In Masters, John Holgate led early and managed to get down ELECTRETS around ET in a game against the organiser, Jean McGiffen. I was happy with a similar find of ORDERLIES onto ES, but it was Rod Talbot who shone the brightest, winning all 7 games and prove to any detractors that he was on target for a bold showing in Las Vegas.
In Advanced, 7 players ended up on 5 wins which must be nearly a record of some kind. Gary Pollard who wound up second struggled in an early game with a rack of EEEEEUU. He changed 6 keeping an E to buy a rack of EIIIUYY. Next he changed the lot and was then able to play UTU for 14 points, hence averaging just over 4.7 points for his 3 moves! Norma Tracey could have won the tournament had she played BLITE towards the end of her final game, which she ended up losing by one point.
In Intermediate, Therese Newman was rewarded for her late arrival with a one game win while her partner in crime Ivana Duria scored the high word score.
In Recreation Diana Field showed a touch of brilliance when confronted with a rack of SAQUINS, changed just the A, picked an E, and played SEQUINS next move for 119 points. That's our Diana!
Results after game 7
SYDNOV01 -- A
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 Rod Talbot 7 934
2 Bob Jackman 5 652
3 Chris May 5 51
4 Susan Macgillivray 5 -61
5 Betty Coleman 5 -157
6 John Holgate 4 262
7 Robin Duncan 4 247
8 Ian Close 4 183
9 Jean McGiffen 4 122
10 John Barker 4 48
11 Audrey Newman 4 2
12 Jan Serisier 4 -9
13 Sue Gergelifi 4 -243
14 Peter Shaw 3 97
15 Wilma Vialle 3 -56
16 Moana Nepia 3 -100
17 Rene Chelton 3 -119
18 John Spaan 3 -440
19 Alison Pollard 2 -40
20 Hanne Marks 2 -203
21 Richard Farrington 2 -216
22 Betty Foreman 2 -468
23 Kris Logan 1 -108
24 Sam Greenberg 1 -378
HIGH GAME: Bob Jackman 586
HIGH WORD: Peter Shaw 103
"STEWING"
Results after game 7
SYDNOV01 -- B
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 Jean Noonan 5 406
2 Gary Pollard 5 339
3 Margaret Berliner 5 337
4 Norma Tracey 5 280
5 Nanette Reynolds 5 147
6 Richard Birch 5 138
7 Fay Van Oyen 5 30
8 Ram Mohe 4 183
9 Pat Schuberg 4 117
10 Jean Balmer 4 56
11 Angie Farrington 4 48
12 Joan Buchanan 4 -13
13 Judy McGuinness 3 56
14 Judy Hay 3 -8
15 Gordon Meggs 3 -9
16 Barbara Chenevier 3 -22
17 Margaret Andrews 3 -108
18 Cheryl Michler 3 -184
19 Michael Adler 3 -403
20 Jenny Templeton 2 -65
21 Edith Lowbeer 2 -136
22 Hari Nanayakkara 2 -173
23 Val Ryan 2 -468
24 Liz Jackman 0 -548
HIGH GAME: Margaret Berliner 508
HIGH WORD: J Buchanan 128
"COQUETTE"
Results after game 7
SYDNOV01 -- C
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 Therese Newman 6 112
2 Esther Rolfe 5 378
3 Peggy Womersley 5 264
4 Natalie Tadday 5 189
5 Sunny Wright 5 116
6 Svend Grunnet 5 28
7 Bev Purkis 4 114
8 Heather Sorensen 4 53
9 Chloe McNally 4 47
10 Ann Fiddler 4 2
11 Maureen Wilkins 3 74
12 Mary Craven 3 -9
13 Ivana Duria 3 -28
14 Krystyna Batten 3 -54
15 Margaret Ackman 3 -66
16 Rex Shakespeare 3 -74
17 George Khamis 3 -113
18 Claire Dove 3 -187
19 Lynn Parnell 2 -73
20 Alan Gauci 2 -113
21 Sandra Elliott 2 -131
22 Merle Young 0 -529
HIGH GAME: Alan Gauci 481
HIGH WORD: Ivana Duria 119
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Results after game 7
SYDNOV01 -- D
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 Jan Tomlin 6 431
2 Tricia Shephard 6 386
3 Basil Sands 5 293
4 Audrey Crompton 5 -57
5 Silvana Newman 4 216
6 Esther Clarke 4 162
7 Veena Mohe 4 114
8 Yvonne Edwards 4 23
