The Joan Rosenthal prize this year was won by none other than Chris May (as we all know, the JR prize goes to the NSW player who gained the most ratings points in the year immediately preceding the NSW Champs). Chris piled on 514 ratings points in the year, easily eclipsing last year's winner Wilma Vialle who could only manage an increase of 327. Still, Wilma outshone George Khamis who could only manage an increase of 263 points. However, in Rec division, George Khamis won 11.5 of his 14 games, indicating that he will continue to rise.
7 year-old Alastair Richards came second to George, also a sign of things to come. Patrick Berton came third with 9 wins.
In Intermediate, Tony Hunt took the honours from Michael Adler on spread, with Judy McGuinness third.
The Richards' successes carried through to Advanced with Paul taking first prize on spread from Judy Hay. Gary Pollard took the other minor medal.
And in Masters, it was Bob Jackman 3rd with 14.5 wins 767 spread, Marie Knight 2nd with 15 wins and 137 spread and me the winner with 17 games and 1682 spread. The Richards' successes carried through to Advanced with Paul taking first prize on spread from Judy Hay. Gary Pollard took the other minor medal.
I started my tournament in typical fashion by losing to Wilma Vialle, who must have a 90% record against me by now. However I picked up and was 2nd to Bob at the end of day 1. By end of day 2, I had picked up the lead and went into the KOTH games on the third day with a clearance of 1.5 games from Bob. We worked out that Bob would need to win 3 times to take out the tournament. However, I won the first game which assured me victory with 2 games to go. Bob won the 2nd of our 3 KOTH games which meant that we would play again in round 22. I won that game but in the meantime, Marie Knight, who started her KOTH games in 7th position, had strung three wins together to land in 2nd place. The Richards' successes carried through to Advanced with Paul taking first prize on spread from Judy Hay. Gary Pollard took the other minor medal.
Of the nice plays that I heard about, the best would be Bob's conversion of PINNACLE into PINNACLED by playing RADIUM underneath it, and parallel-playing several other words for a score of 52. This sort of move shows his superior vocab and reasoning abilities. The Richards' successes carried through to Advanced with Paul taking first prize on spread from Judy Hay. Gary Pollard took the other minor medal.
Joanne Craig, who got the tournament high game of 595 played CELOSIAS for a triple triple in Masters, but couldn't surpass Jean McGiffen's DESCANTS, 140 points. Yet another 140 point play was Paul Richards' WOODSMEN in Advanced. The Richards' successes carried through to Advanced with Paul taking first prize on spread from Judy Hay. Gary Pollard took the other minor medal.
This was a great tournament, thanks to all involved in its organisation.
Results after game 22
NSW CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000 -- MASTERS
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 Paul Cleary 17 1682
2 Marie Knight 15 137
3 Bob Jackman 14.5 767
4 Saheed Jimoh 14 709
5 Anne Drew 14 379
6 Edward Okulicz 13.5 541
7 Joanne Craig 13 699
8 John Foley 13 621
9 Joan Rosenthal 13 288
10 Carmel Dodd 12 117
11 Trevor Halsall 11 497
12 John Holgate 11 399
13 Rod Talbot 11 107
14 Chris May 10 -105
15 Graeme Lock Lee 9.5 -426
16 Karen Richards 9 -178
17 John Barker 9 -507
18 Wilma Vialle 9 -636
19 Ron Baginski 9 -1009
20 Nicole Findlay 8.5 -672
21 Jan Serisier 8 -970
22 Jean McGiffen 7 -421
23 Jean Noonan 7 -1426
24 Sue Gergelifi 6 -593
HIGH GAME: Joanne Craig 595
