The club held a blitz event on 28th April to mark the end of the 2024/25 league season.
23 players took part in 3 keenly-contested sections.
The winner of Section A was David Fitzsimons IM with a perfect score of 7/7 followed by Gavin Melaugh (6/7), and Jason Liu in third place on a score of 4.5/7.
Section B was won by Murray Liu on a score of 6/7 with Luke Keenan finishing as runner-up with a score of 5.5/7. Kieran Barry finished in third place on a score of 5/7.
Section C had three joint winners on a score of 5/6. Jack McKeon, Terry O’Connor and Trevor Corcoran.
The cross-tables for each section are set out below along with some photos of the various prize winners.
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Elm Mount Spring Blitz Section A |
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Rank |
SNo. |
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Pts |
|
|
1 |
1 |
IM |
Fitzsimons David |
2328 |
IRL |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
|
2 |
4 |
Melaugh Gavin |
2043 |
IRL |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
|
3 |
2 |
Liu Jason |
2117 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
|
|
4 |
3 |
Jakubauskas Zygis |
1994 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
4 |
|
|
5 |
6 |
Boyle Bernard |
1824 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
6 |
5 |
Quinn Ciaran |
1971 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
7 |
8 |
Herring Jack |
1819 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
|
|
8 |
7 |
Armstrong Fred |
1766 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
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| Elm Mount Spring Blitz Section B | |||||||||||||
| Rank | SNo. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Liu Murray | 1909 | IRL | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 8 | Keenan Luke | 1770 | IRL | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5½ |
| 3 | 4 | Barry Kieran | 1688 | IRL | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | 7 | MacDonagh Alan | 1763 | IRL | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4 |
| 5 | 3 | Dash Shaurya | 1698 | IRL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 2 | Syms Thomas | 1679 | IRL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 6 | McMorrow Eugene | 1693 | IRL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 5 | O’ Danachair Donal | 1667 | IRL | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ |
| Elm Mount Spring Blitz Section C | ||||||||||||
| Rank | SNo. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pts |
| 1 | 3 | McKeon Jack | 1500 | IRL | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | O’ Connor Terry | 1592 | IRL | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5 | Yuze Lin Eric | 1460 | IRL | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 4 | 6 | Scott Peter | 1668 | IRL | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 2 | Corcoran Trevor | 1644 | IRL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 1 | Harte Eoin | 0 | IRL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | Cullen Bernie | 0 | IRL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 |
Photos follow below:-
