Revesby Club Tournament - 14th August 1999


101 players gathered at the Henry Lawson House, adjacent to the Revesby Workers Club, to contest the annual Revesby Tournament. From memory, it is only the second time we have cracked the ton here in NSW, and it was done with quite a number of regular players absent. So it appears that competitive Scrabble is still alive and well, in this State at least.

The tournament was ably directed by Gordon Meggs, doyen of the Revesby Scrabble Club. Some innovations were introduced for the day, for example having a spot prizes the highest word with an 'A' in it. Usually you have such prizes for Z, J, Q and X words, and only one player on a table has a chance. But with high volume vowels, both players get a chance.

Another possibly unintentional innovation was to have the microphone turned down to such an extent that the Masters players up the back could not hear what was being said, hence precluding them from scooping the spot-prize pool. As Jean McGiffen said in her short acknowledgement to the organizers whist collecting her bootie for winning the tournament, Gordon has an exceptional sense of humour!

Jean's victory continues the incredibly good run she has been having since the unfortunate passing away of her husband. Rarely now does she not get amongst the placegetters. To emphasize her new strength, she won all her games by a healthy margin. In the process of running into second place, Joan Rosenthal chalked up her 1000th tournament game on Australian soil, while Cheryl Michler proved she is now a force to be reckoned with with her creditable third place.

And so it was that all placegetters in Masters were women, and if it wasn't for Alan Gauci coming third in Division C, all placegetters on the day would have been women. Can any conclusions be drawn from this astonishing result? Personally, I don't think so.

ASPA (NSW) has taken the first step towards phasing out angled play on a stationary board, by making a statement that swivel boards take precedence over standard boards. This was on trial at the Revesby tournament, with mixed results. Understandably, it is difficult to change a habit, albeit a bad one, but we can't go on for ever being the only country that plays in this less than desirable fashion. In addition, a statement has also been made that digital clocks take precedence over analog clocks, and this was well received by the players.

Results after game 7
REVESBY 1999 -- A

Rank Player            Wins  Mar
--------------------------------
  1 Jean Mcgiffen        7   959
  2 Joan Rosenthal       5   373
  3 Cheryl Michler       5   103
  4 Audrey Newman        5   -72
  5 Bob Jackman          4   474
  6 Rod Talbot           4   370
  7 John Barker          4   319
  8 Betty Foreman        4    98
  9 Robin Duncan         4    27
 10 Jan Serisier         4   -26
 11 Alison Rae           4  -275
 12 Ian Close            4  -314
 13 Sue Gergelifi        3   134
 14 Peter Shaw           3    21
 15 Ruby Kotwall         3   -51
 16 Robyn Flynn          3   -94
 17 Rosalind Gibbons     3  -120
 18 Robert Tomkins       3  -186
 19 Ethel Collins        3  -209
 20 Penny Wells          3  -262
 21 Jean Noonan          2  -102
 22 Rene Chelton         2  -188
 23 Kris Logan           2  -281
 24 Jeff Spring          0  -698
HIGH GAME: Bob Jackman       602
HIGH WORD: Peter Shaw        102
            FLOATER

Results after game  7
REVESBY 1999 -- B

Rank Player            Wins  Mar
--------------------------------
  1 Hanne Marks          6   358
  2 Wilma Vialle         5   265
  3 Trish Windhurst      5   219
  4 Susan Macgillivray   5   191
  5 Betty Coleman        5   170
  6 Joan Buchanan        5    72
  7 Raya Wilkinson       4   243
  8 Val Ryan             4   229
  9 Lorraine Robinson    4   214
 10 Judy Hay             4    35
 11 Gary Pollard         4   -81
 12 Elizabeth Ho         3   130
 13 Margaret Berliner    3    48
 14 Ted Roberts          3    40
 15 Liz Jackman          3   -39
 16 Kim Grayson          3  -143
 17 Dawn Spring          3  -155
 18 Margaret Andrews     3  -176
 19 Barbara Chenevier    3  -372
 20 Michael Adler        2  -124
 21 Judy Mcguiness       2  -144
 22 Ram Mohe             2  -199
 23 Jean Balmer          2  -221
 24 June Stephenson      1  -560
HIGH GAME: Raya Wilkinson    512
HIGH WORD:                         0
            ""

