Ulster Schools' Individuals Tournament 2009
There were four age-group sections for players aged under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 19. Each section was held over six rounds.
Under 19
Leon Hulleman and Utkarsh Joshi both finished on 5 points, and Hulleman was awarded the title on tie-break. He had previously won the under 12 title in 2004, the under 14 in 2006, the under 16 in 2008 and is the first player to win all four titles. Joshi won his individual encounter with Hulleman in round 4 but had earlier lost to Fabian Doherty, who took the bronze medal on tie-break. Ciara Pugh won the Ulster Schoolgirls title.
Tie-breaks Place Name School Score M-Buch Buch Progr Prize 1-2 Leon Hulleman St Columbs 5 14.5 21.0 18.0 Champion Utkarsh Joshi Friends - Lisburn 5 12.5 18.5 16.0 Second 3-4 Fabian Doherty St Patricks 4 15.0 20.0 14.0 Third Leroy Harris St Josephs 4 13.5 19.5 14.0 5 Michael Cowan St Columbs College 3.5 8.5 13.5 12.0 6-7 Fergus O'Neill St Patricks 3 12.5 17.5 10.0 Ciara Pugh MCB 3 10.0 15.0 9.0 Schoolgirls Champion 8 Gary McDaid St Columbs 1.5 15.5 20.5 8.0 9 Philip Sage St Patricks 1 13.5 18.5 4.0 10 Adam Mullan St Patricks 0 11.0 16.0 0.0
Under 16
Carrickfergus schoolgirl Karina Kruk took the under 16 title after winning all six of her games. James Baker finished second and Marcos McBurney was awarded the bronze medal on tie-break.
Tie-breaks Place Name School Score M-Buch Buch Progr Prize 1 Karina Kruk Ulidia Integrated 6 10.5 15.0 21.0 Champion 2 James Baker St Columbs College 4 10.5 17.0 14.0 Second 3-4 Marcos McBurney Sullivan Upper 3.5 12.5 19.0 13.5 Third Adam Henning Methodist College 3.5 12.5 19.0 11.5 5 Cuan Bell Sullivan Upper 3 13.0 21.0 11.0 6 Conor Kemp Ulidia Integrated 2 9.0 15.5 6.0 7 Sean Gough St Columbs College 1 13.0 21.0 4.0
Under 14
Kiran Robbin equalled Kruk's feat by winning all his games on the way to the under 14 title.
Tie-breaks Place Name School Score M-Buch Buch Progr Prize 1 Kiran Robbin RBAI 6 12.5 19.0 21.0 Champion 2 Radhika Gupta Banbridge Academy 4.5 14.0 22.5 16.5 Second 3 Bebito Jacob Malone 4 11.0 16.5 13.0 Third 4-8 Harshith Marthirreddy MCB 3.5 14.5 23.0 13.5 Matthew Chapman Grosvenor 3.5 13.5 21.5 13.5 Arash Eghbali MCB 3.5 13.5 21.0 12.5 Ashley McWhinney Home Ed. 3.5 13.0 19.0 11.5 Matthew Venon Banbridge Academy 3.5 12.0 18.0 10.5 9 Thomas Donaldson RBAI 3 10.0 15.5 7.0 10-11 Eoghan McLaughlin St Patricks 2.5 14.0 21.0 10.5 Padraig Delargy St Columbs College 2.5 11.0 15.0 6.5 12-16 Mark Frazer MCB 2 12.5 19.0 8.0 Andrew Forsyth MCB 2 11.5 15.5 5.0 Ciaran Murray St Patricks 2 11.0 18.5 11.0 Samuel Fieneburg 2 10.5 14.0 3.0 Matthew Heath St Patricks 2 10.0 14.0 8.0 17 Oisin Carlin St Patricks 1 8.0 12.5 3.0
Under 12
Kevin Robbin, brother of under 14 winner Kiran, won the under 12 title for the second successive year. Second-placed Daniel Heraghty drew his individual encounter with Kevin, but also dropped a half-point to 2007 under 12 winner, John Dawson. Raghav Gupta, whose sister Radhika finished secind in the under 14 section, won the bronze medal on tie-break.
Tie-breaks Place Name School Score M-Buch Buch Progr Prize 1 Kevin Robbin RBAI 5.5 15.5 22.5 20.0 Champion 2 Daniel Heraghty Downey House 5 12.5 19.5 17.5 Second 3-5 Raghav Gupta Dromore Central 4 14.5 21.5 14.0 Third Joel Dawson Maralin 4 13.0 19.0 16.0 Niall Marsh St Columbs 4 12.5 19.5 14.0 6 John Dawson Friends 3.5 16.0 23.0 12.5 7-10 Jack Buchanan-Rolleston 3 12.5 19.0 13.0 Dylan O'Driscoll St Columbs 3 12.5 18.0 7.0 Sneyes Kodiyat St Malachys 3 11.0 15.5 11.0 Donal O'Toole 3 10.0 13.5 6.0 11-14 Brendon Gowdy RBAI 2 12.5 18.5 7.0 Finn Tyler 2 12.0 19.0 8.0 Christopher Poland St Patricks 2 9.5 14.0 7.0 Sierra Gowdy 2 9.0 12.5 3.0 15-16 Caelan Tyler RBAI 1 10.5 16.5 6.0 Jonathan Frazer RBAI 1 7.5 14.5 4.0
