Fisherwick Winter Tournament Report
Held on Monday nights between October 2nd and December 18th, this lengthy 10-round swiss competition was won by QUB player John Masterson. John sealed his victory in the 10th round, reaching 7.5 points to lead the rest of the field by a full point.
After drawing with his teammate Masterson in Round 1, fellow Queen's player Chris Millar finished the only other unbeaten player to win the under 1600 grading prize with 6 points.
Perhaps these results foreshadow QUB's looming dominance of the local game!
The remaining prizes were won by two Fisherwick stalwarts, Gerry Pollock and James Fairley.
Gerry showed some fine form to finish 2nd overall with 6.5 points, collecting some impressive results against higher-rated members of his own club along the way.
James Fairley also played above his rating to claim the under 1100 grading prize.
The final standings are illustrated below:
| PLACE | PLAYER | RATING | CLUB | POINTS |
| 1 | John Masterson | 1902 | QUB | 7.5 |
| 2 | Gerry Pollock | 1481 | Fisherwick | 6.5 |
| 3-4 | Chris Millar | 1492 | QUB | 6 |
| David Ruben | 1627 | Fisherwick | 6 | |
| 5-7 | Neil Green | 1714 | Fisherwick | 5.5 |
| Chris Kelly | 1651 | Civil Service | 5.5 | |
| Ray Devenney | 1875 | Fisherwick | 5.5 | |
| 8-9 | Ian Woodfield | 1655 | Fisherwick | 5 |
| Sam Ferris | 1684 | Fisherwick | 5 | |
| 10-14 | Stewart McConaghy | 1502 | Shorts | 4.5 |
| Bernard Jaffa | 1525 | Fisherwick | 4.5 | |
| John Bryars | 1194 | Fisherwick | 4.5 | |
| James Fairley | 1028 | Fisherwick | 4.5 | |
| Ananda Srinivasan | 1478 | Fisherwick | 4.5 | |
| 15-19 | Alex Beckett | 1344 | Fisherwick | 4 |
| Cathal Murphy | 780 | RVH | 4 | |
| Owen Wilson | 955 | Bangor | 4 | |
| Richard Gould | 1483 | Fisherwick | 4 | |
| Sam Flanagan | 1536 | Fisherwick | 4 | |
| 20 | David Seaby | 1047 | Fisherwick | 3.5 |
| 21 | Kevin O'Neill | 835 | Civil Service | 2 |
| 22 | Eddie Lie | U/g | MCB | 1.5 |
The Fisherwick Spring Tournament is provisionally scheduled to commence on January 15th, quite possibly with a shortened format. The winner of this competition will then play-off with John Masterson to decide who will lift the coveted Alex Beckett Trophy.