Results after game  7
REVESBY 1999 -- C

Rank Player            Wins  Mar
--------------------------------
  1 Chloe Mcnally        6   450
  2 Nonie English        5   291
  3 Alan Gauci           5   244
  4 Edith Lowbeer        5   229
  5 Henni Maat           5   108
  6 Robyn Finlayson      5    63
  7 Jenny Trad           5    52
  8 Len Mannell          4   207
  9 Fay Van Oyen         4   140
 10 Greg Nicol           4    32
 11 Donna Macdonald      4    -9
 12 Pat Schuberg         3   225
 13 Sharon Sorensen      3   -39
 14 Ann Fiddler          3   -62
 15 Janet Chambers       3   -70
 16 Bev Purkis           3  -107
 17 Ivana Duria          3  -182
 18 Daphne Bezuidenhout  3  -241
 19 Margaret Ackman      2   -95
 20 Yvonne Pollard       2  -160
 21 Silvana Newman       2  -210
 22 Louise Ready         2  -240
 23 Maureen Wilkins      2  -255
 24 Merle Young          1  -371
HIGH GAME: Fay Van Oyen      495
HIGH WORD:                         0
            ""

Results after game  7
REVESBY 1999 -- D

Rank Player            Wins  Mar
--------------------------------
  1 Ursula Schokman      6   457
  2 Denise Smith         6   366
  3 Peggy Womersley      6   196
  4 Tony Hunt            5   209
  5 Roslyn Parnell       5   105
  6 David Etherington    5    41
  7 Maria Kaye           5   -55
  8 Sue Tuckett          4   226
  9 Lauraine Overton     4   217
 10 Victor Tung          4   170
 11 Sandra Ley           4    90
 12 Chris Phillips       4    55
 13 George Khamis        4    49
 14 Diana Hilly          4   -21
 15 Krystyna Batten      4   -28
 16 Neera D'Souza        4  -113
 17 Sylvia Kipste        3   125
 18 Veena Mohe           3    99
 19 Patrick Berton       3   -17
 20 Diana Field          3   -62
 21 Ann Gash             3   -71
 22 Frank Hunt           3   -77
 23 Kath Davidson        3  -184
 24 Joanne Deady         3  -208
 25 Andree Lajoie        2   -37
 26 Joy Morris           2   -49
 27 Eleanor Carlisle     2   -91
 28 Esther Clarke        2  -139
 29 Merriss Adler        2  -144
 30 Win Hendriksen       2  -313
 31 Olive Clark          2  -446
 32 A Bye                0  -350
HIGH GAME: Lauraine Overton  520
HIGH WORD:                         0
            ""

