Perth and Kinross Congress

Quality Station Hotel, Perth

January 13-15, 2006

by Steve Mannion and Michael Roth

Open: 1st Craig Pritchett (Dunbar) 4.5/5 points; 2nd= Steve Mannion (Cathcart), Chris Macdonald (Hamilton) 4.  Junior and grading prizes: Calum McQueen (Giffnock) and Mathew O'Donnell (Hamilton).

Challengers:1st= Kevin Mayo (Edinburgh West) and John Dempsey (Glasgow Montrose) 4/5. Junior prize: Jonathan Edwards (Balerno), Grading prize: Douglas Heatlie (Edinburgh Civil Service).

Major: 1st= David Smith (Bon Accord), Paul Girdwood (Gorgie Dalry), Lawrence Freel (Hamilton) Dave Hewitt (Stirling) 4/5. Junior prize: Andrew McClement (Oban), Grading prize: Andrew Clark (Dundee).

Minor: 1st Lynsey Shovlin (Fair City Juniors) 4.5/5 points, William Harkins (Benarty) and Alastair Grant (Stonehaven) 4. Junior prize: Natalie Donohue (Lanark) and Kevin Martin (Dundee) Grading prize: Graeme Blair (Inverness).

Saturday Funday: Phil Thomas (Giffnock), Junior prize: Cameron Kettles (Perth).

Sunday Funday: Iain MacAllum (Kilmarnock) Junior prize: Calum Birkett (Inverness).

Saturday Primary: 1st= Calum Birkett (Inverness) and Daniel Thomas (Giffnock) 7/8.

Sunday Primary: 1st Peter Devenny of Barrhead 7/8.