Winter Challenge - July 16th & 17th 2005


Report from Gary Pollard

47 players turned out for this, the 2nd annual Winter Challenge, and although numbers were down on last year's 64 a great tournament was had by all, irrespective of winning or losing. Game 1 saw 15 of the top (rated) half (23) win, but only one of the top five managed to win, in fact one of those five went straight to last place with her losing margin of 177. The lead changed with each game early on, before Sharon Sorensen attained it and led into games 6 & 7. Donna McDonald then weaved her magic to take the lead and hold it for most of the time, only being interrupted by Wayne Jones (all the way from South West Rocks NSW north coast) going into games 10 & 14 and the final game (16), with the final place getters hot on their heels. Going into the final game the first five positions could have gone to any of the then 7 top placings, who, all but one was playing each other.

The final top five Wayne Jones, Donna McDonald, Colleen Walker, Evelyn Goh, and Sharon Sorensen are now eligible to enter the Winter Masters next weekend and all but Evelyn have jumped at the chance. Wayne also took the high word and game score records in game 3, the word score held out but Pat Schuberg bettered Wayne's 525 in game 11 with her 545 game. Don Hadley, from Newcastle, was our only novice and at the end of day 1 was pleased to have a tentative rating of 1152 and was just as pleased at the end of proceedings to have achieved a first tournament rating of 1067. Jyoti Chandna was delighted with her ratings gain of 109 and Colleen Walker was ecstatic about her 143 (highest) ratings gain. Best performance in ratings bands awards were also given to: upto 700 rating, Don Hadley and 701 to 900 Jyoti Chandna. Our youngest player, year 12 student, Elle Proust was also very pleased with her 8 wins and rating gain of 85.

Results after game 16
JULY 16, 2005 -- CHALLENGE

Rank  Player            Wins Mar
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  1   Wayne Jones         12     1179
  2   Donna MacDonald     12      619
  3   Evelyn Goh          12      443
  4   Sharon Sorensen     12      234
  5   Colleen Walker      11      349
  6   Janine Whittaker @1510      439
  7   Jan Tomlin          10      419
  8   Joan Buchanan       10      288
  9   Sue Tuckett         10      219
 10   Tony Kalayzich      10       72
 11   Bev Purkis          10       63
 12   Nonie English        9      389
 13   Shelley Cartwright   9      245
 14   David More           9      222
 15   Margaret Andrews     9       94
 16   Sam Greenberg        9       55
 17   Jenny Templeton      9       44
 18   Pat Schuberg @8      9      -47
 19   Heather Sorensen :Ac 9      -90
 20   Esther Rolfe         8.5    -93
 21   Ann Fiddler @4       8      333
 22   Christine Foot :Act  8      305
 23   Frank Tao            8       49
 24   Jyoti Chandna        8       13
 25   Jean Balmer @9       8        5
 26   Frank Hunt           8        4
 27   Judy Hay             8      -14
 28   Denise Smith         8      -66
 29   Don Hadley           8      -94
 30   Edith Lowbeer @17    8     -318
 31   Elle Proust          8     -434
 32   Krystyna Batten      7.5     12
 33   Owen Randall :Act    7      384
 34   Michael Adler :Act   7      290
 35   George Khamis        7      276
 36   Ivana Duria          7      187
 37   Sandra Elliott       7       60
 38   Gordon Meggs         7        3
 39   Veena Mohe           7      -84
 40   Liz Jackman          7      -94
 41   Maree Heynen         6     -183
 42   Yvonne Edwards       6     -245
 43   Sandra Da Silva      6     -554
 44   May Waddington       6     -636
 45   Joy Morris           5    -1014
 46   Karmel Patterson     3     -506
 47   Diana Field          1    -2022
 48   A Bye                0     -800
HIGH GAME: Pat Schuberg @8   545
HIGH WORD: Wayne Jones       158
            "OVERMINE"

 