Stats for Tournament : REVESBY 1999

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *A                           +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Jean McGiffen        |   27   21 |  10   8 |  5.0  7.0 | 1712 +44 1756 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler       |  123   79 |  33  23 |  1.8  5.0 | 1474 +81 1555 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal       |    8    8 |   3   3 |  5.2  5.0 | 1828  -3 1825 |
| NSW Audrey Newman        |   68   58 |  18  14 |  3.4  5.0 | 1584 +33 1617 |
| NSW Bob Jackman          |    1    4 |   1   2 |  5.7  4.0 | 1907 -26 1881 |
| NSW John Barker          |   58   60 |  15  15 |  4.4  4.0 | 1620  -8 1612 |
| NSW Rod Talbot           |   12   14 |   5   6 |  4.9  4.0 | 1804 -13 1791 |
| NSW Alison Rae :act      |   99   91 |  29  26 |  3.2  4.0 | 1518 +16 1534 |
| NSW Betty Foreman        |   74   72 |  19  18 |  3.5  4.0 | 1563  +9 1572 |
| NSW Robin Duncan         |   46   48 |  13  13 |  4.4  4.0 | 1656  -9 1647 |
| NSW Jan Serisier         |  146  126 |  40  35 |  2.4  4.0 | 1438 +32 1470 |
| NSW Ian Close            |  148  131 |  42  37 |  2.5  4.0 | 1432 +30 1462 |
| NSW Peter Shaw           |   39   46 |  12  12 |  4.2  3.0 | 1672 -22 1650 |
| NSW Robert Tomkins       |   81   92 |  24  27 |  3.8  3.0 | 1548 -17 1531 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi        |   89   87 |  25  25 |  2.8  3.0 | 1535  +4 1539 |
| NSW Ruby Kotwall         |   78   80 |  22  24 |  3.3  3.0 | 1558  -5 1553 |
| NSW Ros Gibbons          |  125  123 |  35  33 |  2.9  3.0 | 1473  +1 1474 |
| NSW Robyn Flynn          |   57   61 |  14  16 |  3.5  3.0 | 1621 -10 1611 |
| NSW Penny Wells          |  179  159 |  49  44 |  1.6  3.0 | 1389 +27 1416 |
| NSW Ethel Collins        |  163  154 |  45  43 |  2.3  3.0 | 1411 +13 1424 |
| NSW Kris Logan           |  158  168 |  43  46 |  2.6  2.0 | 1416 -13 1403 |
| NSW Jean Noonan          |  162  170 |  44  47 |  2.5  2.0 | 1411  -9 1402 |
| NSW Rene Chelton         |   61   74 |  16  19 |  4.4  2.0 | 1612 -49 1563 |
| NSW Jeff Spring          |  111  149 |  31  42 |  3.5  0.0 | 1498 -70 1428 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *B                           +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Hanne Marks          |  236  207 |  56  53 |  3.8  6.0 | 1280 +52 1332 |
| NSW Susan MacGillivr:act |  272  244 |  68  60 |  3.0  5.0 | 1211 +44 1255 |
| NSW Wilma Vialle         |  287  263 |  72  67 |  3.4  5.0 | 1188 +33 1221 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst      |  328  289 |  79  74 |  2.1  5.0 | 1115 +72 1187 |
| NSW Betty Coleman        |  178  177 |  48  49 |  4.9  5.0 | 1389  +5 1394 |
| NSW Joan Buchanan        |  220  214 |  55  54 |  4.7  5.0 | 1315  +6 1321 |
| NSW Val Ryan             |  193  202 |  52  52 |  4.8  4.0 | 1357 -12 1345 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson       |  338  314 |  83  77 |  2.1  4.0 | 1096 +38 1134 |
| NSW Lorraine Robinson    |  344  323 |  85  80 |  2.4  4.0 | 1089 +32 1121 |
| NSW Judy Hay             |  187  199 |  51  51 |  5.3  4.0 | 1375 -25 1350 |
| NSW Gary Pollard         |  296  287 |  75  72 |  2.8  4.0 | 1164 +26 1190 |
| NSW Ted Roberts          |  206  231 |  53  56 |  4.9  3.0 | 1336 -35 1301 |
| NSW Elizabeth Ho         |  249  262 |  64  66 |  4.3  3.0 | 1248 -26 1222 |
| NSW Margaret Berliner    |  241  250 |  60  63 |  4.2  3.0 | 1268 -25 1243 |
| NSW Liz Jackman          |  237  245 |  57  61 |  4.3  3.0 | 1279 -25 1254 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews     |  330  331 |  80  82 |  2.9  3.0 | 1114  +2 1116 |
| NSW Kim Grayson          |  345  336 |  86  83 |  2.2  3.0 | 1088 +15 1103 |
| NSW Barbara Chenevier    |  291  297 |  74  76 |  3.4  3.0 | 1176  -8 1168 |
| NSW Dawn Spring          |  259  272 |  66  68 |  3.8  3.0 | 1227 -16 1211 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness      |  368  373 |  89  91 |  2.1  2.0 | 1054  -2 1052 |
| NSW Michael Adler :act   |  336  339 |  81  84 |  2.2  2.0 | 1099  -3 1096 |
| NSW Ram Mohe             |  337  348 |  82  87 |  2.9  2.0 | 1098 -18 1080 |
| NSW Jean Balmer          |  312  321 |  76  79 |  2.6  2.0 | 1138 -13 1125 |
| NSW June Stephenson      |  243  286 |  61  71 |  4.7  1.0 | 1262 -72 1190 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *C                           +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Chloe McNally        |  476  412 | 116 100 |  3.8  6.0 |  933 +51  984 |
