One player who did turn up after an absence of two and half years was Glenda (hairstyle) Harington. With a healthy rating of 1603, she was slotted straight into Masters and when she easily won her first game, it looked like she was going to be able to comfortably defend her rating. But this was not to be the case.
In Recreational Division, our very own casanova George Khamis broke through for his first tournament win. George explained later it was the use of a clock and consequent tile-tracking that made all the difference in his game.
Intermediate was won by Janet Chambers, one of the growing brigade of Balmain club accomplished players, with another in Nonie English being runner up.
There was a surprise winner in Advanced, being Ros Gibbons. I say 'surprise' because going into the last game it looked like either Hanne Marks (Balmain) or Kris Logan was going to take it out. But the pair both lost their last game, allowing Ros to sneak through to win on spread on a six-way tie for first. Kris explained that her dual plays of AALII in her game was a determining factor.
In Masters, Paul Cleary was unbeaten and unbeatable for first place going into the last game. Rod Talbot managed to win that game to guarantee secure second place. Paul's losing score of 413 also denied him a 500 plus average for the day. Instead he finished on 493 which is a record anyway, going on the June ATB. The win by Paul, a regular player at our host Chatswood club, was his third in this event.
Results after game 7
CHATSWOOD 2000 -- MASTERS
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 Paul Cleary 6 1020
2 Rod Talbot 6 332
3 Jean McGiffen 5 221
4 Jan Serisier 5 168
5 Peter Shaw 4 324
6 Joan Rosenthal 4 209
7 Robin Duncan 4 190
8 Wilma Vialle 4 144
9 Cristine Small 4 2
10 Chris May 4 -54
11 John Barker 4 -80
12 Ian Close 3 9
13 Louise Kobler 3 -36
14 Joanne Craig 3 -60
15 Sue Gergelifi 3 -137
16 Matte Dunn 3 -227
17 Robyn Flynn 3 -231
18 Graeme Lock Lee 3 -525
19 Glenda Harington 2 -61
20 Betty Foreman 2 -209
21 Ivor Zetler 1 -433
22 Norma Tracey 1 -566
HIGH GAME: Paul Cleary 559
HIGH WORD: Jean McGiffen 131
"TAINTING"
Results after game 7
CHATSWOOD 2000 -- ADVANCED
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 Ros Gibbons 5 432
2 Kris Logan 5 304
3 Hanne Marks 5 240
4 Rene Chelton 5 181
5 Cheryl Michler 5 145
6 Gary Pollard 5 37
7 Elizabeth Ho 4 247
8 Alison Pollard 4 187
9 Jenny Templeton 4 131
10 Joan Buchanan 4 -73
11 Trish Windhurst 4 -123
12 Audrey Newman 4 -208
13 Judy Hay 3 77
14 June Stephenson 3 -34
15 Margaret Berliner 3 -59
16 Penny Wells 3 -150
17 Robert Tomkins 2 -87
18 Raya Wilkinson 2 -164
19 Chlorise O'Sullivan 2 -255
20 Liz Jackman 2 -287
21 Richard Birch 2 -290
22 Betty Coleman 1 -251
HIGH GAME: Jenny Templeton 483
HIGH WORD: Jenny Templeton 122
"STAINERS"
Results after game 7
CHATSWOOD 2000 -- INTERMEDIATE
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 Janet Chambers 6 510
2 Nonie English 6 38
3 Pat Schuberg 5 274
4 Edith Lowbeer 5 213
5 Judy McGuinness 5 81
6 Maureen Hilder 4 152
7 Victor Tung 4 102
8 Esther Rolfe 4 54
9 Donna Macdonald 4 20
10 Marie Hirschfeld 4 -32
11 Denise Smith 4 -71
12 Margaret Andrews 3 77
13 Jean Balmer 3 -1
14 Alan Gauci 3 -17
15 Maureen Wilkins 3 -21
16 Kim Grayson 3 -58
17 Ram Mohe 3 -254
18 Bev Purkis 2 -15
19 Robyn Finlayson 2 -131
20 Anne Henderson 2 -162
21 Merle Young 2 -208
22 Peggy Womersley 0 -551
HIGH GAME: Janet Chambers 497
HIGH WORD: Alan Gauci 140
"DETAINED"
Results after game 7
CHATSWOOD 2000 -- RECREATION
