From 30 September to 1 October 2015 a FIDE Arbiters’ Seminar was organized in Gold Coast, Australia, by Chess Association of Queensland, in cooperation with the Australian Chess Federation and FIDE Arbiters’ Commission under the auspices of FIDE.
The venue of the Seminar was the Helensvale Community Centre, Helensvale, Gold Coast, Australia.
The lecturers were IA N Y Wong (SIN) and IA Peter Tsai (AUS). The lectures were in English language.
Eleven (11) people from Australia participated in the seminar and all of them participated in the examination test held after the lectures.
The following succeeded in the test and they will be awarded a norm for the FIDE Arbiter title, after the approval of the next FIDE Presidential Board:
Name / FIDE ID / Federation
Shaun Curtis 3228320 Australia
Michael D’Arcy 3213641 Australia
Andrew FitzPatrick 3206734 Australia
Matthew Gilpin 3228479 Australia
Martin Harmon 3228460 Australia
Alexandra Jule 3205517 Australia
Sebastian Jule 3204847 Australia
Max Kershaw 3228487 Australia
Dusan Stojic 3203689 Australia
Mark Stokes 3209318 Australia
IA Takis Nikolopoulos
Chairman
FIDE Arbiters’ Commission
