
Over 80 players turned out for the 2nd Weald Congress, which followed the success of the inaugural event last year. We were again blessed with sunshine which meant the barbecue could be rolled out at this fantastic venue.
Thanks to all of the helpers who made the event so enjoyable.
Open | Major | Intermediate | Minor | |
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1st | George Salimbeni | David Norton | Adrian Waldock | Phil Foley |
2nd | Alex Galliano David Graham William Jones | Daniel Hunt Chris Heath | Lawrence Jones Ben Silverstein | Nkosilathi Nkomo |
3rd | n/a | n/a | n/a | Charles Davies Susan Chadwick Arthur Meaton Barry Miles |
Grading Prizes | Joe Fraser George O’Toole |
Sussex Champions
Sussex U18 George Self Cup | Sussex U14 Brian Denman Cup | Sussex Girls Anne Gammans Cup |
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George Salimbeni | Alex Galliano |



Crosstables
Open
ECF R O U N D S Pos Player Grade Code 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D TB 1 Salimbeni, George PW..... 128A 200139B w17+ b7+ b2= w6+ b5+ 4½ 5 993 199 13½ 2 Jones, William EG........ 123A 253423L b8+ b14+ w1= b3= w4= 3½ 5 844 169 12 3 Galliano, Alexander...... 128A 257460D b19+ w6= b10+ w2= b8= 3½ 5 858 172 11½ 4 Graham, David B.......... 190D 111484A b18+ w10= bye= w13+ b2= 3½ 4 700 175 11 5 Bonafont, Philip R....... 177A 174940H w13= b15= w7+ b14+ w1- 3 5 811 162 9½ 6 Fraser, Joe P............ 167A 231296H w20+ b3= bye= b1- w15+ 3 4 620 155 9½ 7 O'Toole, George E........ 167A 209137K b16+ w1- b5- w18+ b13+ 3 5 770 154 8 8 Stayt, James N........... 170C 119627D w2- b16+ w15= b10+ w3= 3 5 726 145 8 9 Lock, Gavin R............ 194A 163804L w15= b13- b11= w19+ w14+ 3 5 844 169 7 10 Musson, Fraser J......... 132* 116021H w12+ b4= w3- w8- b18+ 2½ 5 788 158 8 11 Mayhew, Andrew........... 153 268160C w14- b17+ w9= b15= w12= 2½ 5 852 170 7 12 Kitson, Peter R.......... 171C 127645B b10- w18= bye= w16+ b11= 2½ 4 563 141 6 13 Jain, Akash.............. 141A 245243B b5= w9+ bye= b4- w7- 2 4 656 164 8 14 Jeffries, Majid.......... 162A 145771J b11+ w2- b19+ w5- b9- 2 5 767 153 8 15 Hickman, John E.......... 154A 263300A b9= w5= b8= w11= b6- 2 5 811 162 7 16 Jones, Victor GL......... 116A 253430H w7- w8- b17+ b12- bye+ 2 4 524 131 4 17 Lane, Peter CR........... 172* 114051G b1- w11- w16- b20+ b19+ 2 5 697 139 3 18 Thilaganathan, Jessica... 147A 240130H w4- b12= w20+ b7- w10- 1½ 5 717 143 5 19 Finney, Malcolm.......... 170e w3- b20+ w14- b9- w17- 1 5 668 134 4 20 Nawrot, Zbigniew......... 160e b6- w19- b18- w17- 0 4 456 114 0 Index: A = Player's score B = Number of graded games played C = Total grading points D = Grading performance TB= Tie break using Progressive Scores
Major
ECF R O U N D S Pos Player Grade Code 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D TB 1 Norton, David............ 114E 260507H b3= w14+ b2+ b4+ w7+ 4½ 5 843 169 12½ 2 Hunt, Daniel............. 124A 245460K b11+ b8+ w1- w3= b9+ 3½ 5 792 158 11 3 Heath, Chris W........... 130C 112435D w1= b16+ w8= b2= w4+ 3½ 5 745 149 10 4 Skielnik, Joseph J....... 131B 119090J b13+ w12+ b5+ w1- b3- 3 5 646 129 12 5 Anandajeyarajah, Thilagin 117A 229751G b14+ b7+ w4- w9- b11+ 3 5 741 148 10 6 Lunn, Matthew............ 123A 191589H w8- bye+ b11= w10= w14+ 3 4 543 136 7½ 7 Marshall, Chris.......... 127E 114956J b10+ w5- bye= b12+ b1- 2½ 4 461 115 8½ 8 Jackson, Paul G.......... 145A 162291C b6+ w2- b3= w11= b10= 2½ 5 644 129 8 9 Suarez-Prendes, Rufino... 145e w12- b10= w13+ b5+ w2- 2½ 5 585 117 7 10 Rodrigues, Dunstan....... 109A 245248A w7- w9= b12+ b6= w8= 2½ 5 661 132 6½ 11 Faulkner, David J........ 158A 101343K w2- b13+ w6= b8= w5- 2 5 578 116 6½ 12 Fisher, Robert........... 121A 110624H b9+ b4- w10- w7- bye+ 2 4 412 103 6 13 Rixon, Tom J............. 114A 117990B w4- w11- b9- bye+ b16+ 2 4 461 115 3 14 Foster, Stephen J........ 131A 110802F w5- b1- bye= w16+ b6- 1½ 4 385 96 3½ 15 Byre, Peter IR........... 120B 174914G w16+ bye= 1½ 1 181 181 2½ 16 Drennan, William B....... 131A 101432J b15- w3- bye+ b14- w13- 1 4 295 74 3 Index: A = Player's score B = Number of graded games played C = Total grading points D = Grading performance TB= Tie break using Progressive Scores
