Leek Rapidplay Congress 2009

Held at
St. Edward’s Junior High School, Leek

6^th Leek Rapidplay Congress - Played Sunday 7 June, 2009

Report by Robert Milner (Controller).

The overall entry was again disappointing (59), which makes it difficult to ensure that the Congress will continue another year.  Having just completed the accounts, I can say that, as we broke even, it will, all other considerations being well.  It was a great success, particularly in view of the unprecedented number of junior players taking part (19).  An event in the North West kept our regular batch of entries from the Greater Manchester area down to a minimum and there was a disappointing number of entries from the Stoke League.  In both tournaments, the competition was close with nothing decided until the very end.

The winner of the Major Competition was the top seed, Oliver Jackson of Poynton with Richard Beach of Stockport, David Buxton of Cheddleton and Alex Richardson of Newcastle being equal second.  Craig Whitfield of Cheddleton won the grading prize.  The Alan J Wilshaw Memorial Rose bowl for the highest placed Stoke League player was shared for the first time between David Buxton and Alex Richardson.

The winner of the Minor Competition was Geoff Laurence of Macclesfield with Richard Burton of Colwyn Bay and Steve Hill of Meir sharing second place.  The grading prize went to Richard Szwajkun of Newport.

Results

1	Oliver Jackson	Cheshire	7
2	Richard Beach	Stockport	6
2	David Buxton	Cheddleton	6
2	Alex Richardson	Newcastle	6
5	Malcolm Armstrong	Stafford	5½
5	Glyn Morris	Urmston	5½
5	Craig Whitfield	Cheddleton	5½
8	David Pritchard	Walsall Kipping	5
9	Alan Agnew	Warley Quinborne	4½
9	Simon Edwards	Cheddleton	4½
9	Peter Mercs	Nottingham Gambit	4½
12	Simon Crowley	Cheddleton	4
13	David Welch	Wallasey	3½
14	Golam Ali	West Bromwich	2½
15	William Armstrong	Cheddleton	1½

St Edward's section (U130)

1	Geoffrey Laurence	Macclesfield	8
2	Richard Burton	Colwyn Bay	7
2	Stephen Hill	Meir	7
4	Stephen Lloyd	Chester	6½
5	Peter Broomhall	Rushall	6
5	Neil Dimmick	Cheddleton	6
5	Athar Mehmood	Newport	6
5	Leo Tsoi	Boldmere St Michael	6
9	Philip Bull	West Bromwich	5½
9	Alex Cartlidge	Cheddleton	5½
9	Moin Uddin	West Bromwich	5½
12	Colin Abell	Cheddleton	5
12	David Broadbent	East Cheshire	5
12	Richard Szwajkun	Newport	5
12	Karl Walklate	Fenton	5
16	Richard Cantliff	Fenton	4½
16	Liam Dimmick	Cheddleton	4½
16	David Hallen	Cheddleton	4½
16	Derrick Jones	Newcastle	4½
16	Thomas Morris	Urmston	4½
16	Wendell Rawlings	Warley Quinborne	4½
16	Peter Tideswell	Fenton	4½
16	Matthew Wyza	Cheddleton	4½
24	David Buckley	Bushbury	4
24	Paul Clapham	Newcastle	4
24	William Foster	Cheddleton	4
24	Jack Healings	Cheddleton	4
24	Mark Kirtley	Nottingham Gambit	4
24	Anna O’Leary	North Staffs	4
30	Jacob Cartlidge	Cheddleton	3½
30	Ashwin Kalyana	Solihull	3½
32	Ali Arshad	Cheddleton	3
32	Ebrahim Arshad	Cheddleton	3
32	George Hamilton	Cheddleton	3
32	James Nicol	Cheddleton	3
32	Stephen Szwajkun	Newport	3
32	Skye Wiggins	North Staffs	3
38	Jacob Boswell	North Staffs	2
39	Surya Sridharan	North Staffs	1