The tournament was ably directed by Gordon Meggs, doyen of the Revesby Scrabble Club. Some innovations were introduced for the day, for example having a spot prizes the highest word with an 'A' in it. Usually you have such prizes for Z, J, Q and X words, and only one player on a table has a chance. But with high volume vowels, both players get a chance.
Another possibly unintentional innovation was to have the microphone turned down to such an extent that the Masters players up the back could not hear what was being said, hence precluding them from scooping the spot-prize pool. As Jean McGiffen said in her short acknowledgement to the organizers whist collecting her bootie for winning the tournament, Gordon has an exceptional sense of humour!
Jean's victory continues the incredibly good run she has been having since the unfortunate passing away of her husband. Rarely now does she not get amongst the placegetters. To emphasize her new strength, she won all her games by a healthy margin. In the process of running into second place, Joan Rosenthal chalked up her 1000th tournament game on Australian soil, while Cheryl Michler proved she is now a force to be reckoned with with her creditable third place.
And so it was that all placegetters in Masters were women, and if it wasn't for Alan Gauci coming third in Division C, all placegetters on the day would have been women. Can any conclusions be drawn from this astonishing result? Personally, I don't think so.
ASPA (NSW) has taken the first step towards phasing out angled play on a stationary board, by making a statement that swivel boards take precedence over standard boards. This was on trial at the Revesby tournament, with mixed results. Understandably, it is difficult to change a habit, albeit a bad one, but we can't go on for ever being the only country that plays in this less than desirable fashion. In addition, a statement has also been made that digital clocks take precedence over analog clocks, and this was well received by the players.
Results after game 7
REVESBY 1999 -- A
Rank Player Wins Mar
--------------------------------
1 Jean Mcgiffen 7 959
2 Joan Rosenthal 5 373
3 Cheryl Michler 5 103
4 Audrey Newman 5 -72
5 Bob Jackman 4 474
6 Rod Talbot 4 370
7 John Barker 4 319
8 Betty Foreman 4 98
9 Robin Duncan 4 27
10 Jan Serisier 4 -26
11 Alison Rae 4 -275
12 Ian Close 4 -314
13 Sue Gergelifi 3 134
14 Peter Shaw 3 21
15 Ruby Kotwall 3 -51
16 Robyn Flynn 3 -94
17 Rosalind Gibbons 3 -120
18 Robert Tomkins 3 -186
19 Ethel Collins 3 -209
20 Penny Wells 3 -262
21 Jean Noonan 2 -102
22 Rene Chelton 2 -188
23 Kris Logan 2 -281
24 Jeff Spring 0 -698
HIGH GAME: Bob Jackman 602
HIGH WORD: Peter Shaw 102
FLOATER
Results after game 7
REVESBY 1999 -- B
Rank Player Wins Mar
--------------------------------
1 Hanne Marks 6 358
2 Wilma Vialle 5 265
3 Trish Windhurst 5 219
4 Susan Macgillivray 5 191
5 Betty Coleman 5 170
6 Joan Buchanan 5 72
7 Raya Wilkinson 4 243
8 Val Ryan 4 229
9 Lorraine Robinson 4 214
10 Judy Hay 4 35
11 Gary Pollard 4 -81
12 Elizabeth Ho 3 130
13 Margaret Berliner 3 48
14 Ted Roberts 3 40
15 Liz Jackman 3 -39
