Third Win of Summer for Wall

Alistair Wall got his third tournament win of the summer by taking the Cornish Open title to add to those for Milton Keynes and the Northern. He won the Devon and Cornwall Go stone trophy for the fifth time by beating the previous winner, Toby Manning, in the final. Of the 21 players the others who won 3 games were West Cornwall players Ashlei Bevington (30k) and Jess Bevington (24k) and Jil Segerman (9k Arundel). Tony Atkins also won three games out of four, having played two games in round one. Results

The Saturday before the Open saw the usual teaching session in the morning, run by Toby Manning and Tony Atkins, and in the afternoon the Cornish Handicap rapid play. This was won for a second year in a row by Mid Cornwall's Paul Massey (1k), who beat Tony Atkins (1k) in the final. Winning three out of four were Adi Mandrekar (12k Mid Cornwall), Jess Bevington and Toby Manning (1k). Results