NSW Winter Masters - 17th & 18th July 2004


John Holgate returned from the wilderness to take out this years NSW Winter Masters narrowly from Naween Fernando after a tense battle in the final rounds. Actually John had the event sown up going into the final game which he lost to Esther Perrins, chalking up his second win in this major NSW event, the first being in the inaugural 1993 Winter Masters.

Chris May recorded a 2004 Australian high game score of 661 in the second last game of the day against Rod Talbot, while earlier in the day Hanne Marks managed the nine-timer BROCADES for 176 to snare the high word prize.

Jean Balmer who was instrumental in getting last weekend's Winter Challenge onto the NSW calendar and then earned a place in the Masters by virtue of her fifth placing in the Challenge accumulated a massive 158 points to take out the prize for the high rating gain.

Despite the suspect rotating tables which had to be chocked by newspapers, a good weekend was had by all. Much of it was recorded on audio by an ABC reporter, Christina, from Radio National (576 on your AM dial) and this should go to air between 9am and 11am on Tuesday or Wednesday. Stay tuned!

Results after game 20
WINTER MASTERS 2004 -- OPEN

Rank  Player            Wins Mar
---------------------------------
  1   John Holgate        15     1011
  2   Naween Fernando     15      817
  3   Chris May           13     1633
  4   Edward Okulicz      13      708
  5   Esther Perrins      13      391
  6   Joanne Craig        12      664
  7   Bob Jackman         12      638
  8   Alistair Kane       12      283
  9   Rod Talbot          12      -41
 10   Richard Jeremy      12      -59
 11   Michael Hornung     11      424
 12   Alastair Richards   11      260
 13   Moana Nepia         11      204
 14   Michael Cameron     11      177
 15   Matte Dunn          11      102
 16   Peter Shaw          11      101
 17   Tony Hunt           11       60
 18   Hanne Marks         11     -395
 19   Helen Maurus        10.5    295
 20   Jean McGiffen       10      362
 21   Harry Malcolm       10      121
 22   John Spaan          10       66
 23   Graeme Lock Lee     10      -29
 24   Olga Visser         10     -169
 25   Jean Balmer         10     -301
 26   Norma Tracey         9.5    214
 27   John Barker          9      341
 28   Cristine Small       9      154
 29   Susan Macgillivray   9     -189
 30   Karen Richards       9     -205
 31   Ram Mohe             9     -361
 32   Sue Gergelifi        9     -409
 33   Richard Birch        9     -482
 34   Audrey Newman        9     -682
 35   Nonie English        9     -787
 36   Jan Serisier         8     -123
 37   Fay Van Oyen         8     -591
 38   Ivor Zetler          7     -483
 39   Justin Moyle         7     -550
 39   Marilyn Smith        7     -550
 41   Pat Schuberg         7     -732
 42   Jean Noonan          7     -757
 43   Ian Close            6     -152
 44   Rex Shakespeare      5     -979
HIGH GAME: Chris May         661
HIGH WORD: Hanne Marks       176
            "BROCADES"

