Summer Tournament Awards Evening and Active Competition: Weds 26th September.
Ready for battle
The night ended with awards to:
Pat Coleman : Overall Winner with 81.82%
Matthew Chapman : 2nd Overall with 79.17%
Chris Kelly : Top Section Winner with 60%
Cahal Murphy : Middle Section Winner with 72.73%
David Seaby : Lower Section Winner with 69.44%
Cahal Murphy,Matthew Chapman, David Seaby (Left to Right)
The night started with a five round swiss tournament.
Final round Ashley on 3 and Matthew on 3 1/2 points fighting for a place in the top 3. Matthew won sharing first place on 4.5 points but using the M-Buch system was awarded second place.
Damien Lavery warming-up to battle the Bangor top player Eddie Whiteside. The result a draw. Robert Lavery looks on - about to play and beat Walter Wilson before meeting Eddie Whiteside in the final round and winning to gain 1st place. Damien went on to come third overall with 4 points. All three top players didnt drop a game.
The active winners. 1st Robert Lavery (middle), 2nd Matthew Chapman (right), 3rd Damien Lavery (left).
The competition cross table.
| No | Name | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 1 | Lavery, Robert | 4.5 | 11:W | 3:D | 12:W | 9:W | 4:W |
| 2 | Chapman, Mathew | 4.5 | 20:W | 12:W | 9:D | 7:W | 6:W |
| 3 | Lavery, Damien | 4 | 14:W | 1:D | 18:W | 4:D | 10:W |
| 4 | Whiteside, Edward | 3.5 | 13:W | 7:W | 8:W | 3:D | 1:L |
| 5 | Johnston, Garry | 3.5 | 18:L | 19:W | 10:D | 13:W | 9:W |
| 6 | McWhinney, Ashley | 3 | 9:L | 15:W | 13:W | 8:W | 2:L |
| 7 | Storey, William | 3 | 17:W | 4:L | 16:W | 2:L | 12:W |
| 8 | Murphy, CJ | 3 | 19:W | 18:W | 4:L | 6:L | 16:W |
| 9 | Wilson, Walter | 2.5 | 6:W | 10:W | 2:D | 1:L | 5:L |
| 10 | Fairley, James | 2.5 | 15:W | 9:L | 5:D | 14:W | 3:L |
| 11 | Kelly, Craig | 2.5 | 1:L | 14:D | 20:D | 16:D | 17:W |
| 12 | McConaghy, Stewart | 2 | 16:W | 2:L | 1:L | 18:W | 7:L |
| 13 | Burns, Alan | 2 | 4:L | 17:W | 6:L | 5:L | 19:W |
| 14 | Armstrong, Chris | 2 | 3:L | 11:D | 19:D | 10:L | 18:W |
| 15 | Stafford, Roy | 2 | 10:L | 6:L | 17:D | 19:D | 20:W |
| 16 | Seaby, David | 1.5 | 12:L | 20:W | 7:L | 11:D | 8:L |
| 17 | Dornford-Smythe, Adrian | 1.5 | 7:L | 13:L | 15:D | 20:W | 11:L |
| 18 | Woodfield, Ian | 1 | 5:W | 8:L | 3:L | 12:L | 14:L |
| 19 | Green, Neil | 1 | 8:L | 5:L | 14:D | 15:D | 13:L |
| 20 | Henderson, Ron | 0.5 | 2:L | 16:L | 11:D | 17:L | 15:L |
Below David Seaby (who provided the Handicap weightings) and Garry Johnston.
Ron Henderson checking his clock - time is critical in these games. While Adrian and Criag concentrate on the next move.
Just silent concentration....
The Ulster Chess Union suprised the organiser of the Summer tournament with a beautiful hand-made Elm bowl. Accepted with many thanks..but its a joy to be part of such a brilliant group of people.
