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Published 31 May and amended result published 2 June 2015

Under-160 quarter-final: Yorkshire - Warwickshire
Intrpretation of rules gives Warwickshire Victory

Played 17 May 2015 at an unreported location. Warwickshire players had white on odd-numbered boards. Reported by John Fahy and ECF website

 

Board Grade
Aug
Grade
Jan
Yorkshire Score Score Warwickshire Grade
Aug
Grade
Jan
1 145 176 Gallagher, John 1 0 Hope, Gary 158 156
2 154 165 Coop, Brian ½ ½ Thomas, Keith 154 149
3 159 160 Marley, James  0 1 Wallman, Robert J 153 144
4 154 159 Bak, Chris 1 0 Lawrence, Roy 155 156
5 158 157 Dean, Robert A  ½ ½ Walker, Terry 154 150
6 152 152 Round, Jonathan 1 0 Fahy, John F 146 156
7 141 131 Leonard, Peter 1 0 Byrne, Nigel 149 151
8 156 154 Browne, Robin 0 1 Evans, Christopher J 143 142
9 156 154 Hirst, David 1 0 Moxley, Stephen 142 140
10 153 155 Stothard, David 1 0 Oliver, Peter JR 141 129
11 152 157 Lord, David E 0 1 Archibald, Warren 133 130
12 154 150 Mallon, Gunnar 1 0 Harrington, Michael J 130 129
13 140 141 Lyons, Paul 0 1 Maher, Mike P 127 147
14 143 135 Mills, David G ½ ½ Ho, Marco 122 138
15 145 143 Grobler, David 1 0 Rawlings, Wendell S 126 122
16 141 141 Mason, Peter F 1 0 Pakenham, John H 119 116
Avg 152   Result on the day 10½ Avg 141  
      Penalties -5 0      
      Adjustments -4 +4      
      Final Result      
The Yorkshire board 7 was outside of the ten point rule for grading order in relation to boards 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 15 so these game were awarded to Warwickshire with Yorkshire deducted further points for playing ineligible players as per rule C3.3. Yorkshire naturally appealed against this harsh judgement, but the original decision was upheld. A full explanation is provided on the ECF Forum.