North Shore Club Tournament - December 1st 2001


Report from organiser, Nanette Reynolds

The final event on the NSW Scrabble calendar was held yesterday when 76 players competed in the spacious, airy and hallowed environs of the Turramurra Uniting Church Hall.

After an initial delay when the draw was rearranged to compensate for the non-arrival of late entrant Patrick Berton, play proceeded at a cracking pace with several records being broken. Raya Wilkinson's four consecutive bingos OVERLIE, WREATHED, STRINGED and OFFLOADS will break the 2001 record of three held jointly by Edward Okulicz and Margaret Warmington. The highest combined game score of 997 recorded by Bob Jackman and Paul Cleary was broken when John Holgate and Peter Shaw notched up over 1070 for their game which also saw John taking the high game score of 632. Another apparent record for the highest non bonus word was 136 for QUAIS played by Maria Kaye. Not so noteworthy were my three attempts to play a bingo from ORENTE? I later discovered that THEREON, OFTENER AND ERODENT would have done the trick.

Our WSC contestants were farewelled in a short ceremony where they were presented with the good luck tokens of Aussie pens from the North Shore Scrabble Club. John explained that one of the main aims of the team was for them all to reach the top 30 so that Australia would qualify for a larger quota of contestants at the next World Championships.

The day's results saw the winners of three divisions on 7 games with Basil Sands taking the honours in D Division. Noteworthy results were achieved by the two novices Nyree Ellen and Ern Foster with four games each. Linda Dimond stole the show in C Division - not only with her colourful attire - but also for her high word, high game and third place. Final honours went to Denise Smith with 6 wins. In B Division Gary Pollard headed the field with 7 wins and a rating gain of 66 points. Gary may have been helped by the contents of a box that he carried back from the local "Theos" with John Barker! An excellent result was also achieved by Hari Nanayakkara who also gained 66 points. In A Division WSC players John and Rod performed well with John notching up the highest game and word score for the day, but it was former North Shore Club member Bob Jackman who raced two games ahead and won the tournament in convincing style. Bob has now hit the front as number one player in NSW. Well done Bob!

Thanks to the N.S. Club team of cooks, raffle ticket sellers and bottle washers and also to the very able and friendly Fred Reynolds and Kim Logan who kept us under control.

Seasons greetings to all...
Nanette Reynolds

Results after game  7
NTHSHORE -- MASTERS

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Bob Jackman          7     440
  2  Rod Talbot           5     318
  3  John Barker          5     171
  4  John Holgate         5     113
  5  Peter Sheehan        4     344
  6  Joan Rosenthal       4     234
  7  Jean McGiffen        4     225
  8  Ivor Zetler          4      66
  9  Robyn Flynn          4     -79
 10  Audrey Newman        3     155
 11  Betty Foreman        3     -85
 12  Trish Windhurst      3    -150
 13  Graeme Lock Lee      3    -202
 14  Peter Shaw           3    -228
 15  Alison Pollard       3    -234
 16  Kris Logan           3    -314
 17  Ian Close            2      46
 18  Jan Serisier         2    -127
 19  Sue Gergelifi        2    -265
 20  Wilma Vialle         1    -428
HIGH GAME: John Holgate      632
HIGH WORD: John Holgate      189
            "RELOCKED"

 Results after game  7
NTHSHORE -- ADVANCED

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Gary Pollard         7     395
  2  Louise Kobler        5     529
  3  Tony Hunt            5     165
  4  Raya Wilkinson       5     111
  5  Norma Tracey         4     144
  6  Hari Nanayakkara     4     103
  7  Hanne Marks          4     102
  8  Judy Hay             4     -28
  9  Jenny Templeton      4    -327
 10  Gordon Meggs         3     181
 11  Liz Jackman          3     -28
 12  Ram Mohe             3     -35
 13  Sam Greenberg        3     -39
 14  Judy McGuinness      3     -82
 15  Margaret Andrews     3    -131
 16  Richard Birch        3    -374
 17  Maureen Hilder       2.5   133
 18  Nanette Reynolds     2    -180
 19  Jean Noonan          1.5  -179
 20  Nonie English        1    -460
HIGH GAME: Jean Noonan       496
HIGH WORD: Jenny Templeton       131
            "PEELINGS"

 Results after game  7
NTHSHORE -- INTERMEDIATE

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Denise Smith         6     267
  2  Beverley Purkis      5     273
  3  Linda Dimond         5     255
  4  Ivana Duria          5     111
  5  Dolores Barbon       5      99
  6  Edith Lowbeer        4     222
  7  Lan Knox             4     164
  8  Jann Pincott         4     107
  9  George Khamis        4      24
 10  Marie Hirshfeld      4     -67
 11  Krystyna Batten      3      98
 12  Ann Milner           3      62
 13  Sunny Wright         3       5
 14  Lynn Parnell         3    -197
 15  Rex Shakespeare      3    -218
 16  Mary Mackie          2     -90
 17  Yvonne Edwards       2    -115
 18  Sandra Elliott       2    -156
 19  Athena Sheehan       2    -368
 20  Pearl Gillott        1    -476
HIGH GAME: Linda Dimond      491
HIGH WORD: Ivan Duria          129
            "SQUIRED"

