14th Birmingham Rapidplay (October 24)

[Alex Holowczak]

Results as follows:

Open
1st= Michael Harris (Diss), Richard Weaving (Solihull Checkmates) 4.5/6 £150
3rd= Donald Mason (Shirley & Lucas), Tomasz Sygnowski (West Bromwich), Vikas R Sharma (Wellington) 4/6 £17
Grading= Tony Hynes (Warwickshire Select), David Cutmore (Wood Green) 3.5/6 £25

Major
1st Golam Ali (Sutton Coldfield) 5.5/6 £120 (including the Peter Gibbs trophy for the best performance by a registered BDCL player)
2nd= Ammar Karim (Birmingham), Steve Rooney (Church Stretton) 4.5/6 £45

Intermediate
1st Mike Friar (Hagley) 5.5/6 £120
2nd Cory Gathercole (Birmingham University) 5/6 £60
3rd= Quinton Lip (Sheffield University), Adam Parkinson (N/A), Leo Tsoi (Boldmere St. Michael's) 4.5/6 £10

Minor
1st= Kim Gilbert (Shirley & Lucas), Ben Hill (?) 5/6 £90
3rd= Matthew Claypole (Edwardians Cheltenham), Ashwin Kalyana (Birmingham Checkmates), Anthony Mathurin (Ilford), Kyle Reed (Hagley), Richard Szwajkun (Market Drayton), Tom Thorpe (Bristol GS) 4.5/6 £5

Total entries who turned up: 109