Latest Grand Masters
Congratulations to the players who have recently promoted to the status of Grand Master or higher
Scroll down to view all current Grand Masters
Updated as at 15 June 2024
PLATINUM GRANDMASTERS | ||
EMERALD GRANDMASTERS | ||
April 2022 | Patrick Carter | Auckland |
GOLD GRANDMASTERS | ||
June 2024 | Paula Gregory | Timaru |
Feb 2024 | John Patterson | Kairangi |
Dec 2023 | Liz Fisher | Hamilton |
July 2023 | Gary Chen | Akarana |
May 2023 | Shirley Newton | Christchurch |
April 2023 | Stephen Henry | Wellington |
April 2023 | Malcolm Mayer | Akarana |
Oct 2022 | Carol Richardson | Akarana |
Oct 2022 | Lynne Geursen | Franklin |
Sept 2022 | John Davidson | Wellington |
Aug 2022 | Denis Humphries | Akarana |
June 2022 | Jonathan Westoby | Akarana |
Mar 2022 | Andrew Tarbutt | Orewa |
Feb 2022 | Murat Genc | Otago |
Jan 2022 | Michael Johnstone | Timaru |
Dec 2021 | Jenna Gibbons | Waikato |
July 2021 | Jane Skipper | Christchurch |
Nov 2020 | Ian Berrington | Akarana |
SILVER GRANDMASTERS | ||
May 2024 | Brian Mace | Akarana |
Feb 2024 | Jeff Miller | Otago |
Nov 2023 | Rachelle Pelkman | Mt Maunganui |
Aug 2023 | Sarah Green | Hawera |
July 2023 | Colin Carryer | New Plymouth |
June 2023 | Frances Sheehy | Oamaru |
April 2023 | Steph Jacob | Akarana |
Oct 2022 | Tim Schumacher | Christchurch |
July 2022 | Judy Pawson | Tauranga |
July 2022 | George Masters | Napier |
July 2022 | Nelson Procter | Wellington |
April 2022 | Andi Boughey | Akarana |
Nov 2021 | Graeme Tuffnell | Christchurch |
Aug 2021 | Graham Wakefield | Auckland |
July 2021 | Yuzhong Chen | Hamilton |
July 2021 | Gary Fiodl | Waikato |
May 2021 | Mike Curry | Hamilton |
Mar 2021 | Brian Cleaver | Wellington |
Dec 2020 | Linda Cartner | Akarana |
Dec 2020 | Nick Jacob | Akarana |
Nov 2020 | Annette Henry | Wellington |
Nov 2020 | Jane Lennon | Christchurch |
Oct 2020 | Jan Alabaster | Christchurch |
April 2020 | Michael Whibley | Masterton |
Mar 2020 | Jim Jessep | Marlborough |
Feb 2020 | Graeme Norman | Wellington |
GRANDMASTERS | |||
May 2024 | Sonia Crawford | Matamata | |
March 2024 | Carol De Luca | Franklin | |
Feb 2024 | Lindsay Glover | Invercargill | |
Feb 2024 | Jana Bott | Nelson | |
Nov 2023 | Leon Meier | Christchurch | |
June 2023 | June Lei | Akarana | |
June 2023 | Graham Stronach | Wellington | |
April 2023 | Debbie Cooper | Invercargill | |
Feb 2023 | Sandy Mckirdy | Wellington | |
Jan 2023 | Andrew Liu | Whangarei | |
Oct 2022 | Pam Tibble | Christchurch | |
Oct 2022 | Tony Winters | Invercargill | |
Oct 2022 | James Yang | Akarana | |
Aug 2022 | Hugh McAlister | Tauranga | |
July 2022 | Michael Neels | Cambridge | |
June 2022 | Anna Kalma | Te Aroha | |
June 2022 | Sheila Beggs | Nelson | |
May 2022 | Alice Young | Akarana | |
April 2022 | David
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New Plymouth | |
April 2022 | Ernie Sutton | Queenstown | |
April 2022 | Glenys Dean | Napier | |
Mar 2022 | Jack James | Palmerston North | |
Feb 2022 | Paul Carson | Wellington | |
Feb 2022 | Alan Currie | Orewa | |
Jan 2022 | MIchelle England | Gisborne | |
Jan 2022 | Jeremy Fraser-Hoskin | Akarana | |
Jan 2022 | Bill Humphrey | Kerikeri | |
Nov 2021 | Diana McAlister | Tauranga | |
Nov 2021 | Setsuko Lichtneker | Auckland | |
July 2021 | Anne McGregor | Queenstown | |
