Stratified Pairs - a New Concept

The Thames club held its annual Restricted tournament on Sunday 9th September .. but with a twist this year. Instead of the usual groupings by grade where prizes go to best O-I, O-J, I-I, I-J, J-J pairings the club opted to go with Stratified - a format new to Compass scoring. Although this sort of event is popular in Top of The South region it is new to most of the North Island. It works by taking an average of each pairs' Rating Points - the number you are given at the start of each season which is intended to reflect your current form. Compass allows to split the field by these averages into as many groups as the club wants. You can see the day's result by clicking here.

The major event of the weekend was the Waikato-Bays 10A Swiss Pairs which was held at the Hamilton club. A very strong field of 44 pairs featuring all the usual suspects turned out. Eight 9-board rounds were played under the directorship of Tony Morcom and the results may be seen by clicking here.

The 10A Swiss was played alongside the penultimate round of the Waikato-Bays Junior League which is looking very tight at the pointy end with Mike & Angela Newton of Tauranga just one point behind Megan Jolly and Janice Wilton of Hamilton. Standings may be viewed here. The final round is to be held at Te Awamutu on the 14th of October.