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The League Board results for 2017

The % wins over the year for each board. Awards for first places to be given at the UCU AGM on Thursday June 15th
Below is the official results of the calculations for this year's board prizes. The requirements of previous years state a 50% game threshhold criteria.
For Division 16 games were played so 8 games is the minimum criteria for players. Performances on boards higher wouldn't count towards individual board calculations, unless in a tiebreak scenario.
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Division 1 Board 1

1st David Houston 9/11 81.8%

2nd Gareth Annesley  7/11 63.6%

3rd Sergio Esteve Sanchez  4/8 50%

4th Mikhail Pavlov 6/13 46.2%

5th Sam Flanagan 2/8 25%

6th Ray Devenney 2/8 25%

 

Board 2

1st Steve Scannell 12.5/15 83.3%

2nd Steve Morgan 11.5/14 82.1%

3rd John O'Doherty 0.5/9  5.6%

 

Board 3

1st Nicholas Pilkiewicz 11/15 73.3%

 

Board 4

1st Stephen Wood 6/8  75%

2nd Danny Mallaghan 6.5/9  72.2%

3rd Eoin Carey  7/14  50%

4th John Bradley  6./13  46.2%

 

Board 5

No Qualifiers

 

The minimum requirement for Division 2 is 11 games as 22 games played during season.

Division 2 Board 1

1st Steven Eachus  8/11   72.7%

2nd Mark Newman  9/16  56.3%

3rd Ross Harris  10/18  55.6%

4th Samuel Moore  4/11  36.4%

 

Board 2

1st Edward Doak  6.5/14  46.4%

 

Board 3

1st Daniil Zelenchuk  12/14  85.7%

2nd Frank Carrothers  8.5/20  42.5%

3rd Patrick McKillen  6.5/17  38.2%

 

Board 4

1st  Dmitry Zelenchuk  12/14  85.7%

 

Board 5

No Qualifiers

The minimum requirement for Divison 3 is 8 games as 16 games were played during the season.

Division 3 Board 1

1st Tyrone Winter  8/14  57.1%

2nd PJ Mallon  4/9  44.5%

3rd James Shaw  1/10   10%

 

Board 2

1st Matt Smiglarski  6/11  54.6%

 

Board 3

1st Nick Todd  5/13  38.5%

 

Board 4

1st Paul Anderson  5/14  45.5%

 

Board 5

No Qualifiers

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