The Sydney Scrabble Club hosted another successful tournament at the Revesby Workers Club on 8th November 1997. My thanks to the committee and all those who helped out with cakes etc.
After a lot of headaches with players ringing in to play, or pulling out after the closing deadline (8 in all), the day went off without a hitch. The fact that all players were encouraged to use a clock meant that everyone started and finished together, resulting in a smoothly run tournament.
Lee, Craig and Jacqui McGiffen handled the computers and catering with expertise and Ben and Adam Archibold were very capable runners. Thank you to Pat Rae for her help with the look-up programme.
Ram Mohe won $50 in the raffle and Joanne Deady won the Whitman chocolates.
The Results:
Results after game 7
SYDNEY 97 -- A
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Joan Rosenthal 6 425
2 John Barker 6 417
3 Jean Mcgiffen 5 348
4 Alison Rae 5 176
5 Keith Bioletti 5 -29
6 Peter Shaw 4 143
7 Pat Warren 4 97
8 Rene Chelton 4 84
9 Ian Close 4 81
10 Kris Logan 4 25
11 Ted Roberts 4 -43
12 Moana Nepia 3 153
13 Gloria Gallagher 3 79
14 Shirley Bradford 3 -12
15 Robin Duncan 3 -57
16 Ruby Kotwall 3 -222
17 Sue Gergelifi 3 -321
18 Richard Farrington 2 -18
19 Jean Noonan 2 -244
20 Audrey Newman 2 -416
21 Betty Foreman 1 -142
22 Dulcie Lyall 1 -524
HIGH GAME: John Barker 550
HIGH WORD: Joan Rosenthal 149
"TRAIPSED"
Results after game 7
SYDNEY 97 -- B
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Sam Greenberg 7 603
2 Judy Hay 5 325
3 Cheryl Michler 5 291
4 Harry Walsh 5 96
5 Val Ryan 5 -60
6 Angie Farrington 4 166
7 Ethel Collins 4 144
8 Jeff Spring 4 85
9 Barbara Chenevier 4 47
10 Yvonne Sharpe 4 -107
11 Edith Lowbeer 3« 192
12 Hanne Marks 3« 5
13 Jan Serisier 3 151
14 Betty Coleman 3 7
15 Norma Tracey 3 -85
16 Jenny Templeton 3 -148
17 Richard Birch 3 -166
18 Arthur Isaac 2 -197
19 Evelyn Parker 2 -298
20 Gary Pollard 2 -318
21 Ros Gibbons 1 -318
22 Lorraine Robinson 1 -415
HIGH GAME: Sam Greenberg 471
HIGH WORD: Lorraine Robinson 97
"CHEATING"
Results after game 7
SYDNEY 97 -- C
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 June Stephenson 6 385
2 Dawn Spring 6 157
3 Raya Wilkinson 5 95
4 Esther Rolfe 5 72
5 Alan Gauci 4 274
6 Ram Mohe 4 227
7 Sunny Wright 4 136
8 Chloe Mcnally 4 127
9 Kim Grayson 4 125
10 Michael Adler 4 31
11 Margaret Berliner 4 28
12 Trish Farland 4 -51
13 Henni Maat 3 115
14 Judy Mcguinness 3 113
15 Margaret Andrews 3 19
16 Isobel Humphreys 3 -80
17 Janet Chambers 2 -113
18 Helen Young 2 -240
19 Nonie English 2 -256
20 Lan Knox 2 -454
21 Merle Young 2 -571
22 Fay Van Oyen 1 -139
HIGH GAME: Janet Chambers 500
HIGH WORD: Trish Farland 158
"BROODING"
Results after game 7
SYDNEY 97 -- D
Rank Player Wins Mar
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1 Donna Macdonald 6 250
2 Daphne Bezuidenhout 5 320
3 Margaret Ackman 5 152
4 David Etherington 5 144
5 Rudolf Puntschuh 4 250
6 Ivana Duria 4 211
7 Jeff Richardson 4 178
8 Pam O'Connor 4 -31
9 Shirley Mcindoe 4 -70
10 Margaret Gauci 4 -98
11 Sue Tuckett 3 6
12 Joanne Deady 3 -37
13 Maria Kaye 3 -58
14 Silvana Newman 3 -74
15 Marina Manners 3 -169
16 Andree Lajoie 2 -20
17 Merris Adler 2 -91
18 Diana Field 2 -144
19 Gay Brown 2 -343
20 Kath Davidson 2 -376
HIGH GAME: Daphne Bezuidenhout 472
HIGH WORD: Pam Oconnor 86
"NESTINGS"
