Four tie first - Beaumont wins on tie break

Bristol League Congress, 28-30 January 2000

Chris Beaumont won the Bristol Championship for the fifth time in possibly the strongest Open section ever. Four players tied first on just 3½ points.

We hope to have a full report on the Congress in the near future.

Open

1=	Chris Beaumont Tyson Mordue Nick Jakubovics Simon Buckley	Grendel Keynsham Horfield Bath	3½	Ł40 each
GP (U-170)	John Richards Alistair Gilbert	Horfield Grendel	3	Ł10 each

Under-150

1=	Steve Grant David Pugh Michael Green	Bristol University Bristol University Downend	4	Ł42 each
GP	Nigel Wood	Downend	3	Ł15

Under-115

1	Graeme Thomson	Clifton	4½	Ł60
2=	Edwin Turner Dave Francis	Cabot Horfield	4	Ł32.50 each
GP (u-95)	Jim Cattran Ilya Paranucke	Grendel Bristol University	3½	Ł7.50 each

Under-80

1	Kevin West	Civil Service	5	Ł50
2	John Burrows	Bath	4	Ł30
3=	David Horton Graham Mill-Wilson	Clifton Yate	3	Ł7.50 each
GP	Arnold Jefferies Phillip Lawson	Cabot Hanham	3	Ł7.50 each