The first tournament of the new year – the Leinster Juniors – produced the same outcome as in previous years; Ryan, Kavin and Zhengjun were runner-up in the U10s, U12s and U14s, bringing the club’s streak of runner-up spots to eleven since we last had a Leinster Junior Champion.
There was a huge turnout for the first blitz grand prix of the new year, and although the winner was, not surprisingly, one of the two senior Irish internationals playing in the tournament, at the end of the evening, each of the 33 players is in joint first in the standings.
A reminder to all that the club is back open tomorrow (the 9th) with the first round of our 2019 blitz grand prix. We’ll be starting at the usual time of 8ish, with the final round (round 6) over before 10.
The last week of games saw the Armstrong and O’Hanlon record belated first wins of the season, while the Heidenfeld, Ennis and BEA B are all in promotion races after all picked up big wins and there’s a couple of players on course for a board prize, which means a highly competitive season for our top scorer trophy.
The club’s annual Christmas party will be this Wednesday from 8ish in the Mill House. All club members of age welcome to pop along!
The club will be closed on Wednesday as a result; we will be back after the Christmas on 9th January with the first round of the 2019 Blitz Grand Prix.
The club’s recent league games saw the Heidenfeld break their drawing streak, only for the BEA South B and the Bodley South B both to pick up their first draws of the season, with Brady v Ó Cinnéide a rather unlikely pairing in the Bodley game.
A fourth top two finish in a row was for Eric was the main highlight of a solid weekend’s work in Kilkenny this year, where we had 17 players playing all told.
