Ulster Matchplay Championship for the Alex Beckett Trophy
Played over three successive weekends between 22 October and 5 November 2000.
The draw gave the white pieces in the first two rounds to Stephen Scannell against his two main rivals, Tom Clarke and David Houston. He took full advantage of this and won both those games. He then went on to win his next 3 games to lead at halfway by 1.5 points. In rounds 6 and 7 he drew with Clarke and Houston to virtually ensure victory. After another draw in Round 8 against Adrian Skelton, he finished off with wins against Mark Newman and Nicholas Pilkiewicz to record a very impressive final score of 8.5.
FIRST SERIES OF GAMES (ROUNDS 1-5)
PLAYER RTG 1 2 3 4 5 6 PTS S.SCANNELL 2171 X 1 1 1 1 1 5.0 D.HOUSTON 2252 0 X 1 1 1 = 3.5 A.SKELTON 2024 0 0 X 1 = 0 1.5 N.PILKIEWICZ 1966 0 0 0 X 1 0 1.0 M.NEWMAN 1826 0 0 = 0 X 0 0.5 T.CLARKE 2191 0 = 1 1 1 X 3.5
SECOND SERIES OF GAMES (ROUNDS 6-10)
PLAYER RTG 1 2 3 4 5 6 PTS S.SCANNELL 2171 X = = 1 1 = 3.5 D.HOUSTON 2252 = X = 1 1 0 3.0 A.SKELTON 2024 = = X = 0 0 1.5 N.PILKIEWICZ 1966 0 0 = X 1 = 2.0 M.NEWMAN 1826 0 0 1 0 X = 1.5 T.CLARKE 2191 = 1 1 = = X 3.5
PROGRESSIVE SCORES
PLAYER RTG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PLACE S.SCANNELL 2171 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.5 8.5 1st D.HOUSTON 2252 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.5 3rd A.SKELTON 2024 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 4th= N.PILKIEWICZ 1966 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4th= M.NEWMAN 1826 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 6th T.CLARKE 2191 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.5 6.5 7.0 2nd
