Chatswood Tournament 6th July 2002


The undoubted highlight of yesterday's annual Chatswood Club tournament was the setting of a high game record for Australia by Joan Rosenthal. Joan scored 688, eclipsing the previous record of 665 which had stood for 6 years. Joan also achieved a record-breaking winning margin of 435 points. The game was a Round 2 pairing against 18 year old rising star, Chris May. Details of the game will no doubt follow, but I can report that Joan scored 5 bingos, including FUNEBRAL, and Chris made three incorrect plays, including LITOTE*.

The roll-up for the tourney was one short of the 100 mark. Two novices from the Manly Club arrived during game 2, not realizing they had to be there for the start of play. Luckily they had been left in the draw for this contingency.

An innovation that was introduced for this tournament and worked well was the staggered lunch. Advanced and Recreation were sent to lunch first, while Masters and Intermediate played on. This had the positive effect of enabling the tournament to finish ahead of schedule. The only negative effect was tournament director Wilma Vialle not getting a mid-tournament break, and having to eat at her post.

In Masters, John Holgate needed to win the final game against me to win the event. This he did by replying to my opening play of ENcRATY for 76 with BApTIZES for 126, followed by ENRHEUMS for 68 to establish a 100 point lead after two moves.

Another milestone occurring in Masters was that of Jean McGiffen notching up her 2000th tournament game. Jean is only the third player in Australia to achieve this feat.

In Advanced, Victor Tung was desperate to win all his games and possibly qualify for the upcoming Winter Masters. Unfortunately Victor tied one game, and fell short of his goal by 34 rating points, but he still won the Division in convincing style.

In Intermediate Janine Whittaker impressed by recording a healthy rating rise in only her second tournament, after her impressive debut in Wollongong two weeks ago.

In Recreation, all honours went to host club player Jacquelin Hochmuth who recorded high word (UNIVERSE for 149), high game (446) and victory in the Division.

A special award for the highest scoring non-bingo play from any Division went to Rex Shakespeare in Intermediate for his play of SQUID for 87 points.

19 of us finished the day off with a superb meal at the Lane Cove River Steakhouse in West Chatswood. John Barker made a short speech, Chris May drowned his sorrows and Jacquelin Hochmuth explained how it was all done.

Click here to read 18 year old Chris May's tournament experience, including the game in which Joan Rosenthal set a National record.

Results after game  7
CHATSWOOD 2002 -- MASTERS

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  John Holgate         6     439
  2  John Barker          6     235
  3  Joan Rosenthal       5     912
  4  Rod Talbot           5     489
  5  Bob Jackman          5     277
  6  Sue Gergelifi        4     185
  7  Hanne Marks          4     137
  8  Robin Duncan         4      75
  9  Betty Foreman        4      73
 10  Chris May            4      59
 11  Norma Tracey         4      19
 12  Jean McGiffen        4     -24
 13  Peter Shaw           4    -119
 14  John Spaan           4    -146
 15  Audrey Newman        3     -74
 16  Jean Noonan          3    -110
 17  Trish Windhurst      3    -113
 18  Alison Pollard       3    -120
 19  Rene Chelton         3    -222
 20  Penny Wells          3    -276
 21  Tony Hunt            2     -67
 22  Cristine Small       2    -131
 23  Kris Logan           2    -286
 24  Peter Sheehan        2    -329
 25  Betty Coleman        1    -332
 26  Ivor Zetler          1    -551
HIGH GAME: Joan Rosenthal    688
HIGH WORD: Cristine Small    149
            "RETICENT"

 Results after game  7
CHATSWOOD 2002 -- ADVANCED

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Victor Tung          6.5   683
  2  Pat Schuberg         5     400
  3  Richard Birch        5     331
  4  Raya Wilkinson       5     201
  5  Fay Van Oyen         5      21
  6  Therese Newman       5     -40
  7  Jenny Templeton      4.5   106
  8  Margaret Berliner    4     270
  9  Moana Nepia          4     188
 10  Gary Pollard         4     -35
 11  Judy McGuinness      4     -87
 12  Judy Hay             4    -109
 13  Margaret Andrews     3.5    82
 14  Denise Smith         3.5   -99
 15  Bev Purkis           3      48
 16  Natalie Tadday       3      31
 17  Ann Fiddler          3     -48
 18  Nonie English        3     -56
 19  Val Ryan             3    -126
 20  Hari Nanayakkara     3    -143
 21  Ram Mohe             2    -107
 22  Nanette Reynolds     2    -113
 23  Cheryl Michler       2    -178
 24  Liz Jackman          2    -246
 25  Esther Rolfe         2    -440
 26  Edith Lowbeer        0    -534
HIGH GAME: Ram Mohe          502
HIGH WORD: Ann Fiddler           137
            "REQUEST"

