The South African Open was held in Johannesburg on the 17th and 18th February 2001. Format was 16 games, 13 Swiss-paired and 3 King-of-the Hill. Dylan Early won fairly comfortably with 14/16 +1226. Debbe Hossy won 12 games to capture second place while Trevor Hovelmeier and Steven Gruzd took third and fourth after a bloody 3 game King-Of-The-Hill ending.
In earlier play Trevor Hovelmeier's last rack against Urwin Savage-Reid was an outstanding DJKMQWX despite his desperate attempts to balance it up before then. Needless to say he lost that game.
Winner Dylan Early receiving prize from SANSPA's Lynn Roff
