | 1566 -10 1556 |
| NSW Susan MacGillivr:act |  109   94 |  28  23 |  6.5  7.5 | 1484 +21 1505 |
| NSW Betty Foreman        |  103   96 |  27  24 |  6.4  7.0 | 1489 +13 1502 |
| NSW Betty Coleman        |   96   97 |  24  25 |  7.0  7.0 | 1502     1502 |
| NSW Kerry Constable :act |  118  120 |  32  32 |  6.4  6.0 | 1473  -7 1466 |
| NSW Kris Logan           |   85  106 |  22  28 |  8.0  6.0 | 1526 -40 1486 |
| NSW Jean Noonan          |  189  175 |  51  50 |  4.5  5.5 | 1361 +19 1380 |
| NSW Tony Hunt            |   94  127 |  23  36 |  7.4  5.0 | 1505 -46 1459 |
| NSW Gary Pollard         |  157  160 |  45  45 |  5.3  5.0 | 1410  -6 1404 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg         |  176  178 |  50  51 |  4.6  4.5 | 1377  -2 1375 |
| NSW Sue Gordon           |  113  148 |  29  43 |  6.6  4.0 | 1478 -52 1426 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler       |  197  209 |  54  56 |  4.5  4.0 | 1352 -10 1342 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *ADVANCED                    +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Moana Nepia          |  257  221 |  65  58 |  9.3 12.0 | 1270 +54 1324 |
| NSW Nanette Reynolds     |  272  269 |  69  68 |  8.8  9.0 | 1244  +5 1249 |
| NSW Judy Hay             |  231  248 |  59  62 | 10.4  9.0 | 1308 -27 1281 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews     |  309  296 |  78  74 |  7.8  9.0 | 1173 +25 1198 |
| NSW Ram Mohe             |  302  305 |  76  76 |  8.6  8.0 | 1190 -12 1178 |
| NSW Bev Purkis           |  454  395 | 108  95 |  4.0  8.0 |  983 +86 1069 |
| NSW Michael Adler :act   |  277  287 |  71  73 |  8.9  8.0 | 1233 -18 1215 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson       |  241  275 |  60  70 | 10.6  8.0 | 1291 -51 1240 |
| NSW Richard Birch        |  331  341 |  84  87 |  7.6  7.0 | 1146 -11 1135 |
| NSW Dolores Barbon       |  488  436 | 116 104 |  3.9  7.0 |  950 +61 1011 |
| NSW Christine Foot :act  |  281  313 |  72  78 |  9.1  6.0 | 1229 -60 1169 |
| NSW Jean Balmer          |  360  370 |  90  91 |  6.6  6.0 | 1098 -11 1087 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare      |  492  456 | 119 110 |  3.9  6.0 |  943 +41  984 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer        |  371  407 |  92  98 |  6.7  5.0 | 1087 -33 1054 |
| NSW Linda Dimond         |  436  440 | 104 107 |  5.2  5.0 | 1011  -4 1007 |
| NSW Mary Craven :act     |  490  481 | 118 116 |  4.3  5.0 |  947 +13  960 |
| NSW Esther Rolfe         |  422  446 | 100 108 |  5.4  4.0 | 1031 -28 1003 |
| NSW Sunny Wright         |  455  472 | 109 112 |  4.6  4.0 |  982 -13  969 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *INTERMEDIATE                +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Pam Bennett          |  716  556 | 182 139 |  5.3 11.0 |  740 +143  883 |
| NSW Mireille Minet       |  450  437 | 106 105 | 10.4 11.0 |  992 +17 1009 |
| NSW Yvonne Pollard       |  624  580 | 157 144 |  7.3  9.0 |  821 +38  859 |
| NSW Heather Sorensen :ac |  643  587 | 164 148 |  6.6  9.0 |  803 +51  854 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout  |  500  504 | 122 123 |  9.4  9.0 |  932  -3  929 |
| NSW Jean Conley          |    0  641 |   0 163 |  4.3  8.0 |  672 +136  808 |
| NSW Betty Irwin          |  549  579 | 136 143 |  8.6  7.0 |  888 -27  861 |
| NSW Vi Phillips          |  559  584 | 140 146 |  8.4  7.0 |  881 -24  857 |
| NSW Veena Mohe           |  663  650 | 169 168 |  6.5  7.0 |  785 +14  799 |
| NSW Sandra Elliott       |  591  606 | 149 152 |  7.8  7.0 |  852 -12  840 |
| NSW Lexia Smallwood :act |  605  638 | 151 162 |  7.7  6.0 |  839 -29  810 |
| NSW Joy Bresser :act     |  817  793 | 212 202 |  3.9  5.0 |  653 +23  676 |
| NSW Denis Mahon          |    0  765 |   0 193 |  4.4  5.0 |  681 +13  694 |
| NSW Tricia Shephard      |  638  683 | 162 174 |  7.1  5.0 |  809 -38  771 |
| NSW Merle Young          |  572  680 | 143 173 |  8.0  3.0 |  869 -98  771 |
| NSW Ern Foster           |  686  796 | 173 204 |  6.4  3.0 |  769 -97  672 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *RECREATION                  +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Maree Heynen         |  985  866 | 263 231 |  5.8 10.0 |  523 +93  616 |
| NSW Anne Schick          |  845  820 | 222 215 |  8.3  9.0 |  629 +24  653 |
| NSW Nyree Ellen          |  857  823 | 225 217 |  8.0  9.0 |  621 +30  651 |
| NSW Alison James         |    0  817 |   0 213 |  7.8  9.0 |  619 +38  657 |
| NSW Shirley Taylor       |  961  909 | 253 237 |  6.6  8.0 |  545 +42  587 |
| NSW Maria Kaye           |  864  865 | 229 230 |  8.0  8.0 |  615  +2  617 |
| NSW Joan Meredith        | 1037  958 | 283 255 |  5.5  8.0 |  500 +50  550 |
| NSW Margaret Coulter     |  777  840 | 195 223 |  9.2  7.5 |  688 -51  637 |
| NSW Merriss Adler :act   | 1132  988 | 314 267 |  5.8  7.0 |  500 +24  524 |
| NSW Jacquelin Hochmuth   |  976  955 | 259 252 |  6.3  7.0 |  529 +22  551 |
| NSW Brian Irwin          |  836  889 | 219 235 |  8.5  6.5 |  637 -39  598 |
| NSW Judith Emery         |  895  954 | 232 251 |  7.4  6.0 |  591 -40  551 |
| NSW Beryl Christensen    | 1022 1022 | 277 279 |  5.9  6.0 |  500  +2  502 |
| NSW Rhonda Jefferson     | 1082 1136 | 297 315 |  5.8  5.0 |  500 -23  477 |
| NSW Leah Jackson         |  934 1138 | 243 317 |  7.2  3.0 |  565 -126  439 |
| NSW Diana Field          | 1005 1137 | 272 316 |  5.9  3.0 |  511 -58  453 |
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