June 2021 | Claire Woodhall | Havelock North | |
June 2021 | David May | Wellington | |
April 2021 | David Taylor | Christchurch | |
Nov 2020 | Ant Hopkins | Auckland | |
Oct 2020 | Fiona Temple | Christchurch | |
Oct 2020 | Kristen Collins | Taieri | |
Aug 2020 | William Liu | Akarana | |
April 2020 | Bev Henton | Akarana | |
April 2020 | Fuxia Wen | Akarana |
All current Grand Masters
First Name | Surname | Club | Rank |
Michael | Ware | Akarana | Platinum Grand Master |
Ashley | Bach | Akarana | Emerald Grand Master |
Patrick | Carter | Auckland | Emerald Grand Master |
Grant | Jarvis | Franklin | Emerald Grand Master |
Chris | Ackerley | Otago | Gold Grand Master |
Julie | Atkinson | Auckland | Gold Grand Master |
Ian | Berrington | Akarana | Gold Grand Master |
Stephen | Blackstock | Wellington | Gold Grand Master |
Steve | Boughey | Akarana | Gold Grand Master |
Wayne | Burrows | Palmerston North | Gold Grand Master |
Gary | Chen | Akarana | Gold Grand Master |
Ian | Clayton | Hamilton | Gold Grand Master |
Jan | Cormack | Auckland | Gold Grand Master |
Michael | Cornell | Akarana | Gold Grand Master |
John | Davidson | Wellington | Gold Grand Master |
Rodney | Dravitzki | Masterton | Gold Grand Master |
Blair | Fisher | Hamilton | Gold Grand Master |
Liz | Fisher | Hamilton | Gold Grand Master |
Murat | Genc | Otago | Gold Grand Master |
Lynne | Geursen | Franklin | Gold Grand Master |
Jenna | Gibbons | Waikato | Gold Grand Master |
Alan | Grant | Wellington | Gold Grand Master |
Paula | Gregory | Timaru | Gold Grand Master |
Stephen | Henry | Wellington | Gold Grand Master |
Denis | Humphries | Akarana | Gold Grand Master |
Bob | Hurley | Palmerston North | Gold Grand Master |
Tom | Jacob | Akarana | Gold Grand Master |
MIchael | Johnstone | Timaru | Gold Grand Master |
Barry | Jones | Hamilton | Gold Grand Master |
Anthony | Ker | Wellington | Gold Grand Master |
Bruce | Marr | Rotorua | Gold Grand Master |
Malcolm | Mayer | Akarana | Gold Grand Master |
Jenny | Millington | Hamilton | Gold Grand Master |
Peter | Newell | Wellington | Gold Grand Master |
Shirley | Newton | Christchurch | Gold Grand Master |
John | Patterson | Kairangi | Gold Grand Master |
Martin | Reid | Wellington | Gold Grand Master |
Carol | Richardson | Akarana | Gold Grans Master |
Arleen | Schwartz | Otago | Gold Grand Master |
Jane | Skipper | Christchurch | Gold Grand Master |
John | Skipper | Christchurch | Gold Grand Master |
Scott | Smith | Havelock North | Gold Grand Master |
Richard | Solomon | Franklin | Gold Grand Master |
Lorraine | Stachurski | Palmerston North | Gold Grand Master |
Graeme | Stout | Otago | Gold Grand Master |
Alister | Stuck | Hokowhitu | Gold Grand Master |
Andrew | Tarbutt | Orewa | Gold Grand Master |
Geo | Tislevoll | Akarana | Gold Grand Master |
Jonathan | Westoby | Akarana | Gold Grand Master |
Noel | Woodhall | Havelock North | Gold Grand Master |
Moss | Wylie | Invercargill | Gold Grand Master |
Kenneth | Yule | Matamata | Gold Grand Master |
Kathy | Yule | Matamata | Gold Grand Master |
Stanley | Abrahams | Papakura | Silver Grand Master |
David | Ackerley | Otago | Silver Grand Master |
Jan | Alabaster | Christchurch | Silver Grand Master |
Peer | Bach | Auckland | Silver Grand Master |
