We were bestowed specialized score books (with an extra O just to keep us alert), attractive solid trophies, hand-crafted prize-winner's envelopes and an ample lunch. The Newcastle District Tennis Club was a more than adequate venue, despite the fairly humid conditions. Fred Reynolds and Nanette cut their overseas holiday short just to be on hand to direct and play. Ram and Veena Mohe were also back on the scene after a prolonged absence.
George Khamis bought his TV set for a special viewing of 'Scrababble' at the end of the presentations. Ironically, most players were more interested in the published ratings than watching it.
As expected, there were a healthy number of novices, who organiser Colleen Walker acknowledged in an appropriate fashion. One of these Terence Koo, was the eventual winner in Recreation. Apparently he is an accomplished musician, and if he can find the time to continue his Scrabble, he is destined to move up through the ranks.
Post-tournament celebrations took place in the nearby Western Suburbs Leagues Club, the largest club in Newcastle, with our hosts leading the charge. Thanks go to them, Colleen Walker and Don Hadley (and Greg Pinchbeck) for their hard work and hospitality in making this an enjoyable weekend for all who made the effort to get to Blackbutt,
Results after game 7 NEWCAS06 -- MASTERS Rank Player Wins Mar --------------------------------- 1 Rod Talbot 7 612 2 Bob Jackman 5 136 3 Mark Smith 5 -37 4 John Barker 4 345 5 Pat Schuberg 4 38 6 Greg Pinchbeck 4 -125 7 Graeme Lock Lee 3 90 8 Tony Hunt 3 37 9 Ram Mohe 3 23 10 Karen Richards 3 -62 11 Trish Windhurst 3 -256 12 Paul Richards 2 -2 13 Jan Serisier 2 -304 14 Colleen Walker 1 -495 HIGH GAME: Bob Jackman 521 HIGH WORD: John Barker 140 "AGISTERS" Results after game 7 NEWCAS06 -- ADVANCED Rank Player Wins Mar --------------------------------- 1 Don Hadley 5 333 2 Rocky Sharma 5 193 3 Therese Newman 5 178 4 Stuart Pridham 5 131 5 Hari Nanayakkara 5 -14 6 Fay Wassell 4 78 7 David More 4 49 8 Jyoti Chandna 3 125 9 Sharon Sorensen 3 -23 10 Sherie Brown 2 114 11 Nanette Reynolds 2 -239 12 Donna MacDonald 2 -297 13 Denise Smith 2 -306 14 Vicki Underhill 2 -322 HIGH GAME: Therese Newman 475 HIGH WORD: Denise Smith 106 "RELAXING" Results after game 7 NEWCAS06 -- INTERMEDIATE Rank Player Wins Mar --------------------------------- 1 Frank Hunt 5 408 2 Sunny Wright 5 264 3 George Khamis 5 229 4 Shelley Cartwright 5 134 5 Veena Mohe 5 127 6 Maree Heynen 4 123 7 Betty Hardy 4 10 8 Betty Irwin 4 -49 9 Liz Jackman 3 -34 10 Sandra Elliott 3 -147 11 La'reine Lang 2 -96 12 Ann Milner 2 -224 13 Rosalie Tobin 1 -231 14 Maureen Dobb 1 -514 HIGH GAME: Frank Hunt 476 HIGH WORD: Rosalie Tobin 88 "BOXIEST" Results after game 7 NEWCAS06 -- RECREATIONAL Rank Player Wins Mar --------------------------------- 1 Terence Koo 5 292 2 Wendy Lee 5 130 3 Karmel Patterson 5 109 4 Linda Hawkes 5 -4 5 Shirley Crocker 4.5 280 6 Brian Irwin 4 280 7 Sandra Stone 4 91 8 Colleen Drelincourt 4 -80 9 Wendy Evans @27 4 -93 10 Pam Tuckwell 3.5 48 11 Yvonne Cossins 3 143 12 Mary-Michal Oxby 3 116 13 Suzanne Edwards 3 -96 14 Fay Fisher 2 -273 15 Donna Burrett @26 1 -593 16 A Bye 0 -350 HIGH GAME: Mary-Michal Oxby 449 HIGH WORD: Terence Koo 90 "WASTERS" Stats for Tournament : NEWCAS06 +--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------- -----+ | state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points | | | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New| +--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------- -----+ +Section: *MASTERS + + + + +--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------- -----+ | NSW Rod Talbot | 19 14 | 8 7 | 4.6 7.0 | 1653 +59 1712 | | NSW Bob Jackman | 1 1 | 1 1 | 6.1 5.0 | 1880 -16 1864 | | NSW Mark Smith | 128 90 | 33 23 | 2.5 5.0 | 1415 +58 1473 | | NSW John Barker | 71 67 | 20 20 | 3.5 4.0 | 1501 +11 1512 | | NSW Pat Schuberg | 135 115 | 35 