Stats for Tournament : SYDNEY 97
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| state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points |
| | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New |
+-------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *A + + + +
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
| NSW Joan Rosenthal | 5 4 | 4 3 | 5.7 6.0 | 1915 +5 1920 |
| NSW John Barker | 23 19 | 9 8 | 4.9 6.0 | 1787 +24 1811 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen | 36 33 | 12 11 | 4.7 5.0 | 1739 +7 1746 |
| NSW Alison Rae :act | 116 86 | 31 24 | 1.9 5.0 | 1518 +78 1596 |
| NSW Keith Bioletti | 48 46 | 15 13 | 4.6 5.0 | 1693 +8 1701 |
| NSW Peter Shaw | 35 39 | 11 12 | 4.6 4.0 | 1743 -10 1732 |
| NSW Rene Chelton | 96 81 | 28 22 | 2.7 4.0 | 1574 +27 1601 |
| NSW Ian Close | 143 125 | 38 35 | 2.1 4.0 | 1461 +38 1499 |
| NSW Pat Warren | 78 75 | 19 19 | 3.5 4.0 | 1604 +10 1614 |
| NSW Kris Logan | 130 116 | 35 31 | 2.8 4.0 | 1492 +25 1517 |
| NSW Ted Roberts | 150 139 | 39 38 | 2.2 4.0 | 1442 +35 1477 |
| NSW Moana Nepia | 47 56 | 14 16 | 4.5 3.0 | 1697 -29 1667 |
| NSW Gloria Gallagher | 121 118 | 33 32 | 2.9 3.0 | 1507 +3 1510 |
| NSW Robin Duncan | 46 59 | 13 18 | 4.8 3.0 | 1700 -36 1663 |
| NSW Shirley Bradford | 95 91 | 27 26 | 2.5 3.0 | 1576 +9 1585 |
| NSW Ruby Kotwall | 134 133 | 36 37 | 2.9 3.0 | 1483 +2 1485 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi | 83 89 | 23 25 | 3.5 3.0 | 1600 -10 1589 |
| NSW Richard Farrington | 111 115 | 30 30 | 2.8 2.0 | 1535 -16 1518 |
| NSW Jean Noonan | 117 127 | 32 36 | 2.8 2.0 | 1513 -14 1498 |
| NSW Audrey Newman | 81 98 | 22 28 | 3.9 2.0 | 1601 -37 1563 |
| NSW Betty Foreman | 89 104 | 25 29 | 3.2 1.0 | 1591 -43 1547 |
| NSW Dulcie Lyall | 104 123 | 29 34 | 3.4 1.0 | 1551 -47 1503 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *B + + + +
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
| NSW Sam Greenberg | 169 149 | 41 40 | 4.7 7.0 | 1405 +51 1456 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler | 185 175 | 45 42 | 4.1 5.0 | 1379 +17 1396 |
| NSW Judy Hay | 209 197 | 50 48 | 3.9 5.0 | 1335 +21 1356 |
| NSW Harry Walsh | 328 298 | 81 74 | 2.6 5.0 | 1108 +55 1163 |
| NSW Val Ryan | 227 219 | 56 53 | 3.4 5.0 | 1271 +32 1303 |
| NSW Ethel Collins | 186 186 | 46 45 | 4.0 4.0 | 1378 +0 1377 |
| NSW Angie Farrington | 273 255 | 66 62 | 2.3 4.0 | 1195 +33 1228 |
| NSW Barbara Chenevier | 280 260 | 68 65 | 2.5 4.0 | 1191 +30 1221 |
| NSW Jeff Spring | 153 167 | 40 41 | 5.1 4.0 | 1438 -22 1415 |
| NSW Yvonne Sharpe | 258 242 | 63 59 | 2.9 4.0 | 1223 +22 1245 |
| NSW Hanne Marks | 175 190 | 42 47 | 4.9 3.5 | 1393 -28 1364 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer | 305 288 | 75 71 | 2.1 3.5 | 1144 +28 1172 |
| NSW Jan Serisier | 193 208 | 48 49 | 4.1 3.0 | 1361 -22 1338 |
| NSW Betty Coleman | 337 330 | 85 83 | 2.4 3.0 | 1096 +12 1108 |
| NSW Norma Tracey | 248 258 | 61 63 | 3.5 3.0 | 1235 -8 1226 |
| NSW Richard Birch | 292 286 | 72 70 | 2.6 3.0 | 1169 +9 1178 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton | 212 215 | 52 52 | 3.9 3.0 | 1327 -17 1309 |
| NSW Arthur Isaac | 270 292 | 65 73 | 3.4 2.0 | 1198 -27 1170 |
| NSW Gary Pollard | 239 259 | 60 64 | 3.7 2.0 | 1256 -33 1222 |
| NSW Evelyn Parker | 228 247 | 57 60 | 3.7 2.0 | 1270 -34 1235 |
