NCC BLITZ GRAND PRIX STANDINGS

It is a close race to the finish and Tim Cooper cut Gainer Phay's lead to just 3.5 points. A difference that could be made up by one first place finish. With two tournaments to go, it is going to be exciting to see who wins the coveted prize of free NCC tournament entries for 2008. Here are the standings below:

NCC MONTHLY BLITZ GRAND PRIX

1. Gainer Phay – 89.50 37. Eric Yang – 4.00

2. Tim Cooper – 86.00 39. Frank Ashmun – 4.00

3. James Wu – 53.90 40. Bin Li – 2.50

4. Josh Salter – 47.50 41. Sal Neglia – 2.00

5. Tim Cutshaw – 43.00 41. Daniel McKee – 2.00

6. Zaki Tanas –39.90 43. Joseph Hwang – 1.50

7. Charles McMillan – 28.00 43. Emmy Madsen – 1.50

8. Brad Meese – 23.00 45. David Vartbarigian – 0.50

9. Elion King – 21.75

10. Peter Ciarlegio – 20.00

11. Jeff Tobin – 19.75

12. Su’ad Yoon – 18.00

13. Kash Moghaddami – 17.50

14. FM John D. Bick – 16.00

15. Myles MacDonald – 13.00

16. Mike Hornick – 12.75

17. Madhu Nair – 12.50

18. Michael Stalcup – 11.75

19. Jim Al-Shamma – 11.50

20. Alex Popkin – 10.50

21. David Justice – 10.50

22. David Fan – 10.00

23. LM Jerry Wheeler – 8.00

23. Joel Keels – 8.00

25. Dale Rigby – 7.40

25. Jerry Spinrad – 7.40

27. Trey Smith – 5.50

28. Paul Smith – 5.00

28. Richard Murray – 5.00

28. Keith Howell – 5.00

28. Peter Lahde – 5.00

28. Alexander Qin – 5.00

28. Wardell Vance – 5.00

28. Tom Wright – 5.00

28. Venkata Phani Amarathaluru – 5.00

36. Gary Tamkin – 4.50

37. Paul Simpson – 4.00

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2007 Schedule

1. Aug 29: Black vs Dallas Destiny (8:00 ET)

2. Sept 5: White vs New Jersey Knockouts (8:00 ET)

3. Sept 12: Black vs Seattle Sluggers (9:00 ET)

4. Sept 19: White vs Miami Sharks (8:00 ET)

5. Sept 26: White vs San Francisco Mechanics (8:30 ET)

6. Oct 3: Black vs Baltimore Kingfishers (8:15 ET)

7. Oct 10: Black vs Carolina Cobras (8:00 ET)

8. Oct 17: Black vs Miami Sharks (8:30 ET)

9. Oct 24: White vs Dallas Destiny (8:00 ET)

10. Oct 31: White vs Carolina Cobras (8:15 ET)