HIGH WORD: Jean McGiffen 140
"DESCANTS"
Results after game 22
NSW CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000 -- ADVANCED
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 Paul Richards 15 1044
2 Judy Hay 15 411
3 Gary Pollard 14 749
4 Audrey Newman 13 734
5 Hanne Marks 13 728
6 Betty Coleman 13 561
7 Gloria Gallagher 13 -129
8 Ros Gibbons 13 -219
9 Siva Sivapalasundram12 369
10 Betty Foreman 12 206
11 Jenny Templeton 12 189
12 Alison Pollard 12 145
13 Raya Wilkinson 12 -13
14 Jean Balmer 11 170
15 Sam Greenberg 11 -189
16 Elizabeth Ho 10 -431
17 Elma Awde 10 -660
18 Margaret Andrews 9 -357
19 Daphne Bezuidenhout 9 -497
20 Roberta Tait 8 -261
21 June Stephenson 7.5 -274
22 Nonie English 7 -856
23 Liz Jackman 6.5 -945
24 Nanette Reynolds 6 -475
HIGH GAME: Betty Coleman 537
HIGH WORD: P Richards 140
"WOODSMEN"
Results after game 14
NSW CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000 -- INTERMEDIATE
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 Tony Hunt 9 700
2 Michael Adler 9 438
3 Judy McGuinness 8 420
4 Fay Van Oyen 8 -88
5 Merle Young 7 243
6 Linda Dimond 7 -31
7 Sunny Wright 7 -137
8 Esther Rolfe 7 -488
9 Ann Fiddler 6 -111
10 Bev Purkis 6 -257
11 Margaret Ackman 6 -329
12 Donna Macdonald 4 -360
HIGH GAME: Merle Young 529
HIGH WORD: D Macdonald 102
"SWELTER"
Results after game 14
NSW CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000 -- RECREATION
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 George Khamis 11.5 478
2 Alastair Richards 10 563
3 Patrick Berton 9 490
4 Andree Lajoie 7.5 -202
5 Denise Smith 7 402
6 Chris Phillips 7 -134
7 Heather Sorenson 6 -65
8 Sue Tuckett 5 -100
9 Joy Bresser 5 -620
10 Merriss Adler 2 -812
HIGH GAME: Denise Smith 479
HIGH WORD: P Berton 107
"QUESTS"
Stats for Tournament : NSW CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points |
| | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *MASTERS + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Paul Cleary | 4 3 | 1 1 | 15.5 17.0 | 1871 +26 1897 |
| NSW Marie Knight | 54 18 | 15 7 | 8.3 15.0 | 1605 +151
1756 |
| NSW Bob Jackman | 10 7 | 4 3 | 13.3 14.5 | 1800 +21 1821 |
| VIC Saheed Jimoh | 7 6 | 4 4 | 15.7 14.0 | 1860 -25 1835 |
| QLD Anne Drew | 63 26 | 4 2 | 8.1 14.0 | 1594 +121
1715 |
| QLD Edward Okulicz | 25 19 | 1 1 | 10.8 13.5 | 1696 +54 1750 |
| NSW John Foley | 11 12 | 5 5 | 13.9 13.0 | 1798 -15 1783 |
| NSW Joanne Craig | 40 25 | 11 8 | 8.7 13.0 | 1637 +88 1725 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal | 18 16 | 6 6 | 12.5 13.0 | 1750 +12 1762 |
| SA Carmel Dodd | 8 9 | 1 1 | 15.8 12.0 | 1851 -57 1794 |
| NSW John Holgate | 5 11 | 2 4 | 16.0 11.0 | 1864 -77 1787 |
| VIC Trevor Halsall | 13 20 | 7 9 | 13.1 11.0 | 1784 -40 1744 |
| NSW Rod Talbot | 24 28 | 8 9 | 11.5 11.0 | 1699 -8 1691 |
| NSW Chris May | 36 44 | 9 11 | 11.0 10.0 | 1646 -18 1628 |
| NSW Graeme Lock Lee | 87 66 | 23 17 | 7.4 9.5 | 1536 +43 1579 |
| NSW John Barker | 65 62 | 18 16 | 8.7 9.0 | 1581 +7 1588 |
| SA Karen Richards | 84 64 | 5 3 | 6.9 9.0 | 1542 +43 1585 |
| NSW Wilma Vialle | 38 52 | 10 13 | 10.7 9.0 | 1640 -32 1608 |
| QLD Ron Baginski | 80 73 | 5 5 | 7.8 9.0 | 1546 +24 1570 |
| VIC Nicole Findlay | 59 63 | 32 34 | 9.2 8.5 | 1598 -13 1585 |
| NSW Jan Serisier | 55 68 | 16 18 | 9.6 8.0 | 1605 -32 1573 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen | 23 60 | 7 14 | 12.5 7.0 | 1700 -109
1591 |
| NSW Jean Noonan | 112 104 | 29 28 | 6.1 7.0 | 1484 +19 1503 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi | 42 88 | 13 24 | 11.0 6.0 | 1632 -99 1533 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *ADVANCED + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| SA Paul Richards | 127 123 | 8 8 | 14.8 15.0 | 1470 +4 1474 |
