15/06/2025
SOUTH LAKES CONGRESS 2025
The 26th South Lakes Congress took place on 13th to 15th June
2025 at a new venue, the Town Hall, Barrow-in-Furness, with three
sections. This year it hosted the NCCU Individual Championship which
was won by Alannah Ashton with 2½ out of 5 in the Open section. The
congress prizes winners were as follows:
OPEN (20 Entries)
1st John
Potter (Belper) 4½/5
2nd
Yaoyao Zhu (3C’s) 4/5
=3rd
Nigel Davies (Tiger Chess), Ali Jaunooby (Eccles) 3½/5
Rating
prize: Alannah Ashton (3C’s)
Cumbria prize: =
David Phillips (Kendal), Barry Hymer (Ulverston)
MAJOR (33 Entries)
=1st
Simon Arnold (Eagle & Child), Raymond Wynarczyk (Northumberland),
Peter Garrett
(Waterloo), Michael Allen (South Shields) 4/5
Rating prizes: Paul
Jackson (Coulsdon), Adrian Waldock (Ashtead)
Cumbria prize: =
Paul Rivers (Carlisle), Steve Bailey (Ulverston)
MINOR (47 Entries)
1st Paul
Ashton (Leyland) 5/5
=2nd
Simon Richards (Northwich), Neville Pearce (York), Bernard Cassidy (Glasgow)
4/5
Rating prizes:
Mohammed Rohman (3C’s), Michael Foss (Woking)
Cumbria prize:
James Ovens (Carlisle)
Full round-by-round results are given below
the photograph.

Open
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Pos
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Name
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Rating
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Code
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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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Total
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1
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John M Potter
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2165A
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147395F
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b15+
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w10+
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b7+
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w8+
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b3=
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4½
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1st
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2
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Yaoyao Zhu
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2081A
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269274A
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bye=
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w19+
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b3=
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w6+
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b7+
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4
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2nd
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3
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Nigel R Davies
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2371K
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109386B
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b12+
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w6=
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w2=
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b5+
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w1=
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3½
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3rd=
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4
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Ali Reza Jaunooby
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2127A
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241589G
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w17+
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b5-
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w16=
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b18+
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b8+
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3½
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3rd=
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5
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Qixiang Han
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2265A
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328538J
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bye=
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w4+
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b6=
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w3-
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b14+
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3
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6
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Michael McDonagh
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2100K
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234765K
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w18+
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b3=
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w5=
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b2-
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b16+
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3
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7
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Jonathan WR Underwood
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2177K
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242283K
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w20+
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b9+
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w1-
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b11=
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w2-
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2½
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8
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Mike J Surtees
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2171A
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119904D
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bye=
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w13+
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b10+
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b1-
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w4-
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2½
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9
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Daniel B Rosen
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2127A
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118218D
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b16+
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w7-
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b14=
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w17=
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b13=
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2½
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10
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David A Phillips
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2070K
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117052B
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bye+
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b1-
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w8-
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b19+
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w11=
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2½
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11
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Paul A Evans
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2035A
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124889D
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bye=
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w14=
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b18=
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w7=
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b10=
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2½
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12
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Barry J Hymer
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2026A
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148377J
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w3-
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b17+
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b13=
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w14-
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w18+
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2½
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13
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Robert G Clark
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1998K
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108416B
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bye=
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b8-
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w12=
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b20+
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w9=
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2½
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14
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Alannah Ashton
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1962A
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314028D
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bye=
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b11=
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w9=
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b12+
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w5-
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2½
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15
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Kit W Hopkins
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2010A
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297121F
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w1-
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bye=
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b19=
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w16=
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b17=
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2
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16
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Max Fyson