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 George Khamis 6.5 357
2 Jeremy Lee 5 270
3 Rosalie Tobin 5 168
4 Sharon Sorensen 5 121
5 Pam Bennett 4 275
6 Sue Tuckett 4 174
7 Sandra Ley 4 135
8 Silvana Newman 4 51
10 Therese Newman 4 -13
11 Maria Kaye 4 -222
12 Lauraine Overton 3.5 20
13 Rex Shakespeare 3 177
14 Chris Phillips 3 103
15 Rudolf Puntschuh 3 9
16 Ivana Duria 3 -2
18 Jan Tomlin 3 -97
19 Win Hendriksen 3 -185
20 Veena Mohe 2 -154
21 Nancy Sacchetti 1 -592
22 Yvonne Edwards 0 -572
HIGH GAME: Sue Tuckett 516
HIGH WORD: Sue Tuckett 119
"ADJUDGE"
Stats for Tournament : CHATSWOOD 2000
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points |
| | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *MASTERS + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Paul Cleary | 6 4 | 2 1 | 5.3 6.0 | 1854 +13 1867 |
| NSW Rod Talbot | 23 16 | 9 7 | 4.1 6.0 | 1738 +38 1776 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen | 36 29 | 10 10 | 3.3 5.0 | 1656 +35 1691 |
| NSW Jan Serisier | 127 77 | 33 24 | 1.9 5.0 | 1475 +79 1554 |
| NSW Cristine Small | 47 41 | 14 12 | 3.3 4.0 | 1622 +15 1637 |
| NSW Wilma Vialle | 42 40 | 12 11 | 3.8 4.0 | 1634 +4 1638 |
| NSW Peter Shaw | 55 48 | 17 15 | 2.9 4.0 | 1598 +22 1620 |
| NSW Robin Duncan | 51 49 | 16 16 | 3.5 4.0 | 1607 +11 1618 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal | 9 11 | 4 4 | 4.8 4.0 | 1810 -12 1798 |
| NSW John Barker | 22 26 | 8 9 | 4.6 4.0 | 1738 -12 1726 |
| NSW Chris May | 48 50 | 15 17 | 3.9 4.0 | 1615 +3 1618 |
| NSW Ian Close | 65 67 | 22 20 | 3.4 3.0 | 1578 -8 1570 |
| NSW Joanne Craig | 63 61 | 21 19 | 3.0 3.0 | 1581 1581 |
| NSW Robyn Flynn | 78 81 | 25 26 | 3.3 3.0 | 1554 -5 1549 |
| NSW Louise Kobler | 128 121 | 34 34 | 2.3 3.0 | 1475 +15 1490 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi | 73 70 | 23 21 | 3.0 3.0 | 1566 +2 1568 |
| TAS Matte Dunn | 74 75 | 2 2 | 3.3 3.0 | 1565 -5 1560 |
| NSW Graeme Lock Lee | 37 46 | 11 13 | 4.3 3.0 | 1652 -25 1627 |
| NSW Glenda Harington | 0 72 | 0 22 | 3.8 2.0 | 1603 -35 1568 |
| NSW Betty Foreman | 104 113 | 29 32 | 2.7 2.0 | 1518 -14 1504 |
| NSW Norma Tracey | 56 80 | 18 25 | 3.4 1.0 | 1597 -47 1550 |
| NSW Ivor Zetler | 60 83 | 20 27 | 3.3 1.0 | 1591 -45 1546 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *ADVANCED + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Kris Logan | 146 143 | 42 42 | 4.7 5.0 | 1446 +6 1452 |
| NSW Rene Chelton | 130 132 | 35 37 | 5.0 5.0 | 1468 -1 1467 |
| NSW Ros Gibbons | 181 178 | 48 47 | 4.5 5.0 | 1392 +10 1402 |
| NSW Hanne Marks | 202 187 | 51 50 | 3.6 5.0 | 1360 +29 1389 |
| NSW Gary Pollard | 218 209 | 55 54 | 3.5 5.0 | 1322 +30 1352 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler | 134 131 | 37 36 | 4.6 5.0 | 1462 +8 1470 |
| NSW Elizabeth Ho | 264 251 | 71 63 | 2.3 4.0 | 1232 +33 1265 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton | 252 237 | 63 60 | 2.6 4.0 | 1255 +29 1284 |
| NSW Alison Pollard :act | 179 182 | 47 49 | 4.2 4.0 | 1397 -4 1393 |
| NSW Joan Buchanan | 261 253 | 68 64 | 3.0 4.0 | 1238 +20 1258 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst | 157 161 | 44 44 | 4.7 4.0 | 1431 -15 1416 |
| NSW Audrey Newman | 204 201 | 52 52 | 3.6 4.0 | 1359 +9 1368 |
| NSW Judy Hay | 238 238 | 61 61 | 3.2 3.0 | 1281 -4 1277 |
| NSW June Stephenson | 260 261 | 67 69 | 2.6 3.0 | 1238 +7 1245 |
| NSW Penny Wells | 258 257 | 65 67 | 2.5 3.0 | 1239 +11 1250 |
| NSW Margaret Berliner | 263 263 | 70 70 | 2.7 3.0 | 1233 +6 1239 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson | 271 280 | 73 75 | 2.7 2.0 | 1218 -13 1205 |
