43 players met at Padstow RSL Club to battle it out for the 16 spots in the Matchplay event. There were a few notable events and surprise results during the course of the day. Congratulations to Esther Perrins on her win. Please refer to Bob's email for detailed results.
An interesting situation ensued when, in one round, 4 players played the wrong opponents - no doubt one of the contributing factors being that there were two Margaret A's involved. TD Wilma was able to do a work around, and ensured that the 9 rounds were completed and presentations made before the lights were turned out at 6 pm.
Rod Talbot played two consecutive words for greater than 100 points, DUALIZES for 107 followed by OXIDASES for 101. In another game Rod scored 107 points again for WHORLED. Possibly, Rod was the only player to play words valued at 100 points or more, but I may be proven wrong on that one. There was a rumour circulating that Rod was getting messages transmitted to a device in his ear, but this rumour was found to be totally baseless. Pat Schuberg was able to find one of the only 2 bingos in the rack CEGNST? (1).
Western Scrabble Network's rising star Frank Tao was able to grab a swag of 161 ratings points, helped along by wins against John Holgate and Jean McGiffen. Well done Frank!
In my game against Rene Chelton, I was pleased to find the 9 letter word through UT with the rack ABEINO? , drawing on my memory of studies in organic chemistry (2). Rene promptly hooked an S on the end, making a 10 letter word.
Other games in which the winner was rated significantly below the loser were Colin Locke's victory over Pat Schuberg and Mark Smith's close win over Chris May. Of course, I guess its presumptuous to read too much into the results of single games, but it does highlight that the open format does allow for the lower rated players to claim a few scalps.
Thanks to the fellow committee members of ASPA NSW for helping the day run smoothly, and a special thanks to Sunny Wright for providing an emergency sugar supply ensuring that Scrabblers' energy levels remained adequate during the long afternoon stint of 5 games.
1. Pat played CyGNETS, the other solution being CoNGEST, which some had trouble pronouncing when they thought the meaning may be "an exponent of the conga" or maybe "the most cong*". Someone decided to look up the definition, and one of those "aha!" moments was had.
2. IsOBUTANE
Results after game 9
MATCHPLAY -- OPEN
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Esther Perrins 8 601
2 Edward Okulicz 7 746
3 Bob Jackman 7 581
4 Tony Hunt 7 258
5 Rene Chelton 7 155
6 Rod Talbot 6 693
7 John Barker 6 387
8 Ram Mohe 6 311
9 Hanne Marks 6 162
10 Peter Shaw 5 416
11 Joan Rosenthal 5 339
12 Jean McGiffen 5 333
13 Chris May 5 320
14 Ian Close 5 189
15 Natalie Tadday 5 166
16 Mark Smith 5 73
17 Sue Gergelifi 5 -44
18 Alan Gauci 5 -62
19 Frank Tao 5 -67
20 Rex Shakespeare 5 -216
21 Yvonne Edwards 5 -244
22 David More 5 -273
23 Gordon Meggs 5 -279
24 John Holgate 4 33
25 Jan Serisier 4 25
26 Betty Foreman 4 3
27 Audrey Newman 4 -34
27 Sunny Wright 4 -34
29 Pat Schuberg 4 -82
30 Veena Mohe 4 -184
31 Jenny Templeton 4 -230
32 Margaret Andrews 4 -358
33 Mal Ramsdale 3.5 222
34 Judy Hay 3.5 -184
35 George Khamis 3 -72
36 Joy Morris 3 -136
37 Ann Fiddler 3 -268
38 Margaret Ackman 3 -285
39 Liz Jackman 3 -303