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1959A
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368637B
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w9-
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bye+
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b4=
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b15=
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w6-
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2
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17
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Alan K Punnett
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1963K
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117524F
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b4-
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w12-
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w20=
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b9=
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w15=
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1½
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18
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Alice Lampard
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1908A
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275563E
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b6-
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b20+
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w11=
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w4-
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b12-
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1½
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19
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Derek A Sheppard
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1715A
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118884H
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bye=
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b2-
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w15=
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w10-
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b20=
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1½
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20
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Neill Cooper
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2023K
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234560C
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b7-
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w18-
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b17=
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w13-
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w19=
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1
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Major
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Under 1975
& below
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Pos
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Name
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Grade
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Code
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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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Total
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1
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Simon D Arnold
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1945A
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105860F
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w28+
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b5=
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b4+
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w10=
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w15+
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4
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1st=
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2
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Raymond Wynarczyk
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1827K
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127187J
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w24+
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b7=
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w14+
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b5+
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w3=
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4
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1st=
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3
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Peter A Garrett
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1758K
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135991F
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bye=
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w26+
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b23+
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w18+
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b2=
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4
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1st=
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4
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Michael EI Allen
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1705A
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317126H
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w6+
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b9+
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w1-
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w8+
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b10+
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4
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1st=
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5
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Paul G Jackson
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1743A
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162291C
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b32+
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w1=
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b16+
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w2-
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b18+
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3½
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6
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Robert Kane
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1848K
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127320G
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b4-
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w33+
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b19=
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w12=
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b26+
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3
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7
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Conor Reaney
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1823K
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117725E
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b33+
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w2=
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b10-
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w30+
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b13=
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3
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8
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Robert A Dean
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1798A
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109533L
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w19=
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b25=
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w24+
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b4-
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w20+
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3
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9
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Neil Coward
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1795A
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163643B
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b31+
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w4-
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b30=
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w27+
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b14=
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3
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10
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Kevin F Shaw
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1751K
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118817D
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w27+
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b15=
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w7+
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b1=
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w4-
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3
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11
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Richard L Bowman
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1744K
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149635K
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bye=
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w30=
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b27=
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w19=
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b21+
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3
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12
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Kevin Winter
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1734A
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228399C
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w13=
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b20=
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w15=
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b6=
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w25+
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3
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13
