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English County Championship Finals, 2018
All
sections of the English County Championships were held on Saturday 07/072018,
once again at Warwick Trident College, Trident Park, Poseidon Way, Warwick
CV34 6SW. Yorkshire was represented in four of the seven sections.
In the Open, there was a replay of last year’s match, with a number
of repeat pairings occurring, and once again it ended as a tie on game
points, with Lancashire winning on board count. There were some missed
chances and unexpected poor results on the Yorkshire side, though doubtless
Lancashire had their share too.
In the U-180, Yorkshire triumphed over the local county,
Warwickshire. Things were very close, and the all hung on the last game
to finish, that on board 14. Brian Coop, of Harrogate, had Black
against a Stonewall Attack, and seemed to be struggling against an opening he
seemed not familiar with. He went a pawn down, though his opponent
didn’t seem to be achieving much as the game limped towards the
endgame. Having shaken of the problems of the opening and early
middlegame, Brian finally got going, un-phased by earlier problems, and
somehow reached K, R & P versus K + R. The score was then 8-7 to
Yorkshire, though Brian did not know that! He played for a win, watched
by a “scrum” of onlookers, through whom it was difficult to get a glimpse of
the action, but he had to take the draw, so winning the match, becoming the
Yorkshire hero of the day.
At the
presentations, after the close of play, besides captains being presented with
the appropriate trophies (except the Open trophy, which was absent),
individual team members were presented with mementoes to keep, as pictured below.
The U-160 was unable to repeat last year’s success. Though
evenly matched on paper, their opponents, the old enemy, won
comfortably, so Yorkshire lost 5-11.
The U-140 team did only slightly better, losing 6-10 to
Nottinghamshire.
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Open
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Bd
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Col
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FIDE
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Lancashire
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8-8
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Yorkshire
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FIDE
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1
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W
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2407
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Andrew P Horton
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0-1
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Sam Chow
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2313
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2
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B
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2345
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Jeff Horner
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1-0
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Andrew J Ledger
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2358
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3
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W
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2363
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Paul Macklin
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1-0
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Adam R Lang
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4
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B
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2294
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Graham Morrison
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1-0
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Alan J Walton
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2154
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5
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W
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2230
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D Brett Lund
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½-½
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Jonathan P Nelson
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2178
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6
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B
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2224
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Nicholas W Ivell
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½-½
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David M Adams
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2211
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7
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W
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2217
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Martin Mitchell
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1-0
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Chris CW Shephard
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2193
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8
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B
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2204
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Howard R Hughes
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0-1
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Peter M Gayson
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2138
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9
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W
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2027
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Paul F Timson
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0-1
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Oskar A Hackner
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2153
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10
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B
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2042
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Malcolm R Peacock
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0-1
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Phil R Watson
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2121
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11
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W
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2050
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Martyn Hamer
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½-½
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Peter Shaw
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2096
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12
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B
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2027
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Marciel T Flores
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0-1
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Jim Burnett
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2088
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13
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W
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Andrew A Clarkson
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1-0
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Robert Starley
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2111
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14
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B
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1977
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Robert A Newton
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0-1
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Matthew Parsons
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15
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W
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2029
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David A Phillips
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½-½
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Harry Li
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16
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B
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1957
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John D Lyth
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1-0
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David Latham
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U‑180
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ECF
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Yorkshire
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8-7
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Warwickshire
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ECF
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1
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W
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180
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Daniel JS Sullivan
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½-½
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Mark A Cundy
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177
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2
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B
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179
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Steve R Hodge
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½-½
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Mohammed NA Chowdhury
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170
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3
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W
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177
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Christopher Bak
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½-½
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Philip Hurtado
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174
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4
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B
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175
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Ian P Hunter
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0-1
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Keith L Escott
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172
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5
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W
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174
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David C Wedge
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0-1
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Golam S Ali
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174
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6
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B
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174
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Andrew Bak
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½-½
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Neil J Owen
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179
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7
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W
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171
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Paul SN Kendall
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½-½
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Anthony J Green
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169
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8
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B
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171
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Mark H Birkin
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1-0
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Simon C Smith
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161
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9
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W
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166
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Peter W Hempson
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½-½
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Amrik J Singh
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157
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10
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B
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174
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Jeremy A Hamm
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1-0
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AJ (Tony) Hickey
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159
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11
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W
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162
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Douglas Vleeshhouwer
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1-0
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Gary Hope
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158
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12
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B
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165
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AJ (Tony) Slinger
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½-½
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Robert J Wallman
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154
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13
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W
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166
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Paul A Johnson
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½-½
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Robert Reynolds
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158
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14
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B
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155
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Brian H Coop
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½-½
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Phil Bull
