Blacktown Club Tournament - 8th April 2001


Today was an interesting day in Australian Scrabble. In Melbourne at the White Rabbit, three players were vying for a place in the National team to compete in Las Vegas in December, while here in Sydney at the Blacktown tournament, I needed 26 rating points to catch Rod Talbot and qualify. Wisely Rod and John Holgate had elected to stay away from Blacktown to protect their reasonably healthy ratings lead over the four threatening players.

In Melbourne, Trevor Halsall faltered in his last game against David Lloyd to record a 19 point rating gain, 9 points short of Rod. A win in that game would have seen Trevor overtake Rod. Here at Blacktown I lost my third game against Joanne Craig but won the remainder to also record a 19 point gain, 7 points short of Rod.

Paul Cleary with an almost unassailable ratings lead got off to a shaky start by losing to Trish Windhurst in his first game, but steadied to successfully defend his qualifying position.

Joanne Craig who has been going from strength to strength accounted for Paul a bit later on to secure second place in Masters while evergreen John Barker also on 6 wins and now 2007 games got third with equal wins to Joanne and me.

In Recreation division Kath Davidson from the St George Club found STALKERS for 194 points to record a possible national high word record for 2001. The game score was recorded as 695 but the mathematics/authenticity of this score has yet to be verified.

After the tournament a small group of us headed for the Royal India Restaurant in Strathfield and caught up with Anthony Kaje, one of Bahrain's top players who is now working as a chef at that restaurant. Anthony intends to start his Sydney Scrabble career by visiting the Balmain BUGS club on Monday nights.

Thanks go to the hard-working Blacktown ladies for turning on yet another successful tournament.

Results after game  7
BLACKTOWN 2001 -- A

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Bob Jackman          6     769
  2  Joanne Craig         6     520
  3  John Barker          6     259
  4  Paul Cleary          4     248
  5  Sue Gergelifi        4     132
  6  Graeme Lock Lee      4      82
  7  Robyn Flynn          4      38
  8  Rene Chelton         4     -10
  9  Alison Pollard       4    -112
 10  John Spaan           4    -287
 11  Jean McGiffen        3       5
 12  Keith Bioletti       3     -57
 13  Trish Windhurst      3    -118
 14  Cristine Small       3    -192
 15  Audrey Newman        3    -275
 16  Ian Close            3    -305
 17  Robert Tomkins       2     -15
 18  Jan Serisier         2    -190
 19  Hanne Marks          1    -207
 20  Jean Noonan          1    -285
HIGH GAME: Graeme Lock Lee   510
HIGH WORD: J McGiffen        110
            "PICKETER"

 Results after game  7
BLACKTOWN 2001 -- B
The player with the asterisk plays first

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Penny Wells          6.5   563
  2  Betty Coleman        6     526
  3  Steve Bird           5.5   458
  4  Maureen Hilder       4     277
  5  Judy Hay             4     107
  6  Liz Jackman          4     100
  7  Ros Gibbons          4      60
  8  Gary Pollard         4     -50
  9  Margaret Andrews     4     -92
 10  Margaret Berliner    4    -106
 11  June Stephenson      4    -132
 12  H Nanayakkara        4    -252
 13  Richard Birch        3      52
 14  Gordon Meggs         3     -17
 15  Nanette Reynolds     3     -55
 16  Nonie English        3    -106
 17  Ram Mohe             3    -125
 18  Pat Schuberg         3    -126
 19  Jean Balmer          2     -16
 20  Jenny Templeton      2    -144
 21  Daphne Bezuidenhout  1    -245
 22  Judy McGuinness      0    -677
HIGH GAME: Maureen Hilder    505
HIGH WORD: J Balmer              100
            "SLANTED"

 Results after game  7
BLACKTOWN 2001 -- C
The player with the asterisk plays first

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Alan Gauci           6     513
  2  Donna Macdonald      6     273
  3  Fay Van Oyen         5     497
  4  Sandra Elliott       5     230
  5  Greg Nicol           5     189
  6  Edith Lowbeer        4     205
  7  Natalie Tadday       4      94
  8  Bev Purkis           4      77
  9  Rex Shakespeare      4     -35
 10  Diana Hilly          4    -120
 11  Sharon Sorensen      4    -126
 12  Maureen Wilkins      3      48
 13  Lan Knox             3       2
 14  Pearl Gillott        3     -36
 15  Lynn Parnell         3     -78
 16  Sunny Wright         3    -179
 17  Claire Dove          3    -198
 18  Ivana Duria          3    -251
 19  Nella Schwartz       2    -137
 20  Veena Mohe           2    -162
 21  Merle Young          1    -288
 22  Helen Blanks         0    -518
HIGH GAME: Fay Van Oyen      505
HIGH WORD: A Gauci               140
            "REORDERS"

 Results after game  7
BLACKTOWN 2001 -- D
The player with the asterisk plays first

