Albert Long Trophy

Named after Albert Long who served as the Honorary Secretary of the Ulster Chess Union for 25 years from just after the end of the Second World War. The trophy is presented to the winner of the Ulster Intermediate Championship.

Winners

1945 - C. LEVINSON

1946 - W. D. KERR

1947 - G. J. BOYD

1948 - N. LEVER

1949 - S. FERRIS

1950 - F. E. WALLACE

1951 - J. B. STEEN

1952 - R. JONES

1953 - G. DUFFY

1954 - J. L. FINLAY

1955 - A. J. EVENS

1956 - G. CREAN

1957 - T. M. ALCORN

1958 - C. N. GLASS

1959 - M. CAREY

1960 - J. GIBSON

1961 - W. D. TAYLOR

1962 - A. PINKERTON

1963 - P. MULGREW

1964 - D. McKIBBIN

1965 - L. GRAHAM

1966 - M. MURRAY

1967 - G. MURRAY

1968 - B. McCOMB

1969 - T. EVANS

1970 - M. COLEMAN

1971 - G. TALBOT & T. HOPKINS

1972 - D. BLAIR & R. McCAUGHEY

1973 - P. HADDEN

1974 - G. McCORMICK

1975 - K. ALLEN

1976 - K. ALLEN

1977 - D. HOUSTON

1978 - R. FREW

1979 - E. J. D. McBRIEN

1980 - N. CARTON & A. SKELTON

1981 - A. COOTES

1982 - A. SKELTON

1983 - T. BROWN

1984 - F. MacDONALD

1985 - R. BECKETT

1986 - F. MacDONALD

1987 - J. O'FEE

1988 - P. GREENAN

1989 - M. ADDIDLE

1990 - G. McCORMICK

1991 - S. WOOD

1992 - E. ROS

1993 - A. PINKERTON

1994 - D. ROBB

1995 - M. REDMAN

1996 - M. HOLMES

1997 - N. PILKIEWICZ

1998 - N. FISHER

1999 - G. ANNESLEY

2000 - G. ANNESLEY

2001 - J. BROWN

2002 - J. BROWN

2003 - J. CAIRNS

2004 - D. O'DONNELL

2005 - D. O'DONNELL

2006 - NO COMPETITION

2007 - C. LEITCH

2008 - C. MARRON

2009 - M. NEWMAN

2010 - D. BARAS

2011 - I. WOODFIELD

2012 - S. EACHUS

2013 - R. LAVERY

2014 - N. McFARLAND

2015 - T. DONALDSON

2016 - J. PEOPLES

2017 - M. RAZBADAUSKAS

2018 - C. GORMLEY

2019 - C. SPACKMAN

2020 - NO COMPETITION

2021 - R. LAVERY

2022 - G. BARBALS

2023 - J. SANDREY

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