Ulster Senior, Intermediate and Junior Championships 2008

Belfast Europa Hotel
23-25 August 2008

As was the case last year, the Ulster Championships incorporated in a single event the Ulster Senior, Intermediate and Junior Championships. They were held at the Europa Hotel over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Last year's winner Stephen Scannell again proved victorious, finishing a half-point clear of John Cairns and James McDonnell. The Intermediate title went to Ciaran Marron and the Junior to Alex Beckett.

Final Standings with tie-breaks
Place Name              Rtg  Score   M-Buch Buch  Wins  Progr  Prize/Title
T-B1 T-B2 T-B3 TB-4

1 Stephen Scannell 2111 5 15.5 23.5 4 17.5 Senior
2-3 John Cairns 2010 4.5 15.5 23.5 3 16.5 Second
James McDonnell 1982 4.5 15.0 23.0 4 17.5 Third
4-7 Gareth Annesley 1903 4 14.0 21.0 3 13.5
Mark Newman 1804 4 13.0 19.5 3 13.5
Ciaran Marron 1690 4 13.0 18.5 3 12.5 Intermediate
Damien Lavery 1704 4 12.5 19.5 4 13.0
8-14 Des Forson 1896 3.5 16.0 24.0 3 14.5
Calum Leitch 1752 3.5 15.5 23.5 2 13.0
Edward Whiteside 1825 3.5 13.0 19.5 2 12.0
Christopher Kelly 1637 3.5 11.5 19.0 2 10.5
Cecil Sloan 1726 3.5 11.5 17.0 2 9.5
Martin Kelly 1406 3.5 11.0 16.5 1 12.0
Ian Woodfield 1652 3.5 10.5 15.0 3 11.0
15-20 John Phillips 1505 3 14.0 21.0 3 13.0
Brian McComb 1664 3 13.5 18.5 2 11.5
Danny Mallaghan 1860 3 12.5 19.0 3 10.0
Alexander Beckett 1347 3 11.5 16.5 3 11.0 Junior
Aaron McCully 1136 3 10.5 15.5 2 9.0
Alan Burns 1397 3 10.0 15.0 3 9.0
21-24 Stewart McConaghy 1531 2.5 12.5 17.5 1 9.5
William Storey 1323 2.5 12.0 17.5 1 8.0
Kevin Agnew 1268 2.5 11.5 16.5 2 10.0
David Seaby 1080 2.5 10.5 15.5 2 8.5
25 Damien Cunningham 1605 2 12.5 17.5 2 9.0
26-30 Geoff Hindley 1012 1.5 11.0 16.5 1 7.0
John Monaghan 1088 1.5 11.0 15.5 0 6.5
Cathal Murphy 983 1.5 10.5 15.0 1 5.0
Peter Storey 671 1.5 10.0 14.0 0 5.5
Owen Wilson 964 1.5 9.0 13.0 1 4.5

Cross Table
No Name              Rtg  Club          Total  1    2    3    4    5    6  

1 Stephen Scannell 2111 QUB 5 9:D 11:W 4:W 8:W 3:W 2:D
2 John Cairns 2010 Fisherwick 4.5 12:W 8:D 5:W 3:D 9:W 1:D
3 James McDonnell 1982 4.5 7:W 17:W 15:W 2:D 1:L 8:W
4 Gareth Annesley 1903 Clifton House 4 6:W 5:D 1:L 25:W 16:D 15:W
5 Mark Newman 1804 Bombardier 4 25:W 4:D 2:L 23:W 13:D 16:W
6 Ciaran Marron 1690 RVH 4 4:L 18:W 0:D 26:W 10:W 9:D
7 Damien Lavery 1704 QUB 4 3:L 20:W 22:W 15:W 8:L 18:W
8 Des Forson 1896 3.5 16:W 2:D 17:W 1:L 7:W 3:L
9 Calum Leitch 1752 QUB 3.5 1:D 10:D 20:W 14:W 2:L 6:D
10 Edward Whiteside 1825 Bangor 3.5 11:D 9:D 18:W 16:D 6:L 21:W
11 Christopher Kelly 1637 Lagan 3.5 10:D 1:L 24:W 21:D 0:D 23:W
12 Cecil Sloan 1726 3.5 2:L 15:L 0:W 27:W 25:W 13:D
13 Martin Kelly 1406 Fisherwick 3.5 26:D 22:D 23:D 20:W 5:D 12:D
14 Ian Woodfield 1652 Fisherwick 3.5 17:L 19:W 27:W 9:L 21:D 24:W
15 John Phillips 1505 3 24:W 12:W 3:L 7:L 17:W 4:L
16 Brian McComb 1664 3 8:L 23:W 29:W 10:D 4:D 5:L
17 Danny Mallaghan 1860 Clifton House 3 14:W 3:L 8:L 19:W 15:L 25:W
18 Alexander Beckett 1347 Fisherwick 3 30:W 6:L 10:L 29:W 22:W 7:L
19 Aaron McCully 1136 RVH 3 21:W 14:L 25:L 17:L 0:W 28:W
20 Alan Burns 1397 CIYMS 3 28:W 7:L 9:L 13:L 27:W 30:W
21 Stewart McConaghy 1531 Bombardier 2.5 19:L 28:W 0:D 11:D 14:D 10:L
22 William Storey 1323 2.5 0:D 13:D 7:L 24:D 18:L 26:W
23 Kevin Agnew 1268 Bangor 2.5 29:W 16:L 13:D 5:L 26:W 11:L
24 David Seaby 1080 Fisherwick 2.5 15:L 26:W 11:L 22:D 28:W 14:L
25 Damien Cunningham 1605 Clifton House 2 5:L 27:W 19:W 4:L 12:L 17:L
26 Geoff Hindley 1012 Lagan 1.5 13:D 24:L 30:W 6:L 23:L 22:L
27 John Monaghan 1088 RVH 1.5 31:+ 25:L 14:L 12:L 20:L 29:D
28 Cathal Murphy 983 RVH 1.5 20:L 21:L 0:D 30:W 24:L 19:L
29 Peter Storey 671 1.5 23:L 0:W 16:L 18:L 30:L 27:D
30 Owen Wilson 964 Bangor 1.5 18:L 0:D 26:L 28:L 29:W 20:L
31 Steven Eachus 1522 Randalstown 0 27:- 0: 0: 0: 0: 0:


Brian McComb (left) v Eddie Whiteside in Round 4
Des Forson v Damien Lavery in Round 5
2005 Ulster Junior Champion Alan Burns v last year's Junior winner John Monaghan
(Owen Wilson, behind Burns, and Peter Storey are the players in the background)
Eventual third James McDonnell (left) v defending champion Stephen Scannell in Round 5
2008 Champion Scannell v runner-up John Cairns in the final round

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