The roll-up for the tourney was one short of the 100 mark. Two novices from the Manly Club arrived during game 2, not realizing they had to be there for the start of play. Luckily they had been left in the draw for this contingency.
An innovation that was introduced for this tournament and worked well was the staggered lunch. Advanced and Recreation were sent to lunch first, while Masters and Intermediate played on. This had the positive effect of enabling the tournament to finish ahead of schedule. The only negative effect was tournament director Wilma Vialle not getting a mid-tournament break, and having to eat at her post.
In Masters, John Holgate needed to win the final game against me to win the event. This he did by replying to my opening play of ENcRATY for 76 with BApTIZES for 126, followed by ENRHEUMS for 68 to establish a 100 point lead after two moves.
Another milestone occurring in Masters was that of Jean McGiffen notching up her 2000th tournament game. Jean is only the third player in Australia to achieve this feat.
In Advanced, Victor Tung was desperate to win all his games and possibly qualify for the upcoming Winter Masters. Unfortunately Victor tied one game, and fell short of his goal by 34 rating points, but he still won the Division in convincing style.
In Intermediate Janine Whittaker impressed by recording a healthy rating rise in only her second tournament, after her impressive debut in Wollongong two weeks ago.
In Recreation, all honours went to host club player Jacquelin Hochmuth who recorded high word (UNIVERSE for 149), high game (446) and victory in the Division.
A special award for the highest scoring non-bingo play from any Division went to Rex Shakespeare in Intermediate for his play of SQUID for 87 points.
19 of us finished the day off with a superb meal at the Lane Cove River Steakhouse in West Chatswood. John Barker made a short speech, Chris May drowned his sorrows and Jacquelin Hochmuth explained how it was all done.
Click here to read 18 year old Chris May's tournament experience, including the game in which Joan Rosenthal set a National record.
Results after game 7
CHATSWOOD 2002 -- MASTERS
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 John Holgate 6 439
2 John Barker 6 235
3 Joan Rosenthal 5 912
4 Rod Talbot 5 489
5 Bob Jackman 5 277
6 Sue Gergelifi 4 185
7 Hanne Marks 4 137
8 Robin Duncan 4 75
9 Betty Foreman 4 73
10 Chris May 4 59
11 Norma Tracey 4 19
12 Jean McGiffen 4 -24
13 Peter Shaw 4 -119
14 John Spaan 4 -146
15 Audrey Newman 3 -74
16 Jean Noonan 3 -110
17 Trish Windhurst 3 -113
18 Alison Pollard 3 -120
19 Rene Chelton 3 -222
20 Penny Wells 3 -276
21 Tony Hunt 2 -67
22 Cristine Small 2 -131
23 Kris Logan 2 -286
24 Peter Sheehan 2 -329
25 Betty Coleman 1 -332
26 Ivor Zetler 1 -551
HIGH GAME: Joan Rosenthal 688
HIGH WORD: Cristine Small 149
"RETICENT"
Results after game 7
CHATSWOOD 2002 -- ADVANCED
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 Victor Tung 6.5 683
2 Pat Schuberg 5 400
3 Richard Birch 5 331
4 Raya Wilkinson 5 201
5 Fay Van Oyen 5 21
6 Therese Newman 5 -40
7 Jenny Templeton 4.5 106
8 Margaret Berliner 4 270
9 Moana Nepia 4 188
