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This is a
special one-off issue to briefly announce the results of the 2010 Australian
Championship and ACF Medal winners. More information on these and other
matters will be included in the first normal newsletter of 2010 (see Next
Issues below). Australian Championship The event was
held at Norths, Cammeray, NSW from 2 to 13 January
2010. For details see link GM Zong-Yuan Zhao (NSW) won with 10/11 (nine wins
and two draws) from IM George Xie (NSW) 10, GM Gawain Jones (Eng) 7.5 and GM
Daryl Johansen (Vic). Other section
winners were Major: David Garner (Eng) and Jason Hu (NSW) 9/11. Kevin Sheldrick
(SA), Johny Bolens (NSW), Paul Broekhuyse (NSW) and Alex Stahnke (Qld) 8. Minor: Mark Stokes (Qld) 9. Tim Li (NSW) and
Axel Stahnke (Qld) 8. Norths Classic: Joshua Dalton (Vic) 5.5/7. Peter Yang
(NSW), Australian Lightning Championship This tournament
was held on the rest day, 6 January. GM
Gawain Jones (Eng) won the tournament with 9.5/11 from Junta Ikeda (ACT)
and Moulthun Ly (Qld) 9. GM Jones was
ineligible for the title which was won by Junta Ikeda in a play-off match. ACF Medals Medal winners
were announced at the closing ceremony, They were Steiner Medal (Player of the
Year): GM David Smerdon (ACT) Arlauskas Medal (Junior Player
of the Year): FM Bobby Cheng (Vic). Koshnitsky Medal
(Administration): Allan Wright (NSW). Australian Junior Championships This event is
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January 2010 (deadline Friday 22 January) Tuesday 9
February (deadline Friday 5 February) Tuesday 23
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