Woy Woy Inaugural Tournament 1st June 2002


92 players turned out to take part in Woy Woy's Club's inaugural tournament. This is pretty good considering Woy Woy is located on the NSW Central Coast, and nearly an hours drive north of Sydney.

Of the 92, about 50 formed a melee on the street outside prior to 9am, because the licensed club which was to be the venue was not allowed to open it's doors until 9am, pending clearance of money from gaming machines. So at 9am there was a mad rush into the playing area, and everything was quickly set up for a close to 9.30 start as advertised.

The tournament ran very smoothly under the guidance of seemingly full-time director Wilma Vialle, everyone was fed a generous hot meal in the allotted time, and the event was wound up by 5.30.

Denise Smith and Trish Windhurst, the main organisers, are to be thanked for their efforts in organising the tournament on short notice. They must have found it a reasonably rewarding experience, as aleady they have claimed this same weekend for tournaments in future years.

Congratulations to the winners, especially Norma Tracey who broke through for a surprise win in Masters. She conquered John Holgate by 6 points in the final game to finish the only player on the day in Masters with 6 wins. Needless to say, she was overcome with excitement at the realisation she had not only won the event, but retrieved many of her lost rating points.

Report from co-organiser Denise Smith

Well, what can I say! For something that wasn't going to happen until NEXT June we think our first tournament was a resounding success. 92 very happy Scrabblers gathered on a cold morning on the Scenic Central Coast to do battle over the boards. David Ragen told me he thought it was colder in Woy Woy than in the Blue Mountains. This I find hard to believe.

Firstly our sincere thanks to everyone who helped us get things set up. It was a bit of a scramble and a little chaotic at times but all came together in the end.

We welcomed 8 novices to the tournament, 6 from the local Woy Woy clubs, one from Maitland under the wing of Robyn Flynn, and June Coleman who I must apologise to for not knowing where she hails from.

In Masters Div, Norma Tracey had a return to form with six wins, she also had the highest rating gain of the day - 139 points. Coming in second was Bob Jackman, 5 wins and third, Joan Rosenthal, also with 5 wins.

Advances saw three of Scrabble's most stalwart players take out the honours. The ever popular Sunny Wright with 6 from 7 games was first, Daphne Bezuidenhout, also with 6 from 7, but a lower margin, and third was Judy McGuiness with 5 wins.

In Intermediate Div the "gentler" sex once again out-performed the "stronger" sex. Placing were Jann Pincott 1st, Sandra Elliott 2nd, and Sharon Sorensen 3rd.

And last, but by no means least, we come to Recreation Division. Janet Bor from Woy Woy club made a clean sweep with 7 wins, Anne Henderson (Newcastle) had 6 wins and another local, who I think is still flabbergasted (her word), Margaret Hynes came in third with 5 wins.

Once again thank you all for coming and making our tournament a success and we hope to see you all next year on the first Saturday in June.

 
Results after game  7
WOYWOY -- MASTERS

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Norma Tracey         6     505
  2  Bob Jackman          5     674
  3  Joan Rosenthal       5     584
  4  Jean McGiffen        5     278
  5  John Barker          5     258
  6  Jean Noonan          5      33
  7  John Holgate         4     259
  8  Robyn Flynn          4     109
  9  Moana Nepia          4     -36
 10  Hanne Marks          4     -53
 11  Cheryl Michler       4    -125
 12  Cristine Small       3     315
 13  Rod Talbot           3     145
 14  Penny Wells          3      -4
 15  Tony Hunt            3     -33
 16  Ian Close            3    -194
 17  Jenny Templeton      3    -219
 18  Audrey Newman        3    -509
 19  Betty Foreman        2    -206
 20  Liz Jackman          2    -255
 21  Alison Pollard       2    -364
 22  Trish Windhurst      2    -380
 23  Gary Pollard         2    -385
 24  Elizabeth Ho         2    -397
HIGH GAME: Bob Jackman       594
HIGH WORD: Unknown 

