Pair Go Tournament Results

Sunday 17th May 1998

The British Pair Go Tournament was held in the village of Weedon, Northamptonshire, on Sunday May 17th. It was divided into two sections. The strongest eight pairs played in a tournament for which British World Amateur Pair Go Qualification Points [1] were allocated; the other seven pairs played in a handicap tournament.

Main Tournament Results

No.	Players	round 1	round 2	round 3	Total
1	Kirsty Healey Matthew Macfadyen	7+	6+	2+	3
2	Sue Patterson Des Cann	4+	3+	1-	2
3	Alison Jones Tony Atkins	5+	2-	6+	2
4	Jackie Chai Francis Roads	2-	5+	7+	2
5	Helen Harvey Martin Harvey	3-	4-	8+	1
6	Elinor Brooks France Ellul	8+	1-	3-	1
7	Yvonne Margetts Paul Margetts	1-	8+	4-	1
8	Alison Ewers Dave Woodnutt	6-	7-	5-	0

The result leaves a three-way tie, with pairs 2, 3, and 4 each having 16 Pair Go WAQ points.This has been resolved in favour of pair 2.

Handicap Tournament Results

No.	Players	round 1	round 2	round 3	Total
1	Pauline Bailey Steve Bailey		(5 stones) 3+ (5 stones) 5+	(8 stones) 2+	3/3
2	Natasha Boddy Paul Smith	(9 stones+24 komi) 7+	(5 stones) 4+ *	(8 stones) 1-	2/3
3	Andrea Smith Ben Morris	(9 stones+12 komi) 6+	(5 stones) 1-	(6 komi) 5+	2/3
4	Emma-Jane Fairbrother Paul Hyman	(8 stones) 5-	(5 stones) 2-	(6 stones) 7+ (2 stones) 6+	2/4
5	Laura Coe Graham Brooks	(8 stones) 4+	(5 stones) 1-	(6 komi) 3-	1/3
6	Samantha Hughes Shawn Hearn	(9 stones+12 komi) 3-	(4 stones) 7+	(2 stones) 4-	1/3
7	Hayley Williams Alistair Brooks	(9 stones+24 komi) 2-	(4 stones) 6-	(6 stones) 4-	0/3

Pauline and Steve Bailey did not play in the first round because they arrived late.

In the second and third rounds, three games were allocated by the draw. The first pair to win a game then played another game, against the pair who had not yet played in that round.

*: This was only game won by a side receiving a handicap.