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Open; 24 Players; Total Prize Fund £225
Pos Name Score Club
1 Russell James 4½ Rugby
2 Peter Hempson 4 Ecclesall
3= James Bourne 3½ Trentham
Paul Blackman 3½ Sheffield Nomads
Robert Shaw 3½ High Peak
Steve Barrett 3½ Bradford
7= Richard Palliser 3 Hull
Philip Wheldon 3 Urmston
Mark Allison 3 Woodseats
Carl Walker 3 Earl of Arundel
Mark Whitehead 3 Rochdale
12= Andrew Price 2½ Leamington Grading Prize
David Boyes 2½ Denby Dale Grading Prize
Paul S Davies 2½ Ashfield Grading Prize
James Murphy 2½ Long Eaton Grading Prize
16= Mike Hankinson 2 Woodseats
Denis Georgiou 2 Appleby Frodingham
Paul Cheshire 2 Earl of Arundel
19= David Dugdale 1½ Thornbury
Paul Fletcher 1½ Earl of Arundel
Giorgio Pierbattisti 1½ Barnsley, Grantham
Marcus Coupe 1½ Rotherham Juniors
23 John Simpson 1 Shepshed Rooks
Robin Kirkwood 1 Llandudno
Major; 34 Players; Total Prize Fund £225
1= Dean Hartley 4½ Clay Cross
Jim Nicholson 4½ Melton Mowbray
3 Janos Wagenbach 4 Mansfield
4= Mike Newett 3½ Sheffield Nomads
Russell Baker 3½ Syston
Jos Wooley 3½ Kendal
Peter Shaw 3½ Rotherham Juniors
8= Andrew Talbot 3 Rugby
Matthew Georgiou 3 Appleby Frodingham (Grading Prize)
Stuart Barnett 3 Worksop (Grading Prize)
11= Ian Hannam 2½ Gambit
Andrew Dugdale 2½ Thornbury
Paul Clarke 2½ Rose Forgrove
Tim Turner 2½ York RI
Pete Hoare 2½ Ecclesall
Geoff Collyer 2½ Spalding
Mark Radford 2½ Fiveways
David Hall 2½ Chester-le-Street
Robert Murray 2½ Barnby Dun Bishops
Geoff Conroy 2½ Leeds
Spencer Lawrence 2½ Sheffield University
22= Mike Brumby 2 Earl of Arundel
Alan McIntosh 2 Sheffield
Norman Wragg 2 Ecclesall
David Tooley 2 Huddersfield
David Nicholls 2 Ecclesall
Mick Burrell 2 Eccelsall
28= Ewald Kotzian 1½ Glasgow Poly
Michael Harper 1½ Gambit
30= Oliver Graham 1 Worksop
Ken McIntosh 1 Yorkshire Water
Gary Bricher 1 Eugene, Oregon
33= Gareth Mitchell ½ Rotherham Juniors
Billy Lo ½ Syston
Intermediate; 35 Players;Total Prize Fund £225
1= Laurence Cornhill 4 York RI
Simon Wells 4 Mansfield
Maziar Jalini 4 Inner Circle
4= Einar Ligema 3½ Bradford
Mark Cunningham 3½ Sheffield Nomads (Grading Prize)
Owen Mowatt 3½ Kynock (Grading Prize)
Bill Ramsden 3½ Chesterfield
8= Anthony Thorsen 3 Gambit
John Wynne 3 Appleby Frodingham
David Hatfield 3 Thorpe Marsh
Dave Fidler 3 Worksop
Les Pratt 3 Woodseats
Phil Ford 3 Sheffield Nomads
14= Stuart Robertson 2½ York RI
Neil Todd 2½ Barnsley
S. Sriharan 2½ York RI
Brian Herriot 2½ Brighouse
Neil Limbert 2½ Barnsley
Stan Kirby 2½ Clay Cross
Steven Brooks 2½ Barnby Dun Bishops
Dave Smart 2½ Doncaster
Thomas Robinson 2½ Birmingham University
Steven Lee 2½ Earl of Arundel
24= Ron Keenan 2 Stannington
David Curtis 2 Frodsham
John Evans 2 Woodseats
Tim Hill 2 Rose Forgrove
Keith Pottage 2 Barnsley
Arthur Severn 2 Belper
30= Robert South 1½ Alwoodley
Andy Ross 1½ Crazy Horses
Andrew Samson 1½ Earl of Arundel
33= Eric Blackwell 1 Neath
Matthew Kirk 1 Sheffield University
35 Graham Gibson 0 Gambit
Minor; 37 Players Total Prize Fund £225
1 Alan Gardner 4½ Thorpe Marsh
2= Stephen Allen 4 Sheffield University
Ken Meek 4 Barnsley
Martin Parsons 4 Denby Dale
Duncan Platt 4 Hull
6= Wilf Crossland 3½ Fiveways
Kevin Marshall 3½ Sheffield Nomads
Bill Beet 3½ Ecclesall (Grading Prize)
Matthew Smith 3½ Leeds University (Grading Prize)
10= Roger Webster 3 Woodseats
Heather Coupe 3 Rotherham Juniors
Bill Preston 3 Worksop
Ebrahim Fredericks 3 Gambit
Eric McKenna 3 Sheffield Nomads
Tony Leon 3 Barnsley
16= John Hainsworth 2½ Wakefield
Derek Cronshaw 2½ Notts Nomads
Alfred Smart 2½ Doncaster
Francis Kay 2½ Earl of Arundel
Dave Dunne 2½ Fiveways
Christopher Wing 2½ Rotherham Juniors
22= Bill Pettigrew 2 Sheffield Nomads
Mick McManus 2 Earl of Arundel
John Gibbs 2 Birmingham University
Tim Barwood 2 Hull
Neil Shaw 2 Barnby Dun Bishops
Michael Salt 2 Worksop
28= Patrick Gower 1½ York
Colleen Halpin 1½ Prescot/Knotty Ash
Christopher Salt 1½ Worksop
Andrew Neate 1½ Sheffield
Adrienne Coupe 1½ Rotherham Juniors
33= James A Brown ½ Rotherham Juniors
34= Michael Clement 0 Sheffield Nomads
Tim Roberts 0 Sheffield University
Eric Buck 0 Eric Buck’s Flying Circus
Timothy Richardson 0 Sheffield
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