Results after game  7
WOYWOY -- ADVANCED

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Sunny Wright         6     405
  2  Daphne Bezuidenhout  6      74
  3  Judy McGuinness      5     437
  4  Therese Newman       5     199
  5  Edith Lowbeer        5     101
  6  Donna MacDonald      4.5   177
  7  Hari Nanayakkara     4     219
  8  Chlorise O'Sullivan  4     190
  9  Svend Grunnet        4      27
 10  Nonie English        4       2
 11  Fay Van Oyen         4     -36
 12  Bev Purkis           4     -75
 13  Ram Mohe             3     236
 14  Ann Fiddler          3      42
 15  Henni Maat           3    -114
 16  Peggy Womersley      3    -117
 17  Helen Young @19      3    -142
 18  Dolores Barbon       3    -214
 19  Denise Smith         2    -154
 20  Nanette Reynolds     2    -174
 21  Margaret Andrews     2    -181
 22  Rex Shakespeare      2    -268
 23  Ivana Duria          2    -313
 24  Marie Hirschfeld     0.5  -321
HIGH GAME: Ram Mohe          484
HIGH WORD: Ann Fiddler           126
            "COQUETTE"

Results after game  7
WOYWOY -- INTERMEDIATE

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Jann Pincott         6     483
  2  Sandra Elliott       6     348
  3  Sharon Sorensen      5     327
  4  Yvonne Edwards       5     -34
  5  Alan Gauci           4     166
  6  Veena Mohe           4     136
  7  Frank Hunt           4      77
  8  Maureen Dobb         4      65
  9  Judith Chessell      4      40
 10  Christine Speight    4      12
 11  Jan Tomlin           4     -10
 12  Ann Milner           3      53
 13  David Ragen          3      -2
 14  Sue Tuckett          3      -6
 15  Ern Foster           3     -19
 16  Pam Bennett          3     -97
 17  Claire Dove          3    -155
 18  Andree Lajoie        3    -165
 19  Joan Daniel          3    -313
 20  Colleen Hood         2    -317
 21  Pearl Gillott        1    -289
 22  Sue McCarthy         0    -300
HIGH GAME: Sandra Elliott    479
HIGH GAME: Sharon Sorensen   479
HIGH WORD: Veena Mohe            101
            "DOUSING"

Results after game  7
WOYWOY -- RECREATION

Rank Player            Wins     Mar
---------------------------------
  1  Janet Bor            7     509
  2  Anne Henderson       6      94
  3  Margaret Hynes       5     167
  4  Margaret Foster      5      22
  5  Yvonne Cossins       4     248
  6  Wendy Evans @39      4     158
  7  Joy Morris           4     128
  8  Rosalie Tobin        4      64
  9  Mike Oxby            4      21
 10  Ann Gash             4     -55
 11  Norma Stiller        4    -130
 12  Ian Kesby            3     282
 13  Audrey Barrett       3     125
 14  June Coleman         3      25
 15  Betty Dennis         3     -56
 16  Maree Heynen         3    -145
 17  Vivian Nelson        3    -306
 18  Leone Sanday         2     -51
 19  Diana Field          2    -181
 20  Betty Gray           2    -216
 21  Margot McKenzie      2    -322
 22  Bev Pye              0    -381
HIGH GAME: Ian Kesby         474
HIGH WORD: Leone Sanday           99
            "JOINTED"

