Sixty-one players, comprising large contingents from nearby Canberra and Wollongong, the fun-loving Sydney "travel group", a pregnant Sue Flack from Bega, and a well-travelled Karen Richards from Western Australia, and of course, the bulk of the large Ulladulla club, enjoyed the ambience of the superb Mollymook Golf Club. The friendly club has uninterrupted views of the ocean and travellers enjoyed nearby holiday accommodation at affordable prices. Local "crown prince" of Scrabble, Gary Pollard, and his club, organised a fun-filled program over 2 days which included many generous cash prizes and novel prizes such as hand-sewn and decorated Scrabble bags. We'll all be back next year for sure.
Tournament highlights were:
1) C division - Heather Sorensen's first ever tournament win, Yvonne Pollard's 2nd ( Gary's mum, not girlfriend ), Stacey Lock Lee's 3rd and highest-scoring game and word ( Graeme's daughter, not girlfriend );
2) B division - the irrepressible Wilma Vialle's win and high game ( Rod's girlfriend, not Graeme's ), Tim Reddan's 2nd after a long absence, Gary Pollard's 3rd despite throwing himself into organising and directing ( Yvonne's son, not drinking partner );
3) A division - top-ranked Jean McGiffen's near-clean-sheet performance to earn her the Ulladulla Champion title ( Graeme's drinking partner, not conqueror ), Alison Rae's magnificent 2nd to signal a possible return to the big time ( Graeme's conqueror, not drinking partner ), Rod Talbot's 3rd to drop points in the Great Ratings Race ( Wilma's boyfriend, not Graeme's ), John Barker's 12th to drop even more points in the Great Ratings Race ( everyone's drinking partner ). Congratulations go to Betty Coleman for taking her opportunity in exalted company to extract 122 points and also to Judy Hay for gaining enough points to qualify for the Victorian Masters in June ( Rod's conqueror and drinking partner ).
...and this one from the Ulladulla Club President Gary Pollard
Sixty one players vied for placings in three divisions over our two day 12 game tourney held at the Mollymook beach-side golf club, a venue greatly appreciated by all.
All players received a personalised (their name and club) book mark and although the prize moneys were generous ($150, $100, $75 1st, 2nd, 3rd respectively), the game word and novelty prizes of Scrabble tile type bags were very much sought after, so much so that I have a number of special orders to fill for those that missed out, the book marks and bags carried the theme ‘SCRABBLE by the sea Ulladulla Tourney 1999’ .
Jean McGiffen was announced Champion as the best divisional winner with eleven wins and consequently collected an extra $50 and Trophy .
Unknown to me at the time, the microphone also carried through to the toilets which caused alarm to Rosalind Gibbons thinking she was in the wrong toilets when Ros heard a male’s voice, and Brian Irwin was quite startled whilst quietly sitting there to hear ‘time is up’ .
Karen Richards and Jean Balmer made a splash in their game together, with such words as piddled and urinate on the board, Karen knocked a glass of water over the board, both were relieved to not have ‘shit’ on the board .
Carole Nomarhas, Dea Mathews, and myself rounded off the weekend very happily on the Sunday evening when in my presence as luck Carole won $350 on a ‘Cashcade’ link poker machine, and Dea wound up winning $300 and from that Carole presented me with the raffle prize she had won (the first in decades), the one I wanted to win.