 Results after game  7
CHATSWOOD 2002 -- INTERMEDIATE

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Dolores Barbon       7     650
  2  Rex Shakespeare      5     380
  3  Lynn Parnell         5     192
  4  Linda Dimond         5      80
  5  Janine Whittaker     5    -179
  6  Sandra Elliott       4     432
  7  Sharon Sorensen      4     194
  8  Ivana Duria          4     159
  9  Jan Tomlin           4      40
 10  Frank Hunt           4      11
 11  Veena Mohe           4       8
 12  Daphne Bezuidenhout  4    -116
 13  Prasanna Nanayakkara 3      84
 14  Sunny Wright         3      51
 15  Greg Nicol           3       3
 16  George Khamis        3     -51
 17  Sue Tuckett          3     -85
 18  Krystyna Batten      3    -374
 19  Peggy Womersley      2     -61
 20  Claire Dove          2    -122
 21  Athena Sheehan       2    -299
 22  Marie Hirschfeld     2    -309
 23  Alan Gauci           2    -332
 24  Merle Young          1    -356
HIGH GAME: Frank Hunt        531
HIGH WORD: Peggy Womersley       102
            "ZEATINS"

 Results after game  7
CHATSWOOD 2002 -- RECREATION

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Jacquelin Hochmuth   7     354
  2  Sng Tze Cheow        5     193
  3  Vivian Nelson        5     167
  4  Anne Henderson       5     152
  5  Margaret Coulter     5     119
  6  Andree Lajoie        4     217
  7  Rudolf Puntschuh     4     191
  8  Wendy Lee            4      72
  9  Rosalie Tobin        4      48
 10  Silvana Newman       4     -22
 11  Ann Gash             4     -51
 12  Irene Brownlow       4     -85
 13  Maria Kaye           3     160
 14  Yvonne Edwards       3      26
 15  Jayanthi Viswanathan 3      12
 16  Karmel Patterson     3     -78
 17  Maree Heynen         3     -83
 18  Kerry Moyes          3    -138
 19  Chi Yan Tang         3    -320
 20  Win Henriksen        2    -139
 21  Diana Field          2    -222
 22  Margot McKenzie      2    -277
 23  Josie Burns          2    -289
 24  A Bye                0      -7
HIGH GAME: Jacquelin Hochmuth  446
HIGH WORD: Jacquelin Hochmuth    149
            "UNIVERSE"

