We have 23 players in this years club champs. Last night was notable for the fact that Gary, Matt, and Joel all held their higher rated opponents to very tense games that could of gone either way. In the end all three games eventually went as predicted from ratings, but it provided for an exciting evening for the kibitzers. More sparks and tension to come in the next five weeks I am sure. The crosstable so far is below, and ratings have been updated.
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 1.0 | +W13 |
| 2 | Hilton_Bennett | 1.0 | +B14 |
| 3 | Prashant_Mistry | 1.0 | +W15 |
| 4 | Graham_Nolan | 1.0 | +B16 |
| 5 | Sivaram_Manoharan | 1.0 | +W17 |
| 6 | William_Lynn | 1.0 | +B18 |
| 7 | Lara_Heppenstall | 1.0 | +W19 |
| 8 | Michael_Budd | 1.0 | +B20 |
| 9 | Christopher_Symon | 1.0 | +W21 |
| 10 | Brendon_Tangiora | 1.0 | +B22 |
| 11 | Ian_Kennedy | 1.0 | +W23 |
| 12 | Ryan_Choy | 1.0 | +BYE |
| 13 | Gary_Judkins | 0.0 | -B1 |
| 14 | Matt_Crombie | 0.0 | -W2 |
| 15 | Murray_Tuatini | 0.0 | -B3 |
| 16 | Joel_Crombie | 0.0 | -W4 |
| 17 | Eushin_Kang | 0.0 | -B5 |
| 18 | Cooper_Quinn | 0.0 | -W6 |
| 19 | Sean_Clark | 0.0 | -B7 |
| 20 | Shilong_Yang | 0.0 | -W8 |
| 21 | Jeff_Xiang | 0.0 | -B9 |
| 22 | Dhushar_Chatergee | 0.0 | -W10 |
| 23 | Adam_Hasan-Stein | 0.0 | -B11 |
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