Central Coast Tournament - 15th November 2006


The inaugural Central Coast Tournament was staged jointly by the five clubs operating on the Central Coast, just north of Sydney. This tournament had a definite international flavour, with 16 internationals who were in Australia for next week's World Youth Scrabble Championships in Wollongong taking part. The youths taking part consisted of nine from malaysia and one each from Bahrain and Sr Linka. Two Malaysian adults, Sandy Tsen and Michael Wong played as well as three New Zealand adult ladies - Ruth Groffman, Andree Prentice and Betty Eriksen. The total attendance was 98, which would have been a healthy number even without our overseas visitors.

We decided against attempting to set up an internationally rated section, and opted to spread the internationals through the top three sections, using existing international ratings and known ratings in home countries. Judging by the results we weren't too far out with our seedings, althoug the Malaysian youths in B Division did fill the top three placings.

It was great to see Siva Sivapalasundram back at a NSW tournament after a long absence, although it transpired he was only on a two week work assignment and so did not have to apply for a domestic leave pass. When the cat's away...

In general our local players were most tolerant of our visitors. One of my opponents had his mobile phone switched on and ringing, while another youth in Masters insisted on lumping his monstrous square rotating board around and replacing anchored flat rotators with it. Conversations were had and tiles were rattled as announcements were made, but in fairness some couldn't hear what was being said, and in some cases, couldn't understand the language.

My opening game against Moana was interesting. My tracking showed three tiles unaccounted for yet there were only two on Moana's rack, one of which I thought had to be the blank. When I played out, she revealed an N and a T, but no blank. A short search resulted in the blank being stuck on the flat board, not having made the trip into the bag at start of play!

Colleen Hood was a notable winner in Recreation. Colleen, originally from the Woy Woy club, migrated to Tamworth five years ago and established a successful club up there, but has returned to the Central Coast to be nearer family, and Scrabble action as well presumably. Colleen collected the giant Arie Holla Recreational trophy for her success on the day.

Post-tournament celebrations were restricted to the confines of the club, where a live group was churning out golden oldies. The few of us that stayed on won't forget the vision of Peter Shaw dancing cheek to cheek with the attractive blonde lead singer, at her insistence.

The corresponding tournament next year will be a two day event, to be known as the Central Coast Championships. The hospitality is great at Woy Woy and the venue is first class and interstaters could do well to think about attending that one.

Particular thanks go to prime mover Denise Smith for her meticulous planning and lead organistion of the Central Coast tournament,

WOY WOY NOVEMBER 2006 -- MASTERS

Rank  Player            Wins Mar
---------------------------------
  1   Edward Okulicz       8      838
  2   Bob Jackman          6      470
  3   Tony Hunt            6       70
  4   Rex Shakespeare      6       15
  5   Rod Talbot           5      441
  6   Jean McGiffen        5      225
  7   Karen Richards       5      152
  8   Mohammed Zafar       5      118
  9   Sandy Tsen           5      -14
 10   Paul Richards        4      277
 11   Gan Yi En            4      104
 12   Alastair Richards    4       12
 13   Loh Vern Sern        4      -56
 14   Trish Windhurst      4     -113
 15   Kris Logan           4     -267
 16   Siva Sivapalasundram 4     -272
 17   Hanne Marks          3      228
 18   Jan Serisier         3      -45
 19   Mark Smith           3     -132
 20   Peter Shaw           3     -186
 21   Moana Nepia          3     -231
 22   Michael Wong         3     -329
 23   Ruth Groffman        2     -266
 24   Colleen Walker       2     -317
 25   John Barker          2     -332
 26   Betty Eriksen        1     -390
HIGH GAME: Edward Okulicz    537
HIGH WORD: Hanne Marks       104
            "FANCIES"