10 Gary Pollard 4 -35
11 Judy McGuinness 4 -87
12 Judy Hay 4 -109
13 Margaret Andrews 3.5 82
14 Denise Smith 3.5 -99
15 Bev Purkis 3 48
16 Natalie Tadday 3 31
17 Ann Fiddler 3 -48
18 Nonie English 3 -56
19 Val Ryan 3 -126
20 Hari Nanayakkara 3 -143
21 Ram Mohe 2 -107
22 Nanette Reynolds 2 -113
23 Cheryl Michler 2 -178
24 Liz Jackman 2 -246
25 Esther Rolfe 2 -440
26 Edith Lowbeer 0 -534
HIGH GAME: Ram Mohe 502
HIGH WORD: Ann Fiddler 137
"REQUEST"
Results after game 7
CHATSWOOD 2002 -- INTERMEDIATE
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 Dolores Barbon 7 650
2 Rex Shakespeare 5 380
3 Lynn Parnell 5 192
4 Linda Dimond 5 80
5 Janine Whittaker 5 -179
6 Sandra Elliott 4 432
7 Sharon Sorensen 4 194
8 Ivana Duria 4 159
9 Jan Tomlin 4 40
10 Frank Hunt 4 11
11 Veena Mohe 4 8
12 Daphne Bezuidenhout 4 -116
13 Prasanna Nanayakkara 3 84
14 Sunny Wright 3 51
15 Greg Nicol 3 3
16 George Khamis 3 -51
17 Sue Tuckett 3 -85
18 Krystyna Batten 3 -374
19 Peggy Womersley 2 -61
20 Claire Dove 2 -122
21 Athena Sheehan 2 -299
22 Marie Hirschfeld 2 -309
23 Alan Gauci 2 -332
24 Merle Young 1 -356
HIGH GAME: Frank Hunt 531
HIGH WORD: Peggy Womersley 102
"ZEATINS"
Results after game 7
CHATSWOOD 2002 -- RECREATION
Rank Player Wins Mar
---------------------------------
1 Jacquelin Hochmuth 7 354
2 Sng Tze Cheow 5 193
3 Vivian Nelson 5 167
4 Anne Henderson 5 152
5 Margaret Coulter 5 119
6 Andree Lajoie 4 217
7 Rudolf Puntschuh 4 191
8 Wendy Lee 4 72
9 Rosalie Tobin 4 48
10 Silvana Newman 4 -22
11 Ann Gash 4 -51
12 Irene Brownlow 4 -85
13 Maria Kaye 3 160
14 Yvonne Edwards 3 26
15 Jayanthi Viswanathan 3 12
16 Karmel Patterson 3 -78
17 Maree Heynen 3 -83
18 Kerry Moyes 3 -138
19 Chi Yan Tang 3 -320
20 Win Henriksen 2 -139
21 Diana Field 2 -222
22 Margot McKenzie 2 -277
23 Josie Burns 2 -289
24 A Bye 0 -7
HIGH GAME: Jacquelin Hochmuth 446
HIGH WORD: Jacquelin Hochmuth 149
"UNIVERSE"
Stats for Tournament : CHATSWOOD 2002
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points |
| | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *MASTERS + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW John Holgate | 8 6 | 3 2 | 5.0 6.0 | 1786 +21 1807 |
| NSW John Barker | 66 39 | 17 13 | 3.1 6.0 | 1572 +71 1643 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal | 24 24 | 8 8 | 4.8 5.0 | 1725 +5 1730 |
| NSW Rod Talbot | 19 17 | 6 5 | 4.3 5.0 | 1745 +14 1759 |
| NSW Bob Jackman | 7 8 | 2 3 | 5.2 5.0 | 1802 -3 1799 |
| NSW Chris May | 32 33 | 11 11 | 4.2 4.0 | 1676 -3 1673 |
| NSW Robin Duncan | 49 53 | 14 15 | 4.7 4.0 | 1612 -14 1598 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi | 105 92 | 28 24 | 2.6 4.0 | 1490 +27 1517 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen | 30 31 | 10 10 | 4.9 4.0 | 1695 -18 1677 |
| NSW Hanne Marks | 93 82 | 23 21 | 2.9 4.0 | 1506 +23 1529 |
| NSW Norma Tracey | 115 98 | 34 26 | 3.0 4.0 | 1478 +20 1498 |
| NSW Betty Foreman | 64 65 | 16 17 | 3.9 4.0 | 1577 +1 1578 |
| NSW John Spaan :act | 96 90 | 25 23 | 3.0 4.0 | 1502 +19 1521 |
| NSW Peter Shaw | 63 63 | 15 16 | 3.9 4.0 | 1578 +2 1580 |
| NSW Alison Pollard | 112 102 | 32 28 | 2.4 3.0 | 1483 +11 1494 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst | 149 144 | 44 41 | 2.6 3.0 | 1435 +8 1443 |