Kathrin | Boardman | Akarana | Silver Grand Master |
Andi | Boughey | Akarana | Silver Grand Master |
Paula | Boughey | Akarana | Silver Grand Master |
Matt | Brown | Akarana | Silver Grand Master |
Colin | Carryer | New Plymouth | Silver Grand Master |
Linda | Cartner | Akarana | Silver Grand Master |
Yuzhong | Chen | Hamilton | Silver Grand Master |
Cynthia | Clayton | Hamilton | Silver Grand Master |
Brian | Cleaver | Wellington | Silver Grand Master |
Mike | Curry | Hamilton | Silver Grand Master |
Patrick | D'Arcy | Wellington | Silver Grand Master |
Kate | Davies | Wellington | Silver Grand Master |
Peter | Delahunty | Karori | Silver Grand Master |
Sandra | Dravitzki | Masterton | Silver Grand Master |
Gary | Fiodl | Waikato | Silver Grand Master |
Paul | Freeland | Otago | Silver Grand Master |
Christine | Gibbons | Te Puke | Silver Grand Master |
Brett | Glass | Huntly | Silver Grand Master |
Sarah | Green | Hawera | Silver Grand Master |
Bob | Grover | Waiheke | Silver Grand Master |
Ray | Gruschow | Wellington | Silver Grand Master |
Annette | Henry | Wellington | Silver Grand Master |
Anna | Herries | Wellington | Silver Grand Master |
Eileen | Horsman | Waiheke | Silver Grand Master |
Nick | Jacob | Tauranga | Silver Grand Master |
Steph | Jacob | Akarana | Silver Grand Master |
Jim | Jessep | Marlborough | Silver Grand Master |
Charles | Ker | Hokowhitu | Silver Grand Master |
Tony | Lenart | Wellington | Silver Grand Master |
Jane | Lennon | Christchurch | Silver Grand Master |
Jeter | Liu | Akarana | Silver Grand Master |
Pamela | Livingston | New Plymouth | Silver Grand Master |
Brian | Mace | Akarana | Silver Grand Master |
George | Masters | Napier | Silver Grand Master |
Peter | McCaskill | Otago | Silver Grand Master |
Judy | McLeod | Tauranga | Silver Grand Master |
Jeff | Miller | Otago | Silver Grand Master |
Carol | Minchin | Nelson | Silver Grand Master |
Roger | Minchin | Nelson | Silver Grand Master |
Max | Morrison | Christchurch | Silver Grand Master |
Graeme | Norman | Wellington | Silver Grand Master |
Tony | Oberdries | Marlborough | Silver Grand Master |
Rachelle | Pelkman | Mt Maunganui | Silver Grand Master |
Barry | Palmer | Auckland | Silver Grand Master |
Glenis | Palmer | Auckland | Silver Grand Master |
Judy | Pawson | Tauranga | Silver Grand Master |
Margaret | Perley | Otago | Silver Grand Master |
Nelson | Procter | Wellington | Silver Grand Master |
Trevor | Robb | Franklin | Silver Grand Master |
Douglas | Russell | Auckland | Silver Grand Master |
Sandra | Russell | Winton | Silver Grand Master |
Tim | Schumacher | Christchurch | Silver Grand Master |
Frances | Sheehy | Oamaru | Silver Grand Master |
Norm | Silcock | Tauranga | Silver Grand Master |
Jo | Simpson | Tauranga | Silver Grand Master |
Sam | Simpson | Tauranga | Silver Grand Master |
Anne | Somerville | Invercargill | Silver Grand Master |
Neil | Stuckey | Auckland | Silver Grand Master |
Jeff | Thompson | Otago | Silver Grand Master |
Graene | Tuffnell | Christchurch | Silver Grand Master |
Graham | Wakefield | Auckland | Silber Grand Master |
Michael | Whibley | Akarana | Silver Grand Master |
Jan | Whyte | Palmerston North | Silver Grand Master |
Jenny | Wilkinson | Christchurch | Silver Grand Master |
Russell | Wilson | New Plymouth | Silver Grand Master |
