Curragh Chess Club

Ladder Competition Winners

Curragh Chess Club Ladder Competition Winners

Year	Winner
1987	Brian Canavan
1988	Aiden Gregg
1989	Damien McCormick
1990	Mark McLoughlin
1991	Barry Jordan
1992	Brendan Duffy
1993	Hugh Peacock
1994	Martin Wallace
1995	Tom Bermingham
1996	Maurice Canavan
1997	Brian Tiernan
1998	Colm Kelly
1999	Tom Bermingham
2000	Brian Tiernan
2001	No competition
2002	No competition
2003	Richard Arundell
2004	Richard Arundell
2005	Mark McLoughlin
2006	Richard Arundell
2007	Mark McLoughlin
2008	Noel Lynch
2009	Noel Lynch
2010	Pearse Dunne
2011	Noel Lynch
2012	Pearse Dunne

2008 Club Championship

Congratulations to Noel Lynch who won the trophy for the first time this season. Noel scored a remarkable 11.5/12 to cap a great season. Noel was presented with the "Billy O'Connor perpetual Trophy by Billy O'Connor himself at the Annual General Meeting on Thursday 24th April 2008.

The Curragh Chess Club championship known as the Ladder Competition was first competed for in 1987. The trophy is called the Billy O'Connor Perpetual Trophy. The competition is run on a handicap basis based on the rating of the players. There is no draw for the competition and any player may challenge any other member present in the club to a match. The person who gains the most points during the season is declared the winner of the trophy.

 

 

 

 

Posted by mmcloughlin at May 4, 2011 01:26 PM