Forty players, including five interstaters, gathered for the annual shindig at Revesby but this time in the salubrious Waratah Room. John Holgate set an early target in the first round with a high game of 574 against Tony Hunt. John played five bingos: BIRDIES, CHINTZES, PINONES, INTIMAE, ENGRASP. The high game stood for the rest of the tournament.
Some interesting words played included SCIUROID (Esther Perrins), VACHERIN (John Holgate) and KINGSIDE (Rod Talbot) but the high word for the tournament went to Rod Talbot for OVERTAME,- 176 points - against Bob Jackman. In fact, that game was Bob's only loss from the first day's eleven games.
A prize was also given to the longest word of the tournament; it went to Penny Wells for the 11-letter word, QUESTIONING. Another near miss occurred when Jean McGiffen had to choose between scoring points in the game or prize-money! Jean played HEARTEN against Esther Perrins who promptly extended the word to DISHEARTEN. Jean held an S but the play was not worth the sacrifice.
Some non-bingo high scores also occurred. Gloria Gallagher scored 84 for SOAP (hooked onto AQUATIC with S on top central triple word square). This was later outdone by Betty Coleman who scored 103 for JOWs (s is on bottom central triple word square):
P A S S I N Z A g J O W sGary Pollard's title of giant-killer after his wins against Paul Cleary and John Holgate was short-lived when he lost two close end-games against Chris May, once when he missed an out-play of NIX and the other when he opened the board to allow Chris to bingo out, catch Gary with 11 points on his rack and win by 18.
Kris Logan suffered a little from bingo barrage in two successive games. In the first, Bob played 3 bingos in a row against her; he had a 4th on his rack that proved unplayable. In the next game, Kris played Jean McGiffen who played 4 bingos in a row and held a 5th unplayable.
Interestingly for a 20-game tournament there were no tied games but there were certainly several nail-biting finishes. Final placings saw Bob Jackman win with 17 games; Joan Rosenthal (who beat Bob in the last two Monarch of the Monolith games) was second with 16 wins; Paul Cleary took 3rd with 14 wins, just nudging out Rod Talbot also with 14 wins. Esther Perrins was 5th on 13 wins. The happiest player, though, was undoubtedly Norma Tracey who notched up a rating gain of 126 points (and a $75 prize for that gain).
Results after game 20
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Bob Jackman 17 1131
2 Joan Rosenthal 16 1016
3 Paul Cleary 14 1113
4 Rod Talbot 14 974
5 Esther Perrins 13 495
6 Norma Tracey 13 -225
7 Jean McGiffen 12 694
8 Carmel Dodd 12 344
9 Ivor Zetler 11 419
10 Joanne Craig 11 315
11 Cristine Small 11 278
12 Karen Richards 11 -44
13 Tony Hunt 11 -159
14 Graeme Lock Lee 11 -217
15 Derek McKenzie 10 386
16 John Holgate 10 295
17 Olga Visser 10 89
18 Moana Nepia 10 78
19 Penny Wells 10 -82
20 Hanne Marks 10 -109
21 Kris Logan 10 -212
22 Susan Macgillivray 10 -263
23 Betty Foreman 9 232
24 Chris May 9 105
25 Alison Pollard 9 19
26 Jan Serisier 9 -59
27 Sue Gergelifi 9 -118
28 Ian Hoffman 9 -260
29 Gloria Gallagher 9 -523
30 Cherry Bennett 9 -525
31 Gary Pollard 9 -557
32 Betty Coleman 8 -17
33 Peter Shaw 8 -137
34 Cheryl Michler 8 -233
35 Liz Jackman 8 -648
36 Jean Noonan 7 -896
