Central Coast - Wyong RSL Club Tournament - 29th March 1998


Despite the Sydney Club monthly tournament going ahead on the same day, and despite the fair distance for most to travel, the Wyong - Central Coast Club still managed to attract 67 players to its annual tournament.

As usual Helen Young and her team did a splendid job keeping everyone happy, in what was really a magnificent venue. In fact it was so good that the Wyong Scrabble Club had to pay top dollar for a security guard to sit on watch, to ensure the Scrabble rabble did not break into and ransack Wyong Council property.

The only hitch of the day came during the lunch break. The club had been warned of a 1 pm invasion of starving Scrabble players, but when the first bunch of players rushed into the food area, only one food attendant could be found. Jean Noonan jumped behind the counter to speed up the process, but it was still slow going. So slow in fact that the Tournament Director, Mr. Fred Reynolds who was last to front the food counter due to normal duties, was also last back, almost 15 minutes late. By this time nearly everyone was sitting anxiously ready to start game 5. Even John Barker had found his seat.

And so it continued. In Recreation Peggy Morton of the Newcastle club showed she had been doing her homework by winning all her games, whilst newcomer and Wollongong academic Wilma Vialle impressed with a fast-finishing second.

Local lady and underwater photographer Karen McLennan snapped up the honours in Intermediate with Ann Milner, also a Wyong player running into second. In Advanced, yet another local Chlorise O'Sullivan stole 201 ratings points with a clean sweep of seven wins, with (uncle) Arthur Isaac (you guessed it - another local) filling second place.

In Masters I finally turned the tables on Paul Cleary after a long run of outs, with Paul and John Barker sharing the minors on spread. John snared a rather high word score of 158 in my game against him, but still managed to lose the game. It was pleasing to see the likes of Cristine Small from St George Club, and Gary Pollard from Ulladulla Club getting a start in the top division, both being rewarded with fair ratings gains.

About twenty players called in at the Blue Gum Hotel, Waitara, on the way back into Sydney for a meal and postmortems, to cap off what was indeed a pleasant days Scrabbling.

The results:

Results after game 7
WYONG98 -- MASTERS

Rank Player            Wins  Mar
--------------------------------
  1 Bob Jackman          7   837
  2 Paul Cleary          5   625
  3 John Barker          5   440
  4 Cheryl Michler       4   182
  5 Joanne Craig         4    32
  6 Trevor Halsall       4   -10
  7 Graeme Lock Lee      4  -119
  8 Siva Sivapalasundram 4  -238
  9 Audrey Newman        3   212
 10 Cristine Small       3   189
 11 Jean Noonan          3  -191
 12 Alison Rae           3  -221
 13 Derek Mckenzie       3  -229
 14 Kris Logan           3  -256
 15 Gary Pollard         3  -377
 16 Ros Gibbons          2  -194
 17 Liz Jackman          2  -411
 18 Hanne Marks          1  -271
HIGH GAME: Paul Cleary       544
HIGH WORD: John Barker       158
            "CLANGING"

Results after game  7
WYONG98 -- ADVANCED

Rank Player            Wins  Mar
--------------------------------
  1 Chlorise O'Sullivan  7   403
  2 Arthur Isaac         5   424
  3 Penny Lavender       4   253
  4 Helen Young          4   245
  5 Linda Dimond         4   100
  6 Colleen Howie        4    83
  7 Nanette Reynolds     4    24
  8 Raya Wilkinson       4    19
  9 Ram Mohe             4    10
 10 Beverley Smith       3     7
 11 Joan Buchanan        3   -72
 12 Trish Windhurst      3  -120
 13 Richard Birch        3  -267
 14 Gordon Meggs         2  -183
 15 Maureen Wilkins      2  -299
 16 Jean Balmer          0  -627
HIGH GAME: Raya Wilkinson    477
HIGH WORD: Raya Wilkinson        113
            "ENTITLES"

Results after game  7
WYONG98 -- INTERMEDIATE

Rank Player            Wins  Mar
--------------------------------
  1 Karen Mclennan       6   222
  2 Alan Gauci           5   384
  3 Ann Milner           5   223
  4 Ivana Duria          5   193
  5 Marie Hirschfield    4   313
  6 Silvana Newman       4   100
  7 Donna Macdonald      4    13
  8 Anne Henderson       4     3
  9 Henni Maat           4  -135
 10 Dolores Barbon       3    77
 11 Maria Degen          3   -68
 12 Daphne Bezuidenhout  3  -122
 13 Joan Daniel          3  -133
 14 Lan Knox             3  -158
 15 Margaret Gauci       3  -252
 16 Sue Tuckett          2  -101
 17 Judy Kinley          1  -252
 18 Jeff Richardson      1  -307
HIGH GAME: Alan Gauci        468
HIGH WORD: Alan Gauci            131
            "LAUGHTER"