40 Philip Smith 3 -309
41 Tony Kalayzich 3 -359
42 Diana Field 2 -779
43 Colin Locke 2 -1202
44 A Bye 0 -9
HIGH GAME: John Holgate 605
HIGH WORD: Rod Talbot 107
"WHORLED"
Stats for Tournament : MATCHPLAY
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+----------
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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 Esther Perrins | 15 11 | 6 5 | 5.9 8.0 | 1713 +43
1756 |
| NSW Edward Okulicz | 5 5 | 2 2 | 7.1 7.0 | 1814 -1
1813 |
| NSW Bob Jackman | 7 6 | 3 3 | 6.8 7.0 | 1790 +4
1794 |
| NSW Tony Hunt | 133 82 | 36 18 | 3.5 7.0 | 1419 +86
1505 |
| NSW Rene Chelton | 125 81 | 33 17 | 4.1 7.0 | 1436 +70
1506 |
| NSW Rod Talbot | 28 22 | 9 8 | 5.1 6.0 | 1644 +20
1664 |
| NSW John Barker | 92 88 | 21 21 | 5.5 6.0 | 1487 +10
1497 |
| NSW Ram Mohe | 283 274 | 67 65 | 5.2 6.0 | 1248 +17
1265 |
| NSW Hanne Marks | 108 107 | 25 26 | 6.1 6.0 | 1462 +3
1465 |
| NSW Chris May | 8 13 | 4 6 | 7.4 5.0 | 1788 -48
1740 |
| NSW Peter Shaw | 74 72 | 16 15 | 4.9 5.0 | 1523 +2
1525 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal | 17 20 | 7 7 | 6.2 5.0 | 1706 -20
1686 |
| NSW Ian Close | 269 245 | 62 57 | 3.4 5.0 | 1268 +33
1301 |
| NSW Mark Smith | 221 203 | 52 49 | 4.0 5.0 | 1331 +20
1351 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen | 41 59 | 10 13 | 7.2 5.0 | 1597 -40
1557 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare | 150 147 | 39 38 | 4.7 5.0 | 1399 +6
1405 |
| NSW Frank Tao | 575 419 | 147 105 | 1.2 5.0 | 906 +161
1067 |
| NSW Natalie Tadday | 319 304 | 77 72 | 3.6 5.0 | 1187 +28
1215 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi | 97 111 | 22 27 | 5.9 5.0 | 1477 -17
1460 |
| NSW Alan Gauci | 375 363 | 93 92 | 4.1 5.0 | 1115 +18
1133 |
| NSW David More | 277 273 | 65 64 | 4.8 5.0 | 1263 +4
1267 |
| NSW Gordon Meggs | 397 366 | 99 93 | 3.3 5.0 | 1094 +33
1127 |
| NSW Yvonne Edwards | 610 570 | 159 147 | 3.6 5.0 | 884 +28
912 |
| NSW John Holgate | 19 31 | 8 9 | 7.5 4.0 | 1701 -67
1634 |
| NSW Audrey Newman | 156 171 | 40 43 | 4.9 4.0 | 1394 -18
1376 |
| NSW Jan Serisier | 72 96 | 15 23 | 6.2 4.0 | 1525 -42
1483 |
| NSW Betty Foreman | 110 148 | 26 39 | 6.8 4.0 | 1458 -57
1401 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg | 272 300 | 64 71 | 6.2 4.0 | 1267 -44
1223 |
| NSW Sunny Wright | 464 451 | 115 111 | 3.2 4.0 | 1017 +15
1032 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton | 327 307 | 80 74 | 2.4 4.0 | 1177 +33
1210 |
| NSW Veena Mohe | 510 501 | 128 128 | 3.3 4.0 | 969 +13
982 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews | 303 325 | 72 80 | 5.9 4.0 | 1217 -35
1182 |
| NSW Mal Ramsdale | 293 297 | 70 70 | 3.9 3.5 | 1237 -8
1229 |
| NSW Judy Hay | 345 353 | 86 89 | 4.0 3.5 | 1155 -9
1146 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler | 329 362 | 81 91 | 4.9 3.0 | 1174 -39
1135 |
| NSW George Khamis | 461 471 | 114 120 | 3.6 3.0 | 1020 -9
1011 |
| NSW Liz Jackman | 364 389 | 92 96 | 4.4 3.0 | 1130 -28
1102 |
| NSW Joy Morris | 901 897 | 239 238 | 2.5 3.0 | 674 +9
683 |
| NSW Philip Smith | 728 728 | 193 193 | 3.0 3.0 | 801
801 |
| NSW Tony Kalayzich | 412 453 | 102 113 | 5.1 3.0 | 1075 -43
1032 |
| NSW Margaret Ackman | 973 947 | 267 252 | 2.4 3.0 | 631 +12
643 |
| NSW Diana Field | 1234 1234 | 353 353 | 2.4 2.0 | 491 -8
483 |
| NSW Col Locke | 1235 1235 | 354 354 | 1.5 2.0 | 352 +16
368