Report
–
St David’s Day Tournament
As is sometimes the case in a tournament with
handicaps, the vital determining game tonight occurred in the First Round.
Rex Scarf
won in an upset against Joshua in Round One.
Joshua then
steamrolled through the field, even winning against top seed Andrew Mather.
However it
was not enough for Joshua (who won in 2015), and the tournament continued its
tradition of producing unique winner, with Brian Willcock
(the most Welsh of the Welsh) being the only player to win the tournament
twice.
The other
notable performance above handicap was from Brian who managed five wins, and
may have achieved even better if he had not left pieces (including the queen) en pris in his
later round games.
One striking
note of this tournament was the evenness of the middle of the field.
Without
handicaps applied, the leading players were Andrew Mather
and Joshua Morris on 10 wins, then Martin Laizans
(performing at the level of Week One of the Lightning Tournament) on 8 points
(losing only to the top two).
Following
the top three were six players scoring between 5 and 6 points, a remarkable
congestion at the middle of the field.
On a Teams
Basis, the Welsh team avenged last year’s loss, winning by a substantial
margin.
Qualifications
for the Welsh team were, as usual, very broad. Welsh ancestry,
a Welsh surname, even a quick visit to
St David’s Day tournament standings
All players played 11 games
|
No. |
NAME |
|
POINTS |
plus |
TOTAL |
|
1 |
Rex Scarf |
N |
5.5 |
6.60 |
12.10 |
|
2 |
Joshua Morris |
W |
10.0 |
1.98 |
11.98 |
|
3 |
Brian Willcock |
W |
5.0 |
5.72 |
10.72 |
|
4 |
Martin Laizans |
W |
8.0 |
2.20 |
10.20 |
|
5 |
Andrew Mather |
N |
10.0 |
0.00 |
10.00 |
|
6 |
Tony Morris |
W |
6.0 |
3.52 |
9.52 |
|
7 |
Metin Ozaslan |
W |
6.0 |
2.64 |
8.64 |
|
8 |
Evgeny Voloshko |
N |
5.5 |
2.64 |
8.14 |
|
9 |
James Hiller |
N |
0.0 |
7.92 |
7.92 |
|
10 |
Andrew Robinson |
W |
6.0 |
0.88 |
6.88 |
|
11 |
Daniel Sheldon |
N |
3.0 |
3.08 |
6.08 |
|
12 |
Peter Hiller |
N |
1.0 |
4.40 |
5.40 |
St
David’s Day tournament 2017 results in detail
(W=Welsh;
N=Non-Welsh)
St David’s Day – Teams standings
All players played 11 games
|
No. |
THE WELSH |
|
POINTS |
Handicap |
TOTAL |
|
2 |
Joshua Morris |
W |
10.0 |
1.98 |
11.98 |
|
3 |
Brian Willcock |
W |
5.0 |
5.72 |
10.72 |
|
4 |
Martin Laizans |
W |
8.0 |
2.20 |
10.20 |
|
6 |
Tony Morris |
W |
6.0 |
3.52 |
9.52 |
|
7 |
Metin Ozaslan |
W |
6.0 |
2.64 |
8.64 |
|
10 |
Andrew Robinson |
W |
6.0 |
0.88 |
6.88 |
|
|
WELSH
TOTAL: |
|
41.0 |
16.94 |
57.94 |
|
No. |
NON-WELSH |
|
POINTS |
Handicap |
TOTAL |
|
1 |
Rex Scarf |
N |
5.5 |
6.60 |
12.10 |
|
5 |
Andrew Mather |
N |
10.0 |
0.00 |
10.00 |
|
8 |
Evgeny Voloshko |
N |
5.5 |
2.64 |
8.14 |
|
9 |
James Hiller |
N |
0.0 |
7.92 |
7.92 |
|
11 |
Daniel Sheldon |
N |
3.0 |
3.08 |
6.08 |
|
12 |
Peter Hiller |
N |
1.0 |
4.40 |
5.40 |
|
|
BARBARIAN
TOTAL: |
|
25.0 |
24.64 |
49.64 |