Round 1 Pairings - Games To Be Completed By 31st October

White (Away)    		Black (Home)
  
Frank Brown		1-0	Jason Gentle (by default)
Gordon Middlemiss	1-0	Alan Hare
John Littlehailes	0-1	Alan Stockley
Alec Cinamon		1-0	Bernard Callaghan
Walter Greenwood	1-0	Ged Murphy
Sean Cassidy		0-1	Vince Skillcorn
Brian Corner		1-0	Mike Hardy

Round 2 Pairings - Games to be completed by 30th Nov

White (Away)			Black (Home)
  
Gordon Middlemiss (1)	1-0	Walter Greenwood (1)
Alan Stockley (1)	1-0	Brian Corner (1)
Vince Skillcorn (1)	0-1	Alec Cinamon (1)
Bernard Callaghan (0)	1-0	Frank Brown (1)
Jason Gentle (0)	1-0	Alan Hare (0)
Ged Murphy (0)		1-0	John Littlehailes (0)
Mike Hardy (0)		0-1	Sean Cassidy (0)

Round 3 Pairings - Games to be completed by 31st Dec

White (Away)			Black (Home)

Alec Cinamon(2) 	0-1	Gordon Middlemiss(2)
Frank Brown(1)		1-0	Alan Stockley(2)
Walter Greenwood(1)	0-1	Jason Gentle(1)
Sean Cassidy(1)		1-0	Bernard Callaghan(1)
Brian Corner(1)		0-1	Ged Murphy(1)
Alan Hare(0)		0-1	Vince Skillcorn(1)
John Littlehailes(0)	0-1	Mike Hardy(0)

Round 4 Pairings - Games to be completed by 31st Jan

White (Away)			Black (Home)

Ged Murphy(2)		0-1	Gordon Middlemiss(3)
Vince Skillcorn(2)	1-0	Frank Brown(2)
Jason Gentle(2)		0-1	Sean Cassidy(2)
Alan Stockley(2)	½-½	Alec Cinamon(2)
Mike Hardy(1)		1-0	Walter Greenwood(1)
Bernard Callaghan(1)	0-1	Brian Corner(1)
Alan Hare(0)		0-1	John Littlehailes(0)

Round 5 Pairings - Games to be completed by 28th Feb

White (Away)			Black (Home)

Gordon Middlemiss (4)	0-1	Vince Skillcorn (3)
Sean Cassidy (3)	1-0	Alan Stockley (2.5)
Alec Cinamon (2.5)	0-1	Jason Gentle (2)
Mike Hardy (2)		0-1	Ged Murphy (2)
Frank Brown (2)		1-0	Brian Corner (2)
John Littlehailes (1)	1-0	Bernard Callaghan (1)
Walter Greenwood (1)	1-0	Alan Hare (0)

Round 6 Pairings - Games to be completed by 31st March

White (Away)			Black (Home)

Sean Cassidy (4)	½-½	Gordon Middlemiss (4)
Vince Skillcorn (4)	0-1	Jason Gentle (3)
Ged Murphy (3)		½-½	Frank Brown (3)
Alan Stockley (2.5)	1-0	Mike Hardy (2)
John Littlehailes (2)	1-0	Alec Cinamon (2.5)
Brian Corner (2)	0-1	Walter Greenwood (2)
Alan Hare (0)*		0-1	Bernard Callaghan (1)

* Default because of illness

Round 7 Pairings - Games to be completed by 30th April

White (Away)			Black (Home)

Ged Murphy(3½)		1-0	Sean Cassidy(4½)
Jason Gentle(4)		1-0	Gordon Middlemiss(4½)
Alan Stockley(3½)	½-½	Vince Skillcorn(4)
Frank Brown(3½)		0-1	John Littlehailes(3)
Alec Cinamon(2½)	1-0	Walter Greenwood(3)
Bernard Callaghan(2)	1-0	Mike Hardy(2)
Alan Hare(0)		0-1	Brian Corner(2)

Congratulations to Jason Gentle, who is the 
2008-2009 Cleveland County Minor Champion.

     Final scores are as follows:

    5 points	Jason Gentle  
   4½		Sean Cassidy, Gordon Middlemiss, Ged Murphy, Vince Skillcorn
    4		John Littlehailes, Alan Stockley	
    3½		Frank Brown, Alec Cinamon
    3		Bernard Callaghan, Brian Corner, Walter Greenwood
    2		Mike Hardy
    0		Alan Hare

    Thanks to you all for taking part and for helping things to run so smoothly.

    David Smith