| NSW Audrey Newman | 79 81 | 20 20 | 3.3 3.0 | 1534 -5 1529 |
| NSW Jean Noonan | 122 113 | 37 32 | 2.6 3.0 | 1469 +9 1478 |
| NSW Rene Chelton | 81 88 | 21 22 | 3.5 3.0 | 1532 -10 1522 |
| NSW Penny Wells | 180 165 | 50 48 | 2.0 3.0 | 1389 +19 1408 |
| NSW Tony Hunt | 98 110 | 27 30 | 2.8 2.0 | 1500 -16 1484 |
| NSW Cristine Small | 83 100 | 22 27 | 3.7 2.0 | 1530 -34 1496 |
| NSW Peter Sheehan | 120 136 | 36 39 | 3.1 2.0 | 1472 -22 1450 |
| NSW Kris Logan | 111 119 | 31 34 | 2.9 2.0 | 1486 -18 1468 |
| NSW Betty Coleman | 110 146 | 30 43 | 3.2 1.0 | 1487 -45 1442 |
| NSW Ivor Zetler | 97 132 | 26 37 | 3.3 1.0 | 1500 -46 1454 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *ADVANCED + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Victor Tung | 320 263 | 83 66 | 2.4 6.5 | 1154 +112
1266 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg | 190 188 | 52 52 | 5.1 5.0 | 1362 +2 1364 |
| NSW Richard Birch | 292 275 | 75 70 | 3.6 5.0 | 1209 +29 1238 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson | 272 261 | 68 65 | 3.9 5.0 | 1243 +25 1268 |
| NSW Therese Newman | 352 307 | 92 79 | 2.5 5.0 | 1116 +60 1176 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen | 339 303 | 88 77 | 2.6 5.0 | 1132 +56 1188 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton | 233 231 | 59 57 | 4.5 4.5 | 1305 1305 |
| NSW Margaret Berliner | 271 272 | 67 69 | 3.9 4.0 | 1244 +3 1247 |
| NSW Moana Nepia | 181 186 | 51 51 | 5.0 4.0 | 1386 -19 1367 |
| NSW Judy Hay | 266 264 | 65 67 | 3.5 4.0 | 1255 +10 1265 |
| NSW Gary Pollard | 238 247 | 60 61 | 4.6 4.0 | 1299 -12 1287 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness | 269 271 | 66 68 | 3.6 4.0 | 1245 +9 1254 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews | 328 322 | 84 85 | 2.9 3.5 | 1142 +12 1154 |
| NSW Denise Smith | 389 378 | 96 95 | 2.8 3.5 | 1080 +14 1094 |
| NSW Natalie Tadday | 303 304 | 77 78 | 3.2 3.0 | 1187 -4 1183 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler | 387 374 | 94 94 | 2.4 3.0 | 1083 +12 1095 |
| NSW Hari Nanayakkara | 274 285 | 69 73 | 3.8 3.0 | 1243 -16 1227 |
| NSW Nonie English | 340 339 | 89 89 | 2.8 3.0 | 1131 +5 1136 |
| NSW Bev Purkis | 388 372 | 95 93 | 2.3 3.0 | 1083 +15 1098 |
| NSW Val Ryan | 285 293 | 72 76 | 3.8 3.0 | 1224 -15 1209 |
| NSW Ram Mohe | 310 327 | 79 86 | 3.2 2.0 | 1171 -24 1147 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler | 196 238 | 54 58 | 5.1 2.0 | 1353 -61 1292 |
| NSW Liz Jackman | 205 245 | 56 60 | 5.0 2.0 | 1347 -58 1289 |
| NSW Nanette Reynolds | 301 314 | 76 82 | 3.3 2.0 | 1194 -26 1168 |
| NSW Esther Rolfe | 407 410 | 100 101 | 2.1 2.0 | 1059 -3 1056 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer | 345 404 | 90 99 | 2.9 0.0 | 1124 -58 1066 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *INTERMEDIATE + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Dolores Barbon | 443 395 | 109 96 | 4.6 7.0 | 1014 +61 1075 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare | 424 415 | 104 102 | 4.8 5.0 | 1037 +8 1045 |
| NSW Linda Dimond | 449 440 | 111 107 | 4.4 5.0 | 1007 +14 1021 |
