1 Alan Stewart (4) 0-1 Shivan Murdochy (6)
2 Martin Myant (4) ½-½ Malcolm Tyre (4½)
3 Mike Harkins (3½) ½-½ Allen Taylor (4)
4 Rupert Birch (3) ½-½ Peter Watson (3½)
5 Aidan McFadden (3) 0-1 Gavin Orchin (4)
6 Peter Knak-Watt (3) w/o-def Michael Roger (2)
7 Harry McKay (2½) 0-1 Ryan McQuat (3½)
8 Donald McGregor (2½) 1-0 John Topping (2½)
9 Hassan Rafiq (2) 1-0 Alex Waddell (1)
10 Neil Corrigan (3) 1-0 Aleem Azam (1)
1 Shivan Murdochy (5) 1-0 Martin Myant (4)
2 Mike Harkins (3½) 0-1 Malcolm Tyre (3½)
3 Alan Stewart (3½) ½-½ Ryan McQuat (3)
4 Aidan McFadden (3) 0-1 Allen Taylor (3)
5 Gavin Orchin (3) 1-0 Rupert Birch (3)
6 Peter Watson (2½) 1-0 Hassan Rafiq (2)
7 Michael Roger (1) 1-0 John Topping (2½)
8 Harry McKay (2) ½-½ Donald McGregor (2)
9 Peter Knak-Watt (2) 1-0 Neil Corrigan (3)
10 Aleem Azam (0) 1-0 Alex Waddell (1)
Games scheduled for Monday 4th March 2024.
1 Rupert Birch (3) 0-1 Shivan Murdochy (4)
2 Martin Myant (3) 1-0 Gavin Orchin (3)
3 Allen Taylor (2½) ½-½ Alan Stewart (3)
4 Mike Harkins (2½) w/o – def Graeme McKinnon (2½)
5 Malcolm Tyre (2½) 1-0 Donald McGregor (2)
6 Ryan McQuat (2) 1-0 Michael Roger (1)
7 Hassan Rafiq (2) 0-1 Aidan McFadden (2)
8 Neil Corrigan (2½) ½-½ Harry McKay (1½)
9 Andy McCallum (1) w/o-def Martin Edwards (½)
10 Alex Waddell (1) 0-1 Peter Knak-Watt (1)
11 John Topping (1½) 1-0 Aleem Azam (0)
12 Peter Watson (2) ½-pt bye
Games scheduled for Monday 5th February 2024.
The draw for round 4 scheduled for 8 January 2024 is as follows:
1 Shivan Murdochy (3) 1-0 (2½) Mike Harkins
2 Graeme McKinnon (2) ½-½ (2) Malcolm Tyre
3 Rupert Birch (2) w/o-def (1) Michael Roger
4 Alan Stewart (2) 1-0 (2) Peter Watson
5 Donald McGregor (2) 0-1 (2) Martin Myant
6 Harry McKay (1½) 0-1 (1½) Allen Taylor
7 Gavin Orchin (2) 1-0 (2½) Neil Corrigan
8 Hassan Rafiq (1) w/o-def (1) Evan Khodeir
9 Ryan McQuat (1) 1-0 (1) Alex Waddell
10 Aidan McFadden (1) 1-0 (1) Andy McCallum
11 Martin Edwards (½) def-w/o (½) John Topping
12 Peter Knak-Watt (0) 1-0 (0) Aleem Azam
The draw scheduled for round 3 scheduled for 4th December 2023 is as follows:
1 Malcolm Tyre (2) 0-1 Shivan Murdochy (2)
2 Peter Watson (1½) ½-½ Mike Harkins (2)
3 Martin Myant (1½) ½-½ Graeme McKinnon (1½)
4 Michael Roger (1) def-w/o Neil Corrigan (1½)
5 Aiden McFadden (1) 0-1 Rupert Birch (1)
6 Alex Waddell (1) 0-1 Alan Stewart (1)
7 Evan Khodeir (1) def-w/o Gavin Orchin (1)
8 Donald McGregor (1) 1-0 Hassan Rafiq (1)
