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The Balwyn High School event, some people called one of the strongest zonal events for many years
with nearly all top Victorian Juniors participating! 100 players from 20 teams played in the highly competitive
and enjoyable event. Only it the last round did current Australian and Victorian Champions team from Scotch College
edge out the Balwyn High School first team to win the tournament. The top 5 teams has qualified for The State Final.
Team Standings:
| Place | Team | Points |
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| 1 | Scotch 1 | 23 / 28 |
| 2 | Balwyn High A | 21.5 |
| 3 | Brighton Grammar 1 | 20 |
| 4 | Melbourne High School 1 | 19.5 |
| 5 | Ivanhoe Grammar School | 19 |
| 6 | Melbourne High School 2 | 18 |
| 7-8 | Balwyn High B | 17 |
| | Box Hill College | 17 |
| 9 | Balwyn High C | 16.5 |
| 10 | Scotch 2 | 15 |
| 11 | McKinnon Secondary College 1 | 14 |
| 12 | Scotch 4 | 13 |
| 13 | Balwyn High D | 12.5 |
| 14-15 | Bentleigh Secondary College 2 | 11.5 |
| | Hayleybury College | 11.5 |
| 16 | Scotch 3 | 11 |
| 17-18; | Bentleigh Secondary College 3 | 10.5 |
| | McKinnon Secondary College 2 | 10.5 |
| 19 | Bentleigh Secondary College 1 | 10 |
| 20 | Bentleigh Secondary College 4 | 8.5 |
Best individuals were:
| Place | Player | Points | Team |
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| 1 | Jason Tang | 6.5 / 7 | Brighton Grammar School |
| 2-6 | Deniz Tuncer | 6 | Ivanhoe Grammar |
| | Bobby Cheng | 6 | Balwyn High A |
| | Chris Wallis | 6 | Balwyn High A |
| | Zhigen Lin | 6 | Scotch 1 |
| | Derek Yu | 6 | Scotch 1 |
| 7-9 | Eugene Schon | 5.5 | Scotch 1 |
| | Nicholas Liu | 5.5 | Scotch 1 |
| | Richard Owen | 5.5 | Scotch 1 |
| 10-20 | Yilun Ding | 5 | Box Hill College |
| | Simon Karumbi | 5 | Melbourne High School 1 |
| | William Chui | 5 | Melbourne High School 1 |
| | Gen Yu Lim | 5 | Melbourne High School 1 |
| | Joash Arulprakasam | 5 | Melbourne High School 2 |
| | Michael Quim | 5 | Melbourne High School 2 |
| | Stephen How | 5 | Balwyn High B |
| | Jonathan Tang | 5 | Balwyn High B |
| | James Huang | 5 | Balwyn High C |
| | Andrew Jin | 5 | Brighton Grammar School |
| | Hao Zhong Gan | 5 | Balwyn High A |
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