Baulkham Hills Tournament - 11th January 1998
For the 2nd year in a row, Baulkham Hills Scrabble Club kicked off first
in '98.
Venue: Castle Hill Tavern in the beautiful Hills District of Sydney,
otherwhise known as "Little England", not only because of its green rural
setting, but also because of the vast number of migrants from the
British Isles who settled here.
Many (even Sydneysiders) may not know that the Hills District is in fact
the"Bible Belt" of Sydney.......see further below.
54 registered....53 turned up (one forgot & apologised), but all came on
time bar one (John Barker) who was last to appear (5mins late). Although
he was last on the scene, he was first in his division (A).
3 divisions, A, B, C.
For full results see the net, but briefly as 1st, 2nd, & 3rds , these
were: (8 games)
Masters: John Barker, Joan Rosenthal, Peter Shaw.
Advanced: Betty Coleman,Kim Grayson & Trish Windhurst.
Intermediate: Greg Nicol, Merle Young & Leonie McConnel.
The Baulkham Hills Scrabble Club "SIVA" trophy was snatched from the
North Shore Club by the Balmain Club.
Lunch was ready on time as requested and plenty of it.
At this tournament, the writer & organizer of the tournament drew the
attention of all players from 12 Clubs represented (inc. Geelong &
Canberra) of the essential & hard work which the NSW property officer,
Mr. Robin Duncan does, and has been doing so for many years. Instantly
all players expressed their sincere thanks to Robin, who attends to this
necessary but hard work, so meticulously.
In my opinion, it will be very hard to organize a tournament without such
an efficient and friendly officer.
The high words which were awarded to all three divisions, perplexed us a
bit, since we live, as I wrote above, in Sydney's Bible belt. The highest
words were: A..."Stiffen" by Graeme Lock Lee, "B"...."Unsized" by Penny
Lavender.......C......"Shrivel" by Donna MacDonald.
Assistance by our staff and that of our sister clubs, (Blacktown & Hasall
Grove) was a terrific help, as was help given by Graeme Lock Lee, Peter
Tobler and the presence of the highest rated player of the day.....Joan
Rosenthal, in case we need a ruling of some sort.
Movers: A: Jan Seriser....up 50 points.
B:....Trish Windhurst.....up 66 points.
C:....Leonie McConnell.....up 43 points.
We enjoyed having all players who visited us on that day, and wish to
thank each one of them.
Alan Gauci
President........Baulkham Hills Scrabble Club
Results after game 8
HILLS 10/1/98 -- A
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 John Barker 6 558
2 Joan Rosenthal 6 448
3 Peter Shaw 6 167
4 Graham Lock Lee 5 222
5 Peter Tobler 5 156
6 Jean Mcgiffen 5 58
7 Ian Close 5 -118
8 Jean Noonan 4 116
9 Hanne Marks 4 113
10 Cheryl Michler 4 -55
11 Jan Serisier 4 -88
12 Audrey Newman 4 -134
13 Ros Gibbons 4 -245
14 Siva Sivapalasundram 3 59
15 Betty Foreman 3 -53
16 Robyn Flynn 3 -105
17 Gordon Meggs 1 -699
18 Bye 0 -400
HIGH GAME: John Barker 562
HIGH WORD: Graeme Lock Lee 100
"STIFFEN"
Results after game 8
HILLS 10/1/98 -- B
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Betty Coleman 7 599
2 Kim Grayson 6 565
3 Trish Windhurst 6 167
4 Joan Buchanan 5 233
5 Helen Young 5 -51
6 Jean Balmer 4 110
7 Judy Mcguinness 4 96
8 Nonie English 4 66
9 Raya Wilkinson 4 55
10 Ram Mohe 4 12
11 Henni Maat 4 -93
12 Dawn Spring 4 -95
13 Edith Lowbeer 4 -294
14 Penny Lavender 3 -26
15 Alan Gauci 3 -95
16 Sunny Wright 2 -231
17 Ivana Duria 2 -349
18 Fay Van Oyen 1 -669
HIGH GAME: Betty Coleman 496
HIGH WORD: Penny Lavender 111
"UNSIZED"
Results after game 8
HILLS 10/1/98 -- C
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Gregor Nicol 6 386
2 Merle Young 6 259
3 Leonie Mcconnell 6 -25
4 Colleen Howie 5 441
5 Donna Macdonald 5 166
6 Silvana Newman 5 59
7 Jeff Richardson 5 -4
8 Daphne Bezuidenhout 4 223
9 Margaret Gauci 4 88
10 Margaret Ackman 4 75
11 Margaret Andrews 4 26
12 James Lewis 4 -154
13 Claire Dove 3 -33
14 Nancy Sacchetti 3 -195
15 Ursula Schokman 2 -142
16 Ann Fiddler 2 -224
17 Mary Mackie 2 -472
18 Diana Field 2 -474
HIGH GAME: Gregor Nicol 474
HIGH WORD: Donna Macdonald 105
"SHRIVEL"
Stats for Tournament : HILLS 10/1/98
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| state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points |
| | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New |