16 Kim Grayson 3 -143
17 Dawn Spring 3 -155
18 Margaret Andrews 3 -176
19 Barbara Chenevier 3 -372
20 Michael Adler 2 -124
21 Judy Mcguiness 2 -144
22 Ram Mohe 2 -199
23 Jean Balmer 2 -221
24 June Stephenson 1 -560
HIGH GAME: Raya Wilkinson 512
HIGH WORD: 0
""
Results after game 7
REVESBY 1999 -- C
Rank Player Wins Mar
--------------------------------
1 Chloe Mcnally 6 450
2 Nonie English 5 291
3 Alan Gauci 5 244
4 Edith Lowbeer 5 229
5 Henni Maat 5 108
6 Robyn Finlayson 5 63
7 Jenny Trad 5 52
8 Len Mannell 4 207
9 Fay Van Oyen 4 140
10 Greg Nicol 4 32
11 Donna Macdonald 4 -9
12 Pat Schuberg 3 225
13 Sharon Sorensen 3 -39
14 Ann Fiddler 3 -62
15 Janet Chambers 3 -70
16 Bev Purkis 3 -107
17 Ivana Duria 3 -182
18 Daphne Bezuidenhout 3 -241
19 Margaret Ackman 2 -95
20 Yvonne Pollard 2 -160
21 Silvana Newman 2 -210
22 Louise Ready 2 -240
23 Maureen Wilkins 2 -255
24 Merle Young 1 -371
HIGH GAME: Fay Van Oyen 495
HIGH WORD: 0
""
Results after game 7
REVESBY 1999 -- D
Rank Player Wins Mar
--------------------------------
1 Ursula Schokman 6 457
2 Denise Smith 6 366
3 Peggy Womersley 6 196
4 Tony Hunt 5 209
5 Roslyn Parnell 5 105
6 David Etherington 5 41
7 Maria Kaye 5 -55
8 Sue Tuckett 4 226
9 Lauraine Overton 4 217
10 Victor Tung 4 170
11 Sandra Ley 4 90
12 Chris Phillips 4 55
13 George Khamis 4 49
14 Diana Hilly 4 -21
15 Krystyna Batten 4 -28
16 Neera D'Souza 4 -113
17 Sylvia Kipste 3 125
18 Veena Mohe 3 99
19 Patrick Berton 3 -17
20 Diana Field 3 -62
21 Ann Gash 3 -71
22 Frank Hunt 3 -77
23 Kath Davidson 3 -184
24 Joanne Deady 3 -208
25 Andree Lajoie 2 -37
26 Joy Morris 2 -49
27 Eleanor Carlisle 2 -91
28 Esther Clarke 2 -139
29 Merriss Adler 2 -144
30 Win Hendriksen 2 -313
31 Olive Clark 2 -446
32 A Bye 0 -350
HIGH GAME: Lauraine Overton 520
HIGH WORD: 0
""
Stats for Tournament : REVESBY 1999
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state Name | National | State | Wins | Rating Points |
| | Old New | Old New | Exp Act | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *A + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Jean McGiffen | 27 21 | 10 8 | 5.0 7.0 | 1712 +44 1756 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler | 123 79 | 33 23 | 1.8 5.0 | 1474 +81 1555 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal | 8 8 | 3 3 | 5.2 5.0 | 1828 -3 1825 |
| NSW Audrey Newman | 68 58 | 18 14 | 3.4 5.0 | 1584 +33 1617 |
| NSW Bob Jackman | 1 4 | 1 2 | 5.7 4.0 | 1907 -26 1881 |
| NSW John Barker | 58 60 | 15 15 | 4.4 4.0 | 1620 -8 1612 |
| NSW Rod Talbot | 12 14 | 5 6 | 4.9 4.0 | 1804 -13 1791 |
| NSW Alison Rae :act | 99 91 | 29 26 | 3.2 4.0 | 1518 +16 1534 |
| NSW Betty Foreman | 74 72 | 19 18 | 3.5 4.0 | 1563 +9 1572 |
| NSW Robin Duncan | 46 48 | 13 13 | 4.4 4.0 | 1656 -9 1647 |
| NSW Jan Serisier | 146 126 | 40 35 | 2.4 4.0 | 1438 +32 1470 |
| NSW Ian Close | 148 131 | 42 37 | 2.5 4.0 | 1432 +30 1462 |
| NSW Peter Shaw | 39 46 | 12 12 | 4.2 3.0 | 1672 -22 1650 |
| NSW Robert Tomkins | 81 92 | 24 27 | 3.8 3.0 | 1548 -17 1531 |
| NSW Sue Gergelifi | 89 87 | 25 25 | 2.8 3.0 | 1535 +4 1539 |
| NSW Ruby Kotwall | 78 80 | 22 24 | 3.3 3.0 | 1558 -5 1553 |
