In Masters, Paul Cleary took the lead on the first day and stayed on table 1 for the duration of the tournament. He won 19 of the 22 games with Roger Blom and Esther Perrins both taking 15 wins to run second and third respectively. Some people have suggested that the King of the Hill (KOTH) draw for the last 3 games might need to be reviewed, as Esther had to play Paul Cleary in each of the KOTH games, possibly costing her second place...
Paul also managed to get the high game prize with 617. That game comprised 4 bingos, one of which was the triple-triple TRAHISON for 140 points. That was not enough to clinch the high word prize however- that honour went to Carmel Dodd who plonked down KNICKERS for 167.
Other nice plays in the Masters section were John Holgate's FEVERFEW, Paul Cleary's ELABORATE (~LA~), Harry Malcolm's RESONATED (`~ES~) and Bob Jackman's REACQUIRED (~ACQUIRE~).
Oddities? Joanne Craig played UNWETTING around one tile. Joan, her opponent, was astute enough to realise that this requires 8 tiles and enforced the "I caught you with 8 tiles so I get to choose one" rule against Joanne, immediately returning Joanne's blank to the bag. Joanne played elsewhere and after Joan's next turn, Joanne played a bingo with 2 blanks in it. C'est la vie.
The Advanced Section was a much closer affair- after round 20 there were 4 players on 14 wins, but it was Jeff Chelton who seized victory with 16 wins to Jan Serisier and Hanne Marks, who both won 15 games. High game went to Angie Farrington- 531. High word was Ros Gibbons' RECLINER, 140.
As mentioned earlier, Christopher May edged out Michael Adler in the Intermediate Section with 10 wins and a spread of 903 to Michael's 376. Mr May also picked up the high word prize with LAZIEST for 101. Wyong denizen Donna MacDonald was third with 9 wins and a higher spread than Judy MacGuiness who collected the high game prize, 511.
Natalie Tadday easily won the Rec division with 11 wins from 14 games. Sue Tuckett and Jo Anne Deady took 9 wins each to run in second and third. Natalie also won high game with 488, but it was Margaret Ackman's HARVEST, 104 which won the high word.
There were also prizes for the highest ratings gains in each division- ratings information will be posted separately.
Only one situation which called for an adjudication. Player A, with 2 minutes left on his clock, refused to write down his words at the end of the game when asked to do so by Player B. Player B had already won the game, but was interested in getting the amount of spread she was entitled to. The TD decided that it would take 5 minutes for Player A to write down all his words, and adjusted Player A's clock accordingly, thus increasing Player B's win spread by 30 points. Moral? Players must write down their words (and scores for both players, for that matter) in their own time. The matter was adjudicated perfectly by the TD.
Congratulations to the ASPA (NSW) Committee for another great job and to all the helpers over the long weekend.
Results after game 22
1999 NSW CHAMPIONSHIPS -- MASTERS
Rank Player Wins Mar
--------------------------------
1 Paul Cleary 19 1680
2 Roger Blom 15 841
3 Esther Perrins 15 803
4 Alistair Kane 14 591
5 Bob Jackman 13 803
6 John Holgate 13 713
7 Trevor Halsall 13 284
8 Peter Shaw 13 36
