Here are the results of the Chess Events played at Airdrie on Sunday 24th February, 2002.
Out of 80 plus entrants, a total of 77 children played on the day, up on last year's numbers, and as there were so many in the P6/7 event, this had to be split into 2, one for the 'stars', i.e. those with a current Chess Scotland grading of more than 600.
Secondary:
1st=
:Lynsey Shovlin, 4/5 (tie break)
1st=
:David Ewart, St Margarets, 4/5
1st= : Kevin Martin, St Margarets, 4/5
Best Un-Graded : Liam Baldwin, Jordanhill, 3/5
Best P3 : Graham Robertson, Jordanhill.
Best S1 : Gavin Langlands, Park Mains, 2/5
Best S2 : Martin Foster, Jordanhill, 2/5
Medal for Graeme Curry, Cumbernauld, 2/5.
Primary P6/7 "Stars" (For those with current Chess Scotland gradings of more than 600)
1st : Calum
MacQueen, St Columbas, 4/5
2nd : Martin MacDonald, Perth, 4/5
3rd : Natalie Donahue, St Marys, 3/5
Best < 700 : Iain Cameron, Jordanhill, 3/5
Medals for Euan Riddoch, Perth; Ian MacGregor, Jordanhill;
Adam Henderson, Golfhill; Marc Paton, West Kilbride; Euan
McKenzie, Perth and John Tawdrous, St Marys.
Primary P6/7
1st : Calum
Binnie, Jordanhill, 4.5/5 (on tie-break)
2nd : Ian Nisbet, Mossneuk, 4.5/5
3rd : Daniel McAteer, Holy Cross, Croy 4/5 (on
tie-break)
4th : Euan Robertson, Jordanhill, 4/5
5th : Nico Giordano, St Marys, 4/5
6th : Tarun Singh, Jordanhill, 4/5
Best P7 : Stephanie Thom, St Dominics, 3/5
(ontie-break)
Best P6 : David Morrison, Bishopton, 3/5 (on
tie-break)
Gold medals for Shona Jordan, Bishopton; Cameron
Lewis-Laverty, St Marys; Scott Logan, Golfhill; Matthew
O'Donnell, St Edwards; and Katie McGoohan, Sighthill all 3/5.
Silver medals for Matthew Haig, Bells Quarry; Thomas
Meany, St Edwards and Adam Feeney, St Edwards, all 2.5/5.
P5 & Under
1st : Rhian
Hughes, South Morningside, 5/5
2nd : Craig Petrie, Tinto, 4/5 (on tie-break)
3rd : Stuart Montgomery, West Kilbride, 4/5
4th : Andrew Rutherford, James Gillespies, 4/5
5th : Cameron MacLean, West Kilbride, 4/5
6th : Owen Hughes, South Morningside, 4/5
Best P5 : Joshua McGeechan, St Brides, 3/5
Best P4 : Ziggy Gordon, Jordanhill, 2.5/5
Best P3 : Stuart MacQueen, Bishopton, 2/5
Gold medals for Robert Montgomery, West Kilbride;Connor
Woods, St Edwards;
David Nisbet, Mossneuk; Niall Jootun, St Brides; Matthew Murphy,
St Brides and
Benjain Filmer, St Marys, all 3/5.
If you want to know more about these events or have any queries, please contact : Andy MacQueen at AirdrieChess@jadoube.demon.co.uk