Dundee Congress 2004

October 22-24

by Ray Noble

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The first Dundee Congress in ten years went extremely well. This was the first time any of us on the committee had organised a congress.

It was difficult getting a space on the chess calendar that would not clash with other events. Once a date had been set the time left to organise was tight. Waiting to see if we would get support for the congress was hell, would we get enough entries? In the end the response was overwhelming with 139 entries in total!

The Queens Hotel proved to be an excellent choice of venue. Friday night was a bit cramped for space, but by Saturday morning we had sorted that out. The rest of the weekend went very well and I think overall the congress was organised well and ran smoothly.

Our post congress meeting on Wednesday November 3 will discuss how the event went and we'll go over the feedback sheets we asked the competitors to complete. Any comments you would like to make, please email nobleray59@yahoo.com

The Dundee Congress committee would like to thank all the Arbiters, Players, Helpers, Hotel staff and our sponsors for their support of the event. It could not have happened without you! We all look forward to seeing you again next year at the same time. Our thanks to Steve Pape of Manor House for presenting the prizes.

Manor House Restorations Ltd OPEN 1st= Mark Orr (IM) (Wandering Dragons) & Peter Romilly (Dundee & Victoria) 4.5/5, 3rd - Alistair Maxwell (Cathcart) 4/5, Under 1900 grading prize - Alan Tate (Wandering Dragons) & Stuart Hayes (ED University) 3/5;

Andrew Bolton Opticians MAJOR 1st John Clifford (AB Teachers) 5/5, 2nd= Dave Gillespie (Crowwood), David Grant (Stonehaven), Stephen Rettie (Polytechnic) & Martin Gourlay (Perth) on 4/5, Under 1625 grading prize Michael Spurr (St.Andrews) 4/5, Under 1500 Ian MacGregor (Bearsden 3.5/5;

W Brown Plant Hire & Road Work MINOR 1st Michael Duke (Dundee & Victoria) 5/5, 2nd - David Cubitt (Wandering Dragons) 4/5, 3rd = Bernard Cassidy (Uddingston) & Alex Clark (Dundee & Victoria) 4/5, Under 1150 grading prize John Lynch, Lisa Paton (Castlehill) & Hugh Calder (Aberdeen) 3/5, Under 950 - John Tawdrous (Lanark) 3.5/5,

Every Child Nursery Saturday Primary School Event  U-1200 1st Maryann McDonald (Aberdeen) 2nd Calum Birkett 3rd Marc Woods

Every Child Nursery Sunday Primary Schools Event U-1200 1st Calum Birkett (Inverness), 2nd= Marc Woods & Danny McKinnon, Grading Prize - Bryan Rettie, Best Newcomer - Jenna Robertson

Please click event headers for Grading data:

Ray Noble, Dundee Congress Committee

Steve Pape, Mark Orr & Peter Romilly	Steve Pape and John Clifford
Maryann McDonald	Calum Birkett