Nathan Grace from Kapiti College had an excellent performance at the Mana Junior Rapid, held at Mana College on 9th May. He went unbeaten and won the Open Division with 5.5/6, ahead of . Finn O’Brien 5/6, and Lucas Qu was on 4.5/6.
Kapiti players Fred and Alex medaled in the Senior Division.
Fina standings:
Open:
1st Nathan Grace, 5.5/6
2nd Finn O’Brien, 5/6
3rd Lucas Qu (4.5/6)
Senior Division (13 years & over):
1st Logan Hartley, 3.5/6 (tie-break)
2nd Fred Hay 3.5/6
3rd Alex Turchie, 2.5/6
Intermediate Division (11-12 years):
1st Shashank Gavini, 5/6
2nd Rishi Konduri, 4.5/6
3rd Jason Lam, 4/6
Junior Division (10 years & under):
1st Novak McPhee, 5/6
2nd Nilan Karthikeyan, 4.5/6 (tie-break)
3rd Daniel Jia, 4.5/6
Link to photos here.
