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04/06/2023
25th Anniversary South Lakes Open Chess Congress
2023
This silver anniversary congress was held over the weekend
of 2nd to 4th of June 2023 at the Forum Arts Centre, 28 Duke St, Barrow-in-Furness,
Cumbria LA14 1HH. There were 5 sections, each of 5 rounds: Open, Major,
Intermediate, Minor I and Minor II. There were 111 participants.
Winners were as follows.
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Section
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Prize
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Name (Club/Location)
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Points
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Open
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1st
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Peter Large
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(Epsom)
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4½/5
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2nd
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Tim Wall
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(Forest Hall)
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4/5
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3rd
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Martin Mitchell
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(Bispham)
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3½/5
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Rating prize
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Paul Evans
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(Lytham)
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Cumbria prize
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Kit Hopkins
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(Ulverston)
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Major
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1st
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Daniel Shek
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(Crowthorne)
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4½/5
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2nd
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Tim Hilton
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(Rochdale)
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4/5
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3rd
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Zac Tomlinson
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(Barnby Dun)
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3½/5
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Rating prize
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Alan Jelfs
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(Renfrewshire)
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Cumbria prize
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Alice Lampard
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(Penrith)
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Intermediate
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1st-2nd=
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Robert Dean
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(Undercliffe)
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4/5
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1st-2nd=
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James Holyhead
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(Birmingham)
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4/5
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3rd-4th=
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Bill Wilson
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(Hartlepool)
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3½/5
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3rd-4th=
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Sean Tavener
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(Stone)
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3½/5
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Rating prize
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Syd Cassidy
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(Gorey)
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Cumbria prize
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Gary Sharkey
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(Maryport)
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Minor I
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1st
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Noel Boustred
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(Gosforth)
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4½/5
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2nd-3rd=
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Russell Hayley
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(Barrow)
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4/5
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2nd-3rd=
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Mahin Rughani
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(Swinton & Worsley)
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4/5
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Rating prize
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Robert Berry
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(Bishop Auckland)
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Cumbria prize
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Herbie Greener
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(Carlisle)
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Minor II
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1st
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Neil Dee
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(Marple)
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4/5
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2nd-3rd=
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Jon Duffield
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(Barrow)
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3½/5
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2nd-3rd=
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Jon Coupe
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(Blue Club)
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3½/5
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Rating prize
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Arthur Ryder
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(Denton)
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Cumbria prize
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Robert Roy
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(Barrow)
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Full round-by-round results were as follows.
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Open
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Pos
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Name
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Club/Location
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Grade
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Pts
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1
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Peter G Large (IM)
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Epsom
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2322
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w8+
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b10+
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w2+
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b5=
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w4+
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4½
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2
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Tim P Wall (FM)
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Forest Hall
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2278
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w3+
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b7+
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b1-
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w6+
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w5+
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4
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3
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Martin Mitchell
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Bispham
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2262
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b2-
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w11+
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b9=
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w13+
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w7+
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3½
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4
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M Paul Townsend
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York
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2290
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b11+
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w5-
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b10+
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w9+
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b1-
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3
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Andrew Burnett (FM)
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Forest Hall
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2257
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w12+
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b4+
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w6=
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w1=
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b2-
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3
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Kit W Hopkins
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Lytham St Annes
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2061
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bye=
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w13+
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b5=
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b2-
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w11+
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3
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7
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Paul A Evans
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Lytham St Annes
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2071
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bye=
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w2-
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b13+
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w11+
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b3-
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2½
