2011 BUCA Championship (February 26/27)

Eoin Devane · Post by **Eoin Devane** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:13 pm

Better start than last year.

Alex Holowczak · Post by **Alex Holowczak** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:33 pm

Round 2 pairings:
UCL 2 v Aston
Oxford v Warwick
Bath v UCL 1
Southampton v Swansea
LSE v BCU
Scratch v Bristol

You can assume from the fact that I'm here already that things went badly for me.

Eoin Devane · Post by **Eoin Devane** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:42 pm

Bad luck! Bath vs. UCL 1 is a pretty big match. It'll have Peter P. against Peter Vas and James Jackson against Phil Makepeace, I presume.

Bath probably need to win those two, though, as UCL look stronger on 3 and 4.

Alex Holowczak · Post by **Alex Holowczak** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:45 pm

Eoin Devane wrote:Bad luck! Bath vs. UCL 1 is a pretty big match. It'll have Peter P. against Peter Vas and James Jackson against Phil Makepeace, I presume.

Bath probably need to win those two, though, as UCL look stronger on 3 and 4.

Correct, and I agree.

Eoin Devane · Post by **Eoin Devane** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 5:25 pm

I tweeted the round 1 results for you.

Alex Holowczak · Post by **Alex Holowczak** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:03 pm

Round 2 results:
UCL2 3.5 Aston 0.5
Oxford 3.5 Warwick 0.5
Bath 2 UCL1 2
Southampton 1.5 Swansea 2.5
LSE 2 BCU 2
Scratch 0 Bristol 4 (3-1)

Round 3 draw:
UCL2 (4) v Oxford (4)
UCL1 (3) v Bristol (2)
Aston (2) v Bath (3)
Swansea (2) v Warwick (2)
BCU (1) v Southampton (0)
Scratch v LSE (1)

Eoin Devane · Post by **Eoin Devane** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:15 pm

You mean Bristol (2), right?

Alex Holowczak · Post by **Alex Holowczak** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:28 pm

Eoin Devane wrote:You mean Bristol (2), right?

Yes. We had Bristol having 2 in the room; that was my mistake!

Alex Holowczak · Post by **Alex Holowczak** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:33 pm

Went badly again.

Just noticed that 26 of the players on the team sheets are English, 29 are "Rest of the World", including Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

Some people might wish to comment on that!

53% of the field are non-English. The most international tournament held in England? It's even more international than the Classic section of the London Chess Classic!

Eoin Devane · Post by **Eoin Devane** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:18 pm

There seems to be less interest in this thread this year. Clearly we need a mobile phone to go off to spark it into life!

Eoin Devane · Post by **Eoin Devane** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:41 pm

Has round 3 finished yet? Also, what time is the AGM tomorrow?

Alex Holowczak · Post by **Alex Holowczak** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:00 pm

Hi Eoin,

Sorry for the late update; I was at an Italian restaurant...

UCL2 1 Oxford 3
UCL1 4 Bristol 0
Aston 0.5 Bath 3.5
Swansea 1 Warwick 3
BCU 0.5 Southampton 3.5
Scratch 0 LSE 4 (4-0)

Draw for Round 4 either hasn't been made, or the cards have been taken out of the slots (the pairing board is opposite me!).

The AGM is 10am tomorrow. Or more likely, the first time after 10am when 8 people present and entitled to vote turn up.

Eoin Devane · Post by **Eoin Devane** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:23 pm

Thanks. The twitter has now been updated with the results and the standings.

I'll probably try and come along in time for the AGM. I just need to remember whether I determined it was walkable, or if I'll need to get a bus.

Eoin Devane · Post by **Eoin Devane** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:51 am

I should have walked after all! My bus has been cancelled so I'm going to miss the start of AGM. As long as the next one shows up, I should be there towards the end of it at least.

Eoin Devane · Post by **Eoin Devane** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:56 am

Hooray! A bus is arriving!

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