Christine | Wilson | North Shore | Silver Grand Master |
Kris | Wooles | Christchurch | Silver Grand Master |
Mindy | Wu | Wellington | Silver Grand Master |
Adrian | Abraham | Nelson | Grand Master |
Gregory | Aldridge | Wellington | Grand Master |
Bruce R | Anderson | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Lesley | Andrew | Timaru | Grand Master |
Dennis | Apperley | Havelock North | Grand Master |
Liz | Armstrong | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Duncan | Badley | Akarana | Grand Master |
Janet | Barnard | Auckland | Grand Master |
Steve | Baron | Wanganui | Grand Master |
Bruce | Batchelor | Invercargill | Grand Master |
Ken | Bateman | Palmerston North | Grand Master |
Philip | Beale | Gisborne | Grand Master |
Sheila | Beggs | Nelson | Grand Master |
Wayne | Benefield | North Shore | Grand Master |
Arthur | Bennett | Hastings | Grand Master |
Gillian | Bennett | Hastings | Grand Master |
Chris | Bolland | Karori | Grand Master |
Ian | Bond | Matamata | Grand Master |
Jana | Bott | Nelson | Grand Master |
Mairi | Bristow | Napier | Grand Master |
John | Buckleton | Auckland | Grand Master |
Ann | Buckley | Wanganui | Grand Master |
Liz | Burrows | Palmerston North | Grand Master |
Greg | Buzzard | Invercargill | Grand Master |
Charles | Cahn | Wellington | Grand Master |
Sandra | Calvert | New Plymouth | Grand Master |
Owen | Camp | Akarana | Grand Master |
Paul | Carson | Wellington | Grand Master |
Maurice | Carter | Marlborough | Grand Master |
Mehboob | Chiba | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Jo | Clark | Auckland | Grand Master |
Sandra | Coleman | Wellington | Grand Master |
Kristen | Collins | Taieri | Grand Master |
Debbie | Cooper | Invercargill | Grand Master |
Vivien | Cornell | Akarana | Grand Master |
Doug | Couchman | Hastings | Grand Master |
Bobby | Couchman | Hastings | Grand Master |
Glenn | Coutts | Otago | Grand Master |
Samuel | Coutts | Otago | Grand Master |
Sonia | Crawford | Matamata | Grand Master |
Alan | Currie | Orewa | Grand Master |
Carol | De Luca | Franklin | Grand Master |
Phil | Dewar | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Alan | Dick | Rotorua | Grand Master |
Russell | Dive | Wellington | Grand Master |
David | Dolbel | Akarana | Grand Master |
Rose | Don | Akarana | Grand Master |
Alan | Dormer | Auckland | Grand Master |
Pamela | Dravitzki | Richmond | Grand Master |
Gary | Duncan | Havelock North | Grand Master |
Dean | Eidler | Otago | Grand Master |
Michelle | England | Gisborne | Grand Master |
Derek | Evennett | Orewa | Grand Master |
Geoff | Eyles | Invercargill | Grand Master |
Barbara | Fechney | Marlborough | Grand Master |
Pavla | Fenwick | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Tony | Fitzgerald | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Mairi | Fitzsimons | Hastings | Grand Master |
Brian | Fitzsimons | Hastings | Grand Master |
Stephen | Francks | Gisborne | Grand Master |
Jeremy | Fraser-Hoskin | Akarana | Grand Master |
Les | Frater | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Robyn | Freeman-Greene | Victoria | Grand Master |
Effie | Gallie | Hawera | Grand Master |
Val | Gardiner | Akarana | Grand Master |
Alan | Geare | Otago | Grand Master |
Lindsay | Glover | Invercargill | Grand Master |
