WECU Congress, Results

Thanks to Bill Frost for publishing the results of the WECU Congress very quickly after the event on the Chess Devon website. I've copied the main results onto here, but for the crosstable from the open, as well as many of the games played, visit the Chess Devon website by clicking on the title to this post.

Open
1st. Stephen Berry, Wimbledon 5.5/7
2nd= Alan Smith, Bourne End 5/7
Paul Helbig, Keynsham
4th= Jim Sherwin, Bath 4.5/7
Steve Dilleigh, Horfield
Patryk Krzyzanowski, Yeovil

GP U-186 Andrew Footner, Yeovil 4.5/7
Alan Pleasants, Weymouth
Steve Piper, Salisbury

U-176 Robert Thompson, Newton Abbot 3.5/7
Geoff Taylor, Gloucester

Major (U-175)
1st. Martyn Harris, Newcastle- Upon- Lyme 5.5/7
2nd. Jon Duckham, Tiverton 5/7
Peter Jaszkiwsky, Kettering

GP U-157 Ivor Annetts, Tiverton 4/7
John Nyman, Kings Head
Stan Lovell, Braille
Dave Rogers, Exmouth
Tim Chapman, Basingstoke

GP U-147 Julian Taylor, Rose Foregrove 4/7

Minor (U-140)
1st Barry Sandercock, Bucks 6/7
2nd Alex Billings, Newton Abbot 5.5/7
3rd= Ken Alexander, Tiverton 5/7
Alan Fraser, Beckenham
Mark Huba, Kings Head

GP U-127 1st= Gareth Andrew, Railways 4/7
Keith Spooner, Wimborne

GP U-115 1st= Freddy Sugden, Newton Abbot 3.5/7
John Carr, Portsmouth

A last round win against Jim Sherwin allowed Paul Helbig to overtake him and win both the West of England championship and the British Championship qualifying place. Patryk Krzyzanowski finished with 3 wins in a row to move from 1.5/4 to 4th= and a share of the prizes. On the other side of the coin, last round losses for Jim Sherwin and Alan Pleasants saw them slip from 1st= to 4th=.