From the foreground:
White: Alex Cartlidge, Steve Hill, Alan Paling, James Rothwell
Black: Sam Beardmore, Francis Westfield, Phil Cattermole, Karl Lockett, Jon Blackburn
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| U160 round 2 crowd scene From the foreground: White: Alex Cartlidge, Steve Hill, Alan Paling, James Rothwell Black: Sam Beardmore, Francis Westfield, Phil Cattermole, Karl Lockett, Jon Blackburn |
Seventeen players from ten clubs lined up for the U160 competition, a monster section by mini-congress standards. The top four seeds were all unbeaten over the weekend, each having played two of the other three.
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| Jon Blackburn takes on the University of Chester, also known as Alex Cartlidge | U160 winner Karl Lockett |
Final scores:
4: Karl Lockett
3½: James Rothwell, Alan Paling, Jon Blackburn
3: Steve Hill, George Scattergood
2½: Glyn Valentine, Phil Cattermole, Alex Cartlidge, Thivyaa Rahulan, Jacob Cartlidge, Richard Szwajkun, Ken McNulty
1½: Sam Beardmore, Maximilien Launay, Nick McLean, Francis Westfield
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| Runners-ups James Rothwell (left) and Alan Paling are watched by Phil Cattermole |
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