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Winners of the Ulster Championship 1933-1959

At a meeting on the 1st February 1932 the representatives of the various Belfast clubs decided to put the organisation of Ulster chess on a formal footing and the Ulster Chess Union was formally established. The new body revived the Ulster Championship and the first UCU Championship was held in 1933. It was not until 1960 that a perpetual trophy was presented to the winner.

Winners 1933-1959

1933 - W. J. ALLEN

1934 - W. J. ALLEN

1935 - P. J. McMAHON

1936 - J. WATSON

1937 - R. LENNOX

1938 - J. D. PEEBLES

1939 - W. MINNIS

1940-1943 - NO COMPETITION

1944 - A. L. DAVIES

1945 - W. MINNIS

1946 - R. A. HEANEY

1947 - J. D. PEEBLES

1948 - NO COMPETITION

1949 - J. A. FLOOD

1950 - G. A. KEARNEY

1951 - W. D. KERR

1952 - R. JONES

1953 - G. J. BOYD & W. D. KERR

1954 - D. E. A. RILEY

1955 - R. A. HEANEY

1956 - A. TORNEY

1957 - J. WRIGLEY

1958 - G. J. BOYD

1959 - E. McGLINCHEY

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