Great start to the 30-30 Tournament, with a large junior turnout
Here are the results after the two rounds, starting with the reserve grade,
where Jonny leads, his heals closely followed by the rest of the pack:

Place Name               Feder Loc  Score

  1   HYNES, Johnny      NZ    1000 2    
 2-3  BENNY, Tricia      NZ    950  1.5  
      KINGSTON, Rose     NZ    1104 1.5  
 4-7  CLARK-Josie, Josie NZ    900  1    
      CARR, Chris        NZ    1050 1    
      CLARK - Jack, Jack NZ    950  1    
      TOON, Josh         NZ    950  1    
 8-9  MURROW, Xander     NZ    900  0    
      REYNOLDS, Luke     NZ    950  0    

Followed by the standard grade, which is noteworthy for Glenys Mills’s result—grouped in the fray with the leaders:

Place Name           Feder Loc  Score

 1-3  PAUL, David    NZ    1705 2    
      BURNS, Guy     NZ    1545 2    
      MILLS, Glenys  NZ    1329 2    
 4-7  O'RORKE, Mike  NZ    1543 1    
      KINGSTON, Zoe  NZ    1585 1    
      LOWE, Rick     NZ    1125 1    
      SEDDON, Dave   NZ    1110 1    
8-10  PAUL, Christy  NZ    1153 0    
      SEDDON, Brian  NZ    1120 0    
      WOODWARD, Mark NZ    1346 0    

The “Loc” stands for your rating—based either on NZ Chess Federation data, or an estimated rating.
See you next week;

PS:  don’t forget the AGM in 2 weeks, on 4 March 2009.