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Basil Sands          6     313
  2  Jan Pincott          5     363
  3  Silvana Newman       5     231
  4  Krystyna Batten      5     152
  5  Pam Bennett          5     142
  6  Teresa Traynor       4     284
  7  Alison Maynard       4     105
  8  Win Hendriksen       4      17
  9  Arie Holla           4     -16
 10  Tricia Shephard      4     -95
 11  Jan Tomlin           3     273
 12  Maria Kaye           3      41
 13  Anne Mortel          3      -8
 14  Marlene Nicoletti    3     -53
 15  Noelene Lee          3    -188
 16  Diana Field          2     -42
 17  Kath Davidson        2    -123
 18  Audrey Crompton      2    -249
 19  Josie Burns          2    -408
 20  Maree Heynen         1    -739
HIGH GAME: Kath Davidson     695
HIGH WORD: K Davidson            194
            "STALKING"

Stats for Tournament : BLACKTOWN 2001

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *A                           +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Bob Jackman          |   10    8 |   4   4 |  5.2  6.0 | 1797 +19 1816 |
| NSW Joanne Craig         |   32   26 |  10  10 |  4.1  6.0 | 1672 +39 1711 |
| NSW John Barker          |   59   38 |  17  12 |  3.6  6.0 | 1593 +56 1649 |
| NSW Paul Cleary          |    2    3 |   1   1 |  5.9  4.0 | 1893 -29 1864 |
| NSW Robyn Flynn          |   73   63 |  19  18 |  3.3  4.0 | 1565 +13 1578 |
| NSW Graeme Lock Lee      |  100   90 |  28  23 |  2.9  4.0 | 1513 +22 1535 |
| NSW Rene Chelton         |  137  126 |  41  36 |  3.0  4.0 | 1445 +20 1465 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi        |   91   80 |  22  20 |  3.2  4.0 | 1529 +16 1545 |
| NSW Alison Pollard       |  143  127 |  43  37 |  2.6  4.0 | 1436 +29 1465 |
| NSW John Spaan :act      |   98   93 |  26  24 |  3.2  4.0 | 1514 +17 1531 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen        |   50   58 |  14  16 |  4.4  3.0 | 1618 -28 1590 |
| NSW Keith Bioletti       |  132  123 |  38  34 |  2.3  3.0 | 1454 +13 1467 |
| NSW Ian Close            |  119  121 |  31  33 |  3.3  3.0 | 1479  -5 1474 |
| NSW Cristine Small       |   52   59 |  15  17 |  4.4  3.0 | 1617 -29 1588 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst      |   97  102 |  25  27 |  3.6  3.0 | 1514 -12 1502 |
| NSW Audrey Newman        |  134  134 |  40  40 |  3.0  3.0 | 1451  +1 1452 |
| NSW Robert Tomkins       |  155  171 |  46  47 |  2.9  2.0 | 1414 -18 1396 |
| NSW Jan Serisier         |   94  114 |  23  29 |  3.6  2.0 | 1521 -33 1488 |
| NSW Hanne Marks          |  151  187 |  45  52 |  2.8  1.0 | 1418 -36 1382 |
| NSW Jean Noonan          |  125  149 |  35  45 |  2.8  1.0 | 1459 -35 1424 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *B                           +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Penny Wells          |  261  220 |  66  57 |  3.9  6.5 | 1269 +64 1333 |
| NSW Betty Coleman        |  203  174 |  53  48 |  4.4  6.0 | 1359 +34 1393 |
| NSW Steve Bird           |  168  147 |  49  44 |  4.7  5.5 | 1403 +27 1430 |
| NSW Maureen Hilder       |  285  271 |  75  69 |  2.8  4.0 | 1225 +24 1249 |
| NSW Judy Hay             |  197  212 |  52  55 |  5.1  4.0 | 1366 -22 1344 |
| NSW H Nanayakkara        |  304  275 |  82  72 |  2.5  4.0 | 1196 +50 1246 |
| NSW Gary Pollard         |  218  219 |  56  56 |  4.1  4.0 | 1335  -2 1333 |
| NSW Liz Jackman          |  325  309 |  86  82 |  2.8  4.0 | 1164 +25 1189 |
| NSW Margaret Berliner    |  245  250 |  62  63 |  4.4  4.0 | 1295  -8 1287 |
| NSW Ros Gibbons          |  159  180 |  47  49 |  5.1  4.0 | 1410 -22 1388 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews     |  298  288 |  80  78 |  2.8  4.0 | 1200 +23 1223 |
| NSW June Stephenson      |  291  282 |  77  75 |  3.3  4.0 | 1216 +15 1231 |
| NSW Gordon Meggs         |  235  246 |  59  62 |  4.0  3.0 | 1310 -19 1291 |
| NSW Nanette Reynolds     |  322  322 |  84  84 |  3.0  3.0 | 1168     1168 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg         |  247  252 |  63  64 |  3.3  3.0 | 1290  -6 1284 |
| NSW Richard Birch        |  270  285 |  69  76 |  4.2  3.0 | 1250 -23 1227 |
| NSW Nonie English        |  252  262 |  64  66 |  3.9  3.0 | 1285 -18 1267 |
