Report – 1 March 2013
St David’s Day Tournament
The lead-up to the tournament
Due to perhaps a surfeit of lightning paced tournaments at this time of the year, there was once again a meagre attendance at the tournament.
Brian suggested remodelling the tournament next year, either at a different time of the year, or perhaps running it as a Fischer Random event.
The tournament
Handicaps were allocated based on performance at the recent lightning tournament. Throughout the tournament there were a lot of 1-1 results which counted in favour of the players with a handicap advantage.
Brian’s two wins over Martin and Andrew were enough to see him over the line and claim his first title in this tournament.
The prize ceremony
Reflecting the downward spiral of the tournament, the leek was presented in a can, rather than the fresh article.
Teams section
The Welsh came up trumps thanks to a couple of upset wins from the master himself, and a generous handicap system.
St David’s Day tournament standings
All players played 6 games
|
No. |
NAME |
|
POINTS |
plus |
TOTAL |
|
1 |
Brian Willcock |
W |
2 |
3.56 |
5.56 |
|
2 |
Martin Laizans |
B |
3 |
2.06 |
5.06 |
|
3 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
B |
4 |
0.00 |
4.00 |
|
4 |
Andrew Robinson |
W |
3 |
0.75 |
3.75 |
St David’s Day tournament 2013 results in detail
(W=Welsh; B=Barbarian)
St David’s Day – Teams standings
All players played 6 games
|
No. |
THE WELSH |
|
POINTS |
Handicap |
TOTAL |
|
1 |
Brian Willcock |
W |
2 |
3.56 |
5.56 |
|
4 |
Andrew Robinson |
W |
3 |
0.75 |
3.75 |
|
|
WELSH TOTAL: |
|
5.0 |
4.31 |
9.31 |
|
No. |
THE BARBARIANS |
|
POINTS |
Handicap |
TOTAL |
|
2 |
Martin Laizans |
B |
3 |
2.06 |
5.06 |
|
3 |
George Flitcroft-Smith |
B |
4 |
0.00 |
4.00 |
|
|
BARBARIAN TOTAL: |
|
7.0 |
2.06 |
9.06 |
Quote of the night
Just disbelief that our local ABC radio today listed Tom Jones and Doctor Who as the two greatest things to come out of Wales.