Woy Woy Tournament 7th June 2003


Report from Denise Smith, co-organizer

WE DID IT, or rather, you the players, did it. 100, yes that’s right, 100 excited Scrabblers descended on beautiful downtown Woy Woy on the NSW Central Coast, eager to get back some of the rating points they lost at their previous tournament, or perhaps to show, that the win they had last time was not a fluke. Only they know the truth of the matter.

We started a little late waiting for a few lost people and, as far as I know, that and a small hitch with the new printer, were the only problems on the day.

I must thank all those who helped in one way or another. No matter how large or small, your contribution on the day was very much appreciated. It all makes for a most successful tournament.

Enough waffle, down to the results…There were seven novices on the day, 6 from the local clubs, Woy Woy, Wyong and Empire Bay and one from the Blue Mtns Club, Melinda Hunt. I hope they all enjoyed their games and will come again. I remember my first tournament and how I felt…totally bewildered and thinking, what am I doing here?

Thanks to Bob Jackman for his Directorship, stepping in in place of his wife Liz when she was unable to make it.

Woy Woy tournament seems to be a place where the female players excel. In every division the ladies took out all placings.

In “Masters” Jean McGiffen took out the top honors - 6 wins. “Advanced” went to Daphne Bezuidenhout in a return to form - 6 wins. “Intermediate” saw Ivana Duria once again in the winners circle and, to use her words when she was collecting the trophy, “It’s been a long time between drinks”. Ivana was also the only winner to make a clean sweep, 7 wins. In “Recreation” a novice from Wyong club, Margaret Clifford, took the honors with 6 wins.

With results like those above I think a challenge should go out to the male players to see if they can do better than the ladies next year.

Top three ratings movers were Betty Dennis +136, Leone Sanday + 85 and Ivana Duria + 73. Those “shaking” rating points were Margaret Foster -87, Edith Lowbeer -71 and Jan Serisier -59.

Once again, thanks to all. Without your support we would not have had such a successful day.

Denise Smith

PS…My thanks to George for the ice pack…

Results after game  7
WOY WOY 2003 -- A DIVISION

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1 Jean McGiffen        6     489
  2 Moana Nepia          5     367
  3 Robyn Flynn          5     272
  4 Tony Hunt            5     222
  5 Norma Tracey         5     210
  6 Rex Shakespeare      4.5   262
  7 Therese Newman       4.5     2
  8 Gordon Meggs         4      36
  9 Denise Smith         4      -8
 10 Kris Logan           4     -81
 11 Donna MacDonald      4    -139
 12 Audrey Newman        4    -146
 13 Richard Birch        3     173
 14 Maureen Hilder       3      28
 15 Hanne Marks          3     -15
 16 Ram Mohe             3     -54
 17 Ian Close            3     -76
 18 Raya Wilkinson       3    -127
 19 Jenny Templeton      3    -453
 20 Jan Serisier         2     -48
 21 Jean Noonan          2     -54
 22 Trish Windhurst      2     -70
 23 Hari Nanayakkara     2    -381
 24 Jan Pincott          0    -409
HIGH GAME: Tony Hunt         543
HIGH WORD: Raya Wilkinson    107
            "CRAZIEST"

 Results after game  7
WOY WOY 2003 -- B DIVISION

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1 Daphne Bezuidenhout  6     234
  2 Fay Wassell          5     459
  3 Dolores Barbon       5     333
  4 Nonie English        5     273
  5 Linda Dimond         5     259
  6 Bev Purkis           5      78
  7 Jean Balmer          4     302
  8 Ann Fiddler          4     149
  9 Chlorise O'Sullivan  4     130
 10 Nanette Reynolds     4     111
 11 Greg Pinchbeck       4      99
 12 Tony Kalayzich       4     -36
 13 Jan Tomlin           4     -49
 14 Sharon Sorensen      4     -66
 15 Alan Gauci           3      14
 16 George Khamis        3     -88
 17 Sandra Elliott       3     -99
 17 Pam Bennett          3     -99
 19 Janet Bor            3    -206
 20 Marie-L Hirschfeld   2    -101
 21 Sue Tuckett          2    -130
 22 Edith Lowbeer        2    -159
 23 Helen Young@21       2    -237
 24 Maureen Dobb         2    -486
 25 Vicki Underhill      2    -512
 26 Veena Mohe           1    -173
HIGH GAME: Dolores Barbon    513
HIGH WORD: Sandra Elliott         93
            "DARKING"

