The Munster Championships 2016 was held on the weekend 16th-18th Sept at the West County Hotel in Ennis. There were 34 entries in both the Senior(16 players ) and the Joe Browne Sections(18 players).
Prize winners list:
First prize:
In the Senior section, Paul Walsh(Sarsfield club) finished in clear first on 4/5.
Round 4 co-leader FM Philip Short lost in round 5 to Rory Quinn(Ennis) thus allowing Paul Walsh to grab sole first in the final standings after a draw with Gerry D. McCarthy(CCYMS), and win the perpetual trophy on 4/5 points.
Second prize:
Rory Quinn(Ennis), FM Philip Short, Piotr Leichert(Cork), and Gerry D. McCarthy(CCYMS) shared joint second on 3.5/5 points
Grading prize:
Piotr Leichert on 3.5/5.
In the Joe Browne section,Joint first prize went to Erick McPherson(Cork) and P J O'Reilly(Longford) on 4.5/6 points, with Erick winning the Joe Browne trophy in a blitz playoff.
Joint Third prize was won by Kerry Tyrrell and James Naughton(Limerick)on 4/6 points.
Grading prize: Con Kirby on 3/6
See ICU website for Munster Junior Championships 2016 report and photos.
Special thanks to Kevin O'Flaherty for organising the Munster Championships/Joe Browne and Controller Gerry Graham and for doing the draws.
Prizes were presented by Munster League Controller Kevin O'Flaherty. Congratulations to all prize winners!
SENIOR SECTION:
2016 Munster Champion Paul Walsh receiving the Munster perpetual trophy from Kevin O'Flaherty.
2016 Munster championship 2nd prize shared by Rory Quinn, Philip Short, Gerry D McCarthy and Piotr Leichert all scored 3.5/5 points.
2016 Munster championship Piotr Leichert receiving his rating prize. Great effort by Piotr!
JOE BROWNE SECTION:
Joe Browne 2016 Prize winners. L-R Con Kirby(rating prize), PJ O'Reilly(joint first), Eric McPherson(joint first, trophy winner in blitz playoff), Kerry Tyrrell and James Naughton(both joint third).