 Results after game  7
NTHSHORE -- RECREATION

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Basil Sands          7     532
  2  Jan Tomlin           5     319
  3  Teresa Traynor       4.5   155
  4  Ern Foster           4     147
  5  Anne Henderson       4     133
  6  Sue McCarthy         4     122
  7  Ann Gash             4      41
  8  Maria Kaye           4     -36
  9  Nyree Ellen          4    -104
 10  Margaret Coulter     3.5   178
 11  Veena Mohe           3     163
 12  Rosalie Tobin        3     -53
 13  Silvana Newman       2     -25
 14  Diana Field          2    -692
 15  Audrey Crompton      1    -223
 16  Sylvia Weisinger     1    -657
HIGH GAME: Basil Sands       468
HIGH WORD: Maria Kaye            136
            "QUAIS"

Stats for Tournament : NTHSHORE

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *MASTERS                     +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Bob Jackman          |    5    3 |   3   1 |  4.9  7.0 | 1861 +33 1894 |
| NSW John Holgate         |    4    5 |   2   3 |  5.2  5.0 | 1863  -4 1859 |
| NSW John Barker          |   26   23 |   8   8 |  4.2  5.0 | 1691 +16 1707 |
| NSW Rod Talbot           |   11   10 |   4   4 |  4.3  5.0 | 1794 +13 1807 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal       |   18   18 |   7   7 |  4.1  4.0 | 1741  -2 1739 |
| NSW Ivor Zetler          |  109   90 |  29  21 |  2.3  4.0 | 1490 +34 1524 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen        |   32   32 |  11  11 |  4.0  4.0 | 1660  -1 1659 |
| NSW Peter Sheehan        |   93   83 |  22  19 |  3.0  4.0 | 1516 +21 1537 |
| NSW Robyn Flynn          |   40   41 |  13  12 |  4.5  4.0 | 1639  -9 1630 |
| NSW Audrey Newman        |  139  129 |  39  37 |  2.1  3.0 | 1441 +17 1458 |
| NSW Betty Foreman        |  138  128 |  38  36 |  2.1  3.0 | 1441 +18 1459 |
| NSW Graeme Lock Lee      |   38   42 |  12  13 |  4.2  3.0 | 1649 -24 1625 |
| NSW Peter Shaw           |   86   92 |  20  22 |  3.3  3.0 | 1529  -7 1522 |
| NSW Kris Logan           |  142  136 |  41  39 |  2.5  3.0 | 1434 +10 1444 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst      |   70   79 |  18  18 |  4.0  3.0 | 1561 -20 1541 |
| NSW Alison Pollard       |  122  115 |  33  30 |  2.6  3.0 | 1471  +7 1478 |
| NSW Ian Close            |   72   87 |  19  20 |  3.5  2.0 | 1556 -30 1526 |
| NSW Jan Serisier         |  103  117 |  26  32 |  2.9  2.0 | 1496 -19 1477 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi        |   88   97 |  21  23 |  3.1  2.0 | 1528 -22 1506 |
| NSW Wilma Vialle         |   99  126 |  24  34 |  3.0  1.0 | 1503 -40 1463 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *ADVANCED                    +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Gary Pollard         |  195  148 |  51  43 |  4.3  7.0 | 1359 +66 1425 |
| NSW Louise Kobler        |  172  166 |  47  46 |  4.7  5.0 | 1395  +9 1404 |
| NSW Tony Hunt            |  239  220 |  59  53 |  3.4  5.0 | 1288 +32 1320 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson       |  154  153 |  44  44 |  4.8  5.0 | 1413  +5 1418 |
| NSW Hari Nanayakkara     |  293  253 |  73  62 |  2.2  4.0 | 1205 +66 1271 |
| NSW Hanne Marks          |  177  184 |  48  48 |  4.7  4.0 | 1386 -13 1373 |
| NSW Judy Hay             |  248  238 |  61  59 |  3.5  4.0 | 1282 +10 1292 |
| NSW Norma Tracey         |  186  196 |  49  50 |  4.7  4.0 | 1370 -13 1357 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton      |  326  303 |  84  75 |  2.4  4.0 | 1162 +31 1193 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness      |  325  325 |  83  84 |  2.6  3.0 | 1163  +8 1171 |
| NSW Gordon Meggs         |  289  286 |  72  72 |  2.8  3.0 | 1211  +4 1215 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews     |  298  293 |  74  73 |  2.6  3.0 | 1199  +8 1207 |
