[caption id="attachment_2987" align="alignright" width="300"] Winners of the YC Open Teams Challenge 2017 for the Hecht Cup—Peter Taylor, Ian Payn, Chris Duckworth, Richard Granville, Brian Callaghan[/caption]
The winners of the Open Teams Challenge for the Hecht Cup, played over the weekend, 2 & 3 December were
Chris DUCKWORTH, Brian Callaghan, Ian Payn, Richard Granville, and Peter Taylor.
Seven teams entered. The top four teams after Saturday's play qualified for semi‑finals on Sunday. In qualifying order, they were
Gitte HECHT‑JOHANSEN, Szczepan Smoczyński, Terry Hewett, Graham Orsmond.
Chris DUCKWORTH, Brian Callaghan, Ian Payn, Richard Granville, Peter Taylor.
Lee ROSENTHAL, Marcia Green, Martin Hoffman, Stefano Tommasini.
Trevor MATHEWS, David Muller, Alan Mayo, Rob Cliffe.
Qualifying leader HECHT‑JOHANSEN picked ROSENTHAL as semi‑final opponent and lost to them. In the other semifinal DUCKWORTH prevailed against MATHEWS. DUCKWORTH then went on to win the final against ROSENTHAL by 30 IMPs. MATHEWS won the playoff against HECHT‑JOHANSEN for third place.
Winning team DUCKWORTH received a £400 prize plus limited‑edition fiftieth anniversary YC mugs. Runners‑up team ROSENTHAL got a £200 prize plus YC mugs.
Thanks go to club member Gitte Hecht‑Johanson for her sponsorship of the event.
[caption id="attachment_2986" align="alignright" width="300"] YC 50th Anniversary Mug[/caption]
The winners of the multiple teams on Sunday contested by the three non‑qualifiers from Saturday and one additional team entering just on Sunday were
Richard CREAMER, John Pemberton, Neeraj Tanna, and Joshua Clarke.
See the result page for details of placings in both Saturday's qualifying event and Sunday's multiple‑teams event.
Peter Taylor (left) and Fiona Hutchison (right)—winners of the Spring 2017 half marathon, with club manager Nick Sandqvist (centre)
The Young Chelsea Spring Half Marathon took place on Saturday 13 May. The three‑session 12‑hour cross‑IMPed pairs event attracted 33 pairs.
The winners, picking up the £800 first prize, were Peter Taylor, John Cox, and Fiona Hutchison with a score of 105.09 IMPs. (Threesomes were allowed. Peter played throughout, John played in the first two sessions, and Fiona played in the last session.)
In second place, collecting £300, were Heather Dhondy and Brian Callaghan on 86.87 IMPs.
In third place, collecting £100, were Simon Gillis and Alan Mould on 72.90 IMPs.
Smaller prizes went to the highest‑placed pair in each session which did not win one of the three main prizes.
Overall ranking and session results are available on Pianola:
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