| NSW Judy Hay | 229 166 | 56 44 | 10.4 15.0 | 1318 +91 1409 |
| NSW Gary Pollard | 160 153 | 45 40 | 13.6 14.0 | 1422 +9 1431 |
| NSW Betty Coleman | 180 185 | 50 50 | 13.2 13.0 | 1395 -4 1391 |
| NSW Hanne Marks | 176 188 | 48 51 | 13.9 13.0 | 1401 -17 1384 |
| NSW Audrey Newman | 126 159 | 34 42 | 15.9 13.0 | 1471 -58 1413 |
| NSW Ros Gibbons | 159 163 | 44 43 | 13.6 13.0 | 1423 -12 1411 |
| NSW Gloria Gallagher | 152 174 | 42 48 | 14.7 13.0 | 1439 -35 1404 |
| NSW Betty Foreman | 125 173 | 33 47 | 15.4 12.0 | 1471 -67 1404 |
| NSW Alison Pollard | 196 211 | 52 55 | 12.9 12.0 | 1370 -17 1353 |
| NSW Siva Sivapalasundram | 199 206 | 54 54 | 12.3 12.0 | 1367 -6 1361 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton | 240 229 | 61 57 | 10.5 12.0 | 1289 +30 1319 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson | 286 251 | 73 61 | 8.1 12.0 | 1193 +78 1271 |
| NSW Jean Balmer | 339 276 | 85 71 | 5.9 11.0 | 1117 +103
1220 |
| NSW Sam Greenberg | 198 220 | 53 56 | 12.7 11.0 | 1369 -34 1335 |
| TAS Elma Awde | 309 282 | 31 26 | 7.9 10.0 | 1164 +41 1205 |
| NSW Elizabeth Ho | 239 262 | 60 64 | 12.1 10.0 | 1292 -41 1251 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews | 323 306 | 82 77 | 7.6 9.0 | 1139 +29 1168 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout | 335 309 | 84 78 | 6.7 9.0 | 1119 +45 1164 |
| QLD Roberta Tait | 337 323 | 30 29 | 6.9 8.0 | 1119 +23 1142 |
| NSW June Stephenson | 304 320 | 76 81 | 8.6 7.5 | 1169 -22 1147 |
| NSW Nonie English | 308 328 | 78 84 | 8.5 7.0 | 1166 -29 1137 |
| NSW Liz Jackman | 329 339 | 83 85 | 7.1 6.5 | 1128 -11 1117 |
| NSW Nanette Reynolds | 249 295 | 62 75 | 10.9 6.0 | 1275 -97 1178 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *INTERMEDIATE + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Tony Hunt | 441 401 | 101 94 | 6.0 9.0 | 986 +60 1046 |
| NSW Michael Adler :act | 305 321 | 77 82 | 10.1 9.0 | 1168 -22 1146 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness | 375 375 | 91 91 | 8.0 8.0 | 1076 1076 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen | 381 383 | 93 93 | 8.1 8.0 | 1069 -2 1067 |
| NSW Merle Young | 456 444 | 107 101 | 6.0 7.0 | 958 +19 977 |
| NSW Esther Rolfe | 393 409 | 94 96 | 8.2 7.0 | 1052 -24 1028 |
| NSW Linda Dimond | 463 448 | 110 103 | 5.9 7.0 | 953 +21 974 |
| NSW Sunny Wright | 401 413 | 95 97 | 8.1 7.0 | 1047 -21 1026 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler | 458 457 | 108 108 | 5.8 6.0 | 954 +3 957 |
| NSW Bev Purkis | 482 471 | 117 113 | 5.6 6.0 | 941 +8 949 |
| NSW Margaret Ackman | 548 511 | 134 127 | 4.3 6.0 | 881 +33 914 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald | 417 472 | 98 114 | 7.7 4.0 | 1023 -75 948 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *RECREATION + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW George Khamis | 580 529 | 139 130 | 8.9 11.5 | 846 +55 901 |
| SA Alastair Richards | 701 625 | 62 53 | 6.2 10.0 | 727 +78 805 |
| NSW Patrick Berton | 634 616 | 156 151 | 8.1 9.0 | 797 +19 816 |
| NSW Andree Lajoie | 724 692 | 182 172 | 6.0 7.5 | 707 +30 737 |
| NSW Denise Smith | 555 606 | 135 147 | 9.6 7.0 | 875 -49 826 |
| NSW Chris Phillips | 783 735 | 201 185 | 4.7 7.0 | 649 +46 695 |
| NSW Heather Sorensen :ac | 677 688 | 166 170 | 6.8 6.0 | 757 -16 741 |
| NSW Sue Tuckett | 584 677 | 141 165 | 9.4 5.0 | 842 -86 756 |
| NSW Joy Bresser :act | 702 767 | 174 195 | 7.0 5.0 | 725 -61 664 |
| NSW Merriss Adler :act | 883 902 | 225 232 | 3.2 2.0 | 546 -25 521 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+