SCCA Magazine Spring 2016 | Page 3

Notices By Iain Mackintosh • Preliminaries: for players rated between 2100-2299, starts when filled (£6) Semi-Finals: for players rated between 2300-2499, starts on 20th September (£21) Candidates' Tournament: for players rated 2500 or over, starts on 15th March (£12) International Open Tournament XV Jubilee AEAC • • SCCA entry fees are shown in parentheses for each round. For further information, please contact George Pyrich.. SCCA 3rd Webserver Open Results Valentín Costa Trillo writes to announce the XV Jubilee Open Tournament of AEAC (Spanish CC Association). Our highly graded A Final ended recently after a year of tough competition, following the equally wellcontested B Final which closed in December 2015. Well done to all our winners! This event will be played on the webserver over three stages, Preliminary, Semi-Final and Final. Time controls are 10/40 for the first two stages and 10/50 for the Final. Players may enter more than one Preliminary group, and those rated 2300+ may register directly for the Semi-Final. Our recent Executive Committee meeting decided to award the prize pools as follows: Registration starts on March 18th and closes on June 15th, with play expected to commence on July 30th, 2016. Preliminary groups will complete no later than March 30th, 2018. A Final 1. Peter Bennett 4/6 (£200) 2. Richard Beecham 3½/6 (£125) 3. Tom Matheis 3½/6 (£75) (2nd/3rd places decided by Baumbach/SB) Entry fee is €5/group, but the first 10 players from each Federation get free entry. The prize fund for the Final is €1000. For further information, and to enter, please contact George Pyrich. B Final 1. Eoin Campbell 9/10 (£150) 2. Derek Coope 6/10 (£95) 3. Raymond Burridge 5/10 (£55) ICCF Europa Individual Championships 2016 NATT 7 Team Leonardo Madonia, ICCF Europa Tournament Commissioner, writes to announce the next cycles of the postal and webserver individual championships. Scotland will be represented by: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 2016-18 cycle of the 71st European Postal Championship • Open Rounds: for players rated under 2100, starts when filled (£3.50) • Semi-Finals: for players rated 2100 or over, starts when filled (£6) 2016 cycle of the European Webserver Championship • Open Rounds: for players rated under 2100, starts when filled (£3.50) SCCA Magazine 133 IM Clive Murden (2432) SM Geoff Lloyd (2256) Robert Montgomery (2273) SM David Cumming (2260) IM George Pyrich (2124) Raymond Burridge (2148) Eoin Campbell (2120) Alastair Dawson (2049) New member Clive Murden leads the team selected by our newly appointed International selection Committee. 2 Spring 2016