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UCU Active Tournament, Belfast, 29 October 2000

This rapidplay event was played in 3 all-play-all graded sections. Time limit was half an hour for each player.

Final standings:

Major:
1st = Michael Holmes and Desmond Moreland 4.0 (the players shared the prize money but Moreland took the Certificate for first place - he had the better tie-break score after beating Holmes in the final round); 3rd Ian Woodfield 3.0; 4th = Fred MacDonald and Paul McLoughlin 2.0; 6th Stephen McCann 0.0.

Intermediate:
1st David Collins 5.0; 2nd David Barlow 3.0; 3rd David O'Donnell 2.5; 4th= Damien Cunningham and William Storey 2.0; 6th Damien Lavery 0.5.

Junior:
1st Chris Black 4.5; 2nd Jonathon Woodfield 4.0; 3rd Jonathon Clifford 3.5; 4th John Cahoon 2.0; 5th Geoff Hindley 1.0; 6th Louis Holmes 0.0.

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