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The AGM is tomorrow — this is where we review 2008, set fees, and financial members elect Club Officers — so come along. There will be casual games afterwards….

We welcome 2 new players to the Club — Dennis Sosnoski and Tim Roberts.
Here are the results for this our current 30-30 Tourney after 4 Rounds:

30-30 STANDARD

 1-2  PAUL, David      1705 3.5  
      BURNS, Guy       1545 3.5  
 3-4  MILLS, Glenys    1329 3    
      KINGSTON, Zoe    1585 3    
 5-6  O'RORKE, Mike    1543 2    
      SEDDON, Dave     1110 2    
  7   FROST, Paul      1768 1.5  
8-10  LOWE, Rick       1125 1    
      PAUL, Christy    1153 1    
      SOSNOSKI, Dennis 1500 1    
11-13 WOODWARD, Mark   1346 0    
      SEDDON, Brian    1120 0    
      ROBERTS, Tim     1300 0  

30-30 RESERVE

  1   KINGSTON, Rose     NZ    1104 3.5  
  2   HYNES, Johnny      NZ    1000 3    
  3   CLARK - Jack, Jack NZ    950  2.5  
 4-6  BENNY, Tricia      NZ    950  2    
      CARR, Chris        NZ    1050 2    
      ROBERTS, Tim       NZ    1100 2    
 7-8  TOON, Josh         NZ    950  1    
      REYNOLDS, Luke     NZ    950  1    
9-10  CLARK-Josie, Josie NZ    900  0.5  
      MURROW, Xander     NZ    900  0.5  

This Tournament resumes 11 March.

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.

Congratulations to Zoe who took out last week’s blitz tourney, the first round of 5—Well done!
Here are the results for the night and the points accumulation, which is based on the popular Sevens rugby tournament—a great idea from
David—there are four more rounds to go, and the winner is based on the the person with the highest points over the five rounds.