 Results after game  8
WOY WOY NOVEMBER 2006 -- ADVANCED

Rank  Player            Wins Mar
---------------------------------
  1   Sean Chung           7      144
  2   Lahiru Elvitigala    6      554
  3   Brian Lim Daqing     6      311
  4   Raya Wilkinson@22    6      299
  5   Chin Hon Yew         5      256
  6   Ann Fiddler          5      221
  7   Stuart Pridham       5      160
  8   Hari Nanayakkara     5      115
  9   Khoo Beng Way        5       22
 10   David More           5     -112
 11   Ian Close            4      259
 12   Prasanna Nanayakkara 4      151
 13   Rocky Sharma         4      112
 14   Andree Prentice      4       69
 15   Denise Smith         4     -149
 16   Donna MacDonald      3       -7
 17   Sam Greenberg        3      -46
 18   Margaret Andrews     3      -51
 19   Don Hadley           3     -114
 20   Gordon Meggs         3     -198
 21   Bev Purkis           3     -230
 22   Wendy Lee Os         3     -261
 23   Sharon Sorensen@21   2     -243
 24   Maureen Hilder       2     -280
 25   Margaret Berliner    2     -418
 26   Ted Roberts          2     -564
HIGH GAME: Brian Lim Daqing  548
HIGH WORD: Ian Close             106
            "SKIRTED"

 Results after game  8
WOY WOY NOVEMBER 2006 -- INTERMEDIATE

Rank  Player            Wins Byes  Mar
---------------------------------
  1   Ian Tay Zhi Zian     8         829
  2   Shelley Cartwright   6         262
  3   Margaret Clifford    6         170
  4   Liz Jackman          5         320
  5   George Khamis        5         271
  6   Alex Hong            5         253
  7   Yvonne Edwards       5         101
  8   Jan Tomlin           5        -126
  9   Joan Daniel          5        -235
 10   Sandra Elliott       4         510
 11   Daphne Bezuidenhout  4         121
 12   Frank Hunt           4         -71
 13   Maree Heynen         4         -89
 14   Stephanie Muldoon    4        -169
 15   La'Reine Lang        4        -310
 16   Veena Mohe           3         206
 17   Ern Foster           3         -89
 18   Betty Hardy          3        -140
 19   May Waddington       3        -339
 20   Maureen Dobb         2     1  -257
 21   Judith Chessell      2     1  -434
 22   Ann Milner           2        -157
 23   Kathryn Tiffen       2        -385
 24   Pearl Gillott        1        -242
HIGH GAME: Sandra Elliott    568
HIGH WORD: Joan Daniel           116
            "QUAVERS"

 Results after game  8
WOY WOY NOVEMBER 2006 -- RECREATION

Rank  Player            Wins Mar
---------------------------------
  1   Colleen Hood         7      193
  2   Ann Mortel           6      218
  3   Wendy Evans@48       6      217
  4   Paul Steele          5.5    263
  5   Arie Holla           5      377
  6   Linda Hawkes         5      185
  7   Wendy Lee            5      178
  8   Judy Betteridge      4.5    242
  9   Bev Pye              4.5    -48
 10   Shirley Crocker      4       96
 11   Audrey Barrett       4     -140
 12   Pam Tuckwell         4     -158
 13   Ray Bride            3.5   -117
 14   Mary-michal Oxby     3.5   -137
 15   Joy Morris           3.5   -150
 16   Rosalie Tobin        3      347
 17   Glenys North         3       27
 18   Ian Kesby            3      -40
 19   Josie Burns@44       3     -294
 20   Leone Sanday         2     -275
 21   Betty Gray           2     -434
 22   Diana Field          1     -550
HIGH GAME: Ian Kesby         458
HIGH WORD: Rosalie Tobin          96
            "FAWNERS"