Stats for Tournament : CHATSWOOD 2002

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *MASTERS                     +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW John Holgate         |    8    6 |   3   2 |  5.0  6.0 | 1786 +21 1807 |
| NSW John Barker          |   66   39 |  17  13 |  3.1  6.0 | 1572 +71 1643 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal       |   24   24 |   8   8 |  4.8  5.0 | 1725  +5 1730 |
| NSW Rod Talbot           |   19   17 |   6   5 |  4.3  5.0 | 1745 +14 1759 |
| NSW Bob Jackman          |    7    8 |   2   3 |  5.2  5.0 | 1802  -3 1799 |
| NSW Chris May            |   32   33 |  11  11 |  4.2  4.0 | 1676  -3 1673 |
| NSW Robin Duncan         |   49   53 |  14  15 |  4.7  4.0 | 1612 -14 1598 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi        |  105   92 |  28  24 |  2.6  4.0 | 1490 +27 1517 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen        |   30   31 |  10  10 |  4.9  4.0 | 1695 -18 1677 |
| NSW Hanne Marks          |   93   82 |  23  21 |  2.9  4.0 | 1506 +23 1529 |
| NSW Norma Tracey         |  115   98 |  34  26 |  3.0  4.0 | 1478 +20 1498 |
| NSW Betty Foreman        |   64   65 |  16  17 |  3.9  4.0 | 1577  +1 1578 |
| NSW John Spaan :act      |   96   90 |  25  23 |  3.0  4.0 | 1502 +19 1521 |
| NSW Peter Shaw           |   63   63 |  15  16 |  3.9  4.0 | 1578  +2 1580 |
| NSW Alison Pollard       |  112  102 |  32  28 |  2.4  3.0 | 1483 +11 1494 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst      |  149  144 |  44  41 |  2.6  3.0 | 1435  +8 1443 |
| NSW Audrey Newman        |   79   81 |  20  20 |  3.3  3.0 | 1534  -5 1529 |
| NSW Jean Noonan          |  122  113 |  37  32 |  2.6  3.0 | 1469  +9 1478 |
| NSW Rene Chelton         |   81   88 |  21  22 |  3.5  3.0 | 1532 -10 1522 |
| NSW Penny Wells          |  180  165 |  50  48 |  2.0  3.0 | 1389 +19 1408 |
| NSW Tony Hunt            |   98  110 |  27  30 |  2.8  2.0 | 1500 -16 1484 |
| NSW Cristine Small       |   83  100 |  22  27 |  3.7  2.0 | 1530 -34 1496 |
| NSW Peter Sheehan        |  120  136 |  36  39 |  3.1  2.0 | 1472 -22 1450 |
| NSW Kris Logan           |  111  119 |  31  34 |  2.9  2.0 | 1486 -18 1468 |
| NSW Betty Coleman        |  110  146 |  30  43 |  3.2  1.0 | 1487 -45 1442 |
| NSW Ivor Zetler          |   97  132 |  26  37 |  3.3  1.0 | 1500 -46 1454 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *ADVANCED                    +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Victor Tung          |  320  263 |  83  66 |  2.4  6.5 | 1154 +112
1266 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg         |  190  188 |  52  52 |  5.1  5.0 | 1362  +2 1364 |
| NSW Richard Birch        |  292  275 |  75  70 |  3.6  5.0 | 1209 +29 1238 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson       |  272  261 |  68  65 |  3.9  5.0 | 1243 +25 1268 |
| NSW Therese Newman       |  352  307 |  92  79 |  2.5  5.0 | 1116 +60 1176 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen         |  339  303 |  88  77 |  2.6  5.0 | 1132 +56 1188 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton      |  233  231 |  59  57 |  4.5  4.5 | 1305     1305 |
| NSW Margaret Berliner    |  271  272 |  67  69 |  3.9  4.0 | 1244  +3 1247 |
| NSW Moana Nepia          |  181  186 |  51  51 |  5.0  4.0 | 1386 -19 1367 |
| NSW Judy Hay             |  266  264 |  65  67 |  3.5  4.0 | 1255 +10 1265 |
| NSW Gary Pollard         |  238  247 |  60  61 |  4.6  4.0 | 1299 -12 1287 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness      |  269  271 |  66  68 |  3.6  4.0 | 1245  +9 1254 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews     |  328  322 |  84  85 |  2.9  3.5 | 1142 +12 1154 |
| NSW Denise Smith         |  389  378 |  96  95 |  2.8  3.5 | 1080 +14 1094 |
| NSW Natalie Tadday       |  303  304 |  77  78 |  3.2  3.0 | 1187  -4 1183 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler          |  387  374 |  94  94 |  2.4  3.0 | 1083 +12 1095 |
| NSW Hari Nanayakkara     |  274  285 |  69  73 |  3.8  3.0 | 1243 -16 1227 |
| NSW Nonie English        |  340  339 |  89  89 |  2.8  3.0 | 1131  +5 1136 |
| NSW Bev Purkis           |  388  372 |  95  93 |  2.3  3.0 | 1083 +15 1098 |
| NSW Val Ryan             |  285  293 |  72  76 |  3.8  3.0 | 1224 -15 1209 |
| NSW Ram Mohe             |  310  327 |  79  86 |  3.2  2.0 | 1171 -24 1147 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler       |  196  238 |  54  58 |  5.1  2.0 | 1353 -61 1292 |
