Round 4 was played last Wednesday and has left outright leaders in all grades.

In the A Grade there was the tops seeds playing on board 1 and Katrine Metge gained the full point, as black against John Worn. On board 2 Paul Norris (white) upsetting the ratings beating Barry Hooton with an attacking game. Temu Maroroa joined the A Grade competition as the 3rd seed and duely won. However missing the first 3 rounds will make it difficult to catch the leaders. Leading the A Grade is-

Katrine Metge     4

John Worn           3

Paul Norris           3

In the B Grade Stefan Brzozowski cemented his leading position with a win over Pauline Thomas (C Grade) and Yash fell 1/2 point behind with a draw against John McRae (A Grade). Unfortunately this shows the problem with playing in one swiss group but numbers need to be higher to play in separate groups.  Stefan is on 3 points.

In the C Grade Pauline Thomas continues to lead, on 1.5 points, despite losing to Stefan (B Grade). Following on 1 point are Satnam Singh, Rhoslyn Lapworth, Ethan Perston and Arul Gaundar. Ethan and Arul won their match. Welcome James Lefe’e to the C Grade.

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A Grade Inter-Club Final – 1st AC 17  2nd NS 16.5  3rd HP 16   we were unable to find 2 wins in the last 2 rounds to over take WT who finished on 6  and in 4th place with PT on 4.5 and the “wooden spoon”.

The Junior Inter-Club played on 2nd Sept saw – 1st AC [a]  2nd NS [a]  3rd NS [b] and 4th HP. Sadly both PT teams were unplaced.

 
B Grade Inter-Club starts on Sunday 16th Sept.

Round 1. NS v PT       AC v HP    [ WT is not entering a team ]

Round 2. [7 Oct]  NS v AC              PT v HP

Round 3. [14 Oct]   HP v NS        AC v PT

JOHN MCRAE has a list of players entered for the B Grade.

1.Philip Mukkattu                                            11.Satnam Singh

2.Phillip Logo                                                 12.Jagmohan Singh

3.Chris Dale                                                   13.Arul Gaundar

4.Barry Hooton                                                14.Kaea Korewha

5.David McRae                                               15.Yash Narayah

6.David Taylor                                                16.Solomon Lefee

7.Paul Norris                                                   17.William Lefee

8.John McRae                                                 18.Stefan Bezowoski

9.Davy Misileki                                               19. Pauline Thomas

10.Paul Postma

Round three was played last night (5/9/12) and leaders in each grade are sorting themselves out.

Grade leaders are as follows –

A GRADE

Katrine Metge   3

John Worn         3

Barry Hooton     2.5

B GRADE

Stefan Brzozowski   2

Yash Narayan           2

Greame Coleman     1

William Lefe’e           1

Solomon Lefe’e         1

C GRADE

Pauline Thomas        1.5

Satnam Singh             1

Rhoslyn Lapworth     1

With a break last week in which we had a fun night that was alot of fun! Teams trying to lose because of points gained for sacrifices. In the end the team led by John Worn won. So, last night we were back into the serious stuff playing the second round of the club champs. Although we are playing as one group we are split into 3 group for the purposes of an A, B and C grade winner so here are the leading scores after 2 rounds –

A GRADE

Katrine Metge          2

John Worn                 2

Paul Norris                2

John McRae               2

B GRADE

Stefan Brzozowski      1

Yash Narayan              1

Graeme Coleman        1

William Lefe’e              1

Solomon Lefe’e             1

C GRADE

Satnam Singh               1

Gallipoli Misileki          0.5

Pauline Thomas            0.5

We started the club champs on Wednesday the 15/8/12. We are playing as one Swiss group but there will an A, B and C grade winner. I will update the positions after round two which will be played in 2 weeks. Next Wednesday we are having a break from the club champs and having a fun evening which will be two teams against each other. It is not just a matter of winning the game but teams can win and lose points for various things which will be revealed on the night.

