Hills Open - 11th September 2005


Report from Richard Birch

A turnout of 72 players graced the Baulkham Hills Open yesterday (11/9/05)

It was decided that the tournament was a random draw on the first game of 7.

A notable mismatch was Bob Jackman, the 2nd rated player present, being paired up with a novice. He managed to scrape in with barely 300 + margin over her.

That put Bob in pole position to take out the honours and win the comp by having the largest margin (967) over Jean McGiffen (607), Joanne Craig (384) and Jan Serisier (45) all with 6 wins.

Prizes were also awarded to players in ratings groups. Most notable was Diana Field a perennial player winning 4 out of 7 games, I can't remember playing in a tournament where she wasn't present. Diana managed not only being top player in group novice-700 but she also had the high rating gain of the day (+61) both attracting prizes. However, she missed the excitement as she had to dash off to get a lift home and remains unaware of her successes.

John Barker was also not present to collect his high game (568) award. Mark Smith got high word with 149 for signaled.

Meanwhile, in an adjoining room, 24 youngsters were battling it out for Hills Junior Champion under the capable direction of Janice Hoon. Reports came in that the high game in there reached 537. I will ask Janice to write a report on that event and post it to this list.

Mayor of Baulkham Hills Shire Council, Sonja Phillips paid us a visit as part of the Orange Blossom Festival and spoke briefly to each event.

Results after game  7
SEPTEMBER 11, 2005 -- OPEN

Rank  Player            Wins Mar
---------------------------------
  1   Bob Jackman          6      967
  2   Jean McGiffen        6      607
  3   Joanne Craig         6      384
  4   Jan Serisier         6       45
  5   John Barker          5      563
  6   Rod Talbot           5      499
  7   Tony Hunt            5      272
  8   Cheryl Michler@19    5      271
  9   Ian Close            5      257
 10   Betty Irwin          5      167
 11   Gordon Meggs         5      147
 12   Ann Fiddler          5      143
 13   Hanne Marks          5      106
 14   Judy Hay             5      101
 15   Richard Birch        5       31
 16   Margaret Andrews     5        2
 17   Betty Foreman@12     4      295
 18   Mark Smith           4      275
 19   Moana Nepia          4      274
 20   Audrey Newman        4      268
 21   Maree Heynen         4      197
 22   Frank Hunt           4      163
 23   David More           4      156
 24   Jenny Templeton      4      153
 25   Pat Schuberg@20      4      150
 26   Therese Newman       4      128
 27   Rex Shakespeare      4      119
 28   Colleen Walker       4      116
 29   Bev Purkis           4      111
 30   Ram Mohe             4       51
 31   Veena Mohe           4       39
 32   Joy Morris           4       -7
 33   Ivana Duria          4      -28
 34   Peggy Womersley      4      -79
 35   Jan Tomlin           4      -91
 36   Diana Field          4     -312
 37   Tony Kalayzich       3      192
 38   Colleen Howie        3      185
 39   Ted Roberts          3      143
 40   Greg Pinchbeck       3      124
 41   Rocky Sharma         3       83
 42   Jyoti Chandna        3       73
 43   Pearl Gillott        3      -17
 44   Sharon Sorensen      3      -21
 45   Sandra Elliott       3      -26
 46   Raya Wilkinson       3      -33
 47   Don Hadley           3      -54
 48   Anne Mortel          3      -87
 49   Shelley Cartwright   3      -92
 50   Louise Kobler        3      -93
 51   Frances De Lange     3     -200
 52   Laura Morgan         3     -203
 53   Sandra Da Silva      3     -205
 54   Arie Holla           3     -247
 55   Marlene Nicoletti    3     -278
 56   Brian Irwin          3     -316
 57   Shirley Crocker      2       79
 58   Hari Nanayakkara     2      -93
 59   David Parkes         2     -143
 60   Michael Rutkowski    2     -159
 61   Liz Jackman          2     -176
 62   Lauraine Overton     2     -188
 63   Teresa Traynor       2     -255
 64   Hazel Knudsen        2     -307
 65   Marlaine Chamlian    2     -329
 66   Wendy Lee            2     -389
 67   Basil Sands          2     -445
 68   Mary Moore           2     -475
 69   Michael O'Grady      2     -706
 70   John De Lange        1     -275
 71   Alice Pullen         1     -534
 72   Mollie Jones@36      0    -1073
HIGH GAME: John Barker       568
HIGH WORD: Mark Smith        149
            "SIGNALED"

