Fisherwick Sweep Up
Today, Sunday 24th October, Belfast Boat Club opened their doors to the top teams from last years league for a play-off to see which club could field the strongest team. At stake were the KO Cup for senior teams and the KO Plate for junior teams.
Format of the tournament was an All-play-All league with the most points claiming the prizes. Starting in the morning this meant each team would play 3 full matches starting at 10:00am, 2:00pm and 6:00pm
An excellent day of chess with some wonderful games.
Senior
Senior clubs were represented by league winners Fisherwick, previous cup winners Clifton House, North Belfast and wild-card team Bangor. Fisherwick evidently came prepared with their players organised in a rota to cover the whole day while the other teams struggled to field a full five-man team for every match.1. Fisherwick 3.5 + 3 + 4 = 10.5
2. Clifton House 2.5 + 2 + 3.5 = 8.0
3. North Belfast 2.5 + 4 + 1 = 7.5
4. Bangor 1.5 + 1 + 1.5 = 4.0
Junior
Junior clubs were represented by last years league run-away winners Fisherwick, Fortwilliam, Bangor and wild-card visitors from Derry. Great to see our friends in Derry joining us. Fortwilliam's sole representative, John Cahoon, decided to forgoe the embarrasment of a one-man team leaving the other 3 to play off.
1. Fisherwick Junior 4 + 4 = 8
2. Derry City 3 + 1 = 4
3. Bangor Junior 2 + 1 = 3
Board Results
Round 1
Bangor Senior vs Fisherwick
- Mark Newman 0-1 Michael Waters
- Damien Lavery =-= Kieran Greer
- Richard Proctor =-= John Bradley
- Ron Henderson =-= Ian Davis
- Gopalan Srinivasan 0-1 Graeme McCormick
Clifton House vs North Belfast
- Tom Clarke =-= David Houston
- Stephen Morgan 0-1 Adrian Skelton
- Danny Mallaghan =-= Fred MacDonald
- Des Moreland =-= Stephen Wood
- Chris Black 1-0 John Cahoon
Bangor Junior vs Derry City
- Philip Todd =-= Derek McGill
- Richard Montgomery 0-1 Aurelio Javier
- Ananda Srinivasan =-= Paul Kenny
- Gary Johnston 0-1 Joe Clarke
- Drew Ferguson 1-0 Leon Hulleman
Round 2
Bangor Senior vs North Belfast
- Mark Newman 0-1 David Houston
- Damien Lavery 1-0 Adrian Skelton
- Richard Proctor 0-1 Fred MacDonald
- Ron Henderson 0-1 Stephen Wood
- Gopalan Srinivasan 0-1 John Cahoon
Clifton House vs Fisherwick Senior
- Tom Clarke 0-1 Michael Waters
- Stephen Morgan 0-1 Ray Devenney
- Danny Mallaghan 0-1 John Cairns
- Des Moreland 1-0 Ian Davis
- Damien Cunningham 1-0 Graeme McCormick
Derry City vs Fisherwick Junior
- Derek McGill =-= David Ruben
- Aurelio Javier 0-1 Norman McFarland
- Paul Kenny 0-1 Ian Woodfield
- Joe Clarke 0-1 Bobby Thompson
- Leon Hulleman =-= Gerry Pollock
Round 3
Bangor Senior vs Clifton House
- Steve Scannell =-= Tom Clarke
- Mark Newman 0-1 Danny Mallaghan
- Damien Lavery 0-1 Des Moreland
- Ron Hendserson 0-1 Damien Cunningham
- Clifton House defaulted
Fisherwick Senior vs North Belfast
- John Cairns 1-0 David Houston
- Kieran Greer =-= Adrian Skelton
- Michael Waters 1-0 Fred MacDonald
- John Bradley =-= Stephen Wood
- Ian Davis 1-0 John Cahoon
Bangor Junior vs Fisherwick Junior
- Philip Todd 0-1 David Ruben
- Richard Montgomery 0-1 Norman McFarland
- Ananda Srinivasan 0-1 Ian Woodfield
- Gary Johnston 0-1 Bobby Thompson
- Drew Ferguson 1-0 Gerry Pollock