Please note there is a slight alteration to the calender. The Club Champs is starting this Wednesday (15th Aug.). We have put the fun night off till the next Wednesday then the Club Champs will comence again on the following week.

Please let me know if you wish to enter or be at the club by 7.30pm to enter.

You can contact me on 0274506140 or [email protected] .

The format is eight rounds in Swiss format played as one group. Time limit is 75 minutes plus 30 seconds. There will be an A, B and C grade winner.

Also note if you want to play but can’t make the first round you can request a half point bye but you must let me know before the 1st round.

The final two rounds were played on the 8/8/12. Two of the three leaders from last week won both their games and so were tied for first place. The final scores are as follows –

Katrine Metge          6.5

Barry Hooton            6.5

John Worn                6.0

Cairo Molesi             4.5

Dave Misileki            4.5

John McRae              4.5

William Lefe’e           4.5

Solomon Lefe’e         4.0

Stefan Brzozowski    4.0

Maurice Sweetsur     4.0

Paul Postma               3.5

Satnam Singh            3.5

Paul Norris                 3.0

Jagmahan Singh       3.0

Gallipoli Misileki      3.0

Ethan Perston           2.0

Graeme Coleman     2.0

Yash Narayan            2.0 (Yash only played the last two rounds)

Pauline Thomas        2.0

Elise Tere                    0

Rhoslyn Lapworth     0

Congratulations to Dave Misileki for the largest jump in rating points (70 points)

Also congratulations to Satnam Singh who was the highest placed junior.

The top 3 boards in the 5th round –

Katrine Metge v Barry Hooton

Cairo Molesi v Paul Postma

Dave Misileki v John Worn

The winners were Barry, Cairo and John. This left Barry Hooton leading on 4.5 followed by Katrine Metge on 4.0. John Worn and Cairo Molesi another half point behind on 3.5.

Round 6 bought more upsets creating a three way tie at the top. The top boards were as follows –

1. Barry Hooton v Cairo Molesi

2. John Worn v Katrine Metge

3. Paul Postma v Satnam Singh

Cairo won on board 1 and boards 2 & 3 halved the points.

With 2 rounds to play next week the leading scores are –

Cairo Molesi      4.5

Katrine Metge    4.5

Barry Hooton     4.5

John Worn         4.0

Paul Postma       3.5

Dave Misileki     3.5

John McRae      3.5

William Lefe’e   3.5

Satnam Singh    3.5

These rounds were played 25th July.

In round 3 the top boards were – 1. Katrine Metge v Paul Postma  2. Barry Hooton v John Worn  3 . Cairo Molesi v Dave Misileki. Katrine, Barry and Dave were the winners. This leaves Katrine Metge leading on 3 points followed on 2.5 by Barry Hooton & Dave Misileki.

Round 4 the top boards were 1. Dave Misileki v Katrine Metge  2. Paul Norris v Barry Hooton  3. Paul Postma v John McRae. The winners were Katrine, Barry & Paul Postma.

Leading scores after 4 Rounds –

Katrine Metge      4

Barry Hooton       3.5

Paul Postma          3

Dave Misileki        2.5

John Worn             2.5

Cairo Molesi          2.5

We began this competition on Wednesday 18 July. Time control is 30/30 with no increments and we play 2 rounds per evening and it is 8 rounds.

With the Swiss format, in the first round the top half of rated competitors play the bottom half. All of the top half won their game and therefore are on 1 point. They are as follows –

Katrine Metge

John Worn

Barry Hooton

Paul Norris

Cairo Molesi

Greame Coleman

Paul Postma

Dave Misileki

Jagmahan Singh

After a cuppa and bickies we played the second round and three player followed their win in the first round with another win. They are as follows –

Katrine Metge

Paul Postma

Jagmahan Singh

Following on 1.5 points are –

John Worn

Cairo Molesi

Barry Hooton

Dave Misileki