| NSW Lynn Parnell | 554 523 | 136 128 | 3.7 5.0 | 894 +27 921 |
| NSW Janine Whittaker | 674 552 | 172 136 | 2.5 5.0 | 795 +101
896 |
| NSW Sandra Elliott | 561 542 | 139 133 | 3.1 4.0 | 888 +18 906 |
| NSW Sharon Sorensen | 585 565 | 147 140 | 3.1 4.0 | 865 +18 883 |
| NSW Ivana Duria | 526 519 | 128 127 | 3.4 4.0 | 913 +12 925 |
| NSW Frank Hunt | 693 657 | 175 168 | 2.4 4.0 | 776 +32 808 |
| NSW Jan Tomlin | 651 598 | 167 153 | 2.1 4.0 | 814 +39 853 |
| NSW Veena Mohe | 608 589 | 157 150 | 3.1 4.0 | 845 +18 863 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout | 453 453 | 112 111 | 4.1 4.0 | 1002 -1 1001 |
| NSW Prasana Nanayakkara | 544 568 | 134 142 | 3.7 3.0 | 900 -19 881 |
| NSW Sunny Wright | 413 444 | 102 109 | 4.7 3.0 | 1046 -34 1012 |
| NSW Greg Nicol | 564 569 | 140 143 | 3.5 3.0 | 885 -8 877 |
| NSW George Khamis | 458 483 | 113 119 | 4.7 3.0 | 998 -33 965 |
| NSW Sue Tuckett | 587 578 | 148 147 | 2.6 3.0 | 862 +9 871 |
| NSW Krystyna Batten | 597 603 | 153 155 | 3.1 3.0 | 854 -3 851 |
| NSW Claire Dove | 588 618 | 149 158 | 3.2 2.0 | 862 -22 840 |
| NSW Peggy Womersley | 410 467 | 101 114 | 5.3 2.0 | 1048 -66 982 |
| NSW Alan Gauci | 596 624 | 152 159 | 3.0 2.0 | 855 -21 834 |
| NSW Marie Hirschfeld | 543 579 | 133 148 | 3.8 2.0 | 902 -32 870 |
| NSW Athena Sheehan | 629 658 | 159 169 | 3.1 2.0 | 828 -20 808 |
| NSW Merle Young | 679 707 | 173 179 | 2.1 1.0 | 787 -23 764 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *RECREATION + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Jacquelin Hochmuth | 950 718 | 248 185 | 2.9 7.0 | 574 +183
757 |
|*NSW Sng Tze Cheow | 0 714 | 0 182 | 5.0 5.0 | 760 760 |
| NSW Margaret Coulter | 863 793 | 227 206 | 3.4 5.0 | 637 +58 695 |
| NSW Anne Henderson | 814 780 | 209 202 | 4.2 5.0 | 684 +20 704 |
| NSW Vivian Nelson | 1015 926 | 273 243 | 2.4 5.0 | 527 +63 590 |
| NSW Andree Lajoie | 773 785 | 198 204 | 4.7 4.0 | 710 -10 700 |
| NSW Rudolf Puntschuh | 718 730 | 184 188 | 4.6 4.0 | 756 -10 746 |
| NSW Wendy Lee | 869 865 | 229 229 | 3.8 4.0 | 630 +8 638 |
| NSW Silvana Newman | 811 829 | 207 217 | 4.6 4.0 | 684 -12 672 |
| NSW Ann Gash | 959 937 | 251 247 | 3.1 4.0 | 566 +17 583 |
| NSW Rosalie Tobin | 877 869 | 233 231 | 3.5 4.0 | 625 +10 635 |
| NSW Irene Brownlow | 1025 975 | 281 256 | 2.8 4.0 | 520 +36 556 |
| NSW Yvonne Edwards | 730 772 | 187 199 | 4.7 3.0 | 745 -33 712 |
| NSW Maria Kaye | 875 903 | 232 241 | 4.1 3.0 | 625 -18 607 |
|*NSW Karmel Patterson | 0 1171 | 0 332 | 3.1 3.0 | 500 -6 494 |
| NSW Maree Heynen | 945 960 | 246 252 | 3.5 3.0 | 576 -9 567 |
|*NSW Jayanthi Viswanathan | 0 1172 | 0 333 | 3.3 3.0 | 500 -19 481 |
|*NSW Kerry Moyes | 0 1173 | 0 334 | 3.4 3.0 | 500 -25 475 |
|*NSW Chi Yan Tang | 0 1123 | 0 319 | 3.4 3.0 | 500 500 |
| NSW Win Hendriksen | 957 981 | 250 260 | 2.8 2.0 | 567 -16 551 |
| NSW Diana Field | 1054 1174 | 291 335 | 3.5 2.0 | 500 -30 470 |
| NSW Josie Burns | 1070 1175 | 297 336 | 3.6 2.0 | 500 -31 469 |
| NSW Margot McKenzie | 1131 1176 | 328 337 | 3.3 2.0 | 500 -39 461 |
| --- A Bye | 1172 1177 | 1 1 | 0.4 0.0 | -1 -6 -7 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+