Sydney Club Tournament - 18th November 2000


Sydney Club staged yet another successful tournament in the ageing Henry Lawson House, adjacent to the Revesby Worker Club. I said it before incorrectly, but this time I may be correct in saying that this was the last tournament in this faithful old venue. Over the years, many an interstate player has sampled the delights of Revesby Workers in conjunction with their tilts at the NSW State Championships and the Winter Masters.

Richard and Angie Farrington returned to the tournament circuit after about a year's absence. For those that have read this far, Richard can be seen on 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' this coming Monday night (the 20th). You'll see what happens when Eddie asks him the question directly "What does the L in LPG stand for?"

In Masters, Peter Shaw travelled through unscathed to record an emphatic victory. It was his first tournament win since July 1992 when he took out the North Shore Round Robin. In Advanced it was my good wife Liz who prevailed narrowly over Michael Adler from Canberra, while in Intermediate Maureen Hilder from Woy Woy club notched up an impressive win. In Recreation KC Johnson emulated the feats of his friend, Ian Hoffman, both from Queensland, in recording a first-up tournament victory. I have a feeling we will be hearing a lot more of these two.

The McGiffen boys, Lee and Craig, did a fine job directing and computer operating respectively. The only contentious ruling occurred when George Khamis (who was banned from telling jokes for the day) lost a game due to his clock being only a few milliseconds over the gradation. Sorry, George! and thanks to Jean for her enthusiastic organisation of this event, as always.

Results after game  7
SYDNEY CLUB 2000 -- MASTERS

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Peter Shaw           7     813
  2  Bob Jackman          6     555
  3  Jean McGiffen        5     463
  4  John Barker          4     378
  5  John Spaan           4     240
  6  Norma Tracey         4      30
  7  Sue Gergelifi        4       0
  8  Jean Noonan          4     -62
  9  Ros Gibbons          4     -66
 10  Richard Farrington   4    -104
 11  Robin Duncan         4    -148
 12  Betty Foreman        4    -168
 13  Betty Coleman        3      -1
 14  Joan Rosenthal       3     -33
 15  Jan Serisier         3    -159
 16  Ian Close            3    -261
 17  Trish Windhurst      2     -37
 18  Gloria Gallagher     2    -136
 19  Judy Hay             2    -269
 20  Alison Pollard       2    -323
 21  Audrey Newman        2    -339
 22  Cheryl Michler       1    -373
HIGH GAME: Bob Jackman       521
HIGH WORD: J Barker          140
            "GLEAMERS"

 Results after game  7
SYDNEY CLUB 2000 -- ADVANCED

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Liz Jackman          6     376
  2  Michael Adler        6     289
  3  Hanne Marks          5     307
  4  Jenny Templeton      5      96
  5  Gordon Meggs         4     190
  6  Penny Wells          4     187
  7  Elizabeth Ho         4     157
  8  Gary Pollard         4     131
  9  Richard Birch        4      43
 10  Sam Greenberg        4    -179
 11  Margaret Andrews     3.5    69
 12  Raya Wilkinson       3     146
 13  Pat Schuberg         3       9
 14  Daphne Bezuidenhout  3    -205
 15  June Stephenson      3    -332
 16  Angie Farrington     2     -58
 17  Margaret Berliner    2    -185
 18  Barbara Chenevier    2    -278
 19  Jean Balmer          1.5  -488
 20  Val Ryan             1    -275
HIGH GAME: Liz Jackman       487
HIGH WORD: G Meggs               103
            "BEHAVES"

 Results after game  7
SYDNEY CLUB 2000 -- INTERMEDIATE

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Maureen Hilder       6     680
  2  Nonie English        5.5   179
  3  Alan Gauci           5     205
  4  Donna Macdonald      5     160
  5  Tony Hunt            4.5   174
  6  Edith Lowbeer        4      72
  7  Judy McGuinness      4      67
  8  Beverly Purkis       4      21
  9  Ian Hoffman          4     -76
 10  Isabel Humphries     4    -259
 11  Fay Van Oyen         3.5   -45
 12  Sandra Ley           3      14
 13  Ann Fiddler          3     -64
 14  Merle Young          3     -75
 15  Lorraine Robinson    3    -218
 16  Natalie Tadday       2.5   -73
 17  Peggy Womersley      2     -60
 18  George Khamis        2    -259
 19  Denise Smith         1    -170
 20  Margaret Ackman      1    -273
HIGH GAME: Fay Van Oyen      517
HIGH WORD: T Hunt                 98
            "GUSHIER"