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8
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Jim Burnett
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Sheffield
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2111
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b1-
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w9=
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b11-
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bye+
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1½
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Steven B Booth
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Great Ayton
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1932
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w10-
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b8=
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w3=
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b4-
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w13=
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1½
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10
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Mike J Surtees
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Great Lever
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2149
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b9+
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w1-
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w4-
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1
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Barry J Hymer
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Lancaster
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2002
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w4-
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b3-
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w8+
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b7-
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b6-
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1
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Andrew B Mata
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Tonbridge/Hadlow
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1936
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b5-
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bye+
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1
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Derek A Sheppard
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Beverley
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1698
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bye=
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b6-
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w7-
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b3-
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b9=
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1
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Major
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Pos
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Name
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Club/Location
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Grade
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Pts
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1
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Daniel Shek
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Crowthorne
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1876
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bye=
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b5+
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w20+
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w4+
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b6+
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4½
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2
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Tim Hilton
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Rochdale
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1973
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b11+
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w4-
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b13+
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w12+
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b9+
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4
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3
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Alice Lampard
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Bristol University
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1939
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b12=
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w14+
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b8=
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w13+
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b4=
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3½
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Zak Tomlinson
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Barnby Dun
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1791
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w10+
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b2+
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w6+
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b1-
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w3=
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3½
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5
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Niamh Bridgeman
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Morecambe
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1936
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bye=
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w1-
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bye=
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b14+
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w17+
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3
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Dave Siddall
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Carlisle Austin Friars
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1826
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b21+
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w9+
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b4-
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w8+
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w1-
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3
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Alan Jelfs
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Scotland
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1811
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b13=
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w12=
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b9=
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b10=
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w15+
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3
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8
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Kevin J Wilson
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Darlington
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1963
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w15+
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b20=
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w3=
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b6-
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w10=
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2½
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Marcus Gosling
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Epsom
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1896
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w16+
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b6-
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w7=
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bye+
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w2-
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2½
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Liam Medley
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Battersea
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1896
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b4-
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w21+
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b15=
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w7=
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b8=
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2½
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AJ (Tony) Slinger
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Undercliffe
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1862
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w2-
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b17=
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w16=
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b19=
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w18+
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2½
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12
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Graham J Ashcroft
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Preston
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1921
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w3=
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b7=
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w14+
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b2-
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2
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Danny McMenamin
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Lancaster
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1909
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w7=
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b19+
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w2-
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b3-
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w16=
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2
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M John Cawston
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Undercliffe
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1868
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w17+
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b3-
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b12-
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w5-
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w19+
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2
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Neil T Jones
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Maryport
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1838
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b8-
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bye+
