Wow, March 2010 was a surprise!  I'll be honest, for a minute there I was wondering if we could pull it off with so many more than anticipated...but what a great worry to have.  In my humble opinion, I think it all went very well.  We were again able to split into two brackets, which hasn't happened for a year -- hopefully this is a continuing trend now.  Tier I was won by Peter with a score of 5.0 / 6.0.  Matt Gorman took second with 4.5, and Justin Rajsky finished in third from a group of players with 4.0 points.  Great job to everybody!!  Not to take anything away from the tier I players, but the real stories were from tier II.  First off, the only other time we've had a tier II, it was 6 players...this time 24!!!  Also, Jermaine McNeil remained undefeated (11-0) as he went 6-0 for the day to finish as the tournmanet champion.  (If anybody missed him in the paper, I found the NWI Times had him with some of his teammates on the cover--good job) Another first was the finish for second place.  Ian Westerhoff and Carlos Farela played a blitz game for the tie-break...when that game stalemated, they played another.  Ian finally ended up breaking the tie for second; both players were 5-1 for the day (not including the tie-breaks).  Thanks again to everybody who has come and brought friends -- I'm really excited about were this is going.  I'll recruit some more help next time, and we'll be ready for even more!  See you then, C

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