after several changes, there are 68 players, 6 of them did not turn up yesterday, total of 62 players with 11 Grade Bs and 51 non-graded players participated in Round 1 started at noon.

From the results on 6 Sep 2009, there are :

8 points -- 2 players, 1 with grade and 1 without grade

7 points -- 3 players without grade

6 points -- 9 players, 3 with grade and 6 without grade

5 points -- 8 players, 3 with grade and 5 without grade

4 points -- 22 players, 4 with grade and 18 without grade

3 points -- 4 players without grade

2 points -- 9 players without grade

1 or 0 point -- 5 players without grade


From 2007 and 2008 results, 10/11 points or above could get prizes, i.e. more than 50 players still qualify and need to play hard for the 8 points from Day 2 on 13 Sep 2009.

Have a good show on coming Sunday, I will try to go and support before Round 8 at 6:45 pm, Round 5 starts at 12 noon.