Another year, and still no end in sight to Shettleston Chess Club's domination of the lightning chess scene. Shettleston are again Scottish Team Lightning champions after a hard fought but clear victory in which they defeated all their opponents by at least 3-1 and scoring more points than for several years. Shettleston have now won the title in eighteen of the last twenty-three years. The strong Cathcart team finished second, with Edinburgh in third place.

For the winners, Douglas Bryson and Andrew Muir respectively scored 12½ and 12/13 on the top boards. Graeme Nolan had a perfect 13 and Jim Doyle scored 11. For the runners-up, Roddy Mckay had 10, Steve Mannion 12, Alan Grant 11 and Robert Mitchell 9½. The tournament, sponsored by Everyman Publishers and Chess Suppliers (Scotland) was well supported by 20 teams.

Details of Final A:

1. Shettleston A 32½; 2. Cathcart A 27½; 3. Edinburgh A 26; 4. Wandering Dragons A 20½; 5.  Glasgow Montrose 19; 6. Wandering Dragons B 15; 7. Shettleston B 11½; 8. Edinburgh B 10; 9. Phones A 9; 10. Edinburgh West A 9.

Other prizewinners were:

Final B: 1 Phones B 

Preliminary A: Edinburgh B

Preliminary B: Wandering Dragons B

Preliminary C: Wandering Dragons A

Preliminary D: Glasgow Montrose A         

Team Lightning Final Section A 2001

Team	SA	C	EA	WD	GM	WD	SB	EB	PO	EW	Total
1 Shettleston A	x	3	3	3½	3½	3½	4	4	4	4	32½
2 Cathcart A	1	x	3	3	3	4	3½	3	4	3	27½
3 Edinburgh A	1	1	x	2½	2	4	4	3½	4	4	26
4 Wandering Dragons A	½	1	1½	x	2	3½	2½	4	2	3½	20½
5 Glasgow Montrose	½	1	2	2	x	2	3	3	3	2½	19
6 Wandering Dragons B	½	0	0	½	2	x	2	2	4	4	15
7 Shettleston B	0	½	0	1½	1	2	x	3	1½	2	11½
8  Edinburgh B	0	1	½	0	1	2	1	x	2½	2	10
9  Phones A	0	0	0	2	1	0	2½	1½	x	2	9
10 Edinburgh West	0	1	0	½	1½	0	2	2	2	x	9