From: Paul Sidorsky <paulsid@nucleus.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 12:13:20 -0700
Subject: Results from Calgary, AB
Message-id: <347B2350.2ADC379@nucleus.com>
Sunday the 23rd saw another one-day mini-tournament in Calgary, Canada. Out of respect for the worlds I've delayed posting the results until now. (i.e. I was too caught up in WSC fever to post them. <grin>)
Before we get to that, club #374 would like to congratulate Joel Sherman on his world championship title. We also send our congratulations to all of the other WSC participants, especially our own Albert Hahn, who finished a respectable 39th.
On to the tournament. 32 people attended this tournament, which I believe makes this our best turn out ever for a one-day tourney since we started them in April. This resulted in there being four divisions instead of the typical three.
Expert Division
1st. Danny Panganiban 6-2 +254 2nd. Jeff Fleetham 6-2 +183 3rd. Wayne Clifford 5-3 +211 4th. Mike Ebanks 4-4 +127 5th. Siri Tillekeratne 4-4 -24 6th. Randall Thomas 3-5 -153 7th. Wendy McGrath 2-6 -122 8th. John Bereski 2-6 -388Intermediate Division
1st. Paul Sidorsky 6-2 +380 2nd. Peter Maas 6-2 +221 3rd. Angela Marsales 5-3 +310 4th. Geraldine Ridge 4-4 +285 5th. Bill Payne 4-4 -13 6th. Norah Tan 3-5 -69 7th. Michel Demers 3-5 -640 8th. Barb Trumbley 1-7 -474Recreational Division
1st. Margaret West 5-3 +158 2nd. Vicki Hunter 5-3 +101 3rd. Jane Smyke 5-3 -9 4th. Noella Ward 4-4 +92 5th. Lynne Clayton 4-4 -30 6th. Louis Fernandes 4-4 -69 7th. Anna-Maria Cook 4-4 -86 8th. Leon Fernandes 1-7 -167Novice Division
1st. Teri Tetreault 8-0 +904 2nd. Allan Simon 5-3 +437 3rd. Estelle Matthews 5-3 +107 4th. Nifa Fernandes 4-4 -124 5th. Trish Mathieson 4-4 -163 6th. Margaret Smith 3-5 -263 7th. Janet Ingram 3-5 -395 8th. Aubrey Matthews 0-8 -493Categories
High Game Teri Tetreault 564 High Loss Paul Sidorsky 416 High Spread Teri Tetreault 286 Low Win Bill Payne 306 High Turn Lynne Clayton 100 BREATHS High Non-Bingo Wayne Clifford 90 JEEZ Comeback Kid Louis Fernandes 150 Bingo Ace Teri Tetreault 16 Best Phoney Trish Mathieson FINGERYHighlights
Newcomer Teri Tetreault dominated the novice division, as many of us expected. Having only been to the club once, he nonetheless practices and studies with another club member (Michel Demers), and knows all of the twos, threes, and common bingo stems. Speculation is that he will now have to move up to the Intermediate division next tournament, where he will really get a chance to earn his stripes.
Allan Simon, another newcomer, finished second in the same division, losing to Teri in the final round.
In the Recreational division, Louis Fernandes came back from 150 points behind to win a game by one point. The interesting twist to this story is that he did it against his ten year old son, Leon! Leon is a repeat winner of the Novice and Recreational divisions in several tournaments.
Personally, I was glad to shake off a terrible slump I've been having. My high loss (and most memorable game) came against Bill Payne. He countered my three bingos with one of his own and a 78 point Q play. At the time I thought I had made a serious error in the endgame, but upon recreating the game last night it looks as though I didn't have much of a chance to win given the tiles I drew. My final rack was CGLRUUU.
The Recreational division was the closest battle in a division we've seen here in a long time. No less than 5 people were in contention for top honours going into the final round.
We can only hope that our next tournament on the 14th will be as exciting!
Paul Sidorsky Calgary, Canada paulsid@nucleus.com http://www.nucleus.com/~paulsid