UCU Civil Service Summer Tournament
The traditional summer "go as you please" summer tournament returned to its usual venue at the Civil Service Chess Club. The improvements made to the McElhinney Room in the Maynard Sinclair Pavilion have produced a really excellent playing room. There were 49 contestants, almost certainly a record and a tribute to all the hard work put in over the years by Tournament Director Alex Beckett, who announced at the prize-giving that this would be his last year organising the event.
Prizes were determined on the basis of percentage scores and to be eligible for a prize a player had to play at least 10 games. The prize-giving was held on the 24th September, when Stephen Scannell received the Hammel Cup as overall winner.
Winner Stephen Scannell 13.5/14 (96.4%)
Runner-up Philip Todd 12.0/17 (70.5%)
Grading Prizes
Band A Damien Lavery 11.5/17 (67.6%)
Band B Tony Beckett 5.5/11 (50.0%)
Band C Richard Proctor 10.0/16 (62.5%)
Band D Anandagopal Srinivasan 11.0/19 (57.8%)
As well as the prize-giving, the final night also featured a handicap rapidplay tournament in which 22 competed with Scannell again emerging victorious.
Civil Service Handicap 24th September 2003
Place Name Rtg Club Score
1 SCANNELL, STEPHEN P. 2122 R.V.H. 5.5
2 SRINIVASAN, ANANDAGOPAL 1000 Methodist College 5
3 MOORE, SAMUEL 1706 CIVIL SERVICE 4.5
4-7 WILSON, PETER 1052 RANDALSTOWN 4
BECKETT, ALEXANDER 1444 FISHERWICK 4
O' FEE, JAMES 1727 BANGOR 4
TODD, PHILIP 1071 BANGOR 4
8-9 BRADLEY, JOHN K. 1897 SHORTS 3.5
LAVERY, DAMIEN 1665 R.V.H. 3.5
10-13 FAIRLEY, JAMES 1050 C.I.Y.M.S. 3
WOODFIELD, IAN 1709 FISHERWICK 3
Mc LOUGHLIN, PAUL 1703 R.V.H. 3
GOULD, RICHARD 1594 RANDALSTOWN 3
14-16 WALLS, EAMONN 1477 NORTH BELFAST 2.5
MALLAGHAN, DANNY 1743 R.V.H. 2.5
GRZYMEK, DAVID 1345 Sullivan Upper 2.5
17-18 HINDLEY, GEOFF 1107 CIVIL SERVICE 2
WILSON, OWEN 1050 BANGOR 2
19-21 BECKETT, TONY 1583 BANGOR 1.5
JOHNSTON, GARY 1356 BANGOR 1.5
PROCTOR, RICHARD 1490 BANGOR 1.5
22 KELLY, CRAIG 900 BANGOR 1
