Shropshire Congress 2016 Results
OPEN
1st= (4/5) Keith Arkell GMStephen Gordon GMDanny Gormally GMMark Hebden GMJahongir Vakhidov GM
Grading prize Under 2000 FIDE
(3/4) Golam Ali and Richard Bryant
Top Shropshire player in the Open - joint trophy winners
(3/4) Richard Bryant and Nigel Ferrington
British Championship qualifying place Ryszard Maciol (3/5 in Open, qualifies on tie-break)
MAJOR
1st= (4/5) Michal Bukojemski Robert Clegg Ed Goodwin Ben Graff
Grading prize U140ECF
(3.5/5) Athar Mehmood
MINOR
1st= (4.5/5) Roger BrownChris Fraser
3rd= (4/5) David Curran Chris Paul Tim Skidmore Stefan Tenant
Grading prize U100 ECF
(3/5) Nick Holmes
JUNIOR
Top Junior in the congress
(3.5/5 in Major) Anita Somton
Shropshire Chess Congress 2015 results
OPEN
1st=
John Cox IM (Barbican) 4/5
Nigel Ferrington (Telepost)
Ryszard Maciol (Cambridge)
Gordon Scott (Norwich)
Top Shropshire player in the Open
Nigel Ferrington (Telepost)
Under 180 grading prize
Golam Ali (Sutton Coldfield) 3/5
Trevor Brotherton (Church Stretton)
Richard Bryant (Oswestry)
Paul Colburn (Braunstone)
Steve Tarr (Telford)
MAJOR
1st=
Ian Emery (Warley Quinborne) 4.5/5
Nigel Holroyd (Peterborough)
3rd
Glyn Pugh (Priorslee Lions) 4/5
Under 145 grading prize
Matthew Best (Shrewsbury) 3.5/5
Colin Fell (Reading)
Karl Lockett (Crewe)
MINOR
1st=
Marco Ho (South Birmingham) 4.5/5
Kieran Newell (East Cheshire)
3rd=
Jim Barrett (South Birmingham) 4/5
Phil Burgess (Walsall)
Jason Madden (Leamington)
Kate Walker (Telepost)
Under 105 grading prize
Steve Alcock (Stourbridge)
Paul Broderick (Telford)
Ewan Herd (Pensby)
Dominic Holmes (Newport)
Dave Lovegrove (Newport)
Top junior in congress
Ben Scattergood (Holmes Chapel) 3.5/5
Joe McPhillips (Bolton)
Full crosstables of the 2015 event available here