16-06-2014, 09:10 PM
First of all very many congratulations to Peter, a fantastic achievement. If you are going to buy a trophy cabinet, probably best buy a big one if your daughters Sarah and Rachel continue to improve as they are doing.
Guys like Alan at Crete, Peter at Rhodes and Elliot Frew at the Benidorm International have proved that Scottish "amateur" players can enter overseas events and be very successful. It begs the questions...
1/ Are we underrated on a European and/or World level? (no criticism whatsoever of our grading system).
2/ Do we have enthusiastic quality players that can produce results when the chips are down over and above what is expected according to their grade?
Personally,
For question 1/ Would appreciate Dougie Bryson's/graders thoughts.
For question 2/ my own opinion is definitely yes.
Guys like Alan at Crete, Peter at Rhodes and Elliot Frew at the Benidorm International have proved that Scottish "amateur" players can enter overseas events and be very successful. It begs the questions...
1/ Are we underrated on a European and/or World level? (no criticism whatsoever of our grading system).
2/ Do we have enthusiastic quality players that can produce results when the chips are down over and above what is expected according to their grade?
Personally,
For question 1/ Would appreciate Dougie Bryson's/graders thoughts.
For question 2/ my own opinion is definitely yes.