| NSW Ros Gibbons | 204 223 | 49 55 | 4.2 1.0 | 1347 -63 1283 |
| NSW Lorraine Robinson | 299 321 | 74 80 | 2.7 1.0 | 1157 -34 1122 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *C + + + +
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
| NSW June Stephenson | 400 359 | 99 90 | 3.7 6.0 | 998 +53 1051 |
| NSW Dawn Spring | 345 329 | 87 82 | 4.6 6.0 | 1082 +30 1112 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson | 361 349 | 91 88 | 4.1 5.0 | 1049 +19 1068 |
| NSW Esther Rolfe | 451 414 | 112 101 | 3.2 5.0 | 936 +37 973 |
| NSW Ram Mohe | 452 437 | 113 108 | 3.3 4.0 | 936 +13 949 |
| NSW Kim Grayson | 412 406 | 101 99 | 3.8 4.0 | 975 +5 980 |
| NSW Margaret Berliner | 396 394 | 97 97 | 4.0 4.0 | 1002 +1 1003 |
| NSW Trish Farland | 478 464 | 124 117 | 3.1 4.0 | 905 +18 923 |
| NSW Chloe McNally | 473 458 | 122 114 | 3.0 4.0 | 911 +19 930 |
| NSW Sunny Wright | 486 470 | 126 121 | 2.9 4.0 | 895 +22 917 |
| NSW Michael Adler :act | 355 361 | 90 91 | 4.2 4.0 | 1055 -3 1051 |
| NSW Alan Gauci | 456 438 | 114 109 | 3.2 4.0 | 932 +16 948 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews | 494 495 | 129 129 | 3.1 3.0 | 883 -1 881 |
| NSW Henni Maat | 488 488 | 127 127 | 2.8 3.0 | 891 +3 894 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness | 353 374 | 88 94 | 4.5 3.0 | 1061 -30 1030 |
| NSW Isabel Humphreys | 472 473 | 121 122 | 3.2 3.0 | 914 -3 910 |
| NSW Janet Chambers | 374 412 | 94 100 | 4.7 2.0 | 1029 -53 975 |
| NSW Helen Young | 467 487 | 118 126 | 3.3 2.0 | 920 -25 894 |
| NSW Merle Young | 524 546 | 133 136 | 2.7 2.0 | 854 -13 840 |
| NSW Nonie English | 459 478 | 115 124 | 3.4 2.0 | 930 -27 902 |
| NSW Lan Knox | 522 530 | 132 133 | 2.3 2.0 | 857 -6 850 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen | 407 468 | 100 119 | 4.1 1.0 | 981 -61 919 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *D + + + +
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
| NSW Donna MacDonald | 677 617 | 168 152 | 3.5 6.0 | 700 +59 759 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout | 740 697 | 186 171 | 3.2 5.0 | 643 +35 678 |
| NSW David Etherington | 768 726 | 197 181 | 2.9 5.0 | 608 +45 653 |
| NSW Margaret Ackman | 610 592 | 150 147 | 3.9 5.0 | 771 +22 793 |
| NSW Rudolf Puntschuh | 586 595 | 146 148 | 4.5 4.0 | 798 -7 790 |
| NSW Jeff Richardson | 639 646 | 157 159 | 4.4 4.0 | 734 -7 726 |
| NSW Pam O'Connor | 636 632 | 155 155 | 3.9 4.0 | 737 +3 740 |
| NSW Ivana Duria | 553 569 | 138 142 | 4.7 4.0 | 830 -13 816 |
| NSW Shirley McIndoe | 669 665 | 166 165 | 3.9 4.0 | 706 +3 709 |
| NSW Margaret Gauci | 612 619 | 151 153 | 4.5 4.0 | 767 -8 758 |
| NSW Sue Tuckett | 647 671 | 159 167 | 4.0 3.0 | 725 -19 705 |
| NSW Silvana Newman | 648 680 | 160 168 | 4.3 3.0 | 724 -25 698 |
| NSW Joanne Deady | 795 786 | 208 203 | 2.6 3.0 | 575 +7 582 |
| NSW Maria Kaye | 752 749 | 192 192 | 2.8 3.0 | 625 +4 629 |
| NSW Marina Manners | 889 876 | 239 232 | 2.5 3.0 | 484 +13 497 |
| NSW Merriss Adler :act | 782 808 | 201 209 | 3.4 2.0 | 589 -28 560 |
| NSW Andree Lajoie | 816 840 | 212 221 | 2.7 2.0 | 552 -22 529 |
| NSW Diana Field | 849 877 | 224 233 | 3.0 2.0 | 516 -19 496 |
| NSW Gay Brown | 888 895 | 238 241 | 2.5 2.0 | 485 -9 475 |
| NSW Kath Davidson | 859 887 | 227 238 | 2.8 2.0 | 506 -16 489 |
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