9 Joanne Craig 12 417
10 Rod Talbot 12 113
11 Carmel Dodd 12 69
12 Jean McGiffen 12 -204
13 John Barker 11 73
14 Joan Rosenthal 11 -55
15 Barbara Berlin 11 -215
16 Derek McKenzie 10 32
17 Robyn Flynn 10 -44
18 Marie Knight 10 -153
19 Audrey Newman 10 -599
20 Anne Drew 9 -6
21 Karen Richards 9 -272
22 Sue Gergelifi 9 -626
23 Harry Malcolm 9 -674
24 Ruby Kotwall 8 -498
25 Alison Rae 8 -1185
26 Betty Foreman 7 -341
27 Rene Chelton 7 -854
28 Robert Tomkins 6 -729
HIGH GAME: Paul Cleary 617
HIGH WORD: Carmel Dodd 167
"KNICKERS"
Results after game 22
1999 NSW CHAMPIONSHIPS -- ADVANCED
Rank Player Wins Mar
--------------------------------
1 Jeff Chelton 16 997
2 Jan Serisier 15 926
3 Hanne Marks 15 622
4 Ros Gibbons 14 648
5 Dylan Sharma 14 524
6 Cynthia Curr 14 95
7 Val Ryan 13 177
8 Graeme Lock Lee 12 485
9 Cheryl Michler 12 421
10 Richard Farrington 12 126
11 Judy Hay 12 -169
12 Wilma Vialle 11 384
13 Betty Coleman 11 314
14 Trish Windhurst 11 -103
15 Gary Pollard 11 -128
16 Penny Wells 11 -286
17 Susan Macgillivray 10 304
18 Nanette Reynolds 10 -108
19 Joan Buchanan 10 -518
20 Jean Balmer 10 -522
21 Sam Greenberg 9« -502
22 Elizabeth Ho 9 120
23 Gordon Meggs 9 -622
24 June Stephenson 8 -413
25 Angie Farrington 8 -454
26 Jenny Templeton 8 -726
27 Margaret Andrews 7 -455
28 Raya Wilkinson 5«-1137
HIGH GAME: Angie Farrington 531
HIGH WORD: R Gibbons 140
"RECLINER"
Results after game 14
1999 NSW CHAMPIONSHIPS -- INTERMEDIATE
Rank Player Wins Mar
--------------------------------
1 Christopher May 10 903
2 Michael Adler 10 376
3 Donna Macdonald 9 369
4 Judy McGuiness 9 275
5 Daphne Bezuidenhout 8 319
6 Sunny Wright 8 135
7 Tony Hunt 8 36
8 Nonie English 8 9
9 Edith Lowbeer 8 -152
10 Fay Van Oyen 8 -213
11 Maureen Wilkins 7 86
12 Esther Rolfe 7 -107
13 Isabel Humphries 7 -145
14 Svend Grunnet 6 54
15 Linda Dimond 6 -301
16 Len Mannell 5 -162
17 Louise Ready 5 -453
18 Mary Craven 4 -66
19 Alan Gauci 4 -154
20 Ann Fiddler 3 -809
HIGH GAME: Judy McGuiness 511
HIGH WORD: Chris May 101
"LAZIEST"
Results after game 14
1999 NSW CHAMPIONSHIPS -- RECREATION
Rank Player Wins Mar
--------------------------------
1 Natalie Tadday 11 925
2 Sue Tuckett 9 442
3 Jo Anne Deady 9 273
4 Chris Phillips 9 152
5 Margaret Ackman 9 129
6 Bev Purkis 8 383
7 Denise Smith 8 240
8 Roslynn Parnell 8 -179
9 Andre Lajoie 7 275
10 Patrick Berton 7 171
11 Merriss Adler 7 -122
12 George Khamis 6 151
13 Silvana Newman 6 -118
14 Collette McGuckin 6 -459
15 Neera D'Souza 5 -470
16 Olive Clarke 4 -517
17 Kath Davidson 4 -600
18 Diana Field 3 -676
HIGH GAME: Natalie Tadday 488
HIGH WORD: Margaret Ackman 104
"HARVEST"
Stats for Tournament : 1999 NSW CHAMPIONSHIPS
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points |
| | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *MASTERS + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Paul Cleary | 1 1 | 1 1 | 15.8 19.0 | 1902 +52 1954 |
| NSW Esther Perrins | 11 6 | 4 2 | 13.0 15.0 | 1811 +32 1843 |
| VIC Roger Blom | 2 2 | 1 1 | 15.3 15.0 | 1883 -5 1878 |
| VIC Alistair Kane | 3 4 | 2 3 | 15.2 14.0 | 1881 -19 1862 |
| NSW John Holgate | 13 12 | 5 4 | 12.6 13.0 | 1792 +8 1800 |
| NSW Bob Jackman | 5 8 | 2 3 | 15.5 13.0 | 1863 -40 1823 |
| NSW Peter Shaw | 50 24 | 13 9 | 8.0 13.0 | 1631 +99 1730 |