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w10=
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b17=
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b7-
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2
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Lindsay Pyun
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Leicestershire Juniors
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1808
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b9-
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w18=
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b11=
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w21=
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b13=
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2
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David G Hall
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Scotland
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1755
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b14-
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w11=
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b18+
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w15=
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b5-
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2
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18
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Tim Elgar
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Ashton
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1940
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w20-
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b16=
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w17-
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bye+
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b11-
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1½
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Richard L Bowman
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Bingley
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1850
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bye=
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w13-
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b21=
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w11=
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b14-
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1½
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Simon Johnson
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Bingley
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1835
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b18+
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w8=
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b1-
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1½
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David A Patrick
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Calderdale
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1815
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w6-
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b10-
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w19=
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b16=
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bye=
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1½
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Intermediate
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Pos
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Name
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Club/Location
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Grade
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Pts
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1
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Robert A Dean
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Saltaire
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1783
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w18=
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b25+
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w22+
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w12+
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b3=
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4
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James Holyhead
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Birmingham *
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1638
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w8=
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b14+
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w10+
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b3=
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w7+
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4
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3
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Bill Wilson
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Hartlepool
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1816
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b4+
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w13+
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b12=
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w2=
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w1=
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3½
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Sean Tavener
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Staffordshire *
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1721
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w3-
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bye+
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b16=
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w21+
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b11+
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3½
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Syd Cassidy
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Scotland *
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1720
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b11=
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w6=
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b20+
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w10=
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w9+
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3½
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6
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Neil Coward
|
Blackpool
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1793
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bye=
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b5=
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w18+
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b7-
|
w19+
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3
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Kevin Winter
|
Bradford
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1775
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b19=
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w20=
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b21+
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w6+
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b2-
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3
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Richard J Harris
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Darlington
|
1773
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b2=
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w16=
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b13=
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w15=
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b17+
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3
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9
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Robert Clegg
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Huddersfield
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1824
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b15=
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w21=
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b17+
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w11=
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b5-
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2½
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Greg Millar
|
Maryport
|
1804
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bye=
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w19+
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b2-
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b5=
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w14=
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2½
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William Clinton
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Scotland
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1790
|
w5=
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b18=
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w24+
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b9=
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w4-
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2½
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Gary M White
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Maddocks
|
1782
|
b24+
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w17+
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w3=
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b1-
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2½
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George H Horne
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Barrow
|
1765
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bye+
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b3-
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w8=
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bye=
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b16=
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2½
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Richard J Walsh
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Lancaster
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1750
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bye=
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w2-
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b23+
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w16=
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b10=
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2½
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Gary Sharkey
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Maryport
|
1736
|
w9=
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b22-
|
w25+
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b8=
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b20=
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2½
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Sandra G Blackburn
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Alsager
|
1604
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bye=