Stats for Tournament : WOY WOY NOVEMBER 2006

+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| state     Name           | National  | State   |   Wins    | Rating Points |
|                          | Old  New  | Old New | Exp  Act  | Old 
| Change New|
+--------------------------+-----------+---------+-----------+---------------+
+Section: *MASTERS                     +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Edward Okulicz       |   11    6 |   5   3 |  5.7  8.0 | 1769 +51 1820 |
| NSW Bob Jackman          |    1    2 |   1   1 |  6.6  6.0 | 1864  -8 1856 |
| NSW Tony Hunt            |   57   43 |  16  13 |  4.1  6.0 | 1529 +39 1568 |
| NSW Rex Shakespeare      |  107   62 |  27  21 |  2.8  6.0 | 1449 +79 1528 |
|*NSW Mohammed Zafar       |    0   18 |   0   9 |  5.0  5.0 | 1682     1682 |
| NSW Rod Talbot           |   15   15 |   7   7 |  5.3  5.0 | 1712  -5 1707 |
| NSW Karen Richards       |   41   47 |  11  16 |  5.3  5.0 | 1564  -5 1559 |
| NSW Jean McGiffen        |   63   49 |  19  17 |  3.4  5.0 | 1520 +31 1551 |
|*NSW Sandy Tsen           |    0   40 |   0  12 |  5.0  5.0 | 1576     1576 |
|*NSW Gan Yi En            |    0   72 |   0  26 |  4.0  4.0 | 1517     1517 |
| NSW Paul Richards        |  117  118 |  31  37 |  3.3  4.0 | 1432 +14 1446 |
|*NSW Loh Vern Sern        |    0   95 |   0  30 |  4.0  4.0 | 1480     1480 |
| NSW Alastair Richards    |   45   52 |  13  18 |  4.4  4.0 | 1555  -9 1546 |
| NSW Kris Logan           |   83   86 |  21  28 |  3.7  4.0 | 1482  +6 1488 |
| NSW Trish Windhurst      |  127  131 |  34  40 |  3.7  4.0 | 1422  +6 1428 |
| VIC Siva Sivapalasundram |    0  186 |   0  75 |  3.3  4.0 | 1343 +14 1357 |
| NSW Hanne Marks          |  139  155 |  38  48 |  3.5  3.0 | 1397 -10 1387 |
| NSW Peter Shaw           |   46   68 |  14  24 |  4.9  3.0 | 1554 -36 1518 |
| NSW Moana Nepia          |  113  139 |  29  44 |  4.6  3.0 | 1441 -31 1410 |
| NSW Jan Serisier         |  192  209 |  46  56 |  3.3  3.0 | 1342  -6 1336 |
| NSW Mark Smith           |   93  113 |  23  33 |  3.9  3.0 | 1473 -18 1455 |
|*NSW Michael Wong         |    0  256 |   0  64 |  3.0  3.0 | 1287     1287 |
| NSW John Barker          |   68  116 |  20  36 |  5.2  2.0 | 1512 -65 1447 |
|*NSW Ruth Groffman        |    0  347 |   0  95 |  2.0  2.0 | 1163     1163 |
| NSW Colleen Walker       |  232  259 |  51  66 |  3.1  2.0 | 1305 -21 1284 |
|*NSW Betty Eriksen        |    0  473 |   0 128 |  1.0  1.0 | 1039  +1 1040 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *ADVANCED                    +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
|*NSW Sean Chung           |    0   29 |   0  10 |  6.6  7.0 | 1588 +23 1611 |
|*NSW Lahiru Elvitigala    |    0   60 |   0  19 |  6.0  6.0 | 1533     1533 |
| NSW Raya Wilkinson       |  290  243 |  65  61 |  2.9  6.0 | 1228 +76 1304 |
