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UCU Knock-Out Cup and Plate

Results from the early rounds.

UCU KNOCK-OUT CUP

FIRST ROUND

SUNDAY 20th FEBRUARY 2000

FISHERWICK A

4-1

RVH B

K. Greer 2180

1-0

D. Cunningham 1531

R. McMaster 2064

1-0

S. McCann 1537

J. Cairns 2004

1-0

D. Tumilson 1473

B. Thompson 1755

1-0

S. Linton

W. Grier 1729

0-1

J. Ong

 

 

 

SHORTS

2½-2½

CIVIL SERVICE

J. Bradley 1808

0-1

T. Esmonde 1882

D. Robb 1761

1-0

S. Moore 1764

S. McConaghy 1659

½-½

G. Harvey 1706

J. Kennedy 1545

0-1

A. Cootes 1674

D. Truesdale 1540

1-0

D. Jackson 1560

 

 

 

FISHERWICK B

1-4

NORTH BELFAST A

N. Green 1664

0-1

D. Houston 2235

J. McLean 1653

0-1

S. Scannell 2184

G. Pollock 1565

1-0

A. Skelton 2004

A. Beckett 1502

0-1

N. Pilkiewicz 1925

G. Collins 1308

0-1

D. Mallaghan 1861

 

 

 

NORTH BELFAST B

4½-½

BANGOR

S. Morgan 2007

1-0

M. Newman 1723

J. Woods 1542

1-0

B. Jamison 1682

J. Guthrie

½-½

T. Beckett 1628

B. McCaughey 1528

1-0

R. Proctor 1591

J. Cahoon 1153

1-0

S. McCartney 1101

 

 

 

RVH A

4½-½

RANDALSTOWN

M. Holmes 2061

½-½

D. Moreland 1817

B. O’Neill 1641

1-0

J. Waddell 1423

N. Fisher 1702

1-0

E. Nesbitt 1245

T. Parker 1629

1-0

P. Irvine 1305

L. Holmes 1391

1-0

B. Bradley

The four teams winning their matches went into the semi-finals of the Knock-out Cup, with the six teams failing to win their matches going into the Plate competition.

SEMI-FINALS

RVH A

½-4½

NORTH BELFAST A

M. Holmes 2061

0-1

D. Houston 2235

B. O’Neill 1641

½-½

S. Scannell 2184

N. Fisher 1702

0-1

A. Skelton 2004

T. Parker 1629

0-1

N. Pilkiewicz 1925

L. Holmes 1391

0-1

D. Mallaghan 1861

 

 

 

NORTH BELFAST B

2-3

FISHERWICK A

S. Morgan 2007

0-1

K. Greer 2180

G. Annesley 1782

0-1

R. McMaster 2064

J. Guthrie

0-1

J. Cairns 2004

B. McCaughey 1528

1-0

B. Thompson 1755

J. Cahoon 1153

1-0

W. Grier 1729

North Belfast A and Fisherwick A will now play a double-round final to determine this year’s winners of the Knock-out Cup.

UCU PLATE COMPETITION

PRELIMINARY ROUND

Fisherwick C, QUB and RVH C, the three lowest rated teams, went directly into the Plate competition, where they played a Rapidplay tournament to decide which two teams would progress to the quarter-finals of the Plate. RVH C was the team to be eliminated.

FISHERWICK C

5-0

QUB

RVH C

0-5

FISHERWICK C

QUB

3-2

RVH C

QUARTER-FINALS

FISHERWICK C

1-4

CIVIL SERVICE

D. Collins 1442

0-1

T. Esmonde 1882

I. Woodfield 1327

0-1

S. Moore 1764

N. Todd 1205

1-0

G. Harvey 1706

J. Woodfield 1250

0-1

A. Cootes 1674

G. Todd 1117

0-1

D. Jackson 1560

 

 

 

SHORTS

3½-1½

FISHERWICK B

J. Bradley 1808

½-½

N. Green 1664

D. Robb 1761

1-0

J. McLean 1653

S. McConaghy 1659

½-½

G. Pollock 1565

J. Kennedy 1545

½-½

A. Beckett 1502

D. Truesdale 1540

1-0

G. Collins 1308

QUB

2½-2½

RVH B

R. Triggs

1-0

D. Cunningham 1531

D. O’Donnell

1-0

S. McCann 1537

C. Black

0-1

D. Tumilson 1473

J. O’Donnell

0-1

J. Ong

-. Cheah

½-½

S. Linton

QUB won on board count

 

 

 

 

 

BANGOR

2½-2½

RANDALSTOWN

M. Newman 1723

½-½

D. Moreland 1817

B. Jamison 1682

1-0

J. Waddell 1423

T. Beckett 1628

0-1

E. Nesbitt 1245

R. Proctor 1591

0-1

P. Irvine 1305

S. McCartney 1101

1-0

B. Bradley

 

 

Rand’stown won on board count

Civil Service, Shorts, QUB and Randalstown go through to the semi-finals of the Plate.

The final rounds of the Knock-out Cup and the Plate will be played on Sunday 7th May 2000. There will be an individual rapidplay tournament played alongside, open to all.

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