Stats for Tournament : SEPTEMBER 11, 2005

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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: *OPEN                        +         +           +
+
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| NSW Bob Jackman          |   13   12 |   6   5 |  5.5  6.0 | 1741  +9
1750 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen        |   39   39 |  14  15 |  5.6  6.0 | 1581  +9
1590 |
| NSW Joanne Craig         |   11   11 |   4   4 |  6.0  6.0 | 1755  +1
1756 |
| NSW Jan Serisier         |   91   77 |  24  20 |  4.9  6.0 | 1482 +24
1506 |
| NSW John Barker          |   51   51 |  17  17 |  4.9  5.0 | 1543  +1
1544 |
| NSW Rod Talbot           |   12   13 |   5   6 |  5.6  5.0 | 1744 -12
1732 |
| NSW Ian Close            |  283  256 |  70  59 |  3.1  5.0 | 1227 +39
1266 |
| NSW Tony Hunt            |   42   38 |  15  14 |  4.2  5.0 | 1577 +16
1593 |
| NSW Hanne Marks          |  156  132 |  43  35 |  3.3  5.0 | 1392 +34
1426 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler       |  273  264 |  65  61 |  4.6  5.0 | 1245  +9
1254 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler          |  383  363 | 101  93 |  3.9  5.0 | 1102 +23
1125 |
| NSW Judy Hay             |  338  306 |  88  76 |  3.4  5.0 | 1158 +33
1191 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews     |  259  254 |  60  58 |  4.6  5.0 | 1260  +9
1269 |
| NSW Gordon Meggs         |  406  367 | 106  96 |  2.8  5.0 | 1073 +48
1121 |
| NSW Richard Birch        |  332  311 |  85  78 |  4.0  5.0 | 1167 +20
1187 |
| NSW Betty Irwin          |  496  468 | 133 125 |  4.0  5.0 |  986 +22
1008 |
| NSW Mark Smith           |  118  117 |  31  31 |  3.8  4.0 | 1438  +5
1443 |
| NSW Moana Nepia          |  158  177 |  44  43 |  5.2  4.0 | 1389 -24
1365 |
| NSW Audrey Newman        |  135  140 |  36  37 |  4.7  4.0 | 1422 -14
1408 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg         |  275  280 |  66  68 |  4.3  4.0 | 1240  -6
1234 |
| NSW Frank Hunt           |  515  488 | 138 132 |  2.9  4.0 |  973 +22
995 |
| NSW David More           |  281  275 |  69  66 |  3.8  4.0 | 1234  +7
1241 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare      |  143  166 |  38  42 |  5.4  4.0 | 1404 -27
1377 |
| NSW Bev Purkis           |  363  344 |  93  90 |  2.6  4.0 | 1123 +28
1151 |
| NSW Betty Foreman        |  153  182 |  40  44 |  5.9  4.0 | 1394 -37
1357 |
| NSW Therese Newman       |  253  266 |  59  62 |  5.1  4.0 | 1273 -21
1252 |
| NSW Colleen Walker       |  298  284 |  74  70 |  3.1  4.0 | 1208 +18
1226 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton      |  366  360 |  95  92 |  3.5  4.0 | 1119 +11
1130 |
| NSW Ram Mohe             |  265  273 |  62  65 |  4.4  4.0 | 1254  -9
1245 |
| NSW Jan Tomlin           |  306  315 |  76  80 |  4.6  4.0 | 1197 -12
1185 |
| NSW Maree Heynen         |  726  678 | 197 182 |  2.3  4.0 |  790 +36
826 |
| NSW Ivana Duria          |  628  593 | 166 158 |  2.7  4.0 |  870 +26
896 |
| NSW Peggy Womersley      |  351  351 |  90  91 |  4.0  4.0 | 1137  +1
1138 |