Rachael | Goffin | Auckland | Grand Master |
Vil | Gravis | Hutt | Grand Master |
Steve | Gray | Nelson | Grand Master |
David | Green | Otago | Grand Master |
Noel | Grigg | Hamilton | Grand Master |
Bev | Guilford | Auckland | Grand Master |
Lindsey | Guy | Nelson | Grand Master |
Tony | Hacking | Tauranga | Grand Master |
Peter | Hall | Otago | Grand Master |
Dinnie | Hall | Wellington | Grand Master |
Karen | Harris | Hamilton | Grand Master |
Neil | Hawkins | Christchurch | Grand Master |
John | Hay | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Timothy | Healy | Hamilton | Grand Master |
Helen | Healy | Hamilton | Grand Master |
Bev | Henton | Akarana | Grand Master |
Tom | Henwood | Whakatane | Grand Master |
Ant | Hopkins | Auckland | Grand Master |
Dong | Huang | Akarana | Grand Master |
Elwyn | Hughes | Cromwell | Grand Master |
Bill | Humphrey | Kerikeri | Grand Master |
Lorraine | Inglis | Kapi Mana | Grand Master |
Marilyn | Jackson | Invercargill | Grand Master |
Andrew | Janisz | Franklin | Grand Master |
Heather | Jared | Wellington | Grand Master |
Brad | Johnston | Otago | Grand Master |
Wyn | Jones | Otago | Grand Master |
Murray | Jurgeleit | Orewa | Grand Master |
Anna | Kalma | Te Aroha | Grand Master |
Nigel | Kearney | Wellington | Grand Master |
Kathy | Ker | Wellington | Grand Master |
John | Knight | Ashburton | Grand Master |
John | Kruiniger | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Trudy | Lange | Auckland | Grand Master |
Richard | Lapthorne | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Bob | Lawrence | Otago | Grand Master |
Diana | Lees | Taradale | Grand Master |
June | Lei | Akarana | Grand Master |
Henry | Levy | Tauranga | Grand Master |
Tracey | Lewis | Whangarei | Grand Master |
James | Li | Wellington | Grand Master |
Setsuko | Lichtneker | Auckland | Grand Master |
Jillian | Lister | Timaru | Grand Master |
Andrew | Liu | Whangarei | Grand Master |
William | Liu | Akarana | Grand Master |
John | Luoni | Wellington | Grand Master |
Heini | Lux | Rotorua | Grand Master |
David | Macdonald | Victoria | Grand Master |
Normand | MacLaurin | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Pamela | Marsland | Akarana | Grand Master |
Rosemary | Matskows | Auckland | Grand Master |
Amanda | Matthews | Gisborne | Grand Master |
David | May | Wellington | Grand Master |
Diana | McAlister | Tauranga | Grand Master |
Hugh | McAlister | Tauranga | Grand Master |
Joan | McCarthy | Wellington | Grand Master |
Dennis | McCaughan | Otago | Grand Master |
Hugh | McGann | Hamilton | Grand Master |
Anne | McGregor | Queenstown | Grand Master |
John | McIntosh | Whangarei | Grand Master |
Sandy | McKirdy | Wellington | Grand Master |
Debbie | McLeod | Wellington | Grand Master |
Murray | McMillan | Wellington | Grand Master |
Tina | McVeigh | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Leon | Meier | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Clair | Miao | Akarana | Grand Master |
David | Mikaera | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Sita | Monaghan | Nelson | Grand Master |
Ian | Moore | Cambridge | Grand Master |
Pam | Moore | Cambridge | Grand Master |
Lynette | Morgan | Matamata | Grand Master |
Allan | Morris | Auckland | Grand Master |
Beverley | Morris | Auckland | Grand Master |