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Gordon SG Christie
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1729A
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108350J
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b12=
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w16-
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b31+
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w22+
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w7=
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3
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14
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Martin Baxter
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1712A
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106425D
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b17=
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w21+
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b2-
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w16+
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w9=
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3
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15
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Andrew Jaques
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1939K
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100668L
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bye=
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w10=
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b12=
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w23+
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b1-
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2½
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16
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Michael I Connor
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1852A
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108722J
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bye=
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b13+
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w5-
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b14-
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w30+
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2½
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17
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Hugh F Fenwick
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1845A
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267281K
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w14=
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b29+
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w18-
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bye=
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b19=
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2½
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18
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Martin Beardsley
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1701A
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180331B
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bye+
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w23=
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b17+
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b3-
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w5-
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2½
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19
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Adrian DP Waldock
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1664A
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120944K
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b8=
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w22=
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w6=
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b11=
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w17=
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2½
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20
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Cliff H Rutlidge
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1855K
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123900E
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b23-
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w12=
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b26=
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w32+
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b8-
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2
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21
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Torrin Anderson
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1817A
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344125J
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bye=
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b14-
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w29+
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b25=
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w11-
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2
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22
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Paul Rivers
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1793K
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171254J
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bye=
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b19=
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w25=
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b13-
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b27=
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2
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23
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Steven Bailey
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1714K
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362450L
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w20+
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b18=
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w3-
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b15-
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w31=
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2
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24
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Ian C Stone
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1700K
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147985E
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b2-
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w32+
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b8-
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w33+
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2
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25
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Jon EW Blackburn
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1667A
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178103A
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bye=
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w8=
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b22=
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w21=
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b12-
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2
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26
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Graham W Matthews
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1626A
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136698B
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bye=
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b3-
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w20=
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b28+
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w6-
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2
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27
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Stephen Holmes
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1455A
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287351F
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b10-
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bye+
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w11=
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b9-
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w22=
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2
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28
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Philip J Walters
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1717K
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152877E
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b1-
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w31=
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b33=
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w26-
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w29=
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1½
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29
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Shion Rowlands
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1682K
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355503D
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bye=
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w17-
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b21-
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w31=
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b28=
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1½
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30
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Sandra G Blackburn
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1522A
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178127D
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bye=
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b11=
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w9=
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b7-
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b16-
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1½
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31
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Nigel Collins
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1507A