| NSW Liz Jackman          |  205  245 |  56  60 |  5.0  2.0 | 1347 -58 1289 |
| NSW Nanette Reynolds     |  301  314 |  76  82 |  3.3  2.0 | 1194 -26 1168 |
| NSW Esther Rolfe         |  407  410 | 100 101 |  2.1  2.0 | 1059  -3 1056 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer        |  345  404 |  90  99 |  2.9  0.0 | 1124 -58 1066 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *INTERMEDIATE                +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Dolores Barbon       |  443  395 | 109  96 |  4.6  7.0 | 1014 +61 1075 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare      |  424  415 | 104 102 |  4.8  5.0 | 1037  +8 1045 |
| NSW Linda Dimond         |  449  440 | 111 107 |  4.4  5.0 | 1007 +14 1021 |
| NSW Lynn Parnell         |  554  523 | 136 128 |  3.7  5.0 |  894 +27  921 |
| NSW Janine Whittaker     |  674  552 | 172 136 |  2.5  5.0 |  795 +101
896 |
| NSW Sandra Elliott       |  561  542 | 139 133 |  3.1  4.0 |  888 +18  906 |
| NSW Sharon Sorensen      |  585  565 | 147 140 |  3.1  4.0 |  865 +18  883 |
| NSW Ivana Duria          |  526  519 | 128 127 |  3.4  4.0 |  913 +12  925 |
| NSW Frank Hunt           |  693  657 | 175 168 |  2.4  4.0 |  776 +32  808 |
| NSW Jan Tomlin           |  651  598 | 167 153 |  2.1  4.0 |  814 +39  853 |
| NSW Veena Mohe           |  608  589 | 157 150 |  3.1  4.0 |  845 +18  863 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout  |  453  453 | 112 111 |  4.1  4.0 | 1002  -1 1001 |
| NSW Prasana Nanayakkara  |  544  568 | 134 142 |  3.7  3.0 |  900 -19  881 |
| NSW Sunny Wright         |  413  444 | 102 109 |  4.7  3.0 | 1046 -34 1012 |
| NSW Greg Nicol           |  564  569 | 140 143 |  3.5  3.0 |  885  -8  877 |
| NSW George Khamis        |  458  483 | 113 119 |  4.7  3.0 |  998 -33  965 |
| NSW Sue Tuckett          |  587  578 | 148 147 |  2.6  3.0 |  862  +9  871 |
| NSW Krystyna Batten      |  597  603 | 153 155 |  3.1  3.0 |  854  -3  851 |
| NSW Claire Dove          |  588  618 | 149 158 |  3.2  2.0 |  862 -22  840 |
| NSW Peggy Womersley      |  410  467 | 101 114 |  5.3  2.0 | 1048 -66  982 |
| NSW Alan Gauci           |  596  624 | 152 159 |  3.0  2.0 |  855 -21  834 |
| NSW Marie Hirschfeld     |  543  579 | 133 148 |  3.8  2.0 |  902 -32  870 |
| NSW Athena Sheehan       |  629  658 | 159 169 |  3.1  2.0 |  828 -20  808 |
| NSW Merle Young          |  679  707 | 173 179 |  2.1  1.0 |  787 -23  764 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *RECREATION                  +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Jacquelin Hochmuth   |  950  718 | 248 185 |  2.9  7.0 |  574 +183
757 |
|*NSW Sng Tze Cheow        |    0  714 |   0 182 |  5.0  5.0 |  760      760 |
| NSW Margaret Coulter     |  863  793 | 227 206 |  3.4  5.0 |  637 +58  695 |
| NSW Anne Henderson       |  814  780 | 209 202 |  4.2  5.0 |  684 +20  704 |
| NSW Vivian Nelson        | 1015  926 | 273 243 |  2.4  5.0 |  527 +63  590 |
| NSW Andree Lajoie        |  773  785 | 198 204 |  4.7  4.0 |  710 -10  700 |
| NSW Rudolf Puntschuh     |  718  730 | 184 188 |  4.6  4.0 |  756 -10  746 |
| NSW Wendy Lee            |  869  865 | 229 229 |  3.8  4.0 |  630  +8  638 |
| NSW Silvana Newman       |  811  829 | 207 217 |  4.6  4.0 |  684 -12  672 |
| NSW Ann Gash             |  959  937 | 251 247 |  3.1  4.0 |  566 +17  583 |
| NSW Rosalie Tobin        |  877  869 | 233 231 |  3.5  4.0 |  625 +10  635 |
| NSW Irene Brownlow       | 1025  975 | 281 256 |  2.8  4.0 |  520 +36  556 |
| NSW Yvonne Edwards       |  730  772 | 187 199 |  4.7  3.0 |  745 -33  712 |
| NSW Maria Kaye           |  875  903 | 232 241 |  4.1  3.0 |  625 -18  607 |
|*NSW Karmel Patterson     |    0 1171 |   0 332 |  3.1  3.0 |  500  -6  494 |
| NSW Maree Heynen         |  945  960 | 246 252 |  3.5  3.0 |  576  -9  567 |
|*NSW Jayanthi Viswanathan |    0 1172 |   0 333 |  3.3  3.0 |  500 -19  481 |
|*NSW Kerry Moyes          |    0 1173 |   0 334 |  3.4  3.0 |  500 -25  475 |
|*NSW Chi Yan Tang         |    0 1123 |   0 319 |  3.4  3.0 |  500      500 |
| NSW Win Hendriksen       |  957  981 | 250 260 |  2.8  2.0 |  567 -16  551 |
| NSW Diana Field          | 1054 1174 | 291 335 |  3.5  2.0 |  500 -30  470 |
| NSW Josie Burns          | 1070 1175 | 297 336 |  3.6  2.0 |  500 -31  469 |
| NSW Margot McKenzie      | 1131 1176 | 328 337 |  3.3  2.0 |  500 -39  461 |
| --- A Bye                | 1172 1177 |   1   1 |  0.4  0.0 |   -1  -6   -7 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+