9 Chris Phillips 3 311
10 Andree Lajoie 3 135
11 Joy Bresser 3 0
12 Diana Field 3 -42
13 Merriss Adler 3 -137
14 Joy Morris 3 -181
15 Kath Davidson 3 -494
16 Maria Kaye 2 -117
17 Maree Heynen 1 -223
18 Sylvia Weisinger 1 -820
HIGH GAME: Chris Phillips 510
HIGH WORD: Diana Field 119
"SEQUINS"
Stats for Tournament : SYDNOV01
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points |
| | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *A + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Rod Talbot | 19 10 | 6 4 | 4.8 7.0 | 1744 +50 1794 |
| NSW Bob Jackman | 5 5 | 3 3 | 5.6 5.0 | 1871 -10 1861 |
| NSW Chris May | 30 27 | 10 10 | 4.6 5.0 | 1664 +10 1674 |
| NSW Susan MacGillivr:act | 190 136 | 49 37 | 1.8 5.0 | 1360 +83 1443 |
| NSW Betty Coleman | 138 110 | 38 30 | 2.8 5.0 | 1439 +51 1490 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen | 38 34 | 11 11 | 3.5 4.0 | 1649 +11 1660 |
| NSW John Holgate | 3 4 | 1 2 | 5.5 4.0 | 1885 -22 1863 |
| NSW Robin Duncan | 44 47 | 15 14 | 4.4 4.0 | 1618 -6 1612 |
| NSW John Barker | 24 24 | 8 8 | 4.5 4.0 | 1700 -9 1691 |
| NSW Ian Close | 78 75 | 19 19 | 3.5 4.0 | 1545 +11 1556 |
| NSW Audrey Newman | 176 139 | 48 39 | 1.7 4.0 | 1388 +53 1441 |
| NSW Jan Serisier | 116 103 | 32 26 | 3.3 4.0 | 1480 +16 1496 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi | 93 88 | 22 21 | 3.4 4.0 | 1515 +13 1528 |
| NSW Peter Shaw | 84 86 | 20 20 | 3.5 3.0 | 1538 -9 1529 |
| NSW Wilma Vialle | 102 99 | 25 24 | 2.7 3.0 | 1496 +7 1503 |
| NSW Moana Nepia | 120 123 | 35 34 | 3.4 3.0 | 1472 -7 1465 |
| NSW Rene Chelton | 43 50 | 14 15 | 3.6 3.0 | 1619 -10 1609 |
| NSW John Spaan :act | 96 97 | 23 23 | 3.3 3.0 | 1511 -5 1506 |
| NSW Alison Pollard | 103 120 | 26 33 | 3.3 2.0 | 1495 -24 1471 |
| NSW Richard Farrington | 118 126 | 34 35 | 2.8 2.0 | 1477 -16 1461 |
| NSW Hanne Marks | 170 177 | 47 49 | 2.3 2.0 | 1392 -6 1386 |
| NSW Betty Foreman | 123 138 | 36 38 | 3.3 2.0 | 1468 -27 1441 |
| NSW Kris Logan | 114 143 | 30 41 | 3.6 1.0 | 1485 -51 1434 |
| NSW Sam Greenberg | 140 168 | 40 46 | 2.9 1.0 | 1438 -38 1400 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *B + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Norma Tracey | 194 188 | 50 50 | 4.4 5.0 | 1356 +14 1370 |
| NSW Jean Noonan | 199 192 | 53 51 | 4.5 5.0 | 1348 +11 1359 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen | 359 314 | 89 80 | 2.3 5.0 | 1107 +68 1175 |
| NSW Margaret Berliner | 236 218 | 60 55 | 3.6 5.0 | 1289 +29 1318 |
| NSW Richard Birch | 260 250 | 66 63 | 4.2 5.0 | 1267 +15 1282 |
| NSW Gary Pollard | 198 193 | 52 52 | 4.5 5.0 | 1349 +10 1359 |
| NSW Nanette Reynolds | 263 253 | 67 64 | 3.8 5.0 | 1254 +25 1279 |
| NSW Joan Buchanan | 296 280 | 76 71 | 3.0 4.0 | 1203 +22 1225 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg | 281 274 | 72 69 | 3.4 4.0 | 1225 +12 1237 |
| NSW Angie Farrington | 280 272 | 71 68 | 3.3 4.0 | 1226 +14 1240 |
| NSW Jean Balmer | 329 311 | 84 78 | 2.8 4.0 | 1153 +26 1179 |
| NSW Ram Mohe | 336 323 | 86 83 | 2.7 4.0 | 1141 +28 1169 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness | 330 325 | 85 84 | 2.5 3.0 | 1153 +10 1163 |
| NSW Judy Hay | 223 249 | 56 62 | 4.4 3.0 | 1310 -28 1282 |
| NSW Gordon Meggs | 279 289 | 70 73 | 3.8 3.0 | 1226 -15 1211 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews | 294 299 | 75 75 | 3.4 3.0 | 1207 -8 1199 |
| NSW Barbara Chenevier | 364 358 | 90 90 | 2.3 3.0 | 1098 +14 1112 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler | 216 228 | 55 56 | 4.2 3.0 | 1325 -25 1300 |
