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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.