Stats for Tournament : WOYWOY

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *MASTERS                     +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Norma Tracey         |  210  113 |  57  29 |  1.1  6.0 | 1339 +139
1478 |
| NSW Bob Jackman          |    7    6 |   3   2 |  5.2  5.0 | 1811  -3 1808 |
| NSW Joan Rosenthal       |   24   23 |   8   7 |  5.2  5.0 | 1724  +1 1725 |
| NSW John Barker          |   40   44 |  13  14 |  5.4  5.0 | 1645  -5 1640 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen        |   37   35 |  12  12 |  4.7  5.0 | 1657  +9 1666 |
| NSW Jean Noonan          |  179  122 |  50  33 |  1.7  5.0 | 1380 +86 1466 |
| NSW John Holgate         |    6    7 |   2   3 |  6.0  4.0 | 1834 -27 1807 |
| NSW Robyn Flynn          |   44   41 |  14  13 |  3.9  4.0 | 1639  +5 1644 |
| NSW Moana Nepia          |  223  192 |  58  54 |  2.1  4.0 | 1324 +39 1363 |
| NSW Hanne Marks          |  116   96 |  30  24 |  2.7  4.0 | 1474 +30 1504 |
| NSW Cheryl Michler       |  209  183 |  56  53 |  2.4  4.0 | 1342 +32 1374 |
| NSW Cristine Small       |   70   81 |  18  21 |  4.5  3.0 | 1563 -27 1536 |
| NSW Rod Talbot           |   20   28 |   6   9 |  5.3  3.0 | 1742 -47 1695 |
| NSW Tony Hunt            |  127  116 |  36  30 |  2.4  3.0 | 1459 +13 1472 |
| NSW Penny Wells          |  174  176 |  49  51 |  3.0  3.0 | 1388  +1 1389 |
| NSW Jenny Templeton      |  252  235 |  63  60 |  1.6  3.0 | 1277 +28 1305 |
| NSW Ian Close            |  114  128 |  29  37 |  3.9  3.0 | 1477 -17 1460 |
| NSW Audrey Newman        |   62   78 |  16  19 |  4.5  3.0 | 1576 -30 1546 |
| NSW Elizabeth Ho         |  228  222 |  59  59 |  1.6  2.0 | 1318  +8 1326 |
| NSW Betty Foreman        |   96  121 |  24  32 |  3.9  2.0 | 1502 -36 1466 |
| NSW Liz Jackman          |  196  211 |  53  58 |  2.5  2.0 | 1352 -10 1342 |
| NSW Gary Pollard         |  162  172 |  45  50 |  2.6  2.0 | 1404 -12 1392 |
| NSW Alison Pollard       |   77   93 |  21  22 |  4.4  2.0 | 1553 -47 1506 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst      |  128  144 |  37  43 |  3.1  2.0 | 1457 -22 1435 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *ADVANCED                    +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Sunny Wright         |  476  409 | 112 100 |  2.6  6.0 |  969 +93 1062 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout  |  509  431 | 123 104 |  2.3  6.0 |  929 +100
1029 |
| NSW Judy McGuinness      |  273  269 |  69  68 |  4.9  5.0 | 1241  +4 1245 |
| NSW Edith Lowbeer        |  411  370 |  98  92 |  3.1  5.0 | 1054 +38 1092 |
| NSW Therese Newman       |  425  369 |  99  91 |  2.7  5.0 | 1038 +55 1093 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald      |  369  356 |  90  89 |  3.5  4.5 | 1092 +21 1113 |
| NSW Hari Nanayakkara     |  261  268 |  66  67 |  5.2  4.0 | 1268 -18 1250 |
| NSW Fay Van Oyen         |  316  319 |  80  78 |  4.3  4.0 | 1164  -7 1157 |
| QLD Svend Grunnet        |  471  454 |  57  50 |  2.8  4.0 |  974 +26 1000 |
| NSW Bev Purkis           |  398  383 |  95  94 |  3.3  4.0 | 1069 +14 1083 |
| NSW Chlorise O'Sullivan  |  324  320 |  82  79 |  4.0  4.0 | 1156  +1 1157 |
| NSW Nonie English        |  343  343 |  88  87 |  4.4  4.0 | 1132  -5 1127 |
| NSW Ram Mohe             |  303  322 |  76  80 |  4.3  3.0 | 1178 -24 1154 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler          |  381  396 |  93  96 |  3.6  3.0 | 1084  -8 1076 |
| NSW Peggy Womersley      |  376  387 |  92  95 |  3.4  3.0 | 1087  -5 1082 |
| NSW Henni Maat           |  524  505 | 126 123 |  2.0  3.0 |  913 +20  933 |
| NSW Helen Young          |  403  408 |  97  99 |  3.1  3.0 | 1066  -2 1064 |
| NSW Dolores Barbon       |  438  440 | 104 107 |  2.9  3.0 | 1011  +5 1016 |
| NSW Nanette Reynolds     |  269  299 |  68  73 |  4.7  2.0 | 1249 -55 1194 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare      |  460  488 | 110 118 |  3.5  2.0 |  984 -29  955 |
| NSW Denise Smith         |  322  357 |  81  90 |  4.3  2.0 | 1156 -44 1112 |
