Fisherwick Tournaments
Fisherwick players (from left to right) Ananda Srinivasan, Alex Beckett, Kevin O'Neill,
Sam Ferris, Ian Woodfield, Michael Waters, David Seaby and John Bradley.
The "Autumn Tournament" was played over 6 Rounds on Mondays starting 17 October and ending 21 November 2005 and was won decisively by Mark Newman of Bangor Chess Club.
Autumn Tournament Final Standings
Rank Player Club Points 1 Mark Newman Bangor 6.0 2 John Bradley Fisherwick 4.0 3 Ray Devenney Fisherwick 4.0 4 Bernard Jaffa Fisherwick 4.0 5 David Ruben Fisherwick 4.0 6 Sam Ferris Fisherwick 3.5 7 Chris Millar QUB 3.5 8 Gerard Pollock Fisherwick 3.5 9 Anandagopal Srinivasan Fisherwick 3.5 10 Ian Woodfield Fisherwick 3.5 11 Stefan Andreasson Bangor 3.0 12 James Fairley Fisherwick 3.0 13 Neil Green Fisherwick 3.0 14 Kevin O'Neill Fisherwick 3.0 15 Alex Beckett Fisherwick 2.5 16 Cathal Murphy Fisherwick 2.0 17 Stewart McConaghy Bombardier 2.0 18 David Seaby Fisherwick 2.0 19 Patrick McKillen North Belfast 1.5 20 Owen Wilson Bangor 0.5 21 Luke McMullen Fisherwick 0.0
The "Winter Tournament" was originally slated to start on the second Monday of January 2006 but in the end it ventured into Spring. This time there were only five rounds but again played on Mondays starting 27 February and ending 27 March 2006. The young Methodist College player Ananda Srinivasan finished in the top spot.
Fisherwick players during play. David Seaby is on the near side with far side
from left to right Alex Beckett, Kevin O'Neill and Sam Ferris.
Winter Tournament Final standings
Rank Player Club Points 1 Anandagopal Srinivasan Fisherwick 4.5 2 Chris Millar QUB 4.0 3 Stewart McConaghy Bombardier 3.5 4 Alex Beckett Fisherwick 3.0 5 James Fairley Fisherwick 3.0 6 Neil Green Fisherwick 3.0 7 David Ruben Fisherwick 3.0 8 Ian Woodfield Fisherwick 3.0 9 Gerard Pollock Fisherwick 2.5 10 Kevin O’Neill Fisherwick 2.0 11 David Seaby Fisherwick 2.0 12 Sam Ferris Fisherwick 1.5 13 Bernard Jaffa Fisherwick 1.5 14 Owen Wilson Bangor 1.5 15 Patrick McKillen North Belfast 1.0 16 John Bryars Fisherwick 1.0 17 Cathal Murphy Fisherwick 1.0 18 Stefan Andreasson Bangor 0.5 19 Andrew Millar 0.0
Fisherwick evergreens Sam Ferris and Alex Beckett with young Ananda Srinivasan.
So now the scene was set for a play-off match between Ananda Srinvasan and Mark Newman to decide the 2005-2006 Fisherwick Championship. This was played Monday 3 April and after two Rapidplay games finished 1-1, Newman won a blitz play-off to take the title.
Fisherwick Championship Play-off Match
Rank Player Club G1 G2 G3 G4 Points 1 Mark Newman Bangor 1 0 = 1 2.5 2 Anandagopal Srinivasan Fisherwick 0 1 = 0 1.5
Mark Newman receiving the Championship trophy from
Fisherwick President Sam Ferris.
On the same evening Kevin O'Neill won the Crazy Quickplay Final. In this time handicap event, Kevin took advantage of his extra time to come ahead of higher rated opponents.
Kevin O'Neill and Quickplay trophy.