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b8=
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w4=
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b14=
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w13=
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2½
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17
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Martin Beardsley
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Gosforth
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1714
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b23+
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b12-
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w9-
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bye+
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w8-
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2
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Stephen Roe
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Billingham Synthonia
|
1713
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b1=
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w11=
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b6-
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w20=
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b21=
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2
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Alex Robinson
|
Swinton & Worsley Community
|
1674
|
w7=
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b10-
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bye=
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w23+
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b6-
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2
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Jon EW Blackburn
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Alsager
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1665
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bye=
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b7=
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w5-
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b18=
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w15=
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2
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21
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Neville R Pearce
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York
|
1713
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bye=
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b9=
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w7-
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b4-
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w18=
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1½
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Paul Salisbury
|
Wetherby
|
1699
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bye=
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w15+
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b1-
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1½
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23
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Gordon SG Christie
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Shirley & Wythall
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1787
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w17-
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b24-
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w14-
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b19-
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bye+
|
1
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Ian C Stone
|
Maryport
|
1700
|
w12-
|
w23+
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b11-
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1
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Michael I Connor
|
Great Lever
|
1786
|
bye=
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w1-
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b15-
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½
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Minor I
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Pos
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Name
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Club/Location
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Grade
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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Pts
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1
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Noel J Boustred
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Gosforth
|
1603
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w32+
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b22+
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w18+
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b4+
|
w3=
|
4½
|
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2
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Russ Hayley
|
Barrow
|
1673
|
w5+
|
b30=
|
w11=
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b8+
|
w18+
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4
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Mahin Rughani
|
Greater Manchester *
|
1548
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w4=
|
b28+
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w21+
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w7+
|
b1=
|
4
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4
|
Daniel Meredith
|
York
|
1658
|
b3=
|
w20+
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b17+
|
w1-
|
w12+
|
3½
|
|
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Robert Berry
|
Bishop Auckland
|
1557
|
b2-
|
w34+
|
b29+
|
w13+
|
b7=
|
3½
|
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6
|
Mike P Maher
|
Lichfield
|
1660
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w22-
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b31-
|
b34+
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w21+
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b26+
|
3
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Arnold Peace
|
Shirley & Wythall
|
1654
|
w26=
|
b10+
|
w24+
|
b3-
|
w5=
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3
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Herbie Greener
|
Carlisle Austin Friars
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1631
|
b11-
|
w32+
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b35+
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w2-
|
w14+
|
3
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Ian P Blencowe
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Wotton Hall
|
1624
|
w31+
|
b21=
|
bye=
|
w17=
|
b11=
|
3
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David Kelly
|
Hartlepool
|
1567
|
bye=
|
w7-
|
b33=
|
w35+
|
b29+
|
3
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|
|
Paul Robert Jackson
|
Lancashire *
|
1539
|
w8+
|
w17=
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b2=
|
b12=
|
w9=
|
3
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12
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Alan P Hiatt
|
Carlisle Austin Friars
|
1669
|
b21-
|
w19+
|
b23+
|
w11=
|
b4-
|
2½
|
|
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Alan M Llewellyn
|
Barrow
|
1626
|
w24=
|
b26=
|
w30+
|
b5-
|
w22=
|
2½
|
|
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David N Ashton
|
Chester
|
1619
|
bye=
|
b24-
|
w16+
|
w30+
|
b8-
|
2½
|
|
|
David J Buckell
|
Clitheroe
|
1608
|
b35=
|
w23=
|
b20=
|
w26=
|
b19=
|
2½
|
|
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Norman G Andrews
|
York
|
1597
|
bye=
|
w35=
|
b14-
|
w23=
|
b31+
|
2½
|
|
|
Colin Weller
|
Scarborough
|
1596
|
w27+
|
b11=
|
w4-
|
b9=
|
w25=
|
2½
|
|
|
Andrew Duffell
|
Norfolk CCA
|
1587
|
bye=
|
w33+
|
b1-
|
w31+
|
b2-
|
2½
|
|
|
Graham W Matthews
|
Hartlepool
|
1581
|
bye=
|
b12-
|
w22+
|
b24=
|
w15=
|
2½
|
|
|
Gary Clarke
|
Gosforth
|
1573
|
w34+
|
b4-
|
w15=
|
b25=
|
w24=
|
2½
|
|
|
Kevin Cox
|
Gateshead
|
1557
|
w12+
|
w9=
|
b3-
|
b6-
|
w28+
|
2½
|
|
|
Janos Mak
|
Lancashire *
|
1551
|
b6+
|
w1-
|
b19-
|
w33+
|
b13=
|
2½
|
|
|
Chris A Fraser
|
West Bridgford
|
1543
|
w28=
|
b15=
|
w12-
|
b16=
|
b30+
|
2½
|
|
|
Peter Harrington
|
Crusaders Blackburn
|
1538
|
b13=
|
w14+
|
b7-
|
w19=
|
b20=
|
2½
|
|
|
Con Carey
|
Heywood
|
1525
|
b30-
|
bye=
|
w28+
|
w20=
|
b17=
|
2½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26
|
Bernard Cassidy
|
Scotland
|
1545
|
b7=
|
w13=
|
bye=
|
b15=
|
w6-
|
2
|
|
|
Andrew Pringle
|
Maryport
|
1378
|
b17-
|
w29=
|
b32=
|
b28-
|
w35+
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28
|
Martin Baxter
|
Portsmouth *
|
1643
|
b23=
|
w3-
|
b25-
|
w27+
|
b21-
|
1½
|
|
|
Robert Hoggarth
|
Lancashire *
|
1616
|
|
b27=
|
w5-
|
b32+
|
w10-
|
1½
|
|
|
Bryan J Bainbridge
|
Bishop Auckland
|
1567
|
w25+
|
w2=
|
b13-
|
b14-
|
w23-
|
1½
|
|
|
Andrew JP English
|
Oxford City
|
1530
|
b9-
|
w6+
|
bye=
|
b18-
|
w16-
|
1½
|
|
|
Gilbert A Alomenu
|
Scotland
|
1485
|
b1-
|
b8-
|
w27=
|
w29-
|
bye+
|
1½
|
|
|
Peter J Hughes
|
Mutual Circle
|
1471
|
bye=
|
b18-
|
w10=
|
b22-
|
b34=
|
1½
|
|
|
Jonathan Ransom
|
Marple
|
1000
|
b20-
|
b5-
|
w6-
|
bye+
|
w33=
|
1½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35
|
Patrick N Coleman
|
Lytham St Annes
|
1510
|
w15=
|
b16=
|
w8-
|
b10-
|
b27-
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minor II
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pos
|
Name
|
Club/Location
|
Grade
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
Pts
|
|
1
|
Neil Dee
|
Marple
|
1474
|
w12+
|
b16+
|
w14+
|
b3=
|
w2=
|
4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
Jon G Duffield
|
Barrow
|
1469
|
w7+
|
b4+
|
w3-
|
b14+
|
b1=
|
3½
|
|
|
Peter Galloway
|
Leeds
|
1445
|
b15+
|
w9=
|
b2+
|
w1=
|
bye=
|
3½
|
|
|
Jon Coupe
|
Bury
|
1444
|
b11+
|
w2-
|
b12+
|
w9+
|
b8=
|
3½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
Stanley Johnson
|
South Shields
|
1473
|
bye=
|
w14-
|
b15=
|
w12+
|
b13+
|
3
|
|
|
Jeff Wilson
|
Oldham
|
1473
|
b10=
|
w13+
|
b9-
|
w8=
|
b14+
|
3
|
|
|
David M Scorer
|
Clitheroe
|
1421
|
b2-
|
w11+
|
b13=
|
w10+
|
b9=
|
3
|
|
|
Arthur Ryder
|
Denton
|
1370
|
b14-
|
bye+
|
w16+
|
b6=
|
w4=
|
3
|
|
|
Robert Roy
|
(unknown)
|
1000
|
w17+
|
b3=
|
w6+
|
b4-
|
w7=
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
|
James A Ovens
|
Carlisle Austin Friars
|
1331
|
w6=
|
b12-
|
bye+
|
b7-
|
w15+
|
2½
|
|
|
Leo Bosco
|
(unknown)
|
1000
|
w4-
|
b7-
|
w17+
|
b16+
|
bye=
|
2½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
Neil Foxcroft
|
Ulverston
|
1508
|
b1-
|
w10+
|
w4-
|
b5-
|
w16+
|
2
|
|
|
Graham R Marshall
|
Hartlepool
|
1413
|
bye=
|
b6-
|
w7=
|
b17+
|
w5-
|
2
|
|
|
Peter Hanks
|
Ulverston
|
1255
|
w8+
|
b5+
|
b1-
|
w2-
|
w6-
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15
|
James Todd
|
Maryport
|
1192
|
w3-
|
b17=
|
w5=
|
bye=
|
b10-
|
1½
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16
|
A William Hardwick
|
Carlisle Austin Friars
|
1405
|
bye+
|
w1-
|
b8-
|
w11-
|
b12-
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17
|
Mark Burgess
|
Hoylake
|
1428
|
b9-
|
w15=
|
b11-
|
w13-
|
|
½
|
|
