Civil Service Tournaments
Overall victory went to defending champion Stephen Scannell. This is the 6th time Scannell has won the Hammel Cup. Grading Band prizes went to Ian Woodfield, John Bryars, Brian Belshaw and David Seaby, the latter two also sharing second place overall.
Presentation of the prizes took place on Wednesday 1st October, when a handicap rapidplay tournament was also held. Games were over a total of 20 minutes, but the higher rated players had to give time to their opponents on a sliding scale. Victory went to Eddie Whiteside with a 100% score over the five rounds. Damien Lavery lost to Whiteside in the decisive final round match and finished on 4 points along with David Seaby and Paul McLoughlin. Tie-break rules gave second prize to Seaby and third to Lavery.
Handicap Tournament Final crosstable
No Name Rtg Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 Edward Whiteside 1825 Bangor 5 14:W 10:W 13:W 11:W 3:W 2 David Seaby 1080 Fisherwick 4 5:L 8:W 7:W 10:W 6:W 3 Damien Lavery 1704 QUB 4 12:W 11:W 14:W 5:W 1:L 4 Paul McLoughlin 1604 Bangor 4 6:L 18:W 12:W 17:W 5:W 5 Ian Woodfield 1652 Fisherwick 3 2:W 9:W 6:W 3:L 4:L 6 Cathal Murphy 983 RVH 3 4:W 17:W 5:L 13:W 2:L 7 Stephen Scannell 2111 QUB 3 9:L 16:W 2:L 15:W 13:W 8 Mark Newman 1804 Bombardier 3 15:L 2:L 16:W 14:W 10:W 9 William Storey 1323 RVH 2.5 7:W 5:L 10:L 12:D 11:W 10 Brian Belshaw 1049 Bangor 2 20:W 1:L 9:W 2:L 8:L 11 James Fairley 935 Fisherwick 2 18:W 3:L 15:W 1:L 9:L 12 Garry Johnston 1122 Bangor 2 3:L 20:W 4:L 9:D 16:D 13 Anandagopal Srinivasan 1511 Fisherwick 2 19:W 15:W 1:L 6:L 7:L 14 Kevin Agnew 1268 Bangor 2 1:L 19:W 3:L 8:L 18:W 15 Roy Stafford 1241 Bombardier 2 8:W 13:L 11:L 7:L 17:W 16 Craig Kelly 619 Bangor 2 17:D 7:L 8:L 19:W 12:D 17 Alexander Beckett 1347 Fisherwick 1.5 16:D 6:L 20:W 4:L 15:L 18 Bernard Jaffa 1492 Fisherwick 1 11:L 4:L 19:L 20:W 14:L 19 Geoff Hindley 1012 Lagan 1 13:L 14:L 18:W 16:L 20:L 20 Stewart McConaghy 1531 Bombardier 1 10:L 12:L 17:L 18:L 19:W