37 Pat Schuberg 7 -1034
38 Audrey Newman 6 -200
39 Jenny Templeton 6 -527
40 Judy Hay 4 -938
HIGH GAME: John Holgate 574
HIGH WORD: Rod Talbot 176
"OVERTAME"
Stats for Tournament : MASTERS
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| state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points |
| | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New|
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+Section: *MASTERS + + + +
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| NSW Bob Jackman | 7 3 | 3 1 | 13.6 17.0 | 1799 +70 1869 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal | 23 6 | 8 3 | 11.9 16.0 | 1730 +84 1814 |
| NSW Paul Cleary | 3 4 | 1 2 | 15.4 14.0 | 1867 -21 1846 |
| NSW Rod Talbot | 16 8 | 5 4 | 13.0 14.0 | 1759 +22 1781 |
| NSW Esther Perrins | 15 16 | 4 5 | 12.9 13.0 | 1760 +3 1763 |
| NSW Norma Tracey | 97 42 | 25 13 | 7.2 13.0 | 1498 +126
1624 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen | 30 25 | 10 8 | 10.7 12.0 | 1677 +26 1703 |
| SA Carmel Dodd | 22 23 | 3 3 | 13.0 12.0 | 1732 -20 1712 |
| NSW Joanne Craig | 20 29 | 7 9 | 13.7 11.0 | 1735 -52 1683 |
| NSW Cristine Small | 99 73 | 26 17 | 8.7 11.0 | 1496 +47 1543 |
| NSW Ivor Zetler | 131 91 | 36 24 | 7.8 11.0 | 1454 +63 1517 |
| WA Karen Richards | 73 63 | 3 3 | 10.0 11.0 | 1546 +20 1566 |
| NSW Tony Hunt | 108 76 | 29 19 | 8.3 11.0 | 1484 +54 1538 |
| NSW Graeme Lock Lee | 46 52 | 14 14 | 11.8 11.0 | 1616 -15 1601 |
| NSW Derek McKenzie | 25 30 | 9 10 | 11.8 10.0 | 1715 -36 1679 |
| NSW John Holgate | 5 21 | 2 7 | 15.0 10.0 | 1807 -80 1727 |
| QLD Olga Visser | 145 111 | 11 9 | 8.0 10.0 | 1437 +41 1478 |
| NSW Moana Nepia | 185 125 | 50 33 | 5.4 10.0 | 1367 +93 1460 |
| NSW Penny Wells | 163 137 | 47 37 | 8.1 10.0 | 1408 +38 1446 |
| NSW Kris Logan | 119 97 | 33 26 | 8.2 10.0 | 1468 +36 1504 |
| NSW Susan MacGillivr:act | 107 101 | 28 27 | 9.6 10.0 | 1488 +7 1495 |
| NSW Hanne Marks | 80 112 | 20 30 | 12.6 10.0 | 1529 -52 1477 |
| NSW Chris May | 32 64 | 11 16 | 14.4 9.0 | 1673 -107
1566 |
| NSW Betty Foreman | 63 80 | 17 21 | 11.3 9.0 | 1578 -46 1532 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi | 90 140 | 23 39 | 12.7 9.0 | 1517 -74 1443 |
| NSW Alison Pollard | 101 138 | 27 38 | 11.5 9.0 | 1494 -50 1444 |
| NSW Jan Serisier | 126 109 | 35 29 | 8.1 9.0 | 1460 +19 1479 |
| QLD Ian Hoffman | 148 146 | 13 13 | 9.1 9.0 | 1429 -1 1428 |
| NSW Gary Pollard | 245 180 | 60 51 | 4.0 9.0 | 1287 +101
1388 |
| NSW Gloria Gallagher | 141 162 | 41 46 | 10.9 9.0 | 1442 -38 1404 |
| QLD Cherry Bennett | 240 197 | 23 21 | 5.8 9.0 | 1291 +64 1355 |
| NSW Peter Shaw | 61 77 | 16 20 | 10.3 8.0 | 1580 -45 1535 |
| NSW Betty Coleman | 142 156 | 42 44 | 9.3 8.0 | 1442 -27 1415 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler | 237 209 | 57 56 | 5.6 8.0 | 1292 +49 1341 |
| NSW Liz Jackman | 243 220 | 59 57 | 6.1 8.0 | 1289 +38 1327 |
| NSW Jean Noonan | 112 165 | 31 48 | 10.9 7.0 | 1478 -77 1401 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg | 187 190 | 51 52 | 7.1 7.0 | 1364 -2 1362 |
| NSW Audrey Newman | 79 174 | 19 50 | 12.8 6.0 | 1529 -135
1394 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton | 229 253 | 56 61 | 7.5 6.0 | 1305 -29 1276 |
| NSW Judy Hay | 261 283 | 66 71 | 6.1 4.0 | 1265 -43 1222 |
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