Tuesday 13 October 2009

Young Masters

Canberra juniors are still performing well on the national stage, winning 2 out of 3 tournaments at the Australian Young Masters. In the top event, Andrew Brown (ACT) was a convincing winner on 7.5/9, a point and a half ahead of second place Blair Mandla (NSW). Current ACT Junior Champion Allen Setiabudi finished on 4.5, while WFM Emma Guo scored 3.5.
The Girls Masters was a 6 player double RR and was won by Alana Chibnall (ACT) on 7.5/10 while Megan Setiabudi (ACT) tied with Leteisha Simmonds Sophie Eustace on 6.5. Jo Mason (ACT) scored 1.5.
There was also a Junior Masters event, which was won by Sally Yu (Vic), although there were no ACT players in the field.


Chibnall, Alana v Eustace, Sophie
2009 Australian Girls Masters

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