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(Established since 1959)
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Club Lightning Tournament

Entrants are divided into groups of about 8-10 players so that the groups are of even strength. The groups then play off. The leaders in each group advance to the final. The final should have approximately 6-9 players.

Participants have 5 minutes each for their games. This event is currently held after the Metro Open.

Aggregate points are awarded for performance in-group play.


2011 Club Lightning Tournament

Ihsan Ferozkohi  won the A Final (7/7), Igor Colic the B Final (7/7) and Alex DeHeer, Robert Pilgrim & Evan Yeung shared the C Final (6/7).


Congratulations to Ihsan Ferozkohi - 2011 Metro Club Lightning Champion



A Final

 Player   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Score Place
 Ihsan Ferozkohi 1   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 1st
 Albert Chin 2 0   = 1 1 = 1 1 5.0 =2nd
 Leon Taylor 3 0 =   = 1 1 1 1 5.0 =2nd
 Jonathan Chandler 4 0 0 =   1 1 1 1 4.5 4th
 Gordon Dunlop 5 0 0 0 0   1 1 1 3.0 5th
 Hendra Gunawan 6 0 = 0 0 0   1 1 2.5 6th
 Joseph Cheong 7 0 0 0 0 0 0   1 1.0 7th
 George Carolin-Unkovich 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   0.0 8th



B Final

 Player   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Score Place
 Igor Colic 1   1 1 1 1 1 1 1f 7.0 1st
 Richard Lilly 2 0   1 0 1 1 1 1f 5.0 =2nd
 Mohammad Jahangirian 3 0 0   1 1 1 1 1f 5.0 =2nd
 Aleksa Petranovic 4 0 1 0   0 1 1 1f 4.0 4th
 Dougal McLean 5 0 0 0 1   = 1 1f 3.5 5th
 Ben Motu 6 0 0 0 0 =   1 1f 2.5 6th
 Garry Taylor 7 0 0 0 0 0 0   1f 1.0 7th
 Donald Leinster-Mackay 8 0f 0f 0f 0f 0f 0f 0f   0.0 8th



C Final

 Player   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Score Place
 Robert Pilgrim 1   1 0 1 1 1 1 1f 6.0 =1st
 Alex DeHeer 2 0   1 1 1 1 1 1f 6.0 =1st
 Evan Yeung 3 1 0   1 1 1 1 1f 6.0 =1st
 Dave Russell 4 0 0 0   1 1 1 1f 4.0 4th
 Daniel O'Brien 5 0 0 0 0   1 1 1f 3.0 5th
 Michael Payne 6 0 0 0 0 0   1 1f 2.0 6th
 Peter Zylstra 7 0 0 0 0 0 0   1f 1.0 7th
 Alex Krievez 8 0f 0f 0f 0f 0f 0f 0f   0.0 8th

 

 

Previous winners

1969    R. Lilly            1990    F. Kos         
1970                        1991    R. Butcher
1971    R. Butcher          1992    S. Fitzpatrick
1972                        1993    R. Lilly
1973	A. Pope             1994    A. Robles
1974	A. Stewart          1995    H. Saroinsong
1975    D. Wallwork         1996    H. Saroinsong
        K. Cornish          1997    A. Haasse
        A. Stewart          1998    H. Saroinsong
1976	R. Di Renzo         1999    L. Taylor
1977	M. Partis           2000    A. Chin
1978    M. Partis                   A. Kuklinski
1979    P. Trachsel         2001    L. Taylor	    	
1980    N. Khan             2002    A. Haasse        
        M. Segal            2003    A. Haasse     
1981    D. McLean           2004    A. Haasse 
1982    J. Simpson                  L. Taylor
        M. Partis           2005    A. Haasse
1983    J. Simpson          2006    A. Hardegen        
1984    J. Simpson          2007    A. Kuklinski
1985                        2008    M. Vlietstra 
1986                        2009    L. Taylor
1987                        2010    Y. Choong
1988    R. Lilly	    2011    I. Ferozkhoi
1989    M. Partis