Results after game 12
MAY 21, 1999ULLADULLA -- AAA
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Jean McGiffen 11 760
2 Alison Rae 8 597
3 Rod Talbot 8 226
4 Kerry Constable 7 377
5 Graeme Lock Lee 7 194
6 Judy Hay 7 86
7 Cheryl Michler 7 52
8 Betty Coleman 7 28
9 Sue Flack 6 212
10 Ros Gibbons 6 127
11 Betty Foreman 6 107
12 John Barker 6 85
13 Jean Noonan 6 45
14 Karen Richards 6 16
15 June Stephenson 6 -54
16 Margaret Berliner 6 -65
17 Elizabeth Ho 5 -166
18 Joan Buchanan 5 -236
19 Susan MacGillivray 4 -502
20 June Whittaker 4 -916
21 Hanne Marks 3 -254
22 Jean Balmer 1 -719
HIGH GAME: Jean Noonan 520
HIGH WORD: Betty Coleman 140
"FANCIEST"
Results after game 12
MAY 21, 1999ULLADULLA -- BBB
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Wilma Vialle 9 988
2 Tim Reddan 9 395
3 Gary Pollard 8 389
4 Raya Wilkinson 8 305
5 Michael Adler 8 286
6 Margaret Andrews 7 481
7 Carol Nomarhas 7 354
8 Esther Rolfe 7 190
9 Daphne Bezuidenhout 7 133
10 Pat Schuberg 7 -71
11 Mireille Crabb-minet 6 132
12 Denis Mahon 6 -54
13 Vi Phillips 6 -453
14 Len Mannell 5 -35
15 Harry Walsh 5 -270
16 Ann Fiddler 4 -491
17 Sunny Wright 4 -531
18 Yvonne Byatt 4 -533
19 Betty Irwin 3 -430
20 Louise Ready 0 -785
HIGH GAME: Wilma Vialle 512
HIGH WORD: Daphne Bezuidenhout 130
"QUIVERED"
Results after game 12
MAY 21, 1999ULLADULLA -- CCC
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Heather Sorensen 10 688
2 Yvonne Pollard 10 372
3 Stacey Lock Lee 8 632
4 Kaye Oloughlin 8 246
5 Jean Conley 7 221
6 Alison James 7 196
7 Lenore Fay 7 41
8 Merriss Adler 6 143
9 Ann De Vries 6 86
10 Val Jose 6 59
11 Maria Kaye 6 -30
12 Brian Irwin 6 -72
13 Jon Strang 6 -163
14 Dea Matthews 6 -197
15 Joan Meredith 5 22
16 Diana Field 5 -232
17 John Fay 4< -248
18 Beryl Christensen 4< -359
19 Margaret Garden 2 -805
20 Bye 0 -600
HIGH GAME: Stacey Lock Lee 441
HIGH WORD: Stacey Lock Lee 112
"REQUESTS"
Stats for Tournament : MAY 21, 1999ULLADULLA
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| state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points |
| | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *AAA + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Jean McGiffen | 24 17 | 7 7 | 9.6 11.0 | 1729 +30 1759 |
| NSW Alison Rae :act | 109 91 | 31 24 | 6.8 8.0 | 1500 +25 1525 |
| NSW Rod Talbot | 46 48 | 13 13 | 8.8 8.0 | 1647 -14 1633 |
| NSW Kerry Constable :act | 92 97 | 26 27 | 7.5 7.0 | 1528 -8 1520 |
| NSW Graeme Lock Lee | 88 105 | 24 30 | 8.3 7.0 | 1531 -23 1508 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler | 117 111 | 33 32 | 6.3 7.0 | 1479 +15 1494 |
| NSW Betty Coleman | 253 192 | 63 48 | 2.1 7.0 | 1231 +123 1354 |
| NSW Judy Hay | 223 193 | 56 49 | 4.0 7.0 | 1290 +63 1353 |
| NSW John Barker | 59 78 | 15 21 | 8.7 6.0 | 1602 -52 1550 |
| NSW Sue Flack | 174 174 | 45 45 | 6.1 6.0 | 1393 -3 1390 |
| NSW Ros Gibbons | 164 159 | 43 42 | 5.3 6.0 | 1409 +16 1425 |
| NSW Jean Noonan | 126 152 | 35 40 | 8.0 6.0 | 1468 -39 1429 |
| WA Karen Richards | 125 142 | 7 9 | 7.5 6.0 | 1470 -28 1442 |
| NSW Betty Foreman | 79 95 | 22 26 | 7.5 6.0 | 1550 -29 1521 |
| NSW June Stephenson | 263 235 | 67 60 | 3.3 6.0 | 1212 +54 1266 |
| NSW Margaret Berliner | 261 240 | 66 62 | 3.6 6.0 | 1213 +47 1260 |
| NSW Joan Buchanan | 198 211 | 49 52 | 6.0 5.0 | 1342 -20 1322 |
