Sutherland Club Tournament - June 2nd 2001


It was four years since Sutherland Official Scrabblers (SOS) hosted their inaugural tournament at the then run-down Sutherland United Services Club. Now the club welcomed us back, having been tastefully refurbished, and the space restrictions were lifted such that 76 players were able to comfortably take part.

Adrian Van Oyen, husband of main organiser Fay, was on hand in the foyer to welcome in the playing contingent. Also welcomed were the local press who managed to witness some early action and get something of a story.

One visitor of note was Ruth MacInerney from the United Kingdom, who was having a Scrabble holiday in Australia to warm up for SOWPODS play in England. She claimed to have beaten Andrew Fisher once, so it was with trepidation we placed her in Recreation Division. Luckily we were vindicated when she lost an early game. Ruth plans to play in Melbourne and South Australia during her visit. Other players of note to attend were Matte Dunne, 8th in the Nationals and en route from Tassie to Melbourne for the Victorian Championships, and the jetsetting Ian Hoffman from Brisbane, in town on business.

A big win against Alison Pollard in the first game catapulted me to the lead, which I was able to hold for the rest of the day thanks to more than my fair share of blanks and esses. Some of my better bingos were NIBLICKS, SOLARIUM, DUMAIST, READJUST, NOVENARY, GARDANT, ETERNISE, GARROTS, OVERTRIM and REALTORS. Jean Noonan was the big improver in Masters with an 81 point rating gain, while Hanne Marks also collected some big scalps with her 55 point gain.

Cheryl Michler showed she was ready to have another crack at Masters with a one game win in B Division, while Judy McGuiness was victorious once again in C. In Recreation, Tricia Shephard from WORDS followed up her impressive second in Ulladulla with a big win which begs the question how far will this lady go?

A malfunctioning microphone played havoc with players' eardrums early on but this was quickly forgotton as the day unfolded. For the modest $22 entry fee players were treated to a roast beef luncheon, pavlova dessert and a complimentary drink. Prize money was generous as I can attest - $100 for first in all divisions, and with eight games being played this was all in all a good value day staged for us by the hard-working Sutherland SOS club.

Results after game  8
SOS2001 -- A

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Bob Jackman          8    1337
  2  John Holgate         6     384
  3  John Barker          6      99
  4  Joan Rosenthal       5     406
  5  Jean Noonan          5    -155
  6  Ian Close            5    -279
  7  Rod Talbot           4     112
  8  Peter Shaw           4     -28
  9  Hanne Marks          4    -128
 10  Keith Bioletti       4    -196
 11  Jean McGiffen        3     181
 12  Betty Foreman        3     -71
 13  Betty Coleman        3    -171
 14  Norma Tracey         3    -372
 15  Alison Pollard       3    -632
 16  Rene Chelton         2     -52
 17  Matte Dunn           2    -135
 18  Sue Gergelifi        2    -300
HIGH GAME: Bob Jackman       559
HIGH WORD: John Barker       131
            "TRENISES"

 Results after game  8
SOS2001 -- B

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Cheryl Michler       7     133
  2  Margaret Andrews     6     371
  3  Gary Pollard         6     250
  4  Daphne Bezuidenhout  5     114
  5  Nanette Reynolds     5     -15
  6  Elizabeth Ho         5     -91
  7  Jenny Templeton      4     269
  8  Gordon Meggs         4     154
  9  H Nanayakkara        4     100
 10  Pat Schuberg         4      77
 11  Raya Wilkinson       4      69
 12  Sam Greenberg        4     -96
 13  Jean Balmer          3    -149
 14  Judy Hay             3    -260
 15  Richard Birch        2     -53
 16  Tony Hunt            2    -112
 17  Margaret Berliner    2    -325
 18  Barbara Chenevier    2    -436
HIGH GAME: Gordon Meggs      478
HIGH WORD: Elizabeth Ho          123
            "INQUESTS"

 Results after game  8
SOS2001 -- C

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Judy McGuiness       6     509
  2  Ian Hoffman          6     102
  3  Edith Lowbeer        5     257
  4  Fay Van Oyen         5     142
  5  Peggy Womersley      5     138
  6  Ram Mohe             5     -31
  7  Ann Fiddler          5     -52
  8  Alan Gauci           4     203
  9  Lyn Parnell          4     -11
 10  Linda Dimond         4     -85
 11  Merle Young          4    -114
 12  Esther Rolfe         3.5   -17
 13  Greg Nicol           3      25
 14  Rex Shakespeare      3     -99
 15  Donna Macdonald      3    -152
 16  Sandra Elliott       3    -269
 17  Sunny Wright         2.5  -224
 18  Margaret Ackman      1    -322
HIGH GAME: Judy McGuiness    484
HIGH WORD: Lynn Parnell          129
            "SQUINTY"

