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Lothian TOURNAMENT RESULTS & REPORTS 13th March (5 games) Report from Alan Sinclair We had the usual good turnout for this year's Lothian tournament at our popular venue in Edinburgh. We had decided to have four divisions, one more than usual. This meant that each division had a smaller spread of ratings, people were playing opponents they normally wouldn't meet, and there were more prizes! Amy Byrne from Edinburgh continued her good form from the Pitlochry holiday tournament and the Scottish Masters to take division A with five wins. In B, four people finished on four wins, with local Kenneth Ross taking top spot. There were also four on four wins in C, and again it was local Melanie Beaumont in first place. The pattern was broken in division D, where Robin McDougall from Glasgow was the only player on five wins. Swindon 14th March 2004 (6 games) Report from Steve Perry It’s hard to believe but this was the eighth Swindon tournament and was heading towards being the biggest ever. In the event there were several last minute withdrawals and the final competitor count was 188. This year the beneficiaries were once again the Prospect Hospice which is based in Wroughton, near Swindon. The tournament has been dogged by last arrivals in the past but the threat to latecomers of being left out had the desired effect and everybody had arrived by the cut-off time. Even so we were still about 15 minutes late getting going. It is clear to me now that even 15 minutes is not long enough to do any last minute changes to the divisional make-up when there are so many players. Maybe the only way around this is to come clean in the timetabling and allow longer. After the first two rounds only 2 of the top nine players (180+) had won both games. The top of Division B had a Welsh flavour with Huw Morgan (Swansea) at the top followed by Tess McCarthy (Cardiff). 8 Lunch followed and here I have to thank three Highworth club members, Gordon, Barbara and Penny for ensuring that the arrangements for feeding over 200 people (including runners etc) went smoothly. Going into the final round, in Division A Ruth Macinerney (London League) had just beaten Gareth Williams to go into 1st place followed by Brett Smitheram. Alan Childs (Salisbury) had just taken over at the top of Division B, Ronnie Reid (Basingstoke) headed division C, Janet Bonham (Aylesbury) was the only undefeated player in Division D, whilst in E it was Janet’s son Graham Bonham who led the field. The final round saw Ruth’s first defeat at the hands of Terry Kirk who then moved in to second place. Gareth came back strongly beating Brett to secure top position whilst Abraham Sosseh (Bournemouth) beat Andy Cook to claim 3rd place. Despite winning five out of six Ruth had to be content with the ratings prize but was more than happy with that and a tournament rating of 216. In B Alan Childs was one of only two 100% players on the day, beating Graham Buckingham (Luton) in the last round. Second and third places went to Davin Shenkin (London League) and Margaret Pritchett (Melton Mowbray) with five wins each. The ratings prize went to Margaret Bright. C Division was won by Wanda de Poitiers (East Berks) by virtue of a better spread than Ronnie Reid or Jean Swallow who also finished on 5 wins. The ratings prize went to Joyce Squire (Cardiff). Janet Bonham kept her unbeaten record in the final round, beating Ken Quarshie (London League). Second and third places went to David Carrod (High Wycombe) and Irene Woolley (London League). Judy Monger (Cirencester) took the ratings prize. Graham Bonham in E Division couldn’t emulate his mother, losing to Peter Kelly (Exeter) but still hung on to second place. Jean Buckley (Newport) came through to win the division with Peter’s final round win taking him to 3rd. Margaret Firmston (Guildford) took the ratings prize. Martin Taylor in division F was the only other player with a 100% record and he won that division from Jenny Harris (Weedon) and Margaret Emmott (Cirencester) with the ratings prize going to Chris Baker. The proceedings were wound up by David Lines, General Manager of Prospect Foundation who gave a short address and then helped with the presentation of the prizes. My thanks go to the members of Highworth Scrabble Club for ensuring the day ran smoothly. The final donation to Prospect will be around £1700. I don’t like to finish on a slightly negative note but I was asked to see one of Nationwide’s Director’s when I returned to work on Tuesday. He was disgusted with the state of the front approach which he said was littered with cigarette ends. I was clearly told that a repeat of this would mean the end of the tournament. There are bins provided so there was really no excuse for this and it left a sour taste in the mouth after the success of Sunday. Swindon A G. Williams 5 295 T. Kirk 5 284 A. Sosseh 5 275 R. Macinerney 5 148 Swindon D J. Bonham 5.5 222 D. Carrod 5 566 I. Woolley 5 56 K. Quarshie 4 319 Swindon B A. Childs 6 544 D. Shenkin 5 415 M. Pritchett 5 206 G. Thomas 4 438 Swindon E J. Buckley 5 491 G. Bonham 5 413 P. Kelly 5 150 M. Firmston 5 92 9 Swindon C W. Poitiers 5 513 J. Swallow 5 286 R. Reid 5 113 L. Hillard 4.5 247 Swindon F M. Taylor 6 533 J. Harris 5 625 M. Emmott 5 354 J. Whitehead 4 192
