The club has run, on a trial basis, two BBO on-line tournaments - Novice (< 100 mp) and Open for 8 pairs each playing all the others in a round-robin. The competition has now finished after 7 rounds and was enjoyed by all. Thanks to Robin Devries for organising it.
Congratulations to Trish Thomson/Marieta Borthwick and Lyn Smith/Cath Whiddon for ending up equal top in the Open Ladder event.
Congratulations to Trish Berry/Bruce Kleem and Margaret Wayland/Peter Sate who topped the Novice Ladder event.
Open event scores
| T Thomson M Borthwick | 10 |
| L Smith C Whiddon | 10 |
| S Young A Kolding | 9 |
| A Pike R Devries | 8 |
| L Rothwell T Rothwell | 6 |
| S Cole N Cregan | 6 |
| V Eldridge A Davies | 5 |
| S Jensen S Rooke | 2 |
Novice event scores
| Trish Berry Bruce Kleem | 11 |
| Margaret Wayland Peter Sate | 11 |
| Helen Griplas Sylvia Volkmer | 9 |
| Nick Armitage Jane Armitage | 6 |
| Edwena Pedersen Peter Collings | 5 |
| Simon Hunter Susan Eason | 5 |
| Lynne Talmont Bronwyn Neal | 5 |
| Steve Naftel Louise Butt | 4 |
There are 8 pairs in each category that play each other pair on a scheduled round-robin basis. There are two matches a week and the pairs arrange a mutually acceptable time to play, provided that matches are completed before the scheduled end of that round. It is run on a league table basis whereby if a pair scores more than 52% over the 20 boards they are awarded 2 points for that win. A score between 52% and 48% is deemed to be a draw and both sides are awarded 1 point.
After 5 rounds the situation was:
Whilst Trish Thomson/Marieta Borthwick and Sarah Young and Annegrete Kolding are tied together at the top of the table, there another 4 pairs within a 2 point range. The range of outcomes is almost open ended including the possibility of 5 teams being tied on 9 points.
Trish Berry/Bruce Kleem are tied on 8 points with Margaret Wayland/Peter Sate with Helen Griplas/Sylvia Volkmer only one point behind. These three pairs do not play each other in Round 6 but the final round match between Helen Griplas/Sylvia Volkmer and Margaret Wayland/Peter Sate could be pivotal.