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352062G
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w9-
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b28=
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w13-
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b29=
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b23=
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1½
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32
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Michael Lally
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1303P
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160118A
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w5-
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b24-
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bye+
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b20-
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1
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33
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Martin Coles
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1678K
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147448A
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w7-
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b6-
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w28=
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b24-
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½
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Minor
|
Under 1675
& below
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Pos
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Name
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Grade
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Code
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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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Total
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1
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Paul Ashton
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1557K
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344303G
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b43+
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b10+
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w13+
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w3+
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b8+
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5
|
1st
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2
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Simon Richards
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1648A
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150598B
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w34+
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b14-
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w16+
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b33+
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w5+
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4
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2nd=
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3
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Neville R Pearce
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1628A
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128551J
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w16+
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b40+
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w33+
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b1-
|
w14+
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4
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2nd=
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4
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Bernard Cassidy
|
1547K
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254175A
|
bye=
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b44+
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w22+
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b14=
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w13+
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4
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2nd=
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5
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Paul Leonard
|
1617A
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170361E
|
bye=
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w27+
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b17+
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w24+
|
b2-
|
3½
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6
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David J Buckell
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1600A
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107586L
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w26+
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b33-
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w43+
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b18=
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w23+
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3½
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7
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Mohammed Rohman
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1574A
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320822K
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b36+
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b22=
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w14=
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w9=
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b24+
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3½
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8
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James A Ovens
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1474A
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314141L
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bye=
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b11+
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w23+
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b12+
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w1-
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3½
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9
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Malcolm A Roberts
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1677A
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118034E
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w31=
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b18=
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w32+
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b7=
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w17=
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3
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|
10
|
Arnold Peace
|
1645A
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126132A
|
b15+
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w1-
|
b24-
|
w42+
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b26+
|
3
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|
11
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David Kelly
|
1625K
|
125231J
|
bye=
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w8-
|
b41+
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w31+
|
b18=
|
3
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|
12
|
Elliott Spencer
|
1601K
|
300083H
|
w25+
|
b32+
|
bye=
|
w8-
|
bye=
|
3
|
|
13
|
Kevin Cox
|
1587A
|
180398A
|
b19+
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w30+
|
b1-
|
w28+
|
b4-
|
3
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|
14
|
John Foster
|
1585
|
152836B
|
b35+
|
w2+
|
b7=
|
w4=
|
b3-
|
3
|
|
15
|
Robert Roy
|
1501K
|
357895B
|
w10-
|
b25-
|
w45+
|
b44+
|
w33+
|
3
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|
16
|
Ian Dacre
|
1496K
|
305584L
|
b3-
|
w36+
|
b2-
|
w41+
|
b30+
|
3
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|
17
|
Daniel Westhead
|
1492A
|
368514H
|
b37+
|
b23=
|
w5-
|
w29+
|
b9=
|
3
|
|
18
|
Con Carey
|
1485A
|
107982H
|
b41=
|
w9=
|
b29+
|
w6=
|
w11=
|
3
|
|
19
|
Jon G Duffield
|
1428K
|
103176E
|
w13-
|
b45+
|
w39+
|
b22-
|
w32+
|
3
|
|
20
|
Michael P Foss
|
1423K
|
110784H
|
w23-
|
w29-
|
b46+
|
b39+
|
w34+
|
3
|
|
21
|
Russ Hayley
|
1664K
|
148380J
|
w32-
|
w41+
|
b31=
|
b23-
|
w40+
|
2½
|
|
22
|
Alan P Hiatt
|
1656A
|
112594B
|
b42+
|
w7=
|
b4-
|
w19+
|
|
2½
|
|
23
|
Robert Picksley
|
1585K
|
371724A
|
b20+
|
w17=
|
b8-
|
w21+
|
b6-
|
2½
|
|
24
|
John M Knowles
|
1555K
|
173363B
|
w44=
|
b47+
|
w10+
|
b5-
|
w7-
|
2½
|
|
25
|
Gary Clarke
|
1483K
|
174268B
|
b12-
|
w15+
|
b38=
|
w30=
|
b28=
|
2½
|
|
26
|
Gilbert A Alomenu
|
1461K
|
130162H
|
b6-
|
w37+
|
b30=
|
w35+
|
w10-
|
2½
|
|
27
|
Graham R Marshall
|
1407K
|
103413D
|
bye=
|
b5-
|
w35-
|
b47+
|
w42+
|
2½
|
|
28
|
Jack Davies
|
1373P
|
372141D
|
bye=
|
b39=
|
w40+
|
b13-
|
w25=
|
2½
|
|
29
|
Michael Bunter
|
1658K
|
361670J
|
w33-
|
b20+
|
w18-
|
b17-
|
w44+
|
2
|
|
30
|
John D Merry
|
1538K
|
134013L
|
w45+
|
b13-
|
w26=
|
b25=
|
w16-
|
2
|
|
31
|
Neil Dee
|
1532K
|
312575A
|
b9=
|
w38=
|
w21=
|
b11-
|
w39=
|
2
|
|
32
|
Stanley Johnson
|
1515A
|
130453H
|
b21+
|
w12-
|
b9-
|
w43+
|
b19-
|
2
|
|
33
|
Noel J Boustred
|
1512A
|
139288J
|
b29+
|
w6+
|
b3-
|
w2-
|
b15-
|
2
|
|
34
|
Nathan Sowerby
|
1504K
|
369746A
|
b2-
|
bye=
|
w47+
|
bye=
|
b20-
|
2
|
|
35
|
David M Scorer
|
1363A
|
123932G
|
w14-
|
w42=
|
b27+
|
b26-
|
w36=
|
2
|
|
36
|
John HT Eddershaw
|
1331A
|
110070B
|
w7-
|
b16-
|
w37+
|
b40=
|
b35=
|
2
|
|
37
|
Christian Hope
|
954P
|
375903K
|
w17-
|
b26-
|
b36-
|
bye+
|
w45+
|
2
|
|
38
|
Paul Salisbury
|
1627A
|
118422C
|
bye=
|
b31=
|
w25=
|
|
|
1½
|
|
39
|
Alan Johnson
|
1603A
|
358519A
|
bye=
|
w28=
|
b19-
|
w20-
|
b31=
|
1½
|
|
40
|
Herbert Greener
|
1536K
|
277698E
|
b46+
|
w3-
|
b28-
|
w36=
|
b21-
|
1½
|
|
41
|
Patrick N Coleman
|
1533A
|
142748K
|
w18=
|
b21-
|
w11-
|
b16-
|
b43+
|
1½
|
|
42
|
Neil Foxcroft
|
1509K
|
130956A
|
w22-
|
b35=
|
w44=
|
b10-
|
b27-
|
1
|
|
43
|
Peter Hanks
|
1300K
|
286617B
|
w1-
|
w46+
|
b6-
|
b32-
|
w41-
|
1
|
|
44
|
John Moore
|
1261A
|
370126J
|
b24=
|
w4-
|
b42=
|
w15-
|
b29-
|
1
|
|
45
|
Alan Smith
|
1160A
|
360065J
|
b30-
|
w19-
|
b15-
|
w46+
|
b37-
|
1
|
|
46
|
Toby Conyers-Kelly
|
1150K
|
142620F
|
w40-
|
b43-
|
w20-
|
b45-
|
w47+
|
1
|
|
47
|
Felix Alloway
|
714P
|
366125J
|
bye=
|
w24-
|
b34-
|
w27-
|
b46-
|
½
|
|
|