All of the games from the 7th and final round of this year’s County Championship have now been played. An interesting statistic this season is that around 90% of those of you that played in the previous year entered again. And the other 10% had understandable reasons for not entering this year such as the arrival of babies!
This season we welcomed a collection of new players to these competitions that haven’t played in the last few years: David Walker, Paul Robson, Paul Bielby, Kevin Rowden, Ian Rook, Brendan Glasper and Joe Miller. These new players injected a significant level of further competition and helped to continue the year on year improvement in the playing strength of each section.
All of the sections within this year’s County Championship progressed in reasonable alignment with the tournament schedule and we would like to thank each and everyone of you for enabling this to be achieved.
A final thank you to Kurt Moreby for organising the county championship this year. Well done for organising another successful year.
Results
Both the Sell and Gilroy have been won by octogenarians. The Sell was dominated by Paul Bielby who scored an impressive 6.5 out of 7. The Gilroy was won, yet again, by Bill Noble after a last round victory against Eddie Czestochowski. This year’s Zollner is not yet concluded with James Moreby and David Walker both finishing on 5 points.
Here are the Final Ranking Tables (after the application of tie-break rules (BH score below) so that you can all see exactly where you finished).
2.1 Northumberland County Championship Zollner 2017-18 |
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds |
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Rank |
SNo. |
Name |
Rtg |
Pts |
BH. |
1 |
3 |
Moreby James |
206 |
5 |
27 |
2 |
1 |
Walker David |
213 |
5 |
25½ |
3 |
5 |
Dargan Paul |
195 |
4½ |
27 |
4 |
2 |
Wall Tim |
208 |
4 |
28½ |
5 |
9 |
Han Yichen |
178 |
4 |
27 |
6 |
4 |
Coathup Roger |
197 |
4 |
26 |
7 |
7 |
Henderson David |
191 |
4 |
22½ |
8 |
6 |
Boyd John |
191 |
3½ |
25 |
9 |
10 |
Riding Mick |
172 |
3½ |
25 |
10 |
8 |
Zhang Zheming |
184 |
3 |
25 |
11 |
13 |
Robson Paul |
161 |
3 |
20 |
12 |
11 |
Trevelyan Andy |
169 |
2½ |
18½ |
13 |
12 |
Skelsey Stuart |
166 |
2 |
23 |
14 |
14 |
Arora Manoj |
144 |
1 |
22½ |
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2.2 Northumberland County Championship Sell 2017-18 |
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Final Ranking after 7 Rounds |
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Rank |
SNo. |
Name |
Rtg |
Pts |
BH. |
1 |
2 |
Bielby Paul |
167 |
6½ |
25½ |
2 |
15 |
Clarke John |
141 |
5½ |
28 |
3 |
1 |
Laws Darren |
168 |
5 |
27½ |
4 |
5 |
Smith Mike |
153 |
4 |
29 |
5 |
12 |
Smith Christian |
145 |
4 |
21½ |
6 |
14 |
Walshaw David |
144 |
3½ |
26½ |
7 |
4 |
Marsh John |
154 |
3½ |
24 |
8 |
9 |
Rowden Kevin |
147 |
3½ |
24 |
9 |
7 |
Younger Mark |
150 |
3½ |
23 |
10 |
8 |
Wall (Jnr) John |
148 |
3½ |
22 |
11 |
6 |
Mitcheson Robert |
152 |
3½ |
20½ |
12 |
10 |
Burnell Steve |
146 |
3 |
20 |
13 |
13 |
Arora Manoj |
144 |
2 |
27½ |
14 |
11 |
France John |
145 |
1½ |
22 |
15 |
3 |
Robson Paul |
161 |
1½ |
21 |
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2.3 Northumberland County Championship Gilroy 2017-18 |
Final Ranking after 7 Rounds |
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Rank |
SNo. |
Name |
Rtg |
Pts |
BH. |
1 |
6 |
Noble William |
126 |
5½ |
25½ |
2 |
5 |
Rook Ian |
128 |
4½ |
28 |
3 |
2 |
Czestochowski Eddie |
134 |
4½ |
28 |
4 |
7 |
Baird Jeff |
123 |
4½ |
26½ |
5 |
3 |
Moreby Kurt |
131 |
4 |
27½ |
6 |
11 |
Gunasekera Asanga |
102 |
4 |
24 |
7 |
10 |
Johnson Stan |
111 |
3½ |
24½ |
8 |
1 |
Cox Kevin |
136 |
3½ |
24 |
9 |
9 |
Xu Weiming |
113 |
3½ |
21 |
10 |
14 |
Miller Joe |
80 |
3½ |
20 |
11 |
8 |
Heyman Bob |
120 |
3 |
23½ |
12 |
12 |
Appleby Rob |
93 |
2½ |
24 |
13 |
13 |
Glasper Brendan |
84 |
2 |
22 |
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