| NSW Elizabeth Ho | 237 231 | 60 58 | 4.1 5.0 | 1264 +17 1281 |
| NSW Susan MacGillivr:act | 284 282 | 72 72 | 3.3 4.0 | 1171 +14 1185 |
| NSW June Whittaker | 0 247 | 0 64 | 4.1 4.0 | 1250 -1 1249 |
| NSW Hanne Marks | 187 217 | 48 55 | 5.9 3.0 | 1364 -58 1306 |
| NSW Jean Balmer | 232 280 | 58 71 | 5.0 1.0 | 1268 -81 1187 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *BBB + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Wilma Vialle | 326 304 | 80 76 | 7.4 9.0 | 1105 +33 1138 |
| NSW Tim Reddan :act | 305 299 | 76 75 | 7.9 9.0 | 1131 +24 1155 |
| NSW Gary Pollard | 304 305 | 75 77 | 7.7 8.0 | 1132 +5 1137 |
| NSW Michael Adler :act | 321 312 | 79 79 | 7.5 8.0 | 1110 +11 1121 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson | 343 332 | 86 82 | 6.7 8.0 | 1069 +27 1096 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews | 349 345 | 88 88 | 6.4 7.0 | 1062 +13 1075 |
| NSW Carol Nomarhas :act | 403 384 | 103 99 | 5.8 7.0 | 980 +25 1005 |
| NSW Esther Rolfe | 347 347 | 87 89 | 6.8 7.0 | 1063 +4 1067 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg | 377 363 | 98 92 | 5.6 7.0 | 1020 +28 1048 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout | 441 409 | 110 103 | 5.3 7.0 | 940 +34 974 |
| NSW Mireille Crabb-Minet | 459 442 | 118 112 | 4.8 6.0 | 917 +25 942 |
| NSW Denis Mahon | 528 462 | 130 120 | 3.7 6.0 | 842 +73 915 |
| NSW Vi Phillips | 465 432 | 119 107 | 4.5 6.0 | 910 +44 954 |
| NSW Len Mannell | 449 448 | 113 113 | 4.8 5.0 | 929 +6 935 |
| NSW Harry Walsh | 292 340 | 74 87 | 9.0 5.0 | 1164 -78 1086 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler | 501 517 | 125 128 | 4.7 4.0 | 869 -13 856 |
| NSW Sunny Wright | 374 416 | 97 104 | 6.8 4.0 | 1026 -56 970 |
| NSW Yvonne Byatt | 609 574 | 146 141 | 2.7 4.0 | 751 +39 790 |
| NSW Betty Irwin | 519 550 | 128 135 | 4.1 3.0 | 850 -33 817 |
| NSW Louise Ready | 362 479 | 91 123 | 7.7 0.0 | 1049 -153 896 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *CCC + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Heather Sorensen :ac | 665 624 | 158 150 | 7.4 10.0 | 689 +52 741 |
| NSW Yvonne Pollard | 646 601 | 154 143 | 7.5 10.0 | 715 +49 764 |
| NSW Stacey Lock Lee | 701 675 | 166 161 | 6.6 8.0 | 657 +28 685 |
|*NSW Kaye O'Loughlin | 0 632 | 0 154 | 8.0 8.0 | 734 734 |
| NSW Alison James | 786 738 | 190 179 | 5.4 7.0 | 571 +48 619 |
| NSW Lenore Fay | 711 714 | 169 170 | 7.1 7.0 | 643 -3 640 |
| NSW Jean Conley | 692 691 | 162 164 | 6.9 7.0 | 668 +4 672 |
| NSW Ann De Vries | 810 812 | 199 201 | 6.0 6.0 | 544 +1 545 |
| NSW Val Jose | 808 783 | 197 190 | 5.0 6.0 | 547 +30 577 |
| NSW Maria Kaye | 737 745 | 178 181 | 6.3 6.0 | 618 -6 612 |
| NSW Merriss Adler :act | 752 764 | 182 187 | 6.6 6.0 | 601 -11 590 |
| NSW Brian Irwin | 831 811 | 205 200 | 5.2 6.0 | 523 +23 546 |
| NSW Jon Strang | 696 750 | 164 184 | 7.8 6.0 | 662 -54 608 |
| NSW Dea Matthews :act | 776 779 | 186 189 | 6.0 6.0 | 581 581 |
| NSW Joan Meredith | 879 880 | 216 218 | 4.9 5.0 | 478 +4 482 |
| NSW Diana Field | 888 887 | 218 219 | 4.7 5.0 | 460 +6 466 |
| NSW John Fay | 777 822 | 187 203 | 6.8 4.5 | 579 -47 532 |
| NSW Beryl Christensen | 920 917 | 227 228 | 3.1 4.5 | 354 +27 381 |
| NSW Margaret Garden | 916 927 | 226 231 | 3.3 2.0 | 374 -40 334 |
|*NSW A Bye | 0 921 | 0 229 | 5.3 0.6 | 500 -140 360 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+