Stats for Tournament : WINTER MASTERS 2004

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+----------
-----+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating
Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old
Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+----------
-----+
+Section: *OPEN                        +         +           +
+
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------
-----+
| NSW John Holgate         |   20    7 |  10   4 |  9.7 15.0 | 1695 +109
1804 |
| VIC Naween Fernando      |    2    1 |   1   1 | 14.4 15.0 | 1890 +11
1901 |
| NSW Chris May            |    7    6 |   4   3 | 12.6 13.0 | 1805  +9
1814 |
| NSW Edward Okulicz :act  |    1    3 |   1   1 | 15.0 13.0 | 1908 -30
1878 |
| NSW Esther Perrins       |    6    9 |   3   6 | 15.9 13.0 | 1816 -43
1773 |
| NSW Joanne Craig         |   15   15 |   9  10 | 12.1 12.0 | 1730
1730 |
| NSW Bob Jackman          |   10   10 |   6   7 | 11.7 12.0 | 1755  +8
1763 |
| NSW Rod Talbot           |   13   13 |   7   8 | 12.2 12.0 | 1733
1733 |
| VIC Alistair Kane        |   12   17 |   6   7 | 13.1 12.0 | 1734 -20
1714 |
| NSW Richard Jeremy :act  |  120   74 |  34  20 |  8.6 12.0 | 1441 +69
1510 |
| VIC Matte Dunn           |   21   28 |   9  12 | 13.5 11.0 | 1693 -51
1642 |
| VIC Michael Hornung      |   29   30 |  13  14 | 12.0 11.0 | 1642 -20
1622 |
| NSW Moana Nepia          |   52   48 |  17  15 | 11.0 11.0 | 1558  +3
1561 |
| SA  Michael Cameron      |   17   18 |   1   1 | 11.1 11.0 | 1712  -2
1710 |
| NSW Tony Hunt            |   33   40 |  11  13 | 12.3 11.0 | 1610 -26
1584 |
| NSW Peter Shaw           |   40   34 |  13  12 | 10.3 11.0 | 1592 +17
1609 |
| WA  Alastair Richards    |   97   53 |   9   4 |  7.0 11.0 | 1470 +81
1551 |
| NSW Hanne Marks          |  108  108 |  30  31 | 11.2 11.0 | 1453
1453 |
| VIC Helen Maurus         |  187  121 |  80  52 |  6.3 10.5 | 1355 +87
1442 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen        |   50   55 |  16  16 | 10.5 10.0 | 1559 -11
1548 |
| NSW Graeme Lock Lee      |   54   31 |  18  11 |  6.7 10.0 | 1554 +66
1620 |
| QLD Olga Visser          |  147  109 |  12   6 |  8.0 10.0 | 1410 +43
1453 |
| VIC Harry Malcolm        |   34   42 |  16  19 | 11.5 10.0 | 1609 -29
1580 |
| NSW John Spaan :act      |   93   85 |  28  24 |  9.1 10.0 | 1476 +17
1493 |
| NSW Jean Balmer          |  347  247 |  85  58 |  3.3 10.0 | 1135 +158
1293 |
| NSW Norma Tracey         |   83   96 |  25  28 | 11.2  9.5 | 1500 -31
1469 |
| NSW John Barker          |   42   58 |  14  17 | 11.2  9.0 | 1587 -43
1544 |
| NSW Cristine Small       |   71   77 |  21  21 |  9.3  9.0 | 1514  -5
1509 |
| WA  Karen Richards       |   49   51 |   3   3 |  9.5  9.0 | 1562  -7
1555 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi        |  123  107 |  36  30 |  8.2  9.0 | 1438 +17
1455 |
| NSW Susan MacGillivr :ac |   78  112 |  23  32 | 11.9  9.0 | 1507 -55
1452 |
| NSW Richard Birch        |  182  149 |  47  41 |  6.7  9.0 | 1362 +46
1408 |
| NSW Ram Mohe             |  198  184 |  51  48 |  8.1  9.0 | 1344 +18
1362 |
| NSW Audrey Newman        |  121  126 |  35  37 |  9.2  9.0 | 1440  -4
1436 |
| NSW Nonie English        |  269  224 |  63  54 |  6.1  9.0 | 1257 +61
1318 |
| NSW Jan Serisier         |   65   87 |  19  26 | 10.0  8.0 | 1527 -38
1489 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen         |  289  259 |  70  62 |  6.2  8.0 | 1235 +38
1273 |
| QLD Marilyn Smith        |   96  171 |   6  16 | 11.7  7.0 | 1472 -94
1378 |
| NSW Ivor Zetler          |   37   86 |  12  25 | 12.4  7.0 | 1600 -108
1492 |
| NSW Jean Noonan          |  194  233 |  49  55 |  9.0  7.0 | 1348 -38
1310 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg         |  223  237 |  55  56 |  7.8  7.0 | 1321 -15
1306 |
| NSW Justin Moyle :act    |  253  252 |  60  60 |  6.6  7.0 | 1280  +9
1289 |
| NSW Ian Close            |  195  249 |  50  59 |  9.0  6.0 | 1347 -57
1290 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare      |  243  277 |  58  67 |  7.3  5.0 | 1297 -45
1252 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+-----------