Williamson Shield and Henderson Cup 2000

QUB Staff Common Room
30 September-1 October 2000

In recent years, a second tournament for Intermediate and Junior players has usually been run alongside the Williamson Shield. For the first time, however, the winner of this subsidiary tournament was to receive a trophy - the Henderson Cup, previously awarded to the winner of the Intermediate section of the City of Belfast Championships.

General view at the start of Round 4

Williamson Shield

Place Player               Rtng Points
  1.  Nicholas Pilkiewicz  1902  5.0
  2.  Timothy Douglas      1951  4.5
 3-4. Danny Mallaghan      1749  3.5 
      Adrian Skelton       2019  3.5
 5-7. Gareth Annesley      1842  3.0 
      Michael Holmes       2116  3.0 
      Mark Newman          1815  3.0
  8.  John Nicholson       1901  2.5
9-12. John Bradley         1862  2.0 
      Sam Moore            1815  2.0 
      Desmond Moreland     1841  2.0 
      David Robb           1804  2.0

The round five game between Timothy Douglas
(on the left) and Nicholas Pilkiewicz

The top table in round 4. Nearest to the camera is the game between
Mark Newman (on the left) and Michael Holmes, and immediately
beyond them John Nicholson (on the left) is playing Timothy Douglas

Nicholas Pilkiewicz with the Williamson Shield

Henderson Cup

Place  Player              Rtng Points
  1.   Stewart McConaghy   1666  5.0
 2-3.  Norman McFarland    1784  4.5 
       Jim McLean          1620  4.5
 4-7.  Ron Henderson       1630  4.0 
       Stephen McCann      1587  4.0  
       Paul McLoughlin     1711  4.0 
       John Strawbridge    1690  4.0
 8-9.  Alex Beckett        1430  3.5 
       Tony Parker         1612  3.5
10-16. Tony Beckett        1621  3.0 
       Chris Black         ----  3.0 
       Alan Burns          1504  3.0 
       John Cahoon         1239  3.0 
       Ciaran Marron       ----  3.0 
       David O'Donnell     1410  3.0 
       Jonathon Woodfield  1237  3.0
17-19. Joe Clarke          1535  2.5 
       James Douglas       1187  2.5 
       Damien Lavery       ----  2.5
20-21. Liam Elliott        1310  2.0 
       William Storey      1465  2.0
22-23. Matthew Corrie      ----  1.5
       Louis Holmes        1427  1.5
 24.   Brian Lappin        1393  1.0  
 25.   Eamonn Walls        ----  0.5

On the right is Ron Henderson, former President of the Ulster Chess Union,
competing in the competition named after him, the Henderson Cup - which,
incidentally he has won three times! His opponent is Alex Beckett, former
honorary secretary of the UCU. It seems that Alex is in aggressive
mood - if my eyes don't deceive me, he's played the King's Gambit.

Jonathon Woodfield, who won a grading prize in the Henderson,
in play against Joe Clarke (on the right)

Stuart McConaghy receives the Henderson Cup from
UCU President, Tony Beckett

Photographs courtesy of Bernard McCaughey