| NSW Nonie English        |  377  377 |  92  92 |  5.0  5.0 | 1049     1049 |
| NSW Henni Maat           |  416  401 | 101  98 |  3.9  5.0 |  980 +23 1003 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer        |  382  378 |  95  93 |  4.7  5.0 | 1038  +8 1046 |
| NSW Alan Gauci           |  495  481 | 121 115 |  3.7  5.0 |  901 +26  927 |
| NSW Robyn Finlayson      |  628  549 | 149 131 |  1.7  5.0 |  753 +86  839 |
| NSW Jenny Trad           |  580  498 | 140 121 |  2.6  5.0 |  801 +95  896 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen         |  554  525 | 133 127 |  2.2  4.0 |  830 +36  866 |
| NSW Len Mannell          |  431  461 | 104 111 |  4.8  4.0 |  965 -23  942 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald      |  378  384 |  93  95 |  4.6  4.0 | 1047 -10 1037 |
| NSW Greg Nicol           |  471  456 | 113 110 |  3.4  4.0 |  934 +12  946 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg         |  385  402 |  96  99 |  4.7  3.0 | 1032 -31 1001 |
| NSW Janet Chambers       |  396  413 |  99 101 |  4.6  3.0 | 1014 -30  984 |
| NSW Sharon Sorensen      |  601  583 | 144 143 |  2.0  3.0 |  781 +20  801 |
| NSW Ivana Duria          |  537  539 | 129 130 |  3.1  3.0 |  852  -1  851 |
| NSW Bev Purkis           |  563  556 | 135 135 |  2.7  3.0 |  825  +5  830 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout  |  400  418 | 100 103 |  4.5  3.0 | 1008 -29  979 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler          |  520  515 | 126 125 |  2.9  3.0 |  870  +4  874 |
| NSW Yvonne Pollard       |  625  639 | 146 154 |  2.6  2.0 |  759 -12  747 |
| NSW Silvana Newman       |  621  628 | 145 149 |  2.3  2.0 |  764  -6  758 |
| NSW Margaret Ackman      |  586  602 | 142 146 |  2.7  2.0 |  794 -13  781 |
| NSW Louise Ready         |  498  522 | 122 126 |  3.5  2.0 |  896 -29  867 |
| NSW Maureen Wilkins      |  444  490 | 108 119 |  4.6  2.0 |  957 -49  908 |
| NSW Merle Young          |  521  568 | 127 138 |  3.3  1.0 |  869 -47  822 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *D                           +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Peggy Womersley      |  635  580 | 152 142 |  4.4  6.0 |  751 +59  810 |
| NSW Denise Smith         |  737  629 | 173 150 |  3.3  6.0 |  644 +111
755 |
| NSW Ursula Schokman      |  726  680 | 170 165 |  3.7  6.0 |  657 +53  710 |
|*NSW Roslyn Parnell       |    0  537 |   0 129 |  5.0  5.0 |  855      855 |
| NSW Tony Hunt            |  685  653 | 164 158 |  3.9  5.0 |  701 +35  736 |
| NSW Maria Kaye           |  779  741 | 187 175 |  3.2  5.0 |  605 +35  640 |
| NSW David Etherington    |  735  719 | 172 171 |  3.8  5.0 |  644 +23  667 |
| NSW Lauraine Overton     |  815  793 | 195 193 |  3.4  4.0 |  570 +18  588 |
|*NSW Victor Tung          |    0  783 |   0 191 |  4.0  4.0 |  607      607 |
| NSW Sue Tuckett          |  642  647 | 153 155 |  4.3  4.0 |  745  -3  742 |
|*NSW Sandra Ley           |    0  780 |   0 190 |  4.0  4.0 |  610      610 |
| NSW Diana Hilly          |  654  668 | 158 163 |  4.8  4.0 |  733 -14  719 |
| NSW Chris Phillips       |  741  729 | 175 173 |  3.2  4.0 |  640 +15  655 |
| NSW George Khamis        |  852  836 | 209 205 |  3.0  4.0 |  531 +20  551 |
|*NSW Neera D'Souza        |    0  745 |   0 177 |  4.0  4.0 |  638      638 |
| NSW Krystyna Batten      |  753  749 | 178 178 |  3.8  4.0 |  628  +6  634 |
| NSW Veena Mohe           |  845  850 | 206 211 |  3.0  3.0 |  538      538 |
| NSW Sylvia Kipste        |  787  796 | 188 194 |  3.3  3.0 |  595 -10  585 |
| NSW Frank Hunt           |  767  770 | 184 187 |  3.0  3.0 |  617  -1  616 |
|*NSW Ann Gash             |    0  851 |   0 212 |  3.0  3.0 |  538      538 |
|*NSW Patrick Berton       |    0  865 |   0 217 |  3.0  3.0 |  524      524 |
| NSW Diana Field          |  917  914 | 224 227 |  2.3  3.0 |  470 +14  484 |
| NSW Joanne Deady         |  817  826 | 196 200 |  3.3  3.0 |  568  -5  563 |
| NSW Kath Davidson        |  946  940 | 232 234 |  1.9  3.0 |  417 +23  440 |
| NSW Andree Lajoie        |  716  761 | 168 182 |  4.3  2.0 |  667 -46  621 |
| NSW Eleanor Carlisle     |  903  928 | 221 231 |  3.2  2.0 |  496 -36  460 |
| NSW Joy Morris           |  951  956 | 233 239 |  1.7  2.0 |  405  +5  410 |
| NSW Esther Clarke        |  921  936 | 226 233 |  2.7  2.0 |  463 -21  442 |
| NSW Merriss Adler :act   |  827  849 | 199 210 |  3.0  2.0 |  559 -21  538 |
| NSW Win Hendriksen       |  945  952 | 231 238 |  2.1  2.0 |  419  -1  418 |
| NSW Olive Clarke         |  806  848 | 191 209 |  3.9  2.0 |  577 -38  539 |