
New South Wales Has Joint Lightning Champions
Ronald Scott and George Xie are the 2002 NSW Lightning Champions. Ronald and George tied for 1st place on 7.5/9.
A two game play off was arranged George winning the first game and Ronald winning the second. Both players were declared the NSW champion.
Ilija Ilic won the under 2000 prize. The under 1800 prize went to Nick Kordahi. Radisav Ivanovic won the under 1600 prize and Peter Hanna took out the under 1400 prize. The dispute free tournament was ably run by D.O.P. Peter Cassettari.

Ronald Scott and George Xie face each other in the play off.
Place Name Loc Score
1-2 Xie, George 2185 7.5
Scott, Ronald 2193 7.5
3 Ilic, Ilija 1926 7
4 Berezovski, Stanislav 2049 6.5
5-9 Curtis, John 2326 6
Samar, Raul 2194 6
Chan, Jason 1844 6
Ghenzer, Charles 2089 6
Stead, Kerry 1991 6
10-12 Jones, Brian A 2157 5.5
Dekic, Biljana 2031 5.5
Kordahi, Nicholas 1770 5.5
13-20 Agulto, Edgardo 2172 5
Muljadi, Haris 2052 5
Flatow, A (Fred) 2203 5
Eremenko, Sergei 1906 5
Carballo, Rick 1666 5
Tidswell, Duncan 1876 5
Davies, Shaun 1790 5
Cabilin, Jeff 1884 5
21-25 Seberry, Ralph B 2237 4.5
Lewski, Toby 1897 4.5
McGregor, Allan 1670 4.5
Navarro, Sim 1967 4.5
Ivanovic, Radislav 1315 4.5
26-30 Hanna, Peter 1394 4
Morales, Raul 4
Tubic, Luka 1523 4
Schilter, David 1446 4
Trkulja, Slavko 1599 4
31-37 Greenwood, Norman 1413 3.5
Hoving, Eliot 1304 3.5
Kresinger, Frank 1503 3.5
Lea, Tim 3.5
Murrell, Malcolm R 1777 3.5
Liuga, Victor 1805 3.5
Stokes, Richard 1366 3.5
38-41 Savelieff, Geoffrey 1560 3
Sampson, Dion 1626 3
Talisayan, Samuel 1111 3
Sike, Paul 1397 3
42-43 Laugery, Bernard A 1280 1.5
Parker, Trent 1098 1.5
No Name Loc Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1. Curtis, John 2326 6 24:W 13:W 7:L 20:W 15:L 12:W 10:W 4:W 5:L 2. Seberry, Ralph B 2237 4.5 43:W 15:D 11:L 37:W 25:W 7:L 17:W 12:L 20:L 3. Flatow, A (Fred) 2203 5 42:W 16:W 12:L 24:W 7:L 17:D 14:W 8:L 18:D 4. Samar, Raul 2194 6 25:W 17:W 6:L 19:W 16:W 11:L 8:W 1:L 10:W 5. Scott, Ronald 2193 7.5 23:W 19:W 8:L 22:W 17:W 15:W 11:D 6:W 1:W 6. Xie, George 2185 7.5 26:W 20:W 4:W 12:D 11:W 8:W 7:W 5:L 9:W 7. Agulto, Edgardo 2172 5 27:W 22:W 1:W 11:L 3:W 2:W 6:L 15:L 13:L 8. Jones, Brian A 2157 5.5 28:W 21:W 5:W 15:D 12:W 6:L 4:L 3:W 11:L 9. Ghenzer, Charles 2089 6 29:L 31:W 15:L 33:W 35:W 19:W 16:W 11:W 6:L 10. Muljadi, Haris 