Frome Congress, 16-18 May 1997


Open

1Jack RuddKeynsham
2=P J HoltOlton 4
D ColemanIlford/Hertford
4=S GiddinsBlack Lion
John RichardsHorfield
R ChurmMilton
M WaddingtonWimborne
R BartonMorecambe

Jack Rudd won the Somerset Championship and he and P Holt took the two British Championship qualifying places. John Richards won the under-170 grading prize.

Other Bristol scores: David Collier (Clifton) 3; Roy Phillips (Grendel) 2½; Simon Buckley (Keynsham) 2; Paul Butterworth (Grendel) 0. 36 entered.

Major (u-170)

1=M L BrownClevedon 4
E MatthewsonReading
3=J K FawcettKeynsham
E M WhiteDownend
R ForeyDerby
I McMillanSedgemoor
E J SmithBasingstoke
R Van DrieNetherlands

E J Smith won the grading prize.

Intermediate (u-135)

1S M ChadawayHandsworth Wood
2=Devon ThomasHarambee 4
D M HartleyClay Cross

Minor (u-115)

1T ChapmanYeovil 5
2=L BeckfordHarambee 4
M J WoodDownend

Contenders

1Duncan MacArthurKeynsham
2=James MacArthurKeynsham
A N Other

G Wright (Harambee) won the u-90 grading prize. J MacArthur (Keynsham) won a prize for the highest Somerset junior.

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