Results compiled by Ken Stewart

Richardson Cup Final 1999

Grangemouth, April 24 1999

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Postwar Richardson Cup Finals

Spens Cup Final

Jack Campbell Rosebowl Final

Board
No	Wandering Dragons	Carrick Kestrels	Perth	
	
1.1				S Macgilchrist	1	F Wright	0
1.2	G Grant		1				K Stevenson	0
1.3	S McIntosh	1		S Cook	0		
1.4	S Jogvansdottir	1		G Swan	0		
1.5	def		0				S Barnes	1
1.6				L Shovlin	0	K Shovlin	1
2.1	G Grant	1		S Macgilchrist	0		
2.2	S McIntosh	1				F Wright	0
2.3					S Cook	0	K Stevenson	1
2.4					G Swan	0	S Barnes	1
2.5	S Jogvansdottir	0				K Shovlin	1
2.6	def		0	L Shovlin	1		
		Total	5		Total	2		Total	5
Wandering Dragons won on tie-break

 The finals of the SCA team competitions were played at Grangemouth on Saturday 24 April. 
The Richardson Cup reverted to teams seen more frequently in the finals a few years ago. 
Glasgow Polytechnic emerged as convincing winners over a Dundee & Victoria team unable 
to field its strongest players on the lower boards. Polytechnic took the lead when Watt 
beat Ironside, but this was soon cancelled out by a win by Findlay who trapped his 
opponent's Queen in only 17 moves. This was followed by a solid draw between Davis and 
Romilly. The remaining lower half games featured very stubborn resistance by the Dundee 
players against their much higher rated opponents, but in the end all were ground down. 
The master game on Board 1 then finished with perpetual check in a Queen ending after a 
tense struggle; finally Swan edged out Spencer to give Polytechnic a decisive 6-2 victory.
The other three events were all extremely close, with tie-breaks deciding in two cases. 
The all-Glasgow battle for the Spens Cup always seemed to favour Phones but remained in 
the balance as four games reached severe time trouble. When things cleared, Phones were 
assured of victory, though by a small margin.
In the Jack Campbell Rosebowl it was even tighter with four games ultimately drawn. 
Dumfries fought on past 60 moves in two games in the hop of squeezing out the extra half 
point they required, but it was not to be, and Inverclyde's win on Board 2 ensured them of 
a win on tie-break.
The women's double-round event for the Robertson Cup produced keen competition. In the end 
Wandering Dragons edged out Perth on tie-break, again by better scores on the higher boards.
  
 

Richardson Cup
Rd1:  Oban 2-6 Cathcart; Ardrossan 3½-4½ Castlehill; Dundee & Victoria 5-3
Wandering Dragons;  Glasgow Polytechnic w/o Edinburgh; Bon Accord w/o
Musselburgh; Inverness 3½-4½ Glenrothes.
Rd2: Dundee & Victoria 6½-1½ Castlehill; Edinburgh West 5½-2½ Glenrothes;
Crowwood 6-2 Bon Accord; Glasgow Polytechnic 5-3 Cathcart.
Semi-finals: Dundee & Victoria 4½-3½ Edinburgh West; Crowwood 4-4 Glasgow
Polytechnic**
Spens Cup
Rd1: Edinburgh Civil Service 5½-½ Holy Cross; Paisley YMCA 5-1 Inverclyde
Cent; Kilmarnock 3½-2½ Peterhead; Bellshill 1½-4½ Kilwinning; Glasgow
Montrose 5-1 Stirling; Dunfermline 5-1 Isle of Lewis; Dumfries & dist 1½-4½
Perth.
Rd2: Phones 4½-1½ Paisley YMCA; Kilmarnock 4-2 Edinburgh Civil Service;
Dunfermline 3½-2½ Kilwinning; Glasgow Montrose 4-2 Perth.
Semi-finals: Phones 3½-2½ Kilmarnock; Glasgow Montrose 3½-2½  Dunfermline.
Jack Campbell Rosebowl
Rd1: Bellshill* 3-3 Stirling; Inverclyde Cent w/o Holy Cross; Peterhead 5½-½
Isle of Lewis.
Semi-finals: Dumfries & dist 5-1 Bellshill; Inverclyde Cent 3½-2½ Peterhead.
* Won on Board Count, ** Won on elimination