WECU Congress Rd. 2
April 22nd, 2011 | 
Author: The second round got under way after a few announcements.
(a) There was a general round of applause for the recent achievements of two of the juniors present: Theo Slade (recently selected for the English U-11 Squad) and Meg Owens who became the WECU U-18 Girls Champion at Swindon in February.
(b) Reference was made to the plight of Alf Bullock of Dorset who is terminally ill in a nursing home. He had played in every WECU Congress and Seniors Congress held at the Hotel since 1999, 20 events in total. His friend Dave Burt had provided a card for anyone to sign, which he would take to Alf early next week.
The pairings in the Open were as follows: (results will be filled in a.s.a.p.)
| WECU Open | Round 2 | |||
| White | Black | |||
| 1 | Turner, M. J. | 1 | 0 | Bolt, G. |
| 2 | Cumming, R. | ½ | ½ | Berry, S. |
| 3 | Dilleigh, S | 0 | 1 | Smith, A. |
| 4 | Rudd, J. | 1 | 0 | Owens, Meg. |
| 5 | Bass, J. W. | 0 | 1 | McMichael, R. |
| 6 | Littlejohns, D. | ½ | ½ | Mackle, D. |
| 7 | Stephenson, D. | 0 | 1 | Krzyzanowski, P. |
| 8 | Brusey, A. W. | ½ | ½ | Hamilton, S. |
| 9 | Bartlett, S. | 1 | 0 | Price, C. R. |
| bye | Abbott |
By the end of Rd. 2, of the 80+ players in total, only 4 were left of 2/2. These were Turner & Smith inthe Open, and P. Errington and P. Dimond in the Minor.
Matthew Turner on his way to a Rd. 2 win against Bolt.
Rudd vs Meg Owens, with Smith considering his 1st move.
Top 3 boards in the Minor - Theo Slade, Hazel Welch & Dave Burt all with White..
Top 3 boards in the Major.
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