Mount Albert hosts an inaugural Beginners’ Tournament
Mt. Albert Club held a newbies grade (which attracted 8 beginners) on Sunday, 5 October concurrent with our annual Spring Tournament. It was a big success, thanks to the team effort from many of the club members that helped out in some way.
All our beginners seemed to enjoy themselves, and were encouraged to watch our “professional” games when they had time and to interact with us during breaks. Sameen (17) and his brother Aheeb (14) also got some free coaching from our youth stars Cooper and Maheu. We hope to see some of these newbies come back for more, and to do this again some time soon!
1st Place – Melissa McKenna – 5-0, +769 with a 434 average and 5 bonus words!
2nd Place – Jern Siong – 3-2, +322,
3rd Place – Spencer Woolrich – 3-2, +121,
4th-8th place – Rachel Woodworth, Isabella Ashby, David Wu, Paige Young, Sameen Laiq.
Full results of the tournament can be viewed here