9 Allen Taylor (½) 1-0 John Topping (½)
10 Harry McKay (½) 1-0 Martin Edwards (½)
11 Aleem Azam (0) 0-1 Ryan McQuat (0)
12 Andy McCallum (0) 1-bye
The draw for round 2, scheduled for November 6 is as follows:
1 Shivan Murdochy (1) 1-0 Michael Roger (1)
2 Alan Stewart (1) 0-1 Malcolm Tyre (1)
3 Mike Harkins (1) 1-0 Evan Khodeir (1)
4 Graeme McKinnon (1) draw Peter Watson (1)
5 Neil Corrigan (1) draw Martin Myant (1)
6 Rupert Birch (½) draw Allen Taylor (0)
7 Martin Edwards (0) draw Alex Waddell (½)
8 Andy McCallum (0) 0-1 Donald McGregor (0)
9 Gavin Orchin (0) 1-0 Aleem Azam (0)
10 Marc Morrow (0) def-w/o Hassan Rafiq (0)
11 John Topping (0) draw Harry McKay (0)
12 Ryan McQuat (0) 0-1 Aidan McFadden
The results for round 1 were as follows (first named player is white):
1 Donald McGregor 0-1 Shivan Murdochy
2 Malcolm Tyre 1-0 Gavin Orchin
3 Hassan Rafiq 0-1 Mike Harkins
4 Allen Taylor 0-1 Graeme McKinnon
5 Alex Waddell ½-½ Rupert Birch
6 Peter Watson 1-0 John Topping
7 Neil Corrigan 1-0 Martin Edwards
8 Martin Myant 1-0 Andy McCallum
9 Aleem Azam 0-1 Alan Stewart
10 Michael Roger 1-0 Marc Morrow
11 Evan Khodeir 1-0 Harry McKay
70th Anniversary Cathcart CC Allegro – 26 August 2023
The Park Church, Ravenscliffe Drive, Giffnock G46 7QS
A 6 Round Open Swiss tournament
| 1st Prize | £200 + The Stan Beaton Memorial Trophy | ||
| 2nd Prize | £100 | ||
| 3rd Prize | £50 | ||
| Grading Prizes | 3 Grading Prizes |
Time Control 15 mins plus 10 sec increments
The final entry list was as follows:
| Surname | Forename | Club | Grade | Title | |
| 1 | Topping | John | CC | 1313 | |
| 2 | Greet | Andrew | BD | 2486 | IM |
| 3 | Saemundsson | Thor | HA | 1308 | |
| 4 | Malhotra | Vedant | LZ | 730 | |
| 5 | McKenna | John | PA | 1620 | |
| 6 | McKay | Harry | GI | 633 | |
| 7 | Edwards | Martin | CC | 1664 | |
| 8 | Gillatt | Daniel | |||
| 9 | Dickson | Rhona | PA | 1063 | |
| 10 | Ahmed | Alistair | RE | 1624 | |
| 11 | Myant | Martin | CC | 1662 | |
| 12 | McGregor | Donald | CC | 1427 | |
| 13 | Marks | Ian | SP | 1793 | |
| 14 | MacQueen | Andrew | GI | 1762 | |
| 15 | Reza Salgado | Marcos | ESP | 1827 | |
| 16 | Colston | Rob | BD | 1970 | |
| 17 | McIntyre | John | PO | 1668 | |
| 18 | Ganesh | Krishiv | PO | 396 | |
| 19 | Paul | Rabindra | AR | 1777 | |
| 20 | Giulian | Rosie | GI | 1820 | |
| 21 | Giulian | Philip | GI | 2124 | FM |
| 22 | McGregor | Douglas | PA | 1897 | |
| 23 | Murphy | Morgan | WS | ||