| NSW Veena Mohe           |  536  511 | 143 138 |  2.9  4.0 |  954 +23
977 |
| NSW Joy Morris           |  830  782 | 221 213 |  2.7  4.0 |  721 +28
749 |
| NSW Diana Field          | 1101 1000 | 316 280 |  1.4  4.0 |  550 +61
611 |
| NSW Louise Kobler        |  181  205 |  46  49 |  4.5  3.0 | 1364 -30
1334 |
| NSW Tony Kalayzich       |  312  324 |  78  84 |  3.6  3.0 | 1187 -13
1174 |
| NSW Sharon Sorensen      |  279  298 |  67  74 |  4.6  3.0 | 1237 -30
1207 |
| NSW Colleen Howie        |  224  259 |  54  60 |  5.8  3.0 | 1314 -54
1260 |
| NSW Greg Pinchbeck       |  202  222 |  49  52 |  4.2  3.0 | 1337 -23
1314 |
| NSW Ted Roberts          |  263  281 |  61  69 |  4.3  3.0 | 1255 -26
1229 |
| NSW Rocky Sharma         |  477  483 | 129 131 |  3.1  3.0 | 1001  -2
999 |
| NSW Jyoti Chandna        |  440  423 | 116 111 |  2.0  3.0 | 1030 +20
1050 |
| NSW Don Hadley           |  394  415 | 103 109 |  3.9  3.0 | 1088 -27
1061 |
| NSW Pearl Gillott        |  764  738 | 206 199 |  1.9  3.0 |  759 +21
780 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson       |  213  239 |  51  55 |  4.7  3.0 | 1326 -35
1291 |
| NSW Shelley Cartwright   |  427  452 | 113 120 |  4.3  3.0 | 1046 -26
1020 |
| NSW Sandra Elliott       |  418  437 | 111 115 |  4.1  3.0 | 1056 -22
1034 |
| NSW Arie Holla           |  836  765 | 223 207 |  1.0  3.0 |  718 +41
759 |
| NSW Anne Mortel          |  840  812 | 225 219 |  2.1  3.0 |  715 +18
733 |
| NSW Marlene Nicoletti    |  872  839 | 236 225 |  1.8  3.0 |  692 +25
717 |
| NSW Sandra Da Silva      |  770  779 | 209 212 |  3.2  3.0 |  754  -4
750 |
| NSW Laura Morgan         | 1006  943 | 284 256 |  1.7  3.0 |  608 +39
647 |
| NSW Frances De Lange     | 1001  954 | 281 261 |  2.2  3.0 |  611 +24
635 |
| NSW Brian Irwin          |  998  975 | 278 269 |  2.4  3.0 |  612 +12
624 |
| NSW Hari Nanayakkara     |  133  186 |  35  45 |  5.8  2.0 | 1425 -74
1351 |
| NSW Liz Jackman          |  355  402 |  91 105 |  4.7  2.0 | 1134 -53
1081 |
| NSW Lauraine Overton     |  617  612 | 164 163 |  1.8  2.0 |  881  +3
884 |
| NSW Wendy Lee            |  876  863 | 237 234 |  1.2  2.0 |  687 +17
704 |
| NSW Shirley Crocker      |  892  897 | 244 245 |  2.3  2.0 |  674  -6
668 |
| NSW David Parkes         |  573  590 | 155 157 |  3.1  2.0 |  917 -20
897 |
| NSW Teresa Traynor       |  549  559 | 145 149 |  2.5  2.0 |  937  -9
928 |
| NSW Michael Rutkowski    |  710  698 | 192 188 |  1.6  2.0 |  801  +9
810 |
| NSW Basil Sands          |  646  659 | 171 176 |  2.7  2.0 |  857 -15
842 |
| NSW Hazel Knudsen        | 1171 1116 | 344 322 |  0.8  2.0 |  500 +38
538 |
| NSW Marlaine Chamlian    | 1178 1136 | 349 329 |  1.8  2.0 |  500  +7
507 |
| NSW Michael O'Grady      |  590  654 | 157 174 |  3.8  2.0 |  899 -52
847 |
| NSW Mary Moore           | 1127 1118 | 325 324 |  1.4  2.0 |  516 +13
529 |
| NSW John de Lange        |  963 1002 | 263 282 |  2.1  1.0 |  629 -19
610 |
| NSW Alice Pullen         |  953 1079 | 260 310 |  3.1  1.0 |  636 -63
573 |
|*NSW Mollie Jones         |    0 1180 |   0 351 |  2.2  0.3 |  500
500 |
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