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Advanced tournament 2-3 July

The tournament attracted 18 entries who were divided into three blocks in handicap order. Although most games were within the block, circumstances led to more mingling as the tournament progressed.

In the top block five of the six were minus players, including Ian Lines, Lionel Tibble and Debbie Cornelius. Ian won the block with four wins out of five including two Tps against Rod Ashwell and Richard Smith, losing only to Debbie. Richard Smith also had four wins, ahead of Lionel and Debbie with three.

The second block had a spread of 1 to 2½, with James Skelton infiltrating a Wrest Park/Letchworth club. It was evenly contested, with Eric Audsley, George Collin and Nick Mounfield all picking up three wins from five. Ian Mantle might have joined them but his game against George Woolhouse has no score recorded, instead an A is inscribed (Abandoned?) against it. As Nick beat both Eric and George it must be assumed he won.

The third block had handicaps ranging from 2½ (Philip Windred) to 7 (Geoff Strutt), and was won by Philip who squeezed in six games, winning four of them, ahead of Mike Hills with three from five and Geoff, John Bee and Gordon Weir with two apiece.

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