| 24 | Rankine | Derek | QP | 1073 | |
| 25 | Graham | Sasha | GS | 1116 | |
| 26 | McNaught | Jordan | QP | 1527 | |
| 27 | Vadalia | Jainill | PO | 1666 | |
| 28 | Prakash | Sumanth | LZ | 839 | |
| 29 | Gaikwad | Netra | LZ | 144 | |
| 30 | Gaikwad | Reina | LZ | 151 | |
| 31 | Keenan | Alex | HA | 1675 | |
| 32 | Dak | Arnav | SP | 856 | |
| 33 | Bhopal | Raj | ED | 1814 | |
| 34 | McGill | Ryan | QP | 994 | |
| 35 | Patterson | Cooper | GD | 1610 | |
| 36 | McAleer | Thomas | QP | ||
| 37 | McCrosson | Rhys | QP | 1369 | |
| 38 | Thomas | Phil | RS | 1794 | |
| 39 | Shields | Iain | PO | 1145 | |
| 40 | Srivastava | Aditya | PO | 1579 | |
| 41 | McKinnon | Graeme | CC | 1339 | |
| 42 | McCulloch | Andrew | GI | 1117 | |
| 43 | McCulloch | Caitlin | QP | 1121 | |
| 44 | Semenov | Igor | HA | 1399 | |
| 45 | Dholakia | Kanish | PO | 799 | |
| 46 | Martin | Ronald | QP | 1023 | |
| 47 | Conway | Ciaran | TR | ||
| 48 | McCormack | Derek | PA | 1753 | |
| 49 | Garg | Dhruv | GW | 310 | |
| 50 | Verma | Abhi | LZ | 923 | |
| 51 | Al Dakl Alla | Muhammad | LZ | 1586 | |
| 52 | Al Dakl Alla | Humam | LZ | 1301 | |
| 53 | Chadwick | Patrick | |||
| 54 | Bhatla | Revanta | EN | 750 |
Prizewinners:
1st Andrew Greet (Bearsden) 5.5/6; 2nd= Rob Colston (Bearsden), Derek McCormack (Paisley), Marcos Reza Salgado (Spain) 5/6
Grading Prizes:1400-1700 – Muhammad Al Dakl Alla (Lenzie) 4.5/6; 1000-1400 – Igor Semenov (Hamilton), Rhys McCrosson (Queen’s Park) ; Under 1000: Ryan McGill (Queen’s Park), Abhi Verma ( Lenzie), Kanish Dholakia (Phones), Harry McKay 3/6.
The draw and results for the seventh and final round are as follows:
1 Peter Watson (4) draw Alistair Maxwell (5)
2 Allen Taylor (4) def-w/o Shivan Murdochy (4.5)
3 Michael Roger (4.5) 1-0 Donald McGregor (4)
4 Martin Myant (3.5) 0-1 Mike Harkins (3.5)
5 Alex Waddell (2.5) 1-0 John Topping (2)
6 Martin Edwards (3) def-w/o Neil Corrigan (3)
7 Craig Fenwick (2) 0-1 Hassan Rafiq (2.5)
8 Gavin Orchin (3) 1-0 Marc Morrow (2)
9 Aleem Azam (1.5) 0-1 Andy McCallum (2)
1 Allen Taylor (3.5) draw Michael Roger (4)
2 Alistair Maxwell (4) 1-0 Martin Edwards (3)
3 Shivan Murdochy (3.5) 1-0 Martin Myant (3.5)
4 Donald McGregor (3) 1-0 Alex Waddell (2.5)
5 Hassan Rafiq (2.5) 0-1 Peter Watson (3)
6 Mike Harkins (2.5) 1-0 Gavin Orchin (3)
7 Neil Corrigan (2) w/o-def Craig Fenwick (2)
8 John Topping (2) 1-0 Andy McCallum (2)
9 Marc Morrow (1) 1-0 Aleem Azam (1.5)