Border Challenge - 16th & 17th April 2005


Reports from Harry Malcolm

1. Victoria won the Border Challenge by one game, after leading by nine games with two rounds to go.

Marie d'Rosario won the final game for Victoria to win.

Andrew Fisher won the event.

Strong performances from John Spaan and Helen Maurus, and it was tough going for the high rated players to hold onto ratings.

Alison Pollard won the open event, in which Tony Kalayzich went up over 100 rating points.

Joanne Craig high worded with ZEODARY.

Chile and I have just got home after 460km drive.

Ratings and Results coming from Bob, thanks to him for the smooth running of the event.

It was another classic relaxed weekend with about 30 players participating.

2. Re 11 games Border Challenge..

Well NSW went up over 80 rating points, which was more than Victoria went down by.

This probably occurs because players over 1800, like Andrew Fisher, have a multiplier which "subdues" both up and down movements of ratings. and which also endorses the fine effort NSW did to make a tight contest.

NSW were very tolerant of some Vic's ululating, as victory was grabbed back from the jaws of defeat..

And don't let Rex Shakespear's +61 go unnoticed........

Joan Rosenthal's ENT(AI)LING build...

Sue McGillivray's OBTUSELY

and I'm sure Bob won't mind me relating this last one...

as Chile ended day one on 0 wins from 7 games, she was a a bit sad... but brightened up when she cheerfully realised "oh well I'm only two behind Bob" Bob really had a bad run with the tiles, but a good sport as always.

Results after game 11
BORDER CHALLENGE 2005 -- NSW:VIC

   Rank  Player            Wins Mar
-------------------------------------
     1   Andrew Fisher        8     1013
     2   Geoff Wright         8       92
     3   Joanne Craig         7      282
     4   Trevor Halsall       7      262
     5   Harry Malcolm        7      249
     6   Helen Maurus         7      247
     7   Julian McKail        7      179
     8   Bob Jackman          6      355
     9   Joan Rosenthal       6      168
    10   John Barker          6      130
    11   Rex Shakespeare      6      113
    12   Gwen Lampre          6       82
    13   John Spaan           6       -3
    14   Jan Serisier         5      -33
    15   Norma Fisher         5      -66
    16   Justin Moyle         5      -94
    17   Kerry Constable      5     -268
    18   Susan MacGillivray   4     -103
    19   Richard Jeremy       4     -281
    20   Marie D'Rosario      4     -387
    21   Pat Kennedy          2     -923
    22   Chile Malcolm        0    -1014
HIGH GAME: Joan Rosenthal    583
HIGH WORD: Joanne            147
            "ZEDOARY"

 Teams totals NSW:VIC =   60 :  61

Results after game 11
BORDER CHALLENGE 2005 -- OPEN

Rank  Player            Wins Mar
---------------------------------
  1   Alison Pollard       9      887
  2   Michael Adler        8      362
  3   Tony Kalayzich       8      267
  4   Mal Ramsdale         7      508
  5   Liz Jackman          7      211
  6   Maree Heynen         7     -265
  7   Gary Pollard         6      127
  8   Raya Wilkinson       6       85
  9   Edith Lowbeer        6       35
 10   Pat Schuberg         6      -56
 11   Heather Sorensen     5      -33
 12   Norm Byng            5     -263
 13   Daphne Bezuidenhout  4     -251
 14   Helen Povey          4     -285
 15   Cath Catmull         4     -329
 16   George Torr          4     -547
 17   Peter McKenzie       3     -442
 18   A Bye                0      -11
HIGH GAME: Michael Adler     507
HIGH WORD: Alison                131
            "GANGRENE"
Stats for Tournament : BORDER CHALLENGE 2005