Southampton 21st March (6 games) Report from Alan Bailey Forced to find a new venue, this year's Southampton tournament moved out of the City to Holbury on Sunday, 21 March. There was plenty of playing space, abetted by an entry field reduced to be on the safe side, and then further reduced by cancellations when some of the filially conscientious found out it was Mothering Sunday. Drawbacks were that the heating was not switched on early enough (this year), there was no separate space for coats, and it was farther for most players to travel, as well as virtually inaccessible by public transport. Restriction of entries meant that Joy Fox was initially turned down, and only let in by a late cancellation. Her reaction was to win 2nd prize in Group C, and the Terry Hollington Memorial Shield for best performer against rating. "Local" Frankie Mairey secured the silver plate as Southampton Champion for 2004. She won all 6 of her games, as did the winners of Group B, Elizabeth Hull, and C, Dorothy Dean. Group D's leader did drop a game, but as he had also won his Group at Andover the previous month Graham Bonham took the setback philosophically. Despite losing 2 games Noel Turner ended with a spread of +763, which outdid every other player by at least 250. One game alone he won by a margin of 443, which is a record for us if not for other tournaments. Ruth Marsden on computers, assisted by adjudicator Jimmy Cruickshank. ensured minimal delay between rounds and an early finish, despite the delayed start. To them and the three runners I am grateful as always. I am minded to use the venue again as the feedback I have received so far has been favourable. Southampton A Frankie Mairey 6 300 Ruth MacInerney 5 150 Noel Turner 4 763 Southampton C Dorothy Dean 6 481 Joy Fox 4 426 Gail Allen 4 243 10 Southampton B Elizabeth Hull 6 384 Wanda De Poitiers 4 435 Rita Todd 4 405 Southampton D Graham Bonham 5 321 Maureen Barlow 5 128 Iris Cornish 4 222 Durham 27-28th March (11 games) Report by Pete Finley 110 players, including our standby, gave us a perfect 10 division round robin structure for the 17th annual Durham tournament. Prizes in each division were 1st- £70, 2nd - £40, 3rd - £25, with each divisional winner also receiving a pair of Edinburgh Crystal wine goblets. We had a much more international flavour than usual this year, thanks to the presence of a five-strong contingent from Ireland (Brendan McDonnell, Catherine Costello, Kay McColgan, Eileen Meghen and Joyce Caruth) plus Anand Buddhdev from Holland and expats Sandra Hoffland and Heather Frankland from Spain and France respectively. There were the usual English and Scottish mobs of course, but whatever happened to the Welsh? Forewarned that Clive Spate was going to be appearing on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire on the Saturday night, we had arranged for the college to video the show so that we could watch it after play finished. A big crowd of us duly cheered Clive on to £125,000. Jackie McLeod and Helen Grayson had been two of Clive's phone-a-friend options and had both known the answer to the £250,000 question, but sadly Clive chose the wrong friend to phone. There was clearly much celebration in the bar that evening as one highly rated player had to take a hangover break for one game on Sunday morning. It also emerged that Alastair Ives, who was attending on a non-residential basis, had to sleep on someone's floor, as he hadn't been able to get his car out of the college car park, which was locked. It didn't seem to do him any harm though as he went on to win his division. The food was particularly good this year - and that wasn't just our opinion, it was the popular view. Pride of place must go to the Saturday dinner dessert of 'Miroir Citron', which was to die for. Sunday's Sticky Toffee Pudding was excellent too. There were sterling performances throughout the field, but a few deserve a special mention. Simon Francis took third place in Div J in his first ever tournament - and he had never even played in a club before. In winning Division I, Russell Smith was the only player in any division to clock up 10 wins. Wayne Kelly won Div B with his highest ever tournament rating of 197.4. But right at the top of the tree was Adam Philpotts, one of the three lowest rated players in the A division, but still coming out on top ahead of a strong field which included three players who took part in the 2003 WSC. Congratulations to all concerned. Thanks to everyone who took part and everyone who helped make it happen, particularly Laura and Graeme. Prize winners were as follows: Durham A A. Philpotts 9 508 P. Allan 8 408 J. Robinson 7 38 Durham D K. Leckie 8 361 A. Ramsay 7 357 J. Hiley 7 191 Durham G A. Ives 8 387 S. Thompson 8 144 P. Wheeler 7 287 Durham J A. Beckmann 9 740 B. McLaren 8 104 S. Francis 8 81 Durham B W. Kelly 9 745 C. Costello 8 309 J. McLeod 7 284 Durham E C. French 8 415 T. Johnson 8 51 V. Beckmann 7 371 Durham H B. Hill 8 190 J. Green 7 310 J. Hodge 7 188 (NB all results include a fictitious 1-point win over A Zother) 11 Durham C G. Thomas 9 663 J. Cansfield 8 730 C. Beevers 8 67 Durham F T. Davis 9 372 C. Emery 7 287 S. Swaney 7 231 Durham I R. Smith 10 878 R. Flood 8 315 G. Linfoot 8 295
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