The 2014 club championship kicked off last night with 15 players in the Open Division and 7 competing in the Junior division for a total of 22 players. In the past 3 years we have had 16 entries (2011), 12 entries (2012) and 21 entries (2013). Maybe next year we can make it 25. Richard did well to take a draw off Stefan. Josh took a bye in the juniors because of school commitments, but will be joining the tournament next week. We had a slightly slow start to get the draw sorted this week, but now that we are underway clocks will be starting at 7:15 sharp, whether you are there or not, so don’t be late.
The crosstables so far follow …
| 1 | Josh Posa | 1445 | 1.0 | +BYE |
| 2 | Craig Scott | 1477 | 1.0 | +W6 |
| 3 | Samuel Eddy | 1474 | 1.0 | +B7 |
| 4 | Brandon Cuellar | 1459 | 1.0 | +W5 |
| 5 | Joel Crombie | 1479 | 0.0 | -B4 |
| 6 | Elijah Dewit | 1425 | 0.0 | -B2 |
| 7 | Adam Hasan Stein | 1374 | 0.0 | -W3 |
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| 1 | Murray Tuatini | 1504 | 1.0 | +B15 |
| 2 | Hilton Bennett | 1614 | 1.0 | +W14 |
| 3 | Sivoram Manoharan | 1565 | 1.0 | +B11 |
| 4 | Richard Dare | 1605 | 1.0 | +BYE |
| 5 | Gary Judkins | 1574 | 1.0 | +B12 |
| 6 | Graham Nolan | 1604 | 1.0 | +W13 |
| 7 | Stefan Wagner | 1608 | 0.5 | =B10 |
| 8 | Eddie Tan | 1568 | 0.5 | =W9 |
| 9 | David Whiting | 1500 | 0.5 | =B8 |
| 10 | Richard Jackson | 1531 | 0.5 | =W7 |
| 11 | William Lynn | 1596 | 0.5 | =BYE |
| 11 | Nick Sayers | 1500 | 0.0 | -W3 |
| 12 | Christopher Symon | 1506 | 0.0 | -W5 |
| 13 | Ian Kennedy | 1524 | 0.0 | -B6 |
| 14 | Daniel Davis | 1531 | 0.0 | -B2 |
| 15 | Matt Crombie | 1537 | 0.0 | -W1 |
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