Knowsley Sports Roundup

[Select Boxing winners]

BOXING

The second Knowsley Select Boxing Show took place at Kirkby Sports Centre on Friday 8th October with competitors from all of the seven amateur boxing clubs in Knowsley involved.

The show was a joint venture between the Knowsley Select ABC and the Events Sections of Knowsley MBC Leisure and Community Services Department.

CHESS

(above) Colleen Halpin, one of the competitors in the recent Chess Tournament

Chess players of all ages converged on the Huyton Suite on Sunday 7th November. A total of 114 competitors from all corners of England including London, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Merseyside took part in the second Knowsley Rapid Play Chess Tournament.

The tournament was a huge success and attracted sponsorship from Barclaycard, BLCC, Whitbread, AEEU and Hayes & Finch.

Next year’s Millennium Rapid Play Chess Tournament will be held in the Huyton Suite on Sunday 5th November 2000.

Further details are available on 0151 443 3405/3679.

Chess Tournament Results
OPEN
Equal 1st
C Hanley (Lancaster) 4.5pts
S Haslinger (Formby) 4.5pts
J Horner (Bolton) 4.5pts
MAJOR
Equal 1st
C Chisango (Chorlton) 4.5pts
D Shaw (Urmston) 4.5pts
Equal 2nd
D Hartley (Amber Valley) 3.5pts
C Heald (Denton) 3.5pts
J Lambert (Atticus) 3.5pts
MINOR
1st
M French (NW) 5.5pts
2nd
C McLoughlin (Wallasey) 5pts
Equal 3rd
M Haslinger (Formby) 4.5pts
D Eisen (Liverpool) 4.5pts
NOVICE
1st
M Harris (Hunts Cross) 6pts
Equal 2nd
P Moss (Halifax)
P.H. Jackson (Netherton
With special prizes in the veterans competition awarded to:
1st - Ryland Morris (Caergwrle)
2nd - Ron Ellis (PKA)
And finally, the winners of the junior prizes were:
Andrew Robinson (Tameside)
Andrew Platt (Wallasey)

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