|*NSW Brian Lim Daqing     |    0   69 |   0  25 |  6.0  6.0 | 1518     1518 |
| NSW Stuart Pridham       |  270  279 |  60  70 |  4.7  5.0 | 1254  +6 1260 |
|*NSW Chin Hon Yew         |    0  153 |   0  47 |  5.0  5.0 | 1391     1391 |
|*NSW Khoo Beng Way        |    0  136 |   0  42 |  5.0  5.0 | 1416     1416 |
| NSW Ann Fiddler          |  378  326 |  94  85 |  1.7  5.0 | 1111 +81 1192 |
| NSW Hari Nanayakkara     |  285  282 |  63  72 |  4.2  5.0 | 1238 +17 1255 |
| NSW David More           |  266  270 |  58  68 |  4.5  5.0 | 1260 +11 1271 |
| NSW Ian Close            |  254  276 |  56  69 |  4.7  4.0 | 1277 -13 1264 |
| NSW Rocky Sharma         |  319  320 |  78  83 |  3.0  4.0 | 1183 +21 1204 |
| NSW Prasana Nanayakkara  |    0  316 |   0  80 |  3.3  4.0 | 1187 +21 1208 |
| NSW Denise Smith         |  369  358 |  89  99 |  2.5  4.0 | 1120 +31 1151 |
|*NSW Andree Prentice      |    0  308 |   0  77 |  4.0  4.0 | 1215     1215 |
| NSW Don Hadley           |  314  331 |  74  89 |  3.2  3.0 | 1192  -4 1188 |
| NSW Margaret Andrews     |  364  382 |  88 105 |  3.1  3.0 | 1124  -1 1123 |
| NSW Sam Greenberg        |  274  296 |  62  73 |  3.5  3.0 | 1248 -11 1237 |
| NSW Bev Purkis           |  297  329 |  67  88 |  4.2  3.0 | 1214 -24 1190 |
| NSW Donna MacDonald      |  308  333 |  72  91 |  3.9  3.0 | 1202 -18 1184 |
|*NSW Wendy Lee Os         |    0  349 |   0  96 |  3.0  3.0 | 1159  +1 1160 |
| NSW Gordon Meggs         |  356  362 |  87 102 |  2.4  3.0 | 1134 +12 1146 |
| NSW Sharon Sorensen      |  331  369 |  82 104 |  3.4  2.0 | 1166 -28 1138 |
| NSW Maureen Hilder       |  248  301 |  55  75 |  4.7  2.0 | 1283 -54 1229 |
| NSW Margaret Berliner    |  273  323 |  61  84 |  4.7  2.0 | 1250 -54 1196 |
| NSW Ted Roberts          |  317  356 |  76  98 |  3.8  2.0 | 1189 -35 1154 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *INTERMEDIATE                +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
|*NSW Ian Tay Zhi Zian     |    0   83 |   0  27 |  7.5  7.6 | 1487  +5 1492 |
| NSW Shelley Cartwright   |  467  438 | 117 118 |  3.8  6.0 | 1018 +48 1066 |
| NSW Margaret Clifford    |  430  423 | 103 115 |  4.8  6.0 | 1054 +24 1078 |
|*NSW Alex Hong            |    0  461 |   0 123 |  5.0  5.0 | 1047     1047 |
| NSW Liz Jackman          |  434  431 | 104 116 |  4.1  5.0 | 1049 +21 1070 |
| NSW Yvonne Edwards       |  478  484 | 120 134 |  4.2  5.0 | 1002 +16 1018 |
| NSW George Khamis        |  382  398 |  97 112 |  5.0  5.0 | 1108  +1 1109 |
| NSW Jan Tomlin           |  463  480 | 115 132 |  5.0  5.0 | 1028  +1 1029 |
| NSW Joan Daniel          |  584  562 | 141 151 |  2.9  5.0 |  904 +43  947 |
| NSW Sandra Elliott       |  506  516 | 125 141 |  3.8  4.0 |  982  +4  986 |
| NSW Daphne Bezuidenhout  |  461  489 | 114 136 |  4.8  4.0 | 1029 -16 1013 |
| NSW Frank Hunt           |  508  539 | 126 144 |  4.6  4.0 |  982 -12  970 |