 Results after game  7
SYDNEY CLUB 2000 -- RECREATION

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  KC Johnson (N)       6     402
  2  Pearl Gillott        6     339
  3  Krystyna Batten      5      79
  4  David Ragen (N)      5      11
  5  Heather Sorenson     4.5   186
  6  Christine Speight    4     163
  7  Andre Lajoie         4     145
  8  Chris Phillips       4     120
  9  Diana Hilly          4      17
 10  Colleen Hood         3     124
 11  Yvonne Edwards       3     116
 12  Merriss Adler        3      34
 13  Maria Kaye           3    -162
 14  Joanne Deady         3    -174
 15  Jan Tomlin           3    -191
 16  Joy Bresser          2.5  -181
 17  Vivian Nelson        2      38
 18  Win Henriksen        2    -125
 19  Silvana Newman       2    -247
 20  Diana Field          1    -694
HIGH GAME: Yvonne Edwards    463
HIGH WORD: Y Edwards              97
            "FRESHEN"

Stats for Tournament : SYDNEY CLUB 2000

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *MASTERS                     +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Peter Shaw           |   64   32 |  17  10 |  3.8  7.0 | 1573 +83 1656 |
| NSW Bob Jackman          |    6    6 |   2   2 |  6.0  6.0 | 1833  +2 1835 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen        |   70   62 |  19  16 |  3.9  5.0 | 1568 +24 1592 |
| NSW John Barker          |   57   58 |  14  15 |  4.1  4.0 | 1603  -2 1601 |
| NSW John Spaan :act      |  109  101 |  30  29 |  3.1  4.0 | 1497 +18 1515 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi        |   88   91 |  25  26 |  4.5  4.0 | 1533  -8 1525 |
| NSW Jean Noonan          |  103   89 |  28  25 |  3.1  4.0 | 1509 +18 1527 |
| NSW Richard Farrington   |  162  135 |  44  35 |  1.7  4.0 | 1408 +51 1459 |
| NSW Robin Duncan         |   49   53 |  12  13 |  4.3  4.0 | 1618  -6 1612 |
| NSW Norma Tracey         |  126  118 |  34  32 |  3.4  4.0 | 1467 +15 1482 |
| NSW Ros Gibbons          |  179  145 |  48  41 |  2.1  4.0 | 1393 +40 1433 |
| NSW Betty Foreman        |  169  147 |  46  42 |  2.5  4.0 | 1402 +30 1432 |
| NSW Jan Serisier         |   74   86 |  21  24 |  4.4  3.0 | 1563 -29 1534 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal       |   15   27 |   6   8 |  5.8  3.0 | 1762 -53 1709 |
| NSW Betty Coleman        |  182  164 |  49  46 |  2.2  3.0 | 1391 +17 1408 |
| NSW Ian Close            |   68   84 |  18  22 |  4.8  3.0 | 1570 -33 1537 |
| NSW Gloria Gallagher     |  144  150 |  41  44 |  2.6  2.0 | 1439 -12 1427 |
| NSW Alison Pollard       |  163  177 |  45  48 |  2.6  2.0 | 1406 -11 1395 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst      |  139  148 |  38  43 |  3.2  2.0 | 1456 -24 1432 |
| NSW Judy Hay             |  191  196 |  51  53 |  2.6  2.0 | 1385 -13 1372 |
| NSW Audrey Newman        |  114  136 |  32  36 |  3.5  2.0 | 1488 -30 1458 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler       |  156  192 |  42  51 |  2.8  1.0 | 1415 -35 1380 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *ADVANCED                    +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Michael Adler :act   |  325  270 |  84  68 |  2.5  6.0 | 1146 +93 1239 |
| NSW Liz Jackman          |  283  242 |  74  61 |  3.1  6.0 | 1213 +75 1288 |
| NSW Hanne Marks          |  195  193 |  53  52 |  4.9  5.0 | 1374  +6 1380 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton      |  233  227 |  59  58 |  4.0  5.0 | 1303 +20 1323 |
| NSW Elizabeth Ho         |  260  256 |  67  64 |  3.6  4.0 | 1251 +12 1263 |
| NSW Gary Pollard         |  220  225 |  56  56 |  4.4  4.0 | 1335  -8 1327 |
| NSW Penny Wells          |  259  252 |  66  63 |  3.3  4.0 | 1254 +16 1270 |
| NSW Richard Birch        |  254  251 |  63  62 |  3.7  4.0 | 1265  +9 1274 |
| NSW Gordon Meggs         |  296  283 |  77  73 |  2.8  4.0 | 1186 +26 1212 |
| NSW Sam Greenberg        |  221  226 |  57  57 |  4.4  4.0 | 1335  -8 1327 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews     |  257  258 |  64  65 |  3.6  3.5 | 1256  -1 1255 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg         |  258  273 |  65  70 |  3.9  3.0 | 1255 -18 1237 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson       |  251  259 |  62  66 |  3.9  3.0 | 1271 -17 1254 |
