Congratulations to the winners of the 4th BCA Remote Summer Cup! Steve Burnell won the Open, Gary Wickett won the Challengers and Neda Koohnavard was the top lady.  Games were played remotely on platforms such as Zoom and Lichess.  This year’s event attracted a record number of entries from members in Europe, North America and New Zealand!
The final scores are as follows:
On 4.5 points the outright winner is Steve Burnell!
On 4 points are Stan Lovell and Gary Wickett.  Gary is the highest placed player from the Challengers’ group!
On 3.5 points are Neda Koohnavard, Colin Fisher, Ben Fletcher-Harris, Norman Andrews, Norman Wragg and Gary Hogan.  Neda won the Ladies’ section.  Ben and Gary Hogan are joint second in the Challengers.
On 3 points are Philip Doyle, Mahendra Galani, Tony Lawton and Paul Inglis.
On 2.5 points are Eamonn Casey, Steve Bailey, John Ramm, Voldi Gailans and Irene Hampton.  Irene is second in the Ladies’ section.
On 2 points are Paul Baldwin, Mark Hague, Gill Smith, Richard Hayward and Marilyn Bland.  Gill and Marilyn are joint third in the Ladies’ section.
On 1.5 points are Malcolm Jones, Lea Ryan and Abi Baker.
On 1 point are Richard Harrington, Mark Noble and Alyona Hogan.
Eleanor Tew didn’t get off the mark this time, but of course it could have been a different story if she had been well enough to play her R5 game.