The 28th Grant Thornton Southeasterns pulled 90+ players to Midtown in late February, competing for free entry to the National Skill Levels in April and a generous travel stipend. Play was spirited throughout… standout performances from the entire Saleem family: Danial won the 4.5s, Nabil won the 4.0s and Arhum beat just about everybody in sight without getting a winner’s trophy. Rob Burton played a good tournament, saving six match points against first seed John Mahorner in the 4.5s to get to the finals.

Results:

2.5: Mo Solis d. Paris Orfandis, 6,4,3
2.5 Con: Davis Gleaton d. Sameer Chervu, 9,7,4
3.0: Joe Cullen d. Roberto Trevino, 8,2,73.0 Con: John Brumby d. Rick Byrd, 3,(10),2,9
3.5: Matt Morris d. Joe Cullen, 4,10,(4),6
3.5 Con: David Dean d. Pierre Ferrari, 6,9,(10),(10),7
4.0: Nabil Saleem d. Pritesh Patel, 10,(8),8,7
4.0 Con: Michael Yang d. David Bridges: 9,(9),7,(7),7
4.5: Danial Saleem d. Rob Burton, 5,11,1
4.5 Con: Neel Swami d. William Cloherty, (10),(9),3,4,10
5.0: Allen Post d. Tom Rumpler, 6,7,8
5.5: Chris Tham d. Justin Mather, 8,5,7

Sponsors Andre Schnabl and Keith Clemens.

Pritesh Patel, Uzma Saleem, Nabil Saleem, 4.0s.

Justin Mather and Chris Tham, 5.5s

Matthew Morris, your humble webmaster, beer conesuer and 3.5 winner