| NSW Liz Jackman | 307 313 | 78 80 | 2.4 2.0 | 1161 -8 1153 |
| NSW Richard Birch | 237 254 | 60 65 | 3.5 2.0 | 1288 -30 1258 |
| NSW Robert Tomkins | 137 179 | 38 48 | 5.0 2.0 | 1460 -59 1401 |
| NSW Chlorise O'Sullivan | 306 309 | 77 78 | 2.1 2.0 | 1162 -3 1159 |
| NSW Betty Coleman | 224 255 | 57 66 | 3.9 1.0 | 1315 -58 1257 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *INTERMEDIATE + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Janet Chambers | 434 370 | 102 90 | 2.8 6.0 | 984 +84 1068 |
| NSW Nonie English | 375 343 | 89 84 | 3.9 6.0 | 1057 +47 1104 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg | 410 391 | 97 94 | 3.5 5.0 | 1009 +32 1041 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer | 388 378 | 91 92 | 4.1 5.0 | 1040 +19 1059 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness | 387 372 | 90 91 | 3.9 5.0 | 1041 +23 1064 |
| NSW Esther Rolfe | 390 392 | 93 95 | 3.9 4.0 | 1036 +3 1039 |
| NSW Victor Tung | 553 511 | 134 127 | 2.6 4.0 | 852 +48 900 |
| NSW Maureen Hilder | 357 359 | 86 87 | 4.1 4.0 | 1080 -1 1079 |
| NSW Denise Smith | 537 518 | 132 129 | 2.7 4.0 | 867 +28 895 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald | 402 409 | 95 98 | 4.2 4.0 | 1018 -4 1014 |
| NSW Marie Hirschfeld | 526 501 | 129 124 | 2.6 4.0 | 880 +27 907 |
| NSW Kim Grayson | 337 365 | 83 88 | 5.2 3.0 | 1116 -43 1073 |
| NSW Alan Gauci | 528 527 | 130 133 | 2.8 3.0 | 878 +4 882 |
| NSW Jean Balmer | 312 340 | 80 83 | 5.2 3.0 | 1155 -43 1112 |
| NSW Maureen Wilkins | 484 480 | 118 117 | 2.8 3.0 | 920 +5 925 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews | 369 388 | 88 93 | 4.2 3.0 | 1065 -22 1043 |
| NSW Ram Mohe | 427 435 | 101 102 | 3.5 3.0 | 986 -10 976 |
| NSW Bev Purkis | 471 475 | 115 115 | 2.3 2.0 | 936 -7 929 |
| NSW Robyn Finlayson | 542 554 | 133 135 | 2.7 2.0 | 863 -13 850 |
| NSW Merle Young | 416 446 | 99 107 | 3.8 2.0 | 998 -37 961 |
| NSW Anne Henderson | 597 606 | 144 147 | 2.3 2.0 | 814 -7 807 |
| NSW Peggy Womersley | 441 521 | 105 130 | 3.9 0.0 | 967 -78 889 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *RECREATION + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW George Khamis | 721 642 | 178 157 | 3.3 6.5 | 682 +84 766 |
| NSW Jeremy Lee | 669 648 | 165 159 | 3.6 5.0 | 733 +30 763 |
| NSW Rosalie Tobin | 805 727 | 203 181 | 3.0 5.0 | 595 +79 674 |
| NSW Sharon Sorensen | 623 609 | 152 149 | 4.2 5.0 | 787 +16 803 |
| NSW Sue Tuckett | 604 616 | 146 152 | 4.7 4.0 | 808 -12 796 |
| NSW Pam Bennett | 694 677 | 173 169 | 3.5 4.0 | 711 +17 728 |
| NSW Silvana Newman | 642 652 | 157 161 | 4.5 4.0 | 766 -8 758 |
| NSW Sandra Ley | 684 678 | 170 170 | 3.8 4.0 | 717 +9 726 |
| NSW Therese Newman | 828 775 | 211 194 | 2.3 4.0 | 576 +59 635 |
| NSW Maria Kaye | 776 755 | 193 190 | 3.1 4.0 | 630 +18 648 |
| NSW Lauraine Overton | 704 709 | 174 177 | 3.7 3.5 | 703 -3 700 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare | 650 685 | 159 173 | 4.4 3.0 | 760 -41 719 |
| NSW Chris Phillips | 733 746 | 183 186 | 3.6 3.0 | 668 -10 658 |
| NSW Rudolf Puntschuh | 627 653 | 153 162 | 4.4 3.0 | 783 -27 756 |
| NSW Ivana Duria | 605 630 | 147 154 | 4.8 3.0 | 808 -36 772 |
| NSW Jan Tomlin | 708 713 | 176 179 | 3.2 3.0 | 701 -5 696 |
| NSW Win Hendriksen | 877 875 | 224 225 | 2.5 3.0 | 516 +10 526 |
| NSW Veena Mohe | 781 803 | 194 204 | 3.1 2.0 | 625 -23 602 |
| NSW Nancy Sacchetti | 876 913 | 223 234 | 2.4 1.0 | 519 -27 492 |
|*NSW Yvonne Edwards | 0 892 | 0 231 | 2.3 0.3 | 500 500 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+