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Draws made at Dundee & Angus Congress:
Richardson Cup 2016-17
Qtr 1 Glasgow Poly vs Wandering Dragons
Qtr 2 Edinburgh vs Bon Accord
Qtr 3 Cathcart vs Hamilton
Qtr 4 Dundee vs Edinburgh West
Spens Cup 2016-17
Qtr 1 Castlehill vs Wandering Dragons
Qtr 2 Bellshill vs Troon
Qtr 3 Hamilton vs Irvine
Qtr 4 Kilmarnock vs Edinburgh Civil Service
Draws made by Rich Wiltshire, Crewe
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I am still awaiting player registration forms from six clubs for this years tournaments. I have been promised the form from two clubs by end of play tonight. This leaves four clubs that I haven't heard from at all. Please get your forms to me ideally asap but no later than October 31st.
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Do Richardson Cup results get published anywhere?
Is it true that the semis have been scheduled for Easter weekend?
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Shoddy formatting and names from memory but we were outclassed on Sunday against Poly.
Glasgow Poly - Wandering Dragons
1 Greet (w) 0.5 – 0.5 Tate
2 Shaw 1 - 0 Bathie
3 McNab 0.5 – 0.5 Burnett, Andrew
4 Swan 0.5 – 0.5 Orr
5 Arens 1 - 0 Minnican
6 Kirk 1 – 0 Bhopal
7 Magnussen 1 – 0 Kynoch, Richard
8 Brookens 1 – 0 Sloan
6.5 – 1.5
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Whatever happened to the idea of publishing team lists before the first round? The way it is just now favours teams with players around the same strength. If only some teams have to play a guessing game then at least don't make it Fide rated.
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the reason the CS finals are being held a week earlier than normal is that there is a new congress this year which occupies the normal slot the finals take place so the finals days was move forward one week.
We also lost the venue in Grangemouth which didnt help matters.
As far as puvlishing team lists before the match, this wasnt a popular idea ans I personallu dont favour it as it restricts options should someone has to pull out and the administration of publishing team lists would be impractical. Not all teams use the forums for example and possibility of human error would make things difficult
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personally I would be happy with strict grading order albeit I suspect I am in the minority but the playimg field will never be that level, as depending what we do it will either favour the players who have time to study or the players who cannot. You can only please some of the players some of the time...
I would now be contacting the various losing Spens team captains who would like to play in the Campbell Rosebowl for the next round and will be making a public draw for the next rounds of the next round of the Richardson and Spens,
Finally can i clarify a few points
1. Any player in these tournaments must have a FIDE FIN (registration number). Anyone who is not cannot play. Those eligible for SCO can be registered as such provided they meet the eligibility requirements and provided they wish to do so. Any other players must contact their respective federations to be registered.
2, Any additional players to be registered on the player registration form for the national tournaments can be registered up to 48 hours before the match. However a demonstraion (e.g FIN number) of eligibilitymust also be submitted and the player must have my approval before they can play for their team.
3. Please be sure that PNUMS are entered correctly on the scoresheet as well as grade. Indication of colour is also a requirement