Results after game  7
WYONG98 -- RECREATIONAL

Rank Player            Wins  Mar
--------------------------------
  1 Peggy Morton         7   508
  2 David Etherington    5   264
  3 Wilma Vialle         5   217
  4 Nancy Sacchetti      5   104
  5 Ann Fiddler          4    97
  6 Inge Burke           4    62
  7 Kathryn Tiffen       3    63
  8 Veena Mohe           3    39
  9 June Dillon          3    -6
 10 Margaret Hynes       3   -80
 11 Wendy Lee            3  -115
 12 Ursula Schokman      3  -124
 13 Rosalie Tobin        3  -128
 14 Ian Kesby            3  -137
 15 Gay Bailey           2  -414
 16 A Bye                0  -350
HIGH GAME: Wilma Vialle      454
HIGH WORD: Peggy Morton           95
            "CRUDEST"

Stats for Tournament : WYONG98

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *MASTERS                     +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Bob Jackman          |    7    4 |   5   3 |  5.6  7.0 | 1888 +23 1911 |
| NSW Paul Cleary          |    4    5 |   3   4 |  5.9  5.0 | 1925 -14 1911 |
| NSW John Barker          |   37   31 |  11  10 |  4.2  5.0 | 1720 +16 1736 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler       |  200  186 |  49  47 |  2.8  4.0 | 1366 +23 1389 |
| NSW Trevor Halsall       |   38   40 |  12  12 |  4.3  4.0 | 1720  -5 1715 |
| NSW Joanne Craig         |   85   76 |  22  19 |  3.0  4.0 | 1607 +19 1626 |
| NSW Graeme Lock Lee      |   50   66 |  15  17 |  5.9  4.0 | 1681 -37 1644 |
| NSW Siva Sivapalasundram |  180  159 |  46  43 |  2.3  4.0 | 1403 +34 1437 |
| NSW Cristine Small       |  254  237 |  61  55 |  1.7  3.0 | 1256 +26 1282 |
| NSW Audrey Newman        |  164  155 |  43  41 |  2.1  3.0 | 1424 +19 1443 |
| NSW Derek McKenzie       |  146  148 |  39  39 |  3.3  3.0 | 1467  -6 1461 |
| NSW Jean Noonan          |  129  130 |  34  34 |  3.3  3.0 | 1500  -5 1495 |
| NSW Alison Rae :act      |  167  169 |  44  45 |  3.1  3.0 | 1419  -2 1417 |
| NSW Gary Pollard         |  248  239 |  60  56 |  2.1  3.0 | 1259 +18 1277 |
| NSW Kris Logan           |   77   99 |  19  27 |  5.4  3.0 | 1624 -49 1575 |
| NSW Ros Gibbons          |  207  217 |  51  51 |  3.2  2.0 | 1352 -24 1328 |
| NSW Liz Jackman          |  241  245 |  57  61 |  2.2  2.0 | 1271  -5 1266 |
| NSW Hanne Marks          |  223  242 |  52  58 |  2.7  1.0 | 1308 -34 1274 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *ADVANCED                    +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Chlorise O'Sullivan  |  469  327 | 115  81 |  2.5  7.0 |  945 +201
1146 |
| NSW Arthur Isaac         |  296  289 |  72  70 |  5.2  5.0 | 1200  +3 1203 |
| NSW Penny Lavender       |  449  425 | 109 104 |  2.4  4.0 |  960 +35  995 |
| NSW Helen Young          |  473  434 | 117 107 |  1.9  4.0 |  942 +46  988 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson       |  344  350 |  85  88 |  4.3  4.0 | 1117  -5 1112 |
| NSW Colleen Howie        |  494  441 | 124 109 |  1.7  4.0 |  920 +53  973 |
| NSW Linda Dimond         |  496  464 | 126 115 |  2.3  4.0 |  917 +33  950 |
| NSW Ram Mohe             |  437  426 | 106 105 |  3.2  4.0 |  976 +19  995 |
| NSW Nanette Reynolds     |  314  315 |  77  78 |  4.3  4.0 | 1158  -2 1156 |
| NSW Beverley Smith       |  363  377 |  92  94 |  4.0  3.0 | 1087 -28 1059 |
| NSW Richard Birch        |  284  300 |  70  72 |  5.1  3.0 | 1215 -35 1180 |
