The Round 2 draw and early results were as follows:
| SENIORS | ROUND 2 | |||||
| Bd | White | Result | Black | |||
| 1 | 1 | Norman, Kenneth I | 184 | Price, Andrew | 160 | |
| 2 | 7 | Gamble, Raymond | 160 | Footner, Andrew F | 177 | |
| 3 | 9 | Gosling, Brian GE | 154 | Adaway, William | 175 | |
| 4 | 5 | Everson, Robert J | 165 | Scowen, Roger S | 143 | |
| 5 | 11 | Annetts, Ivor S | 151 | Toms, David A | 162 | |
| 6 | 3 | Kendall, Paul SN | 177 | Tidy, Norman F | 118 | |
| 7 | 31 | Jones, Robert H | 118 | ½ – ½ | Page, Martin C | 153 |
| 8 | 33 | Dow, Michael J | 110 | Smith, Ewart J | 140 | |
| 9 | 23 | Adams, Martyn W | 130 | Fraser, Alan R | 107 | |
| 10 | 35 | Dean, Michael J | 108 | Sherriff, Alan J | 142 | |
| 11 | 37 | Welch, Hazel | 107 | Belt, Malcolm | 133 | |
| 12 | 14 | Sandercock, Barry | 141 | Burt, David F | 101 | |
| 13 | 40 | Lucas, Peter | 94 | Harris, William F | 133 | |
| 14 | 17 | Namouk, Omer A | 135 | Wood, Peter C | 141 | |
| 15 | 25 | Robertson, Jim | 135 | Errington, Paul T | 126 | |
| 16 | 20 | Hunt, Ray K | 132 | Waters, Roger G | 110 | |
| 17 | 30 | Clapp, Joseph D | 118 | Shaddick, John | 131 | |
| 18 | 39 | Purry, Nigel A | 98 | Egan, William J | 130 | |
| 19 | 26 | Smith, Richard J | 128 | Thorpe-Tracey, Stephen | 94 | |
| 20 | 46 | Cox, Marian | 87 | Gordon, Philip L | 120 | |
| 21 | 28 | Hurn, Robert AJ | 124 | Leggett, Peter AW | 85 | |
| 22 | 42 | Kaye, Mike | 92 | Moloney, Tom | 70 | |
| 23 | 44 | Queen, Andrew R | 75 | Cox, Reg E | 88 |
| “JUNIORS” | ROUND 2 | ||||||
| Bd | White | Result | Black | ||||
| 1 | Brown, Alan M | 187 | [1] | McAllan, Ian | 159 | [1] | |
| 2 | Wells, Jonathan | 182 | [1] | Rogers, David R | 140 | [1] | |
| 3 | Sellwood, Colin | 156 | [1] | Heppell, Ian N | 179 | [1] | |
| 4 | Bartlett, Simon | 167 | [½] | Blencowe, Ian P | 134 | [½] | |
| 5 | Dean, Steve K | 164 | [½] | Burton, Ronnie | 160 | [½] | |
| 6 | Halmkin, Peter E | 152 | [0] | Page, Mark E | 189 | [0] | |
| 7 | Roberts, Malcolm | 135 | [0] | Dilleigh, Stephen | 187 | [0] | |
| 8 | Morgan, Jamie | 158 | [0] | 1- 0 | Bye |
Bd. 1 Norman vs Price and Bd. 3 Gosling vs Adaway.
At the other end of the room could be found Richard Smith vs Stephen Thorpe-Tracey (nearest) and Bob Hurn vs Peter Leggett.
Next to them were Andrew Queen vs Reg Cox & Mike Kaye vs Tom Maloney
Rd. 2 pairings in the Juniors included Steve Dean vs Ronnie Burton (nearest) and Peter Halmkin vs Mark Brown.