Intermediate
ECF R O U N D S Pos Player Grade Code 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D TB 1 Waldock, Adrian DP....... 126A 120944K w3+ b8+ w7+ w2+ b5= 4½ 5 672 134 14½ 2 Jones, Laurence.......... 112C 254342E bye+ w17+ w6+ b1- b9+ 4 4 490 123 13 3 Silverstein, Ben JC...... 82A 262181C b1- w15+ b19+ w4+ w6+ 4 5 649 130 10 4 Hall, James W............ 105A 111921H w16+ b13= w9+ b3- w10+ 3½ 5 512 102 11 5 Squibbs, Adam............ 77D 245413A w6- b20+ w14+ b8+ w1= 3½ 5 647 129 9½ 6 Curtis, Howard CP........ 115A 162292E b5+ w18+ b2- w7+ b3- 3 5 471 94 11 7 Payne, Matthew J......... 73B 246394F w20+ w19+ b1- b6- w14+ 3 5 602 120 10 8 Davidson, Robert A....... 102B 156333G w15+ w1- b18+ w5- b13+ 3 5 472 94 9 9 Schortz, Oskar........... 77e bye= w10+ b4- b13+ w2- 2½ 4 405 101 8½ 10 Barnell, Terry........... 100A 251335D w13= b9- b16+ w17+ b4- 2½ 5 394 79 7½ 11 Gahir, Jasdeep........... 75D 252002D b19- b12= w13- b15+ w18+ 2½ 5 415 83 5 12 Howes, David J........... 105A 145125L b18- w11= b15- w20+ b17+ 2½ 5 385 77 5 13 Gold, Harry.............. 88A 111344G b10= w4= b11+ w9- w8- 2 5 409 82 7½ 14 Nkomo, Melusi............ 102D 267037K b17- w16+ b5- w18+ b7- 2 5 295 59 6 15 Fitzgerald, Robert C..... 38* 258762C b8- b3- w12+ w11- bye+ 2 4 209 52 4 16 Fitzgerald, Thomas....... 64D 262220J b4- b14- w10- bye+ b20+ 2 4 310 78 3 17 James, David............. 48C 182086C w14+ b2- bye= b10- w12- 1½ 4 252 63 6½ 18 Lambert, Polly L......... 69A 242583L w12+ b6- w8- b14- b11- 1 5 343 69 5 19 Bryant, Marc A........... 115A 107571J w11+ b7- w3- 1 3 182 61 3 20 Jeffries, Tyrone......... 111e b7- w5- bye= b12- w16- ½ 4 126 32 1½ Index: A = Player's score B = Number of graded games played C = Total grading points D = Grading performance TB= Tie break using Progressive Scores
Minor
ECF R O U N D S Pos Player Grade Code 1 2 3 4 5 A B C D TB 1 Foley, Phil T............ 82A 259148A w21+ b10+ w2+ b7+ w4= 4½ 5 516 103 14½ 2 Nkomo, Nkosilathi........ 87E 266942A b22+ w4+ b1- w8+ b7+ 4 5 517 103 12 3 Davies, Charles.......... 89D 231397C w23+ b16+ w7- b10= w11+ 3½ 5 365 73 11 4 Meaton, Arthur H......... 71A 115401B w20+ b2- w16+ b5+ b1= 3½ 5 459 92 10½ 5 Miles, Barry S........... 90A 163954H bye= w6+ b12+ w4- b10+ 3½ 4 345 86 10½ 6 Chadwick, Susan E........ 74C 176063E w19+ b5- w20+ bye= b13+ 3½ 4 313 78 10 7 Galliano, George......... 66A 258632A b11+ w8+ b3+ w1- w2- 3 5 456 91 12 8 Buswell, Paul............ 98A 107788A w13+ b7- w19+ b2- w17+ 3 5 377 75 9 9 Jain, Dinesh............. 96A 246469L b12- w17+ bye= b15= w16+ 3 4 305 76 7½ 10 Rees, Stephen............ 50d 267717K b14+ w1- b21+ w3= w5- 2½ 5 319 64 9 11 Gilbert, Jamie........... 50d w7- b23+ w15+ bye= b3- 2½ 4 261 65 8 12 Haria, Ravi.............. 22r 263798E w9+ b15= w5- b13- b20+ 2½ 5 275 55 8 13 Rodrigues, Benedict...... 39C 248592J b8- w22= b18+ w12+ w6- 2½ 5 264 53 7 14 Jones, Alistair.......... 47* 245393K w10- b19- bye= w22+ b15+ 2½ 4 195 49 4½ 15 Fraser, Alan R........... 87A 140257C b17+ w12= b11- w9= w14- 2 5 237 47 8 16 Shiatis, Rohan........... 50d 268644C b18+ w3- b4- w21+ b9- 2 5 250 50 7 17 Brooks, Daryl............ 10r 266903B w15- b9- b22+ w20+ b8- 2 5 200 40 5 18 Keen, Frederick.......... 39D 253647L w16- b20- w13- b19+ w22+ 2 5 147 29 3 19 Hoare, Amy............... 8r 262210F b6- w14+ b8- w18- bye= 1½ 4 82 21 4½ 20 Falvey, James............ 50d 266892A b4- w18+ b6- b17- w12- 1 5 66 13 4 21 Haxby, Felix............. 11r 263087E b1- bye+ w10- b16- 1 3 1 0 3 22 Collis, Paul............. 50d w2- b13= w17- b14- b18- ½ 5 22 4 2 Index: A = Player's score B = Number of graded games played C = Total grading points D = Grading performance TB= Tie break using Progressive Scores