This year's Whitby congress, run by Noel Boustred of Wallsend, was held from 29/06/2018 to 01/07/2018, at the usual venue, Whitby Conservative Club, Upgang Lane, Whitby, YO21 3DT. There were two sections, the Major for players with a January 2018 ECF grade under 166, and the Minor for players so graded under 136. First prizes in the two sections were £170 and £150 respectively, made possible by donations. There were 11 entrants in the Major and 24 in the Minor – 35 in all.

Tournament tables were as follows: (WD = withdrew; SPS = sum of progressive scores)

	Major		1			2			3			4			4		SPS
1	Turner, Tim M	HPB	-	½	8	W	1	6	B	1	7	W	1	4	W	½	12
	Yorkshire Terrier		0.5			1.5			2.5			3.5			4
2	May, Paul	11	B	1	3	W	½	7	B	½	6	W	½	FPB	-	1	10.5
	Limewood		1			1.5			2			2.5			3.5
3	Baxter, Harry	HPB	-	½	2	B	½	5	W	½	10	B	1	6	W	1	9
	Alwoodley		0.5			1			1.5			2.5			3.5
4	Khoshnaw, Saman	6	B	0	11	W	1	9	W	½	FPB	-	1	1	B	½	8
	Hull		0			1			1.5			2.5			3
5	Allison, Paul A	9	W	0	FPB	-	1	3	B	½	8	W	½	10	B	1	7.5
	Hull		0			1			1.5			2			3
6	Bak, Steve	4	W	1	9	B	1	1	W	0	2	B	½	3	B	0	10
	Ashfield		1			2			2			2.5			2.5
7	Ellames, George J	HPB	-	½	10	B	1	2	W	½	1	B	0	8	W	½	8.5
	Alnwick		0.5			1.5			2			2			2.5
8	Sheppard, Derek A	HPB	-	½	1	B	0	10	W	½	5	B	½	7	B	½	5.5
	Hull		0.5			0.5			1			1.5			2
9	Ashcroft, Graham J	5	B	1	6	W	0	4	B	½	WD	-					6.5
	Preston		1			1			1.5			1.5			1.5
10	Harker, Peter	HPB	-	½	7	W	0	8	B	½	3	W	0	5	W	0	4
	Hartlepool		0.5			0.5			1			1			1
11	Desmedt, Richard E	2	W	0	4	B	0	FPB	-	1	WD	-					3
	Barnsley		0			0			1			1			1

	Minor		1			2			3			4			5		SPS
1	Cant, James S	HPB	-	½	15	W	1	12	B	1	3	W	1	4	B	½	12
	North Shields		0.5			1.5			2.5			3.5			4
2	Matthews, Graham W	HPB	-	½	21	B	1	16	W	1	6	B	½	7	W	1	11.5
	Hartlepool		0.5			1.5			2.5			3			4
3	Buckell, David J	21	W	½	18	B	1	11	W	1	1	B	0	10	W	1	10.5
	Clitheroe		0.5			1.5			2.5			2.5			3.5
4	McCarthy, Darren	18	W	0	23	B	1	19	W	1	16	B	1	1	W	½	9.5
	Rose Forgrove		0			1			2			3			3.5
5	Salisbury, Paul	13	B	½	10	W	0	21	B	1	17	W	1	11	B	1	8.5
	Yorkshire Copperworks		0.5			0.5			1.5			2.5			3.5
6	Pickup, David	24	B	1	12	W	½	10	B	½	2	W	½	8	B	½	10
	Yeovil		1			1.5			2			2.5			3
7	Wallace, Rob	23	W	1	16	B	0	17	B	1	13	W	1	2	B	0	10
	Melton Mowbray		1			1			2			3			3
8	Oliver, Bruce R	16	W	0	22	B	1	18	W	1	10	B	½	6	W	½	8.5
	Bridlington		0			1			2			2.5			3
9	Lowcock, David	HPB	-	½	20	B	0	22	W	1	14	B	½	16	W	1	7.5
	Hartlepool		0.5			0.5			1.5			2			3
10	Edgar, Barry	HPB	-	½	5	B	1	6	W	½	8	W	½	3	B	0	9
	Consett		0.5			1.5			2			2.5			2.5
11	Fraser, Chris A	15	B	1	17	W	½	3	B	0	12	W	1	5	W	0	9
	West Bridgford		1			1.5			1.5			2.5			2.5
12	Bishop, Frank	FPB	-	1	6	B	½	1	W	0	11	B	0	24	W	1	8
	Bispham		1			1.5			1.5			1.5			2.5
13	Scorer, David M	5	W	½	19	W	½	14	W	1	7	B	0	15	B	½	8
	Clitheroe		0.5			1			2			2			2.5
14	Clarke, Gary	17	B	0	24	W	1	13	B	0	9	W	½	21	B	1	6
	Consett		0			1			1			1.5			2.5
15	May, Philip	11	W	0	1	B	0	FPB	-	1	23	B	1	13	W	½	5.5
	Godolphin Helston		0			0			1			2			2.5
16	Beswick, Andrew	8	B	1	7	W	1	2	B	0	4	W	0	9	B	0	9
	Chorlton Cum Hardy		1			2			2			2			2
17	Miller, Joseph E	14	W	1	11	B	½	7	W	0	5	B	0	18	W	½	7.5
	Leam Lane		1			1.5			1.5			1.5			2
18	Willey, David R	4	B	1	3	W	0	8	B	0	19	W	½	17	B	½	6.5
	Carlisle Austin Friars		1			1			1			1.5			2
19	Brockes, Jeremy P	HPB	-	½	13	B	½	4	B	0	18	B	½	23	W	½	6
	Hampstead		0.5			1			1			1.5			2
20	Dessent, James	HPB	-	½	9	W	1	WD	-								6.5
	York Brigantes		0.5			1.5			1.5			1.5			1.5
21	Foss, Michael P	3	B	½	2	W	0	5	W	0	24	B	1	14	W	0	4.5
	Woking		0.5			0.5			0.5			1.5			1.5
22	Wood, Richard	HPB	-	½	8	W	0	9	B	0	HPB	-	½	HPB	-	½	4
	Sheffield		0.5			0.5			0.5			1			1.5
23	Snowdon, Michael	7	B	0	4	W	0	24	B	1	15	W	0	19	B	½	3.5
	Rotherham		0			0			1			1			1.5
24	Bohm, Richard D	6	W	0	14	B	0	23	W	0	21	W	0	12	B	0	0
	Great Lever		0			0			0			0			0

Did Richard Wood really have three half-point byes, one wonders.