Lyn | Muller | New Plymouth | Grand Master |
Michael | Neels | Cambridge | Grand Master |
Mary-Ellen | Newton | Akarana | Grand Master |
Kay | Nicholas | Timaru | Grand Master |
Judith | Nicol | Masterton | Grand Master |
Don | Nightingale | Wanganui | Grand Master |
Robyn | Nightingale | Wanganui | Grand Master |
Pamela | Nisbet | Otago | Grand Master |
Judy | O'Neill | New Plymouth | Grand Master |
Pat | Oyston | West Otago | Grand Master |
Gerry | Palmer | Hastings | Grand Master |
Lorraine | Peacock | Otago | Grand Master |
Rachelle | Pelkman | Mt Maunganui | Grand Master |
Neal | Phillips | Christchurch | Grand Master |
John | Pitts | Hastings | Grand Master |
Lesley | Quilty | Matamata | Grand Master |
Daphne | Randle | Alexandra | Grand Master |
Dai | Redshaw | Otago | Grand Master |
Sylvester | Riddell | Auckland | Grand Master |
Lynda | Rigler | Karori | Grand Master |
Mark | Robertson | Auckland | Grand Master |
Neil | Ruddell | Whangarei | Grand Master |
Anne-Marie | Russell | Wellington | Grand Master |
Pat | Rutherford | Tauranga | Grand Master |
Donna | Ruwhiu | Otago | Grand Master |
William | Sadler | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Ron | Scott | Tauranga | Grand Master |
Anisia | Shami | Akarana | Grand Master |
Andrei | Sharko | Napier | Grand Master |
Lachie | Shea | Auckland | Grand Master |
Harry | Shepherd | Invercargill | Grand Master |
Julie | Sheridan | Tauranga | Grand Master |
David | Skipper | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Joan | Small | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Deb | Smith | Havelock North | Grand Master |
Malcolm | Smith | Hamilton | Grand Master |
Dean | Sole | Wellington | Grand Master |
Ian | Southen | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Sue | Southen | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Sue | Spencer | Franklin | Grand Master |
Graham | Stronach | Wellington | Grand Master |
George | Sun | Akarana | Grand Master |
Ernie | Sutton | Queenstown | Grand Master |
Susan | Sykes | Hastings | Grand Master |
David | Taylor | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Fiona | Temple | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Kate | Terry | Tauranga | Grand Master |
Anita | Thirtle | Wanganui | Grand Master |
Pam | Tibble | Christchurch | Grand Master |
Kevin | Upson | Hawera | Grand Master |
Ross | Vercoe | Napier | Grand Master |
Joan | Waldvogel | Wellington | Grand Master |
Patsy | Walters | Whangarei | Grand Master |
John | Wang | Akarana | Grand Master |
Russell | Watt | Auckland | Grand Master |
Leslie | Watt | Auckland | Grand Master |
Ngaere | Webb | Masterton | Grand Master |
Fuxia | Wen | Akarana | Grand Master |
David | Whittle | Stratford | Grand Master |
George | Wilkinson | Auckland | Grand Master |
Carol | Wilkinson | Auckland | Grand Master |
Jenny | Wilson | Palmerston North | Grand Master |
Cheryl | Winsor | Howick | Grand Master |
Tony | Winter | Invercargill | Grand Master |
Murray | Wood | Tauranga | Grand Master |
Janet | Woodfield | Auckland | Grand Master |
Claire | Woodhall | Havelock North | Grand Master |
James | Yang | Akarana | Grand Master |
Carolyn | Yeomans | Taradale | Grand Master |
Alice | Young | Akarana | Grand Master |
Herman | Yuan | Cambridge | Grand Master |