 Results after game  8
SOS2001 -- D

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Trish Shephard       7     207
  2  Maureen Wilkins      6     234
  3  David Ragen          6     -59
  4  Ruth MacInerney      5     820
  5  Claire Dove          5     240
  6  Basil Sands          5     209
  7  Joy Morris           5     -76
  8  Joanne Deady         5     -84
  9  Louise Ready         4.5    57
 10  Krystyna Batten      4     138
 11  Andree Lajoie        4      68
 12  Maria Kaye           4      12
 13  Win Henriksen        4     -23
 14  Noelene Lee          4     -51
 15  Esther Clarke        3.5   -90
 16  Veena Mohe           3     225
 17  Teresa Traynor       3     -74
 18  Yvonne Edwards       3    -165
 19  Josie Burns          3    -321
 20  Diana Field          3    -432
 21  Maria Heynan         1    -827
 22  A Bye                0      -8
HIGH GAME: Ruth MacInerney   524
HIGH WORD: Diana Field           105
            "JARRING"

Stats for Tournament : SOS2001

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *A                           +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Bob Jackman          |    2    2 |   1   1 |  6.4  8.0 | 1895 +29 1924 |
| NSW John Holgate         |    6    6 |   3   3 |  5.6  6.0 | 1813  +8 1821 |
| NSW John Barker          |   38   27 |  13  11 |  3.6  6.0 | 1631 +52 1683 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal       |    7    7 |   4   4 |  5.8  5.0 | 1806  -9 1797 |
| NSW Jean Noonan          |  166  121 |  47  32 |  1.7  5.0 | 1397 +81 1478 |
| NSW Ian Close            |  123   98 |  33  23 |  3.2  5.0 | 1474 +39 1513 |
| NSW Rod Talbot           |   10   16 |   7   9 |  5.6  4.0 | 1770 -28 1742 |
| NSW Peter Shaw           |   45   49 |  15  15 |  4.4  4.0 | 1612  -7 1605 |
| NSW Hanne Marks          |  158  130 |  46  37 |  1.5  4.0 | 1408 +55 1463 |
| NSW Keith Bioletti       |  126  119 |  34  31 |  3.3  4.0 | 1467 +15 1482 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen        |   24   36 |  10  13 |  5.4  3.0 | 1698 -48 1650 |
| NSW Betty Foreman        |  141  143 |  39  41 |  3.0  3.0 | 1441     1441 |
| NSW Betty Coleman        |  153  156 |  44  46 |  3.1  3.0 | 1412  -1 1411 |
| NSW Norma Tracey         |  127  129 |  35  36 |  3.0  3.0 | 1467  -1 1466 |
| NSW Alison Pollard       |  101  107 |  25  27 |  3.6  3.0 | 1512 -12 1500 |
| NSW Rene Chelton         |  100  124 |  24  35 |  3.9  2.0 | 1512 -37 1475 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi        |   80  100 |  20  24 |  3.9  2.0 | 1545 -36 1509 |
| TAS Matte Dunn           |   58   92 |   2   4 |  5.0  2.0 | 1585 -59 1526 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *B                           +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Cheryl Michler       |  229  192 |  59  51 |  4.8  7.0 | 1310 +49 1359 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews     |  273  241 |  72  63 |  3.5  6.0 | 1236 +56 1292 |
| NSW Gary Pollard         |  259  227 |  66  58 |  3.8  6.0 | 1267 +47 1314 |
| NSW Elizabeth Ho         |  190  190 |  50  50 |  5.4  5.0 | 1369  -5 1364 |
| NSW Nanette Reynolds     |  317  280 |  81  75 |  2.7  5.0 | 1168 +51 1219 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout  |  329  291 |  84  78 |  2.6  5.0 | 1148 +51 1199 |
| NSW H Nanayakkara        |  268  264 |  70  69 |  3.7  4.0 | 1246  +9 1255 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton      |  286  278 |  76  74 |  3.1  4.0 | 1205 +17 1222 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg         |  196  210 |  51  54 |  4.9  4.0 | 1354 -16 1338 |
| NSW Gordon Meggs         |  242  251 |  64  65 |  4.6  4.0 | 1291 -11 1280 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson       |  228  234 |  58  61 |  4.8  4.0 | 1311 -13 1298 |
| NSW Sam Greenberg        |  208  224 |  54  57 |  5.6  4.0 | 1345 -29 1316 |
| NSW Jean Balmer          |  344  339 |  86  85 |  2.5  3.0 | 1121  +9 1130 |
