2009 Country Vic: L-R Stewart Booth (joint champ), Patrick Cook, Kevin Perrin (joint Reserve), Mark Bruere (joint champ), Leigh Healey, Joel Beggs (joint Reserve), Nigel Barrow and Chris Segrave crouching at front -too tall to fit into the photo standing up!

Round 1 Mark Bruere contemplates his opponent's aggressively placed Rook, Joel Beggs marshalls Black's defence and Leigh Healey takes on Matthew Clarke

Round 1: Clint Stewart versus Chris Segrave, in the background are the Reserves Trophy and the Championship Trophy

Round 2 James Eldridge versus Joel Beggs, while Terry Feduniw (obscured by James' hair) takes on Michael Turner

Round 2: Matthew Clark invades the White position with some aggresively placed pawns, Clint Stewart has time to look over at Stewart Booth's game

Round 3: Eldridge vTurner (foreground, Segrave ve Lenne & Perrin v Clarke

Round 3: Matthew Clarke takes on Kevin Perrin in the foreground, while Clint Stewart doesn't seem to like his last move in the background.

Round 4: Eldridge takes on Clarke as Feduniw looks on

Round 4: First morning after daylight savings and plenty of empty boards. Bruere and Booth in the foreground while Terry Feduniw shares a joke with a spectator in the background

Round 5: Bruere v Perrin. No wonder they are both wearing glasses, look how blurry the board is!

Round 5 Water Bottle v Packed Lunch - in the end Patrick Lenne's lunch won the day over Terry Feduniw's water bottle

Round 5: Left to Right Feduniw, Beggs, Segrave, Eldridge and Clint Stewart

Round 6: Kevin Perrin is distracted by a photographer during his game against Joel Beggs

Round 6 Patrick Cook takes on Clint Stewart

Round 6 Patrick Lenne again faces a water bottle gambit, this time at the hands of Matthew Clarke (0-1 Lenne), meanwhile Joel Beggs and Kevin Perrin battle it out for the Reserve Trophy (the game was drawn and the trophy shared)

The Players

2009 Standings, Pairings & Crosstable

Standings

Pairings

Crosstable