 Results after game  7
WOY WOY 2003 -- C DIVISION

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1 Ivana Duria          7     693
  2 Jacquelin Hochmuth   6     514
  3 Pearl Gillott        5     131
  4 Kathryn Tiffen       5     -46
  5 Krystyna Batten      4     275
  6 Ern Foster           4     219
  7 Joan Daniel          4     157
  8 Margaret Hynes       4      92
  9 Judith Chessell      4      57
 10 Joy Smith            4      27
 11 Ngaire Ellen         4     -20
 12 Ann Milner           4     -59
 13 Wendy Lee            4     -83
 14 Maree Heynen         4     -95
 15 Claire Dove          3     165
 16 Mark Smith           3      42
 17 Sherie Brown         3     -13
 18 Anne Henderson       3     -78
 19 Diana Hilly          3    -215
 20 Janine Whittaker     2     -53
 21 May Waddington       2    -151
 22 Rosalie Tobin        2    -230
 23 Mary-Michal Oxby     2    -257
 24 Chris Phillips       2    -304
 25 Irene Brownlow       2    -438
 26 Margaret Foster      1    -330
HIGH GAME: Jacquelin Hochmuth  504
HIGH WORD: Mike Oxby              97
            "REWINDS"

 Results after game  7
WOY WOY 2003 -- D DIVISION

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1 Margaret Clifford    6     305
  2 Betty Dennis         6     278
  3 Leone Sanday         5     241
  4 Sue McCarthy         5     210
  5 Arie Holla           5     158
  6 Wendy Evans@49       4     238
  7 Anna Clark           4     188
  8 Shirley Crocker      4     115
  9 Margaret Alexander   4      80
 10 Audrey Barrett       4     -28
 11 Val Roberts          4    -185
 12 Mary Moore           4    -202
 13 Anne Mortel          3     320
 14 Ian Kesby            3     212
 15 Ann Gash             3     -30
 16 Bev Pye              3     -49
 17 Betty Gray           3     -93
 18 Pat Gilroy           3    -135
 19 Joy Morris           3    -138
 20 Nancy Foley          2     -84
 21 Vivian Nelson        2    -108
 22 Diana Field          2    -185
 23 Melinda Hunt         1    -511
 24 Marlene Oldfield     1    -597
HIGH GAME: Leone Sanday      435
HIGH WORD: Margaret Clifford     101
            "REQUIRES"

