Time Limit : 5 Mins flat
Prizes :
1st Mal Murrell
2nd Keith Farrell
Played in two sessions - both double-round
robins, with a short break inbetween. Tony actually came second
in the first session - there seemed no stopping Mal. Scores at
the end of the 1st session were:
Mal 6
Tony 3
Keith 2½
Barry ½
Keith was the big improver in the second part (getting 4½) while Tony only scored 1 more. Barry showed that while blitz may not be his game (yet), his fortune may be looking up as he took points off Keith and Tony.
And as for Mal - this may well have been a reasonable warm-up for the following day in the NSW Rapid-Play where he in fact ended up playing with a very good chance of clear 2nd(there were also 2 draw offers in the game - one fom each side), but alas the parralax problems associated with mechanical clocks (while being used to the second-by-second countdown of electronic timers) became involved in an unfortunate loss.
Place Name Loc Score 1 Murrell, Mal 1642 11.5 2 Farrell, Keith 1404 7 3 Eves, Tony 1471 4 4 Shearwood, Barry 1370 1.5
| No | Name | Loc | Total | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 |
| 1 | Murrell, Mal | 1642 | 11.5 | * | 3½ | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Farrell, Keith | 1404 | 7.0 | ½ | * | 3 | 3½ |
| 3 | Eves, Tony | 1471 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | * | 3 |
| 4 | Shearwood, Barry | 1370 | 1.5 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * |
No Name Loc Score Exp. Chg*K Rav Rprfm 1. Shearwood, Barry 1370 1.5/12 3.84 -23 1506 1184 2. Farrell, Keith 1404 7.0/12 4.56 24 1495 1552 3. Eves, Tony 1471 4.0/12 6.00 -20 1472 1347 4. Murrell, Mal 1642 11.5/12 9.48 20 1415 1916