| NSW Maree Heynen         |  525  534 | 130 143 |  3.7  4.0 |  968  +6  974 |
| NSW Stephanie Muldoon    |  543  546 | 133 149 |  3.2  4.0 |  945 +18  963 |
| NSW La'reine Lang        |  684  667 | 163 172 |  2.9  4.0 |  830 +23  853 |
| NSW Veena Mohe           |  491  540 | 123 145 |  4.2  3.0 |  992 -23  969 |
| NSW Betty Hardy          |  512  544 | 127 148 |  3.8  3.0 |  980 -17  963 |
| NSW Ern Foster           |  604  627 | 147 165 |  3.3  3.0 |  887  -6  881 |
| NSW May Waddington       |  602  650 | 146 168 |  4.2  3.0 |  889 -24  865 |
| NSW Maureen Dobb         |  752  768 | 183 198 |  2.4  2.5 |  779  +1  780 |
| NSW Judith Chessell      |  739  763 | 178 196 |  2.7  2.5 |  787  -4  783 |
| NSW Kathryn Tiffen       |  614  690 | 150 179 |  4.1  2.0 |  877 -41  836 |
| NSW Ann Milner           |  730  776 | 174 200 |  3.0  2.0 |  794 -19  775 |
| NSW Pearl Gillott        |  721  798 | 170 209 |  3.1  1.0 |  802 -43  759 |
+-------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------------+
+Section: *RECREATION                  +         +           +               +
+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------+---------------+
| NSW Colleen Hood         |  795  747 | 195 190 |  4.8  7.0 |  745 +47  792 |
| NSW Anne Mortel          |  808  782 | 199 204 |  4.4  6.0 |  738 +33  771 |
| NSW Wendy Evans          |  892  862 | 222 223 |  4.6  6.0 |  690 +28  718 |
| NSW Paul Steele          |  960  917 | 240 241 |  3.4  5.5 |  643 +43  686 |
| NSW Arie Holla           |  827  826 | 202 216 |  4.4  5.0 |  726 +12  738 |
| NSW Linda Hawkes         |  764  778 | 187 202 |  4.9  5.0 |  771  +3  774 |
| NSW Wendy Lee            |  782  795 | 192 208 |  4.7  5.0 |  756  +5  761 |
|*NSW Judy Betteridge      |    0  825 |   0 215 |  4.5  4.5 |  739      739 |
| NSW Bev Pye              | 1043 1027 | 265 274 |  2.8  4.5 |  570 +34  604 |
| NSW Shirley Crocker      |  783  815 | 193 212 |  4.6  4.0 |  755 -11  744 |
| NSW Pam Tuckwell         | 1027 1028 | 262 275 |  3.2  4.0 |  585 +17  602 |
| NSW Audrey Barrett       | 1009 1021 | 255 271 |  3.4  4.0 |  599 +12  611 |
| NSW Mary-Michal Oxby     |  842  887 | 206 234 |  4.2  3.5 |  719 -14  705 |
| NSW Joy Morris           |  961 1001 | 241 266 |  4.4  3.5 |  642 -18  624 |
| NSW Ray Bride            | 1024 1038 | 261 278 |  3.3  3.5 |  587  +5  592 |
| NSW Rosalie Tobin        |  763  861 | 186 222 |  5.8  3.0 |  772 -54  718 |
| NSW Glenys North         |  791  880 | 194 231 |  4.8  3.0 |  747 -36  711 |
| NSW Ian Kesby            |  952  983 | 236 259 |  3.4  3.0 |  647  -7  640 |
| NSW Josie Burns          | 1100 1113 | 279 296 |  2.7  3.0 |  522  +5  527 |
| NSW Leone Sanday         |  935 1024 | 231 273 |  4.3  2.0 |  654 -46  608 |
| NSW Betty Gray           | 1122 1237 | 285 331 |  2.5  2.0 |  505 -10  495 |
| NSW Diana Field          | 1108 1238 | 282 332 |  2.8  1.0 |  515 -35  480 |