ACF Grand Prix 2017

The ACF Grand Prix for 2017 is now over.

Prize Winners

The prize winners for the 2017 ACF Grand Prix are as follows:
Open
1st Stephen Solomon from QLD on 135.00 points. ($850)
2nd Max Illingworth from NSW on 91.95 points. ($600)
3rd Brodie McClymont from QLD on 88.33 points. ($300)
4th Gene Nakauchi from QLD on 74.00 points. ($150)
5th Andrew Brown from ACT on 65.10 points. ($100)*

U2000
1st Albert Winkelman from ACT on 72.50 points. ($250)
2nd Ross Lam from QLD on 6.75 7points. ($150)
3rd Dillon Hathiramani from ACT on 62.5 points. ($100)

U1600
1st Mark Stokes from QLD on 73.42 points. ($250)
2nd Aaron Fahey from QLD on 61.21 points. ($150)
3rd Ben Peach from QLD on 57.38 points. ($100)

Junior
1st Anton Smirnov from NSW on 137.50 points. ($250)
2nd Tom Maguire from QLD on 78.10 points. ($150)
3rd Michael Ostapenko from QLD on 71.19 points. ($100)

Womens
1st Sophie Watkins from NSW on 79.67 points. ($250)
2nd Anshika Jain from NSW on 73.17 points. ($150)
3rd Saffron Archer from QLD on 54.33 points. ($100)

* Anton Smirnov has already been awarded a higher valued prize, therefore 5th place has been cascaded down as appropriate.

Additional Info

The 2017 Grand Prix comprised 26 Tournaments that were broken into:

• 4 Class 1’s,
• 9 Class 2’s,
• 4 Class 3’s,
• 2 Class 4’s, and
• 7 Class 5’s!

Tournaments by state:

• 3 in the ACT,
• 4 in NSW,
• 12 in QLD,
• 1 in TAS,
• 4 in VIC, and
• 2 in WA.

Over the course of the 26 Tournaments there were:

• 1777 Total entries;
• 990 Unique players; and
• 11 players who entered more than 7 GP events.

The most prolific players in the 2017 ACF GP were:

• Stephen Solomon and Mark Stokes – 13 tournaments,
• Dom Hamilton and Tony Weller – 10 tournaments, and
• Gene Nakauchi – 9 tournaments, with
• 6 players participating in 8 tournaments each.