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157
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15
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W
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161
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Steve J Mann
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½-½
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Keith Thomas
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155
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16
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B
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151
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T Noel Stewart
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½-½
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Nigel Byrne
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145
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U-160
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Yorkshire
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5-11
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Lancashire
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1
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B
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159
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Colin S Procter
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0-1
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Dennis Owen
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156
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2
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W
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159
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David A Patrick
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½-½
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Phil M Taylor
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157
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3
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B
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161
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David W Stephenson
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0-1
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Steven Potter
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152
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4
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W
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161
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Randolph E Donahue
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½-½
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Phillip T Seery
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163
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5
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B
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158
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Simon Watson
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0-1
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Richard A Gavin
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154
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6
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W
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157
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M Younis Quereshi
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0-1
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Alan Giles
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158
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7
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B
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159
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Peter Braham
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½-½
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John Addison
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147
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8
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W
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153
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Robert A Dean
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0-1
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Colin Fisher
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144
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9
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B
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156
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Steve Westmorland
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½-½
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Rob Tokeley
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153
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10
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W
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156
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Paul Solomons
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½-½
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Gareth Ellis
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146
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11
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B
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154
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Peter F Mason
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0-1
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Carl A Tillotson
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152
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12
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W
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148
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Richard L Bowman
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1-0
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Andrew E Fawcett
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145
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13
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B
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155
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Paul RH Clarke
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1-0
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David E Aspinall
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139
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14
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W
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153
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Paul G Day
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0-1
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William O'Rourke
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142
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15
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B
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144
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Robin F Browne
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0-1
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Philip N Raynor
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133
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16
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W
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139
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Richard S Boylan
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½-½
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Dave S Almond
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133
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U-140
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Yorkshire
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6-10
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Nottinghamshire
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1
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W
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146
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Karim Khan
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0-1
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Alan S Robinson
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145
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2
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B
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140
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Paul A Allison
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½-½
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Marcel V Taylor
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142
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3
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W
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145
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Aditya Tangirala
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0-1
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James L Thomson
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136
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4
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B
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132
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Chris R Tinker
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1-0
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Tom Dabner
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133
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5
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W
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134
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David G Mills
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½-½
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Keith W Roper
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131
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6
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B
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135
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Vivien Webster
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0-1
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Steve Luland
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131
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7
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W
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132
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Alec Grice
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½-½
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Graham Neil
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131
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8
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B
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134
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Neville R Pearce
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0-1
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Hambel M Willow
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131
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9
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W
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131
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Ian D Strickland
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½-½
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Christopher Sargeant
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129
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10
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B
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128
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Norman G Andrews
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0-1
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Peter W Gorecka-Marshall
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128
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11
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W
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121
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Graham W Matthews
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1-0
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Nigel Wright
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128
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12
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B
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128
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Paul Gelder
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½-½
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George J Murfet
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126
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13
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W
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117
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Dale H Cullum
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1-0
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Chris Budd
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126
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14
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B
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121
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Richard White
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½-½
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Bernardo Pincheira
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125
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15
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W
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120
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Joe Varley
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0-1
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Michael J Harper
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120
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16
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B
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88
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Paul Masick
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0-1
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Michael J Nailard
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119
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The
individual mementos presented to team members were as pictured below:

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