Stewarton Bonnet Guild Chess Allegro 2003

And the Ayrshire Junior Championships

 

Organised by Stewarton Chess Club in Association with

the Stewarton Bonnet Guild and the Ayrshire Chess Association

 

Held on Sunday 15th June 2003 in the Stewarton Annick Youth Centre, Stewarton. Another record breaking year with 130 people playing on the day – the largest ever number. Once again we played host  to the Ayrshire Junior Championships as part of our tournament and we were happy to once again send over fifty of the players home with some sort of prize from the tournament. 

 

Nearly forty of the entries came from Ayrshire clubs with another fifty from clubs in the Glasgow area. Other players hailed from as far afield as Edinburgh, Stirling, Dunfermline, Grangemouth, and several groups of school children from Bishopton Primary in Renfrew,  from Corsehill Primary in Kilwinning and from Glebe Primary in Irvine.

 

The Open section finished with a clear winner Stephen Mannion IM of Cathcart Chess club with two players drawn on second place - John Shaw IM of Kilmarnock/Polytechnic and Joe Redpath of Edinburgh. A tiebreak was used to sort out the trophies but they shared the prize monies between them.

 

Stewarton Chess Club would like to thank Johnny Elliott and the other officials from the Bonnet Guild committee for their assistance in setting up and running the tournament this year and are pleased that the weather was better this year than last and we hope that they found the owner of the BMW that was left in the car park after the event. If they had to impound it – can we have it as a raffle prize for next year ? Our sincere thanks also go to local company McCluskey Browne who donated the shields awarded during the prizegiving. We are also grateful to the caretakers of the Youth Centre who so ably coped with large numbers of players.

 

The organisers of the event would like to thank the controllers who have supported the tournament for many years with their skills in running the events. Thanks to Alan Steel of our own Stewarton Chess Club and John McNicoll of Kilmarnock Chess Club and Stephen Taylor and David Deary of Greenwood Chess Club who so ably handled the junior events.

 

The ladies and gentlemen of the canteen / tuck shop excelled again this year with their home baking and tasty selection of hot and cold food (Nan Kafka, David Montgomery and newcomer Carolyn McNicoll – thank you all), and served a splendid array of home baking donated by parents of the junior members of Stewarton Chess Club. Thanks are also due to Sam and Laura Collins of Chess and Bridge Supplies (Scotland) for running a bookstall at the venue.

 

Open section

First                                         Stephen Mannion Cathcart

Second equal                           John Shaw Kilmarnock / Polytechnic and Joe Redpath, Edinburgh

Grading prizes                          Steven Brown, Glasgow Montrose, Duncan Grassie, Bon Accord and

Steven Tweedie, Holy Cross, Jim Kleboe Kilmarnock

Best Ayrshire player                 Alex Goral Stewarton

Major section

First                                         Chris Tweedie, Holy Cross

Second equal                            Bob O’Brien Largs and Stephen Hamilton Symington

Grading prizes                          Neil Thomson, Neilston, George Murphy Concord, Amy Officer Perth

Best Ayrshire players                Ian Muir Kilmarnock and John Calder Troon

 

Minor section

There was a five way draw for first place so a tiebreak was used.

First (tie break)             Stewart McKay Esat Kilbride

Second equal                           David Potts of Knight Moves, Ross Thomson of Stewarton,

                                                Calum MacQueen of Bishopton and William Ellis of Polytechnic

Grading prizes                          Ivan Stokes, Bearsden and Graham Forbes of Shettleton

Best ungraded player                Lewis Johns of Perth

Best Ayrshire player                 Brian Mitchell, Greenwood Academy Irvine

 

Under 14 section

First on tiebreak                       Matthew O’Donnell Holy Cross

Second on tiebreak                  Natalie Donohue Bankton

Third equal                               Stuart Gallacher Kilmarnock, Jordan Gray Troon, John Tawdrous Lanark,

Frankie MacDonald of Cambuslang and Lynsey Shovlin of Perth

Best female player                    Rebecca Edge of Troon

Best ungraded player                Daniel Filmer of Lanark

Best Ayrshire prize                   Ryan Howie of Kilmarnock

 

Stuart Gallacher also wins the Ayrshire Chess Association Under 14 Championship

 

Under 12 section

First                             Jamie Hookham Kinross

Second equal                David Nisbet East Kilbride, Stuart MacQueen Bishopton, Benjamin Filmer Lanark,

Michael Miller West Kilbride, Robert Montgomery also West Kilbride

Best ungraded player    Joseph Dyer, Polytechnic

Best female player        Shona Jordan Bishopton, Kayleigh Cannon Tinto Primary,

Hayley Donohue Bankton and Ali Roy Carrick

Best Ayrshire player     Stuart Montgomery West Kilbride and Jamie Malkin Kilmarnock

Grading prize                Graham Lee Renfrew

Best aged 8 or under    Matthew Thomas Glasgow

Best aged 9 years         Craig Petrie, Cathcart

Best aged 10 years       Cameron Maclean West Kilbride, Calum Lee Corsehill Kilwinning

                                    and David Craig St Brides

 

Robert Montgomery of West Kilbride also wins the Ayrshire Primary Championship.

 

Family prizes were won by Ivan and Brian Stokes of Bearsden, Kenny and Jamie Malkin of Kilmarnock, Steven and Chris Tweedie of Holy Cross, Andy, Calum and Stuart MacQueen of Bishopton, Tom, Natalie and Hayley Donohue of Bankton Livingston and Alex, Iain and David Nisbet of East Kilbride.

 

Prepared by John Montgomery, Secretary, Stewarton Chess Club,

4 Barbeth Place, Girdle Toll, Irvine KA11 1QL, Telephone 01294-221486