| NSW Ram Mohe             |  323  309 |  82  77 |  2.1  3.0 | 1169 +19 1188 |
| NSW Liz Jackman          |  332  326 |  85  85 |  2.2  3.0 | 1153 +16 1169 |
| NSW Sam Greenberg        |  167  190 |  45  49 |  4.7  3.0 | 1400 -35 1365 |
| NSW Richard Birch        |  249  254 |  62  63 |  3.7  3.0 | 1282 -12 1270 |
| NSW Maureen Hilder       |  245  258 |  60  64 |  3.8  2.5 | 1284 -25 1259 |
| NSW Nanette Reynolds     |  251  266 |  63  65 |  3.6  2.0 | 1279 -32 1247 |
| NSW Jean Noonan          |  194  231 |  50  55 |  4.2  1.5 | 1359 -55 1304 |
| NSW Nonie English        |  268  294 |  66  74 |  3.0  1.0 | 1243 -39 1204 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *INTERMEDIATE                +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Denise Smith         |  397  373 |  95  91 |  4.7  6.0 | 1057 +27 1084 |
| NSW Linda Dimond         |  478  453 | 112 107 |  4.0  5.0 |  962 +21  983 |
| NSW Bev Purkis           |  389  391 |  94  95 |  5.2  5.0 | 1064  -1 1063 |
| NSW Dolores Barbon       |  567  529 | 138 127 |  3.5  5.0 |  885 +31  916 |
| NSW Ivana Duria          |  560  494 | 135 117 |  2.6  5.0 |  889 +57  946 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer        |  334  352 |  86  88 |  5.6  4.0 | 1150 -30 1120 |
| NSW Jann Pincott         |  596  535 | 146 132 |  2.4  4.0 |  857 +56  913 |
| NSW Lan Knox             |  598  581 | 147 142 |  3.2  4.0 |  855 +16  871 |
| NSW George Khamis        |  500  496 | 119 118 |  3.9  4.0 |  940  +3  943 |
| NSW Marie Hirschfeld     |  525  506 | 124 120 |  3.3  4.0 |  919 +15  934 |
| NSW Ann Milner           |  595  606 | 145 149 |  3.6  3.0 |  857 -12  845 |
| NSW Sunny Wright         |  497  530 | 117 128 |  4.4  3.0 |  942 -27  915 |
| NSW Krystyna Batten      |  632  619 | 156 153 |  2.6  3.0 |  823  +8  831 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare      |  553  556 | 132 135 |  3.1  3.0 |  897  -2  895 |
| NSW Lynn Parnell         |  562  576 | 136 140 |  3.5  3.0 |  887 -10  877 |
| NSW Sandra Elliott       |  594  626 | 144 156 |  3.5  2.0 |  857 -30  827 |
| NSW Yvonne Edwards       |  851  842 | 220 220 |  1.3  2.0 |  625 +14  639 |
| VIC Mary Mackie          |  521  574 | 183 191 |  4.2  2.0 |  923 -44  879 |
| NSW Athena Sheehan       |    0  651 |   0 165 |  3.1  2.0 |  831 -23  808 |
| NSW Pearl Gillott        |  674  702 | 169 177 |  2.2  1.0 |  784 -24  760 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *RECREATION                  +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Basil Sands          |  692  623 | 174 154 |  4.5  7.0 |  769 +59  828 |
| NSW Jan Tomlin           |  717  711 | 181 182 |  4.5  5.0 |  743 +11  754 |
| NSW Teresa Traynor       |  906  862 | 232 224 |  2.9  4.5 |  586 +33  619 |
| NSW Sue McCarthy         |  820  811 | 210 206 |  3.7  4.0 |  662 +10  672 |
| NSW Maria Kaye           |  953  923 | 250 241 |  2.7  4.0 |  551 +28  579 |
| NSW Anne Henderson       |  821  816 | 211 209 |  3.7  4.0 |  661  +7  668 |
|*NSW Ern Foster           |    0  784 |   0 195 |  4.0  4.0 |  691      691 |
| NSW Ann Gash             | 1002  958 | 270 253 |  2.1  4.0 |  509 +41  550 |
|*NSW Nyree Ellen          |    0  793 |   0 198 |  4.0  4.0 |  687      687 |
| NSW Margaret Coulter     |  805  823 | 200 213 |  4.0  3.5 |  676 -14  662 |
| NSW Veena Mohe           |  806  824 | 201 214 |  3.7  3.0 |  674 -14  660 |
| NSW Rosalie Tobin        |  839  856 | 217 223 |  3.8  3.0 |  638 -15  623 |
| NSW Silvana Newman       |  729  807 | 184 202 |  4.9  2.0 |  731 -57  674 |
| NSW Diana Field          | 1001 1018 | 269 276 |  2.5  2.0 |  511 -10  501 |
| NSW Audrey Crompton      |  924  972 | 240 257 |  3.0  1.0 |  576 -40  536 |
| NSW Sylvia Weisinger     | 1093 1141 | 301 312 |  2.2  1.0 |  500 -36  464 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+