Stats for Tournament : JULY 16, 2005

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| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old 
| Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *CHALLENGE                   +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Wayne Jones          |  289  281 |  70  66 | 11.1 12.0 | 1224 +21 1245 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald      |  351  290 |  90  70 |  8.0 12.0 | 1138 +83 1221 |
| NSW Sharon Sorensen      |  383  325 |  96  81 |  9.0 12.0 | 1107 +64 1171 |
| NSW Evelyn Goh           |  324  294 |  83  71 |  9.9 12.0 | 1172 +45 1217 |
| NSW Colleen Walker       |  517  372 | 136  94 |  5.1 11.0 |  976 +143 1119 |
| NSW Jan Tomlin           |  308  315 |  75  79 | 10.5 10.0 | 1188 -10 1178 |
| NSW Janine Whittaker     |  436  384 | 112  97 |  6.8 10.0 | 1041 +65 1106 |
| NSW Sue Tuckett          |  416  361 | 105  91 |  7.2 10.0 | 1067 +59 1126 |
| NSW Tony Kalayzich       |  386  343 |  98  87 |  7.9 10.0 | 1105 +45 1150 |
| NSW Bev Purkis           |  387  348 |  99  88 |  8.2 10.0 | 1104 +39 1143 |
| NSW Joan Buchanan        |  380  341 |  95  86 |  8.0 10.0 | 1109 +43 1152 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg         |  283  296 |  68  73 | 10.6  9.0 | 1242 -29 1213 |
| NSW David More           |  217  277 |  54  65 | 12.7  9.0 | 1327 -73 1254 |
| NSW Shelley Cartwright   |  554  493 | 144 131 |  6.0  9.0 |  932 +60  992 |
| NSW Nonie English        |  294  313 |  72  77 | 10.9  9.0 | 1218 -37 1181 |
| NSW Sam Greenberg        |  248  284 |  60  67 | 12.0  9.0 | 1294 -59 1235 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews     |  349  376 |  89  96 | 10.5  9.0 | 1143 -28 1115 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton      |  409  401 | 104 103 |  8.5  9.0 | 1078  +9 1087 |
| NSW Heather Sorensen     |  564  472 | 149 123 |  5.1  9.0 |  927 +79 1006 |
| NSW Esther Rolfe         |  442  431 | 115 113 |  7.6  8.5 | 1031 +20 1051 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler          |  389  390 | 101 101 |  8.2  8.0 | 1103  -1 1102 |
| NSW Frank Tao            |  377  385 |  94  98 |  8.6  8.0 | 1113  -7 1106 |
| NSW Denise Smith         |  316  327 |  80  82 |  8.9  8.0 | 1181 -16 1165 |
| NSW Jean Balmer          |  307  366 |  74  92 | 11.2  8.0 | 1188 -64 1124 |
| NSW Jyoti Chandna        |  615  494 | 164 132 |  3.1  8.0 |  883 +109  992 |
| NSW Christine Foot :act  |  343  408 |  87 105 | 11.5  8.0 | 1151 -68 1083 |
| NSW Judy Hay             |  344  360 |  88  90 |  9.3  8.0 | 1150 -24 1126 |
|*NSW Don Hadley           |    0  420 |   0 108 |  8.0  8.0 | 1067     1067 |
| NSW Frank Hunt           |  532  517 | 139 139 |  7.1  8.0 |  960 +18  978 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer        |  426  430 | 109 112 |  8.2  8.0 | 1052  -1 1051 |
| NSW Elle Proust          |  558  462 | 146 120 |  5.2  8.0 |  931 +85 1016 |
| NSW Krystyna Batten      |  497  490 | 130 130 |  7.3  7.5 |  987  +8  995 |
| NSW Owen Randall :act    |  434  480 | 111 128 |  9.1  7.0 | 1043 -42 1001 |
| NSW Sandra Elliott       |  376  412 |  93 107 |  8.7  7.0 | 1113 -34 1079 |
| NSW Michael Adler :act   |  276  337 |  66  84 | 12.2  7.0 | 1257 -100 1157 |
| NSW Gordon Meggs         |  337  405 |  85 104 | 10.9  7.0 | 1159 -75 1084 |
| NSW Liz Jackman          |  313  375 |  78  95 | 10.7  7.0 | 1185 -70 1115 |
| NSW George Khamis        |  486  524 | 126 141 |  8.3  7.0 |  997 -23  974 |
| NSW Ivana Duria          |  658  634 | 175 168 |  6.1  7.0 |  851 +19  870 |
| NSW Veena Mohe           |  577  556 | 156 147 |  6.1  7.0 |  918 +18  936 |
| NSW Yvonne Edwards       |  489  577 | 127 156 |  9.6  6.0 |  992 -71  921 |
| NSW Sandra Da Silva      | 1072  901 | 307 241 |  3.3  6.0 |  595 +83  678 |
| NSW Maree Heynen         |  693  703 | 184 188 |  6.3  6.0 |  819  -5  814 |
| NSW May Waddington       |  601  645 | 160 172 |  7.9  6.0 |  896 -37  859 |
| NSW Joy Morris           |  899  884 | 239 236 |  4.4  5.0 |  678 +14  692 |
| NSW Karmel Patterson     |  788  876 | 210 234 |  5.7  3.0 |  753 -54  699 |
| NSW Diana Field          | 1150 1214 | 334 359 |  2.6  1.0 |  519 -31  488 |
| --- A Bye                | 1215 1218 |   2   4 |  0.2  0.0 |    0  -2   -2 |
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