Sunday 20 January 2008

Ikeda leads Australian Junior Championship

After 7 rounds top seed Junta Ikeda holds a half point lead in the Australian Junior Championship. Ikeda defeated previous leader Christopher Wallis in round 7 and currently stands on 6.5/7. Wallis is on 6 points along with Andrew Brown, who defeated Yi Yuan in an all ACT clash on board 2. Brown and Ikeda meet on the top board in Round 8.
The Girls Championship has suddenly become a 3 way battle after previous undefeated leader Sally Yu lost her 8th round game against Tamzin Oliver. Yu, Oliver and Deborah Ng now all have 7/8, 1.5 points ahead of the rest of the field.
In the Under 12 events Laurance Matheson (6.5/7) holds a half point lead in the Open over Josuha Lau (6) , while Leteisha Simmonds (6/7) holds first place ahead of Abbie Kangarajah and Clarise Koh (5.5).

Wallis,Christopher - Ikeda,Junta [C41]
Australian Junior Under 18 Open Cranbrook (7.1), 20.01.2008

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