| NSW Ram Mohe             |  403  386 |  97  94 |  1.6  3.0 | 1045 +28 1073 |
| NSW Jean Balmer          |  344  359 |  89  90 |  2.6  2.0 | 1128 -12 1116 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton      |  286  297 |  76  80 |  2.9  2.0 | 1224 -19 1205 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout  |  294  326 |  79  86 |  3.6  1.0 | 1213 -51 1162 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness      |  386  410 |  94  98 |  2.0  0.0 | 1077 -39 1038 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *C                           +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Alan Gauci           |  478  438 | 115 105 |  4.1  6.0 |  965 +39 1004 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald      |  453  413 | 107 100 |  4.1  6.0 |  993 +42 1035 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen         |  412  411 | 100  99 |  5.1  5.0 | 1037  +1 1038 |
| NSW Greg Nicol           |  515  492 | 124 118 |  3.9  5.0 |  928 +24  952 |
| NSW Sandra Elliott       |  602  526 | 143 127 |  2.6  5.0 |  855 +56  911 |
| NSW Natalie Tadday       |  418  428 | 101 103 |  4.8  4.0 | 1033 -14 1019 |
| NSW Bev Purkis           |  411  425 |  99 101 |  5.0  4.0 | 1038 -18 1020 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer        |  439  449 | 104 107 |  4.4  4.0 | 1002  -7  995 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare      |  655  615 | 166 150 |  2.4  4.0 |  804 +33  837 |
| NSW Sharon Sorensen      |  630  603 | 154 144 |  2.7  4.0 |  828 +26  854 |
| NSW Diana Hilly          |  673  641 | 169 162 |  2.1  4.0 |  779 +38  817 |
| NSW Lan Knox             |  598  601 | 142 143 |  3.1  3.0 |  856  -1  855 |
| NSW Maureen Wilkins      |  689  674 | 175 169 |  2.5  3.0 |  768  +9  777 |
| NSW Pearl Gillott        |  698  677 | 178 171 |  2.5  3.0 |  763 +10  773 |
| NSW Lynn Parnell         |  647  648 | 163 164 |  3.0  3.0 |  813  +1  814 |
| NSW Claire Dove          |  646  645 | 162 163 |  3.0  3.0 |  814  +1  815 |
| NSW Sunny Wright         |  455  485 | 108 117 |  4.7  3.0 |  991 -31  960 |
| NSW Ivana Duria          |  613  614 | 148 149 |  3.0  3.0 |  838  -1  837 |
| NSW Nella Schwartz       |  517  572 | 125 139 |  4.3  2.0 |  928 -44  884 |
| NSW Veena Mohe           |  734  737 | 188 188 |  2.1  2.0 |  732  -2  730 |
| NSW Merle Young          |  514  596 | 123 142 |  4.4  1.0 |  928 -69  859 |
| NSW Helen Blanks         |  608  720 | 147 183 |  3.2  0.0 |  843 -96  747 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *D                           +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Basil Sands          | 1047  846 | 278 218 |  2.1  6.0 |  464 +171
635 |
| NSW Jann Pincott         |  885  829 | 229 214 |  3.6  5.0 |  595 +51  646 |
| NSW Silvana Newman       |  808  792 | 208 203 |  4.5  5.0 |  663 +15  678 |
| NSW Pam Bennett          |  763  757 | 195 194 |  4.9  5.0 |  712  +3  715 |
| NSW Krystyna Batten      |  720  719 | 183 182 |  5.2  5.0 |  748  -1  747 |
| NSW Teresa Traynor       |  904  904 | 233 235 |  4.0  4.0 |  578  +2  580 |
| NSW Alison Maynard       |  826  830 | 214 215 |  4.3  4.0 |  652  -8  644 |
| NSW Tricia Shephard      |  910  879 | 237 228 |  3.2  4.0 |  574 +27  601 |
| NSW Win Hendriksen       | 1016  966 | 267 256 |  2.7  4.0 |  497 +26  523 |
| NSW Arie Holla           |  870  857 | 224 222 |  3.7  4.0 |  611 +12  623 |
| NSW Jan Tomlin           |  824  851 | 213 220 |  4.1  3.0 |  652 -22  630 |
| NSW Maria Kaye           |  950  954 | 251 254 |  3.3  3.0 |  537  -3  534 |
| NSW Marlene Nicoletti    | 1022 1020 | 270 269 |  2.8  3.0 |  488  +6  494 |
| NSW Anne Mortel          |  878  903 | 227 234 |  3.8  3.0 |  605 -24  581 |
| NSW Noelene Lee          |  856  893 | 220 232 |  4.0  3.0 |  620 -30  590 |
| NSW Kath Davidson        | 1096 1095 | 294 294 |  1.9  2.0 |  371  +1  372 |
| NSW Diana Field          | 1033 1053 | 275 278 |  3.4  2.0 |  481 -29  452 |
| NSW Audrey Crompton      | 1025 1045 | 272 276 |  2.7  2.0 |  487 -22  465 |
| NSW Josie Burns          | 1059 1068 | 281 284 |  2.4  2.0 |  449 -11  438 |
| NSW Maree Heynen         |  991 1073 | 262 285 |  3.2  1.0 |  500 -67  433 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+