| NSW Ros Gibbons | 125 123 | 35 33 | 2.9 3.0 | 1473 +1 1474 |
| NSW Robyn Flynn | 57 61 | 14 16 | 3.5 3.0 | 1621 -10 1611 |
| NSW Penny Wells | 179 159 | 49 44 | 1.6 3.0 | 1389 +27 1416 |
| NSW Ethel Collins | 163 154 | 45 43 | 2.3 3.0 | 1411 +13 1424 |
| NSW Kris Logan | 158 168 | 43 46 | 2.6 2.0 | 1416 -13 1403 |
| NSW Jean Noonan | 162 170 | 44 47 | 2.5 2.0 | 1411 -9 1402 |
| NSW Rene Chelton | 61 74 | 16 19 | 4.4 2.0 | 1612 -49 1563 |
| NSW Jeff Spring | 111 149 | 31 42 | 3.5 0.0 | 1498 -70 1428 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *B + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Hanne Marks | 236 207 | 56 53 | 3.8 6.0 | 1280 +52 1332 |
| NSW Susan MacGillivr:act | 272 244 | 68 60 | 3.0 5.0 | 1211 +44 1255 |
| NSW Wilma Vialle | 287 263 | 72 67 | 3.4 5.0 | 1188 +33 1221 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst | 328 289 | 79 74 | 2.1 5.0 | 1115 +72 1187 |
| NSW Betty Coleman | 178 177 | 48 49 | 4.9 5.0 | 1389 +5 1394 |
| NSW Joan Buchanan | 220 214 | 55 54 | 4.7 5.0 | 1315 +6 1321 |
| NSW Val Ryan | 193 202 | 52 52 | 4.8 4.0 | 1357 -12 1345 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson | 338 314 | 83 77 | 2.1 4.0 | 1096 +38 1134 |
| NSW Lorraine Robinson | 344 323 | 85 80 | 2.4 4.0 | 1089 +32 1121 |
| NSW Judy Hay | 187 199 | 51 51 | 5.3 4.0 | 1375 -25 1350 |
| NSW Gary Pollard | 296 287 | 75 72 | 2.8 4.0 | 1164 +26 1190 |
| NSW Ted Roberts | 206 231 | 53 56 | 4.9 3.0 | 1336 -35 1301 |
| NSW Elizabeth Ho | 249 262 | 64 66 | 4.3 3.0 | 1248 -26 1222 |
| NSW Margaret Berliner | 241 250 | 60 63 | 4.2 3.0 | 1268 -25 1243 |
| NSW Liz Jackman | 237 245 | 57 61 | 4.3 3.0 | 1279 -25 1254 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews | 330 331 | 80 82 | 2.9 3.0 | 1114 +2 1116 |
| NSW Kim Grayson | 345 336 | 86 83 | 2.2 3.0 | 1088 +15 1103 |
| NSW Barbara Chenevier | 291 297 | 74 76 | 3.4 3.0 | 1176 -8 1168 |
| NSW Dawn Spring | 259 272 | 66 68 | 3.8 3.0 | 1227 -16 1211 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness | 368 373 | 89 91 | 2.1 2.0 | 1054 -2 1052 |
| NSW Michael Adler :act | 336 339 | 81 84 | 2.2 2.0 | 1099 -3 1096 |
| NSW Ram Mohe | 337 348 | 82 87 | 2.9 2.0 | 1098 -18 1080 |
| NSW Jean Balmer | 312 321 | 76 79 | 2.6 2.0 | 1138 -13 1125 |
| NSW June Stephenson | 243 286 | 61 71 | 4.7 1.0 | 1262 -72 1190 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *C + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Chloe McNally | 476 412 | 116 100 | 3.8 6.0 | 933 +51 984 |
| NSW Nonie English | 377 377 | 92 92 | 5.0 5.0 | 1049 1049 |
| NSW Henni Maat | 416 401 | 101 98 | 3.9 5.0 | 980 +23 1003 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer | 382 378 | 95 93 | 4.7 5.0 | 1038 +8 1046 |
| NSW Alan Gauci | 495 481 | 121 115 | 3.7 5.0 | 901 +26 927 |
| NSW Robyn Finlayson | 628 549 | 149 131 | 1.7 5.0 | 753 +86 839 |
| NSW Jenny Trad | 580 498 | 140 121 | 2.6 5.0 | 801 +95 896 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen | 554 525 | 133 127 | 2.2 4.0 | 830 +36 866 |
| NSW Len Mannell | 431 461 | 104 111 | 4.8 4.0 | 965 -23 942 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald | 378 384 | 93 95 | 4.6 4.0 | 1047 -10 1037 |