2052 5 20:L 32:W 26:L 30:W 14:W 22:W 1:L 19:W 4:L 11. Berezovski, Stanislav 2049 6.5 30:W 29:W 2:W 7:W 6:L 4:W 5:D 9:L 8:W 12. Dekic, Biljana 2031 5.5 31:W 33:W 3:W 6:D 8:L 1:L 25:W 2:W 15:L 13. Stead, Kerry 1991 6 32:W 1:L 25:L 43:W 26:W 20:L 28:W 22:W 7:W 14. Navarro, Sim 1967 4.5 33:L 34:W 27:W 25:D 10:L 21:W 3:L 17:W 24:L 15. Ilic, Ilija 1926 7 34:W 2:D 9:W 8:D 1:W 5:L 20:W 7:W 12:W 16. Eremenko, Sergei 1906 5 36:W 3:L 33:W 38:W 4:L 24:W 9:L 20:L 30:W 17. Lewski, Toby 1897 4.5 37:W 4:L 28:W 26:W 5:L 3:D 2:L 14:L 31:W 18. Cabilin, Jeff 1884 5 38:L 35:L 34:W 29:L 37:W 30:W 26:W 24:D 3:D 19. Tidswell, Duncan 1876 5 39:W 5:L 29:W 4:L 28:W 9:L 32:W 10:L 43:W 20. Chan, Jason 1844 6 10:W 6:L 35:W 1:L 38:W 13:W 15:L 16:W 2:W 21. Liuga, Victor 1805 3.5 40:W 8:L 38:L 35:L 36:W 14:L 42:D 31:L 29:W 22. Davies, Shaun 1790 5 41:W 7:L 43:W 5:L 32:W 10:L 27:W 13:L 35:W 23. Murrell, Malcolm R 1777 3.5 5:L 37:L 39:D 42:W 31:L 32:L 34:W 36:L :W 24. Kordahi, Nicholas 1770 5.5 1:L 38:W 42:W 3:L 29:W 16:L 43:W 18:D 14:W 25. McGregor, Allan 1670 4.5 4:L 39:W 13:W 14:D 2:L 31:W 12:L 26:L 42:W 26. Carballo, Rick 1666 5 6:L 36:W 10:W 17:L 13:L 35:W 18:L 25:W 32:W 27. Sampson, Dion 1626 3 7:L 41:W 14:L 32:L 40:W 42:W 22:L 43:L 28:L 28. Trkulja, Slavko 1599 4 8:L 40:W 17:L 41:W 19:L 38:W 13:L 35:L 27:W 29. Savelieff, Geoffrey 1560 3 9:W 11:L 19:L 18:W 24:L 43:L 31:W 32:L 21:L 30. Tubic, Luka 1523 4 11:L 42:L 36:W 10:L 41:W 18:L 37:W 38:W 16:L 31. Kresinger, Frank 1503 3.5 12:L 9:L 37:D 39:W 23:W 25:L 29:L 21:W 17:L 32. Schilter, David 1446 4 13:L 10:L 40:W 27:W 22:L 23:W 19:L 29:W 26:L 33. Greenwood, Norman 1413 3.5 14:W 12:L 16:L 9:L 42:L 37:L :W 39:W 38:D 34. Sike, Paul 1397 3 15:L 14:L 18:L 36:L :W 40:L 23:L 41:W 39:W 35. Hanna, Peter 1394 4 : 18:W 20:L 21:W 9:L 26:L 40:W 28:W 22:L 36. Stokes, Richard 1366 3.5 16:L 26:L 30:L 34:W 21:L 41:D 39:W 23:W 37:L 37. Ivanovic, Radislav 1315 4.5 17:L 23:W 31:D 2:L 18:L 33:W 30:L 40:W 36:W 38. Hoving, Eliot 1304 3.5 18:W 24:L 21:W 16:L 20:L 28:L 41:W 30:L 33:D 39. Laugery, Bernard A 1280 1.5 19:L 25:L 23:D 31:L 43:L :W 36:L 33:L 34:L 40. Talisayan, Samuel 1111 3 21:L 28:L 32:L :W 27:L 34:W 35:L 37:L 41:W 41. Parker, Trent 1098 1.5 22:L 27:L :W 28:L 30:L 36:D 38:L 34:L 40:L 42. Lea, Tim 3.5 3:L 30:W 24:L 23:L 33:W 27:L 21:D :W 25:L 43. Morales, Raul 4 2:L :W 22:L 13:L 39:W 29:W 24:L 27:W 19:L