Speedy Tournament - 24th September 2005


Report from Richard Birch

20 dedicated Scrabblers gathered at our place in Castle Hill yesterday (25th) for the 4th Annual Speedy. A round robin of 19 games.

The format stayed pretty much as in previous years. But we added in the proviso that when the clock ticked over into 14:01 then the game was forfeited with the win going to the other player with a 1 point margin, unless the slower player was already losing. And out of the 361 games played I don't think anybody forfeited. It certainly gave the game another dimension as the snowball effect kicked in. Penalties being 10pts first minute, +20 for second +30 for 3rd and 4th giving a possible 120pt penalty followed by sudden death.

361 games = 36,100 tiles were sighted over 9 hours. I also made a cut off at 6pm so that turnaround was very quick and we managed to fit all games in.

Alastair Richards not only managed to fit all games in but won all games. An astounding 19/19. Well done Alastair. 2nd Edward Okulicz, 3rd Bob Jackman.

As can be seen from the results below, the Queenslanders dispensed rough justice to NSW. Beware at the NSW Champs!

Everybody left by 6.30 and we cleaned up in time for the 7pm news followed by a couple of games of Scrabble.

Nb Ratings below are speed ratings only and are not part of main National Ratings system

Results after game 19
SPEEDY 2006 -- OPEN

Rank  Player            Wins Mar
---------------------------------
  1   Alastair Richards   19     1604
  2   Edward Okulicz      16     2280
  3   Bob Jackman         14     1630
  4   Rod Talbot          14     1042
  5   Olga Visser         13      448
  6   Karen Richards      10      584
  7   Jan Serisier        10      406
  8   Betty Foreman        9      241
  9   Jean Noonan          9      -12
 10   Colleen Howie        9     -286
 11   Cheryl Michler       9     -726
 12   Hanne Marks          8     -501
 13   Mark Smith           8     -522
 14   Pat Schuberg         8     -710
 15   Louise Kobler        7     -756
 16   Rocky Sharma         7     -784
 17   Richard Birch        6     -420
 18   Sunny Wright         6     -578
 19   Liz Jackman          5    -1578
 20   Judy Hay             3    -1362
HIGH GAME: Edward Okulicz    558
HIGH WORD: Hanne Marks       104
            "BEHEADING"

Stats for Tournament : SPEEDY 2006

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+----------
-----+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating
Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old
Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+----------
-----+
+Section: *OPEN                        +         +           +
+
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------
-----+
|*NSW Alastair Richards    |    0    1 |   0   1 | 18.1 18.0 | 1826  -1
1825 |
| NSW Edward Okulicz       |    2    3 |   2   3 | 16.9 16.0 | 1676 -27
1649 |
| NSW Bob Jackman          |    3    4 |   3   4 | 14.2 14.0 | 1469  -4
1465 |
| NSW Rod Talbot           |    4    5 |   4   5 | 14.0 14.0 | 1459  -1
1458 |
|*NSW Olga Visser          |    0    6 |   0   6 | 13.0 13.0 | 1402
1402 |
|*NSW Karen Richards       |    0    9 |   0   9 | 10.0 10.0 | 1260
1260 |
| NSW Jan Serisier         |    6    8 |   6   8 | 11.4 10.0 | 1322 -27
1295 |
| NSW Jean Noonan          |    7   10 |   7  10 |  9.1  9.0 | 1223  -3
1220 |
|*NSW Betty Foreman        |    0   11 |   0  11 |  9.0  9.0 | 1216  +1
1217 |
|*NSW Cheryl Michler       |    0   12 |   0  12 |  9.0  9.0 | 1216  +1
1217 |
| NSW Colleen Howie        |    0   13 |   0  13 |  6.9  9.0 | 1126 +62
1188 |
| NSW Hanna Marks          |    0   14 |   0  14 |  7.6  8.0 | 1155 +13
1168 |
| NSW Mark Smith           |   10   18 |  10  18 |  5.8  8.0 | 1073 +45
1118 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg         |    9   16 |   9  16 |  7.3  8.0 | 1141 +22
1163 |
|*NSW Rocky Sharma         |    0   17 |   0  17 |  7.0  7.0 | 1129
1129 |
| NSW Louise Kobler        |    0   15 |   0  15 |  9.6  7.0 | 1245 -79
1166 |
| NSW Richard Birch        |   12   21 |  12  21 |  3.7  6.0 |  965 +46
1011 |
| NSW Sunny Wright         |    0   20 |   0  20 |  6.9  6.0 | 1125 -27
1098 |
| NSW Liz Jackman          |    8   19 |   8  19 |  7.6  5.0 | 1156 -52
1104 |
|*NSW Judy Hay             |    0   23 |   0  23 |  3.0  3.0 |  920
920 |