| VIC Trevor Halsall | 18 16 | 9 9 | 12.5 13.0 | 1754 +11 1765 |
| SA Carmel Dodd | 49 35 | 4 3 | 9.2 12.0 | 1632 +56 1688 |
| NSW Rod Talbot | 15 18 | 6 7 | 12.5 12.0 | 1775 -11 1764 |
| NSW Joanne Craig | 54 36 | 14 11 | 9.1 12.0 | 1628 +58 1686 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen | 20 19 | 8 8 | 11.7 12.0 | 1746 +6 1752 |
| VIC Barbara Berlin | 39 43 | 25 24 | 11.7 11.0 | 1675 -14 1661 |
| NSW John Barker | 44 40 | 11 12 | 10.0 11.0 | 1657 +20 1677 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal | 7 17 | 3 6 | 15.3 11.0 | 1833 -69 1764 |
| QLD Derek McKenzie | 40 41 | 1 1 | 10.1 10.0 | 1672 -1 1671 |
| NSW Marie Knight | 26 45 | 10 13 | 13.2 10.0 | 1722 -64 1658 |
| NSW Robyn Flynn | 59 62 | 15 15 | 10.6 10.0 | 1613 -12 1601 |
| NSW Audrey Newman | 82 65 | 24 16 | 8.1 10.0 | 1553 +39 1592 |
| QLD Anne Drew | 85 68 | 2 2 | 6.7 9.0 | 1544 +46 1590 |
| SA Karen Richards | 93 71 | 7 5 | 6.6 9.0 | 1531 +49 1580 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi | 90 75 | 25 20 | 7.9 9.0 | 1539 +22 1561 |
| VIC Harry Malcolm | 28 51 | 14 29 | 12.9 9.0 | 1709 -78 1631 |
| NSW Ruby Kotwall | 76 83 | 22 23 | 8.3 8.0 | 1560 -5 1555 |
| NSW Alison Rae :act | 48 70 | 12 17 | 10.5 8.0 | 1638 -50 1588 |
| NSW Betty Foreman | 69 91 | 17 24 | 9.2 7.0 | 1572 -43 1529 |
| NSW Rene Chelton | 71 94 | 19 25 | 9.3 7.0 | 1571 -45 1526 |
| NSW Robert Tomkins | 91 103 | 26 28 | 7.5 6.0 | 1539 -29 1510 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *ADVANCED + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Jeff Chelton | 138 109 | 38 30 | 13.7 16.0 | 1456 +47 1503 |
| NSW Jan Serisier | 131 120 | 37 31 | 14.2 15.0 | 1459 +17 1476 |
| NSW Hanne Marks | 203 157 | 52 43 | 11.1 15.0 | 1343 +80 1423 |
| NSW Ros Gibbons | 115 123 | 33 33 | 15.2 14.0 | 1494 -22 1472 |
| QLD Dylan Sharma | 258 189 | 19 11 | 7.7 14.0 | 1242 +136
1378 |
| VIC Cynthia Curr | 204 172 | 89 81 | 11.0 14.0 | 1342 +61 1403 |
| NSW Val Ryan | 224 194 | 54 47 | 10.1 13.0 | 1304 +60 1364 |
| NSW Graeme Lock Lee | 94 141 | 27 37 | 16.3 12.0 | 1529 -87 1442 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler | 110 150 | 32 40 | 15.8 12.0 | 1508 -75 1433 |
| NSW Richard Farrington | 97 154 | 28 41 | 17.0 12.0 | 1526 -100
1426 |
| NSW Judy Hay | 227 207 | 55 51 | 10.1 12.0 | 1300 +39 1339 |
| NSW Wilma Vialle | 233 221 | 57 54 | 9.5 11.0 | 1282 +31 1313 |
| NSW Gary Pollard | 298 247 | 76 62 | 6.5 11.0 | 1172 +91 1263 |
| NSW Betty Coleman | 192 211 | 49 52 | 13.4 11.0 | 1375 -48 1327 |
| NSW Penny Wells | 165 202 | 44 49 | 14.5 11.0 | 1416 -69 1347 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst | 245 235 | 60 58 | 9.7 11.0 | 1263 +27 1290 |
| NSW Susan MacGillivr:act | 250 234 | 62 57 | 7.9 10.0 | 1255 +42 1297 |
| NSW Jean Balmer | 324 270 | 80 70 | 5.2 10.0 | 1119 +95 1214 |
| NSW Joan Buchanan | 232 233 | 56 56 | 9.8 10.0 | 1292 +5 1297 |
| NSW Nanette Reynolds | 234 236 | 58 59 | 9.8 10.0 | 1280 +5 1285 |
| NSW Sam Greenberg | 142 203 | 40 50 | 14.9 9.5 | 1450 -107
1343 |
| NSW Elizabeth Ho | 262 263 | 67 68 | 9.0 9.0 | 1229 +1 1230 |
| NSW Gordon Meggs | 193 228 | 50 55 | 12.7 9.0 | 1373 -73 1300 |
| NSW Angie Farrington | 274 291 | 70 76 | 9.1 8.0 | 1208 -21 1187 |