30 | 2.4 4.0 | 1405 +32 1437 | | NSW Greg Pinchbeck | 144 131 | 38 35 | 3.0 4.0 | 1394 +20 1414 | | NSW Tony Hunt | 51 56 | 15 16 | 3.8 3.0 | 1545 -16 1529 | | NSW Karen Richards | 33 40 | 10 11 | 4.1 3.0 | 1586 -22 1564 | | NSW Ram Mohe | 166 167 | 42 42 | 3.1 3.0 | 1370 -1 1369 | | NSW Graeme Lock Lee | 32 43 | 9 12 | 4.4 3.0 | 1587 -27 1560 | | NSW Trish Windhurst | 127 128 | 32 34 | 2.7 3.0 | 1415 +7 1422 | | NSW Paul Richards | 92 119 | 23 31 | 3.9 2.0 | 1470 -38 1432 | | NSW Jan Serisier | 184 190 | 44 46 | 2.4 2.0 | 1351 -9 1342 | | NSW Colleen Walker | 203 231 | 47 51 | 2.5 1.0 | 1335 -30 1305 | +-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------- -----+ +Section: *ADVANCED + + + + +--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------- -----+ | NSW Don Hadley | 343 317 | 84 74 | 3.1 5.0 | 1152 +40 1192 | | NSW Stuart Pridham | 293 271 | 66 60 | 3.8 5.0 | 1228 +26 1254 | | NSW Rocky Sharma | 346 322 | 86 78 | 3.2 5.0 | 1145 +38 1183 | | NSW Hari Nanayakkara | 302 286 | 69 63 | 3.8 5.0 | 1214 +24 1238 | | NSW Therese Newman | 338 316 | 82 73 | 3.3 5.0 | 1156 +36 1192 | | NSW Fay Wassell | 315 309 | 72 71 | 3.5 4.0 | 1193 +12 1205 | | NSW David More | 263 266 | 58 58 | 4.3 4.0 | 1265 -5 1260 | | NSW Jyoti Chandna | 286 301 | 63 68 | 4.2 3.0 | 1236 -24 1212 | | NSW Sharon Sorensen | 331 333 | 80 82 | 3.0 3.0 | 1165 +1 1166 | | NSW Sherie Brown | 357 378 | 89 93 | 3.2 2.0 | 1139 -24 1115 | | NSW Donna MacDonald | 282 312 | 62 72 | 4.0 2.0 | 1243 -41 1202 | | NSW Nanette Reynolds | 363 383 | 91 96 | 3.1 2.0 | 1134 -23 1111 | | NSW Vicki Underhill | 322 344 | 77 85 | 3.4 2.0 | 1179 -28 1151 | | NSW Denise Smith | 355 373 | 88 90 | 3.0 2.0 | 1140 -20 1120 | +-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------- -----+ +Section: *INTERMEDIATE + + + + +--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------- -----+ | NSW Frank Hunt | 554 511 | 136 127 | 2.8 5.0 | 934 +48 982 | | NSW Sunny Wright | 431 415 | 104 101 | 4.4 5.0 | 1056 +13 1069 | | NSW Shelley Cartwright | 477 468 | 119 118 | 4.5 5.0 | 1007 +11 1018 | | NSW George Khamis | 392 386 | 99 98 | 4.9 5.0 | 1104 +4 1108 | | NSW Veena Mohe | 545 495 | 133 124 | 2.9 5.0 | 943 +49 992 | | NSW Betty Hardy | 516 515 | 126 128 | 4.0 4.0 | 977 +3 980 | | NSW Betty Irwin | 528 531 | 129 132 | 4.2 4.0 | 967 -3 964 | | NSW Maree Heynen | 533 529 | 131 131 | 3.4 4.0 | 954 +14 968 | | NSW Sandra Elliott | 481 509 | 121 126 | 4.1 3.0 | 1003 -21 982 | | NSW Liz Jackman | 404 436 | 101 105 | 4.9 3.0 | 1087 -38 1049 | | NSW La'reine Lang | 676 685 | 162 164 | 2.3 2.0 | 836 -6 830 | | NSW Ann Milner | 735 735 | 175 175 | 2.1 2.0 | 795 -1 794 | | NSW Rosalie Tobin | 730 766 | 173 187 | 2.4 1.0 | 799 -27 772 | | NSW Maureen Dobb | 725 756 | 170 184 | 2.2 1.0 | 803 -24 779 | +-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------- -----+ +Section: *RECREATIONAL + + + + +--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------- -----+ | NSW Karmel Patterson | 755 730 | 183 173 | 4.2 5.0 | 781 +17 798 | | NSW Wendy Lee | 811 787 | 199 193 | 4.1 5.0 | 738 +18 756 | | NSW Linda Hawkes | 794 768 | 193 188 | 4.1 5.0 | 746 +26 772 | |*NSW Terence Koo | 0 662 | 0 160 | 5.0 5.0 | 845 845 | | NSW Shirley Crocker | 812 788 | 200 194 | 3.7 4.5 | 738 +17 755 | | NSW Brian Irwin | 984 956 | 248 238 | 2.8 4.0 | 624 +24 648 | |*NSW Colleen Drelincourt | 0 804 | 0 198 | 4.0 4.0 | 744 744 | |*NSW Sandra Stone | 0 923 | 0 230 | 4.0 4.0 | 667 667 | | NSW Wendy Evans | 896 887 | 222 224 | 3.6 4.0 | 688 +8 696 | | NSW Pam Tuckwell | 1052 1032 | 264 264 | 2.1 3.5 | 558 +28 586 | | NSW Yvonne Cossins | 0 1016 | 0 259 | 3.4 3.0 | 610 -12 598 | | NSW Mary-Michal Oxby | 788 844 | 191 208 | 4.5 3.0 | 749 -30 719 | | NSW Suzanne Edwards | 1157 1098 | 293 280 | 2.1 3.0 | 500 +27 527 | | NSW Fay Fisher | 902 952 | 224 236 | 3.7 2.0 | 684 -35 649 | |*NSW Donna Burrett | 0 1224 | 0 318 | 2.2 1.0 | 500 -76 424 |