| NSW Joan Buchanan        |  300  312 |  73  75 |  4.7  3.0 | 1193 -33 1160 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst      |  415  416 | 101 102 |  3.3  3.0 | 1006  -2 1004 |
| NSW Gordon Meggs         |  285  322 |  71  79 |  5.3  2.0 | 1214 -64 1150 |
| NSW Maureen Wilkins      |  371  393 |  93  98 |  3.4  2.0 | 1064 -28 1036 |
| NSW Jean Balmer          |  410  449 |  99 111 |  2.4  0.0 | 1009 -48  961 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *INTERMEDIATE                +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Karen McLennan       |  621  509 | 155 130 |  3.4  6.0 |  787 +107
894 |
| NSW Ann Milner           |  630  587 | 157 148 |  3.1  5.0 |  780 +40  820 |
| NSW Alan Gauci           |  504  498 | 129 127 |  4.4  5.0 |  898 +13  911 |
| NSW Ivana Duria          |  542  517 | 138 133 |  4.1  5.0 |  864 +21  885 |
| NSW Marie Hirschfeld     |  564  563 | 141 141 |  4.1  4.0 |  845  +1  846 |
| NSW Silvana Newman       |  677  661 | 166 164 |  3.5  4.0 |  732 +11  743 |
| NSW Anne Henderson       |  750  679 | 184 167 |  2.3  4.0 |  669 +63  732 |
| NSW Henni Maat           |  498  504 | 127 129 |  4.5  4.0 |  910  -7  903 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald      |  672  649 | 165 159 |  3.0  4.0 |  735 +21  756 |
| NSW Dolores Barbon       |  507  543 | 130 138 |  4.6  3.0 |  895 -31  864 |
| NSW Lan Knox             |  533  579 | 136 147 |  4.9  3.0 |  870 -36  834 |
| NSW Maria Degen          |  763  750 | 190 184 |  2.3  3.0 |  657 +15  672 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout  |  703  698 | 173 171 |  2.8  3.0 |  707  +3  710 |
| NSW Joan Daniels         |  686  695 | 168 170 |  3.3  3.0 |  722  -9  713 |
| NSW Margaret Gauci       |  649  655 | 158 160 |  3.3  3.0 |  755  -5  750 |
| NSW Sue Tuckett          |  694  720 | 170 177 |  3.0  2.0 |  715 -19  696 |
| NSW Judy Kinley          |  688  764 | 169 191 |  3.1  1.0 |  721 -62  659 |
| NSW Jeff Richardson      |  654  707 | 159 174 |  3.4  1.0 |  751 -47  704 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *RECREATIONAL                +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Peggy Morton         |  764  646 | 191 158 |  4.3  7.0 |  655 +111
766 |
| NSW Wilma Vialle         |  813  769 | 205 193 |  3.5  5.0 |  600 +51  651 |
| NSW David Etherington    |  772  765 | 192 192 |  4.5  5.0 |  646 +12  658 |
| NSW Nancy Sacchetti      |  847  811 | 218 205 |  3.5  5.0 |  572 +30  602 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler          |  799  802 | 201 201 |  4.2  4.0 |  612  -3  609 |
| NSW Inge Burke           |  863  843 | 222 216 |  3.1  4.0 |  558 +17  575 |
|*NSW Kathryn Tiffen       |    0  879 |   0 228 |  3.0  3.0 |  545      545 |
| NSW Ursula Schokman      |  832  868 | 211 223 |  4.3  3.0 |  580 -25  555 |
| NSW June Dillon          |  793  845 | 199 217 |  4.4  3.0 |  617 -42  575 |
|*NSW Rosalie Tobin        |    0  971 |   0 256 |  3.5  3.0 |  500 -35  465 |
|*NSW Veena Mohe           |    0  911 |   0 235 |  3.0  3.0 |  514      514 |
| NSW Margaret Hynes       |  845  864 | 217 222 |  3.6  3.0 |  575 -18  557 |
|*NSW Wendy Lee            |    0  929 |   0 244 |  3.2  3.0 |  500      500 |
|*NSW Ian Kesby            |    0  970 |   0 255 |  3.6  3.0 |  500 -35  465 |
| NSW Gay Bailey           | 1031 1030 | 270 273 |  1.8  2.0 |  341  +7  348 |
| NSW A Bye                | 1007 1037 | 263 275 |  2.4  0.0 |  402 -73  329 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+--------------