| NSW June Stephenson      |  316  307 |  81  81 |  2.5  3.0 | 1161 +10 1171 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout  |  292  293 |  76  77 |  3.0  3.0 | 1197     1197 |
| NSW Angie Farrington     |  271  285 |  69  75 |  3.4  2.0 | 1239 -27 1212 |
| NSW Margaret Berliner    |  276  290 |  72  76 |  3.2  2.0 | 1222 -22 1200 |
| NSW Barbara Chenevier    |  280  294 |  73  78 |  3.0  2.0 | 1217 -20 1197 |
| NSW Jean Balmer          |  301  323 |  79  84 |  2.8  1.5 | 1177 -26 1151 |
| NSW Val Ryan             |  234  271 |  60  69 |  4.3  1.0 | 1302 -65 1237 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *INTERMEDIATE                +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Maureen Hilder       |  365  337 |  88  87 |  4.3  6.0 | 1092 +36 1128 |
| NSW Nonie English        |  332  325 |  86  85 |  4.8  5.5 | 1137 +14 1151 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald      |  475  439 | 115 104 |  3.0  5.0 |  948 +41  989 |
| NSW Alan Gauci           |  479  448 | 117 105 |  3.3  5.0 |  943 +35  978 |
| NSW Tony Hunt            |  401  393 |  95  94 |  4.2  4.5 | 1047  +6 1053 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness      |  374  383 |  92  92 |  4.6  4.0 | 1076 -12 1064 |
| NSW Bev Purkis           |  474  453 | 114 108 |  2.7  4.0 |  949 +26  975 |
| NSW Isabel Humphreys     |  468  459 | 112 111 |  3.3  4.0 |  953 +15  968 |
| QLD Ian Hoffman          |  441  427 |  52  48 |  3.3  4.0 |  986 +23 1009 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer        |  431  438 | 102 103 |  4.5  4.0 | 1000  -9  991 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen         |  382  387 |  94  93 |  4.0  3.5 | 1067 -10 1057 |
| NSW Sandra Ley           |  686  653 | 169 162 |  1.5  3.0 |  752 +30  782 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler          |  465  477 | 111 117 |  3.5  3.0 |  957 -10  947 |
| NSW Merle Young          |  462  473 | 110 116 |  3.4  3.0 |  959  -8  951 |
| NSW Lorraine Robinson    |  369  402 |  90  95 |  5.1  3.0 | 1083 -42 1041 |
| NSW Natalie Tadday       |  436  449 | 103 106 |  3.4  2.5 |  994 -17  977 |
| NSW Peggy Womersley      |  603  613 | 146 150 |  2.2  2.0 |  831  -5  826 |
| NSW George Khamis        |  585  598 | 140 145 |  2.8  2.0 |  849 -15  834 |
| NSW Denise Smith         |  612  636 | 149 158 |  2.4  1.0 |  826 -28  798 |
| NSW Margaret Ackman      |  518  572 | 129 137 |  3.7  1.0 |  914 -53  861 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *RECREATION                  +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
|*NSW KC Johnson           |    0  431 |   0 102 |  6.0  6.0 | 1002     1002 |
| NSW Pearl Gillott        |  746  674 | 188 168 |  3.0  6.0 |  686 +78  764 |
|*NSW David Ragen          |    0  602 |   0 146 |  5.0  5.0 |  833      833 |
| NSW Krystyna Batten      |  745  710 | 187 180 |  3.3  5.0 |  691 +35  726 |
| NSW Heather Sorensen :ac |  692  692 | 172 174 |  4.3  4.5 |  741  +5  746 |
| NSW Andree Lajoie        |  697  693 | 174 175 |  3.8  4.0 |  737  +6  743 |
| NSW Christine Speight    |  884  833 | 225 214 |  2.5  4.0 |  558 +53  611 |
| NSW Chris Phillips       |  690  691 | 170 173 |  3.8  4.0 |  742  +5  747 |
| NSW Diana Hilly          |  777  757 | 199 191 |  3.1  4.0 |  656 +20  676 |
| NSW Yvonne Edwards       |  972  935 | 250 241 |  2.2  3.0 |  477 +23  500 |
| NSW Colleen Hood         |  794  810 | 205 209 |  3.6  3.0 |  638 -11  627 |
| NSW Merriss Adler :act   |  913  898 | 233 230 |  2.1  3.0 |  521 +18  539 |
| NSW Maria Kaye           |  762  777 | 193 199 |  3.7  3.0 |  671 -13  658 |
| NSW Jan Tomlin           |  735  747 | 184 189 |  3.8  3.0 |  704 -15  689 |
| NSW Jo Anne Deady        |  789  806 | 203 208 |  3.6  3.0 |  642 -13  629 |
| NSW Joy Bresser :act     |  772  802 | 196 207 |  3.5  2.5 |  664 -31  633 |
| NSW Silvana Newman       |  710  764 | 177 195 |  4.6  2.0 |  721 -52  669 |
| NSW Win Hendriksen       |  918  934 | 234 240 |  2.6  2.0 |  512 -12  500 |
| NSW Vivian Nelson        |  844  883 | 215 226 |  3.3  2.0 |  600 -39  561 |
| NSW Diana Field          |  985  999 | 252 258 |  2.1  1.0 |  464 -23  441 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+