| NSW Greg Nicol | 471 456 | 113 110 | 3.4 4.0 | 934 +12 946 |
| NSW Pat Schuberg | 385 402 | 96 99 | 4.7 3.0 | 1032 -31 1001 |
| NSW Janet Chambers | 396 413 | 99 101 | 4.6 3.0 | 1014 -30 984 |
| NSW Sharon Sorensen | 601 583 | 144 143 | 2.0 3.0 | 781 +20 801 |
| NSW Ivana Duria | 537 539 | 129 130 | 3.1 3.0 | 852 -1 851 |
| NSW Bev Purkis | 563 556 | 135 135 | 2.7 3.0 | 825 +5 830 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout | 400 418 | 100 103 | 4.5 3.0 | 1008 -29 979 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler | 520 515 | 126 125 | 2.9 3.0 | 870 +4 874 |
| NSW Yvonne Pollard | 625 639 | 146 154 | 2.6 2.0 | 759 -12 747 |
| NSW Silvana Newman | 621 628 | 145 149 | 2.3 2.0 | 764 -6 758 |
| NSW Margaret Ackman | 586 602 | 142 146 | 2.7 2.0 | 794 -13 781 |
| NSW Louise Ready | 498 522 | 122 126 | 3.5 2.0 | 896 -29 867 |
| NSW Maureen Wilkins | 444 490 | 108 119 | 4.6 2.0 | 957 -49 908 |
| NSW Merle Young | 521 568 | 127 138 | 3.3 1.0 | 869 -47 822 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *D + + + +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Peggy Womersley | 635 580 | 152 142 | 4.4 6.0 | 751 +59 810 |
| NSW Denise Smith | 737 629 | 173 150 | 3.3 6.0 | 644 +111
755 |
| NSW Ursula Schokman | 726 680 | 170 165 | 3.7 6.0 | 657 +53 710 |
|*NSW Roslyn Parnell | 0 537 | 0 129 | 5.0 5.0 | 855 855 |
| NSW Tony Hunt | 685 653 | 164 158 | 3.9 5.0 | 701 +35 736 |
| NSW Maria Kaye | 779 741 | 187 175 | 3.2 5.0 | 605 +35 640 |
| NSW David Etherington | 735 719 | 172 171 | 3.8 5.0 | 644 +23 667 |
| NSW Lauraine Overton | 815 793 | 195 193 | 3.4 4.0 | 570 +18 588 |
|*NSW Victor Tung | 0 783 | 0 191 | 4.0 4.0 | 607 607 |
| NSW Sue Tuckett | 642 647 | 153 155 | 4.3 4.0 | 745 -3 742 |
|*NSW Sandra Ley | 0 780 | 0 190 | 4.0 4.0 | 610 610 |
| NSW Diana Hilly | 654 668 | 158 163 | 4.8 4.0 | 733 -14 719 |
| NSW Chris Phillips | 741 729 | 175 173 | 3.2 4.0 | 640 +15 655 |
| NSW George Khamis | 852 836 | 209 205 | 3.0 4.0 | 531 +20 551 |
|*NSW Neera D'Souza | 0 745 | 0 177 | 4.0 4.0 | 638 638 |
| NSW Krystyna Batten | 753 749 | 178 178 | 3.8 4.0 | 628 +6 634 |
| NSW Veena Mohe | 845 850 | 206 211 | 3.0 3.0 | 538 538 |
| NSW Sylvia Kipste | 787 796 | 188 194 | 3.3 3.0 | 595 -10 585 |
| NSW Frank Hunt | 767 770 | 184 187 | 3.0 3.0 | 617 -1 616 |
|*NSW Ann Gash | 0 851 | 0 212 | 3.0 3.0 | 538 538 |
|*NSW Patrick Berton | 0 865 | 0 217 | 3.0 3.0 | 524 524 |
| NSW Diana Field | 917 914 | 224 227 | 2.3 3.0 | 470 +14 484 |
| NSW Joanne Deady | 817 826 | 196 200 | 3.3 3.0 | 568 -5 563 |
| NSW Kath Davidson | 946 940 | 232 234 | 1.9 3.0 | 417 +23 440 |
| NSW Andree Lajoie | 716 761 | 168 182 | 4.3 2.0 | 667 -46 621 |
| NSW Eleanor Carlisle | 903 928 | 221 231 | 3.2 2.0 | 496 -36 460 |
| NSW Joy Morris | 951 956 | 233 239 | 1.7 2.0 | 405 +5 410 |
| NSW Esther Clarke | 921 936 | 226 233 | 2.7 2.0 | 463 -21 442 |
| NSW Merriss Adler :act | 827 849 | 199 210 | 3.0 2.0 | 559 -21 538 |
| NSW Win Hendriksen | 945 952 | 231 238 | 2.1 2.0 | 419 -1 418 |
| NSW Olive Clarke | 806 848 | 191 209 | 3.9 2.0 | 577 -38 539 |