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Newcastle Mini Congress U120 section


Front to back: left: James Rothwell, Chris Ford, Sandra Blackburn.
right: Alan Thomason, Geoff Lee, Stuart Hull, Paul Clapham.
White should be on the right, but Stuart and Sandra seem to have turned the board around.


This section could claim to know what to expect, with all bar one being entrants in previous events.
Fenton's Ben Zitha (left) dominated the U120 section, winning with one round to spare. This didn't stop him playing properly in the final round, and he successfully attained a 100% score.
Former Newcastle member James Rothwell (right) now fights out of Ormskirk. He is seen here using the 'spectator' method of viewing his game, presumably in the hope that the adage about spectators seeing more holds true.
James tied second with Stuart Hull from Fenton (below left) who is demonstrating his version of distant play.
There were some full point byes awarded in rounds with an odd number of competitors, but each time the player affected still got a game.

Results

 1 Stephen Lloyd    Chester       118   7-   6+  hpb  10+  12-  2.5
 2 John Blackburn   Holmes Chapel 115   9+   5+  hpb   3-   7-  2.5
 3 Ben Zitha        Fenton        107  11+   4+   7+   2+   6+  5
 4 Alan Thomason    Alsager       105  10+   3-  hpb   7-   8-  1.5
 5 Roger Walker     Belper        104  13+   2-  hpb   6-  10+  2.5
 6 Pete Shaw        Newcastle     101  12=   1-   9+   5+   3-  2.5 
 7 James Rothwell   Ormskirk       97   1+  12=   3-   4+   2+  3.5
 8 Chris Ford       Kidsgrove      96  hpb  hpb  10-  13-   4+  2
 9 Paul Clapham     Newcastle      95   2-  11=   6-  fpb  13+  2
10 Kamal Kabiri     Fenton         95   4-  13+   8+   1-   5-  2 
11 Sandra Blackburn Holmes Chapel  95   3-   9=  hpb  12-  fpb  2
12 Stuart Hull      Fenton         93   6=   7=  hpb  11+   1+  3.5
13 Geoff Lee        Newcastle      90   5-  10-  fpb   8+   9-  2

John Blackburn claims to be anonymous.
Roger Walker (Belper) gives nothing away.
Steve Lloyd (Chester) was here again.
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