| NSW June Stephenson | 290 276 | 74 72 | 7.0 8.0 | 1185 +20 1205 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton | 187 242 | 48 61 | 13.7 8.0 | 1380 -113
1267 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews | 349 327 | 85 83 | 5.4 7.0 | 1089 +31 1120 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson | 291 314 | 75 78 | 7.7 5.5 | 1183 -44 1139 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *INTERMEDIATE + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Chris May | 472 319 | 114 80 | 5.2 10.0 | 939 +193
1132 |
| NSW Michael Adler :act | 344 325 | 83 82 | 9.3 10.0 | 1096 +26 1122 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness | 362 356 | 87 88 | 8.4 9.0 | 1064 +16 1080 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald | 388 368 | 95 90 | 8.3 9.0 | 1037 +18 1055 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout | 441 411 | 107 102 | 6.4 8.0 | 962 +32 994 |
| NSW Sunny Wright | 490 433 | 118 106 | 5.9 8.0 | 925 +43 968 |
| NSW Nonie English | 370 367 | 90 89 | 8.1 8.0 | 1053 +2 1055 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer | 371 372 | 91 93 | 8.1 8.0 | 1052 +1 1053 |
| NSW Tony Hunt | 533 448 | 129 109 | 5.3 8.0 | 870 +89 959 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen | 395 390 | 96 96 | 7.8 8.0 | 1022 +8 1030 |
| NSW Isabel Humphreys | 410 427 | 101 105 | 8.1 7.0 | 991 -18 973 |
| NSW Maureen Wilkins | 498 487 | 122 117 | 6.2 7.0 | 911 +17 928 |
| NSW Esther Rolfe | 381 396 | 93 97 | 8.1 7.0 | 1042 -20 1022 |
| QLD Svend Grunnet | 549 534 | 68 66 | 5.2 6.0 | 852 +17 869 |
| NSW Linda Dimond | 448 473 | 108 114 | 7.0 6.0 | 955 -18 937 |
| NSW Len Mannell | 467 503 | 113 122 | 7.1 5.0 | 946 -42 904 |
| NSW Louise Ready | 537 547 | 130 132 | 5.6 5.0 | 867 -11 856 |
| NSW Alan Gauci | 489 540 | 117 130 | 7.0 4.0 | 925 -59 866 |
| NSW Mary Craven :act | 440 504 | 106 123 | 7.2 4.0 | 963 -60 903 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler | 541 587 | 131 143 | 5.7 3.0 | 863 -54 809 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *RECREATION + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Natalie Tadday | 559 519 | 134 127 | 9.7 11.0 | 841 +43 884 |
| NSW Jo Anne Deady | 804 716 | 195 173 | 5.1 9.0 | 602 +83 685 |
| NSW Sue Tuckett | 683 635 | 166 152 | 7.0 9.0 | 717 +42 759 |
| NSW Chris Phillips | 752 707 | 178 172 | 6.7 9.0 | 649 +50 699 |
| NSW Margaret Ackman | 627 608 | 153 148 | 8.2 9.0 | 773 +18 791 |
| NSW Bev Purkis | 564 588 | 137 144 | 9.5 8.0 | 835 -29 806 |
| NSW Denise Smith | 585 630 | 145 151 | 9.8 8.0 | 816 -51 765 |
| NSW Roslynn Parnell | 593 639 | 147 154 | 9.7 8.0 | 805 -49 756 |
| NSW Patrick Berton | 876 802 | 217 195 | 4.6 7.0 | 532 +75 607 |
| NSW Andree Lajoie | 755 754 | 180 180 | 7.0 7.0 | 646 +2 648 |
| NSW Merriss Adler :act | 867 842 | 214 205 | 5.7 7.0 | 538 +28 566 |
| NSW George Khamis | 811 820 | 197 199 | 6.5 6.0 | 591 -8 583 |
| NSW Silvana Newman | 578 673 | 142 164 | 10.8 6.0 | 822 -92 730 |
| QLD Collette McGuckin | 970 895 | 180 155 | 3.4 6.0 | 429 +81 510 |
| NSW Neera D'Souza | 766 859 | 184 211 | 8.1 5.0 | 638 -90 548 |
| NSW Olive Clarke | 861 904 | 212 224 | 6.2 4.0 | 544 -42 502 |
| NSW Kath Davidson | 948 948 | 237 236 | 4.1 4.0 | 456 -1 455 |
| NSW Diana Field | 947 957 | 236 238 | 3.9 3.0 | 459 -17 442 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+