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Christmas Blitz report

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The 2013 Christmas Blitz took place in the club on Monday 16th December. There were 29 participants and the tournament was run using the usual time handicap method.
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The players were divided into 4 all-play-all groups initially with the top two in each section qualifying for the quarter-finals. Eventually, it came down to a final between Alex Goss and Yann Salmon …

In the end, Alex triumphed to come 1st and have first pick of the prizes. The prizewinners were:-

1st: Alex Goss
2nd: Yann Salmon
3rd: Adam Spirek
4th: Ciaran Quinn
5th: Luke Keenan
6th: Andy Peters
7th: Terry Creighton
8th: Karl Vernor

Below are  the winners being presented with their prizes by Pat Fitzsimons:-

Alex Goss 1st


Yann Salmon 2nd

Adam Spirek 3rd


Ciaran Quinn  4th
Luke Keenan 5th


Andy Peters 6th

Terry Creighton 7th

Karl Vernor 8th

Happy Christmas to All!

 

Christmas Blitz

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This year’s club Christmas Blitz will take place on Monday 16th December 2013. Registration will be from 7.45 pm with play starting at 8.15 pm sharp. Food will be provided at around 9.45pm and lots of fun and prizes are guaranteed.
(This tournament is for members of Elm Mount chess club only)
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The prizes from this year’s club championships will also be presented on the night.
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You can see a report on last year’s event here 
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Leinster Chess Union Christmas Blitz
The LCU christmas blitz will take place in our club on Wednesday 18th December 2013. There is an entry fee of 5 euro for this event.

Mick Germaine Cup 2013

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Elm Mount hosted this year’s Mick Germaine Cup competition which was held on Saturday 28th September 2013. Ratoath emerged as winners with a very high score of 21 points from a possible 24, finishing just a half point ahead of the Enniscorthy Kings with one of Elm Mount’s two teams (the Elm Mount kings) entered in the event finishing in 3rd place. Alex Goss and Joe Morley finished as joint top scorers on the Elm Mount kings team with a score of 3.5/6 each.

The Elm Mount knights, comprised of some of the club’s youngest members, also gained valuable competitive experience at the tournament. Adrian John scored 3 points for the team to get the board prize for the Knights team.

Pictured are the two Elm Mount Teams with Mick Germaine who presented the prizes.

 From left Alex Goss, Luke Keenan and Philip Grehan with Mick Germaine (Joe and Dan Morley (not in photo) also competed on the Elm Mount Kings team.

 The Elm Mount Knights are from left Cloda Grehan, Adrian John, Andrew John and Surya Subramaniyam with Mick Germaine.
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Elm Mount’s Adrian John (foreground left, Andrew John and Surya Subramaniyan) in action during the tournament.
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Alex Goss, foreground on left, deep in thought, with teammates Philip Grehan and Joe and Dan Morley (background left).

City of Dublin prizewinners

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There was a good turnout from Elm Mount amoung the 160+ players at the City of Dublin tournament. There were four prizewinners who were presented with their prizes by Maureen O’Sullivan TD.

Karol Marzec came 1st with 5.5/6 in the Major:-

Eugene McMorrow and William Ffrench came equal first in the Challengers tournament with 5/6. Eugene finished 2nd and William 3rd on tiebreak (from Jacob Miller).
 

Alex Goss won a grading prize in the Junior tournament with 4/6:-

Irish Championships

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Three Elm Mount players played in the Irish Championships in Limerick between 6th and 14th July. David Fitzsimons scored 5.5/9 and Ciaran Quinn and Gerard MacElligott both scored 3/9.

Pat Fitzsimons came second in the Irish Championship Weekend Intermediate tournament with an unbeaten 3.5/5.

Elm Mount win Branagan Cup for 3rd time in a row!

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Elm Mount won the Branagan Cup final against Bray/Greystones on Wednesday 3rd July to retain the Branagan Cup for the 3rd year in a row. The match was played in Bray with both teams closely matched on rating but the final score was Bray 1.5 Elm Mount 4.5. The result card is below.  A number of other club members also played in previous rounds. Pat Fitzsimons was team captain.

Bray / Greystones

Result

 Elm Mount
Colm Daly

0-1
(Tuesday)

 David Fitzsiimons
John Joyce

0-1

 Zygis Jakubauskas
Séamus Duffy

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 Ciaran Quinn
Eric Bennett

0-1

 Gerard MacElligott
Pat Reynolds

0-1

 Liam Porter
Ray O Rourke

1-0

 Oliver Dunne

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGM

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The AGM took place on the 13th May with a good attendance.

Food was supplied afterwards and Club championship and Team Board prizes were awarded. Some pictures below – more to follow …

O’Connell Cup

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Three Elm Mount teams, the Elm Mount Kings, Elm Mount Knights and Elm Mount Rooks took part in the O’Connell Cup which finished on the 26th May.

Some pictures below – more to follow!