Ulster Intermediate and Junior Championships
Jonathan Brown won the Intermediate Championship for the second year in succession. He finished with 4.5 points from his five games. Desmond Moreland and Paul McLoughlin finished equal second a half-point behind. The Junior Championship ended in a four-way tie between Brendan McGrath, Derek Truesdale, Calum Leitch and David Collins.
The playing room
Intermediate winner Jonathan Brown (White) blundered a piece against John McKenna in their Round 4 game. However, he had some compensation for it and when John failed to find the correct plan, Jonathan eventually forced a win with his queenside pawns.
Intermediate Final Crosstable
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 BROWN, JONATHAN 1825 4.5 9:W 3:W 7:W 4:W 2:D 2 MORELAND, DESMOND 1743 4 14:W 16:W 6:D 7:W 1:D 3 Mc LOUGHLIN, PAUL 1690 4 19:W 1:L 10:W 12:W 6:W 4 Mc KENNA, JOHN 1694 3.5 13:W 12:W 0:D 1:L 9:W 5 MALLAGHAN, DANNY 1710 3.5 6:L 17:W 16:W 9:D 10:W 6 LAVERY, DAMIEN 1525 3 5:W 8:D 2:D 11:W 3:L 7 Mac DONALD, FRED 1806 3 17:W 10:W 1:L 2:L 14:W 8 MOORE, SAMUEL 1782 3 10:L 6:D 17:D 16:W 11:W 9 CUNNINGHAM, DAMIEN 1612 2.5 1:L 19:W 12:W 5:D 4:L 10 MARRON, CIARAN 1563 2 8:W 7:L 3:L 13:W 5:L 11 ALCORN, TOM 1786 2 16:L 14:W 13:W 6:L 8:L 12 O' FEE, JAMES 1895 2 15:W 4:L 9:L 3:L 16:W 13 Mc CONAGHY, STEWART 1507 2 4:L 15:W 11:L 10:L 17:W 14 BURNS, ALAN 1544 1.5 2:L 11:L 0:D 15:W 7:L 15 STRAWBRIDGE, JOHN J. 1635 1.5 12:L 13:L 0:D 14:L 19:W 16 CLARKE, JOE 1597 1 11:W 2:L 5:L 8:L 12:L 17 Mc CANN, STEPHEN 1604 1 7:L 5:L 8:D 19:D 13:L 18 Mc FARLAND, NORMAN 1614 1 0: 0: 19:W 0: 0: 19 BECKETT, ALEXANDER 1469 .5 3:L 9:L 18:L 17:D 15:L Note: Norman McFarland played as a "filler" in Round 3 to prevent a bye
Ciaran Marron making a move in his Round 4 game against Stewart McConaghy
Deep in thought - Damien Cunningham
Junior Final Crosstable
No Name Rtg Total 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mc GRATH, BRENDAN 4 14:W 9:W 6:W 2:W 4:L 2 TRUESDALE, DEREK 1450 4 19:W 13:W 12:W 1:L 7:W 3 LEITCH, CALUM 1234 4 16:W 6:L 14:W 5:W 10:W 4 COLLINS, DAVID 1493 4 5:L 19:W 13:W 12:W 1:W 5 WALLS, EAMONN 1209 3 4:W 8:W 7:L 3:L 13:W 6 ORCHIN, JOHN C. 1484 3 17:W 3:W 1:L 7:L 15:W 7 STOREY, WILLIAM 1463 3 12:L 20:W 5:W 6:W 2:L 8 COLLINS, GEOFFREY 1291 3 20:W 5:L 9:L 18:W 12:W 9 BLACK, CHRIS 1462 3 18:W 1:L 8:W 11:W 0: 10 CAHOON, JOHN 1234 2.5 0:D 12:L 17:W 14:W 3:L 11 LINTON, SEAN 1422 2.5 21:L 18:W 0:D 9:L 17:W 12 GRZYMEK, DAVID 2 7:W 10:W 2:L 4:L 8:L 13 CAMPBELL, IAN 1244 2 15:W 2:L 4:L 16:W 5:L 14 MORGAN, ED 1318 2 1:L 15:W 3:L 10:L 18:W 15 MORROW, RICHARD 2 13:L 14:L 19:W 17:W 6:L 16 QUIGLEY, DANIEL 2 3:L 17:L 0:W 13:L 19:W 17 DOHERTY, CIARAN 1 6:L 16:W 10:L 15:L 11:L 18 KERR, EIMEAR 1 9:L 11:L 20:W 8:L 14:L 19 KERR, CONCHOBHAR 1 2:L 4:L 15:L 20:W 16:L 20 Mc DERMOTT, RACHEL 1 8:L 7:L 18:L 19:L 0:W 21 TURNBULL, ALLAN 1207 1 11:W 0: 0: 0: 0: Allan Turnbull played as a "filler" in Round 1 to prevent a bye
Chris Black (nearer the camera) and Sean Linton playing in Round 4
The four joint champions in the Junior: (from left to right) Derek Truesdale, Calum Leitch, David Collins and Brendan McGrath
Alongside the two Championship events Stephen Scannell beat Michael Holmes by 2.5 points to 1.5 in a four-game match for the Alex Beckett Trophy.