Beecroft Marathon - 7th September 2003


Report from organiser, Ivor Zetler

The 2003 Beecroft Marathon is behind us. 14 valliant NSW Scrabblers ploughed through 15 games from 8.40 am till 9 pm yesterday. For the second year in a row, my longtime sparring partner Esther Perrins emerged victorious. A sterling effort. John (always a bridesmaid) Holgate came a close second followed by Paul Cleary and Rod Talbot. I do not have the results to hand but I believe all finished on 11 games. Bob Jackman appeared to have been plagued with bad Q luck, apparently costing him a good number of potential wins. This was certainly the case against me, where he lost by 2 points!

It was my impression that, despite all the games played and the short breaks for lunch and dinner, most participants emerged energised and in fine fettle.

Congratulations to Pat Schuberg for the brilliant 9 timer "ambrosia", to Tony Hunt for his high game of around 58, and to Norma Tracey for her speedy identification of the Shakespeare exerpt played during the now traditional musical interlude after supper.

My thanks to my darling wife Julie who exited the house cum children for the day. I have a high price to pay for her generosity; I have been requested to avoid my normal grumpiness over Xmas!

Results after game 15
BEECROFT MARATHON 2003 -- OPEN

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1 Esther Perrins      11     970
  2 John Holgate        11     933
  3 Paul Cleary         11     898
  4 Rod Talbot          10     667
  5 Bob Jackman          9     302
  6 Joan Rosenthal       7     466
  7 Tony Hunt            7      53
  8 Peter Shaw           7    -283
  9 Ivor Zetler          7    -378
 10 Joanne Craig         6    -271
 11 John Barker          6    -459
 12 Pat Schuberg         6    -621
 13 Norma Tracey         5    -682
 14 Jean Noonan          2   -1595
HIGH GAME: Tony Hunt         588
HIGH WORD: Pat Schuberg      149
            "AMBROSIA"
 
Stats for Tournament : BEECROFT MARATHON 2003

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *OPEN                        +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Esther Perrins       |    8    7 |   4   3 | 10.3 11.0 | 1817 +11 1828 |
| NSW John Holgate         |    6    6 |   2   2 | 10.3 11.0 | 1819 +12 1831 |
| NSW Paul Cleary          |    5    4 |   1   1 | 10.7 11.0 | 1839  +5 1844 |
| NSW Rod Talbot           |   11    8 |   6   4 |  9.6 10.0 | 1781  +9 1790 |
| NSW Bob Jackman          |    7   10 |   3   5 | 10.7  9.0 | 1817 -28 1789 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal       |   24   27 |   7   7 |  8.2  7.0 | 1701 -25 1676 |
| NSW Peter Shaw           |   67   51 |  19  15 |  5.3  7.0 | 1543 +34 1577 |
| NSW Tony Hunt            |   55   50 |  14  14 |  6.3  7.0 | 1564 +14 1578 |
| NSW Ivor Zetler          |   36   37 |  11  11 |  7.2  7.0 | 1631  -4 1627 |
| NSW John Barker          |   63   63 |  18  18 |  6.0  6.0 | 1554  +1 1555 |
| NSW Joanne Craig         |   29   35 |   8  10 |  7.7  6.0 | 1665 -35 1630 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg         |  177  133 |  45  36 |  2.9  6.0 | 1381 +62 1443 |
| NSW Norma Tracey         |   59   74 |  16  20 |  6.3  5.0 | 1559 -26 1533 |
| NSW Jean Noonan          |  143  166 |  37  43 |  3.6  2.0 | 1429 -32 1397 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+