+-------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *A + + + +
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
| NSW John Barker | 51 42 | 19 13 | 4.4 6.0 | 1674 +33 1707 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal | 4 5 | 3 4 | 6.6 6.0 | 1920 -8 1911 |
| NSW Peter Shaw | 33 27 | 11 10 | 4.9 6.0 | 1748 +21 1769 |
| NSW Graeme Lock Lee | 50 50 | 18 18 | 5.0 5.0 | 1675 +1 1676 |
| NSW Peter Tobler :act | 9 11 | 6 6 | 6.0 5.0 | 1862 -16 1845 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen | 44 45 | 13 14 | 4.8 5.0 | 1691 +3 1694 |
| NSW Ian Close | 120 119 | 35 34 | 4.8 5.0 | 1499 +4 1503 |
| NSW Jean Noonan | 130 121 | 37 36 | 3.6 4.0 | 1486 +9 1495 |
| NSW Hanne Marks | 155 144 | 42 41 | 2.6 4.0 | 1441 +27 1468 |
| NSW Jan Serisier | 223 209 | 53 51 | 1.7 4.0 | 1292 +50 1342 |
| NSW Audrey Newman | 100 107 | 29 30 | 5.1 4.0 | 1560 -21 1538 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler | 195 195 | 49 49 | 3.8 4.0 | 1372 +4 1376 |
| NSW Ros Gibbons | 231 221 | 55 54 | 2.6 4.0 | 1276 +27 1303 |
| NSW Betty Foreman | 98 102 | 28 28 | 4.0 3.0 | 1565 -20 1544 |
| NSW Robyn Flynn | 46 64 | 15 20 | 5.1 3.0 | 1687 -42 1644 |
| NSW Siva Sivapalasundram | 143 157 | 41 44 | 4.6 3.0 | 1469 -31 1437 |
| NSW Gordon Meggs | 265 280 | 64 66 | 1.9 1.0 | 1217 -17 1199 |
|*NSW Bye | 0 494 | 0 128 | 0.4 0.4 | 892 +0 892 |
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+Section: *B + + + +
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
| NSW Betty Coleman | 289 276 | 69 65 | 6.2 7.0 | 1183 +18 1201 |
| NSW Kim Grayson | 418 378 | 104 95 | 3.3 6.0 | 980 +64 1044 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst | 458 406 | 116 101 | 3.2 6.0 | 933 +66 999 |
| NSW Helen Young | 482 441 | 125 110 | 3.0 5.0 | 909 +40 949 |
| NSW Joan Buchanan | 357 356 | 91 90 | 4.9 5.0 | 1078 +3 1081 |
| NSW Nonie English | 489 469 | 127 120 | 2.8 4.0 | 902 +24 926 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson | 345 357 | 88 91 | 5.0 4.0 | 1099 -18 1080 |
| NSW Jean Balmer | 393 398 | 97 98 | 4.6 4.0 | 1018 -10 1007 |
| NSW Henni Maat | 483 456 | 126 116 | 2.4 4.0 | 908 +31 939 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness | 379 388 | 95 96 | 4.8 4.0 | 1041 -14 1026 |
| NSW Ram Mohe | 468 451 | 119 114 | 3.1 4.0 | 926 +17 943 |
| NSW Dawn Spring | 267 296 | 65 71 | 6.3 4.0 | 1215 -43 1171 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer | 293 317 | 71 78 | 5.9 4.0 | 1176 -37 1138 |
| NSW Penny Lavender | 416 433 | 103 109 | 4.1 3.0 | 982 -21 960 |
| NSW Alan Gauci | 473 480 | 122 124 | 3.1 3.0 | 922 -1 920 |
| NSW Ivana Duria | 515 523 | 133 134 | 2.4 2.0 | 876 -7 868 |
| NSW Sunny Wright | 429 470 | 107 121 | 4.0 2.0 | 965 -39 925 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen | 464 503 | 118 131 | 3.2 1.0 | 929 -43 885 |
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+Section: *C + + + +
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| NSW Greg Nicol | 569 538 | 142 136 | 4.5 6.0 | 827 +30 857 |
| NSW Merle Young | 581 553 | 146 141 | 4.5 6.0 | 815 +30 845 |
| NSW Leonie McConnell | 610 572 | 153 145 | 3.9 6.0 | 785 +43 828 |
| NSW Colleen Howie | 530 534 | 135 135 | 5.1 5.0 | 863 -2 860 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald | 642 630 | 157 155 | 4.0 5.0 | 745 +19 764 |
| NSW Silvana Newman | 696 657 | 171 163 | 3.2 5.0 | 697 +35 732 |
| NSW Jeff Richardson | 639 635 | 156 156 | 4.7 5.0 | 746 +5 751 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews | 517 540 | 134 137 | 5.1 4.0 | 875 -20 854 |
| NSW Margaret Gauci | 644 642 | 159 158 | 3.9 4.0 | 744 +1 745 |
| NSW Margaret Ackman | 603 613 | 150 153 | 4.6 4.0 | 793 -10 782 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout | 750 731 | 187 182 | 3.0 4.0 | 646 +19 665 |
| ACT James Lewis | 505 555 | 1 1 | 5.9 4.0 | 882 -36 845 |
| NSW Claire Dove | 585 645 | 147 160 | 5.2 3.0 | 812 -66 745 |
| NSW Nancy Sacchetti | 833 827 | 216 213 | 2.7 3.0 | 556 +6 562 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler | 765 791 | 195 201 | 3.3 2.0 | 628 -26 601 |
| NSW Ursula Schokman | 791 808 | 201 207 | 3.0 2.0 | 601 -20 580 |
| NSW Diana Field | 825 850 | 212 222 | 2.9 2.0 | 563 -18 544 |
| VIC Mary Mackie | 859 870 | 231 232 | 2.4 2.0 | 534 -8 525 |
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