MARIA AND PETER SHOW THE GRANDMASTERS HOW IT'S DONE!

Maria and Peter
Twelve tables turned out for Putaruru's annual tournament today. Top finishers for the home club were the intermediate and junior pairing of Peter Kraakman and Maria Leach. They finished above gold grandmaster Ian Clayton and his grandmaster partner Yuzhong Chen. An outstanding performance by these minnows who finished in joint 6th position.
Winners today were Auckland based Anthony Hopkins and Alan Dormer.
Alan and Anthony
Here they are with Putaruru President Eileen Barker.
Runners up were another junior punching well above her weight Rochelle Van Heuven from Te Aroha with Waikato region all rounder Ross Stewart.
Rochelle and Ross
The third place spot was a tie three-quarters Kalma family. Hermanna and Henk and scorer for the day Anna with Cambridge's Michael Neels.