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points
|
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old 
| Change
New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *NSW:VIC                     +         +           +          
    +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| VIC Andrew Fisher        |    2    2 |   2   2 |  9.5  8.0 | 1908 -23 1885
|
| VIC Geoff Wright         |   13   11 |   6   4 |  7.3  8.0 | 1687 +15 1702
|
| NSW Joanne Craig         |    6    7 |   3   4 |  7.9  7.0 | 1785 -19 1766
|
| VIC Harry Malcolm        |   22   22 |  11  11 |  7.0  7.0 | 1663  +1 1664
|
| VIC Julian McKail        |   21   21 |  10  10 |  7.0  7.0 | 1665     1665
|
| VIC Helen Maurus         |   39   34 |  19  16 |  6.1  7.0 | 1597 +19 1616
|
| VIC Trevor Halsall       |   11   13 |   4   6 |  7.4  7.0 | 1696  -7 1689
|
| NSW John Barker          |   58   50 |  15  14 |  4.8  6.0 | 1537 +24 1561
|
| NSW Bob Jackman          |    8   10 |   5   7 |  7.7  6.0 | 1761 -33 1728
|
| NSW Joan Rosenthal       |   17   20 |   8   8 |  6.6  6.0 | 1678 -13 1665
|
| VIC Gwen Lampre          |   51   46 |  26  23 |  5.5  6.0 | 1558 +10 1568
|
| NSW John Spaan :act      |   45   42 |  13  13 |  5.3  6.0 | 1576 +14 1590
|
| NSW Rex Shakespeare      |  148  109 |  37  29 |  3.1  6.0 | 1397 +61 1458
|
| VIC Norma Fisher         |   34   41 |  16  20 |  6.4  5.0 | 1619 -27 1592
|
| NSW Kerry Constable :act |  116   98 |  31  26 |  3.7  5.0 | 1449 +27 1476
|
| NSW Jan Serisier         |   96   83 |  25  21 |  4.0  5.0 | 1478 +20 1498
|
| NSW Justin Moyle :act    |   94   80 |  24  20 |  4.1  5.0 | 1482 +19 1501
|
| NSW Susan MacGillivr :ac |   88   94 |  22  25 |  4.2  4.0 | 1495  -5 1490
|
| NSW Richard Jeremy :act  |   80   89 |  20  23 |  4.3  4.0 | 1501  -6 1495
|
| VIC Marie D'Rosario      |  132  129 |  59  57 |  3.7  4.0 | 1424  +7 1431
|
| VIC Pat Kennedy          |  208  218 |  93  98 |  2.7  2.0 | 1343 -14 1329
|
| VIC Chile Malcolm        |  218  251 |  98 104 |  2.6  0.0 | 1333 -52 1281
|
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *OPEN                        +         +           +          
    +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Alison Pollard       |  180  169 |  47  46 |  8.7  9.0 | 1374  +7 1381
|
| NSW Michael Adler :act   |  343  309 |  91  75 |  6.0  8.0 | 1147 +43 1190
|
| NSW Tony Kalayzich       |  485  379 | 124  99 |  3.5  8.0 |  997 +113
1110 |
| NSW Mal Ramsdale         |  284  287 |  67  67 |  7.4  7.0 | 1229  -6 1223
|
| NSW Liz Jackman          |  333  331 |  86  85 |  7.0  7.0 | 1155  +4 1159
|
| NSW Maree Heynen         |  604  568 | 160 154 |  5.5  7.0 |  883 +31 
914 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson       |  249  281 |  60  66 |  8.5  6.0 | 1287 -48 1239
|
| NSW Edith Lowbeer        |  480  442 | 122 112 |  4.3  6.0 |  999 +36 1035
|
| NSW Gary Pollard         |  199  242 |  50  57 |  9.0  6.0 | 1349 -56 1293
|
| NSW Pat Schuberg         |  287  305 |  68  74 |  7.5  6.0 | 1223 -28 1195
|
| NSW Heather Sorensen     |  498  511 | 129 131 |  5.8  5.0 |  984 -15 
969 |
|*NSW Norm Byng            |    0  719 |   0 193 |  5.0  5.0 |  805     
805 |
| VIC Cath Catmull         |  591  634 | 181 194 |  5.8  4.0 |  891 -34 
857 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout  |  439  498 | 111 128 |  6.8  4.0 | 1036 -53
983 |
| NSW Helen Povey          |  952  906 | 256 240 |  3.1  4.0 |  637 +28 
665 |
| NSW George Torr          | 1194 1140 | 346 325 |  2.0  4.0 |  500 +61 
561 |
| NSW Peter McKenzie       |  975  976 | 268 269 |  3.0  3.0 |  625     
625 |