The ACT Championships were held this weekend, and I'm still recovering! 47 Scrabblers from the ACT and NSW came over the weekend, and one all the way from Victoria. Ratings movements were many and large!
Placings were decided on wins and percentages, a departure from the more usual formats of wins and margins, and wins and aggregates, as I decided that this method best reflects the skills of maximising one's own score and minimising that of your opponent. 9 novices played, which must be a record or close to it after the initial stages of Scrabble in NSW/ACT. One novice, however, played 2 games, scored 205 and 174, and then decided she had had enough and left!
There were prizes allocated to 4 divisions, although the top two divisions were put together to play in one section, and the bottom two divisions were grouped into another. Prizes were for first, second and third in each division, high game score, high word score and most unusual word. In addition there were prizes for best novice, and for best political word,won by "VOTERS", highest scoring Christian name, won by Penny Lavender with "TARZAN", best geographical term and highest-scoring animal name won by Helen Young with "GIRAFFE" for 95.
Betty Foreman put on a MASTERful display to take Masters division with 12 wins from the 14 games, 2 games clear of Kerry Constable (2nd) and Sue Flack (3rd). In the second section Penny Lavender, mistakenly put down in this section instead of Dawn Spring, took out the section with 11 wins (but still suffered a ratings loss). Jean Balmer came second.
Full results:
MASTERS
Name Wins Old Rating Gain New Rating Betty Foreman 12 1488 +55 1543 Kerry Constable 10 1284 +111 1395 Sue Flack 10 1267 +97 1364 Audrey Newman 9 1511 -11 1499 Siva Siva 9 1451 +15 1466 Nicole Findlay 8 1697 -76 1620 Rene Chelton 8 1623 -60 1562 Jenny Templeton 8 1192 +86 1278 Gordon Meggs 8 1211 +48 1259 Jeff Chelton 7 1551 -92 1458 Graeme Lock Lee 7 1584 -64 1519 Judy Hay 7 1218 +34 1252 Tim Reddan 7 1047 +100 1147 Alison Rae 7 1281 +19 1300 Dawn Spring 7 1012 +107 1119 June Stephenson 7 1025 +70 1095 Cheryl Michler 6 1258 -4 1253 Edith Lowbeer 6 1144 +19 1163 Helen Currie 6 1196 -22 1173 Val Ryan 6 1287 -41 1245 Norma Tracey 5 1181 +16 1197 Ros Gibbons 5 1222 -26 1195 Bbye 5 1103 +0 1103 Jeff Spring 4 1536 -148 1387 Gary Pollard 4 1117 -12 1104 Hanne Marks 4 1348 -108 1239 RECREATION - Day 1 Name Wins Old Rating Gain New Rating Jean Balmer 6 903 +11 914 Penny Lavender 5 1032 -32 999 Carol Nomharas 5 740 +57 797 Bev Sell 5 802 +10 812 Margaret Gauci 5 702 +31 733 *Don Sewell 5 840 +0 840 Mary Craven 4 814 +4 818 Helen Young 4 945 -49 895 Alan Gauci 4 851 -21 829 Chris Phillips 4 649 +26 675 Heather Sorenson4 787 -30 756 Sarah Ferguson 4 612 +9 621 *Susan McGillivray3 561 +0 561 *Gillian Adler 3 513 +0 513 Pam O'Connor 3 695 -26 668 Lexia Smallwood 3 500 -1 498 *Tricia Crowther3 500 -24 500 Dea Matthews 3 489 -3 485 *Caroline Bracken3 545 +0 545 *Jan McNutt 2 500 -73 426 *Dorothy Evans 2 500 -101 398 RECREATION - Day 2 Name Wins Old Rating Gain New Rating Penny Lavender 6 999 +10 1009 Helen Young 5 895 +9 904 Lexia Smallwood 5 498 +162 660 Alan Gauci 5 829 +25 854 Susan McGillivray5 561 +132 792 Heather Sorenson4 756 +36 792 Margaret Gauci 4 733 +31 764 Jean Balmer 4 914 -17 896 Caroline Bracken4 545 +63 608 Bev Sell 3 812 +3 815 Carol Nomharas 3 797 -32 764 Pam O'Connor 3 668 -2 665 Dea Matthews 3 485 +46 531 Don Sewell 3 840 -59 780 Chris Phillips 2 675 -9 665 Mary Craven 1 818 -78 739