Stats for Tournament : WOY WOY 2003

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *A DIVISION                  +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Jean McGiffen        |   57   49 |  17  15 |  4.6  6.0 | 1568 +29 1597 |
| NSW Tony Hunt            |   41   40 |  12  11 |  5.1  5.0 | 1612     1612 |
| NSW Moana Nepia          |  117  109 |  29  28 |  4.7  5.0 | 1466  +8 1474 |
| NSW Norma Tracey         |   86   74 |  21  20 |  4.4  5.0 | 1513 +13 1526 |
| NSW Robyn Flynn          |   40   42 |  11  12 |  5.3  5.0 | 1617  -7 1610 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare      |  288  254 |  72  64 |  1.8  4.5 | 1220 +66 1286 |
| NSW Therese Newman       |  299  271 |  76  67 |  2.3  4.5 | 1205 +49 1254 |
| NSW Audrey Newman        |  165  164 |  45  44 |  4.0  4.0 | 1393  +1 1394 |
| NSW Gordon Meggs         |  314  285 |  81  72 |  1.8  4.0 | 1177 +50 1227 |
| NSW Denise Smith         |  294  276 |  74  69 |  2.7  4.0 | 1210 +27 1237 |
| NSW Kris Logan           |  128  130 |  34  34 |  4.6  4.0 | 1453 -10 1443 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald      |  261  246 |  65  60 |  2.7  4.0 | 1271 +27 1298 |
| NSW Richard Birch        |  308  304 |  80  79 |  2.3  3.0 | 1185 +14 1199 |
| NSW Maureen Hilder       |  204  207 |  53  54 |  3.3  3.0 | 1346  -4 1342 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson       |  280  274 |  69  68 |  2.6  3.0 | 1232  +9 1241 |
| NSW Ian Close            |  253  251 |  62  63 |  2.8  3.0 | 1283  +5 1288 |
| NSW Hanne Marks          |  106  131 |  28  35 |  4.9  3.0 | 1476 -35 1441 |
| NSW Ram Mohe             |  244  247 |  59  61 |  3.3  3.0 | 1302  -6 1296 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton      |  247  245 |  60  59 |  2.7  3.0 | 1294  +5 1299 |
| NSW Jan Serisier         |   70  104 |  20  26 |  4.9  2.0 | 1537 -59 1478 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst      |  149  178 |  40  47 |  4.3  2.0 | 1419 -45 1374 |
| NSW Hari Nanayakkara     |  273  278 |  67  71 |  2.4  2.0 | 1245  -8 1237 |
| NSW Jean Noonan          |  131  162 |  36  43 |  4.4  2.0 | 1444 -48 1396 |
| NSW Jan Pincott          |  271  296 |  66  76 |  2.0  0.0 | 1252 -40 1212 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *B DIVISION                  +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout  |  366  329 |  94  84 |  4.1  6.0 | 1119 +40 1159 |
| NSW Dolores Barbon       |  422  394 | 102  97 |  3.3  5.0 | 1051 +33 1084 |
| NSW Fay Wassell          |  399  356 |  97  91 |  3.6  5.0 | 1081 +46 1127 |
| NSW Nonie English        |  341  325 |  88  83 |  4.0  5.0 | 1142 +20 1162 |
| NSW Bev Purkis           |  353  341 |  91  88 |  4.3  5.0 | 1128 +15 1143 |
| NSW Linda Dimond         |  344  332 |  89  85 |  4.4  5.0 | 1141 +13 1154 |
| NSW Jean Balmer          |  340  357 |  87  92 |  4.8  4.0 | 1143 -17 1126 |
| NSW Chlorise O'Sullivan  |  330  344 |  84  89 |  4.8  4.0 | 1157 -16 1141 |
| NSW Greg Pinchbeck       |  419  411 | 100 100 |  3.7  4.0 | 1053 +10 1063 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler          |  357  366 |  92  94 |  4.3  4.0 | 1127  -7 1120 |
| NSW Nanette Reynolds     |  420  410 | 101  99 |  3.4  4.0 | 1052 +11 1063 |
| NSW Jan Tomlin           |  587  550 | 143 132 |  2.4  4.0 |  879 +33  912 |
| NSW Sharon Sorensen      |  488  479 | 117 113 |  3.3  4.0 |  979 +14  993 |
| NSW Tony Kalayzich       |  561  530 | 133 125 |  2.4  4.0 |  900 +33  933 |
| NSW Alan Gauci           |  442  438 | 105 103 |  2.8  3.0 | 1035  +4 1039 |
| NSW George Khamis        |  486  493 | 115 117 |  3.4  3.0 |  980  -7  973 |
| NSW Janet Bor            |  562  563 | 134 135 |  2.9  3.0 |  897  +3  900 |
| NSW Pam Bennett          |  549  543 | 130 130 |  2.8  3.0 |  912  +5  917 |
| NSW Sandra Elliott       |  451  457 | 108 110 |  3.5  3.0 | 1029  -9 1020 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer        |  321  381 |  83  95 |  5.5  2.0 | 1170 -71 1099 |
| NSW Marie-L Hirschfeld   |  585  587 | 142 144 |  2.1  2.0 |  880  -1  879 |
| NSW Sue Tuckett          |  523  542 | 121 129 |  2.8  2.0 |  938 -17  921 |
| NSW Helen Young          |  381  423 |  95 102 |  4.3  2.0 | 1095 -45 1050 |
| NSW Maureen Dobb         |  542  564 | 128 136 |  2.6  2.0 |  917 -19  898 |
| NSW Vicki Underhill      |  484  515 | 113 119 |  3.2  2.0 |  988 -36  952 |
