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Ulster Championships 2014 - report after day 2

The Ulster Championships are being held over the August Bank Holiday weekend at the Belfast Europa Hotel.
Ulster Championships 2014 - report after day 2

Play in progress at the Europa

The Senior, Intermediate and Junior titles are at stake and there has been a record entry for the Congress in its current format. In each event, one player remains with a 100% score - Gabor Horvath in the Senior, Niall Troughton in the Intermediate and Eoin Carey in the Junior.

Crosstables after 4 Rounds

Senior Championship

 

No Name                Rtg  Total  1    2    3    4
1  Gabor Horvath       2095 4     11:W  2:W  6:W  3:W
2  Nicholas Pilkiewicz 1845 3      7:W  1:L 10:W  4:W
3  Steve Scannell      1996 2.5    0:D  5:W  7:W  1:L
4  Brendan Jamison     1704 2.5    5:D  9:W  8:W  2:L
5  Calum Leitch        1878 2.5    4:D  3:L 12:W  8:W
6  James McDonnell     1915 2.5   10:W  8:D  1:L  9:W
7  Ross Harris         1702 2      2:L 11:W  3:L 12:W
8  Ray Devenney        1818 1.5   12:W  6:D  4:L  5:L
9  Des Moreland        1758 1.5    0:D  4:L 11:W  6:L
10 Mark Newman         1756 1      6:L 12:D  2:L 11:D
11 Arnold Lutton       1796 .5     1:L  7:L  9:L 10:D
12 Robert Lavery       1484 .5     8:L 10:D  5:L  7:L

Intermediate Championship

No Name                  Rtg  Total  1    2    3    4  
1  Niall Troughton       1574 4     12:W  7:W  3:W  6:W
2  Norman McFarland      1516 3     14:W  0:D  4:D  8:W
3  Ian Woodfield         1632 2.5    8:W  6:W  1:L  5:D
4  Alfie Onslow          1603 2.5    5:D 10:D  2:D 11:W
5  Martin Sloan          1450 2.5    4:D 13:W  0:D  3:D
6  Karina Kruk           1559 2     11:W  3:L  7:W  1:L
7  John Phillips         1500 2      9:W  1:L  6:L 13:W
8  Bernard Jaffa         1452 2      3:L 14:W 12:W  2:L
9  Stephen Rush          1662 2      7:L 12:D 14:W 10:D
10 Brian McComb          1528 2     13:D  4:D 11:D  9:D
11 Matthew Chapman       1403 1.5    6:L  0:W 10:D  4:L
12 Mohamed Saad          1409 1.5    1:L  9:D  8:L 14:W
13 Stewart McConaghy     1394 1     10:D  5:L  0:D  7:L
14 Diego Grande Palacios 1662 0      2:L  8:L  9:L 12:L

Junior Championship

No Name                  Rtg  Total  1    2    3    4  
1  Eoin Carey            1327 4     30:W  9:W  8:W  4:W
2  Teddy Onslow               3.5   16:W 13:W  7:D  3:W
3  Patrick Magee         1101 3     28:W 10:W  5:W  2:L
4  John Monaghan         1107 3     15:W 12:W  6:W  1:L
5  Stephen Scarborough   1236 3     14:W 24:W  3:L 11:W
6  Adrian Dornford-Smith 1023 3     26:W 17:W  4:L 15:W
7  William Storey        1315 3      0:D 25:W  2:D 20:W
8  Stephen Cullen             3     23:W 27:W  1:L 13:W
9  Phillip Morrison      1067 3     32:W  1:L 26:W 14:W
10 Andrew Todd                3     29:W  3:L 24:W 21:W
11 John McGann           821  2.5    0:D 32:W 21:W  5:L
12 Chris Turnbull             2.5   25:W  4:L  0:D 22:W
13 Roy Stafford          1210 2     19:W  2:L 18:W  8:L
14 Andy Hughes                2      5:L 22:W 17:W  9:L
15 Robert McDonald            2      4:L 29:W 16:W  6:L
16 Geoff Hindley         1038 2      2:L 19:W 15:L 28:W
17 Martin Kelly          1298 2     20:W  6:L 14:L 24:W
18 Adam Henning               2      0:D 23:D 13:L 27:W
19 Owen McAvoy                2     13:L 16:L 30:W 29:W
20 David Barr                 2     17:L 28:W 27:W  7:L
21 Cathal Murphy         1283 1.5   31:W  0:D 11:L 10:L
22 David Seaby           1130 1.5    0:D 14:L 23:W 12:L
23 Chris Roe             1250 1.5    8:L 18:D 22:L 26:W
24 Norman Rainey         777  1      0:W  5:L 10:L 17:L
25 Paul Charles               1     12:L  7:L 29:L  0:W
26 James Shaw                 1      6:L 30:W  9:L 23:L
27 Pat McKillen          1280 1      0:W  8:L 20:L 18:L
28 Maria Millar               1      3:L 20:L  0:W 16:L
29 Ashley McWhinney      989  1     10:L 15:L 25:W 19:L
30 Paul Anderson         708  .5     1:L 26:L 19:L  0:D
31 Bobby Campbell             .5    21:L  0:D  0:   0: 
32 Jordan Mitchell            0      9:L 11:L  0:   0: 

Pairings for Round 5

Senior Championship

No Name           Total           Name                Total
1 Brendan Jamison [2.5]     :     Gabor Horvath       [4]
2 Steve Scannell  [2.5]     :     Nicholas Pilkiewicz [3]
3 James McDonnell [2.5]     :     Calum Leitch        [2.5]
4 Ray Devenney    [1.5]     :     Ross Harris         [2]
5 Mark Newman     [1]       :     Des Moreland        [1.5]
6 Arnold Lutton   [.5]      :     Robert Lavery       [.5]

Intermediate Championship

No Name             Total           Name                  Total
1 Niall Troughton   [4]       :     Norman McFarland      [3]
2 Alfie Onslow      [2.5]     :     Ian Woodfield         [2.5]
3 Martin Sloan      [2.5]     :     Brian McComb          [2]
4 Stephen Rush      [2]       :     Karina Kruk           [2]
5 Bernard Jaffa     [2]       :     John Phillips         [2]
6 Mohamed Saad      [1.5]     :     Matthew Chapman       [1.5]
7 Stewart McConaghy [1]       :     Diego Grande Palacios [0]

Junior Championship

No Name                  Total           Name                Total
8 Teddy Onslow           [3.5]     :     Eoin Carey          [4]
9 Phillip Morrison       [3]       :     William Storey      [3]
10 Adrian Dornford-Smith [3]       :     Stephen Scarborough [3]
11 John Monaghan         [3]       :     Andrew Todd         [3]
12 Stephen Cullen        [3]       :     Patrick Magee       [3]
13 John McGann           [2.5]     :     Chris Turnbull      [2.5]
14 Martin Kelly          [2]       :     Owen McAvoy         [2]
15 Andy Hughes           [2]       :     Roy Stafford        [2]
16 Adam Henning          [2]       :     Geoff Hindley       [2]
17 David Barr            [2]       :     Robert McDonald     [2]
18 Chris Roe             [1.5]     :     Cathal Murphy       [1.5]
19 David Seaby           [1.5]     :     Pat McKillen        [1]
20 Ashley McWhinney      [1]       :     James Shaw          [1]
21 Maria Millar          [1]       :     Paul Charles        [1]
22 Paul Anderson         [.5]      :     Norman Rainey       [1]
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