| NSW Michael Adler :act | 255 266 | 64 66 | 4.2 3.0 | 1271 -24 1247 |
| NSW Hari Nanayakkara | 258 294 | 65 74 | 4.1 2.0 | 1269 -64 1205 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton | 309 326 | 79 85 | 3.2 2.0 | 1186 -24 1162 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer | 315 333 | 81 87 | 3.2 2.0 | 1175 -25 1150 |
| NSW Val Ryan | 302 313 | 77 79 | 3.1 2.0 | 1198 -21 1177 |
| NSW Liz Jackman | 284 331 | 73 86 | 3.3 0.0 | 1219 -66 1153 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *C + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Therese Newman | 508 448 | 120 107 | 3.6 6.0 | 932 +59 991 |
| NSW Peggy Womersley | 423 409 | 103 100 | 4.3 5.0 | 1028 +16 1044 |
| QLD Svend Grunnet | 564 498 | 75 66 | 2.7 5.0 | 889 +54 943 |
| NSW Natalie Tadday | 389 379 | 96 93 | 4.3 5.0 | 1066 +15 1081 |
| NSW Esther Rolfe | 488 457 | 116 108 | 3.7 5.0 | 951 +27 978 |
| NSW Sunny Wright | 533 501 | 130 118 | 3.5 5.0 | 911 +31 942 |
| NSW Bev Purkis | 384 392 | 93 96 | 4.4 4.0 | 1071 -7 1064 |
| NSW Chloe McNally | 548 529 | 134 128 | 3.3 4.0 | 902 +13 915 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler | 420 424 | 102 103 | 4.3 4.0 | 1029 -5 1024 |
| NSW Heather Sorensen :ac | 613 584 | 152 142 | 2.5 4.0 | 840 +29 869 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare | 544 553 | 133 133 | 3.3 3.0 | 903 -6 897 |
| NSW Mary Craven :act | 456 481 | 107 115 | 3.9 3.0 | 979 -18 961 |
| NSW Ivana Duria | 556 562 | 136 136 | 3.3 3.0 | 895 -6 889 |
| NSW Maureen Wilkins | 513 528 | 122 127 | 3.5 3.0 | 928 -11 917 |
| NSW Margaret Ackman | 656 650 | 165 164 | 2.4 3.0 | 799 +11 810 |
| NSW George Khamis | 484 504 | 115 120 | 3.9 3.0 | 958 -18 940 |
| NSW Krystyna Batten | 650 634 | 162 157 | 2.3 3.0 | 808 +15 823 |
| NSW Claire Dove | 643 639 | 160 161 | 2.8 3.0 | 816 +4 820 |
| NSW Alan Gauci | 465 513 | 108 122 | 4.2 2.0 | 973 -44 929 |
| NSW Lynn Parnell | 519 564 | 124 137 | 3.9 2.0 | 924 -37 887 |
| NSW Sandra Elliott | 569 599 | 140 145 | 3.5 2.0 | 886 -29 857 |
| NSW Merle Young | 538 615 | 131 153 | 3.4 0.0 | 907 -69 838 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *D + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Jan Tomlin | 778 717 | 196 183 | 3.7 6.0 | 689 +54 743 |
| NSW Tricia Shephard | 658 635 | 166 158 | 4.8 6.0 | 798 +24 822 |
| NSW Basil Sands | 702 691 | 179 176 | 4.6 5.0 | 760 +9 769 |
| NSW Audrey Crompton | 986 922 | 263 241 | 2.6 5.0 | 518 +58 576 |
| NSW Silvana Newman | 713 729 | 184 186 | 5.0 4.0 | 750 -19 731 |
| NSW Esther Clarke | 915 881 | 238 227 | 2.8 4.0 | 582 +26 608 |
| NSW Yvonne Edwards | 884 857 | 228 221 | 3.0 4.0 | 606 +19 625 |
| NSW Veena Mohe | 802 800 | 204 203 | 4.0 4.0 | 673 +1 674 |
| NSW Chris Phillips | 695 735 | 176 188 | 5.0 3.0 | 765 -40 725 |
| NSW Andree Lajoie | 729 758 | 187 191 | 4.4 3.0 | 736 -27 709 |
| NSW Joy Morris | 904 924 | 233 242 | 3.6 3.0 | 586 -11 575 |
| NSW Joy Bresser :act | 824 853 | 215 220 | 4.4 3.0 | 655 -27 628 |
| NSW Diana Field | 1012 997 | 272 269 | 2.5 3.0 | 501 +10 511 |
| NSW Merriss Adler :act | 955 941 | 249 246 | 2.4 3.0 | 551 +12 563 |
| NSW Kath Davidson | 1014 980 | 273 260 | 1.8 3.0 | 500 +24 524 |
| NSW Maria Kaye | 923 956 | 242 250 | 3.3 2.0 | 576 -25 551 |
| NSW Maree Heynen | 960 989 | 250 265 | 2.6 1.0 | 547 -31 516 |
|*NSW Sylvia Weisinger | 0 1092 | 0 302 | 2.5 1.0 | 500 500 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+