| NSW Veena Mohe           |  582  615 | 141 149 |  2.2  1.0 |  883 -24  859 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *C DIVISION                  +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Ivana Duria          |  614  531 | 148 126 |  4.1  7.0 |  859 +73  932 |
| NSW Jacquelin Hochmuth   |  615  571 | 149 139 |  4.2  6.0 |  859 +36  895 |
| NSW Pearl Gillott        |  697  668 | 171 165 |  4.1  5.0 |  796 +18  814 |
| NSW Kathryn Tiffen       |  706  657 | 175 162 |  3.9  5.0 |  791 +33  824 |
| NSW Krystyna Batten      |  645  647 | 157 159 |  4.1  4.0 |  830  -2  828 |
| NSW Joan Daniel          |  638  645 | 154 157 |  4.2  4.0 |  833  -3  830 |
| NSW Ern Foster           |  755  731 | 192 182 |  3.1  4.0 |  747 +19  766 |
| NSW Judith Chessell      |  777  750 | 200 191 |  3.3  4.0 |  736 +15  751 |
| NSW Wendy Lee            |  732  720 | 183 179 |  3.5  4.0 |  766 +11  777 |
| NSW Ann Milner           |  668  678 | 164 168 |  4.1  4.0 |  811  -3  808 |
| NSW Margaret Hynes       |  938  845 | 237 215 |  2.2  4.0 |  617 +64  681 |
| NSW Maree Heynen         |  890  850 | 225 218 |  2.7  4.0 |  651 +27  678 |
| NSW Nyree Ellen          |  945  864 | 241 222 |  2.3  4.0 |  613 +60  673 |
| NSW Joy Smith            |  660  665 | 162 164 |  4.1  4.0 |  820  -2  818 |
| NSW Claire Dove          |  721  733 | 180 184 |  3.7  3.0 |  777 -14  763 |
| NSW Sherie Brown         |  752  777 | 191 199 |  3.6  3.0 |  749 -15  734 |
| NSW Mark Smith           |  818  808 | 207 205 |  2.7  3.0 |  702  +9  711 |
| NSW Anne Henderson       |  764  780 | 197 200 |  3.6  3.0 |  743 -11  732 |
| NSW Diana Hilly          |  756  775 | 193 198 |  3.6  3.0 |  746 -11  735 |
| NSW May Waddington       |  795  828 | 203 211 |  3.4  2.0 |  719 -27  692 |
| NSW Rosalie Tobin        |  849  881 | 217 224 |  2.8  2.0 |  678 -16  662 |
| NSW Chris Phillips       |  684  740 | 168 187 |  4.5  2.0 |  805 -48  757 |
| NSW Janine Whittaker     |  699  754 | 172 192 |  4.4  2.0 |  795 -47  748 |
| NSW Mary-Michal Oxby     |  915  922 | 231 236 |  2.1  2.0 |  632  -3  629 |
| NSW Irene Brownlow       |  877  895 | 221 228 |  2.8  2.0 |  664 -16  648 |
| NSW Margaret Foster      |  734  853 | 185 219 |  3.9  1.0 |  765 -87  678 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *D DIVISION                  +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
|*NSW Margaret Clifford    |    0  621 |   0 150 |  6.0  6.0 |  853      853 |
| NSW Betty Dennis         | 1161  913 | 326 234 |  2.8  6.0 |  500 +136
636 |
| NSW Sue McCarthy         | 1001  955 | 264 247 |  3.2  5.0 |  571 +37  608 |
| NSW Leone Sanday         | 1090  970 | 294 252 |  2.9  5.0 |  508 +85  593 |
| NSW Arie Holla           |  974  942 | 252 241 |  3.7  5.0 |  587 +27  614 |
| NSW Wendy Evans          | 1024 1006 | 271 269 |  3.4  4.0 |  552 +19  571 |
| NSW Audrey Barrett       |  954  950 | 245 245 |  3.7  4.0 |  603  +7  610 |
| NSW Anna Clark           | 1015 1011 | 268 270 |  3.8  4.0 |  561  +7  568 |
|*NSW Margaret Alexander   |    0  973 |   0 254 |  4.0  4.0 |  592      592 |
|*NSW Shirley Crocker      |    0 1002 |   0 267 |  4.0  4.0 |  574      574 |
|*NSW Val Roberts          |    0  978 |   0 257 |  4.0  4.0 |  588      588 |
| NSW Mary Moore           | 1122 1046 | 307 281 |  2.7  4.0 |  500 +41  541 |
| NSW Ian Kesby            | 1116 1106 | 305 305 |  2.8  3.0 |  500  +4  504 |
| NSW Anne Mortel          |  939  980 | 238 258 |  4.4  3.0 |  615 -28  587 |
| NSW Joy Morris           | 1012 1023 | 266 274 |  3.3  3.0 |  562  -4  558 |
| NSW Bev Pye              | 1093 1093 | 296 300 |  3.0  3.0 |  507  +2  509 |
| NSW Ann Gash             |  995 1016 | 261 271 |  3.6  3.0 |  574 -11  563 |
|*NSW Pat Gilroy           |    0 1100 |   0 303 |  3.0  3.0 |  506  +1  507 |
| NSW Betty Gray           | 1162 1215 | 327 344 |  3.1  3.0 |  500  -3  497 |
| NSW Vivian Nelson        |  979 1035 | 255 277 |  3.7  2.0 |  582 -35  547 |
| NSW Diana Field          | 1102 1216 | 299 345 |  3.1  2.0 |  500 -20  480 |
| NSW Nancy Foley          | 1103 1217 | 300 346 |  3.2  2.0 |  500 -23  477 |
|*NSW Melinda Hunt         |    0 1219 |   0 348 |  3.3  1.0 |  500 -142
358 |
|*NSW Marlene Oldfield     |    0 1218 |   0 347 |  3.2  1.0 |  500 -139
361 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+