| NSW Ivana Duria          |  489  493 | 117 120 |  2.2  2.0 |  953  -3  950 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews     |  297  333 |  74  82 |  4.8  2.0 | 1198 -56 1142 |
| NSW Marie Hirschfeld     |  502  544 | 121 132 |  2.1  0.5 |  934 -32  902 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *INTERMEDIATE                +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Sandra Elliott       |  609  558 | 152 137 |  3.9  6.0 |  840 +48  888 |
| NSW Jann Pincott         |  557  518 | 136 126 |  4.3  6.0 |  888 +36  924 |
| NSW Sharon Sorensen      |  548  532 | 131 129 |  4.5  5.0 |  896 +12  908 |
| NSW Yvonne Edwards       |  798  734 | 199 190 |  2.6  5.0 |  679 +56  735 |
| NSW Alan Gauci           |  594  597 | 150 150 |  4.3  4.0 |  853  -4  849 |
| NSW Frank Hunt           |  705  682 | 177 172 |  3.2  4.0 |  759 +17  776 |
| NSW Veena Mohe           |  660  649 | 168 165 |  3.6  4.0 |  799  +9  808 |
| NSW Jan Tomlin           |  652  643 | 165 163 |  3.6  4.0 |  803 +11  814 |
| NSW Christine Speight    |  779  710 | 195 180 |  2.2  4.0 |  691 +66  757 |
| NSW Judith Chessell      |  806  732 | 203 188 |  2.2  4.0 |  672 +64  736 |
| NSW Maureen Dobb         |  808  733 | 205 189 |  2.2  4.0 |  672 +64  736 |
| NSW Sue Tuckett          |  553  580 | 133 142 |  4.7  3.0 |  893 -30  863 |
| NSW Ann Milner           |  614  638 | 153 161 |  3.9  3.0 |  834 -17  817 |
| NSW Andree Lajoie        |  758  764 | 189 195 |  3.1  3.0 |  709  +1  710 |
| NSW Pam Bennett          |  562  599 | 139 151 |  4.7  3.0 |  883 -34  849 |
| NSW Claire Dove          |  580  622 | 142 154 |  4.9  3.0 |  863 -36  827 |
| NSW Ern Foster           |  807  784 | 204 200 |  2.4  3.0 |  672 +19  691 |
| NSW Joan Daniels         |  588  632 | 147 158 |  4.3  3.0 |  857 -36  821 |
| NSW David Ragen          |  729  727 | 185 185 |  2.9  3.0 |  736  +3  739 |
| NSW Colleen Hood         |  710  743 | 180 191 |  3.5  2.0 |  756 -28  728 |
| NSW Pearl Gillott        |  661  717 | 169 184 |  3.4  1.0 |  798 -48  750 |
| NSW Sue McCarthy         |  774  875 | 194 231 |  2.5  0.0 |  694 -75  619 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *RECREATION                  +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
|*NSW Janet Bor            |    0  424 |   0 101 |  6.4  6.7 | 1025 +16 1041 |
| NSW Anne Henderson       |  842  786 | 219 201 |  4.0  6.0 |  645 +44  689 |
| NSW Margaret Hynes       |  945  870 | 246 230 |  3.4  5.0 |  566 +56  622 |
|*NSW Margaret Foster      |    0  665 |   0 170 |  5.0  5.0 |  795      795 |
| NSW Yvonne Cossins       | 1113  944 | 317 248 |  2.1  4.0 |  500 +70  570 |
| NSW Rosalie Tobin        |  871  861 | 228 227 |  3.8  4.0 |  620  +6  626 |
| NSW Ann Gash             |  968  948 | 254 250 |  3.2  4.0 |  550 +17  567 |
| NSW Wendy Evans          | 1033  980 | 278 261 |  2.7  4.0 |  503 +43  546 |
| NSW Mike Oxby            | 1080  999 | 295 269 |  3.0  4.0 |  500 +29  529 |
| NSW Joy Morris           |  853  850 | 224 224 |  3.9  4.0 |  634  +3  637 |
|*NSW Norma Stiller        |    0  934 |   0 245 |  4.0  4.0 |  576      576 |
| NSW Ian Kesby            | 1059 1035 | 287 284 |  2.8  3.0 |  500  +6  506 |
|*NSW Audrey Barrett       |    0 1015 |   0 279 |  3.0  3.0 |  517      517 |
|*NSW June Coleman         |    0 1110 |   0 313 |  3.2  3.0 |  500      500 |
| NSW Maree Heynen         |  876  896 | 231 237 |  3.8  3.0 |  616 -15  601 |
|*NSW Betty Dennis         |    0 1154 |   0 322 |  3.3  3.0 |  500 -21  479 |
| NSW Vivian Nelson        |  989  998 | 261 268 |  3.2  3.0 |  533  -4  529 |
| NSW Leone Sanday         | 1004 1153 | 271 321 |  3.1  2.0 |  520 -32  488 |
| NSW Diana Field          | 1035 1155 | 280 323 |  3.1  2.0 |  500 -22  478 |
|*NSW Betty Gray           |    0 1157 |   0 325 |  3.3  2.0 |  500 -81  419 |
|*NSW Margot McKenzie      |    0 1156 |   0 324 |  3.2  2.0 |  500 -76  424 |
|*NSW Bev Pye              |    0 1158 |   0 326 |  3.4  0.3 |  500 -191
309 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+