Coinciding with the first US Regional for 2013 is the second biggest event on New Zealand SWM calendar, that is LowerHuttaCon2013. This Saturday, roughly 15 combatants will converge on the Save11 home of Lower Hutt for 5 rounds of swiss and a final to crown our third LHcon champ. Sharron took out 2011 and theHutts 2012 so will we see a new champ for 2013? Or will it finally be me? I've tried my best to tell all the players the wrong location, but I think they've worked it out. Regardless of all this prattle, it'll be the first Major in NZ to feature the Vset5 pieces and I am going out on a limb and suggested that it might be the first major tournament in the world to do so (we beat the US Regional by 18 hours!)... but I am happy to be corrected.
Anyhoo, Hutts and I will keep you informed about the squads and how it all goes.
Mauri ora, mauri mate!