| NSW Judy Hay             |  214  245 |  56  64 |  5.4  3.0 | 1331 -44 1287 |
| NSW Tony Hunt            |  353  354 |  87  87 |  2.2  2.0 | 1114  -3 1111 |
| NSW Richard Birch        |  306  325 |  79  84 |  3.5  2.0 | 1182 -28 1154 |
| NSW Barbara Chenevier    |  294  320 |  77  81 |  3.7  2.0 | 1197 -33 1164 |
| NSW Margaret Berliner    |  241  273 |  63  72 |  5.1  2.0 | 1292 -60 1232 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *C                           +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Judy McGuinness      |  403  380 |  93  90 |  4.6  6.0 | 1038 +30 1068 |
| QLD Ian Hoffman          |  379  372 |  38  36 |  5.1  6.0 | 1069 +18 1087 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer        |  414  408 |  96  95 |  4.6  5.0 | 1024  +8 1032 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen         |  404  403 |  94  93 |  4.9  5.0 | 1038  +3 1041 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler          |  477  451 | 111 103 |  3.6  5.0 |  955 +29  984 |
| NSW Peggy Womersley      |  525  481 | 122 112 |  2.9  5.0 |  908 +43  951 |
| NSW Ram Mohe             |  378  379 |  89  89 |  4.9  5.0 | 1073  +2 1075 |
| NSW Alan Gauci           |  429  441 | 101 102 |  4.5  4.0 | 1004  -8  996 |
| NSW Lynn Parnell         |  570  538 | 135 126 |  2.6  4.0 |  873 +28  901 |
| NSW Merle Young          |  583  562 | 138 134 |  3.0  4.0 |  859 +21  880 |
| NSW Linda Dimond         |  464  472 | 105 110 |  4.4  4.0 |  971  -8  963 |
| NSW Esther Rolfe         |  446  470 | 103 108 |  5.0  3.5 |  994 -30  964 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald      |  406  437 |  95 101 |  4.9  3.0 | 1035 -37  998 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare      |  607  602 | 149 146 |  2.8  3.0 |  837  +3  840 |
| NSW Greg Nicol           |  481  493 | 112 116 |  3.9  3.0 |  952 -18  934 |
| NSW Sandra Elliott       |  513  522 | 119 121 |  3.6  3.0 |  921 -11  910 |
| NSW Sunny Wright         |  515  535 | 121 125 |  3.4  2.5 |  918 -17  901 |
| NSW Margaret Ackman      |  528  585 | 124 138 |  3.4  1.0 |  905 -47  858 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *D                           +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Tricia Shephard      |  702  595 | 179 143 |  4.5  7.0 |  751 +99  850 |
| NSW Maureen Wilkins      |  662  642 | 166 163 |  4.8  6.0 |  777 +28  805 |
| NSW David Ragen          |  681  653 | 172 168 |  5.1  6.0 |  764 +29  793 |
|*NSW Ruth MacInerney      |    0  648 |   0 166 |  5.0  5.0 |  798      798 |
| NSW Claire Dove          |  634  645 | 160 165 |  5.7  5.0 |  815 -11  804 |
| NSW Basil Sands          |  792  756 | 200 191 |  3.9  5.0 |  674 +33  707 |
| NSW Jo Anne Deady        |  840  826 | 216 214 |  4.5  5.0 |  629 +10  639 |
| NSW Joy Morris           |  910  850 | 238 219 |  2.5  5.0 |  564 +56  620 |
| NSW Louise Ready         |  706  729 | 182 186 |  5.5  4.5 |  744 -19  725 |
| NSW Andree Lajoie        |  667  703 | 169 180 |  5.3  4.0 |  773 -26  747 |
| NSW Krystyna Batten      |  704  720 | 180 183 |  4.7  4.0 |  747 -15  732 |
| NSW Maria Kaye           |  939  937 | 248 248 |  3.7  4.0 |  534  +7  541 |
| NSW Win Hendriksen       |  951  919 | 250 241 |  2.3  4.0 |  523 +34  557 |
| NSW Noelene Lee          |  878  882 | 226 229 |  4.2  4.0 |  590  -5  585 |
| NSW Esther Clarke        |  965  945 | 254 250 |  2.6  3.5 |  510 +19  529 |
| NSW Veena Mohe           |  724  791 | 184 201 |  5.8  3.0 |  730 -54  676 |
| NSW Yvonne Edwards       |  936  951 | 246 251 |  3.5  3.0 |  536 -10  526 |
| NSW Teresa Traynor       |  889  925 | 230 243 |  3.9  3.0 |  580 -28  552 |
| NSW Diana Field          | 1096 1095 | 291 290 |  2.8  3.0 |  487  +4  491 |
| NSW Josie Burns          | 1009 1096 | 265 291 |  3.7  3.0 |  500 -20  480 |
| NSW Maree Heynen         | 1026 1098 | 268 293 |  3.7  1.0 |  500 -82  418 |
| --- A Bye                | 1099 1101 |   1   2 |  0.4  0.0 |   20  -7   13 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+