We opened the year with a casual blitz. A lot of new players turned up for a look, and we hope they return as members. Honours went to Graham, Lara, and Prashant.
| 1 | Graham Nolan | 5.0 | +W21 | +B10 | +W2 | =B7 | +W3 | =B4 |
| 2 | Lara Heppenstall | 5.0 | +B16 | +W19 | -B1 | +W14 | +B5 | +W8 |
| 3 | Prashant Mistry | 5.0 | +B23 | +W16 | +B20 | +W6 | -B1 | +W9 |
| 4 | Richard Dare | 4.5 | — | +W23 | +B19 | +B9 | +W7 | =W1 |
| 5 | Christopher Symon | 4.0 | +W18 | -B9 | +W10 | +B15 | -W2 | +B7 |
| 6 | Richard Jackson | 4.0 | +W17 | -B7 | +W9 | -B3 | +W18 | +B11 |
| 7 | Sivaram Manoharan | 3.5 | +B20 | +W6 | +B14 | =W1 | -B4 | -W5 |
| 8 | Gary Judkins | 3.5 | -W9 | +B17 | +W18 | +B11 | =W15 | -B2 |
| 9 | Gerald | 3.0 | +B8 | +W5 | -B6 | -W4 | +B24 | -B3 |
| 10 | Joel Crombie | 3.0 | +B12 | -W1 | -B5 | +W20 | +B13 | — |
| 11 | Murray Tuatini | 3.0 | — | +W13 | +B12 | -W8 | +B14 | -W6 |
| 12 | Athul | 3.0 | -W10 | +B21 | -W11 | +B22 | +BYE | — |
| 13 | Brendon Tangiora | 3.0 | -W15 | -B11 | +W22 | +B21 | -W10 | +W24 |
| 14 | Eushin Kang | 2.5 | +W24 | +B15 | -W7 | -B2 | -W11 | =W16 |
| 15 | Matt Crombie | 2.5 | +B13 | -W14 | +B23 | -W5 | =B8 | — |
| 16 | Cooper Quinn | 2.5 | -W2 | -B3 | -W17 | +B24 | +W22 | =B14 |
| 17 | Eng Sek | 2.0 | -B6 | -W8 | +B16 | +W23 | — | — |
| 18 | Shilong Yang | 2.0 | -B5 | +W24 | -B8 | +W19 | -B6 | — |
| 19 | Sean Clark | 1.5 | +W22 | -B2 | -W4 | -B18 | =W21 | — |
| 20 | Jarvis Xiang | 1.5 | -W7 | +B22 | -W3 | -B10 | =B23 | — |
| 21 | Jeff Xiang | 1.5 | -B1 | -W12 | +B24 | -W13 | =B19 | — |
| 22 | Bernadette | 1.0 | -B19 | -W20 | -B13 | -W12 | -B16 | +BYE |
| 23 | Adam Hasan-Stein | 0.5 | -W3 | -B4 | -W15 | -B17 | =W20 | — |
| 24 | Ryan | 0.0 | -B14 | -B18 | -W21 | -W16 | -W9 | -B13 |
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